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Island of the Sun
Alberto Villoldo
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Description for Island of the Sun
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Island of the Sun recounts the American psychologist Alberto Villoldo's return to Peru in search of the Quechua Indian shaman Don Jicaram. The authors' earlier book, Dance of the Four Winds, described Villoldo's first initiation, under Don Jicaram, into the secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel and the spiritual journey of the Four Winds. Villoldo had begun that journey in the South, “where one goes to confront and shed the past.” With use of the powerful mind-altering plant ayahuasca, he had continued to the West, a direction also inhabited by fear and death. Now in Island of the Sun he ... Read more
Island of the Sun recounts the American psychologist Alberto Villoldo's return to Peru in search of the Quechua Indian shaman Don Jicaram. The authors' earlier book, Dance of the Four Winds, described Villoldo's first initiation, under Don Jicaram, into the secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel and the spiritual journey of the Four Winds. Villoldo had begun that journey in the South, “where one goes to confront and shed the past.” With use of the powerful mind-altering plant ayahuasca, he had continued to the West, a direction also inhabited by fear and death. Now in Island of the Sun he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9780892815203
SKU
V9780892815203
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About Alberto Villoldo
Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is also the author of Dance of the Four Winds, Millenium, Healing States, and Realms of Healing. Erik Jendresen is a playwright and screenwriter.
Reviews for Island of the Sun
"A moving testament to interior ways of knowing."
Publishers Weekly
"A narrative rich in myth, history, and metaphor."
Booklist
"Profound and personal, cosmic and compassionate. . . . Memoir, Andean adventure, and quest for wisdom, the book is an even deeper, wiser, more moving tour of the extraordinary, with Villoldo a refreshing guide, frank amd engaging." ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
"A narrative rich in myth, history, and metaphor."
Booklist
"Profound and personal, cosmic and compassionate. . . . Memoir, Andean adventure, and quest for wisdom, the book is an even deeper, wiser, more moving tour of the extraordinary, with Villoldo a refreshing guide, frank amd engaging." ... Read more