A Personal Statement
While I am pleased that this piece, The Invitation, has spoken to many others and happy that it is being shared, I would ask that you honour the original by sharing it as it was written. I am a teacher and writer living in Toronto with my two teenage sons.
While my family history includes stories of Scottish, German and Native American
descent, I am a Canadian woman, and not an "Indian elder" as has sometimes been
reported, being neither old enough nor wise enough to claim the status of
"elder" for any people. I have had the priviledge of studying with and
learning from the wisdom of Native American elders who gave me the medicine name,
Mountain Dreamer. My first book, Confessions of a Spiritual Thrillseeker is currently out of print. I am now working on a book entitled The Invitation, expanding on the thoughts and teachings held within this smaller piece. Dreams of Desire is a small collection of poetry only available through Mountain Dreaming. |
