Yes, the raven god sounds right. I presumed this was an ancestor, too.
He does stand on one foot to tell the story, and relates he was warned
that if belief were absent, it wouldn't work. He throws out his hands to
the audience to decide for themselves whether it was simply his
surrender to belief or what, hoping that they'll be inspired to read the
book, which I will.
Natalia
Selma wrote:
Natalie,
In the book, it was actually a Raven-God that did the healing, but
Turk had to stand on one foot, naked, while Moolynaut did different
things like spitting on his pelvic hair in order to help the process
along; the important element, though, was everyone's belief.
One of the most powerful themes of the book, for me, was that, for the
people who live on the Siberian Tundra, one of the bleakest and
harshest environments one can imagine, it was that very environment
which, for them, made their belief possible because it was the best
place one could live on this planet. Within that context, it was their
ability to live in the moment that made their constant joy in life a
reality.
It really is a good read.
Selma
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Thanks, Selma,
In Turk's video, he strongly implied that something engaged when he
took hold of the Shaman's staff, which others would consider magical,
inexplicable or owing to mind over matter. The Shaman said at the time
insisted that it was an ancestor who actually did the healing.
Bohm's name sounded familiar, and I checked in a book by Dr. Fred Alan
Wolf, titled, /Taking The Quantum Leap/. (Wolf's book starts off
rather dry, but does get really interesting.) Any way, though some may
know Bohm's work, he was a theoretical physicist, last at Birkbeck, U.
of London, best known for research on interactions of electrons in
metals. He showed that individual haphazard movements concealed highly
organized and cooperative behaviour called plasma oscillation. Order
underlying chaos. He maintained that there exists no separation, the
universe is one of unbroken wholeness, and that meaning is the bridge
between consciousness and matter. He's worth reading more of, so thanks.
Your last line almost coincides with a blurb out of the paper in which
the educational system in the US has deteriorated to the following sad
report, which speaks to the priorities of gov't budgets:
Students in Moody, Ala. are required to bring with them: two double
rolls of paper towels, 3 packs of Clorox wipes, 3 boxes of baby wipes,
2 boxes of garbage bags, liquid soap, Kleenex and Ziplocs.
In Honolulu, a four pack of toilet paper. Texas, put paper plates and
Dixie cups on the list.
Cheers,
Natalia
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