Path of the Mystic [Paperback]

Ai Gvhdi Waya (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

The author shares her own journey through Native American stories of her discovery — and how you can access the many teachers, too. Walk the path of the mystic daily and transform from chrysalis into butterfly.

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About the Author

Born in an Eastern Cherokee household, member of the Wolf Clan, with a father who was one-quarter blood, Ai Gvhdi Waya was trained, beginning at the age of nine, in the medicine path. She is the author of Soul Recovery and Extraction, the shamanic process she was taght since childhood

Product Details

• Paperback: 114 pages
• Publisher: Light Technology Publications (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929385470
• ISBN-13: 978-0929385471
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,655,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Share the experiences of a real life shaman, February 11, 2001

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A. J Greig (Vienna AUSTRIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Path of the Mystic (Paperback)

I would recommend this book for anyone interested the native American medicine path in particular, and metaphysics in general. The writer shares a selection of her personal experiences, each illustrating an aspect of the life of a working shaman. One of the underlying themes is how to learn from guides and fellow-beings in all their forms, including humans, animals, insects, trees, stones, forces of nature such as thunderstorms, and even unseen intelligences. She provides valuable tips on how we can to contact our animal spirit guides. Emphasizing that we should not over idealize people who teach us, she points out that we all possess human flaws. Many seekers seem all too eager to give away their personal power.

One of the most dramatic incidents she recounts is a potentially fatal encounter with a jaguar in Brazil, giving her access to jaguar medicine. (You have to sympathize with her long suffering husband, when she insists on communing with this dangerous animal in the wild!) Nothing in nature is too frightening or too humble for a shaman to learn from e.g. she also explains lessons from apparently insignificant or annoying creatures like ants. Also impressive is her shamanistic work with the dying and berieved, facilitating a peaceful passing for them and their families.

If the book had been longer and more clearly structured, I would have rated it 5 stars. However, I find Ai's writing to be much more down to earth and less ego-inspired than many other books on shamanism. Her work deserves more attention.