- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company; First Edition edition (21 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 089281148X
- ISBN-13: 978-0892811489
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"Written in a beautiful, lyrical and poetic way, with personal vignettes, anecdote and sacred teachings which, in a way, are reminiscent of the Sufi tradition but with the hard edge of realism characteristic of the Keltic Way--the Way of the Hero--this book is an absolute must-have addition to any serious collection of shamanic wisdom."
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A fascinating, important story of one man's journey into the shamanic realm and ancient wisdom.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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It's extremely rare to witness a true initiatory rite of passage, but this book is a sustained account of just that, and in an area that has never been revealed to those outside the tradition. The erudition and anthropology supporting the account is solid, but it's more than that. It's a personal account of the author's experiences as a boy and a young man, who endures the surprises and awe of true initiation. This makes it a personable read. Simon Buxton is not only an elder of the shamanic bee cultus; he's a born storyteller with the ear of a poet. Once he grounds you in the material events of ordinary reality, he begins the cross-over through the veil into extra-ordinary events. It's important that his poetic skill is strong because those events need a strong metaphoric tongue to tell them. Indeed, the reader needs a developed sense of metaphor to perceive the truths at the heart of these mysteries. Yes, it's as much a challenge for the reader as it must have been a test of the writer to bring them out. A first reading grasps the narrative. A second reading perceives the myth. A third reading gets to the spirit. Such depth in a book, I've not seen in a long time. If you can hold all three levels in one reading, bravo!
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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Despite all the negative, one star reviews I bought this book. How glad I did! Informative, a genuine european shamanism, almost lost to us. I think the one star givers may have taken Simon's story far to literally. Journeying, which I think Simon's adventures mostly involved, can be fantastical and outworldly. One suggestion in one of the bad reviews is that Simon suggested he had sex with a bee??? Where in the book? He was clearly journeying at the time! Well written, indeed it was fantasy like, but then who cares, interesting and rich in content. I for one, would love to read more about this ancient 'Path of Pollen'.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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The key question to ask yourself when a book comes your way is do I have an appointment with this book, what it contains and what it may hold for me? Such is the question that may arise when this book enters your life, for Simon Buxton's The Shamanic Way of the Bee is a beautifully written multi-dimensional work in the esteemed genre of esoteric spiritual autobiography that details the many layers of reality and experience that are often found on the path of initiation. The book is part of a long lineage of stories of spiritual experience from both ancient and contemporary cultures. If we allow ourselves to re-view (literally, to 'see again') Buxton's book, we re-member that the awe-infused tales of shamans are in themselves healing stories, stories that heal, and by that function they open doorways for us to find our own way toward whatever healing we too might need. They also allow us to begin to imagine how we too might be changed should we dare to believe in our true heart-desires and, using our will, step through the open doorway into our own sacred story. The Shamanic Way of the Bee is an exquisite telling of one man's sacred story.
As a female practitioner in training with teachers from the distaff or female side of the Path of Pollen, I have been taught practices that Buxton writes of in his book, such as working with the lemniscate or figure of 8; meditation upon the Hexagramma Mysticum, the divine hexagon; oneiric or dreaming work; and many others. Body practices, meditations and disciplines such as these have been taught from ancient times to the present in many spiritual traditions throughout the world. The Path of Pollen is one such tradition and is a path of inner and outer psycho-spiritual, alchemical work requiring an open heart, a willingness to engage in deep self-examination and the passionate desire to meet one's appointments while alive. The teachings from this path that Buxton shares with his readers are filled with all the beauty, wildness and intelligence that are the particular gifts of the honeybee and the hive. And like the hive with its stores of honey, pollen, propolis and bees, the book is also a repository of ever-unfolding knowledge and wisdom.
As Buxton tells us, his teacher Bridge, "believed strongly in a principle he called 'spiritual osmosis,' in which proximity to the sacred will itself provide answers. There are no fixed rules, or, rather, the rules and the truths you find will be personal to you. Truth must always be individual, and you will find it from your own experiences and your interpretation of these" (11).
Read on. Decide for yourself. Who knows? You may be meeting an appointment.
As a female practitioner in training with teachers from the distaff or female side of the Path of Pollen, I have been taught practices that Buxton writes of in his book, such as working with the lemniscate or figure of 8; meditation upon the Hexagramma Mysticum, the divine hexagon; oneiric or dreaming work; and many others. Body practices, meditations and disciplines such as these have been taught from ancient times to the present in many spiritual traditions throughout the world. The Path of Pollen is one such tradition and is a path of inner and outer psycho-spiritual, alchemical work requiring an open heart, a willingness to engage in deep self-examination and the passionate desire to meet one's appointments while alive. The teachings from this path that Buxton shares with his readers are filled with all the beauty, wildness and intelligence that are the particular gifts of the honeybee and the hive. And like the hive with its stores of honey, pollen, propolis and bees, the book is also a repository of ever-unfolding knowledge and wisdom.
As Buxton tells us, his teacher Bridge, "believed strongly in a principle he called 'spiritual osmosis,' in which proximity to the sacred will itself provide answers. There are no fixed rules, or, rather, the rules and the truths you find will be personal to you. Truth must always be individual, and you will find it from your own experiences and your interpretation of these" (11).
Read on. Decide for yourself. Who knows? You may be meeting an appointment.
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