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Summary: If you like.....
Review: I bought this book because i thought it would have infrmation about shamanism. It does, kind of... But, not much as it wasn't written for that. It is written more in novel form than anything. If you like May Summer Rain's "Spirit Song" or Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior books than you will probably like this one.
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Summary: Very practical approach to a mystical subject.
Review: I read "Native Healer" by the same author many years ago and I liked both books. This one gives you the added benefit of information on his teachers and case studies of healings as an afterward. He tells his story in such a personal way I felt like I was right there with him at times. It was also interesting to read about the sorcery and curses that he had to contend with as a healer. I also appreciate the fact that he is a college professor and works at a normal job like the rest of us yet is in touch with the old ways. It also encouraged me how he talked of times in his life where he lost everything and had to start over and he did so by first seeking out a place to ask the Great Spirit for mercy. It gives me hope that there are people out there keeping the traditions alive for future generations. If he was nearby I'd be seeking him out right now. I found his suggestions very helpful and I continue educating myself in the Native ways until I can find my teachers. May I also recommend: Beyond the Lodge of the Sun /Chokecherry Gall Eagle Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of The Lakota / Wallace Black Elk Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions / Richard Erdoes Gift of Power: The life and teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man /Archie Fire Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes Sacred Fireplace / Peter S. Catches Wisdom of the Native Americans / Kent Nerburn Black Elk Speaks / John G. Niehardt We are all related...
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Summary: Very practical approach to a mystical subject.
Review: I read "Native Healer" by the same author many years ago and I liked both books. This one gives you the added benefit of information on his teachers and case studies of healings as an afterward. He tells his story in such a personal way I felt like I was right there with him at times. It was also interesting to read about the sorcery and curses that he had to contend with as a healer. I also appreciate the fact that he is a college professor and works at a normal job like the rest of us yet is in touch with the old ways. It also encouraged me how he talked of times in his life where he lost everything and had to start over and he did so by first seeking out a place to ask the Great Spirit for mercy. It gives me hope that there are people out there keeping the traditions alive for future generations. If he was nearby I'd be seeking him out right now. I found his suggestions very helpful and I continue educating myself in the Native ways until I can find my teachers. May I also recommend: Beyond the Lodge of the Sun /Chokecherry Gall Eagle Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of The Lakota / Wallace Black Elk Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions / Richard Erdoes Gift of Power: The life and teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man /Archie Fire Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes Sacred Fireplace / Peter S. Catches Wisdom of the Native Americans / Kent Nerburn Black Elk Speaks / John G. Niehardt We are all related...
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Summary: Call of the Great Spirit:
Review: I totally enjoyed reading this book. Bobby Lake-Thom gave us a wake up call to return to the old ways of our ancestors. He provided us with the knowledge of the Creator's Natural Laws, which some have forgotten or no longer choose to follow. He gives us examples of what might occur if one chooses to ignore the laws. And how a Native Healer can aid in returning a person into balance.
He shows us the path of the Native Healer is not an easy one. That it demands sacrifice and discipline. Those that are chosen by the Great Creator for this work will under go testing and trials to prepare themselves for their path in life.
Many today are seeking out the Red Road and Native American spirituality. This book will give you insite into these ways.
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Summary: Call of the Great Spirit:
Review: I totally enjoyed reading this book. Bobby Lake-Thom gave us a wake up call to return to the old ways of our ancestors. He provided us with the knowledge of the Creator's Natural Laws, which some have forgotten or no longer choose to follow. He gives us examples of what might occur if one chooses to ignore the laws. And how a Native Healer can aid in returning a person into balance.
He shows us the path of the Native Healer is not an easy one. That it demands sacrifice and discipline. Those that are chosen by the Great Creator for this work will under go testing and trials to prepare themselves for their path in life.
Many today are seeking out the Red Road and Native American spirituality. This book will give you insite into these ways.
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Summary: medicine for the soul
Review: Robert Lake-Thom is in the minority of native spiritual healers/leaders, willing to share the mysteries of their spiritual and physical experiences and encounters.
If you are aware of your quest to understand who you are, and what the world around you is truly about, this is a must read.
With an open mind and attentive heart, you will receive some of the most valuable information a modern day shaman could share. This man pours his heart out to the reader, with a down to earth feel. His teachings, founded on ancient esoteric knowledge and beliefs may offend you. If so, maybe you need to take a closer look at what the current world has sold you into believing, and read between the lines. Those of you who are strong enough to challenge the reality of your existence, should read this book as if you were drinking the first water of a long dry spell.
