The essays in The Sacred Heritage describe the many facets shamanism and analytical psychology have in common; animal symbolism; recognition of the reality of the collective unconscious; and healing rituals that put reality of the therapist and patient in touch with transpersonal powers. By introducing the core of shamninism in contemporary form, these essays shape a powerful means of healing that combines the direct contact with the inner psyche one finds in shamanism with the self-reflection and critical awareness of modern consciousness.

Part 1 Beginnings and Meanings: The Shamanic Archetype; Chapter 1 Introduction: Analytical Psychology and Shamanism, Donald F. Sandner; Chapter 2 ¿What Was All that Rustling in the Woods?¿: Quotes from C. G. Jung, Meredith Sabini; Chapter 3 Eliade, Jung, and Shamanism, Bradley A. TePaske; Chapter 4 C. G. Jung and the Shaman¿s Vision, C. Jess Groesbeck; Chapter 5 The ¿Book of Knowledge¿ in Shamanism and Mysticism: Universal Image of the Source, Meredith Sabini; Part 2 Shamanic Medicine: Explorations in Healing; Chapter 6 An Integrated Approach to Soul Possession: Applying Shamanistic and Jungian Techniques, Steven H. Wong; Chapter 7 Shamanic States in Our Lives, Patricia Damery; Chapter 8 The Felt Vision, Jeffrey A. Raff; Chapter 9 The Clinical Use of Animals in Dreams, June Kounin; Chapter 10 Serpent Fire Arousal: Its Clinical Relevance, Louis Vuksinick; Chapter 11 The Ally, Jeffrey A. Raff; Part 3 Dark Encounters: Personal Transformations; Chapter 12 Pain and Surgery: The Shamanic Experience, Arthur D. Colman; Chapter 13 Cancer, New Age Guilt, and the Dark Feminine, Dyane Neilson Sherwood; Chapter 14 Learning to Listen: A Snake Calls Me to a Shamanic Path, Carol McRae; Chapter 15 Shamanic Dismemberment, Steven H. Wong; Chapter 16 Coyote Attends My Surgery, Norma Churchill; Chapter 17 The Dark Feminine: Death in Childbirth and Entry into the Shamanic Realm, Janet Spencer Robinson; Chapter 18 Trapped Souls: A Passage to the Spirit World, Lori Cromer; Part 4 The Numinous Web: Cultural Connections; Chapter 19 Lakota Teachings: Inipi, Humbleciya, and Yuwipi Ceremonies, Pansy Hawk Wing; Chapter 20 Buffalo Vision, Norma Churchill; Chapter 21 The Sun Dance: Wiwayang Wacipi, Steven H. Wong; Chapter 22 Renewal of the World Tree: Direct Experience of the Sacred as a Fundamental Source of Healing in Shamanism, Psychology, and Religion, Margaret Laurel Allen, Meredith Sabini; Chapter 23 Beyond Tourism: Travel with Shamanic Intent, Pilar Montero, Arthur D. Colman; Chapter 24 Firework: A Hawaiian Guidebook to the Goddess, Sara Spaulding-Phillips;