Spirit Talkers

This is the first-ever, total overview of the many different varieties of medicine powers that have been reported throughout history for the North American indians. The first two chapters are devoted to a discussion of the results of tests conducted on Bell's Theorem (or Bell's Inequality). This theorem solved the early 19th century debate bewteen Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr as to the nature of reality at the quantum level. Tests proved that Bohr was correct--at the quantum level consciousness and matter are interrelatd. This recent discovery allows us to confirm the reality medicine powers.

The next two chapters discuss the general nature of shamaism and its manifestation among the North American Indians as walking the Good Red Road. This includes aspects of purification, ceremonial rules, taboo observation, etc.

The remaining five chapters discuss the many different types of medicine powers. First are the personal medicine powers. In earlier times those who did not have a personal medicine power were seen as unfortunate. Such powers include the ability to hunt or find game, to make pottery, to make food cook faster, to obtain amulets, etc.

Those with multiple medicine powers were the medicine men/women. There were two general categories thereof--herbalists and ceremonialists. The herbalists focused on plant and plant mixtures as remedies. When there was no known remedy for a sypmtom, the herbalists would be informed by spirits as what plants to gather. Known herbal remedies were also passed down through generations.

The ceremonialists were shamans that would call upon spirit helpers to solve problems or effect cures. Their ability required that theymust "catch" a spirit helper, usually via a vision quest. There was usually an annual ceremony in which the local medicine men/women would display their current abilities. They also held power contests between shamans to determine who was the most powerful. Their powers included teleportation, shape-shifting, finding lost objects, and other such abilities that were initially dismissed as "primitive superstitiion," but are best seen, in light of quantum theory, as a reality.