Welcome to earth-awareness.com and to my book, The Way Beyond The Shaman: Birthing A New Earth Consciousness published in 2006 by O Books (John Hunt Publishing). In 2022 updated and self-published in a 2nd edition with a new cover.

About the book

The shaman has become a potent symbol of our mystic participation with Earth's spirit. But can shamanism help us regain this primal awareness? "The Way Beyond The Shaman" answers this question by taking the reader on an epic journey back to the origins of shamanism deep within the last ice age. After penetrating to the very roots of shamanism, the book offers a powerful vision of human consciousness evolving into the future, transformed by the life-giving spirit of shamanism. A profound transformation of human consciousness is seen to be taking place today, a realignment of mind and body, so that Earth's spirit may once again be perceived and directly, not only by seers and shamans, but by all. The elegant simplicity of the book's radical central thesis is that you don't have to conduct elaborate rituals or engage in strenuous inner journeys to contact or perceive Earth's spirit. It is right there, in the deep celebratory awareness of the dignity and power of our own physical bodies as aspects and expressions of Earth. Awakening to the spirit of shamanism is an experience accessible to anyone willing to allow the transformative power and elemental physicality of Earth's spirit into their lives.

Endorsements

"The Way Beyond The Shaman is a call for sanity in a world unhinged, and a template for regaining a sacred regard for our only home. There is compelling reason to take this brilliant synthesis seriously: Our survival may depend on it.. This is a superb work, an inspired vision by a master artist and wordsmith." Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind, Healing Words and Recovering The Soul.

Western culture has bestowed many benefits upon individuals, families, and cultures. But at some point, it took a wrong turn resulting in environmental degradation and existential malaise. In this remarkable book, Barry Cottrell evokes the spirit of shamanism to get civilisation back on track. History does not go backwards but The Way Beyond The Shaman brilliantly illustrates how this earth awareness can insure and improve the future of humankind. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Professor pf psychology at Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco and Co-editor, Healing Tales: The Narrative Arts in Spiritual Traditions.

The pressing need of our time is for a spirituality that puts us in touch with the Earth and with our physical selves, a spirituality that values and nourishes the world about us as much as it seeks a world beyond us. Barry Cottrell in tis excellent book outlines a vital path for just such as spirituality, one with roots in our deepest past but flowering in the possibilities of a radiant present. David Spangler, Spiritua; philosopher and teacher, author of The Call.

This is an awe-inspiring book and one that I hope will be read by all who think deeply about life and the spiritual survival of our species. Ruth White, author of Working with your Chakras.

We are beginning to remember who we are and to regain a sense of belonging to Earth. In this pioneering book, Barry Cottrell guides the reader through the history of shamanism, expressed its profound relevance to our time of remembering and reawakening, pointing the way to a new sense of freedom that also aligns us to the rhythms of the Earth. David Lorimer, Science and Medical Network, editor, A New Renaissance: Transforming Science, Spirit and Society.

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