Some Thoughts from Makua

“It’s not the year 2012 that is important. It’s 2013,” said Hale Makua to a group of students in 2002, as recounted in the book, “For this is when we will begin the next cycle of ages. This means that we have to create a new foundation for the next cycle, and what we decide to build on will determine the spiritual focus as well as our lifeways for much of the next several thousand years.”

“We have some hard decisions to make, and we have to make them now,” Makua laughed softly. “We are now in the position to create a new world for our descendants, and especially for the next seven generations. This will require a massive shift out of the negative and into the positive polarity, and at all levels of our lives.”

What People Are Saying

“This book moved me to tears of joy with the depth of its compassionate wisdom and spiritual good humor. A series of philosophical dialogues between Hank Wesselman, a visionary anthropologist, and the revered Hawaiian elder Hale Makua, The Bowl of Light reveals the profoundly beautiful cosmology of the ancient Polynesian, ocean-spanning culture. May it serve as an inspiration for all seekers in our turbulent times!”
-RALPH METZNER, PHD, author of The Expansion of Consciousness

“Anthropologist Hank Wesselman shares the ancestral wisdom of Hawaiian elder and spiritual teacher Hale Makua with enormous eloquence, grace, precision, and depth. Always the consummate storyteller, Dr. Wesselman braids his discourses with this remarkable man into a powerful narrative that communicates the magical context of their friendship.”
-NICKI SCULLY, author of Alchemical Healing and Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt

“The Bowl of Light provides powerful teachings of deep and profound Hawaiian ancestral wisdom to the ever-growing numbers of students of the mysteries of our ancient world. Another fantastic book by Hank Wesselman!”
-LYNN ANDREWS, author of the Medicine Woman Series

“A fascinating tribute to the life and teachings of a great Hawaiian spiritual warrior. in this literary luau, you’ll be fed rich stories of the life in a stone, of why dolphins and whales are keepers of memory, and of why you should put on slippery oil if you are traveling among troubled spirits. This book is a treasure chest of magic that can transform your life!”
-ROBERT MOSS, author of Conscious Dreaming, Dreamgates, and Active Dreaming

“The Bowl of Light is a treasure. Revealing profound principles of indigenous Polynesian wisdom, it gets richer and richer by the page as we look through Hank Wesselman’s eyes into a body of knowledge we might otherwise never see, and through it our spiritual understanding and empowerment of ourselves can only deepen.”
-BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing

• How the original practice of shamanism shaped the
  world’s spiritual traditions and why it is relevant today
• The art of the shamanic journey–a time tested meditative method for experiencing important
  spiritual lessons and truths
• Guidance for avoiding common pitfalls of shamanic practice
• Instructions for working with your dreams, connecting with your helping spirits, doing ritual and ceremony, healing yourself and your environment, as well as working with the dying
• a CD of shamanic drumming to facilitate your shamanic journey

In the brilliant visionary tradition of Carlos Castaneda, anthopologist Hank Wesselman first documented his spiritual journey in the internationally acclamied SPIRITWALKER. His travels through the spirit world continue in this astonishing book, leading us into the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of existence.

Dr. Wesselman’s inspiring quest began with a dramatic spiritual encounter on the island of Hawai’i in which his mind was brought into connection with the consciousness of another man named Nainoa, a kahuna initiate and fellow mystic traveler. Though he feared his connection to Nainoa would be severed when he moved to San Diego in 1989, in the year that followed, he experienced a trance of intense, exquisite clarity in which his mind once gain merged with that of Nainoa.

This remarkable book also takes us on expedition to Africa and gives us an unprecedented glimpse into the origin and destiny of our species. Hank Wesselman has brought back from his extraordinary travels an extraordinary message: the keys to personal power and the healing of all humankind.

Reviews of Medicinemaker

“Hank Wesselman is that rare combination of visionary and scholar whose message has the ring of truth, clarity, and urgency. MEDICINEMAKER is anchored in personal experience, not fantasy. It is a thrilling journey that challenges our complacent assumptions about reality.”

— Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Prayer is Good Medicine

“An engaging personal narrative of spontaneous non-ordinary experiences bridging 5000 years by paleoanthropologist Hank Wesselman, whose earlier book, Spiritwalker, set the stage for sharing his new inner adventures.” — Michael Harner, Ph.D., author of The Way of the Shaman

“MEDICINEMAKER is Hank Wesselman’s eloquently written, courageous true account about a scientist turned shaman who travels 5000 years in the future. It is a powerful testimony to the timeless connections between spirits and our intuition that binds us all together with love.” — Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Second Sight

“Wesselman’s dramatic story continues and unfolds in a way to inspire us all.” — Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, and A Fall to Grace

“MEDICINEMAKER is vibrant, beautiful, and intimately written. This book is the wake-up signal humanity has been waiting for and is one of the most important books you can read in your lifetime.” — Gay Luce, director, The Nine Gates Mystery School

Reviews of Visionseeker

“Well written and suspenseful. Hank Wesselman’s Visionseeker rivals the works of Carlos Castaneda.” — Michael Harner, PhD., author of ‘The Way of the Shaman’ and director, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

“Visionseeker is a fabulous exploration into the reaches of consciousness, a glimpse into the possible evolutionary future of the mind. Anthropologist Hank Wesselman is an expert guide who fully realizes that he is playing with scientific and spiritual dynamite.” — Larry Dossey, MD., author of ‘Reinventing Medicine’ and ‘Healing Words’.

“Hank Wesselman’s trilogy of his explorations in authentic shamanic time-travel represents an extraordinarily exciting contribution to the worldwide paradigm shift taking place in our time. Combining the sober objectivity of a trained scientist with a mystic’s passionate search for deeper understanding, Visionseeker contains further fascinating revelations of the generally secret teachings of the Hawaiian kahunas.” — Ralph Metzner, PhD., author of ‘The Unfolding Self’ and ‘Green Psychology’.

“Visionseeker is an exhilarating, aesthetically lovely adventure, and a mind-expanding portent of our possible future. What raises the hair on the back of my neck is the flexible consciousness of this shamanic anthropologist, living life unconstrained by a local personality. Hank Wesselman’s Spiritwalker Trilogy has changed my way of living in time.” — Gay Luce, PhD., director, the Nine Gates Mystery School.

“Hank Wesselman is a courageous anthropologist who explores the realms of spirit and consciousness to give us an expanded vision of the world. Visionseeker will challenge the limits of reality.” — Dr. Judith Orloff, MD., author of ‘Dr. Judith Orloff’s Guide to Intuitive Healing’ and ‘Second Sight’.

“Hank Wesselman shares his brilliance with us in Visionseeker as he takes us on the intriguing journey of his own spiritual evolution.” — Sandra Ingerman, author of ‘Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self’.

At the heart of spiritual awakening lies the discovery that each of us can achieve the direct, transformative connection with the sacred realms that defines the mystic. The Journey to the Sacred Garden guides us along a well-traveled path into this extraordinary experience and includes an experiential CD of shamanic drumming and rattling, providing us with an effective, easily learned technique for expanding awareness and shifting consciousness safely. The first goal: to find our Sacred Garden, a place for personal empowerment; as well as physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual restoration. Once there, we learn through direct experience that the garden can be used as a gateway into the other levels of the inner worlds.

Anthropologist Hank Wesselman, Ph.D., reveals that our garden operates by four primary rules:

• Everything in the garden is symbolic of some aspect of ourselves or our life experience.
• Everything in the garden can be communicated with, enhancing understanding.
• The garden can bechanged by doing gardenwork.
• When you change your garden, some part of you or your life will change in response.

Words of Praise

“SPIRIT MEDICINE reveals an indigenous medical system that is so sophisticated it makes ours look amateurish in many respects, especially regarding the role of spirit, consciousness, and love in healing. This book is a window that sheds vital light on our own healing system, without which it will never be complete. Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall are to be commended. They are skillful guides and a bridge between two worlds. SPIRIT MEDICINE does what any good book should do: it helps the reader translate words into a living reality, thereby changing one’s life.” — Larry Dossey, M.D., author of `Healing Beyond The Body, Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words’.

Hank has also written a book for children of all ages… “Children will enjoy this lively new rendition of an age-old classic. Little Ruth Reddingford loves visiting her grandmother, so when Grandma can’t pick her up for their week-end picnic, Red takes matters into her own hands. While taking a short-cut through the woods, she is confronted by bullies. The ensuing adventure takes a surprising twist as Red discovers the power of her Native American heritage and makes an unusual new friend.”