I heard Sandra Ingerman speak a couple of times and found her talks to be fascinating. Those talks led me to her book "Awakening to the Spirit World" which I found to be very interesting and entertaining. I also liked "Shaman Journeying--a Beginner's Guide" as a general overview of shamanic practices.
I have to admit though that I do have some of the same reservations and possibly low-level skepticism for many shaman stories that I had when I read Carlos Castaneda's books. I liked them but I could not buy it all. So, though I read books in this area and am interested in the "susto"/soul retrival stories of the shamans of Peru and Navajo medicine men, there are many books in this genre that are tough for me to accept and that just don't feel right.
"The Shaman Toolkit" is one of those that fails to get by my skeptical self. When I read it, it just sounds like a poorly written self-help book. Many of the recommendations seem like they could have been lifted out of any pop psychology/new age, "think it so and it will happen" book. For example from this book: (1) "Automatic writing is a powerful way to find out what is hidden in your subconscious"; (2) "Finding your heart's desire"; (3) "Avoiding negative statements"; (4) "Aligning our thinking to create a positive future"; (5) "Observe how much love went into the creation of life"; (6) "It is time to embrace the principle of abundance and equality for all"; (7) "Sending up your wishes in a balloon"; (8) "Start your day with gratitude"; (9) "Replacing sabotaging thoughts with hopeful ones"; (10) "Come up with your own power statements"; (11) "Forgiveness is the key"; (12) "We are caretakers of the earth."
These don't sound like shamanic insights to me and without the "Shaman" term in the title and sprinkled throughout the text, I would not know that this wasn't a positive thinking book from the 1950's or a hootenanny tune from the '60s.
I really like Sandra Ingerman's stuff when it stays close to shamanic traditions and mythologies. This book wandered too far from those things and got lost in self-help platitudes.
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There are a few pearls of wisdom for the more experienced but if you have already studied shamanism I recommend a more advanced
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