Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, ceremonial retreat and vision-fast leader, sacred storyteller, and shaman. For 32 years he worked with terminally ill children at the Center for Attitudinal Healing in California, successfully integrating the wisdom teachings of the Huichol and other medicine teachers into the world of the practicing psychologist. His most recent work includes training in the Hardiness Factor (training for emotional resilience) and A New Vision of Aging (working consciously with the challenges and opportunities of the elder years). The founder of Wakan, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring the sacred in daily life, he lives in Southern California.
Foreword
Rabbi Michael Ziegler, D.Min.
Prologue
Transmission from Starlight Ohana
Gratitudes
Introduction
STEP I
WAKE UP
ONE The Shattering
TWO Deeper Knowing
THREE Expanding Reality
FOUR Opening Minds
FIVE Honoring the Feminine
STEP I I
WISE UP
SIX Initiatory Rites
SEVEN Heeding the Call
EIGHT Surrendering to the Journey
NINE Integration
STEP I I I
LIVE LOVE NOW
TEN Opening to Your Purpose
ELEVEN You Matter
STEP IV
THE WISDOM WARRIOR PATH
TWELVE Traits of Wisdom Warriors
THIRTEEN Wisdom Warrior Trail Map
EPILOGUE Closing Words
Appendix
Cultural Appropriation
Suggested Reading
Glossary
Acknowledgments
About the Author
