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From: "Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN45@*****.MMC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shamanism (was Invisible Pink Unicorns)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 15:07:28 -0500
>On the topic on good shamanism texts, may I recommend "The Western Way"
>(Caitlin and John Matthews) and "The Celtic Shaman" (John Matthews) for a
>pretty fair insight into Shamanism the Druid way. A little different from
>the viewpoints of various Amerind people, and provides a broader definition
>of the Totem.

You also might try Rhyddlym Gawr's The Way, a bit out there but fun, and
Isaac Bonewits' Real Magic, required reading despite Isaac's ego. Get the
revised edition, which he re-edited after maturing a bit. He says so in the
introduction. :) Real Magic doesn't get into any specific tradition deeply,
but it covers the meta-rules of magic very well, and anyone who wants to
argue magic theory really should have read it.

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