From Library Journal
The newest entry in the "Profiles of Healing" series, this fascinating volume casts light on a very little-known sect on a small island in the Caribbean, the St. Vincent Shakers, or "Spiritual Baptists." This remarkable cult, rooted as deeply in African spirituality as in Christian doctrine, seeks ecstatic experience and visionary journeys into the spirit world through two principal rituals: baptism, which follows a spiritual sign, and "mourning" (shedding of one's worldly life), which brings about healing and new mission through a vision quest. This outstanding book, which includes a CD (not heard by the reviewer), gathers many photographs of the Shakers, testimonies, narratives, and prayers. For most collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Body & Soul Magazine
"One of the most exquisite collections of pictures and prose in print."

Science and Spirit, March/April 2004
"[A]n intimate conversation—words from a holy person to all humankind . . . Exquisitey produced."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A relatively unknown shamanic culture, the Shakers of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, is illustrated through personal profiles, stories, and color photographs. A unique bl of West African spirituality and Protestant Christianity, this culture has a strong tradition of seeking personal instruction and spiritual training that is brought forth through a ritual called "mourning." The details of this ritual are examined in this book, along with personal testimonies of visionary journeys. Accompanied by an audio CD of their ecstatic gatherings and healing encounters, this book is a vibrant expression of spiritual healing and is a unique contribution to ethnographic literature.

Author Biography: Bradford Keeney, Ph.D. is the author of Walking Thunder, Guarani Shamans of the Forest, and Kalahari Bushman Healer.

FROM THE CRITICS

Milton Erickson Foundation Newsletter

"Each book stands alone, but [the series] provides a whole larger than the sum of the parts . . . breathtaking."

Library Journal

Outstanding.

ForeWord Magazine

...draws reader through audiovisual experience of their spiritual healing process.

Napra Review

..as full and direct as one could ask.

Spirituality & Health