Dr Michael Berman explores the aspect of shamanic cosmology that deals with afterlife, featuring stories from various cultures that deal with shamanic journeys to and from that place, stories that can help us both to appreciate our lives in this reality to the full and, at the same time, to come to terms with what we all have to face one day. Whatever you do for a living is the second most important job you can ever have - the first is being part of the Great Mystery, for all life is connected, and whatever you or I do, the way in which we live our lives, impacts on everyone else around us. This is why it is so important for us to appreciate and make the most of what we have. And journeys to and from the Land of the Dead - undertaken in this reality, through fiction, or in a trance state - help us in this quest.

Like the shaman, the storyteller is a walker between the worlds, a mediator between our known world and that of the unknown - someone who is able to commune with dragons and elves, with faeries and angels, with magical and mythical beasts, with Gods and Goddesses, heroes and demons; someone who is able to pass freely from this world into those above and those below and to help us to experience those other realms for ourselves. He or she is not only the archetypal magician but also the archetypal guide. In Tales of Power Dr Michael Berman shares with the reader the craft of the storyteller along with many shamanic tales of power from around the world. The book also includes guidance on becoming a storyteller and using the story as ceremony. Michael Berman works as a teacher and a writer. Publications include The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story, Shamanic Journeys through the Caucasus and Journeys Outside Time. Michael trained as a Core Shamanic Counsellor with the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies

The Wildwood King is a unique workbook. Leading the reader through a series of traditional stories, ranging across cultures as diverse as Welsh, Russian, African and Native American, and through a sequence of connected exercises, it facillitates a revitalised relationship with the land.