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Title: People of the Bear Mother

Subtitle: Periplus of the Sea of Souls

Author: T D. Austin

Narrator: Tracy Carreon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-11

Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

SHAMANS, AVATARS, AND PAINTED CAVES

Little Bear, a beautiful and gifted cave artist, descends into the depths of the Great Cave, guided by the most powerful shaman of her tribe, the People of the Bear Mother. There, she is to paint a new image portraying her people's most significant myth. But before she may enter the deepest chambers of the awesome cave, she must be initiated as a shaman herself. In spite of her fear of the old shaman, her reluctance to take the shaman's path, and her mother's strong opposition, Little Bear agrees to accept this life-altering invitation to embark on her soul's great hero adventure. How will this journey into the depths of her own psyche transform her life among the People? How will this adventure change all the subsequent lifetimes this soul's avatars will experience? And what is the meaning of Little Bear's mysterious "lion eye"?

To enrich these stories of past lives, which are coming through as a result of a recent creative opening, Austin draws on a lifetime of study of actual archaeological finds, specifically those of the oldest artwork in the world, the paintings of the 35,000-year-old Chauvet Cave in southern France. The meaning of this cave art is revealed through the story of Little Bear, as are universal human truths that have resonance and meaning for all of us today.

Critic Reviews:

Joseph Campbell taught us the inner dimensions of the heroic journey which we are all to take. In People of the Bear Mother, Austin tells us a story that reveals the origins and meaning of ancient cave paintings and we learn about the power of initiation through the animal envoys of the unseen powers that still inhabit our universe. This is truly a mythic tale that will remain in the imagination for a lifetime. (Dr. Jonathan Young, PhD. Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives, Center for Story and Symbol, Santa Barbara)

Members Reviews:

People of the Bear Mother

Does not even come close to Jean Auel's classic, Clan of the Cave Bear. Terrible comparison... I bought it and would give it back if it was possible!

Long, laborious and boring. It is not about the people of the Bear Mother; it is about one person going thru primitive rights.