title: Entering the Shaman's Eye: The journey of a Parisian seeker in the high desert
author: Maud Sejournant
description: The French edition of this book, <i>Le Cercle de vie</i>, is now in its seventh printing, with nearly 20,000 copies sold. This translation makes S&#233;journant's wisdom and insights available to a wider audience. Through personal stories and practical how-to exercises, <i>Entering the Shaman's Eye</i> offers ways that readers can integrate transpersonal perspectives into our daily lives.
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  Sabina
  
  A thud sounded as my jeweled feet landed on the cobblestone road. After days
  in the covered wagon, we finally arrived to Paris.
  
  Expanding my lungs with as much air as they could take, I closed my eyes to
  our new beginning.
  
  After being chased out of all the villages we’ve tried to settle in, something
  always caused us to flee. Part of me had a good feeling about Paris, but I
  knew so many feared the larger city.
  
  Nomads by culture, we felt the need to move more often than not. Though, most
  didn’t understand that we mostly moved by force.
  
  Our way of life was frowned upon by many. When something different came along,
  most thought it was the work of the devil.
  
  Our clothing and beads weren’t accepted, but they didn’t want to know the
  reasoning behind our culture. We were in-tune with the spirits of our
  ancestors. We understood there were energies at work in the universe that
  couldn’t be explained under a simple god.
  
  Though, some of our people would flock t