The Shamanic Odyssey Homer Tolkien And The Visionary Experience Bustos by Bustos, Susana;perkins, John;tindall, Robert 9781594773969, 9781594775017, 1594773963, 159477501X instant download after payment.

The indigenous view of the world, as living and interconnected, can also be found in Western literature, beginning with The Odyssey. Weaving together the narrative traditions of Homer, Tolkien, and plant medicine healers, the authors reveal the Western canon to be a healing song that can return us to our native minds and bring us back into harmony with the cosmos.;Cover Image; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1: The Flight of the Eagle and Condor; Chapter 2: Snake Medicine; Chapter 3: Poseidon's Curse: The Rupture with the Indigenous Mind; Chapter 4: Rapturous Song; Chapter 5: The Plant Goddess Circe; CIRCE AS RESIDENT PLANT DIVINITY; CIRCE AS POTNIA THERON; COURTING THE MISTRESS OF ANIMALS; Chapter 6: Animal Becoming; THE INTENSIFIED TRAJECTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS; Chapter 7: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Intensified Trajectory of Consciousness; THE HEALING POWER OF ANIMAL TRANSFORMATION