{"product_id":"travels-in-a-stone-canoe-the-return-of-the-wisdomkeepers-paperback","title":"Travels in a Stone Canoe: The Return of the Wisdomkeepers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarvey Arden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Wall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this luminous story, two journalists from \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e on assignment in Indian Country cross an invisible boundary between two worlds, two different visions of reality--and find their lives transformed. In a stunning and probing narrative, the authors of \u003ci\u003eWisdomkeepers\u003c\/i\u003e embark on a dramatic \"spirit journey\" into the living wisdom of Native American spiritual elders.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen, nearly twenty years ago, a darkly enigmatic Cherokee herbalist approached journalists Harvey Arden and Steve Wall with the proposition that they join him in a study of the lives, wisdom, and spiritual practices of Native America's fast-disappearing \"Old Ones,\" the veteran writer and photographer found themselves thrust, despite their own hard-nosed skepticism, onto a mystic \"path of the Wisdomkeepers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter receiving \"signs\" foretold by the Cherokee, they set off on a journey of spiritual discovery through another world, called Great Turtle Island, where the Old Ones--the Wisdomkeepers of aboriginal culture in North America--bestowed upon them piece by surprising piece a set of \"rules for being human\" called \"Original Instructions.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArden and Wall eventually left their \u003ci\u003eNational\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeographic\u003c\/i\u003e careers and journalism altogether, and in 1990 produced an interim report on their spirit journey, their now-classic international bestseller \u003ci\u003eWisdomkeepers: Meeting with Native American Spiritual Elders.\u003c\/i\u003e In that book they recalled, \"We went out two journalists after a good story. We came back two 'runners' from another world, carrying an urgent message from the Wisdomkeepers. This book is that message.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eTravels in a Stone Canoe, \u003c\/i\u003e that message is further deepened and elaborated as the authors reveal the intensely personal story behind--and \u003ci\u003ebeyond--\u003c\/i\u003etheir journey to the Wisdomkeepers. A final, incandescent chapter, \"Original Instructions,\" sums up the transforming and highly practical wisdom they found. \"Wisdom,\" they learned, \"is not something you believe. It's something you \u003ci\u003edo.\u003c\/i\u003e\" This is a story that will inform, enlighten, and move every reader who accompanies the authors in their \u003ci\u003eTravels in a Stone Canoe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Arden, retired senior writer for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic, \u003c\/i\u003e produced some of the magazine's most memorable stories during his tenure. Several of his articles have been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Steve Wall, a documentary photographer, has worked in more than forty countries, primarily for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and books. His work has been featured in the United States and international publications and exhibited in galleries, museums, and collections in more than eight countries, including The International Center of Photography in New York and the Gallery of the Union of Artists in Moscow, Russia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410511597805,"sku":"9781476702650","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/travels-in-a-stone-canoe-the-return-of-the-wisdomkeepers-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}