Shamanism and the Wounded Healer

I am so excited to find Barry Cottrell's new book: The Way Beyond the Shaman - Birthing a New Earth Consciouness. In this book Barry traces the history of the Wounded Healer in the form of shamanism from Neanderthal man to the present day and explains why he believes we are in a tranformational stage in our evolution that connects us again with our roots and our shamanic healing abilities. We just need to be aware of and acknowledge those spiritual changes within us. It is a very readable and earth changing (hopefully!) book and complements Ripples of Hope beautifully - leading as it does into my own theme for how we can now use the vulnerability of the Wounded Healer to heal our fractured world! Do check it out and read it and let me know what you think about his ideas.

It is you who we have been waiting for

See the message from James O’Dea, Pres. of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, delivered to 10,000 people at the Symphony of Peace Prayers on Mount Fuji, Japan, on May 18, 2008.

I found this at http://ilumine-ao.blogspot.com/ This message is the essence of what I am writing about in my book Ripples of Hope. The time IS now to make change - to be part of a Great Shift. What saddens me is that too many people seem intent on destruction of themselves and ultimately the planet by selfish disregard of their place in a fragile overall ecosystem we call Gaia. Mankind shows such amazing hubris in his misplaced superiority over all other living beings.

What do you think?