Page 43 - 200908 - The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper - August 2009

43 Omar Rosales - Elemental Shaman 43 Omar Rosales - Elemental Shaman ELEMENTAL SHAMAN One Man’s Journey into the Heart of Humanity, Spirituality & Ecology This fascinating true story chronicles one man's journey into the mysteries of spiritual consciousness and indigenous healing practices. In his travels around the globe, Omar W. Rosales witnesses the powerful channeled spirit Niño Fidencio, receives messages and healing from a Toltec shaman, and experiences a dramatic soul retrieval from a Cherokee spirit walker. Rosales travels to Guatemala, where he meets a Mayan high priestess, or Aj' k'ij, and the secret brotherhoods called Cofradias, whose mission is to guard Maximon, the last living Mayan god. Rosales' last journey is to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, where he spends time with a holy lama. Along the way, Rosales encounters danger, sacred rites, secret rituals, and the guidance of a mysterious dream woman whom he finally meets on the physical plane. www.elementalshaman.com OMAR ROSALES OMAR ROSALES : Author, adventurer, and explorer, Omar writes extensively on the topic of Archaeology, Culture, and spiritual phenomena. He is best known for his work Elemental Shaman. Combining adventure travel with spirituality, he searches the world for Spiritual Masters to convey their messages for humanity.A student of William R. Fowler, Arthur Demarest, and Edward Fischer, Rosales graduated with an Honors degree in Anthropology and Economics from Vanderbilt University in the late 1990s. After college, he served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. His assignments included two overseas tours in Japan. While in law school at The University of Texas School of Law, he began his spiritual quests, first meeting a Toltec shaman who healed with herbs and plants. The next shaman Rosales met was a Cherokee SpiritWalker who practiced soul retrieval in the deserts of Arizona. Rosales then went on to Santiago Atitlan in Guatemala to meet a Maya A'j R'ij or healer-divination specialist. His last journey was to the Land of the Thunder Dragon, the Himalayan Mountain Kingdom of Bhutan to seek out a Holy Lama, a Manchen w w w . e l e m e n t a l s h a m a n . c o w w w . e l e m e n t a l s h a m a n . c o m m