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講述一名重視科學的醫師,如何成為神祕的薩滿治療師的歷程!
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2017-06-29
Swimming with Elephants: My Unexpected Pilgrimage from Physician to Healer
Sarah Seidelmann
Conari Press
Oct. 2017
304pp
書籍編號:
03-9769
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● 內文簡介

本書作者Sarah Seidelmann出生於醫學世家,她是家族第四代人,接受西方科學的醫學訓練,成為一名醫師,隨後卻成為一位被普遍認為跟通靈、巫術有關的薩滿治療師。

《Swimming with Elephants》是Sarah Seidelmann的個人故事,也是一個關於被現實環境囚禁,希望沖開桎梏的人的經歷和心聲。不論是醫師,還是薩滿治療師,同樣幫助受苦的人,只不過這個轉變不僅在於心靈,還要面對現實世界的懷疑。

作者經過20多年不間斷的學習生涯與醫師訓練後,感到身心疲累,決定給予自己三個月的長假,藉此尋找能為生命添增活力的方法,而這次旅程徹底改變了她。

在作者事業的早期,目擊過無數人的痛苦,當中包括她的家人。她不僅希望醫治病人身體的疾病,也想在心靈上、情感上為病人提供溫暖,燃亮他們的生命。在她認識薩滿與身為薩滿治療師後,她擁有新希望和目標。

為了確認她的目標,她來到印度,並向古印度教的朝聖地出發,沿途陪伴她的還有無數的大象。牠們總是不經意地出現在作者的旅途中,像是為她引路。她最後發現一個完全不同的療癒法,不斷地啟發她,令她從心靈上幫助更多受苦的人,同時找到自我。

 

● 作者簡介

Sarah Seidelmann,是家族中第四代行醫的醫生,後來,從一位醫生轉為一位薩滿治療師和生命導師,著有《What the Walrus Knows》和《Born to Freak》等書,她熱愛幫助人們尋找到他們自身的寧靜和活力,現居於夏威夷靜修,而下一個靜修地點將會是日本。

 

● 媒體報導

“Swimming with Elephants is an entertaining and moving front row seat in the drama that unfolds when a western trained physician does the work required to become a true healer.” ―Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Goddesses Never Age

“A poignantly honest journey which beckons us all. Sarah Seidelmann takes us right along with her through the looking glass and out the other side into a magical reality that pulses with life, adventure and intelligence.” --Llyn Roberts, Award-winning author and acclaimed teacher of healing and shamanism

“A glittering, honest account of what it means to search and also to find. If you are a dreamer, or an overworked parent, if you are someone who recognizes the magic in animals or wonders what it would be like to make a truly bold choice even if you are halfway down your life’s path, please pick up this beautiful book!” ―Sara Corbett, coauthor of New York Times bestselling A House in the Sky

"This is an exceedingly vulnerable, beautifully written book and the most genuine spiritual memoir I have ever read. It is also--in many hilarious moments--laugh out loud funny." --Maria Bamford, Comedian and star of Netflix Original Series Lady Dynamite

"I LOVED THIS BOOK. Sarah takes us on an intimate tour of the hero's journey. She's a brilliant storyteller...making sense of the baffling journey from the ordinary world into the mystical and back again. I didn't want it to end." --MeiMei Fox, New York Times bestselling author

"A fascinating, amusing, and wise account of how someone born with a shaman's predilections, raised in a rationalist culture, finds her way back to her true self.” --Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Adam