The Journey: A Message of Hope and Harmony for Our Earth and Our Spirits [Paperback]

Tom Brown Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2000

In his previous bestsellers, Tom Brown, Jr., showed how the skills of survival and the quest for self-knowledge are essential to the individual. Now, in "The Journey," he teaches that we must undergo a shift in consciousness - and a change in spirit - in order to heal our suffering planet. He explains why we must return to the earth and rediscover the mystical connections that bind us to the unspoiled wilderness... to achieve a harmonious oneness with nature. And, most importantly, he reveals how our inner spirituality can be the key to saving our embattled environment - and regaining the peace we once knew.

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About the Author

Tom Brown, Jr., began to learn tracking and hunting at the age of eight. He has founded a renowned survival school and is also the author of the bestselling wilderness guides bearing his name.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (August 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425133648
• ISBN-13: 978-0425133644
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,121 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.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing relevance for your spiritual journey, November 20, 2007

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Charles E. Blackwell III (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Journey (Hardcover)

I've read it twice already and am amazed by the hidden content behind the language. It teaches on many levels and is very relevant for those hoping to live a more spiritually authentic existance. I can't believe that I have not heard of this author before; his words are touching and his stories come alive like few other supposed teachers of spiritual/philosophical/religious beliefs have. Reading it reaches a place deep in my heart and mind that recognizes the timeless "primitive" philosophies of his teacher, Stalking Wolf. I can't recommend any other book more than this one for those on a spiritual journey of their own.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the Journey, November 13, 2007

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Jeffery L. Jenkins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Journey: A Message of Hope and Harmony for Our Earth and Our Spirits (Paperback)

I Had the pleasure of reading the Journy many years ago, and have been reading Tom brown books for twenty years now. The Journey forms part of the psychological/philosophical training that now takes place at the Tracker School and I would highly recommend the book for anyone who is interested in the psychology, even mythology of tracking. I've read it several times and you will hear these stories referred to at his classes.

Keep trackin

Jeff Jenkins, MD

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book, April 2, 2000

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[e-mail] (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Journey: A Message of Hope and Harmony for Our Earth and Our Spirits (Paperback)

Tom Brown's books are all very good including this one. It is about Tom having grown up by an old Apache named Grandfather. Grandfather teaches him many skills of the wilderness - both physical and spiritual. It is a great book and ties in to Tom's whole series of books. I encourage you to read them. They will give you a new awareness on life that you never thought of before.