With eloquent simplicity, Bear Heart, a full-blooded and traditionally trained healer of the Muskogee Creek tribe, shares a lifetime of training. In sections titled "The Cure Lies Within You" and "Learning How To Live," Bear Heart weaves together anecdotes and philosophy to show how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain mental, spiritual and physical health in today's world. We journey with him from his initiation into the Muskogee Creek's "medicine ways" in 1938 (when he walked unharmed through a den of rattlesnakes) to his role as a respected elder and counselor whose gentle words spring from a lifetime of service. He describes the lessons learned in ceremonies conducted in the sweat lodge and the Native American Church; he explains why Native people pray with peyote and smoke the Sacred Pipe and how vision quests can bring clarity and personal revelation. Throughout, Bear Heart's teachings stress the importance of self-knowledge, integrity, and being open to the guidance of the Great Spirit. Through inspiring stories and examples, he teaches us how to live.

作者簡介

熊心（Bear Heart）

美國印地安薩滿巫醫，心靈療癒者，終生在生活中奉行並實踐原住民的智慧，也緻力於將原住民的處世之道傳承給後代子孫。

熊心也是極受歡迎的演說者，無數電視節目和廣播都訪問過他。曾獲路易斯安那州聖約翰大學頒授榮譽人文科學學位，同時也是新墨西哥州阿布奎基精神療養院的兼職顧問。

熊心於2008年以90歲高齡過世，他的一生都在幫助他人。即使生命隻剩最後幾個禮拜，他都還在助人、教人，以及為每位來訪者釋疑解惑。

茉莉．拉金（Molly Larkin）

本身是一位作傢。她在人生最睏頓低潮而準備結束自己的生命時，遇見瞭熊心。她在熊心的帶領下，接受原住民長老深度的教化和指導靈修，進行過數次「靈境追尋」，領悟到瞭精神層次上的重生，也使她對原住民的觀點和教法有獨到的瞭解，並撰寫瞭這本暢銷書。茉莉居住在加州洛杉磯。

譯者簡介

鄭初英

雲林縣人，目前為傢庭主婦兼事翻譯，譯有《空中火力：大衛．羅賓遜》（麥田）、《葛蕾西．艾倫殺人事件》（臉譜）、《格林傢殺人事件》（臉譜）、《英雄與梟雄》（商周）、《少做50%，贏得100%成效：雲豹變大象的偽工作與假流程》（三采）、《我的人生療癒旅程》、《與動物朋友心傳心》（橡樹林）。