Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice by Mark J. Plotkin PhD Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice chronicles the interesting journey of the Harvard graduate and ethnobiologist Mark J. Plotkin as he attempts to record what’s left of the slowly dying art of shamanism and traditional medicine, particularly in the northern part of South Africa. The book does an excellent job of relating important medicinal discoveries to their origins in nature and traditional medicine. In this way, the book cleverly mixes the subject of medicine and history in a way that I believe will be interesting for pharmacy students. Throughout my reading of the book, I enjoyed how it felt as though I as the reader got to go on this journey with him to all these interesting locations
By Jack Crowley Touching Spirit Bear is one of the best books to ever exist in my opinion. Cole is one of the main characters and at the start he is sad and is a very bad person and becomes good at the end. The reason he is so sad is because of his parents who abuse him and are drunk. Cole went to jail for beating up a kid named Peter and smashing Peter's head on concrete. Cole had no remorse when he smashed Peter’s head on concrete.
Cole Matthew’s Anger Cole Matthews is the angry and damaged protagonist of the book Touching Spirit Bear. In the book he is banished to an island to overcome his anger issues instead of spending time in jail. Cole’s anger is a result of his abusive childhood and how his mother and father have treated him. His anger results from the beatings and abuse he received as a child.
This semester, we read two novels, (Touching Spirit Bear and The Game)The novels had one thing in common - the characters discovered something about themselves and someway improved their lives. I will compare and contrast the two novels and the common theme, self-discovery that both books share. Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen, shares the story of a juvenile delinquent, named Cole Matthews, only bound for trouble. Once he beats a classmate Peter Driscal, he is sent into a journey of self development, and forgiveness. Cole does this by getting help from the Justice Circle.
• This book is about finding medicinal plants in the Amazon Rainforest to cure common diseases. • Sometimes, Western medicines cannot cure the common diseases. • This book was written by Mark Plotkin and it was published in 1993. • Mark Plotkin travels to different parts of the rainforest and collect several medicinal plants for a research experiment. •
Also there was psychological scarring to the spirit within their body. Their thoughts only consisting of: when the next “meal” would be
Art has traditionally been used in ceremonies and rituals long before pen and paper. It was used in the soil that was smoothed for inscription of sacred designs . Art was ephemeral and natural materials were used to tell stories in sand, on trees, rocks bark, bodies and other natural substances to illustrate their stories and songs. Present day Aboriginal art, as we know it, originated in 1971 with the arrival of Geoff Bardon in Papunya. Geoff was an art teacher and artist.
The Poem “The Poet” by Tom Wayman is a poem that takes the reader through the physical characteristics of your average poet. The entirety of the “The Poet” consists of a list of 14 descriptors that could be used to describe the typical poet. Each of the descriptive phrases seems to be negative towards the unknown poet that he is talking about. Although the poem seems quite literal, a figurative message is portrayed though text, tone, structure and the literary devices used in the poem. To start off, the specific word usage that Wayman chose to use gives off the impression that poets have their drawbacks.
Dreamtime art recounts the events that have occurred throughout time and initiates a sense of belonging whilst also teaching the significance of morals and values. Aboriginal art is highly symbolic and utilises patterns and colours to represent different aspects of the Dreaming. It teaches that all living things are connected and that each individual has a unique role to play in the world. Aboriginal art is a visual representation of the Dreaming, it is a way of visualising the spiritual world and expressing the profound connection. Art provides knowledge of sites, food types, water, behaviour and beings to be avoidant of and those that are marked as safe.
and they domesticated turkeys and dogs. Ancient Aztec art was predominantly a form of spiritual expression and honoring to their gods. Both cultures used art forms such as fabrics, painting, sculpture, pottery and jewelry. Pottery was a main art form as it could be useful as well as pleasing to the eye. It especially shows
Also by looking at the body paint which is what the people who live in ancient times do. It really brought out the savagery and their
Most of them wearing a mask that completely covered their faces. A priest would hold the body up while another priest, which was adorned with a mask allowing them to speak, would commence the ceremony. As it commenced, the priest would touch the eyes, nose, ears, and of course the mouth to restore the five senses to the body and thus reanimating the dead body to then continue with the
The Waking by Theodore Roethke is a musical-themed poem. In addition, the book, Perrine’s Literature, states that it uses refrain which is when the “poet may repeat whole words, phrases, lines, or groups of lines […] in a fixed pattern” (Pg. 837). Due to the use of refrain, it made this poem even harder for me to decipher. However, after reading it several times, I came to the conclusion as to what the meaning of the poem might be, because Roethke is trying to show us that we as humans often follow a path not of our owns that is often pre-determined by our brains or other meanings. In addition, I found this poem to be relatable to me because of how I was in the past, and how I currently am in the present, and how I plan to change for the better in the future.
Author Sherwood Anderson, in “An Awakening”, a chapter from his novel Winesburg, Ohio, narrates the story of George Willard, who believes he is becoming a man at first but experiences a true “awakening” from his egotistical life when Ed, the man Belle truly loves, doesn’t even consider an equal and deems him unworthy to fight. “An Awakening” signifies the awakening of George from his ego, and how he awoke from his false reality. The author wanted his readers to belie the love Belle holds for Ed stems from her childhood of and abusive father. Belle, while in love with Ed, was unsure that she could have control over him with his past experiences with mistresses so she decides to relieve this stress by going out with George to make Ed jealous.
Ever since the dawn of art where pigment was applied to rock walls to this day and most likely for many years ahead, animals have been used for translating a meaning and for symbolism such as storytelling, metaphors, representing religious beliefs and so forth. Some of the oldest of cave drawings are subjected around the largest of animals spotted, with exaggerated sizes of body parts such as small thin legs holding up massive bodies. In later times the exaggeration or misunderstanding of certain features was still common, especially in the medieval era. In the early years, Christianity was a big deal and many Christian artworks that projected an image of animals, both real or fantasy based, were believed to possess a religious symbolism.
