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Marsha Scarborough One woman's healing journey into the world of Native American sweatlodges, drumming meditations and dance fasts. 'Marsha Scarbrough found herself divorced, middle-aged and living in Los Angeles with a downhill career in film production. Then she was given a bad mammogram. After fruitless visits to doctors, she heard of a Native American visionary and teacher in town doing private healings. His name was Joseph Rael, also known as Beautiful Painted Arrow. Marsha went to him for treatment. When her doctors finally scheduled an ultrasound, they found nothing. This was just the beginning of an apprenticeship with Beautiful Painted Arrow to learn more about these ancient ways of healing. Marsha endured a range of treatments including sweatlodges, marathon walking meditations and a three-day dance fast. In this fast-paced memoir she shares the wisdom gained from her experiential participation in Native American shamanism and illustrates the relevance of this ancient tradition to contemporary life.' (195 pages) |
