"In The Spirit Of Black Elk: Preserving A Sacred Way", is Torrey James Lystra's introductory book to his "Sacred Earth Series". This true story describes his unusual journey to understand the restoration of site to the blind eye of one of his own sons in a native ceremony. Follow his beginning steps as he becomes a part of this ancient lineage of healers and seers. His first hand accounts of the natural and supernatural worlds he explores provide a spiritual, anthropological, and metaphysical view rarely ever shared in this manner. Probe the unknown with him as he traces his footsteps in transformation from apprentice to neophyte shaman. His original paintings and photographs to begin each chapter can be utilized to help you distill your experience and convey ideas not found in words. Connect your heart and mind to this material and you may discover it was written just for you. His unusual story begins in the backcountry preserve he managed and helped design with his meeting of his future grandfather-teacher Wallace Black Elk and his wife Grace Spotted. Receive many of his teachings as you listen in to conversations that went on between he and his mentors. The author explains such topics as humble shamans, purification, ancient traditions, sacred fire, sacred pipes, spiritual awakening, healing and help, vision quests as the author experienced them, yuwipi-stone dreamers, medicine stones, the author's initiation ceremony within the Great Pyramid, the author's naming ceremony, sacred clowns, unique dialogues with the angel spirit guide he first encountered within the Great Pyramid, and a wonderful orca calling ceremony on the Puget Sound in Washington State. This material was written to help illuminate the ecological, cosmological, and transformational wisdom of the "Sacred Way" he now travels.

In The Spirit Of Black Elk: Preserving A Sacred Way (Sacred Earth)

Religion & Spirituality

Lystra, Torrey James

New Age & Spirituality

Red Hawk Books

2016 Nautilus Award Winner. "An Angel and a Shaman" is the second book in Torrey James Lystra's "Sacred Earth Series". This true story describes his unusual journey to understand the restoration of sight to the blind eye of one of his own sons in a native ceremony. Follow his steps as he becomes a part of an ancient lineage of healers and seers. His first hand account of the natural and supernatural worlds he explores provide a spiritual, anthropological, and metaphysical view rarely ever shared in this manner. This book was written to further illuminate the ecological, cosmological, and transformational wisdom of what he describes as a "Sacred Way" of a humble shaman. His original paintings and photographs to begin each chapter can be utilized to help you distill your experience and convey ideas not found in words. Connect your heart and mind to this material and you may discover it was written just for you. His unusual story resumes in this material with wisdom conveyed to him through his angel spirit guide about pyramids around the world. He then takes the reader back to his first stone-people-lodge 16 years before he would meet his grandfather teacher Wallace Black Elk. From there you will take part in explanations regarding extraterrestrials, shamans and prophecy, eagles and altars, sacred pipes, the physics of ceremonies, vison quests, dolphins, Mayan experiences, Atlantis, his last road trip with Black Elk in Australia, his humble shaman healing philosophy, and a "state of the earth" warning from his angel guide.

An Angel and a Shaman (Sacred Earth Series)

"Sacred Earth" is the fourth and final book in the author's authentic storytelling series about the unique healing and seeing he is a part of. In this volume he revisits 88 questions he answered after entering the enlightened states of a shaman during his healing or teaching ceremonies. In a clear and concise manner he illuminates such topics as human origin, soul immortality, what happens after we die, karma, reincarnation, angels, and so much more. Read this material to acquire a new understanding about yourself.

Sacred Earth

Last Sam's Cage is the remarkable story of fifteen-year-old Eddie Slater. Already labelled a young offender, Eddie runs away from an abusive stepfather and takes up residence at the Calgary Zoo. There he meets Jack, a middle-aged man who has been coming to the zoo's playground every day for thirty-two years to watch the children. Convinced that Jack is either a pervert or just plain weird, Eddie follows him home one day, and eventually breaks into his house to see what he can find. He discovers more than he bargained for - and that discovery changes both Eddie and Jack for good.

Last Sam's Cage

Teen & Young Adult

Poulsen, David A.

Literature & Fiction

All of us derive our identities from the stories we tell ourselves (and our children) about who we are and who we are not; our triumphs and our tragedies, the heroes we honour and the villains we denounce. We find meaning and inspiration in these narratives, but they can also trap us into dualistic thinking about 'self' and 'other'. The very realisation of an option - to escape the narrative trap - is to approach freedom from manipulation. In Surviving the Story, political scientist Rosemary Hollis examines the role of group and national narratives in driving conflict. Her study is based on a unique survey conducted with Israeli and Palestinian university graduates who enrolled on the Olive Tree programme at City, University of London, between 2004 and 2016. Dr Hollis's findings pose important questions for those involved in conflict and its mediation. For protagonists, dialogue with the enemy can alert them to the role of narratives in driving them and the conflict. For what Dr Hollis calls 'the peace business', there are valuable insights and cautionary tales. For the non-specialist reader baffled today by an almost daily diet of competing narratives, this work offers hope. Rather than fall prey to dualistic thinking about political and national identity, the reader is invited to forego polarised, tribal positions and discern alternative ways of being.

Surviving The Story: The Narrative Trap in Israel and Palestine

Politics & Social Sciences

Hollis, Rosemary

Social Sciences