Lightningbolt [Hardcover]

Hyemeyohsts Storm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 1994

Now, in this gripping spiritual autobiography that begins where SEVEN ARROWS ends, Hyemeyohsts Storm chronicles his own life and how it has been enriched by the power and sophistication of a discipline that reaches back tens of thousands of years to the Mayans and beyond. A rich blend of spiritual adventure, lyrical beauty, profound wisdom, and love, LIGHTNINGBOLT renews our understanding of the true intelligence of our Sacred Mother Earth, and teaches that without healing of the Self there can be no healing of the world.

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Now, in this gripping spiritual autobiography that begins where SEVEN ARROWS ends, Hyemeyohsts Storm chronicles his own life and how it has been enriched by the power and sophistication of a discipline that reaches back tens of thousands of years to the Mayans and beyond. A rich blend of spiritual adventure, lyrical beauty, profound wisdom, and love, LIGHTNINGBOLT renews our understanding of the true intelligence of our Sacred Mother Earth, and teaches that without healing of the Self there can be no healing of the world.

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Lightningbolt is a journal of a lifelong quest for healing and knowledge read by the author and his wife; both are powerful and dramatic readers. The two voices provide consistency and variety, adding much to this portrayal of contemporary Native American life. The Native American music placed strategically throughout the reading adds an authentic element. Begun in Seven Arrows, this chronicle of a twenty-year odyssey is a blend of spiritual discipline and adventures, lyrical beauty, wisdom and love. Listeners interested in New Age philosophies and Native American beliefs will want to explore further. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 534 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (March 8, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345367103
• ISBN-13: 978-0345367105
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The main theme is we must heal ourselves to heal our world, October 29, 1998

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Maryanne Raphael ([e-mail]) (Encinitas, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lightningbolt (Native American studies) (Paperback)

Book Review by Maryanne Raphael LIGHTNINGBOLT By Hyemeyohsts Storm This is the first book ever written about the Zero chiefs who taught the wisdom of the Medicine Wheels. Storm makes this knowledge simple, meaningful, intimate and accessible to every reader. It opens high in the mountains of Montana where Lightningbolt bridles his horse for a terrifying journey into the wilderness. As he travels his adventures test his spirituality and guide him to his greatest teacher, Estcheemah. This powerful Medicine Woman lives in the Present and loves Life passionately. She changes his mind about most everything, helps him find a purpose for life and teaches him to teach himself. LIGHTNINBOLT has all the reader-holding qualities of GONE WITH THE WIND. It is fast moving with colorful characters on every page making history come alive with suspense, drama, love stories, birth and death. Storm vividly evokes the sensations of a world most of us have never visited and makes us feel at home there. With great attention to detail, he describes the rhythm of life on and around an Indian reservation and the male and female's path to self knowledge and spiritual strength. Storm celebrates the crucial role of the spiritual woman and says that accepting the feminine face of God may be the next evolutionary step for humanity. Readers can open LIGHTNINGBOLT at any page and find themselves so involved they can't put it down. They will want to read it over and over and share it with those they love. By Maryanne Raphael [e-mail]

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a tale - a beginning, December 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lightningbolt (Native American studies) (Paperback)

This is a book about more than the guru-guided personal search for self-understanding of a half-breed, more than a remarkably profound exposé of the life-philosophy (not religion) of the native american peoples. More even than a confirmation of the inner validity of other ancient systems of thought and knowledge to be found in other parts of the world, for example in Scandinavia. This book is exactly what it claims to be: the revelation of A WAY, an approach to life and the problems of identity, balance and peace, second to none, and applicable to everyone, where ever in the world they may live, and whatever religious and cultural tradition they may formally adhere to. Something that if widely spread, and attended to in the right way, might just ... just ... (to coin a heavily misused, but in this context really appropriate phrase)"save the world". In other words, not without subversive, but highly life-enhancing social and political connotations. My advice: Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. And then practice, as best ye may. Good luck, and may the Spirit give you strength in the quest for yourSELF.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cosmic Mirror to the Searcher in all of us!, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lightningbolt (Native American studies) (Paperback)

The Red Road curves through a parallel universe with only tenuous ties to contemporary reality. Storm speaks to the wanna-be warrior in all of us, with humorous vignettes spiked with hidden awareness, as he looks back at the valiant fool he was, beginning his quest before he even knows he was on it, missing all the clues to his personal Grail. (The sign said "Stop", he looked at it, but he couldn't see the message for the word...) Conservative Native Americans shun this guy for letting the cat out of the bag...But for the rest of us waschisus, this is as close to understanding life on the Res as we'll ever get. No matter what your path to personal enlightenment has been, any spritual trekkie will enjoy this guy's experiences. Great read!!!