Deer and Thunder

One of the best resources for understanding the indigenous way of living.

It's not often that a book comes along which has the power to significantly shift one's perspective on life and to illuminate one's purpose in this lifetime.Deer and Thunder by Arkan Lushwala is such a book.Arkan recently shared with a group of listeners that he wrote Deer and Thunder to be a ceremony -- to bring together the energy of the East in the form of Deer medicine with the energy of the West in the form of Thunder medicine. And that it is meant to be a guidebook for how to protect, love, and connect with Mother Earth, Pachamama.I have experienced Deer and Thunder as sacred instructions. In it you will learn advice carried forth from the ancient peoples of Peru, about topics such as: How to purify the waters of your body and how doing so impacts the Earth; Why we have allowed the harm to our precious Earth and how we can now shift our trajectory; and the idea that the cosmic bodies of the Sun, Moon, & Stars are constantly sending us important information and how to receive it. You will also find descriptions of a beautiful indigenous way of life based on peace and tenderness -- toward self, others, and Earth -- a way of life that has endured for thousands & thousands of years and has survived the conquest from Europe.Arkan speaks of the unique energetic frequency that we as human beings possess; and how we can attune ourselves to the guidance that is always surrounding us in order to raise our own energetic frequency. And then through our actions, our dancing, our singing, our ceremonial work, our kindness toward others ... We each have the tremendous potential to shift the vibrational frequency of our world.When you read this book, and bring even 1 or 2 of these principles into your life, you will be changed. You will become empowered to take action in support of Earth, our Mother. You will also experience a remembering of principles and ideas that we all knew, once -- and that we now have the amazing opportunity to re-awaken in ourselves.I invite you to immerse yourself in the larger plan that Mother Earth is calling for us to embrace at this pivotal time. She is speaking to us through our hearts. Deer and Thunder is a truly powerful and catalyzing way for you to experience Earth wisdom and bring forth a new, more deeply connected, more joyful way of being & living each day; and to bring your life into alignment with the great changes that are needed now to benefit the future of life on our beautiful planet.

Read and listened to so many books, from shamanism and mystical aspects of all religions to healing to physics… Nature.Spirit, God/dess… the Sacred… LOVE is simple and this wisdom bearer expresses the Beauty of LIFE with a humility and sincerity that surpasses most. Thank you..

When I read this book it was like a song being sung directly to me. It is more than just words on a page, it is a deep connection with Spirit and the Mother Earth. After reading this book I felt I had been in a ceremony that connected me deeply with the energy that runs through all beings that roam this earth. It was a deep breath of fresh air compliments of Pachamama and the wonderful writing of Arkan Lushwala.

Deer and Thunder is an important book for those interested in healing the world through reconnecting with indigenous wisdom. Arkan Lushwala generously shares the wisdom of his indigenous tradition(s) lucidly and from the heart. This book will change you as it empowers you to change the world - if you let it! I highly recommend this book to you with gratitude.

Arkan writes with great compassion for our earth spirt and our world. While some of what he says is challenging, it is ultimately a very visionary and hopeful statement of the power humans have to correct our course and return to our relationship with Pachamama, our mother Earth.

Amazing book. Love Arkan and the way he speaks about things. Thanks for a great transaction

Great read!

Very inspiring read - won't appeal to those who are interested in a "materialist" approach to the world and some may be put off by the syncretism and mixing of indigenous traditions. But overall, this is writing that inspires with a vision of a world redeemed through a return to indigenous values.

Such a good and insightfull book!