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published
August 26th 1998
by Touchstone
binding
Paperback, 304 pages
isbn
0684839970
(isbn13: 9780684839974)
description
Inspired by his Cherokee grandmother's healing ceremonies, Lewis Mehl-Madrona enlightens readers to "alternative" paths to recovery and heal...more
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Read in September, 2005
This book left something to be desired. I was expecting to find unique accounts of American Indian psychotherapy. The Mehl-Madrona does describe some rituals he practices with clients (as I remember mostly if not entirely non-Indian), but this isn't really the focus. In fact, it's hard to find the focus. The book winds all over the map, shifting erratically between Indian stories, clinical case descriptions, "treatment proper," and philosophical tangents into quantum physics and the na...more
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Aspiring healers, people who struggle
"Before you can become a healer, you must make friends with chaos." This quote comes from this book, and it has been the quote that I turn to as I study Traditional Chinese Medicine, experiencing all manner of twists, turns, and bumps. Madrona writes about his journey honestly and openly, and he does not make himself out to be a saint or someone "blessed" with extraordinary powers - he heard his calling and he followed it - he encourages the reader to do the same, no matter
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Read in May, 2003
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