The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition
Shamanism, Family Constellations, Psychotherapy, the Christian Healing Tradition – their similarities and differences, illustrated with examples from a practitioner of all these methods. It is currently the only book in the world that compares these three traditions. August Thalhamer, Austrian Catholic theologian, psychotherapist, and urban shaman is answering his calling to build bridges. Over the last half century, Thalhamer has been able to discover the harmony resonating between these (seemingly mutually-exclusive) worldviews, in theory and in practice. Here, he outlines the academic and intuitive paths that led to his own shamanic way of healing. This guide is a one-stop reference work for anyone interested in Shamanism. If your curiosity has ever left you wondering: What value does shamanic wisdom, ancient and contemporary, have for the Western world and how can we integrate it into our lives? This book will provide you with a solid harbor for launching your own personal journey, one you can always return to for inspiration. Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. H. Büttner, Wismar, wrote in the "Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8/2015" (the medical journal for the German edition): "This book actually belongs in the hands of medical students and young doctors, because, by the way, it conveys western education, tradition and partly humanistic dimensions of medicine. We should again seek out the foundations on which the edifice of our philosophical and religious culture rests, also with regard to our mental health. Today's medical students would, of course, be recommended to study philosophy again in addition to physics (which,by the way,was abolished by the Prussian Ministry of Culture in 1861). I enjoyed reading and thinking a lot."
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The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition
Shamanism, Family Constellations, Psychotherapy, the Christian Healing Tradition – their similarities and differences, illustrated with examples from a practitioner of all these methods. It is currently the only book in the world that compares these three traditions. August Thalhamer, Austrian Catholic theologian, psychotherapist, and urban shaman is answering his calling to build bridges. Over the last half century, Thalhamer has been able to discover the harmony resonating between these (seemingly mutually-exclusive) worldviews, in theory and in practice. Here, he outlines the academic and intuitive paths that led to his own shamanic way of healing. This guide is a one-stop reference work for anyone interested in Shamanism. If your curiosity has ever left you wondering: What value does shamanic wisdom, ancient and contemporary, have for the Western world and how can we integrate it into our lives? This book will provide you with a solid harbor for launching your own personal journey, one you can always return to for inspiration. Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. H. Büttner, Wismar, wrote in the "Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8/2015" (the medical journal for the German edition): "This book actually belongs in the hands of medical students and young doctors, because, by the way, it conveys western education, tradition and partly humanistic dimensions of medicine. We should again seek out the foundations on which the edifice of our philosophical and religious culture rests, also with regard to our mental health. Today's medical students would, of course, be recommended to study philosophy again in addition to physics (which,by the way,was abolished by the Prussian Ministry of Culture in 1861). I enjoyed reading and thinking a lot."
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The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition

The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition

by August Thalhamer
The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition

The Shaman's Way of Healing: In Light of Western Psychotherapy and Christian Tradition

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Shamanism, Family Constellations, Psychotherapy, the Christian Healing Tradition – their similarities and differences, illustrated with examples from a practitioner of all these methods. It is currently the only book in the world that compares these three traditions. August Thalhamer, Austrian Catholic theologian, psychotherapist, and urban shaman is answering his calling to build bridges. Over the last half century, Thalhamer has been able to discover the harmony resonating between these (seemingly mutually-exclusive) worldviews, in theory and in practice. Here, he outlines the academic and intuitive paths that led to his own shamanic way of healing. This guide is a one-stop reference work for anyone interested in Shamanism. If your curiosity has ever left you wondering: What value does shamanic wisdom, ancient and contemporary, have for the Western world and how can we integrate it into our lives? This book will provide you with a solid harbor for launching your own personal journey, one you can always return to for inspiration. Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. H. Büttner, Wismar, wrote in the "Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 8/2015" (the medical journal for the German edition): "This book actually belongs in the hands of medical students and young doctors, because, by the way, it conveys western education, tradition and partly humanistic dimensions of medicine. We should again seek out the foundations on which the edifice of our philosophical and religious culture rests, also with regard to our mental health. Today's medical students would, of course, be recommended to study philosophy again in addition to physics (which,by the way,was abolished by the Prussian Ministry of Culture in 1861). I enjoyed reading and thinking a lot."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783709501443
Publisher: Ennsthaler
Publication date: 10/18/2021
Sold by: Libreka GmbH
Format: eBook
Pages: 266
File size: 457 KB

