ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING BOOKS
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Multiple Intelligences Road To An ELT Classroom
Price: £16.99 ISBN:1899836233 www.crownhouse.co.uk
The Power Of Metaphor
An
exploration of story, metaphor and guided visualisation for use in teaching,
training and therapy.
Price: £12.99 ISBN: 1899836438 www.crownhouse.co.uk
On Business & For Pleasure
Michael Berman
Price: £7-99 ISBN: 1846943043 www.o-books.com
In a Faraway Land
A Resource Book for Teachers on Storytelling
Michael Berman
Price: £14-99 ISBN: 1846943027 www.o-books.com
BOOKS ON SHAMANISM
Shamanic Journeys through Daghestan
Michael Berman
Paperback 196pp
£14-99 ISBN:
978-1-84694-225-9
"If you have enjoyed Michael Berman's articles in AVALON, then there is a treat in store in his new book. Shamanic Journeys through Daghestan is a delightful mix of folklore, factual commentary and shamanic explanation, all of which bring to life the rich tribal communities of this land of the mountains" Kate Gooch, AVALON Spring 2010
Shamanic Journeys through the Caucasus
Michael Berman
Paperback 240pp
£14-99 ISBN: 978-1-84694-253-2
Georgia Through Its Folktales
Michael Berman & Ketevan Kalandadze
Paperback: 176pp £11-99 ISBN: 978-1-84694-279-2 www.amazon.co.uk
Midwest Book Review, Oregon, USA: "Georgia Through Its Folktales gathers a smorgasbord of classic folktales from the Republic of Georgia, many of which have never been translated into English before. A handful of black-and-white illustrations enhance this treasury of classic, fantastic stories which reveal a glimpse into the minds of the men and women who call Georgia home - such as the reworking of Genesis into a story that suggests the Georgians were last in line when God gave them land, so God gave them his garden - the small yet fertile and heavenly patch of land that is Georgia. A wondrous collection, deserving of the highest recommendation especially for library folktale shelves."
The
Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story
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Hardcover: 175 pages Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (1 Nov 2007) |
Price: £29.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847183569 www.c-s-p.org.uk
"I enjoyed reading this book because for once this isn’t a book arguing for Shamanism ‘as the next best thing to apple pie’, but a sober look into the roots of Shamanism. The chapter Shamanism – A Religion. A Way of Life, or a Methodology? is particularly interesting. Shamanism – like Wicca –seems to have suffered something of a process of sanitization, as if, for example, using hallucinogenic drugs somehow ‘degenerated’ the whole practice. Michael continues by using a number of stories to illustrate Shamanic journeys to Lower, Middle and Upper World. One is perhaps a surprising choice – the Shamanic Story of Jonah but as Michael writes it is the universality of its appeal. He also uses stories from Georgia, Germany and Korea to illustrate how mythology, sagas and folktales can provide us with inner or Shamanic journeys. In fact he later devotes a chapter on the Parallels between the Shaman and the Storyteller. Many Pagans will recognise the importance of the oral tradition Michael is describing. And how we all need to be adept storytellers" Morgana - International Coordinator of the PFI (taken from Pagan World Summer 2009).
Stories from various cultures and
periods of time can be identified which deal with a concept of soul loss that is
essentially shamanic. In shamanism, soul loss is the term used to describe the
way parts of the psyche become detached when we are faced with traumatic
situations. In shamanic terms, these split-off parts can be found in
non-ordinary reality and are only accessible to those familiar with its
topography. Case studies are presented to show how the way soul loss is dealt
with by indigenous shamans differs from the way it is treated by neo-shamanic
practitioners. Stories have traditionally been classified as epics, myths,
sagas, legends, folk tales, fairy tales, parables and fables. However, the
definitions of the terms have a tendency to overlap, making it difficult to
classify and categorize material. For this reason, a case can be made for the
introduction of a new genre, termed the shamanic story a story that has either
been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey (a numinous experience in
non-ordinary reality) or one that contains a number of the elements typical of
such a journey. Within this new genre it is proposed that there exists a
sub-genre, shamanic stories that deal specifically with soul-loss, and examples
are presented and analysed to support this hypothesis.
Soul Loss and the Shamanic Story
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Hardcover: 305 pages Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (1 Feb 2008) |
Price: £39.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847184573 www.c-s-p.org.uk
Divination and the Shamanic Story
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Hardcover: 230 pages Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (1 March 2008) |
Price: £29.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847184677 www.c-s-p.org.uk
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The Shamanic Themes in Armenian Folktales
Price:
£24.99
ISBN-13:
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The Shamanic Themes in Georgian Folktales
Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (1 Nov 2008)
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'The Shaman and the Storyteller' by Michael Berman
with an Introduction by Jonathan Horwitz
from the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies
Price: £12 ISBN: 0954291379 www.amazon.co.uk
All God's Creatures
A collection of short stories, both contemporary & traditional
Price: $10.95 ISBN: 978-0-9843302-6-3
