'The Invitation' is a poem that has been distributed worldwide. It has caused a sensation and has sparked this book, a step-by-step guide which works with the poem's elements and ideas. When workshop leader and author Oriah Mountain Dreamer wrote her heartfelt Invitation a couple of years ago she did not expect that small prose poem to reach the level of popularity that it has. It has spread far and wide by word of mouth, the internet and has been read alound at weddings, funerals and spiritual gatherings by people including Robert Bly and Jack Cornfield. The poem is a challenge to us and in this accessible and inspiring book Oriah Mountain Dreamer tells us how to meet that challenge.

* The author is well-connected and endorsements are expected from, Jack Kornfield, Spalding Gray and Marion Woodman

Oriah was born in Canada, and spent many years working as a social worker before becoming apprenticed to a Native American Shaman. He gave her the medicine name 'Mountain Dreamer', meaning 'one who is always seeking at pushing at the edge, and can help others to do the same. Oriah Mountain Dreamer leads spirituality workshops and speaks at conferences throughout Canada and the US. Her previous book 'Confessions of as Spiritual Thrillseeker' was published in 1991 and recieved excellent reviews in the specialist press. She is currently reading Philosophy at the University of Toronto.