A Spirit Walker's Guide to Shamanic Tools: How to Make and Use Drums, Masks, Rattles, and Other Sacred Implements

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Build Your Own Shamanic Toolkit In this beautifully illustrated guide, artist
and shamanic teacher Evelyn C. Rysdyk shows you how to create, decorate,
consecrate, and use various sacred tools in ritual and healing. Navaho
traditional healers bring rattles, corn pollen, eagle feathers, and sage smoke
together with songs and dances to affect healing. Ulchi shamans use drums,
rattles, and larch tree wands called gimsacha to work healing magic. Manchu
shamans will perfume the air with incense and tie on a heavy bustle of iron
jingles as a part of their ceremonial costume. Modern shamanic practitioners
likewise use sacred tools to facilitate our connection to helper spirits in
the Upper, Middle and Lower Worlds, as well as the spirits of nature. While
you can purchase many of these tools, there’s nothing quite as powerful as
making your own. You’ll find instructions for making rattles, drums, masks,
mirrors, spirit figures, fans, bells, pouches, wands, prayer bundles, flutes,
whistles, and more. Plus suggestions for responsible ways to obtain the
materials you’ll need. “Having an intimate connection to all the spirits that
came together in my favorite rattle–knowing that the tiny pebbles came from
the local riverbank, the wood handle from a lightningstruck maple in my yard,
and the rawhide from a black bear that was hunted by a native friend for food
–gives it a far deeper meaning and power.” –from the introduction The
author’s original artwork and photographs of shamans and their authentic tools
appear throughout the book. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weiser Books (July 1, 2014)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578635578
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 73
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.66 x 8.97 inches
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