OTHER BOOKS BY MICHAEL BERMAN

Please note that my other resource books for teachers of English as a Foreign Language - Red Herrings, and Who Are You? - are also all available from www.brainfriendly.co.uk, and if you visit the site, you can download free sample material.

Written and designed for English Language teachers, this is a visually appealing and thoroughly practical resource full of exercises, activities, stories, visualisations, puzzles and information for immediate use in the classroom. Organised into ten clearly defined units, it deals in turn with each of the eight intelligences; logical/mathematical, verbal/linguistic, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist; providing exercises and advice for teaching using each of them. Built on sound grammatical foundations, the book contains all a teacher will need to keep students challenged and learning in the style that suits them best. (2nd Edition now available)

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

“This book was nothing like I was expecting and pleasantly surprised to see the content of the book being towards connecting with the ‘spirit of the earth’ predominantly through the Native American Indian teachings.  These types of stories that demonstrate the universal nature of principles and concepts are valuable whether they are used within class rooms or within circles that encourage ‘spirituality’.” - Kathleen Ginn MIAC (Rapid Sensory Learning Seminars)

The book makes out a case for the introduction of a new genre of tale, the shamanic story, which has either been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey, or contains a number of the elements that are typical of such a journey. The stories featured are the Book of Jonah from the Old Testament, two traditional stories from the Republic of Georgia, a contemporary German tale, and the Korean story of Shimchong, the Blindman's Daughter. By making use of textual material from a number of different cultures and times, the intention is to highlight the pervasive influence shamanism has had and to show how the "new" genre being proposed is a universal one. The research questions addressed include: defining what shamanism is, deciding whether it should be classified as a religion, a methodology or a way of life; and considering whether a case can be made out for the introduction of a new genre of tale and, if so, what its characteristics are. It is hoped the book will be of interest not only to those involved in the study of shamanism but also to those whose interest is in the study of literary texts.

The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story

Price: £29.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847183569 www.c-s-p.org.uk

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

Price: £39.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847184573 www.c-s-p.org.uk

Stories have traditionally been classified as epics, myths, sagas, legends, folk tales, fairy tales, parables or 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. Other characteristics include the way in which the stories all tend to contain embedded texts (often the account of the shamanic journey itself), how the number of actors is clearly limited as one would expect in subjective accounts of what can be regarded as inner journeys, and how the stories tend to be used for healing purposes. Within this new genre, it is proposed that there exists a sub-genre shamanic stories that deal specifically with divination, and examples are presented and analysed to support this hypothesis. By means of textual analysis it can be shown they all share certain attributes in common, the identification of which forms the conclusion of the work.

Divination and the Shamanic Story

Price: £29.99 ISBN-13: 978-1847184677 www.c-s-p.org.uk

THE GOLEM PRESS

All the major religious traditions have made use of metaphorical stories to communicate their teachings - the stories from early India, Greek fables, Zen, Sufi, and Hasidic tales - as they have long been recognised as a means of bypassing the set attitudes and limitations of the conscious mind. Stories not only entertain; they can also alter our experience so as to facilitate growth and change and the stories presented in this collection have all been chosen with this aim in mind. Price: £5-00p.

The Storyteller Resource Pack CD-Rom contains an Introduction to the art of storytelling, twenty-five stories with comprehensive Notes for Teachers, and worksheets to use in class. If you’re a regular visitor to The Storyteller website, then you certainly won’t want to miss this. Price:£5-00p

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