--- product_id: 12237216 title: "Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing Paperback – January 1, 2011" brand: "alberto villoldo" price: "VT5488" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/12237216-illumination-the-shamans-way-of-healing-paperback-january-1-2011 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing Paperback – January 1, 2011 **Brand:** alberto villoldo **Price:** VT5488 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing Paperback – January 1, 2011 by alberto villoldo - **How much does it cost?** VT5488 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/12237216-illumination-the-shamans-way-of-healing-paperback-january-1-2011) ## Best For - alberto villoldo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alberto villoldo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing Paperback – January 1, 2011 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1lYa97+bwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Misleading title, badly edited. *by J***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2010* I love Alberto Villoldo's work and have read much of what he has written. I also practice the Process of Illumination as taught in his school.Sadly, this book is NOT about his Process of Illumination, the fantastic technique he "brought back" and/or synthesized from his travels in the Andes; it's about Initiation; The Shaman's Way of Healing Self. I do wish I'd known this when I bought it. I thought I was buying a more detailed explanation of Illumination.The editing is at times atrocious: "Like Mark Antony, even ordinary people sometimes risk everything they once valued to follow love, succeed in a career, or in be good parents." ?? what? (page 6, paragraph 2)Punctuation is not always complete or balanced: ending quotations and parentheses are left off occasionally.Although a relatively good read for what it is, I feel a little bit misled. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Food for Thought! *by C***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013* Illumination is a profoundly good book that opens up your mind and lets you explore yourself. Though hard to follow, I found myself rereading many a paragraph several times, Illumination gives the reader exercises that let you relax the old brain that deals with emotions and opens up a higher brain that deals with feelings.I fist purchased Illumination for my Kindle but then purchased a hard copy to lend several og my “thinking” friends for them to read.CaseyCamp Wood, Texas ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Facing the Real Ordeals of Initiation in a Bold and Patient Way *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2010* I had been a student of a very wise old professor at the University of Chicago named Mircea Eliade in the 1870's, who had written the acknowledged Masterwork of Scholasatic Shamanism (called "Shamanism"). When it came time to write a thesis I used ideas from Eliade and noted Chicago Anthropologist Victor Turner's classic "The Ritual Process," which dealt extensively with tribal initiations, particularly from childhood to sdulthood. My thesis, which dealt extensively with initiatory efforts in the counter/youth culture.of that time which the author would see as incomplete initiations because a lot of it was based on non sacred use of psychedelic drugs; like in the then very popular books by Carlos Castaneda about the sorcerer Don Juan and "the Yagui way of knowledge" which were ideals that were aspired to but never really reached mainly because of the hedonism that permeated that age.The reason I mention Eliade and Turner (and my own less evolved work) is that Villodo's work is somewhat a synthesis of their work transposed into a modern message of hope in a world careening out of control. Villodo feels, like with the counter culture of the 60's and 70's, that most initiations (e, g, adulthood, marriage, parenthood,death) are shallow and incomplete.Look at a typical coming of age movie which is mostly about externals like cars, infatuation, maybe drugs,and sports. These are indicative of arrested spiritual/shamanic development. According to the author in many cases we are adult children, who are unstable and incomplete, and, at the core, very unhappy and angry.In order to reach true personal development we must go through deep personal symbolic processes. To this end, Villodo likes to refer to Carl Jung's alchemical allegory of going beyond ego consciousness to true individuation as an example of authentic, and totally complete, spiritual transformation.Villodo spends a lot of time writing about the seven deadly sin of Christianity: Pride,Greed,Envy,Lust,Sloth,Anger,Gluttony.He sees these "sins" as blocking spiritually meaningful initiations, and his background as clinical psychologist (no longerpracticing adds depth and credibility to his argument. However Shamanism, in Villodo's, view is not only for the archetypal spiritual "medicine man.," but is possible, at least in my interpretation, too anyone who fallows the initiatory spiritualpath, which is a fairly unique vision of shamanism, in particular, and spiritual traditions in particular.Villodo's recommendation is that we take bold initiatory and transformative action to fully develop, overcome the scourge of the seven deadly sins and "essentially" save the world as they save themselves. But at the same time we should be very patient in this process and let go of the fear and compulsiveness that characterizes our age and trust that development will come if we wait and patiently, and let truth, love and beauty unfold. As poet T. S. Eliot wrote in transcendent, and very spiritual masterpiece "The Four Quartets: "we must be still and still moving" to achieve spiritual rebirth in the span of one, or many, lifetimes.This is a very idealistic message, but beautifully crafted and inspirational. It may seem like a bit of a dream, but it may be a dream that needs to come true before it might be too late. And although highly critical of modernity, and post modernity, it offers a captivating, and engrossing, vision of authentic self realization. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/12237216-illumination-the-shamans-way-of-healing-paperback-january-1-2011](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/12237216-illumination-the-shamans-way-of-healing-paperback-january-1-2011) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-07*