Andean Shamanism in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

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'This volume represents a rare integration of Western psychology with the ancient healing practices of indigenous Andean medicine. Dr. Bryon integrates Jungian psychology with cutting edge concepts from quantum mechanics, complexity theory, and fractal geometry, to arrive at a fascinating and intellectually provoking work. This work expands on the all-too-prominent polarization between the materialist/reductionist bias versus outright rejection of empirical science in clinical work. The challenge and invitation for the readers is to move away from the binary "either/or" conceptualization of reality and contemplate a wider meta-reductive "both/and" clinical approach, where threads of Jungian depth psychology, relational psychoanalysis, intersubjective and interobjective dynamics interlace with physical and biological sciences, and shamanic wisdom to build a rich tapestry of therapeutic alliance and subjective experience.'

Yakov Shapiro, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Alberta

'Dr. Deborah Bryon has written a powerful, unique, and inspiring book linking Andean Medicine and Shamanism with Jungian psychoanalysis, Hermetic philosophy, and a number of other complex theories. In so doing, she has enriched our understanding of the unconscious in a way that brings light and illumination to the natural world, the Cosmos, and the mythos of the Divine. Her reflection opens a more profound understanding of sacred knowledge, archetypal patterns, and a sense of the Self that links and enriches many traditions.'

Stanton Marlan, Ph.D, ABPP, FABP, Author of C.G. Jung and the Alchemical Imagination: Passages into the Mysteries of Psyche and Soul

'In this radiant and daring work, Bryon weaves Andean cosmology and medicine into deep conversation with contemporary psychoanalytic and depth psychological thought. Drawing on her apprenticeship with altomesayoq Adolfo Ttito Condori and her own clinical practice, she offers a soulful model of healing that bridges ancestral wisdom and modern therapeutic insight. This is more than an interdisciplinary study-it's a heartfelt exploration of what it means to listen across cultures, to heal through resonance, and to meet the psyche where it lives: in myth, body, and spirit. Writing with clarity, humility, and an unmistakable depth of soul, Bryon's psychological insight is matched only by the warmth and courage of her vision.'

William J. Coburn, Ph.D., Psy.D., Founding Editor Emeritus, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context

'The Incan ancestors discovered of codes of wisdom and knowledge about the laws which govern the cosmos that for centuries were hidden. Only those who lived in close connection with celestial dimension were able to manifest them in the physical world. We are now reopening the channels to these codes. This is an introduction to the basic universal codes understood by the ancestors.'

Adolfo Ttito Condori, Altomesayoq

'Deborah Bryon offers readers a vivid and compelling portrait of a great Andean healing tradition-heart-open, earth-honoring, and rooted in a sacred vision of the cosmos. She brings to life the role of the paqo (Incan lineage healer) and shows how Andean cosmology and its guiding codes shape conceptions of health, illness, diagnosis, and treatment. These codes-governing energy, vibration, love, and attunement between healer, patient, and cosmos-form the cultural and spiritual framework of this profound healing system.

Bryon then masterfully correlates this tradition with contemporary clinical theory, drawing on a wide spectrum of psychoanalytic approaches, Jungian psychology, and the energetics of the psyche-linking Andean understandings of energy and vibrational attunement to concepts such as libido, the dynamics of the conscious and unconscious, transference, and therapeutic attunement. She further enriches the dialogue with insights from quantum physics and fractal theory, deepening the resonances between ancient cosmology and modern psychotherapy.

The result is a richly textured vision of the analytic relationship, one that bridges worlds and expands the possibilities of healing. This book will be of great value to psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and all who seek to understand the beauty, depth, and sacred scope of the Andean tradition and its relevance to contemporary therapeutic practice.'

C. Michael Smith, Ph.D., clinical and analytical psychologist trained in medical anthropology; author of Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue (1997, 2007) and Psychotherapy and the Sacred (1996); lecturer for the International Association of Jungian Analysts in Bangalore, India, and at the Russian Academy of Science (2001)