The shaman is an enigmatic figure - a healer, magician and visionary who
moves between the everyday world and the realm of gods and spirits. The
Shamans Quest describes the spiritual journeys of four shamans from
different corners of the world - the arctic snows of Canada, the central
Australian desert, the sacred mountains of Japan, and the forests of
north-western South America. From the North comes a tale of the Inuit
shaman Enoyuk and his magical adventures with different gods and
spirit-helpers. In the South we enter the world of the Aboriginal elder
Kalu, with his sacred desert Dreamings, and in the East we meet Saimei,
a Japanese shamaness who lives in a world of kami spirits. And in the
West we encounter Baiya, a shaman from the Amazonian forest who
undertakes visionary journeys so he may perform tasks of spiritual
healing. In The Shamans Quest these four shamans finally come together
at the mythic centre of the world, and it is a very special purpose
which has brought them here - for they have come to witness the healing
of the Earth. Exploring universal themes of spiritual renewal, The
Shamans Quest shows us how we can find the Great Song of Life and learn
to value the sacred qualities of Nature and the Universe.