About the Author

August Thalhamer, born in 1943, PhD, Roman Catholic Theologian, psychotherapist, business psychologist, and urban shaman in private practice in Linz, Austria. He has been researching the connections between Christian, psychotherapeutic and shamanic healing traditions for years. www.thalhamer-haase.at
August Thalhamer, geboren 1943, Dr. phil., röm.-kath. Theologe, Psychotherapeut, Wirtschaftspsychologe und Stadtschamane in freier Praxis in Linz/Oberösterreich. Er befasst sich seit Jahren mit den Zusammenhängen zwischen christlichen, psychotherapeutischen und schamanischen Heiltraditionen. Sein 2007 veröffentlichtes Buch »Der Heilungsweg des Schamanen im Lichte westlicher Psychotherapie und christlicher Überlieferung« wurde 2014 – erweitert und aktualisiert – im Ennsthaler Verlag neu aufgelegt. Mehr Infos auf seiner Homepage www.thalhamer-haase.at

Table of Contents

Foreword Sandra Ingerman 8

Introduction Dr Carlo Zumstein 9

Prologue 12

Foreword to the Second Edition 14

Foreword to the English Edition 14

1 Shamanism 17

My Women 18

First Basic Assumption: There Are Other Worlds besides the Visible One 18

What Is the Origin of Shamanism? How Does Someone Become a Shaman? 24

The Shamanic Calling Today 27

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies 32

Albert Einstein: "I Rely on Intuition." 34

How Can a Person Sense and Know Something about Another, That Cannot Possibly Be Known? 36

Second Basic Assumption: Everything Is Part of a Whole 37

Third Basic Assumption: Everything Existing Has a Soul 41

Even Science Is Discovering the Interconnectedness 45

How Do You Go on a Shamanic Journey? 50

Examples 57

What Is the Purpose of a Shamanic Journey? 61

Isn't That Regression? 65

How Do Shamans Heal Others? 71

Examples 74

Where Do These Images Come From? 83

A Claim to Exclusivity? Does a Shaman Possess the Truth? 86

The Third Something 93

Contraindications 97

2 Shamanism and Christianity 99

Is Shamanism a Religion? 100

You Shall Not Make for Yourself an Image of God! (Ex. 20:4) 106

A Painful History 116

At the Beginning of Every Religion Is the Experience of the Mystery 124

Yahweh's Name Is "Jealous" (Ex. 34:14) 126

The Men of Yahweh are Shamans with a License 128

The Wind Blows Where It Chooses (John 3:8) 130

Jesus Healed. What About Us? 138

How Did Jesus Heal? 141

Magicians and Witches 143

Exorcism 146

Shamanic Elements in Christianity 153

The Jesuit's Initiation 157

My Personal Shamanic Way 164

3 Shamanism and Psychotherapy 169

How Are Shamanism and Psychotherapy Compatible? 170

Shamanic Treatment Is Healing in Trance with the Aid of Unconscious Wisdom 175

Examples 177

So Is Healing Done with the Help of Spirit Beings or the Wisdom of the Unconscious? 193

The Realm of the Psyche and Spirit Beings Is One 195

The Same Thing - Expressed in Different Languages 197

Miracle Healing Instead of an Arduous Healing Process? 198

Is Health/Healing a Gift or an Accomplishment? 204

Healing for Mother Earth 206

Charlatans? 214

Black Magic and Damage Sorcery 217

Shamanism and Science 220

The Problems of Measuring Efficiency 237

Can a Psychotherapist Integrate Shamanic Healing Into Their Practice? 245

Neo-Shamanism? 248

References 254

The Author 266

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