NATIVE AMERICAN AND SHAMANISM READING RESOURCES Most of these books refer at least in part to Shamanism, or to Native American religious practices. Ratings of the below are subjective to some degree. * - Pretty good ** - More than pretty good *** - Why the hey are you just staring at this list; go out there and grab the book!!! This is by no means a final list of what is available -- I have purposefully omitted some books, while other books which may be good just have not come into my possession. Yet. -- Jehana Silverwing ***************************************************************************** ***Allen, Paula Gunn. 1986. The Sacred Hoop. Beacon Press, Boston. (American Indian philosophy.) **Deloria, Vine. 1973. God Is Red. Dell Publishing Company, New York. (Indian religion & its relevance to the Indians of today.) Drury, Nevill. 1982. The Shaman and the Magician: Journeys Between the Worlds. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. *Drury, Nevill. 1984. Vision Quest. Prism Press, Dorcester. Eaton, Evelyn. 1982. The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. **Eliade, Mircea. 1964. Shamanism. Princeton University Press, Princeton. *Foster, Steven, with Meredith Little. 1980. The Book of the Vision Quest: Personal Transformation in the Wilderness. Bear Tribe Publishing, Spokane. ***Harner, Micheal. 1980. The Way of the Shaman: A Guide to Power and Healing. Harper & Row, San Fransisco. (Methods; cultural discussions.) **Highwater, Jamake. 1981. The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America. New American Library, New York. ***Kalweit, Holger. 1988. Dreamtime and Inner Space: The World of the Shaman. Shambhala, Boston. **Lame Deer, John, and Richard Erdoes. 1972. Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions. Pocket Books, New York. (Excellent autobiography of a Lakota medicine man.) Marriott, Alice and Carol K. Rachlin, ed. 1968. American Indian Mythology. The New American Library, New York. **Neihardt, John G.: 1932. Black Elk Speaks. Washington Square Press, New York. (Another Lakota medicine man.) *Nicholson, Shirley, ed. 1987. Shamanism. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois. *Rutherford, Ward. 1986. Shamanism: The Foundations of Magic. The Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Sun Bear. 1983. The Path of Power. Bear Tribe Publishing, Spokane, Washington. (Sun Bear's personal journey towards forming the Bear Tribe & why.) *Sun Bear and Wabun. 1980. The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology. Bear Tribe Publishing, Spokane, Washington. **Tedlock, Dennis and Barbara. 1975. Teachings from the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy. Liveright, New York. ***Tooker, Elizabeth, ed. 1979. Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals and Ceremonials. Paulist Press, New York. Waldman, Carl. 1985. Atlas of the North American Indian. Facts on File Publications, New York.