Mike Williams
Specialist in Ancient Belief and Shamanism
Mike Williams has an MA and PhD in archaeology from the University of Reading, studying under Professor Richard Bradley.
His academic papers include explaining the Iron Age bog bodies, an exploration of trance imagery on Celtic coins, and the agricultural cycle as a metaphor for prehistoric belief.
Mike also has extensive practical experience of shamanism having studied with indigenous shamanic teachers in Siberia and Lapland. He is also an elected Druid and tutor for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, the largest Druidic training organisation in the world.
He is now a full-time writer. His latest book, Prehistoric Belief: Shamans, Trance and the Afterlife, is a comprehensive study of belief and shamanism in prehistoric Europe, and it will be published by the History Press this summer.
He has written an award-winning introductory guide to practical shamanism, Follow the Shamans Call: An Ancient Path for Modern Lives, which draws upon his archaeological research to reconstruct the shamanic practices of prehistoric Europe.
He lives in Wales with his wife, Vanessa, and their animals.
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Focus on
King Tut –
Stonehenge
Terracotta Warriors
Pyramids –
Archaeology
Britain –
China –
Egypt
Greece –
Rome
Heritage Key Words
ancient london, british museum, roman, art, zahi hawass, london, ancient egypt, religion, burial, valley of the kings
Next major 'ancient' exhibition in London:
Journey Through the Afterlife: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
at the British Museum
November 2010 - March 2011
(learn more)
