Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.7092
EAN: 9781879181663
ISBN: 1879181665
Label: Bear & Company
Manufacturer: Bear & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 01, 2001
Publisher: Bear & Company
Release Date: November 01, 2001
Studio: Bear & Company
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A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in contemporary America.
* By Bobby Lake-Thom, author of the bestseller Native Healer.
* Provides Native American shamanic perspective on disease and healing.
* Explores indigenous social identity in a spiritual and political context.
* Reveals authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies from numerous tribes.
This redemption story of Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom invites the reader to enter a world of authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies. Bobby, also known as Medicine Grizzly Bear, didn't recognize his shamanic calling at first. He didn't know that his vivid dreams, psychic abilities, and visitations by wild animals and ghostly figures were calls from the Great Spirit.
In the age-old shamanic tradition, it took a near-death experience for the message to get through to him. Though still a young man, he was wracked with debilitating arthritis. Unable to handle the physical and psychic pain, he set out into the wilderness determined to kill himself with an overdose of drugs and alcohol. But before downing the substances, he approximated a Native American ceremony as best he could, sending a heartfelt prayer for assistance to the Great Spirit. He woke up--alive--the next morning and received a message from Eagle, telling him to seek help from Wahsek, a medicine man in the northern mountains. And so Bobby's apprenticeship began. Forbidden to reveal Wahsek's secrets until 10 years after his death, Bobby is now free to share this fascinating story with the world.
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This is one of the most important books I have ever read and experienced in my lifetime. I really appreciate been able to read and actually meet Bobby lake thom in person. He is a wonderful teacher and healer. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about spiritual development and learning about the spirits that inhabit our mother earth. It is an autobiography into a magical and real world of healing and getting in touch with our relations in nature. I want to personally thank bobby ... Read More
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I am a psychotherapist in private practice in NYC. I've had a burning desire to understand the depth of what's being expressed through illness and imbalance for a very long time. Finding western psychology's understanding of mental health to be helpful but limiting, I've explored psychospiritual perspectives ala the Open Center in NYC & Omega for years. Through the generous sharing of his remarkable life & work, I feel that Bobby Lake-Thom has given me a strong sense of what is truly occurring ... Read More
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Bobby Lake-Thom takes the reader into the world of native american spirituality. He does an excellent job describing his introduction into a once hiden way of life. I have met him and find that he is an incredible person. He is truely a kind and generous man. His book tells of extraordinary happenings in his life. Those who only believe in "western" society and nothing else will find this book far fetched. However, those who believe in and have experienced this way of life will find this book amazing. ... Read More
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This book grabbed my attention immediately with its gritty, up-front honesty and vulnerable, first-person narrative. Bobby Lake-Thom's story takes us along the "Red" road of truth through tough, unbalanced beginnings, subsequent violations, confession, redemption, and awakening to a powerful healing destiny and life mission. I appreciated the generosity with which Bobby reveals the details of his doctoring journey, understanding that it is a powerful gift he is bestowing on all of us readers for ... Read More
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This book was by far,one of the most authentic depictions of genuine native american "shamanic " healing and medicine practices ive seen.Having spent many years with native people,its nice to see books written by native people in their own words(vs.anthropologists,mystic writers etc.)It is a gritty,true to life account and case studies, of the power and complexities of doctoring people in the traditional,ancient ways.Its a testament to how much ancient knowledge all people have lost, in the domination ... Read More
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