In this visionary memoir, author Michael Drake recounts his spiritual journey into shamanism. Drake's engaging narrative moves from his first ecstatic experience as a youth at a church revival to his mystical shamanic awakening in the wilderness, transformational pilgrimages to sacred places, working with indigenous wisdom keepers, to the experiences that prompted his writing, particularly his trance experiences "riding the drum" or Spirit Horse. Studying with Native elders and shamans, Drake discovered his shamanic gifts as a drummer, storyteller and ceremonialist. Riding Spirit Horse takes readers on a transcendent pilgrimage of the soul through birth, death, rebirth, ritual and ceremony to the frontiers of expanded consciousness.

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Chosen by the Spirits
Chapter 2. Shamanic Initiation
Chapter 3. Following the Call
Chapter 4. A Path of Authenticity
Chapter 5. A Gathering of Eagles
Chapter 6. Earth and Spirit
Chapter 7. Riding Spirit Horse
Chapter 8. Walking the Pyramids
Chapter 9. Divining the Way to Harmony
Chapter 10. Ecstatic Trance Postures
Chapter 11. The Thunder Beings
Chapter 12. Healing Story, Singing Drum
Chapter 13. The Call of the Psychopomp
Chapter 14. The Spiritual Mecca of Crestone
Afterword
Endnotes
About the Author