Evelyn C. RysdykShamanic Creativity
Free the Imagination with Rituals, Energy Work, and Spirit Journeying
Evelyn C. Rysdykis an internationally recognized shamanic practitioner and author of several books, including The Norse Shaman, Spirit Walking, and The Nepalese Shamanic Path. Along with her writings, she is an impassioned teacher and a featured presenter for Sounds True, The Shift Network, and other international and online programs. She finds creative inspiration and renewal on the coast of Maine.
INTRODUCTION
The Power of Creative Energy
ONE
How Shamanic Creativity Supports Wholeness
Preparatory Practices
Tapping into the Creative Energy In and around You • Notebook-Naming
Ceremony
TWO
Feelings: The Dance of Dissonance and Harmony
Clearing and Repair
Repairing Your Energy after Experiencing Fear or Anger • Ceremony for
Slaying the Bully’s Words • The Holy Eraser Talisman Ceremony •
Reprogramming the Subconscious
THREE
Nurturing Your Creative Brain
Breathing Exercises and Workouts for the Senses As Easy as One, Two, Three,
Four! • Meditation: Four In, Seven Hold, Eight Out • Using Your Eyes •
Using Your Ears • Using Your Limbs • Writing the Right Brain Awake •
Alternate Nostril Breathing
FOUR
Altered States and Creativity
Elevating Awareness Using Fire to Experience the Dark Side of the Moon
FIVE
Shamanic Journeying to the Lower and Upper Worlds
Spirit Journeys
Meeting Your Power Animal • Asking a Question of Your Power Animal •
Merging with Your Power Animal • Meeting a Teacher and Asking a Question •
Performing an Offering of Gratitude • Meeting Your Creative Mentor •
Meeting an Ancestor and Asking a Question • Honoring the Ancestors
SIX
Shamanic Journeying into Unknown Territory
Off-the-Map Forays Cruising to the Primordial Sea 145 • Traveling into the
Brain • Exploring the Earliest Galaxy • Visiting the Future
SEVEN
The Ebb and Flow of Creative Energy
Daily Rituals
Charting Your Creative Tidal Flow • Shaping and Remembering Your Dreams •
Morning Gratitude Bath Ceremony • Breathing with the Trees • The Chicago
Dog Method
EIGHT
Building the Imagination
Curiosity Calisthenics
Creating a New Bread Crumb Trail • Imagining Senses • Question Reality,
Man! • Ten Ideas • Mixing It Up • Lateral Thinking Puzzles • Brainstorming
for One • What Is It? • A Three-Minute Story
NINE
Embracing Your Highest Consciousness
An Extraordinary Journey The Radiant Field of Infinite Vibrations
TEN
Protecting and Actualizing Your Creative Potential
Transmutation Tactics Removing Self-Sabotaging Programming • Turning a No
into a Yes for You
CONCLUSION
A New Paradigm of Creativity
RESOURCES
Creative Organizations and Supplies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
