Synopses & Reviews
In this extraordinary book, shamanic dream teacher Robert Moss teaches us how to become shamans of our own souls and healers of our own lives.
The essence of the shamans power to travel and to heal is the ability to dream strong. In our everyday modern lives, we stand at the edge of such power when we dream and remember to do something with our dreams. If you want to be a shaman, start at the breakfast table, by sharing dreams the right way with your family and friends.
The greatest contribution of the ancient shamans to our medicine and healing today is the understanding that in the course of any life we are liable to suffer soul loss the loss of parts of our vital energy and identity and that in order to be whole and well, we must find the means of soul recovery. Robert Moss teaches us that our dreams give us maps we can use to travel to where energy that was lost or stolen can be found and brought home. He shows us how to recover our animal spirits and ride the windhorse of spirit to places of healing and adventure in the larger reality. We discover how the ancestors come seeking us through dreams and how, through conscious engagement, we can heal ancestral wounds and open the way for cultural soul recovery.
On our roads of soul, we have a remarkable ally, if we will only accept it. Sufis call it the soul of the soul. It is the Greater or Higher Self. Moss encourages us to open our hearts to receive its guidance.
Dreamers are time travelers, and youll discover here how the depth of healing and guidance becomes available when you operate in that knowledge. Youll learn how to enter past lives and future lives, and the life experiences of parallel selves, and how to bring back lessons and gifts. Youll learn that you can connect with earlier versions of yourself in their own Now time, to provide the support and mentoring they desperately need.
Its not just about keeping soul in the body. Its about growing soul, becoming more than we ever were, embodying more of the Greater Self,” writes Moss. With fierce joy, he incites us to take the creators leap and bring something new into our world.
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Praise for
Active Dreaming:"Sits at the intersection of poetry and practicality. . . . Read this book." Peter Block coauthor of The Abundant Community
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Praise for Robert Moss:Robert Moss is a wizard of the Dreamways and a master teacher.”
David Spangler, author of Apprenticed to Spirit
Robert Moss is one of our wisest guides to dreams and dreaming.”
Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words and Reinventing Medicine
Moss gives voice to the primal joy that dreaming evokes, the sheer creative freedom thats set loose every time we go to sleep.”
Kelly Bulkeley, PhD, author of Dreaming in the Worlds Religions
Robert Moss is a brilliant teacher of the immense and intimate field of dreaming. Nearly anything imagined, from invention, to strategy to poetry has its roots in dreams. Moss deftly and powerfully demonstrates that dreams are the spirit body from which this world emerges.”
Joy Harjo, poet and musician, author of How We Became Human
Praise for Active Dreaming:
Robert Mosss teachings are clear and empowering. Active Dreaming is a book that we can continue to turn to for deep wisdom, rich teachings, and inspiration time and time again. This book not only helps us to personally transform our lives but also provides a path to transform the world we live in.”
Sandra Ingerman, MA, author of Soul Retrieval and How to Thrive in Changing Times
Sits at the intersection of poetry and practicality....Read this book.”
Peter Block, coauthor of The Abundant Community
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Robert Moss reveals a powerful map of how to recover our soul through shamanic dreaming. This is an inspiring and important book!”
Sandra Ingerman, MA, author of Soul Retrieval
Robert Moss is one of our wisest guides to dreams and dreaming.”
Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Power of Premonitions
Robert Moss ignites the runway for the returning souls touchdown with both power and grace.”
Caitlín Matthews, author of Singing the Soul Back Home and Celtic Visions
Since reading Robert Mosss powerhouse of a book, my dreams have been speaking to me in completely new and startling ways. I have no idea how he imbues each page with shamanic truth that actually changes you as you read it, but he does. If you have any interest in your dream life, you will be enthralled and forever changed by this work.”
Jennifer Louden, author of The Life Organizer and The Womans Comfort Book
This inspirational and practical resource guide honors all forms of dreaming and deep remembrance of our inherent wholeness. Robert Moss demonstrates how to explore the universal language of the imagination and the soul, which together bridge the inner world of spirit and the outer world of action. Deeply healing and useful!”
Angeles Arrien, PhD, cultural anthropologist and author of The Four-Fold Way
Synopsis
"Again and again, in dreams," writes Moss, "our higher or Greater Self comes stalking us." This spirit self comes because, "in the course of any life we are liable to suffer soul loss . . . [and because] in order to be whole and well, we must find the means of soul recovery." In his lifetime of scholarship and quarter century of practice, Moss has discovered common, nearly universal forms of soul loss, including missing vitality that can lead to illness or addiction and disconnected younger versions of the self that leave us with recurring thoughts of old homes, partners, or ancestors. But all of our "lost souls" can be recovered if we are willing to heed our dreams and walk the "royal road" to wholeness that our inner guides are waiting to show us.
Synopsis
In this extraordinary book, shamanic dream teacher Robert Moss shows us how to become shamans of our own souls and healers of our own lives.
The greatest contribution of the ancient shamans to modern healing is the understanding that in the course of any life we are liable to suffer soul loss the loss of parts of our vital energy and identity and that to be whole and well, we must find the means of soul recovery. Moss teaches that our dreams give us maps we can use to find and bring home our lost or stolen soul parts. He shows how to recover animal spirits and ride the windhorse of spirit to places of healing and adventure in the larger reality. We discover how to heal ancestral wounds and open the way for cultural soul recovery.
You ll learn how to enter past lives, future lives, and the life experiences of parallel selves and bring back lessons and gifts. It s not just about keeping soul in the body, Moss writes. It s about growing soul, becoming more than we ever were before. With fierce joy, he incites us to take the creator s leap and bring something new into our world."
About the Author
Robert Moss is the creator of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of modern dreamwork and ancient shamanic techniques for healing and journeying. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars and trainings all over the world. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist, and independent scholar. His nine books on dreaming, shamanism, and imagination include Conscious Dreaming, Dreamways of the Iroquois, The Three Only” Things, The Secret History of Dreaming, Dreamgates, and Active Dreaming. He lives in upstate New York.