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The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness |  | Author: Jon Turk
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 290850
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312540213
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.704860922
EAN: 9780312540210
ASIN: 0312540213
Publication Date: January 19, 2010
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Product Description
Noted scientist and kayak adventurer undertakes a journey of spiritual healing Jon Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean to retrace the voyages of ancient people. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In a remote Siberian village, Turk met an elderly Koryak shaman named Moolynaut who invoked the help of a Spirit Raven to mend his fractured pelvis. When the healing was complete, he was able to walk without pain. Turk, finding no rational explanation, sought understanding by traversing the frozen tundra where Moolynaut was born, camping with bands of reindeer herders, and recording stories of their lives and spirituality. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven’s Gift creates a vision of natural and spiritual realms interwoven by one man’s awakening.
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An unusal and touching Arctic quest! February 21, 2010
Marty Essen (Victor, MT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You should see my copy of The Raven's Gift. The spine is bent out of shape from reading the book in bed; some pages have food stains on them from reading the book in restaurants (nachos and books should never be enjoyed at the same time); and the book's cover is worn from being stuffed in and pulled out of my travel bag. In other words, The Raven's Gift has been a great companion!
I assume people reading this review will already know, in general, what The Raven's Gift is about, so I'm not going to repeat that information here. Instead I'll say this: The book will surprise you. It will make you care about a culture you've never heard of before. It will challenge your belief system. You'll never look at a raven the same way again. You'll definitely laugh, and you might even cry.
Jon Turk is a wonderful writer. His words flow off the page, making it easy to enjoy the story without being distracted. Even readers in warm climates will find themselves reaching for a sweater as they follow Jon on this unusual and touching Arctic quest.
Highly recommended!
Marty Essen
Author of "Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents"
The Raven's Gift January 30, 2010
Ronald L. Mccollum (lawndale,nc)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Jon Turk has written another wonderful book in The Raven's Gift!
Part adventure travel, part spiritual quest,part healing journey (physical,spiritual,emotional),part anthropological study.............all wrapped up in real friendship and love,The Raven's Gift is a delight.
Through his story of travels throughout North America and the Siberian tundra, Jon educates us in the cultural ways of the remaining native Koryak, explores the physical limits of the human body, and especially challenges us to be open to new/old ways of thinking and being-------------in our mind,body,and spirit.
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Jon Turk's prose combine literary finesse and precise clarity- instantly exporting body mind and spirit. February 1, 2010
A. D. Earnest
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great Read. This memoir eloquently articulates Jon Turk's incomprehensible journey of mind, body and spirit. If you enjoy adventures of the physical and metaphysical, this is the book for you. Set against the backdrop of the "frozen and forgotten" tundra of Siberia, The Raven's Gift has the ability to reach similar places within the soul and foster an awakening. Grab a warm mug of tea, tuck in and enjoy~
insightful reporting of incredible and extreme quest for adventure March 31, 2010
Patricia Boehnlein (SANTA FE, NM, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I originally purchased this (2 copies) for my son and son-in-law as gifts (one's a boat builder/canoeist, etc., and one's a long time ski patrol, kayaker, mountain climber, etc). I thought I'd glance through a copy to familarize myself.... but I found it so well written and exciting, that I had trouble putting it down. I liked the intellectual level which is not always found in books of this type..... how Turk leaves what appears unbelievable open to question. As a woman (mid 70's), I also enjoyed his sensitive side and his obvious compassion. I'm just sorry that I missed the opportunity to meet the author at his book-signing event when he was in Santa Fe. (The local newspaper reviewed this book which led to my selection.)
Uncannily observant April 21, 2010
Paul E. Richardson (Montpelier, VT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jon Turk is a scientist and adventurer who has, among many accomplishments, paddled the length of Kamchatka (recounted in a Mar/Apr 2001 Russian Life article by his late wife, Christine Seashore) and the Pacific Rim. Jon Turk is also a gifted writer and storyteller.
Turk the scientist was not inclined to mysticism. But it was thrust upon him when a series of "chance" events near Vvenka (where Kamchatka Peninsula meets the mainland) led him to be miraculously and inexplicably (in the rational world of modern science) healed by a Siberian shaman, Moolynaut.
Turk recounts his journey through nearly a decade of life, centering on repeated visits to Moolynaut, exploring the lines between this world and the next, between modern culture and Koryak culture, between himself and the world around him. As one Russian friend tells him:
"You are a poor traveler in the Other World... You must make a long, hard journey... in the Real World. You will be hungry and tired. Then maybe, if you are lucky, you will find what you are looking for."
It is well worth joining Turk on his journey to find what he is looking for. He is uncannily observant and perceptive, self-effacing, sensitive, and quite often very funny.
As reviewed in Russian Life.
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