How to Heal Toxic Thoughts: Simple Tools for Personal Transformation

A guide to finding the cure for harmful thoughts―the key lies in the ancient principle of alchemy.

We may not realize it consciously, but negative feelings can be as toxic as physical poisons, wearing on us and causing depression, illness, and burnout. But how can we keep ourselves safe in a world too often ruled by resentment, jealousy, rage, and stress?

Many people think that the old alchemists were trying to turn lead into gold. But in actuality, as Sandra Ingerman―a practicing shaman and psychologist―reveals, they were metaphorically working on transforming heavy leaded consciousness into gold light consciousness. Using their theories, Ingerman offers strategies for processing the harmful thoughts and emotions that hit us throughout our day.

Instead of sending and receiving lethal energy, you will learn, through meditations, visualizations, and other exercises, how to radiate positive thoughts and shield yourself from those that are destructive. Her methods of simple…but they can change you, others, and the world.

Sandra Ingerman is the author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self (Harper San Francisco 1991), Welcome Home: Following Your Souls Journey Home (Harper San Francisco 1994), A Fall to Grace (Moon Tree Rising Productions 1997), and Medicine for the Earth (Three Rivers Press 2001). She is also the author of "The Beginners Guide to Shamanic Journeying" and "The Soul Retrieval Journey" lecture programs and the book and CD program Shamanic Journeying: A Beginners Guide, produced by Sounds True.