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The Medicine Bag: Shamanic Rituals & Ceremonies for Personal Transformation (Shamanic Wisdom Series) Paperback – February 4, 2020

by don Jose Ruiz (Author), don Miguel Ruiz (Foreword)
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One of the main tenets of shamanism is a belief in the power of ceremony to manifest change in the physical world. Virtually all shamanic traditions use a variety of ritual practices as tools for personal transformation, healing, and celebration.

Now, in this exciting and practical book, Toltec shaman and New York Times best-selling author don Jose Ruiz introduces and explains a wealth of these shamanic rituals and ceremonies, and provides a detailed and accessible guide to performing them on your own.

This book will teach you how to:::
  • Choose and create power objects
  • Build a personal altar and medicine wheel
  • Align your life with the cycles of nature
  • Find and work with your spirit animals
  • Honor your ancestors, undertake power journeys, and much more
Like the medicine bag itself, this book is a potent tool kit of spiritual practices meant to open you to a world of beauty, exploration, and transformation. By offering step-by-step instructions in each chapter, don Jose Ruiz has made these rituals and ceremonies accessible to everyone who feels called to travel the shamanic path.
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  6. Dimensions
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  7. ISBN-10
    1938289870
  8. ISBN-13
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"One of the most important aspects of shamanism is that within every one of us is the light, the divinity, or as my ancestors would say, the nagual. Each one of us has our own truth inside ourselves."

- don Jose Ruiz

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The Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us About Love and Life

For generation after generation, Toltec shamans have passed down their wisdom through teaching stories. The purpose of these stories is to implant a seed of knowledge in the mind of the listener, where it can ultimately sprout and blossom into a new and better way of life. In The Wisdom of the Shamans, Toltec shaman and master storyteller don Jose Ruiz shares some of the most popular stories from his family’s oral tradition, and offers corresponding lessons that illustrate the larger ideas within each story. Ruiz begins by explaining that contrary to the stereotypical image of “witchdoctor,” the ancient shamans were men and women who fulfilled several roles within their communities: philosopher, spiritual guide, medical doctor, psychologist, and friend. The shamans taught that the truth you seek is inside of you. Let these stories, lessons, and tools be your guide to finding the innate wisdom that lives within.

The Medicine Bag: Shamanic Rituals and Ceremonies for Personal Transformation

One of the main tenets of shamanism is a belief in the power of ceremony to manifest change in the physical world. Virtually all shamanic traditions use a variety of ritual practices as tools for personal transformation, healing, and celebration. Now, in this exciting and practical book, Toltec shaman and New York Times best-selling author don Jose Ruiz introduces and explains a wealth of these shamanic rituals and ceremonies, and provides a detailed and accessible guide to performing them on your own.

Like the medicine bag itself, this book is a potent tool kit of spiritual practices meant to open you to a world of beauty, exploration, and transformation. By offering step-by-step instructions in each chapter, don Jose Ruiz has made these rituals and ceremonies accessible to everyone who feels called to travel the shamanic path.

Shamanic Power Animals: Embracing the Teachings of Our Non-Human Friends

In Shamanic Power Animals: Embracing the Teachings of Our Non-Human Friends, Toltec shaman don José Ruiz takes a deep dive into this rich and vital store of animal wisdom and demonstrates how we can incorporate its lessons into our daily lives. In the first section of this book, Ruiz explains how power animals represent a path to our own personal power and provides a foundational understanding of the animal world based on the symbol of the medicine wheel and its association with the elements of earth, air, fire, and water. The second section contains a power animal compendium covering over 200 animals. Each entry includes exercises, prayers, and chants for use in communicating and collaborating with these powerful allies on your own personal journey toward awareness and healing. The result is both a reference guide to the wisdom of the animal world and a road map for activating this wisdom within yourself.

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"If the Toltec tradition is the way of the artist, then we can say that the shamanic path is really an invitation to you, the artist, to create your own masterpiece, to use everything in your life as a brush to paint your own picture of personal freedom."

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don Jose Ruiz is a nagual (Toltec shaman) in the Eagle Knights lineage, and the son of don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. By combining new insights with ancient wisdom, don Jose Ruiz has dedicated his life to helping others experience personal transformation through truth, love, and common sense. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Shamans and co-author with his father of The Fifth Agreement.

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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Foreword When my son Jose was eleven years old, I took him and his older brother Miguel Jr., who was fourteen at the time, to Madre Grande, a mountain in Southern California. While we’d visited the mountain previously for family events that included hiking and cookouts, Madre Grande also had special significance beyond that, as it is where my mother, Sarita, a curandera, or “faith healer,” would often share with us the sacred teachings of our family’s Toltec tradition. Sarita was the keeper of the wisdom tradition of our family for her generation.

