Hello all,
I'm new to this forum, having just found it yesterday. I was looking up some authors of books I own to see what the low down was on them as far as being quality sources of information. Fortunately (for my personal library), I only found one exposed as a phony on here. Those books will be getting tossed now. Thank you all here for bringing that author's imposter bio-history to light.
As for this intro about me: I was born on the Massachusetts coast until I was twenty and bounced around the world for some years until settling (for now) in the western part of the U.S. My ethnic background on my Father's side is Basque, Mother's side is Breton/Quebecois Metis). It’s rather irrelevant here, for I'm not Basque, Breton or Metis; even though my DNA is of those cultures. I was raised in middle-class U.S.A. I Grew up watching cartoons and silly 80's ninja movies, playing in the woods and chasing the ice cream truck. Back then, I truly believed “only a ninja could stop a ninja”.
I’m glad this website is available for a regular guy like me because I have no desire to be a Medicine Man, Shaman, or any other similar term used to describe a person along those lines. Being a combat vet though, I’ve been told by some friends that “soul retrieval” may help me get back into balance. It is something I have considered for quite some time and my biggest hang up is not knowing whether someone is a big, giant, juicy fake or not.
I tend to read a lot of books on the more “medicine ways” because I have no other frame of reference available to me to help sort out the ridiculous from the authentic. (I’ve met many ridiculous and ‘Hollywood’, none authentic that I’m aware of) I’m not into letting any half-assed wannabe frauds mess with what’s left of my mangled and chewed up soul. Perhaps with the help of this forum, I can one day find an authentic person to help me back to balance. Thanks for your time and maybe talk you soon.
--- Vic
