{"id":138,"date":"2011-09-27T06:53:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-09-15T01:18:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T01:18:25","slug":"new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html","title":{"rendered":"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"644\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"263\" height=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/3stars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/3stars.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>Purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/store.beliefnet.com\/amazon_store\/item\/1578634989\">The Hollow Bone<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.inspiredfaith.com\/storefront.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet Shopping Mall<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"375\"><strong>The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><strong>By<\/strong>Colleen Deatsman<strong>Review:<\/strong> Shamanism was always a word that scared me.\u00a0 It evoked images of animal spirits entering a person&#8217;s body&#8211;inevitably in a poorly lit tent deep in the jungle.\u00a0 But the word is increasingly becoming part of the general spiritual vocabulary in America.\u00a0 And this book was the perfect way to demystify a word (and set of practices) that is still poorly understood.<\/p>\n<p>Deatsman is the perfect person to write this beginner&#8217;s guide to Shamanism.\u00a0 A practicing Sha-woman and an experienced non-fiction writer, she writes with clarity and authority.\u00a0 You can tell that she possesses a deep understanding of Shamanism because she can distill even the most esoteric practices into concepts that anyone can understand.<\/p>\n<p>Each chapter addresses a vital aspect of understanding Shamanism&#8211;the history, the practices, Shamanism and healing, and so forth.\u00a0 The most profound chapter is the final one&#8211;in which she guides the reader to cultivate their own healing power and insight into their individual spirits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended for: <\/strong>I would recommend this book for literally anyone who is interested in healing and spirituality.\u00a0 Even if Shamanism isn&#8217;t your calling, it&#8217;s vital to understand how different cultures (especially indigenous communities) practice healing&#8211;since so much of our current understanding of personal and collective healing stems from Shamanism. Besides, it&#8217;s a fun read and provides lots of interesting facts to share with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase The Hollow Bone from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism ByColleen DeatsmanReview: Shamanism was always a word that scared me.\u00a0 It evoked images of animal spirits entering a person&#8217;s body&#8211;inevitably in a poorly lit tent deep in the jungle.\u00a0 But the word is increasingly becoming part of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-spirituality","category-general-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism - A Literary Spirit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism - A Literary Spirit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Purchase The Hollow Bone from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism ByColleen DeatsmanReview: Shamanism was always a word that scared me.\u00a0 It evoked images of animal spirits entering a person&#8217;s body&#8211;inevitably in a poorly lit tent deep in the jungle.\u00a0 But the word is increasingly becoming part of the&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Literary Spirit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-27T06:53:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-09-15T01:18:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taz Tagore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism - A Literary Spirit","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism - A Literary Spirit","og_description":"Purchase The Hollow Bone from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism ByColleen DeatsmanReview: Shamanism was always a word that scared me.\u00a0 It evoked images of animal spirits entering a person&#8217;s body&#8211;inevitably in a poorly lit tent deep in the jungle.\u00a0 But the word is increasingly becoming part of the&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html","og_site_name":"A Literary Spirit","article_published_time":"2011-09-27T06:53:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-09-15T01:18:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg"}],"author":"Taz Tagore","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html","name":"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism - A Literary Spirit","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg","datePublished":"2011-09-27T06:53:36+00:00","dateModified":"2011-09-15T01:18:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/#\/schema\/person\/c2393b784e5f472625d978bb020c826a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/images-1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/09\/new-release-the-hollow-bone-a-field-guide-to-shamanism.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[New Release] The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/","name":"A Literary Spirit","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Taz Tagore","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/#\/schema\/person\/c2393b784e5f472625d978bb020c826a","name":"Taz Tagore","description":"Taz Tagore is a leading social entrepreneur, author and leadership expert. She founded the award-winning non-profit called The Reciprocity Foundation that helps homeless youth access higher education and start innovative careers. She also actively writes about and teaches leadership to senior executives at Fortune 500 corporations and at universities including New York University and the University of Toronto. Taz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work has been featured in countless publications such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and she has been featured on a wide variety of nationally broadcast television and radio shows.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.laboroflove.typepad.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/author\/ttagore"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}