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The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman

The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman Paperback - 1998

by Molly Larkin

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With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American Medicine Men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world. Bear Heart is both a healer and a "road man" of the Native American Church.

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  • Title The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
  • Author Molly Larkin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, New York
  • Date 1998-02-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR001263199
  • ISBN 9780425161609 / 0425161609
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.27 x 0.74 in (21.01 x 13.39 x 1.88 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America, Creek Indians
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American Medicine Men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world.

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Marcellus “Bear Heart” Williams [1918-2008], born in Okemah, Oklahoma was a full-blood spiritual leader of the Muskogee-Creek Nation trained in the traditional ways of his tribe. Highly regarded as a healer and counselor, he was also a respected leader of the Native American Church, Sun Danced with both the Northern and Southern Cheyenne people, and was an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church. He was asked to be one of the spiritual counselors for the fireman and their families after the Oklahoma City tragedy and put down prayers with the Fire Department at Ground Zero in November, 2001.   Bear Heart helped thousands of people over the course of his life and his book, “The Wind Is My Mother,” continues his life work of sharing wisdom and inspiration. For more information, visit www.TheWindIsMyMother.com

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WHEN I WAS THREE DAYS OLD, MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO A hilltop near our home and introduced me to the elements.

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Marcellus "Bear Heart" Williams [1918-2008], born in Okemah, Oklahoma, was a full-blood spiritual leader of the Muskogee-Creek Nation trained in the traditional ways of his tribe. Highly regarded as a healer and counselor, he was also a respected leader of the Native American Church, Sun Danced with both the Northern and Southern Cheyenne people, and was an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church. He was asked to be one of the spiritual counselors for the fireman and their families after the Oklahoma City tragedy and put down prayers with the Fire Department at Ground Zero in November, 2001. Bear Heart helped thousands of people over the course of his life and his book, "The Wind Is My Mother," continues his life work of sharing wisdom and inspiration. For more information, visit www.TheWindIsMyMother.com

Molly Larkin is a writer whose in-depth tutelage and spiritual practice under Native American elders have given her unique access to Native American perspectives and teachings. Molly lives in Los Angeles, California.

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