For Music: Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Mickey Hart, Rusted Root, Peter Gabriel, Huun-Huur-Tu, Orobai, Entheogens, Birds, Mountains, Light, Wind, Water, Spirit, Earth
For writing: Terence McKenna, Daniel Pinchbeck, Michael Taussig, Amit Goswami, Carlos Casteneda, Richard Evans Shultes, Jeremy Narby, Ralph Metzner, Huston Smith, Mircea Eliade, Holger Kalweit, Barbara Tedlock, Paul Stamets
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Songs from the spirit world
Infinite Horizons -- The audio companion to the book, Mushroom Wisdom by Martin Ball. Ten mystical, shamanic songs that take you on a journey deep into the spiritworld. $12.98 plus shipping.
Greetings friends, fellow travelers, and kindred spirits,
Welcome to Shaman's Path. My name is Martin and I'm the creator of the works you find here on this page. I've put this page together to promote a variety of related spiritual and artistic projects. The primary focus here is on my recently released book, Mushroom Wisdom by Ronin Publishing (November, 2006). I'm also promoting my album, Infinite Horizons, some of the songs of which are featured on this page.
To tell you a little about myself, I hold a Ph.D. in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Native American spiritual traditions and philosophy, Shamanism, and the spiritual use of Entheogens. I have also studied with Mescalero Apache medicine people and completed my dissertation work on the Mescalero Mountain Spirit religious tradition.
Spiritually, I underwent a profound transformation in my spiritual life a little more than a decade ago. I was initiated by the psilocybin mushrooms I had consumed and it revolutionized my personal understanding and experience of spirituality.
Mushroom Wisdom is a direct product of this spiritual awakening. In the decade since that transformation, I have been exploring the lessons imparted to me through art, music, and spiritual exploration and shamanic practice. The result is an inspiring and thought provoking book that provides clear instructions, techniques, and practices for gaining a deep level of personal and spiritual realization thorugh the shamanic use of psilocybin mushrooms. This is not a book about how to have a "good trip," but rather is a serious study combining deep philosophical and metaphysical analysis, techniques and practices for spiritual empowerment, deep self-awareness, and transcendent consciousness. While there are many books available on the topic of psilocybin mushrooms, Mushroom Wisdom is the first to address the universal spiritual aspects of the mushroom experience from a non-ethnographic perspective that can be applied to anyone's spiritual practice and shamanic exploration.
Mushroom Wisdom is available an ebook HERE . It is available as a paperback at my website, along with the audio CD, Infinite Horizons, at martinball.net ,and the CD is also at CD Baby, and at iTunes. The calendar, Spirit Feathers is available at Lulu.com.
Thank you very much for visiting Shaman's Path. I hope you enjoy the book, the music, and the art. Feel free to email me with any questions. I'm more than happy to answer them and always love to hear from you.
Peace and many blessings,
Martin
*DISCLAIMER* This site and the book Mushroom Widsom are NOT intended to promote illegal behavior or substance use. This is for informational and educational purposes only.
Ronin Publishing, Paperback, November, 2006 --
Now Available in bookstores and online at MartinBall.net
And NOW AVAILABLE is my newest book, Sage Spirit - Salvia Divinorum and the Entheogenic Experience, by Kyandara Publishing.
Sage Spirit - Salvia Divinorum and the Entheogenic Experience is a guide to the use of Salvia divinorum for those seeking to explore the realm of Sage Space for spiritual experience and creative insight. Delve deep into the mythic imagination and begin the shamanic journey into the heart of the Spirit of the Sage. It is now available at MartinBall.net and at Lulu.com and Amazon.com
NEW! - Click through the link below to listen to my new podcast, "The Entheogenic Evolution" at podomatic.com
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NEW! Check out my new products at Zazzle.com where I've created mugs, greeting cards, and t-shirts with my original artwork. Zazzle let's you customize products so you can add your own text in the greeting cards, change the style of t-shirt, etc. Come and see what you like . . .
"Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. " (Fight Club)
Hate is a literally infection, a virus spreading in all directions - a
cultured mask, an uninvited gene to our very own DNA... Lets get back
to nature, out of the city for a while.. Lets hold hands, our
differences are only a mean to amplify Love and Freedom. Love your
enemy. But in our times, you cant tell who the real enemy is..
Subculture was born because of that. Every individual feels the need to
belong somewhere, no matter where he/she was born.
Escape. Feel the fresh air.. i know that there are snakes in the forest
and scary bugs/ but the snakes that live in cities are much more
poisonous and disguised into a perfect depressive environment. Escape..
Leave.. Take a ride ... Close your TV set, get away from all of this
jus for a while. When you ll come back.. you no longer be the same man
or woman. -SubC
Fascism in the evolving Police State called
America. BABIES were pepper sprayed in this video taken by police. It begins here and will spread around the earth as the New
World Order takes it's place - unless we fight back. It's apparent that
it's time for the PEOPLE fight back. "Every generation needs it's
revolution" - Thomas Jefferson ..
Just passing by to see how you are, hoping that your summer is full of sun kissed days with lovely cooling breezes and your life is bringing you fun laughter and joy. Don’t forget if you have time to call in and see us for a chat, a psychic reading, healing or join our psychic development classes…
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” [Helen Keller]
Namaste Beautiful Spirit, Welcome to My Circle of Friends. I Am So Happy We Could Join Together In This Wonderful Space. It Is Truly An Honor and A Blessing. Thank You for All You Do.
Thank you for transposing knowledge and sharing it! I look forward to reading "Entheologues." It seems much perspective will be cultivated as recollections of these experiences resurface... Safe journeys brother. Namaste
Blessings, may white light protect and surround all souls that journey outside of their temples and into the infinite realm. Peace, love and light Misty
Hello. Im afraid this is not a comment to cheer you up.
My name is Yannis and my girlfriend is in a critical condition to some hospital in Brazil, far and away from where I am.
I beg you.. just a moment of your time to pray for her. I m all alone
here and i need to see her.. I can only pray for
her to get better. I believe that with your help we can make a miracle..
To Release isn't to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. It's not about pride and it's not obsessing or dwelling on the past. It's not about giving in or giving up. To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To release is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It's about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is releasing and having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving. It is realizing that the heart can sometimes be the most potent remedy. To let go is to open a door, and to clear a path and set yourself free---
Shaman’s Path, remember that it's easy to let go when holding on hurts so bad--so free yourself from all these expectations and just be :-) Hope you find the unity in my new single "Release" feat. JRockA. So come peep the track! Stay creative and stay connected!!
Life can be such a wondrous thing, Filled with flowers that bloom, And birds that do sing; A summer day, an evening breeze, And oh how the wind does so rustle the trees... If you relax for a moment, And let go of the stress I'm am certain you'll find That we truly are blessed! Wishing you a 'wonderful & inspiring' day my sweet & precious friend! for letting me be a part of your life! xoxoxo's, ☮ღÅηηεღ☮
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