Mystical Path To Mystique (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780982682807)

There are two types of journeys in life, The Ordained and The Mundane. The mundane is easy to recognize, it's the path you choose. The Ordained journey is only recognizable when one day you look back on your life and see how far you've come and wonder, how you got on this path? Over a trek of sixty plus years, Gene has realized his Ordained Journey. As he approaches the summit of the mountain that he didn't know he was climbing, he can now see the many forks and turns that have led him to where he is today. No one chooses to be a Shaman. A Shaman is chosen by a higher power. And though they are directed to the path by a mentor or elder, they are instructed by the Spirit. After graduating art school and Gene Stirm began a career in Graphic Arts. A career that spanned thirty years and include art director for Josten's Publishing, owner of both a printing business and menu design company, which brought him to live in Los Angeles. In the mid-seventies he made of several vision quests. His refreshed vision changed his and his family's life, and started him on the road to the ministry. Within five years, he had graduated from the seminary and was pastor of a church in Southern California. A number of twists and turns took him to the healing ministry and the study of alternative medicine. He received a Holistic Practitioner Certification in 1996 and began a practice in Anaheim, California. More recently, He has received Certification in Hypnotism. He blends East, West and Native American philosophies with modern and ancient practices of healing and Shamanism. He has been given the name Paka by his granddaughter and called a Shaman. In 2004, he and his wife moved to Tehachapi, California, where he continued his studies of Native American art and culture and Shamanism. It was at that time began rewriting a number of his screenplays into novels. In 2008 he received a Doctor of Shamanism Degree from ULC Seminary. Gene has been connected with publishing, book design and editing most of his professional life. However, Mystical Path To Mystique, is his first published novel.