Join us for the Fernie launch of The Raven’s Gift. Reading and Book Launch with Jon Turk. Friday January 22nd 7pm, Freshies – 2nd Ave. Open to the public, everyone welcome

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"In January, St Martin’s Press will release my new book, The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness. During a two-year kayak expedition across the North Pacific, from Japan to Alaska, I met the last of the northeast Siberian shamans, an old woman named Moolynaut, who was born and raised in a Stone Age culture. She healed an old injury that had been troubling me. Over the course of four more expeditions to Siberia, Moolynaut and the reindeer people of the tundra introduced me to shamanistic wisdom, which is centered around a life-altering spiritual connection to the landscape.

I’ve worked for forty years, first as an environmental research scientist and later as an environmental educator. Now in my 60s, I believe that before technology can move us forward to create a sustainable planet, we must first reach back and find guidance in ancient wisdoms."

For a preview of my presentation, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHlOv7N_4c

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The Raven's Gift

Noted scientist and kayak adventurer undertakes a journey of spiritual healing Jon Turk 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.

The Polar Peek Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 7:30 at the store. Members receive 10% off the "book of the month."