JOSE ATID LEIIA STEVENS 123overtime just to make sure. Despite all the hard work,
Bob would not stop worrying. He even thought of taking a
second job to get ahead. Mary Anderson was a long-time
student of shamanism but somehow she had not felt bold
enough to teach her husband how to get help with his
money worries. One evening as they were discussing
their situation Mary worked up the courage to tell him
about shamanism. She was rather amazed at his willing-
ness to hear more about it.
Apparently her timing was perfect. She explained how
he could rely on an ally to help him with any problem. She
said it might help if he took a shamanic journey, using his
fears of economic poverty as a focus. After explaining the
method, Mary had Bob relax and get comfortable in a
darkened room. She gave him her drumming tape to as-
sist him with focus and intensity.
As he approached the entrance to the cave Bob was
immediately greeted by a silver-coated timber wolf. He
told the wolf his problem and his wolf guide said to him,
"Come and Til show you." With that, Bob grabbed his tail
and hung on as they flew down a passageway and then
through a series of side branches until they emerged on a
hillside above a small valley. It was late evening and al-
most dark. Below in a clearing a large fire danced, and in
its light Bob saw dancers leaping about. They looked free
and unfettered and he longed to go down and dance with
them, but somehow he could not move. Looking down,
he realized that he was burdened by heavy chains that
hung all about his shoulders and around his waist down
to the ground. He could not join the dancers because of
the weight of the chains. Bob knew that the chains that
held him were the same as the financial worries that bur-
dened him back in ordinary reality. He asked the wolf how
to unfetter himself and was shocked when the wolf
showed up in Bermuda shorts, and carrying an air mat-
tress, which he proceeded to lie down on, and then read
a book.
He could see that the title of the book was Vacations
by the Sea. At first Bob was confused, but then a light
began to dawn. He had wanted a coast vacation for
years, but had never allowed himself to go. He always
disappointed his family by saying that they had too much
work to do and couldn't afford it anyway.
The wolf sprang up and said, "Very good, you're be-
ginning to get it." He then turned into the spitting image of
Bob's deceased father, complete with his overalls and