SHAMANISM / ECOLOGY"In this time of climate change our planet is asking us to raise our consciousness and awareness and to find a state of peace, balance, and harmony within us. Weather Shamanism is filled with brilliant teachings that will fuel your understanding and insight not only into weather but about life itself."--Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth, and How to Heal Toxic ThoughtsWith the growing consensus that global warming is a fact comes the realization that the increasingly violent weather we are experiencing is its chief manifestation. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late. Through a unique blend of anthropological research, shamanic journeys, and personal stories and anecdotes, Nan Moss and David Corbin show how humans and weather have always affected each other, and how it is possible to influence the weather. They present teachings directly from the spirits of weather that show how our thoughts and emotions affect weather energetics. They also reveal the ceremonial and therapeutic aspects of "weather dancing," a practice used to communicate with the weather spirits. Weather Shamanism is about transformation--of ourselves, and thus our world. It is about how we can develop an expanded worldview that honors spiritual realities in order to create a working partnership with the spirits of weather and thereby help to restore well-being and harmony to Earth.NAN MOSS and DAVID CORBIN have been faculty members of Michael Harner's Foundation for Shamanic Studies since 1995 and also teach courses at Esalen Institute in California and the New York Open Center. They have been researching and teaching the spiritual aspects of weather since 1997 and have a private shamanic practice located in Port Clyde, Maine. Their website is www.shamanscircle.com. Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(7) PART ONE THE CALL The Door Blows Open 8(12) A Different View---A New Story 20(14) Changing the Weather: Is It Real? 34(13) Stepping Through: We Find and Cross the Threshold 47(11) PART TWO THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF WEATHER The Middle World: Home of Weather 58(9) Form: Life Force and Its Transformations in the Middle World 67(9) What Is Weather? Emotion, Reciprocity, and Change 76(9) Chaos, Order, and Power at Work: Weather in the Middle World 85(14) The Faces of Weather 99(9) The Sacred Nature of Storm 108(14) PART THREE WEATHER SHAMANISM Enlivened Relationship with Nature: The Way In 122(11) The Dance of Power: First Steps 133(14) To Honor Hurricane: A Divine Tempest 147(15) Weather Working: A Closer Look 162(18) PART FOUR THE PRACTICE OF WEATHER DANCING Weather Dancing: Metaphor for a Spiritual Practice 180(12) Ceremony: Dance of Alignment 192(16) Ethics of Weather Working 208(12) Healing with Weather 220(13) Carrying On 233(7) Notes 240(7) Bibliography 247(4) About the Authors 251(2) Index 253