Shamanic Experience: A Practical Guide to Psychic Powers

My book club chose this last month. The text itself is dense but rewarding — you get out what you put in. Not a light read, but far more accessible than I feared. Glad I finally picked this up.

I've read excerpts online before, but having the full text is different. The print is clean and easy on the eyes for long sessions. It pairs well with more modern commentaries on the same tradition. Highly recommend to serious students.

Finally got around to ordering this. Plenty of passages worth underlining; my copy is already full of margin notes. It pairs well with more modern commentaries on the same tradition. Delivery took a bit longer than quoted. Still worth having on the shelf.

Grabbed this during a weekend order. Challenging in places, but never needlessly obscure. Highly recommend to serious students.

This edition finally does the material justice. I appreciated how the argument builds steadily from first principles. Would buy from this store again.

Meadows provides a structured entry point into shamanic practice, making abstract concepts like aura expansion and energetic centers palpable through hands-on exercises. The integration of the forty-seven-minute drumming CD is a significant strength, facilitating immediate meditative awareness for those struggling with silent meditation. However, this book does not suit readers who prefer rigorous academic anthropology or skeptical analysis of occult claims. It may also disappoint advanced practitioners seeking novel theoretical frameworks, as it distills existing wisdom into familiar Western exercises rather than offering groundbreaking scholarship. Those looking for complex ritualistic depth might find the nineteen exercises too simplistic. It is best viewed as a beginner’s workbook rather than a comprehensive treatise on global shamanic traditions or a substitute for traditional apprenticeship.