FEATURES

Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D.
Grandmother’s Wisdom: Following the Path of Dreams, excerpted from The Woman in the Shaman’s Body, recounts the author’s dream encounters with her departed grandmother, her studies with K’iche’ Maya dreamers, and stories of several female shamanic dreamers.

Robert Moss
Dream Visitations with the Dead discusses the cross-cultural phenomenon of visiting with the departed in dreams, and examines the many gifts of healing available in such experiences.

Demetri Dimas Efthyvoulos
Reflections of Rainforest Spirits presents a series of visionary photos, depicting vegetative spirits that appear in the form of reflections encountered on Amazonian waters.

Aubrey Garcia
Ayahuasca Teachings from the Heart of the World describes a young shaman’s caring, respectful approach to preparing ayahuasca tea.

Timothy White
Psychedelic Poisons Aren’t the Same as Shamanic Sacraments, a feature review and commentary based on the book Pharmako/gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path by Dale Pendell, explores fundamental differences between using psychoactives for personal tripping and using them as transformative shamanic sacraments.

ON THE FRONT COVER: “Native American Dreamers,” a series of miniature portraits by Timothy White, depicts Pomo dreamer Essie Parrish, Yurok healer Tela Star Hawk Lake, Crow medicine woman Seven Stars, and Cahuilla medicine woman Ruby Modesto.

ON THE BACK COVER: The Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis and the shamanic drawf Bes are honored in “Guardians of the Dreamworld,” a painting by Timothy White.

DEPARTMENTS

FROM THE EDITOR examines some of the religious rights issues raised by the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision on Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal.

LETTERS 

OPEN DIALOGUE acknowledges the need to restrict the sale of potentiated Salvia divinorum to minors, in order to protect the shamanic and religious use of the sacrament.

REVIEWS offers critiques of Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics edited by Roger Walsh and Charles S. Grob; and Yajé, The New Purgatory: Encounters with Ayahuasca by Jimmy Weiskopf.

RECEIVED & NOTED lists titles and brief information on new books and other media we have recently received from publishers. 

UNCLASSIFIEDS 

RESOURCES DIRECTORY 
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