Dreaming the World into Being

How to Thrive in Changing Times:
simple tools to create true health, wealth, peace, and joy for yourself and the earth

Being a blogger does have its perks: publishers send you cool books to review. The most recent ones really sparked my interest, because the author, visionary teacher and healer Sandra Ingerman, tackles the difficult yet enormously important challenge of integrating the spiritual issues of our time with the ecological crises we’re facing. Right down my alley! After reading her most recent works, How to Thrive in Changing Times and Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation, I wanted to find out more about Ms. Ingerman’s intriguing ideas for healing both our soul and our planet. A couple of weeks ago we got to chat about everything from the shamanic symbolism found in the Gulf oil disaster to the challenges of bringing our inner process back into our political discourse without coming off as “woo woo.”

Today’s segment of the interview focuses on how to overcome personal despair and defeatism in light of the tremendous problems humanity is faced with, and tomorrow I’ll post Ms. Ingerman’s fascinating insights into Shamanism and how we might use this ancient practice to heal our ailing collective spirit.

Yesterday’s segment of the interview focused on how to overcome personal despair and defeatism in light of the tremendous problems humanity is faced with. Today I’m posting Ms. Ingerman’s fascinating insights into Shamanism and how we might use this ancient practice to heal our ailing collective spirit.