Chamanismo La vía de la mente nativa

In two parts, this concise and convivial exploration explains what shamanism entails, describes who shaman are and what they do, and chronicles the various contributions of shamanism to psychology, spirituality, and medicine. It goes on to provide an introduction to the shamanistic vision through firsthand accounts of the author's own travels throughout various regions of Latin America. It also investigates the possible connections between shamanism and depth psychologythe psychoanalytic approach to therapy and research that takes the unconscious into accountwith which it shares various assumptions and techniques. What emerges is a thoroughly profound picture of a way of thought that proposes a genuine integration among human beings, nature, and the cosmos and that offers answers to crises, pain, sickness, and death. En dos partes, estaexploracion concisa y amena explica que es el chamanismo, quienes son y que hacen los chamanes, y describe las diversas aportaciones del chamanismo, tanto para la psicologia y la espiritualidad como para la medicina. Luego provee una introduccion a la vision chamanica a traves de relatos de primera mano de los viajes del autor mismo en diferentes regiones de America Latina. Tambien indaga en los posibles puentes entre el chamanismo y la psicologia profundael enfoque psicoanalitico a la terapia y la investigacion que toma en cuenta el inconscientecon la que comparte varios supuestos y tecnicas. Lo que resulta es una profunda imagen de un modo de pensamiento que propugna una genuina integracion entre el ser humano, la naturaleza y el cosmos y que ofrece respuestas a las situaciones de crisis, dolor, enfermedad y muerte.

Manuel Almendro is a clinical psychologist and a member of the European Federation of Psychology Association. He is the director of Oxígeme, a center of psychological integration, and the author of many articles and books in his native Spanish. Pablo Amaringo is a former shaman in the Peruvian rainforest and is now a painter and instructor at the Usko-Ayar School, which he founded.