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A review by roma9062
Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World into Being by Alberto Villoldo
4.0
I noticed that I’ve read a lot of self-help books this year. This is one of the better ones.
There are two key features of this book that I think make it unique from anything else you’ll read on the topic: the forthrightness of his questions/exercises and the ideological framework used to explain the ideas.
This man doesn’t really waste time in getting to the hard-hitting questions that make you really get to the bottom of your sufferings and that is SO MUCH APPRECIATED. The best part, though, is that the questions feel kind/loving in their delivery rather than targeted. You can sense that this man really just wants to share his knowledge to help.
That said, the 4 factor framework he used to organize the ideas was great but something that takes getting used to. As he notes, these are the teaches of ancient traditions of Peruvian shamans so the ‘labels’ might not jive with hardcore westerners. Nonetheless, they are incredibly effective at communicating not just an idea but a feeling.
I would recommend this to few simply due to the audacity of being the book represents and the word choice for the labels as both could be major turn-offs for some.
There are two key features of this book that I think make it unique from anything else you’ll read on the topic: the forthrightness of his questions/exercises and the ideological framework used to explain the ideas.
This man doesn’t really waste time in getting to the hard-hitting questions that make you really get to the bottom of your sufferings and that is SO MUCH APPRECIATED. The best part, though, is that the questions feel kind/loving in their delivery rather than targeted. You can sense that this man really just wants to share his knowledge to help.
That said, the 4 factor framework he used to organize the ideas was great but something that takes getting used to. As he notes, these are the teaches of ancient traditions of Peruvian shamans so the ‘labels’ might not jive with hardcore westerners. Nonetheless, they are incredibly effective at communicating not just an idea but a feeling.
I would recommend this to few simply due to the audacity of being the book represents and the word choice for the labels as both could be major turn-offs for some.