The Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience, Robert Tindall , Susana Bustos

* Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien    * Examines odysseus's encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting and sacred topography - all concepts vital to shamanism     * Reveals how the Odyssey emerged precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness