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Tails of a Healer: Animals, Reiki & Shamanism Available Now!
Eleven years in the making, Tails of a Healer: Animals, Reiki & Shamanism features 45 true and heartwarming stories about animals and their role in the life and evolution of a gifted energy worker and shamanic healer. This inspiring collection of tales, featuring dozens of black and white photographs by the author, is brought together here in one place for the first time.
“What I do for a profession may seem exotic, but the emotions and perceptions portrayed in these stories are universal. I share my experiences because I think people are hungry for validation of what they already know at a deep level, namely, that there is more to this world than meets the eye. It is my hope that this book will help people regain the sense of wonder and awareness they enjoyed as children—and the belief that they, too, can connect with animals and the world in magical ways.”—Rose De Dan
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Also Reviews, Reader's Comments,
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Softcover Book, 196 pp.
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"A Gem!" "Tails of a Healer: Animals, Reiki & Shamanism is jam-packed with animal stories that delight the senses, tickle the imagination, and transcend the mundane into the realm of mystery. Author Rose De Dan is not only a gifted healer, shamanic practitioner, and Reiki Master; she is also a master storyteller. The true-life tales in her book will make you laugh and sometimes cry. They'll make you think and they'll fill you with wonder. Most of all, De Dan's stories will teach you about the fine art of bridging worlds—between animals and humans, between heart and mind, between body and soul, and between consensus reality and the deeper levels of reality that nurture and sustain us all. Tails of Healer is a gem!" —Cat Saunders, Ph.D. Author of Dr. Cat's Helping Handbook, www.drcat.org
"Wonderful Healing Journey!" “Tails of a Healer: Animals, Reiki and Shamanism” beautifully chronicles Rose's wonderful healing journey with the animals! She has a wonderful way of weaving her personal healing journey into the journeys of the animals that cross her path. Stories of Reiki for animals intertwine with stories of Shamanic ceremonies and traditions.” —Kathleen Prasad, Co-Author of Animal Reiki, www.animalreikisource.com
"Healing and Enlightening!" "Tails of a Healer takes you deeply into the world of telepathic animal communication and shamanism. It is a rich mix of intimate animal stories that are both healing and enlightening. Rose De Dan has packed this book with wisdom and heart. Prepare to be opened." —Mary J. Getten, telepathic animal communicator Author of Communicating with Orcas, winner of 2007 Nautilus Book Awards Animals/Nature, www.marygetten.com
READER COMMENTS
"Uplifting and refreshing" "I was delighted to find that "Tails of a Healer" is even more than I was expecting based on the outside cover, which in itself made obvious that the book was something I'd not only enjoy but also learn from. It works on several levels: Most obviously, it's a fascinating linear biographical account of a most interesting woman who's had some even more interesting (to say the least!) experiences, most with animals as the 'cat'alyst.
"That said, each short chapter stands alone brilliantly, and you can flip through the book at random to find inspirational material for your meditation practice (for that matter, you'll be inspired even if you don't meditate). Through Rose's eyes, I feel like I have a better sense than ever about the inner lives of our critter friends. Finally, time and time again, it's an uplifting and refreshing look at the timeless cycles of birth and death.
"The writing is self-aware but not self-absorbed, wry and engaging while unflinchingly direct, and always grounded in wisdom and compassion. Whether or not you've had experiences parallel to De Dan's (and few people have), you'll find the lessons she's learned from hers useful as you continue on your own journey through this wild ride called life." —David A. Young
"Awesome" "Rose brings us on along on her journey of growing as a healer. This glimpse into reconnection with animals and the world around us brings tears of laughter, sadness and understanding. She reminds us to go back to childhood basics where anything is possible and we can appreciate all of the life that continues around us, no matter how busy we may be.
"This book is not just for those interested in reiki or healing, or even just animal lovers, although if you fall into one of those categories then it is a must read.
"I congratulate Rose on this, her first, and guaranteed successful book! Her stories and photos are awesome!" —Christiane A. Mikles, CVA, RMT, future veterinarian
"A must-read" "Rose De Dan has created a masterpiece of observation and insight into the mysterious world of shamanism. In prose so lyrical that it could be considered poetry, the reader lives each moment as if it were her own. Tails of a Healer: Animals, Reiki & Shamanism is a must-read for the trained shaman and well as for the reader who simply wants to be entertained." —Pat D.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rose De Dan, Wild Reiki & Shamanic Healing LLC, is a longtime animal healer and communicator, Reiki Master, and shamanic practitioner trained in the ancient Peruvian Q'ero tradition.
