In this visionary memoir, author Michael Drake recounts his spiritual journey into shamanism. Drake's engaging narrative moves from his first ecstatic experience as a youth at a church revival to his mystical shamanic awakening in the wilderness, transformational pilgrimages to sacred places, working with indigenous wisdom keepers, to the experiences that prompted his writing, particularly his trance experiences "riding the drum" or Spirit Horse. Studying with Native elders and shamans, Drake discovered his shamanic gifts as a drummer, storyteller and ceremonialist. Riding Spirit Horse takes readers on a transcendent pilgrimage of the soul through birth, death, rebirth, ritual and ceremony to the frontiers of expanded consciousness. Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Chosen by the Spirits Chapter 2. Shamanic Initiation Chapter 3. Following the Call Chapter 4. A Path of Authenticity Chapter 5. A Gathering of Eagles Chapter 6. Earth and Spirit Chapter 7. Riding Spirit Horse Chapter 8. Walking the Pyramids Chapter 9. Divining the Way to Harmony Chapter 10. Ecstatic Trance Postures Chapter 11. The Thunder Beings Chapter 12. Healing Story, Singing Drum Chapter 13. The Call of the Psychopomp Chapter 14. The Spiritual Mecca of Crestone Afterword Endnotes About the Author