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The Reluctant Shaman: A Woman's First Encounters with the Unseen Spirits of the Earth

This is Kay Whitaker's spellbinding account of her "reluctant" apprenticeship to Domano and Chea Hetaka, two charismatic shamans from the Amazon Basin who come to teach her — a young homemaker — to be a Kala Keh nah seh,a builder of webs of balance," and to hand down the ancient wisdom of their people. In spite of her doubts and fears, Whitaker finds the balance and harmony she was destined to know.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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