SHAMANISM / TOLTEC STUDIES "In the best of the shamanic tradition--through dramatic storytelling of her own life experience--Merilyn Tunneshende imparts the essence of the timeless art of Dreaming, the powerful healing modality of the future. As an added bonus she supplies us with specific exercises to assist us in our own discovery of this powerful path to healing." --Jose Stevens, Ph.D., author of Secrets of Shamanism and The Power Path Twilight Language of the Nagual is a shamanic and spiritual account that illuminates the author's experiences under the tutelage of don Juan Matus, the Toltec shaman who mentored Carlos Castaneda, and the sorceress dona Celestina. The author journeys from a mountaintop peyote pilgrimage of the Huichol people of western Mexico to the home of Tibetan monks in Mexico City and the hut of a Mazatec mushroom shaman in a remote Oaxacan village. She learns the Twilight Language of Dreaming, an avenue for understanding the energetic gateways of human existence. Don Juan Matus defines the language of this Dream Power and dona Celestina tutors on sex, reproduction, and male-female affairs in relation to the state of the world. Twilight Language enables communication between beings of the upper and lower realms. The author describes how it is possible for our individual and collective consciousness to be transported to higher levels. At the conclusion of each chapter she offers detailed exercises for experiences in extra-lucid Dreaming. She presents several case studies from her own Dream work as well, which demonstrate applications of Dreaming techniques in the "real" world. Twilight Language of the Nagual is both a navigational aid to other realms revealed through Dreams and an exploration of the energy techniques of Dream Power for healing and enlightenment. MERILYN TUNNESHENDE has studied shamanism and spirituality since the 1970s. She teaches throughout the United States and abroad on the powers of nagual shamanism, emphasizing Dreaming, empowerment, love, energetic healing, and beyond-death states.