The Tears of the Ancestors: Victims and Perpetrators in the Tribal Soul - Softcover

Daan Van Kampenhout

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932462988 ISBN 13: 9781932462982

Publisher: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, 2008

Synopsis

Tears of the Ancestors is an important contribution to our understanding of problems rooted in collective trauma. Individuals who have been abused and victimized will be helped by becoming aware of the patterns in the soul as it responds to deep relational trauma. Those who want to look into the shadows of history and the legacy of war, persecution and genocide will gain insight into what binds us to the groups we already belong to, and how we can manage this belonging in a responsible way. Daan van Kampenhout presents this work with a voice that gently allows not only a walk through various historical conflicts which have been crystallized with our image of who was the perpetrator and who was the victim, but he offers us a mirror as well. The author penetrates with a keen mind and experimental tools to an essential dimension and is able to relate even to painful and traumatic aspects of human experience with compassion and with trust in the basic all-rightness of all life. Chapter 1 Auschwitz-Birkenau Chapter 2 The Wheel of Souls Chapter 3 Ancestral Connections Chapter 4 Who Belongs? Chapter 5 Hiding the Perpetrators Chapter 6 Searching for a New Definition Chapter 7 The Transmission of Memory Chapter 8 The Silent Cry Chapter 9 The Weight of the Dead Chapter 10 Places of Refuge Chapter 11 Dreaming About Germany Chapter 12 The Body of Grief Chapter 13 The Embrace of the Guilty Chapter 14 Prayers for Broken Stones Chapter 15 Entering the Silence Chapter 16 Roots that Heal Chapter 17 Double Identities Chapter 18 The Turning of the Wheel Chapter 19 At Mauthausen s Gate

About this title

About the Author:

Daan van Kampenhout was born in 1963, and has studied with traditional shamanic teachers from different cultures. Since 1987 he has been teaching and lecturing internationally on the subject of shamanism. In 1993 he founded the Practice for Systemic Ritual. Daan blends aspects of family constellation, shamanic ritual, chassidic songs and prayer. His systemic rituals are a way to enter fields of collective trauma such as created by war, the holocaust, colonialism and other historical events that touch the lives of groups of people. He works in Europe, Israel, the USA and elsewhere. He is the author of seven books, (including Images of the Soul: The Workings of the Soul in Shamanic Rituals and Family Constellations) and many articles about traditional and contemporary shamanic practices. His work has been translated in eight languages. Daan lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Review:

... an important contribution to our understanding of problems rooted in collective trauma. Individuals who have been abused and victimized will be helped by becoming aware of the patterns in the soul as it responds to deep relational trauma. Those who want to look into the shadows of history and the legacy of war, persecution and genocide will gain insight into what binds us to the groups we already belong to and how we can manage this belonging in a responsible way. --Rabbi Dr. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, co-author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing.

An amazing book that bridges worlds. Simultaneously personal and universal, scientific and shamanic, documentary and theoretical, written by a heart humble enough to remain embedded in human experience and huge enough to embrace it all. --Hunter Beaumont, PhD., Psychotherapist, teacher, author

Daan van Kampenhout has presented us with a body of work that is serious and gracefully written, something that wants to be read --Claude AnShin Thomas, author of At Hell s Gate, A Soldiers Journey from War to Peace

An amazing book that bridges worlds. Simultaneously personal and universal, scientific and shamanic, documentary and theoretical, written by a heart humble enough to remain embedded in human experience and huge enough to embrace it all. --Hunter Beaumont, PhD., Psychotherapist, teacher, author

An important contribution to our understanding of problems rooted in collective trauma. Individuals who have been abused and victimized will be helped by becoming aware of the patterns in the soul as it responds to deep relational trauma. Those who want to look into the shadows of history and the legacy of war, persecution and genocide will gain insight into what binds us to the groups we already belong to and how we can manage this belonging in a responsible way. --Rabbi Dr. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, co-author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1932462988
• ISBN 13: 9781932462982
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224