Path of the Sacred Pipe: Journey of Love, Power, and Healing [Paperback]

In these days of global crisis, thoughtful seekers increasingly turn to Native Americans for healing wisdom. The Sacred Pipe is the medicine, says Jay Cleve in this informative and practical guide to a key practice of Native American spirituality. The Hopi and other ancient cultures predicted our present age as one of transition into a New World. The galactic alignment ending the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012 occurs only every 26,000 years and is thought to be a critical time for raising consciousness to align with the radical expansion of Earth energies. Cleve shows how the Pipe can facilitate transformation on both the personal and planetary levels. He explains its use in rituals such as the sweat lodge, the vision quest, and the sun dance and in relation to the Medicine Wheel. He also provides practical information on obtaining and caring for a Pipe and on preparing for and performing the Pipe ceremony.

Jay Cleve is a psychologist, a shamanic healer, and an energy healer. He has trained extensively in the Sacred Pipe with Ojibway and Lakota elders. In this excellent work, Cleve presents the history, background, cosmology, and spiritual philosophy of the Sacred Pipe. --Frederic Brussat, Spirituality & Practice

I had never imagined that a book about the Native American sacred pipe would give me a look at the Sun Dance ritual, or an overview of the Medicine Wheel, or stories of White Buffalo Calf Maiden. Cleve truly shows how the sacred pipe is fully woven into the fabric of the Native American culture, and because it is, 'Path of the Sacred Pipe' ends up being a surprisingly thoughtful and entertaining read. --Rebecca Elson, The Magical Buffet

In this new age of radical shift and transformation, the pipe and its sacred ceremony may help ease and facilitate the journey into a larger mind and consciousness. --Sonia von Matt Stoddard, Awareness Magazine

Jay Cleve holds a B.A. in Psychology, an M.A. in Clinical PsychollĂ