The Visionary: Entering the Mystic Universe of Joseph Rael Beautiful Painted Arrow

What is it like to be a contemporary American Indian mystic? What sequence of experiences come together to form a mystic's path? How would you deal with the visions that come and carry you to alternate dimensions without notice and at the most inopportune times? In The House of Shattering Light: Life as an American Indian Mystic, Joseph Rael reveals how such questions shaped his life and his visions for the future. "This House of Shattering Light - this perceptual reality in which we live and of which we are a part - exists only for the soul's purpose of continuing its own livelihood." -Joseph Rael