Darkness Visible

Ross Heaven (1960–2018) was a therapist and workshop leader in personal development and healing whose books include Vodou Shaman, Spirit in the City, and The Journey to You. Simon Buxton, author of The Shamanic Way of the Bee, is the founder/director of The Sacred Trust in England, dedicated to the teaching of practical shamanism for the modern world. He lives in England and teaches Darkness Visible workshops internationally.

• Forewords Inviting the Darkness In by Malidoma SoméJourneying Farther Than the Eye Can See by Sandra IngermanPrefaces Entering Darkness and Seeing the Light Ceremonial Darkness in the Haitian Vodou Tradition by Ross Heaven If Honey, Then Also Sting Darkness and the Path of Pollen by Simon Buxton1. God in a Time of Darkness The Spirit beyond the Light-Try This- Close Your EyesInviting the Darkness: The Interior StarsPlaying GodForgiving God2. The Tunnel at the End of the Light The Practice of Darkness-Try This- Awakening the SensesThe Spirit of Nature The Cave of Souls3. The Mythological Mind The Impact of Darkness on Those Who Enter There-Try This- Initiation into DarknessHearing the TruthFuture-Seeing4. The Landscape of Myth and Emotion The Psychology of Darkness-Try This- The Voices WithinActive Imagining: Using Darkness for Positive ChangeThe Flow of Things5. Entering the Dark World Initiation into Darkness-Try This- The Wise ElderDying to LiveRebirth6. The Stories of Our Lives Exploring the Dark Self-Try This- Your Conception/Life StoryWho Are You?Earth’s Embrace7. What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number? The Question of Identity-Try This- What’s Your Name?The Ancestral ChainTemple DreamingA Blessing for Yourself 8. Welcome Home Coming out of Darkness into Darkness-Try This-The Meaning of LifeThe Sadness of the WorldThe Crossroads Commitment9. Beginning to See the Light Life after DarknessNotesBibliographyResources: Darkness Visible and Other Workshops

“. . . we learn about ourselves and the powers of the ‘other world’ by surrendering to the beauty and opportunity for greater vision afforded us in darkness. . . . Ross Heaven and Simon Buxton have nurtured the most fertile ground for the development of true spiritual sightedness.”