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The Journey of The Sacred Medicine Wheel, an interview with author Michael Purvis
Have we lost touch with our ancient roots of plant medicine?
Author Michael Purvis joins Brad Szollose on Awakened Nation to discuss tribal medicine traditions like Ayahuasca (pronounced 'eye-ah-WAH-ska'), Cannabis a.k.a. Gatunlaté and Peyote, and how the modern world is slowly starting to embrace the trauma healing qualities of each.
Michael shares his own journey of returning from war, suffering from PTSD, being homeless, and eventually discovering the tools of journaling and ancient plant medicine.
This is an amazing episode of healing, and an authentic discussion on spirituality, purpose and healing.
HOST OF AWAKENED NATION: Brad Szollose
ABOUT MICHAEL PURVIS:
Michael Purvis was born in San Francisco, California to Elizabeth FitzGerald and James Purvis and quickly moved to England forming his early school years.
His family moved back to The United States by the time Michael reached the 3rd grade.
As a kid growing up in San Rafael, California, he gravitated towards Dungeons and Dragons with friends, played music and was in the Boy Scouts.
His first introduction to Native American Spirituality was as a Cub Scout Camp counselor at Camp Tamarancho in Fairfax, California. Conversing with a Medicine Man named John Iron Eagle, a Blackfoot Chief, Michael attended his first sweat lodge ceremony as a teenager.
A combat veteran of The Persian Gulf War, Michael healed his PTSD through native plant medicine and spirituality.
Presently, he is happily married to his wife Marina, while raising two step-children Michael and Sofia in Northern Colorado.
Michael is basically a modern Renaissance Man in a lot of ways practicing magician, carpenter and avid skier.
Find out about Michael's latest books at Star Nation Medicine: www.starnationmedicine.com
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