The Woman in the Shaman's Body | Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D.

The Woman in the Shaman’s Body examines the often-overlooked presence of women within shamanic traditions. Anthropologist Barbara Tedlock combines research, historical inquiry, and personal experience to explore women’s roles as healers, visionaries, midwives, herbalists, and spiritual practitioners.

Inside the Book

Tedlock challenges accounts of shamanism that have centered primarily on men and brings greater visibility to female traditions across cultures. Her perspective is informed by anthropological scholarship, her family connection to an Ojibwe midwife and herbalist, and her own training and initiation among the K’iche’ Maya of highland Guatemala.

Who This Book May Support

This book may interest readers drawn to women’s spiritual history, anthropology, healing traditions, shamanic practice, and the recovery of feminine voices within religion and medicine.

This book discusses living cultural and spiritual traditions. Readers are encouraged to approach these teachings with respect for their communities, histories, and cultural contexts.