An excerpt from my book, Shamanic Journeys: An Anthology   Shamanism is based on the principle that the spiritual world may be contacted thr...

A Native American elder talks about the Sacred Gift of Choice, given to all the Two-Legged Beings:   "I am Good Buffalo Eagle. Hear my ...

The following is excerpted from Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers by Kevin Turner.   For thousands of years, Mongol...

An excerpt from my memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism .   In November of 1988, my wife and I sold our home in Bend, Orego...

An excerpt from my book, Shamanic Drumming Circles Guide .   Drum circle facilitation can be challenging at times. In his book Drum Circle F...

An excerpt from The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney   In the old days, the beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants could ...

An excerpt from my memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism .   Like a golden luminous jewel, Palenque perches above the lush t...

An excerpt from my new book, Shamanic Journeys: An Anthology .   My journey into shamanism began in 1988 when I learned how to take a shaman...

An excerpt from my new memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism .   In the fall of 1991, my wife, Elisia, and I decided to tra...

The natural world is my muse and sanctuary -- a place for refuge and discovery. My most memorable moments have been in the outdoors. I have ...

In 1998, my close friend and collaborator Judith Thomson introduced me to ecstatic trance postures after she took a four day workshop with t...

I made my first pilgrimage to the Maya ruins of Tulum in 1995. The archaeological site is located about 40 miles south of Playa del Carmen o...

I had the opportunity to meet Hopi elder and activist Thomas Banyacya in 1990 when he gave a talk at Central Oregon Community College in Ben...

An excerpt from my soon-to-be released memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism .  Years ago, one of my shamanic mentors gifted...

I had the opportunity to meet Winona LaDuke and hear her speak at a conference years ago. LaDuke is a renowned Anishinaabe environmentalist,...

Martin Gray is a National Geographic photographer and anthropologist specializing in the study of pilgrimage traditions and sacred sites aro...