The Thundering Years:Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens
Shows young adults (and the young at heart) how to harness the intense emotions and drives of the late-teen and young adult years using wisdom from cultures around the world. Includes exercises, personal and community rituals, and resources that show how to successfully navigate the Thundering Years without heading toward violence, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors.
". . . so well organized and so succinctly presented that the reader is drawn on to a deeper appreciation of the truth that your life, your future, who you are, is in your own power."
-Napra ReView, May/June 2001
"In an attempt to provide you with authentic containers for the tumultuous energy of the Thundering Years, many are rediscovering indigenous ways. The call to awaken our ancestral wisdom is strong. Personal and community rituals are ways of reuniting us when we are in a state of alienation and turmoil with Spirit."
-Sobonfu Some, African Shaman
"Those who are dedicated practitioners follow a multitude of paths. From this, it becomes clear that, given our diversity, no single religion satisfies all humanity. "
– His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
"Most important, participants have a deep and genuine commitment to the spirit of pilgrimage-recognizing that the destination is ultimately not so much a place as a new way of seeing. "
– Ian Baker