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Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota

by Wallace Black Elk, William S. Lyon · 1990

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"An unprecedented account of the shaman's world and the way it is entered."

Stanley Krippner, PhD, coauthor of Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Selfand Healing State.

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Black Elkopens the Lakota sacred hoop.

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adult
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medium · 224 pages

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