The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru - Bonnie Glass-Coffin "Black" When the mist falling over

When the mist falling over the Andes hides the majestic peaks

The Heart and High Heart chakra is positioned in the center of the chest

spun the fiber and wove each weaving on a traditional loom

melon and gardenia fragrance

Awaken the auspicious energies with each strike of the hand-cast tingsha cymbal

The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru - Bonnie Glass-Coffin "Black" When the mist falling overIn a uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. These alternate with chapters in which she describes the crisis that rocked her identity, her first contact with a female healer, and her own tumultuous but ultimately rewarding healing journey under two female shamans. 17 photos.