About "Medicine Without an Expiry Date"
ACCOLADES
Résumé | Book
"One of the best ritual leaders in North America."
Malidoma Somé, author of
Of Water and the Spirit:
Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
"A ritual genius."
Daniel Deardorff, author of
The Other Within:
The Genius of Deformity in
Myth, Culture, Psyche
DESCRIPTION
Résumé | Book
Introduction by
Malidoma Somé, Dagara Elder,
Diviner, and author of
Ritual Power Healing and Community
Of Water and the Spirit
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Cover Art
Rob Ramage
Cover Photo
Jean Cueta
Cover Design
Calyx Kuprowski
Inside Photo
Michael Julian Berz
Printing History
Printed in a Limited First Edition of 100 Copies by
Village Books | Bellingham
Second Print-on-demand
Lulu books
From the introduction by Malidoma Somé
“Medicine Without an Expiry Date argues fiercely for the reclamation of our own indigenous intelligence. The book weaves an intricate fabric of perception, melding personal experiences with indigenous ritual, stories of initiation, and a deep exploration of what Jones calls storycarrying.
He includes discussions of the wisdom of the body, emotional intelligence, the nature of education, and a look into the practical value of the wild mythic imagination.
Intended as a combination of “teaching harangue,” poetry, field notes, and guidebook, it defies simple categorization: it is sui generis, without genre, “of its own kind.” . . . a walk between two worlds, authored by one who received the name “Calls Forth Voices” from the Dreamtime, contributing an understanding and deep connection with the elemental knowledge of the indigenous into the personal, social and environmental domains of the modern.”
512 pages / Foursquare Trinity Press 2014
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data 2014930988
SAMPLES
Résumé | Book
"One of the best ritual leaders in North America."
Malidoma Somé, author of
Of Water and the Spirit:
Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
"A ritual genius."
Daniel Deardorff, author of
The Other Within:
The Genius of Deformity in
Myth, Culture, Psyche
Table of Contents
Résumé | Book
Acknowledgements
15
ACT of FAITH: In-Roads
21
Introduction by Dagara Elder Malidoma Somé
Prologue In-Gree
21
27
Prologue In-Junction
Preamble
Genius
Trickster
Communication
Trouble
Travelling
27
29
30
33
37
40
43
Prologue In-Vocation
ACT I: Worlds
49
Episode 1 Vastly Through Another World
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
Howl
Down the Rabbit Hole
The Ball of Yarn Winds Round
Ritual or Ceremony?
Is the Indigenous Worthy of Trust?
Spirit and Soul
Chautuaqua
Appealing to Nature and the Spirit World
The Unrepeatability of Magic
Indigenous Social Science
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Death
What Dreams are Made Of
49
50
52
55
57
59
62
64
69
71
72
75
77
79
Episode 2 Gifts of the World
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
Voices
Re-Membering
Conversation
Village
Technology
Leadership
Healing
Cosmology
Dreamtime (Fire)
Animism (Mineral)
Relatedness (Earth)
Adaptability (Water)
Sustainability (Nature)
Ritual
Gender
Initiation
79
85
88
90
94
98
104
109
111
114
116
117
120
122
125
129
135
Episode 3 A World of Unknown Animals
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
The Old Kikuyu Diviner
First Steps
A Bellwether for Danger
Taking the Bones Apart
The Bench
135
138
141
144
147
153
Episode 4 The World Has No End
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
Sacred Cows
The Seven Erotic Virtues
A Hundred Yards to Freedom
The Next Best Step
Quarelling
Practices
153
156
160
163
166
167
ACT II: Frameworks
175
Episode 5 Contents Organic: Working Model
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
5.15
Organic Wisdom
Map / Territory Problem and Learning
Table 1 - Domains of Human Consciousness
Meaning, Motivation, and Nutrition
Table 2 - Epistemology / Nutrition of Five Domains
Emotional Domain
Imaginal Domain
