Spiritual Memoir

He Called Me Tin is a story of triumph and perseverance. From childhood distress to an attempt at suicide to being scarred by religion to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis to the strife of racism and discrimination as a government employee to being assaulted and nearly kidnapped abroad, she has overcome in peace....

Join Laura on a secret intellectual and spiritual story. She experienced a series of intense dreams and spiritual interludes that seemed easier and more appropriate to ignore. Finally, it all catches-up with her as she never stops feeling driven to make sense of these experiences. She finds herself on a quest to utilize opportunities within her career to apply the broadest of philosophical principles to aspects of healthcare. At each step by drawing from the context of her surroundings, it seems as if there is some way to understand the true nature of knowledge.

The author of Blessed by the Best: A Memoir by David Kearse, a former journalist (The Baltimore Sun), now writes screenplays, one of which has been optioned by a producer, and has sustained an acting career in Hollywood. Having studied with some of the greats in theater, opera, improvisation, and creativity, he brings what he has learned explicitly to his memoir.

This portrait of Paul Russell, a Tihanama spiritual practitioner also known as Chief Two White Feathers, is based on interviews by the author in Tennessee in 1996. It covers a wide range of topics, including seer tradition, herbal medicine and the ways of Tihanama spirituality. Some of the lessons imparted are the three mountains, honoring, how to approach a medicine person, Indian sign talk and color symbolism. It's a one-on-one session with a personable teacher whose simple words you will never forget.