After we arrived at Madre Grande that day, I asked the boys if they were ready to be initiated into the path of the Toltec, to which they both eagerly agreed. This coming-of-age ceremony took place approximately thirty years ago, and it marked the beginning of a long apprenticeship they would undertake to learn the ways of our ancestors, culminating years later in both becoming master teachers in their own right.

While Jose and Miguel Jr. share much in common, they have taken slightly different routes in sharing the teachings of our family in their own unique way. Miguel Jr. has brought the ideas to a largely mainstream community, while Jose has embraced the shamanic origin of the Toltec tradition, and explained these ancient teachings in a way the modern world can understand.

Unlike some forms of shamanism, the Toltec tradition places a special emphasis on unconditional love and personal healing as the means by which we create transformation in ourselves and the world. We teach that we are all the artists of our own lives, and that we have the power to change our lives if we don’t like the ones we’re living.

In fact, the truth is that it’s only when we change ourselves that we change the world. This axiom has been stated in various ways by many of the great teachers in every spiritual tradition. In my opinion, this message is needed today as much as ever. When we look around this beautiful planet, we see so many of our fellow humans suffering—mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically—and as a result they often feel blocked from the innate sense of self-love, joy, and peace that is available to us all.

It’s time to heal from this kind of suffering, and the book you are holding in your hands right now can help you do exactly that. In the pages that follow, my son, don Jose Ruiz, will share specific rituals and ceremonies from our Toltec tradition that can help you come into harmony with your innermost self and the world around you.

The shamanic practices described here will teach you how to take the raw material of life—physical pieces of the natural world, along with your inner thoughts and intentions—and draw out their meaning and power through ceremony. This is the joining of spirit and substance, of intention and action, all with the purpose of helping yourself—and in turn, others on this beautiful planet.

To be our own healers, we must look into our wounds, not turn away from them, or try to ignore them. Doing so takes bravery and stamina, but it’s only when we understand our wounds and heal them that we transform our lives.

In my opinion, there has never been a more important time to do this work. My hope is that you will take the tools Jose describes in these pages and create the life you deserve.

All my love,
Don Miguel Ruiz
Author of The Four Agreements
 

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hierophant Publishing (February 4, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938289870
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938289873
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
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don José Ruiz was born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. When he was 21, he came to live in the United States with his father, don Miguel Ruiz. He lectures and gives workshops around the world and dedicates his life to sharing the ancient Toltec wisdom by translating it into practical, everyday life concepts that promote transformation through truth, love, and common sense. He is the coauthor, with his father, of New York Times bestselling book, The Fifth Agreement.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very practical
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The book starts to finish and gives great examples of how to create your own rituals and ceremonies very informative.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 10/10 would reccomend (very beginner friendly)
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I usually don't leave reviews but I had to since I finished the book already and I JUST got a couple days ago. I was a little skeptical on buying it at first since I just saw it through Amazon and just bought it cause I wanted to begin my spiritual journey and didnt know where to start and this was the first book to pop up and I'm honestly SO GLAD I CHOSE TO BUY IT! It's really a must ready for beginners, its short, sweet, and to the point but still very meaningful. My life has felt so stagnant lately n this book really helped me open my eyes to a lot. I really truly believe this book didnt pop up on accident n if ur looking for a sign, this is it! This book is the one!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
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I have loved learning from this author and book. Beautifully put together and beautiful rituals that can be used to gain a closer connection to spirit and self. Loved the explanation of a medicine wheel- always been drawn to them, but didn’t feel I knew what I was doing enough to create one. Now I do, humbly learning. as we all are.

Packed full of powerful ceremonies we can all benefit from, in our sinking world. Individual connection to the great spirit, to awaken us from our unconscious dreams and help each other. Keep ancient wisdom alive in the age overwhelmed by useless information.

Thank you for this book🙏
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
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Wisdom that resonated and affirmed what was already inside of me. 10/10
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written & Good Rituals for beginners
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Really enjoy this book. Just finished the first ritual and am exited about more :D
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good.
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It is a decent book for beginners.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening
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I liked the breakdown of the chapters. This book is for anyone seeking to grow from within. This book made me understand the importance of celebrating who/where you are in this life.
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A great and wonderful read. Sure can teach use more than I thought would be possible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for shamanic rituals and ceremonies
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I read few books about shamanism.actually i needed to learn about ceremonies. But i didn't find anything helpful on those books.. If you want to do some awesome ceremonies and rituals,just read it.. Its precious..Thank you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Such great wisdom!
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Love this book, it's packed full of the wisdom of the toltec way of life. Such wise people walked this earth before us and we've sadly lost most of their wisdom down the line. If only we could all tune into this sort of ancient wisdom from so many different paths, this messed up world of ours would be such a better place for all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book full of practical advice
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This is a wonderful book full of practical advice with easy to follow steps on how to actually create useful Shamanic tools. A delight to read.
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