I am frequently asked for book reccommendations on various topics. This is part of the reading list for The Spirited Path. It includes partner links and is updated ongoing.

Recommended Soul Tending Books

These books I’ve found useful over the years. 

• • Cowan, Tom. Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, HarperOne, 1993.
  • Goodman, Felicitas. Ecstatic Body Postures, Bear & Co., 1995.
  • Goodman, Felicitas. Ecstatic Trance: New Ritual Body Postures, Binkey Kok, 2003.
  • Goodman, Felicitas. The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, Wipf & Stock Pub, 2005.
  • Goodman, Felicitas. Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World, Indiana University Press, 1988.
  • Goodman, Felicitas. How About Demons? , Indiana University Press, 1988.
  • Harrell, S. Kelley. Gift of the Dreamtime: Awakening to the Divinity of Trauma, Spilled Candy Books, 2004.
  • Harrell, S. Kelley. Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism: A Beginner’s Map Charting an Ancient Path, Soul Rocks Books, 2014.
  • Harrell, Sl. Kelley. From Elder to Ancestor,  Inner Traditions, 2024.
  • Lee, Ilchi. Brain Wave Vibration (Second Edition): Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life, Best Life Media, 2010.
  • Nightsky , Odette. The Bridge Between Two Worlds. A Shaman’s View of Schizophrenia & Acute Sensitivity, Available for Educational Seminars.
  • Ripinsky-Naxon, Michael. The Nature of Shamanism: Substance and Function of a Religious Metaphor, (New York, State University of New York Press, 1993).
  • Rysdysk, Evelyn. The Norse Shaman: Ancient Spiritual Practices of the Northern Tradition, Inner Traditions, 2018.
  • Some, Malidoma. Of Water and the Spirit: Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman, Penguin Books, 1995.
  • Tedlock, Barbara. The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine, (Bantam, 2005.)
  • Webb, Hillary S. Traveling Between the Worlds – Conversations with Contemporary Shamans, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc, 2004.
  • Winkelman, Michael. Shamanism: The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing,
  • Winkelman, Michael. “Shamanism As The Original Neurotheology,” Zygon – Journal of Religion and Science, vol. 39, no. 1 (March 2004); p. 193.
  • Winkelman, Michael. Shamanism – A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing, Second Edition. Praeger, 2010.
  • Wiseman, Boris, “Portrait of the Therapist as a Shaman” The European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counseling & Health, [Vol. 2 No.1 April 1999, pp 41-53].

Seidr and Northern Tradition European Resources

• Runic John, The Book of Seidr – The Native English and Northern Shamanic Tradition. Holmes Publishing Group, 2004. (cheaper directly from publisher–UK)
• LeCouteux, Claude. The Hidden History of Eldes & Dwarves. Inner Traditions, 2018.
• LeCouteux, Claude. Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic. Inner Traditions, 2016.
• Nordvig, Mathias. The Sacred Flame, podcast.
• Hjarnø-Rassmussen, Rune. Nordic Animism.
• Skallagrimsson, Wayland. Odin is a god of many things,  Training for Valhalla. 2013 

Deathwalking Resources

• Harrell, S. Kelley. Deathwalking.
• Harrell, S. Kelley. IGTV Reels
• Madden, Kirsten. Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying. 
• More to Dying Than Meets the Eye, Martha Atkins, Ted, 2013.
• Perry, Laura. Shaman Pathways – Deathwalking: Helping Them Cross the Bridge

*Ancestral Tending Resources

• Benton, Gemma. Traditional Native storyteller, story keeper, and  singer.
• Buyandelger, Manduhai. Tragic Spirits: Shamanism, Memory, and Gender in Contemporary Mongolia
• Why Shamanism Now, hosted by Christina Pratt (ancestral healing keyword)
• Some, Malidoma. The Importance of Ancestral Connection  (interview).
• Some. Malidoma. The Ancestor’s Gift of Healing. (video).
• Some, Malidoma. On Ancestors (video).

Recommended Energy Hygiene Resources

• Dilution in the Context of Energetic Safety and Hygiene, Dr. Bairavee Balasubramaniam, PhD., 20 February 2020.
• Kahn, Langston. Deep Liberation. North Atlantic Books, 2021.
• Myss, Caroline. Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can. Harmony, 1998.
• Villoldo, Alberto. Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas. Harmony, 2000.

If intuition is our inner north star, the runes are our reminder to look up.

Let’s explore them together.