World Domain
Evaluation of Therapeutic Interventions
Table 3 - Therapeutic Models & Domain Qualities
Dimensions of Therapeutic Models
Stimulus Rsponse
General Semantics
Catharsis
Resonance
Divinely Empowered Action
Relations, Conscience, Responsibilities
Table 4 - Relations, Conscience, Responsibilities
Departure for the Quickening of the Troubles
175
176
178
182
183
184
184
185
187
189
190
191
191
195
198
204
210
210
216
79
Episode 6 Critical Content: Body Work
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
Nomadic Migrations
History of the Body
Reach, Relax, Breathe
Laughter Yoga
Diagram 1 - Agony and Ecstasy
The Impulsive Behaviour of Shakers
Rivering
Ringmaster and Entities
The Choreography of Rivers
Resonance and Resurrection
The Touch that Satisfies Both
Playing Catch (Apparently)
Suggested Rules When Death is in the Room
Efficiency
Choreography of Chaotic Terrains
221
223
225
227
229
231
235
236
238
241
243
246
251
253
256
259
Episode 7 Conducting: Working Out
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.9
7.10
7.11
7.12
7.13
7.14
7.15
Electing
Difference and Standardization
Instincts of Mothering
Follow the Inner Drummer
Study Guide of the Genius
Tell the History of That Thing
Unstructured Environments
Voting Rights
Action Studies
River Dance
City Survival Day
Friday Nights
Meta-Curriculum
Games and Learning
Kiaigh — The Trouble That Causes Anxiety
259
261
263
265
267
269
270
273
275
278
279
281
287
289
292
295
Episode 8 Confusion Presses In: Emotional Work
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
Losing Your Head
The Necessity of Fierceness
Armouring or Noticing
Becoming a Master Counsellor
Into the Labyrinth
Dialogue Between Perspectives
Larger or Smaller
Satisfaction
Agony and Ecstasy
Diagram 2 - Emotional Expression & Repression
Contact Boundary
Involvement or Disengagement
Table 5 - Needs, Interventions, Complexes
Table 5a - Physical Domain - Abandonment
Table 5b - Language Domain - Guilt
Table 5c - Emotional Domain - Despair
Table 5d - Imaginal Domain - Amusement/Ennui
Table 5e - World Domain - Loneliness
Recognizing Core Statements
Table 6 - Complexes - Core and Counter Statements
Gods of Fire and Water
295
296
300
304
307
309
311
314
317
319
319
322
322
323
325
327
328
330
331
332
336
343
Episode 9 Courage: Art Work
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
Who's Running the Show?
Drama Foundry
Listening in the Kiva
All Leader—No Leader
Diagram 3 - Creative Ensemble Governance
Dramatic Structures
Drumming Creative Ensemble
Clowns and Parody and Coyote
Diagram 4 - Liminality and the Ostanado-Solo
Audacity
Creative Meta Maps
The Apple Orchard
Table 7 - Active, Liminal & Reposing Gender
The Big River
343
347
352
355
356
357
359
365
365
371
375
378
380
382
ACT III: Spells
389
Episode 10 Help for The Injured
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
Whazzup?
Anamnesis
Intention
Divination
Supervisors
Squircle up
Choreography and Geography
Gatekeepers and Guards
The Other World
Next Day Closing
389
392
394
396
398
402
404
408
412
418
421
Episode 11 A Thousand Books of Histories
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
The Argonauts
The Caves of Memory
Singing for Supper
Ogre at the Kitchen Door
A Cloak of Eyeballs
Cooking the General
Damn . . . I'm Pretty!
The Land God Gave to Caine
421
423
425
427
431
433
437
440
447
Episode 12 Against the Power of Wind
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.6
The Secret Name
Dragons of the Genius
Band of Gypsys
Let the Wild Rumpus Begin
Il name della rosa
"Vamp 'till cue"
447
451
456
458
460
462
465
Episode 13 Go Down
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
13.8
You Can't Design Your Own Ritual
The Three Obstacles and the Four Devils
Countdown
E-Day
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Elder's Harangue
The Golden Temple
Doggedness
465
469
473
477
485
491
494
496
Famous Last Words
About the Author
Events
From a distance
509
509
511