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The Chanter's Guide: Sacred Chanting As a Shamanic Practice
You are a healer. Through your actions, you can alleviate suffering, inspire joy, and transform yourself. And your voice is one of the most powerful healing tools at your disposal. When you engage in sacred chanting, you literally tap into the power to make miracles. Since ancient time, this power has been understood and applied by a lineage of shamans called Chanters.
The Chanter’s Guide reveals the basic practices used by Chanters to bring healing to their loved ones and their communities. It is also the story of the author’s unique apprenticeship with a master shaman named Dr. Pablo Singh, who practices the traditional form of spiritual healing that he first learned at age five while sitting in the ancient temples of Oaxaca, Mexico. The specific shamanic insights and techniques shared with the author by Dr. Singh have specific relevance to modern times. When applied with the proper intention, they can produce astonishing results, starting with your own healing and—if Chanter prophesy is realized—culminating in a revolutionary shift in global politics, economics, and environmental policy.
“Dr. Shamas' book is a fresh and clear presentation of ancient tools that have the power to inspire all of us to come together and participate in the global transformation that is so needed today. It is a call of awakening for many to remember their role as healers through the vehicle of chanting, both as a personal practice and in community.”
--David Newman, Chant Artist (www.davidnewmanmusic.com)
“The Chanter’s Guide is a beautiful story of healing and transformation. I appreciate the thoughtfulness and style of writing. It is a must read for anyone expanding their consciousness.”
--Alice Anderson, Unity Minister and Musician
The Chanter’s Guide reveals the basic practices used by Chanters to bring healing to their loved ones and their communities. It is also the story of the author’s unique apprenticeship with a master shaman named Dr. Pablo Singh, who practices the traditional form of spiritual healing that he first learned at age five while sitting in the ancient temples of Oaxaca, Mexico. The specific shamanic insights and techniques shared with the author by Dr. Singh have specific relevance to modern times. When applied with the proper intention, they can produce astonishing results, starting with your own healing and—if Chanter prophesy is realized—culminating in a revolutionary shift in global politics, economics, and environmental policy.
“Dr. Shamas' book is a fresh and clear presentation of ancient tools that have the power to inspire all of us to come together and participate in the global transformation that is so needed today. It is a call of awakening for many to remember their role as healers through the vehicle of chanting, both as a personal practice and in community.”
--David Newman, Chant Artist (www.davidnewmanmusic.com)
“The Chanter’s Guide is a beautiful story of healing and transformation. I appreciate the thoughtfulness and style of writing. It is a must read for anyone expanding their consciousness.”
--Alice Anderson, Unity Minister and Musician
261 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2007
4 people want to read
About the author
Victor Shamas
4 books2 followersI have dedicated my life to understanding and exploring the experience of being fully alive (EBFA), as well as the sensations that give rise to it, including: passion, intuition, receptivity, playfulness, and self-transcendence. As a University of Arizona psychologist, I have studied the relationship of the EBFA with health, well-being, and creativity. For more than two decades, I have brought together and mentored free spirits who, like me, recognize the importance of the EBFA as both a source of motivation and a guiding force in their lives.
The EBFA is a central theme in everything I have written. The Chanter’s Guide details the healing properties of the EBFA and explains how the practice of chanting can facilitate this kind of transformative experience. In The Way of Play, I explain how a variety of play activities can act as vehicle for EBFAs. Repose: The Potent Pause, co-authored with health psychologist Jhan Kold, introduces an effective tool that can induce an EBFA at no cost and with minimal effort or time commitment. In Deep Creativity, I examine the central role of the EBFA in the creative act.
I head two groups that serve the needs of free spirits: PlayHaven, which offers creative play for people of all ages, and Global Chant, a network of chanting circles that embraces wisdom and sacred music from all traditions. The mission of both is to provide a venue and activities that attract free spirits and promote the EBFA.
I have spoken to groups in four continents on topics related to the EBFA and the *free-spirit sensation, including creativity, play, Repose, chanting, self-transcendence and the future of spirituality.
During my personal exploration of the creative process, I have written several hundred musical compositions; produced over 200 instructional videos; developed and taught 25 university courses in psychology; organized a global event called WAVE1 that involved approximately one million participants in 40 countries; recorded three music CDs; designed multimedia materials on the neuroscience of addiction; invented an automated solar water distiller; created an anti-inflammatory health program, called Victor’s Inflammation Mend (VIM), to lower the risk of chronic illness; and directed the Intuition in Pregnancy study, which has been featured in the national media, including USA Today, Pregnancy magazine, and NBC’s Today show.
The EBFA is a central theme in everything I have written. The Chanter’s Guide details the healing properties of the EBFA and explains how the practice of chanting can facilitate this kind of transformative experience. In The Way of Play, I explain how a variety of play activities can act as vehicle for EBFAs. Repose: The Potent Pause, co-authored with health psychologist Jhan Kold, introduces an effective tool that can induce an EBFA at no cost and with minimal effort or time commitment. In Deep Creativity, I examine the central role of the EBFA in the creative act.
I head two groups that serve the needs of free spirits: PlayHaven, which offers creative play for people of all ages, and Global Chant, a network of chanting circles that embraces wisdom and sacred music from all traditions. The mission of both is to provide a venue and activities that attract free spirits and promote the EBFA.
I have spoken to groups in four continents on topics related to the EBFA and the *free-spirit sensation, including creativity, play, Repose, chanting, self-transcendence and the future of spirituality.
During my personal exploration of the creative process, I have written several hundred musical compositions; produced over 200 instructional videos; developed and taught 25 university courses in psychology; organized a global event called WAVE1 that involved approximately one million participants in 40 countries; recorded three music CDs; designed multimedia materials on the neuroscience of addiction; invented an automated solar water distiller; created an anti-inflammatory health program, called Victor’s Inflammation Mend (VIM), to lower the risk of chronic illness; and directed the Intuition in Pregnancy study, which has been featured in the national media, including USA Today, Pregnancy magazine, and NBC’s Today show.
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