from Wild: An Elemental Journey
by Jay Griffiths
. . . Rasmussen relates a shaman, Igjugarjuk, telling him "True wisdom is only to be found far away from people, out in the great solitude, and it is not found in play but only through suffering. Solitude and suffering open the human mind. . . ."
Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), of Danish and Inuit descent, was a polar explorer and anthropologist.
Jay Griffiths' book is about her travels through various wilderness areas. In large part this was for her a spiritual journey.
by Jay Griffiths
. . . Rasmussen relates a shaman, Igjugarjuk, telling him "True wisdom is only to be found far away from people, out in the great solitude, and it is not found in play but only through suffering. Solitude and suffering open the human mind. . . ."
Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), of Danish and Inuit descent, was a polar explorer and anthropologist.
Jay Griffiths' book is about her travels through various wilderness areas. In large part this was for her a spiritual journey.