The final film in my series of Native American short films shot over nine months with Apache medicine man William Two Feather.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Sunday June 1st, 2008 Host: George Noory Futurist John Jay Harper shared his investigation into native shamanism as it correlates with the near-death experience (NDE), earth changes, and a global shift in consciousness. The shamanic tradition dates back thousands of years. Shamans, often engaged in healing work, travel to other realms and then translate back symbols of what they’ve seen, he explained. The shamanic experience shares similarities to NDEs, with an “initiate” traveling to the other side. Near death experiencer, George Ritchie, described realms of a higher vibrational rate that co-exist just above our world, and contain laboratories and schools. One of the common themes Harper uncovered in his NDE research was of earth transformations to come. During a 20-year period (begun in 1992) a major solar event will trigger a pole shift and the melting of the ice caps, he detailed. Harper, through his own visions, sees regional disruptions due to earthquakes on both the East and West coasts, as well as the Midwest. An event on the West Coast could be centered around a fault line near Eureka, CA, he added. Harper also expressed concern over people living on the coastlines, and warned of tsunami dangers.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Powerful
One just needs to walk a mile in my moccasins…. only then they may come to an understanding…. PEACE TO ALL.
@cinemaseekers the shamans duties come before his own,his life is no longer his own,but is the peoples,its a hard responsibility,thats why not many can do it.
to beone with creation one has to enter the higher ways naked and alone not that i ever felt alone or naked but the seeker has to have detachment and will gain power quickly if heshe does their acts for the people left behind with no hindrance of emotions worries or feelings which would just ground them back to the physical plane, this is why i have never married or had kids is my power and my curse not that i felt it was ever a true curse each person is different and must walk their own path
mother needs us to grieve for her, soften her labor pains, ask her to force her pains within you. help her comfort her. help her breath…
does anyone know the type of flute hes playing?
I agree with you completely!
Finally, the end of the white human story is ending. I pray for the reinassance of the ancient religion, i pray for the peace. Shaman is the only holy man.
The ending was right. His distrust of Christian religion , White Mans Invention – created (in terms of Law of Attraction) Bringing – the Negative Side of Their Inventions. He had no wisdom of this- and Had to surround himself in its miracle and deception and understand it much much better.
I really have to say that the degradation that Native America culture has gone through really saddens me. Something beautiful was ritualistically destroyed by people who had no right to do so.
Perhaps the moral is that, in the end, we are left with the realization that we are all flawed individuals in need of great help (even the best of us!) 🙂
I for one like that he is flawed. I expect that in humans. Two of my friends have been on the path of Shamanism. Their humanity makes me love and respect them more.
so what was the moral of the story?I never got anything accept that he was a dad who was walking away from his responsibilty without an exsplaination.
I agree. It’s not a particularly flattering portrait. I do want to say that my collaboration with Mr. Two Feather has been enormously beneficial to me in my growth as a filmmaker. And for that I will always be grateful to this man.
Exactly! Now you have the idea where I was going with the film! Film is like an x-ray of the soul: sometimes things are alright; sometimes there’s cancer. Like a technician, I hold the camera and let the pictures speak for themselves. Thanks for this.
Interestingly, my father (part Cherokee) also used to claim to be a “medicine man”, & he too seemed to have a problem with sticking around for the women & children in his life. & I could swear, (though I don’t remember where), I’ve heard that saying before – “Can’t hang around, anywhere where I have to wear a coat”… Irks me to no end, since I’VE always had to stick around & endure the winters, (for the sake of the family I care about) wherever I am! (c’mon now, Texas winters ain’t that bad!)
Hope you don’t get the wrong idea -not trying to be critical, just attempting to comprehend… To me, it’s disappointing that the shaman wants to abandon his family, “because he won’t stay anywhere, where he has to wear a coat”. Don’t his wife & child have a right to expect him to be there? (as a father & husband?) The child’s (fatal?) response is clearly a reaction to his refusal to stay. Now if he’d said: “I have duties as a shaman, which call me away”, that might have been more forgiveable…
The film both supports and shoots down the stereotypical image that the white man has of a Native Shaman. The shaman in the film is obviously a flawed human being, who nonetheless views himself as a highly spiritual person. I have always treated film as a mirror to examine who we really are as people. The Shaman, unable to save the boy, must confront the reality of himself at the end of the film. I think that is quite real and helpful to us all.
Glad to see I’m not being blacklisted! While I’m all for exploring the abstract, I do hope the ending was metaphorical! I like to think that life has “purpose”, as well as anything I spend my time on, so always looking for “purpose” in anything I watch. Which has me wondering, what was the “purpose” of this video? Most especially in the case of a “medicine man”, you expect to be “inspired” towards some kind of enlightenment or truth..Not saying it’s not there…but what is it?
This film demands upon the viewer to draw their own conclusions. For example: Is the film a documentary or fiction? Is the ending of the film literal or metaphorical? Etc. This is not a cop-out! Rather, I want to stimulate rich thinking on the viewers part rather than handing them a bunch of @#$! like other directors and have you all fall asleep on the couch! Get mad at me! Call Two Feather a phony! Just react!! The ending can be seen as a convergence of two myths. What is reality anyway? Thanks
I really don’t get the ending on this one… Why doesn’t he want to stay with his family? Why does he leave his kid on a church step, after he gets hurt? (or is he supposed to be dead?) What do Christmas lights and Elvis have to do with any of it??
Your comments are very perceptive, my friend. I wanted to approach the film objectively. In other words, I filmed what was there. I wanted the viewer to decide for themselves about the authenticity of this man. Shaman or not: that is for you to decide. I think you did very well! This summer I may have the opportunity to film a rare gourd ceremony in New Mexico. The intention is to heal a very old rift between the whites and the natives in a small town. This would be the real deal!
I hope this was ed. I don’t think he is a real Medicine Man. He fits the stereotype of the commercial type-hollywood Shaman. I don’t want to sound harsh, but if you did a movie on a Medicine Man/Shaman, you should have looked for a true one. (Provided you know what to look for.)
As a movie, the film was good, but I wasn’t shure of it was a documentary, or a storylined film. A lot of it seemed random, with no connection to the plot. (that I can’t seem to pinpoint.)
Regardless, 5/5.
Awesome video as all your video’s are.
What happened with the little girl?
life is about life is what there saying or how i see it create and do not destroy without replacing it with life. dont take without giving. like the old saying never take from a willow without planting a branch