[There is a...] "...long shamanic tradition wherein the shaman-storyteller himself is transformed, no longer storyteller but a character, an animal, a god, a goddess, or a natural force that is not his everyday identity. And these moments, when the characters come alive and the author disappears, take us into another world."
- Hal Zina Bennett (1936 - )
Spirit Circle: A Story of Adventure & Shamanic Revelation
"White Dawn" by James Houston has some remarkably written passages set in the Arctic of these sorts of transformations. My mind often argues "this is impossible," and yet I know it happens often, everywhere in life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reference John ... looks like a fascinating book!
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