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The Raven’s Gift: A Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness
South Hamilton, MA
March 30, 2010
Please Join Us for An Evening with Author/Adventurer Jon Turk
Tuesday, March 30th
At the Hamilton-Wenham Community House, 284 Bay Road, South Hamilton, MA
Presentation 7:00 to 8:00
Coffee/Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00
Author/Adventurer Jon Turk will present his new book, The Raven’s Gift: A Scientist, A Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness. The presentation will be from 7PM until 8PM, followed by a coffee and dessert reception with the author. There will also be a selection of art from the far north on display.
Jon has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean to retrace the voyages of ancient people. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In a remote Siberian village, Turk met an elderly Koryak shaman named Moolynaut who invoked the help of a Spirit Raven to mend his fractured pelvis. When the healing was complete, he was able to walk without pain. Turk, finding no rational explanation, sought understanding by traversing the frozen tundra where Moolynaut was born, camping with bands of reindeer herders, and recording stories of their lives and spirituality. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven’s Gift creates a vision of natural and spiritual realms interwoven by one man’s awakening.
Jon is the author of twenty-five environmental and earth science text books and two previous adventure travel books. He co-authored the first environmental science textbook in the United States, which spearheaded the development of environmental science curricula in North America.
Contact: True North Gallery - 978-468-1962
Cost: free
Posted by: Erik Hoffner
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