Like the shaman, the storyteller is a walker between the worlds, a mediator between our known world and that of the unknown - someone who is able to commune with dragons and elves, with faeries and angels, with magical and mythical beasts, with Gods and Goddesses, heroes and demons; someone who is able to pass freely from this world into those above and those below and to help us to experience those other realms for ourselves. He or she is not only the archetypal magician but also the archetypal guide. In Tales of Power Dr Michael Berman shares with the reader the craft of the storyteller along with many shamanic tales of power from around the world. The book also includes guidance on becoming a storyteller and using the story as ceremony. Michael Berman works as a teacher and a writer. Publications include The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story, Shamanic Journeys through the Caucasus and Journeys Outside Time. Michael trained as a Core Shamanic Counsellor with the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies

Tales of Power

by Michael Berman