Conway D.J. By Oak, Ash, & Thorn: Modern Celtic Shamanism

St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 2000. — 296 p. — ISBN: 156718166X 9781567181661Part One: Oak
The Lost Light. The appeal of Celtic shamanism as opposed to other types of shamanism.
Shamanism: Ancient & Modern. Traditional shamanism throughout the world. What is a shaman.Why shamanism must be modernized.
Hidden Seeds. Eastern connections of the Celts. Examples of shamanism in Celtic myth and legend.
The Challenge. Practicing solitary shamanism. The ethics involved in shamanism. A personal test to find your weak and strong points.
Empowering the Self. The shamanic journal. Beginning meditation. Methods for dealing with past problems (both in this life and others)
which are affecting you. Pendulum and color correction of the body's light centers. Realigning the various bodies of a person.
Meditations: Beginning Meditation, Journey to a Woodland Waterfall, Projecting Into Matter, Seasonal Journeys, The Lesser Initiation.
Part Two: Ash
The Celtic Shaman's Worlds. The three realms of the Celtic Otherworlds.
Meditations: Glimpsing the Otherworlds, Underworld Voyage, Upperworld Journey, Middleworld Journey.
Celtic Shamanic Tools. Tools that are helpful to the Celtic shaman. Their examples in Celtic mythology.
Meditation: Journey of Blessing.
Treading the Labyrinth. Spiritual symbolism behind the labyrinth design. Use of the labyrinth in meditation and trance. The reasons it is necessary to use the labyrinth in some inner journeys. Labyrinth layout and channeling of Earth energies.
Meditation: Treading the Labyrinth.
Otherworld Beings & Allies. The Good Folk, Animal Allies, Protectors, and the Shining Ones that the shaman will encounter during Otherworld travels.
Meditation: Vision Ouest.
The Shadow Self. What is the shadow self. What to do when it is encountered. The importance of this encounter.
Meditation: Seeking the Shadow Self.
The Shattered Soul. The signs of a shattered soul.How to retrieve the soul parts.
Meditation: Mending the Soul-Self.
Part three: thorn
By Stone & Omen Stick. Divination by Celtic methods. The ogam alphabet. The importance of trees to the Celts.
Meditation: Omen Journey.
Weaving the Web. How to use the Elements and Celtic magick while in the Otherworlds. Cord magick.
Meditation: Earth, Air, Fire, Water.
The Healing Spring. Various shamanic healing methods.
Meditation: The Wells of Conla and Brigit.
Kin With Fur, Feather & Fin. The reality behind the Celtic practice of shape-shifting and what it really is. How to use shape-shifting to improve spiritual and physical life. Becoming invisible or transparent.
Meditation: Shape-Shifting Journey.
One With All Creation. The shamanic beliefin a connection between humans and all other creatures and the world itself
Meditations: Traveling the Universe, Earth Healing Journey.
The Long Journey. How shamanic actions provide subtle spiritual changes in others and in the world. How shamanism evolves, enhances,
and develops the spiritual body of the practicing shaman.
Meditations: Cerridwen's Cauldron, The Greater Initiation.