Book Review

Shamanic Dreaming:
Connecting with Your Inner Visionary

by Carol Day

Publisher: Findhorn Press

192 Pages

Release Date: March 16, 2023

 

 

 

 

In “Shamanic Dreaming: Connecting with Your Inner Visionary,” Carol Day teaches a formula she created to help others “enter a space where connection, embodies practice and open-mindedness can all be achieved.” Called the “Presence and the Three Pillars,” Day illustrates this visionary practice with the concepts of trust, knowing, and nature forming a triangle within a circle. “Presence is the central pole of the entire visionary practice. It is what runs through everything. It is the act of being present and of not running away or rushing. Presence is when we can unconditionally, while holding awareness and compassion, be able to be present with what is,” she writes at the start of Chapter 1.

The first exercise calls for regularly sitting with a tree in a spacial place in nature and becoming present, tuning in to all the senses. Becoming familiar with this space is important because it is visited in other exercises throughout the book. This presented an unexpected problem because I am a nomad on the road and do not have a tree with which to sit. I used the memory of an important tree from my childhood, but my connection was not strong enough as the tasks continued, such as bringing myself “to the beginnings of everything” and allowing a conversation to happen. I continued reading and executing the tasks as best I could, but opening to the future and finding guides did not happen for me after repeated attempts.

The role of a visionary is to dream the future into life. Day shows how with a “play” staged in two acts. Act 1 has fourteen chapters in five scenes. It works with a visionary model to learn why we are here and the possibilities that await. Act 2 introduces techniques to travel through time in a dozen chapters grouped in five scenes. Shamanic tools and step-by-step practices are presented to guide the reader to set intentions, connect with guides, receive visions, release past burdens, and see clearly into the future. Following her detailed instructions, it should be possible to expand the senses, connect with spirit helpers, be open to visions, and allow messages to come through.

The book concludes with a finale – the vision hoop ceremony to bring the practice of deep internal questioning and connection to various realms full circle.

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About the Author
Carol Day

Carol Day is a visionary teacher, psychotherapist, artist, and the director of Creative Earth Ensemble in Scotland. She is the founder of the systemic story theory.

 

 

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About the Author:

Lynn Woike

All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and “just knew things.” In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. For 11 years I was in a coven, but with retirement, I have returned to an eclectic solitary practice.

 

When accepting the mantle of crone, I pledged to serve and teach. This is what I do from my skoolie – a 30-year-old school bus converted into a tiny house on wheels that I am driving around the country, following 72-degree weather, emerging myself into nature, and sharing magic with those I meet. Find me at thewitchonwheels.com, Facebook and Instagram.