Whiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.

War, Spirit Visions and the Lakota Sundance Ceremony. One mans search for meaning.


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In this podcast episode, Amos Rodriguez recounts his youth growing up in the violence of El Salvador’s civil war, his travels throughout Central and North America learning primitive survival skills and the spiritual practices of the Native Americans, and his search for meaning.

Amos Rodriguez grew up in El Salvador during its civil war.  As a young child he saw family and friends become victims of torture and death squads.  At wars end, Amos traveled throughout Central America where he experienced the cultures of the Maya and other indigenous peoples.  His natural curiosity about other people and their cultures grew.  Making his way to the United States and attending college there, he was introduced to primitive survival skills.  Making many trips into the wilderness, he honed these skills and developed deeper connections to nature, himself and his spirit.  He met and befriended the Oglala Lakota of South Dakota who taught him the practice of the vision quest.  This spiritual journey led him to the Lakota Sundance Ceremony.  A grueling 4-day ceremonial dance performed without food or water and culminating with a flesh offering to the spirits.  This journey healed the early wounds and has given Amos clarity of his purpose in this life.

Amos teaches primitive skills at the White Pine Wilderness Academy.  https://whitepinewilderness.com

Follow Amos on his Facebook page:   amosrodriguezsurvival

This Podcast is hosted by Adventure Photographer and Writer  Michael J. Reinhart   https://MichaelJReinhart.com 

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