She lives in Seattle, Washington, where she works in partnership with her faithful animal companions who assist with her classes, private consultations, and healing ceremonies for both humans and animals.
As the wheel of the year cycles and the season turns from summer into fall and from fall into winter, the sky turns darker and the pattering sound of leaves falling heralds the death of one season and the advent of another. It is a time of transition and I find myself experiencing and assisting, in a shamanic capacity, with the difficulty that we all face in letting go.
Death, as many of us are aware, comes not as the end but as a beginning to another part of the cycle. Yet no matter how much we hold this thought consciously, when we experience the loss of one we love, no conscious knowing can assuage those feelings of sorrow.
Our society recognizes loss and has ritual processes that we call funerals for humans. But sometimes these are not enough. What happens when your loved one is not a human relative or companion, but an animal? It is apparent in the greater numbers of people turning to ceremony and ritual, that something important is missing from our modern, supposedly civilized lives.
Today, I conducted a ceremony for a friend, to honor her loved equine companion of 22 years. A few weeks ago, I conducted a similar ceremony for a client’s beloved cat companion.
Both ceremonies were beautiful representations of the strong bond and connection that can exist between different species. I felt honored to have been chosen to conduct these loving releases and learned much in doing so. Animals often share our lives selflessly, and the one refrain I hear over-and-over again from them is that they have no fear of death—they worry more about how much we worry about them.
My connection to She Walks gives me some insight into the spirit world. During the course of these ceremonies I have felt nothing but positive energy surrounding these transitions, and the same goes for all the actual deathbeds at which I have been privileged to assist. I have seen rainbows in the smoke of the fire ceremonies, been brushed by love and memories as the smoke curled around me, and been embraced by the spirit of one who has passed over.
Animals are so accepting of the cycle that we fear so much. At one death despacho (a ceremony for honoring the dead) I was assembling the despacho in ritual when a small bee flew into my hair. I assumed he would extricate himself and fly off, instead he died and fell into the despacho (strong shamanic drum roll, please). Needless to say my client wished to know the significance of this. So I asked the spirit of the bee, and his reply was, “Summer has ended, the cycle is turning, it is a good day to die.” These were words both my client and I needed to hear, and I try never to consider the source too small to teach me something important.
On a day-to-day basis I watch people struggle (as I myself struggle) with letting go, and with emptying out as they strive to be better vessels for the energy we call Spirit. While this transition may take a different form than the loss of a loved one, it still involves the emotions of fear and grief that we experience in the face of any change. Whether it is our death, the death of a loved one, or a stage in our evolution on this plane, transition means we leave some aspects of ourselves behind, but expand to encompass others. Shapeshifting in a very real sense.
So this year I shall embrace the change of the cycle as we proceed into the winter season, welcome it with ritual and ceremony, and acknowledge my place and connection to the wheel of life.
Originally published in The Kaleidoscope Journal, December 1998
Pachamama The Rabbit Hole 3 The Wheel 6 Two Dogs 9 Winged Trust 12 Motherhood from the Heart 15
Journeys Transitions 19 As the Stomach Churns 22 Beacons of Light 27 Cookie Cutter Practitioners? 30 Chronicles from the Canyonlands 34 Bat the Cat 36 Light and Shadow 38 Building an Interspecies Bridge 42 Little Miss Hiss 46 Just Let It Happen 50 Shaken Not Stirred 53 Back and Forth 56 The Three Worlds 59
Shapeshifting The House That Love Built 65 Guns and Mesas 71 At the Edge of Two Worlds 76 A Shaman’s Legacy 80 Freedom from Fear 86 The Wisdom of the Animals 89 Hotter Than Sex 93 Unheard Voices 97 The Dance of LIfe 99 Love Neverending 102 The Food of Love 107 Shells on the Shore 112 To Serve and To Heal 117 Grassroots Flashpoint 126 Through Their Eyes 130 Tibetan Buddhist Blessings 134 Animal Think 139 Close Encounters 143 When You Care Enough 146 Comfort and Joy 153 The Animals Are Waiting 157 Wake Up, the Looters Are Here! 164 Gracie the Cat and Fireworks 168 Gracie the Cat Star 170 Gracie by Morning Light 172 It Takes A Cat to Create A Village 174
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