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Contents 3 Letters to the Editor 5 Op-Ed PUNCHE DE MEXICANO Unexpected and Magical Encounters with an Ally Plant 6 INTERVIEW Theater of the Spirits An Interview with Virginia Monte Cecile Carson M.D. 12 SHAMANIC PRACTICE Owl Warning Healing a Costa Rican Community Rebecca Singer 15 SHAMANIC PRACTICE Meeting with Darkhad Shaman Erdene-Ochiz of Mongolia Susan Ross Grimaldi M.Ed and John R. Lawrence Jr. PhD 18 ESSAY Architects of the Future Jill Raiguel MFT 24 ESSAYS The Holding Space Method Underlying Shamanic Aspects of Polarity and Craniaosacral Therapy Gary B. Strauss MS RPP PWE 26 Traditional American Indian Bodywork the Origin of Osteopathy Polarity and Craniosacral Therapy Nita M. Renfrew 29 SHAMANIC PRACTICE Merlin Tree V. Ariel Van Haltern 32 REVIEWS LESSONS IN COURAGE PERUVIAN SHAMANIC WISDOM FOR EVERYDAY LIFE by don Oscar Miro-Quesada Review by Jos Stevens PhD 34 NUMA AN EPIC POEM WITH PHOTO COLLAGE by Katrinka Moore Review by Nita Renfrew 36 THE SHAMAN WITHIN A PHYSICISTS GUIDE TO THE DEEPER DIMENSIONS OF YOUR LIFE THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING by Claude Poncelet PhD Review by Jonathan Horwitz 38 SHORT REVIEWS THE CO-CREATION HANDBOOK A SHAMANIC GUIDE TO MANIFESTING A BETTER WORLD AND A MORE JOYFUL LIFE by Alida Burch Review by Tom Cowan 38 UP A TREE by Jane Burns Review by Tom Cowan 39 MAKING PEACE WITH SUICIDE by Adele McDowell Review by Tom Cowan 39 WHISPERING WITH ANIMALS by Maryphyllis Horn Review by Kay Kamala 41 RESOURCE DIRECTORY www.shamanic society.org 1 Cover Art The Nature of Technology by Mark Lewis Wagner See page 5 A Journal of Contemporary Shamanism VOLUME 8 ISSUE 1 SPRINGSUMMER 2015