William S Lyon, Ph.D.

William S. Lyon received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Kansas in 1970. Since 1972, he has sought to understand the sacred ways of traditional American Indian shamans by participating in their ceremonies and teachings. He has also conducted extensive research on historical observations of American Indian shamans that resulted in the publication of the Encyclopedia of Native American Healing (1996) and Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism (1998). In addition, he has authored...See more

William S. Lyon received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Kansas in 1970. Since 1972, he has sought to understand the sacred ways of traditional American Indian shamans by participating in their ceremonies and teachings. He has also conducted extensive research on historical observations of American Indian shamans that resulted in the publication of the Encyclopedia of Native American Healing (1996) and Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism (1998). In addition, he has authored Black Elk: Sacred Ways of the Lakota (1990), which documents the medicine power abilities of Wallace Black Elk, a Lakota medicine man. See less