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Laddar... The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wildernessav Jon Turk
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I heard the author speak at Canoecopia, likely within a year or so of first publishing this. Very engrossing talk about his experiences. The book was a fabulous read. Apparently he had done some extreme sports, broken bones, and ended up in Siberia (pardon my poor memory, reviewing this about 10 years later). He falls in with indigenous herdsmen, and had experiences with a shamaness. I began to read this book since it seemed to have an interesting content, but I wasn’t able to get through it. The author describes a journey through the Siberian Wilderness where he meets an elderly woman called Moolynaut, who is a Koryak Shaman. I hda difficulty in remembering who the various characters were and didn’t really get to learn much about the Shaman, since I didn’t find the book very readable. Others may appreciate it more. What I liked most about this book is the portrayal of the people and land of Siberia. I learned so much about the economy, lifestyle and culture of the Koryak people. I was struck by the similarites to Canada's aboriginal people: the isolation, residential schools, devastating effects of alcohol and of natural resources. Also, the central mythological figure of the raven is important both in Siberia and in Canada. I found the Koryak culture fascinating. Not sure I liked the author himself -- but he writes well and has an interesting story to tell. Turk's story of meeting a Siberian shaman held my attention throughout. I recommend it highly to anyone who wishes to explore an older way of understanding that may well be lost as a mechanistic, industrial, and scientific worldview overwhelms the insight into the universe to which Turk's guide/healer introduced him. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Noted scientist and kayak adventurer undertakes a journey of spiritual healing Jon Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean to retrace the voyages of ancient people. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In a remote Siberian village, Turk met an elderly Koryak shaman named Moolynaut who invoked the help of a Spirit Raven to mend his fractured pelvis. When the healing was complete, he was able to walk without pain. Turk, finding no rational explanation, sought understanding by traversing the frozen tundra where Moolynaut was born, camping with bands of reindeer herders, and recording stories of their lives and spirituality. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape,The Raven's Giftcreates a vision of natural and spiritual realms interwoven by one man's awakening. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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So instead, he wrote text books and went on adventures, hoping to write adventure books.
With this in mind, he and a Soviet friend planned a three thousand mile kayak trip along the Arctic Rim from Japan to Alaska. While they were along the coast of Kamchatka, a huge storm blew up and forced them to land near the indigenous Koryak village of Vyvenka. The inhabitants believed he had been forced there by Mollynnaut, a elderly woman shaman of the tribe.
Jon and Mollynnaut formed an unusual bond, and Jon returned to the village four more times in later years. On his second trip, Mollynnaut took Jon on an expedition to the other side, where with the help of her raven spiritual guide, he was healed of a pelvic injury suffered in an avalanche.
I enjoyed this view of a fast-fading native culture, which had come to rely on ships and supplies from the Russian Soviet. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Koryaks were left to fend on their own without their traditional means to support themselves as the reindeer had almost disappeared from the land.
The spiritual side of the story was also interesting, but less so. Spiritual growth can come in many forms and the author found both physical healing and emotional acceptance of a later devastating incident. Nevertheless, it is not my path.
I would recommend it to those with an interest in indigenous people and their indigenous shamanic beliefs. ( )