Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. - The Heart of the Shaman: Stories and Practices of the Luminous Warrior

Praise for
THE
HEART
OF THE
SHAMAN

The Heart of the Shaman is absolutely extraordinary. It grabbed me from the first paragraph. What a monumental and uplifting contribution to the planet at this critical turning point in our history.

Christiane Northrup, M.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author

Dr. Alberto Villoldos wisdom shines again. The Heart of the Shaman is a straightforward, priceless guide to achieving balance and joy in our lives. Truly a must-read.

Mark Hyman, M.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author

The Heart of the Shaman takes us on a deep and meaningful transformative journey, providing a map and showing us a way to discard the conditioning of modern society and embrace a new means of co-creating our reality. Highly recommend for all modern seekers on a path of spiritual and personal discovery.

Colette Baron-Reid, internationally acclaimed oracle expert, spiritual medium, and best-selling author of Uncharted

This book is an honest and powerful blessing for the struggling soul in all of us. It summons our courage to leave the hell of our illusions and follow the way to genuine freedom.

Sonia Choquette, New York Times best-selling author of Waking Up in Paris

The Heart of the Shaman takes you into the depths of what it means to be truly alive. Alberto Villoldo has given us a sacred key to open the gateway into the mysterious and wondrous realm of the shaman. Highly recommended!

Denise Linn, best-selling author of Energy Strands

Don Albertos great book is a true doorway into the deep reality of the universe, the infinite light in which we can become the luminous warriors of love and joy and peace we have always wanted to be. Just reading the book is going through that door, as we are inspired and instructed by his shining example and practical wisdom. His voice calls us from the high Andes of the spirit to come home to the beautiful continent of the enlightened heart!

Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Columbia University; President, Tibet House US; and author of Man of Peace

ALSO BY ALBERTO VILLOLDO

Courageous Dreaming*

Dance of the Four Winds (with Erik Jendresen)

The First Story Ever Told

The Four Insights*

Healing States (with Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.)

The Illumination Process*

Island of the Sun (with Erik Jendresen)

Millennium Glimpses into the 21st Century

One Spirit Medicine*

Power Up Your Brain* (with David Perlmutter, M.D.)

The Realms of Healing (with Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.)

Shaman, Healer, Sage

Soul Journeying*

Yoga, Power & Spirit*

*Available from Hay House

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Copyright 2018 by Alberto Villoldo

Published in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover design: Amy Grigoriou Interior design: Nick C. Welch

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Villoldo, Alberto, author.

Title: The heart of the Shaman : stories and practices of the luminous warrior / Alberto Villoldo.

Description: 1st Edition. | Carlsbad : Hay House, Inc., 2018. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018016393 | ISBN 9781401952983 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Shamanism.

Classification: LCC BF1611 .V55 2018 | DDC 299.8/1144--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018016393

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-5298-3
E-book ISBN: 978-1-4019-5299-0

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Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

To La Loba Warrior Goddess Keeper of Dreams

When I look at a star in the sky I see
the fires of ancient civilizations,
Courageous men and women on a journey
to infinity. In beauty we dream
new worlds into being.

ALBERTO VILLOLDO

The shamans of the Andes know and serve a sacred dream, one that guides planets across the heavens and our human destiny here on Earth. The sacred dream is a map to the future, but has no paths you can follow and no trails other than the ones you blaze yourself. It is ephemeral, changing every instant, surprising you at every turn, as in a dream.

Men and women who serve and protect this sacred dream are known as luminous warriors. They have no enemies in this world or the next. Their resources are vast.

The sacred dream reveals the implicate order of the universe. It is evident in the seasons, in how the bees pollinate the flowers, and in how all living beings are connected and related to each other. With this wisdom, the ancient shamans of Peru bred and crossbred their corn to produce more than 400 varieties of maize; they gazed at the night sky and forecast eclipses decades into the future. Meaning and purpose arose naturally in their hearts because they understood they were part of a plan much greater than they.

When we become aware of the sacred dream, we recognize that the universe is not made of dead rocks hurling through space, of lifeless energy, or of the dark matter of science. Instead, we understand that the cosmos is pulsing and conscious, longing to create beauty, birthing blue-green planets, spiral galaxies, and more than 20,000 species of butterfly on our earth.

Each one of us is given a fragment of the sacred dream to hold and express in our own way. When we forget that we carry an essential and necessary part of the sacred dream, our lives begin to spiral into disarray, our personal dreams become nightmares, and our lives descend into chaos.

Many people have replaced the sacred dream with a dream of fame and fortune, power, and Facebook likes. Meanwhile we are facing global crisesfrom climate change to species extinction to war, famine, and diseaseall of which are calling us to dream a new dream for ourselves and the world.

The sacred dream is calling us. This book will show you how to wake up from the slumber you are living in and dream with your eyes open so that all the possibilities of the future are available to you.

You find your sacred dream by transforming three common dreams many of us are convinced are true and cannot seem to wake up from. They are the dream of security, the dream of permanence, and the dream of love that is unconditional. When you transform these dreamswhen you accept that life is ever changing, that your mortality is a given, and that no one can liberate you from a life of fear and insecurity except youthe chaos in your life turns to order, and beauty prevails.