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Summary: Why only two stars, you ask?
Review: Well, first off, I liked the story of his life. I found it very interesting and entralling. I don't believe all of it (for example, the evil sorcerer and the giant skeleton..) but it was entertaining none-the-less. I did not, however, like the attitude that if you don't follow these laws of his, you will be tormented by spirits and caused great illness or even.. death! I will list his "Natural Laws" here. There is ten of these. So I guess it would be "Bobby Lake-Thom's Ten Commandments", and if you don't follow these, you will be tormented and caused undue pain and illness! Oooo! Scary. 1. The worst "sin", according to Bobby, is not murder, but sex with animals. Apparently that's where most of our diseases come from. Chicken pox (sex with chickens?), measels (sex with.. weasels?) and small pox (sex with.. smalls?). I'm not saying sex with animals is a good thing, by all means no, it's gross, but I don't think anyone is going to be tormented by spirits if they do (not matter how much I wish it to be true). 2. It is an offense to harm, torment or experiement on any living thing without due cause or compensation. This is where more diseases come from, apparently. 3. Women on their mensus should not cook, share or eat certain foods (he neglects to say exactly which ones), especially meat from wild, four legged animals. Women on their menus can't participate in ceremonies, or go onto cemetaries or other sacred land. Apparently, women on the rag are just supposed to sit in a hut and eat dirt or something. Because that's how The Creator wants it, according to Moses.. I mean, Bobby.. Apparently, the great creator has given women a universal ritual that they should use while on their mensus.. yes, a universal ritual that was only known/practiced by a few Native American Tribes.. makes sense.. 4. And for you men out there, you better not hunt or fish while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or.. sex? Alcohol and drugs I can understand, but why is sex such an offensive thing to the spirits? It's natural, last time I checked. 5. Regarding sex, drugs and alchohol, nobody is supposed to be active in ceremonies, including birth or death ceremonies, while under their un-Creatorly influence. Apparently, if you have had sex or done drugs or had a beer, you should clean yourself physically and spiritually. 6. I'm just going to quote from the book for this one: "It is an offense for human beings to have sexual intercourse with eachother during the last two weeks of a womans pregnancy, during childbirth, and for one full moon after childbirth. Such an act can be injurous and contaminating to the mother and baby. Women's blood, afterbirth, dead cells and "negative" discharge can have a negative and unhealthy effect on the male's energy, spirit and body; For this reason men did not traditionally participate in childbirth ceremonies and activity." Ok, during birth and a month after childbirth is common sense. Bobby continually has a lot of rules regarding women, and how unclean and negative sexuality and the natural body functions of women are. Men didn't participate in birthing ceremonies because men don't give birth, and it was traditionally the role of other women to help. 7. "It is against the Great Creator's law and Natural laws for any human to rape, molest, sodomize or abuse another human being, or to commit incest. It is a violation for men to have sexual intercourse with women during menses because it is a form of molestation and disrespect: it is unhealthy, and robs a woman of her power and spirit needed to regenerate herself during this phase of her cycle." 8. Abortion is bad unless there is "just cause" for it. It's also against the "Law" to experiment on deceased people, including fetuses, or to desecrate the dead or sell people's body parts for profit. Ok, well, what about people who donate their body to science? And what is "just cause" for an abortion, anyway? 9. Don't steal or covet another person's material posessions or personal religious regalia, and for goodness sakes, don't kidnap family members. Apparently the creator hates that. 10. Don't hurt nature. Respect the earth. Ok, well, while I agree with not doing a lot of these things, some of them, such as the "laws" regarding women, are kind of hard to live by. If I cook some food while I'm on my period, am I going to be tormented by vengeful spirits and die? I seriously don't think so. If The Creator hates such things, why are we allowed to do them? If these are "Natural Laws", why are they not engrained, naturally, into our minds at birth? And, apparently, they apply to everyone, whether they know it or not. He has 20 case studies in the book about people who didn't even know they were violating these natural laws either died or became very sick from it. For example, men who had sex with women on their mensus got prostate cancer. Or a woman who was molested became ill because the spirits were mad at her. What kind of spirits would torment a victim? If The Great Creator didn't want us to do certain things, then we wouldn't be able to do them. For example, I can't fly by flapping my arms, I don't know anyone who can, so a Natural Law would be, human beings can't fly by flapping their arms. We just can't. So, overall, this is a good work of fiction (or seriously embellished fact), but I REALLY, honestly, and truely hope that nobody takes these laws seriously. Modern women these days just don't have the time to sit in a hut for 5 days a month.
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