Love and Spirit Medicine
"Love and Spirit Medicineis heartfelt and engaging, a fascinating story of one woman's shamanic path to liberation. It provides hard-won insight for others, particularly women searching for identity and healing, who would find themselves with spirit guides, on shamanic journeys, through the ingestion of sacred (psychoactive) mushrooms. Western doctors would do well to try to find commonalities with the shamanic approach Home uses, viewing shamanism and efforts such as Home's shamanic path as a source of convergent validity, not the rejected "other." Shonagh Home shares her personal journey from a dying marriage, through an array of fascinating shamans and other teachers, as a conduit for spirit, and ultimately to a place of self-knowledge and service. Written with humor and infinite heart, "Love and Spirit Medicine" is an immediate classic of transformative personal and spiritual development." -Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.,Public speaker and author ofPsychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development"Love and Spirit Medicineis a poignant and brutally honest memoir about personal empowerment and transformation in a time of rapid global change. Full of humor and heartbreak, one woman's deeply personal journey toward self-discovery becomes a roadmap for individual and collective healing beyond cultural programming. Shonagh Home shows that by trusting inner wisdom and learning from one's shadow, one can see life's fiercest challenges as opportunities for conscious growth. It is a powerful testament for our evolutionary potential." -Nese Devenot, Founder of the Psychedemia Conference and Contributing Editor for Reality Sandwich"Shonagh Home's vivid encounters with spirit guides teach her about the shadow side of her psyche. She offers honest accounts of the confusions and misunderstandings that can occur during highly altered states of consciousness and the challenges of finding herself between the worlds.Love and Spirit Medicineis a courageous story of her shamanic initiation and her journey of awakening and empowerment." -Annie Oak, journalist, filmmaker, and founder of The Women's Visionary Congress"This is an open and honest spiritual memoir that details the author's life and relationships while she grew into her shamanic practice. Most especially does she talk extensively about her experiences with psychedelic mushrooms and how these shaped her spiritual growth. Those interested in shamanism, especially the paths that include the use of consciousness-altering substances, will find this book enlightening and very helpful. Not everyone is called to this path and it is not for everyone as some people are not psychologically healthy enough to be able to handle the results. ReadingLove and Spirit Medicineprior to using these substances could make a huge difference in the outcome." --New Spirit Journal"Shonagh Home does a remarkable job putting words to an experience that is almost impossible to describe. Her vulnerability and raw honesty is an inspiration and guidepost for all of us who are either on this journey or desiring to be." -Kathleen Hosner, Ph.D."A sweeping hero's journey into the mythic realms and magical healing of mushroom shamanism, Shonagh Home'sLove and Spirit Medicineoffers a potent message for the illumination of the human spirit and the awakening of the planetary heart." ─Talat Jonathan Phillips, author ofThe Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic, co-founder of Evolver"InLove and Spirit MedicineShonagh Home reminds us that our one true love, and our one true home, is always within ourselves. Through her honest and vivid ceremonial adventures with psychedelic mushroom spirits, Shonagh's heartaches become heart truths and life changing medicine. Home's mushrooom memoir proudly walks along the newly growing path of psychedelic non-fiction favorites likeSinging to the Plants, Black Smoke, andBreaking Open the Head." -Adam Elenbaas, author ofFishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Questand one of the founding writers at RealitySandwich.com"In writing rich in heart, mind, and intuition, Shonagh Home lets us accompany her through her life transformations via relationships with both human teachers and plant teachers. Along the way, her narrative of  crises endured and transcended describes her own inner spiritual growth and at the same time helps her readers grow in love and understanding too." --Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., author ofThe Psychedelic Future of the Mind