Eyes of the Jaguar Author:Irene R. Siegel EYES OF THE JAGUAR TAKES READERS ON A JOURNEY — OF SHAMANIC INITIATION IN PERU — Of the living mystical traditions in the world today, few have the mystery and romance associated with them as does the "Incan" Shamanism of the high mountain cities of Peru. Eyes Of The Jaguar by Irene R. Siegel is a journal of one woman's initiatory "journey into th... more »e nagual" with these Shamans.
Assembled from Siegel's journal entries, Eyes Of The Jaguar follows along the hectic pace of a Shamanic "initiatory experience" going from such famous ancient power places as Machu Picchu and Nazca to secret sites used by the Peruvian Shamans for centuries to do their most important rituals. From her notes, the reader can even follow Siegel into the shadowy realms of the "nagual", reliving her encounters with the totemic power animals of the Four Winds, and the visions of her "guides".
Eyes Of The Jaguar is not just a look into the fascinating world of Incan Shamanism, it is also a personal story of discovery. Irene Siegel takes the reader from her "ordinary life" of a Long Island clinical social worker through every step of her unfolding, covering the fears, the biases, and resistances she had to overcome on the way. The narrative offers a glimpse at the immersion of somebody from the Western "medical orthodoxy" into the very non-linear worlds in which the Shaman operates.« less