Awakening Spirits (Religion and Spirituality) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tom Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Religion and Spirituality | Publication Date: April 1, 1994

For the first time, Tom Brown, Jr.--America's most acclaimed outdoorsman--shares the unique meditation exercises used by students of his personal Tracker classes. These techniques for finding inner peace and harmony with nature are based on the wisdom of his greatest teacher, a native American called Grandfather. Now all of us can learn these spiritual lessons of life through the earth around us--and deep within ourselves.

"This book may challenge the very core of your belief systems and shake up your personal philosophy, but that is not my intent. What I set forth in this book is meant to enhance and magnify your beliefs. Simply, the techniques and skills can be easily integrated into all philosophies, religions, and belief systems. After all, Grandfather considered these techniques the common thread that runs through all things..." Tom Brown, Jr.

Awakening Spirits includes advanced methods of relaxation, insight, healing, and communication with nature and spirits. Through the dynamic meditation called Sacred Silence, the reader can experience the joys of self-discovery--and the power of a personal Vision Quest.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A tracker, outdoorsman, and survival school founder, Brown shares some of the insights he gained from his Native American teacher named Grandfather. The book explains how Grandfather gained his wisdom, how Brown learned these intuitive skills of spirit, and how the reader can translate them into everyday life through a meditative process called Sacred Silence. It requires basic relaxation and comfort of body, freedom from distraction, and concentration of mind and spirit. Readers interested in shamanistic teaching, Native American traditions, spiritual healing, development of intuition, and sensitivity to external nature may find this book absorbing and useful as a guide. Recommended for public libraries.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. Recently, he was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro.   In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (April 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425141403
• ISBN-13: 978-0425141403
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Brown, Jr is America's most acclaimed outdoorsman, and a renowned tracker, teacher, and author. When Tom was only seven, Stalking Wolf (Grandfather), an Apache elder, shaman and scout, began coyote teaching Tom in the skills of tracking, wilderness survival, and awareness. After Stalking Wolf's final walk, Tom spent the next ten years wandering the wilderness throughout the America's with no manufactured tools--in most cases not even a knife--perfecting Grandfathers skills and teachings. Tom came back to "civilization" and began looking for people interested in all that he had learned, but found none. He felt lost and confused until a local sheriff who knew Tom called him in to track a lost person. Tom found the missing person and, in the process, found his Vision.
Over the next few years Tom earned his reputation as "The Tracker" by finding lost people, and fugitives. He has since worked with many law enforcement agencies, throughout the United States and internationally, on cases involving abducted children, lost hunters and hikers, and fugitives. He wrote about his experiences in a book titled The Tracker, which was published in 1978. Soon after, Reader's Digest ran a condensed version of Tom's story and included information on the Tracker School. That was over thirty years ago, and today Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School http://www.trackerschool.com is teaching people from all over the world and from all walks of life. Since the success of The Tracker, Tom has authored 16 books on tracking, awareness, nature observation and survival, including, Grandfather, The Vision, The Way of the Scout and a series of field guides, which have sold well over a million copies.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great spiritual truths cheeep !, May 17, 1999

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Kent L. Estes "KLestes" (Greater Ozark, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Awakening Spirits (Religion and Spirituality) (Mass Market Paperback)

This has to be the best ten bucks I ever spent ! Based on Grandfather Stalking Wolf's vision to isolate and purify the common truths present in every religon, the result is a knowledge that will greatly benefit anyone, regardless of religion, creed, or belief system.

Using this book, one can unlock the secret to "being in the zone", and discover a spiritual existance - even if one does not consider oneself to be religious. Heck, even a game of golf can be a spiritual victory !

Good medicene begins here.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "the simple truth", July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Awakening Spirits (Religion and Spirituality) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read a number of the Tom Brown books, and this one is one of the most profound in terms of getting to the core beliefs, and explaining Grandfather's transcendance of religion and the material world. Some problems were that there was much left out(more than likely on purpose), or left unclarified, and also that the information was presented in a somewhat disjointed fashion. These were miniscule annoyances compared to the value and substance of the included information. Also, as stated in the beginning of the book, this type of knowledge does not translate well to the written word, but despite the minor problems, this is one of the most profound books you're likely to read.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great way of life - marginal reading, June 4, 2000

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"zoocrew2" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Awakening Spirits (Religion and Spirituality) (Mass Market Paperback)

I whole-heartedly agree with "Tom's" perspective - not new to ME, but could be of great help to someone looking for that missing something in their life - a very healthy, beautiful way of getting connected with life, the world, and the "higher power".

The writing on the other hand, put me off. I was somewhat annoyed by "Grandfather's" voice in the book - did he really talk like an Indian you'd see in a prehistoric John Wayne movie or was that just for a special 'authentic indian' effect? Obviously Tom can't remember Grandfather's stories word for word so I have to wonder why Tom chose to portray Grandfather this way (perhaps he really did talk this way! ). Also, towards the end of this short book there was a "broken record effect". I started getting the feeling the publisher requested a specific number of pages and Tom ran out of things to say long before he reached that number! A bit annoying... sorry Tom (and Tom fans) - but this was my experience with the book!