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    The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman

    Written by Bear Heart and Molly Larkin

    Narrated by Larry Winters

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    About this audiobook

    With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American Medicine Men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 23, 2019
    ISBN9781977389169
    The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    Author

    Bear Heart

    Marcellus “Bear Heart” Williams (1918 - 2008) was one of the last traditionally trained medicine persons of the Muscogee Creek Nation. His teachings wove together the knowledge of many traditions as Bear Heart was an ordained American Baptist Minister, Road Chief, and renowned spiritual counselor. Speaking in 13 Native American tribal languages, Bear Heart was considered a Multi-Tribal Spiritual Leader and was called upon internationally for his healing work.  Bear Heart received formal education from the all-Indian Bacone College in Muscogee, Oklahoma. He later majored in Biblical Greek and earned a divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Boston, Massachusetts.  Bear Heart’s wisdom, traditional medicine knowledge and spiritual compassion made him a sought-after figure. He prayed with President Truman, he spoke at the opening of the Smithsonian Native American Museum, and he was a spiritual counselor for firemen and their families after the Oklahoma City tragedy in 1995. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Bear Heart served on former President George W. Bush's Faith-Based Initiative Panel for the U.S. Department of Health's "When Terror Strikes" conference in New York, and he put down prayers with police and firemen at Ground Zero in New York City.  Bear Heart’s first book, The Wind Is My Mother, has been translated into 14 languages. His second book, The Bear is My Father, is co-authored by Reginah WaterSpirit, his Medicine Helper and wife of 23 years. 

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    • 5/5
      I am so grateful to come across this book. It touched my heart! I have gained a lot of of knowledge from it.
    • 5/5
      Thanks a lot for tgis vook. Super kind and wise
    • 5/5
      Very informative. Reminds us what humans are here for. An amazing book!!!!
    • 5/5
      Absolutely amazing and grateful for these words. His perspective and truth is so important to be heard. I felt as if it washed something off key and covered by distortion in my soul.
      Thank you ??♥️
    • 5/5
      Lots of wisdom in this book and it made me laugh a lot.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful guidance and advice and moving stories. Loved it. Glad this wisdom is out there
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite books of all time. I look forward to re-reading it as time goes on. Thank you Bear Heart.
    • 5/5
      Life changing book, full of wisdom and goodness. Much love
    • 5/5
      I really liked this book. So much wisdom. It is not a book to just sit down and read through. It is one to take your time and digest. I will be going back and review all the pages I marked and underlined for a long time!
    • 5/5
      Having read many books on spirituality, this one is my all time favorite. Straight talking and full of wisdom, this is a delightful read.