Full Description
Safely explore inner worlds through altered states of consciousness
• Investigates drumming-induced trance states through shamanic journeying
• Provides advanced lucid dreaming training, sharing techniques for inducing lucidity and skillfully navigating our inner cosmos
• Explores the mindful use of psychedelics, offering guidance on setting intention, navigating the experience, and integrating insights
OFFERING TECHNIQUES from psychonauts ancient and modern, this profound guide helps you navigate consciously into the depths of the human psyche. Psychonavigation is the art of mindfully exploring the liminal realms of consciousness. This requires a map, a guide, and a clear intent, so one does not emerge overwhelmed and struggling with unexpected shadow material.
Norma and Nisha Burton map the important connection between three gateways into the psyche's depths: lucid dreaming, shamanic drumming trance journeys, and ceremonial plant medicine journeys. With drumming-induced trance journeys, they explore the scientific effect on brainwave frequencies alongside consciousness teachings from indigenous cultures like the Sami of Norway and Huichol of Mexico. Their masterful approach to lucid dreaming transcends basic instruction, offering sophisticated techniques to not only summon but sustain lucidity and integrate suppressed parts of oneself. They explain how a mindful engagement with entheogens can be profoundly enhanced through these precursory mystical practices, creating a safe container for integration and meaning-making that honors the gravity of such experiences.
With these skillful methodologies, ancient psycho-spiritual techniques meet ultra-current science to enable seekers to process and integrate profound encounters with expanded consciousness.
Contents
Preface
Introduction - Acknowledging the Lineage
PART 1: PSYCHONAVIGATION
1. What Is Psychonavigation?
2. Oneironauts, Psychonauts, and Reasons to Enter the Liminal
3. The Calling to a Perspective Shift
4. Polyphasic versus Monophasic Awareness
5. Working with the Shadow within the Psyche
6. The Three Key Elements: The Guide, the Map, and the Intent
7. The Guide
8. The Map
9. The Intent
10. Creating the Map
11. The Journey to Completion Map
12. Three Modes of Entering Altered States of Consciousness
PART 2: DRUMMING JOURNEYS
13. Entering Trance States through Sound Induction
14. Your Brain on Drumming - The Science behind the
Drumming-Induced Trance
15. Healing Effects of Drum Journeys
16. Four Stages of Entering a Trance or Dream
17. Where We Travel in Drumming Journeys
18. The Underworld
19. Navigating through a Drumming Journey
20. Drumming Journey Examples
21. Integrating a Drumming Journey
PART 3: DREAMING
22. What Is Lucid Dreaming?
23. The Dreamer as Shaman
24. Imbalance between the Dreamtime and Ordinary Reality
25. Remembering Your Dreams
26. Unlocking the Symbols and Metaphors of Your Dreams
27. Tracking Training for Lucid Dreaming
28. Attaining and Maintaining Lucidity
29. Dealing with the Shadow in the Dream Realms
30. A Powerful Lucid Dream
31. Advanced Lucid Dreaming Techniques
PART 4: PSYCHEDELICS
32. Lucid Dreaming and Psychedelics
33. The Rhythm of a Psychedelic Journey
34. Preparing for the Journey - Art-Making, Self-Screening,
Threshold Guardians
35. Setting Your Intent for the Psychedelic Journey
36. Entering the Psychedelic Dreamtime
37. Working with the Shadow in the Psychedelic Journey
38. Client Case Studies
39. Emerging - The Gentle Glide Back
Conclusion
Notes and Illustration Credits
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
