BOOKS

 

The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun and Celebration by Victor Shamas, Ph.D. US $15 plus $3 shipping. Original and lighthearted, The Way of Play offers a radical approach to spirituality that treats play as a sacred act. Besides being a practical how-to book for the spiritual adventurer, it also describes a unique pilgrimage to India, in which the author and his sweetheart encounter a bizarre cast of characters, including a cave-dweeling yogi, a hydrology professor who is also the high priest of one of India's oldest temple, whimsical Tibetan master, pool-playing swamis, and a disembodied US President. This odyssey culminates under the legendary Bodhi tree with a simple yet life-changing insight on the nature of spiritual life. 

The Chanter's Guide:  Sacred Chanting as a Shamanic Practice by Victor Shamas, Ph.D.  US$14.95 plus $3 shipping.  This unique manual shows you the power of sacred chanting as a healing tool.  It also tells the story of the author's unlikely apprenticeship with a master shaman and his journey to uncover a set of 500-year-old practices that have special relevance to life in the 21^st Century.

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CDs

 

Chakra Tones. $US10 plus $2 shipping. This beautiful CD consists of seven pure tones designed to be used as part of a chakra balancing meditation. Each tone has a frequency that resonates with a specific chakra. Unlike most CDs produced for chakra meditation, this one has no vocals of any kind. The tones are simple, pure, and effective. Just listening to them is enough to open and clear chakras, but you can intensify the experience by chanting the following seed syllables, known as bija mantras,  for each chakra: 1)Base-LAM; 2) Sacral-VAM; 3) Solar Plexus-RAM; 4) Heart-YAM; 5) Throat-HAM; 6) Third Eye-SHAM; 7) Crown-OM.

  

Global Chant1. US $14.95 plus $2 shipping. Beautiful recordings of 14 chants, including Ubi Caritas (Christian Taize), Hu Allah (Sufi), Om Ah Hung Hri (Buddhist), Neesa Neesa (Native American Seneca), Blessed is the Glory of God (Jewish), Yemaya (Yoruba), Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi (Hindu), and more. Twelve years in the making, this CD is perfect for first-time chanters or chant leaders. Jacket includes words and chords to all the chants.

 

Four Meditations by Victor Shamas, Ph.D. US$12.50 plus $2 shipping.  This is the perfect meditation CD for active people and beginning meditators.  Dr. Shamas guides you through each of following meditations:  1) Suspended Breathing; 2) Star Gazing; 3) Body Movement; and 4) Stillness. Each meditation is powerful on its own.  The combination of the four make it relatively easy to silence your mind and to immerse yourself in the kind of meditative experience that leads to genuine healing and bliss.

Biofeedback, Hypnosis, & Relaxation by Victor Shamas, Ph.D.  US$12.50 plus $2 shipping.  On this CD, Dr. Shamas guides you through three of the most powerful mind-body healing methods known in the field of health psychology.  The biofeedback exercise is done without any outside instrumentation.  In this exercise, you become your own heart-rate monitor, and then you learn to slow down your heart rate in a way that reduces stress and enhances relaxation.  The self-hypnosis exercise is designed specifically for pain management, whereas the relaxation exercise is a form of the classic progressive muscle relaxation technique that has been used successfully in pain management since the 1930's.

 

COURSE READERs

Dr. Victor Shamas has designed several textbook-free courses at the University of Arizona in an effort to save students money and to provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to standard texts.  In place of textbooks, these courses use the electronic readers described below.  We offer these readers at a low cost that covers our production expenses.  You can purchase any of them by clicking on the PayPal button below or by sending a check to:  Act on Wisdom, PO Box 12484, Tucson, AZ  85732-2484.  Please note that there are no exchanges or refunds on these orders.  If you have problems opening a file, we will be happy to re-send it to you.  All course readers are in the form of Microsoft Word files.

 

Abnormal Psychology Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address..  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 381 course (or correspondence course PSYC 4381), Abnormal Psychology, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Biopsychology Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 302 course (or correspondence course PSYC 4302), Introduction to Biopsychology, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Health Psychology Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 383 course (or correspondence course PSYC 4383), Health Psychology, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Human Sexuality Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 364 course, Human Sexuality, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 375 course (or correspondence course PSYC 4375), Industrial-Organizational Psychology, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Research Methods Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 290a and 290b courses (or correspondence course PSYC 4290), Research Methods, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.

Social Psychology Reader by Dr. Victor Shamas.  US $20 includes delivery of electronic file to a working e-mail address.  Covers all the course Objectives and Key Terms for the Psychology 360 course (or correspondence course PSYC 4360), Social Psychology, taught by Dr. Shamas through the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona.