Path of the Wise Man – the Wise Woman
A wise man/wise woman appears as a guide, a person who points out the path to others. Furthermore, a wise man/wise woman is a philosopher, teacher, practitioner of truth, and a metaphysician—medicine person/earth doctor: a combination of shaman (curandero) mystic, and priest.
People all over the planet are looking for effective natural healing. We have the power to restore our connection with nature, limit and possibly reverse climate change, and create lasting change and health in our communities. It’s within each of us. Medicine of Mother Earth is a guide for those who are seeking to return to their natural state of well-being.
Medicine of Mother Earth is a holistic approach that encompasses the interconnectedness of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Indigenous cultures have a deep spiritual connection to the land and nature, which is seen as essential for well-being. Indigenous cultures often describe a reciprocal relationship with the land, where they take from nature but also give back, not just through physical actions but through spiritual reciprocity. Spiritual health is central to Indigenous worldviews, connecting individuals to something larger than themselves, their ancestors, and the natural world. Hopefully, Medicine of Mother Earth will reshape or expand your relationship with nature along the lines of Indigenous wisdoms and ways.
If all the green things that grow were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the four-legged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the winged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all our relatives who crawl and swim and live within the earth were taken away, there could be no life. But if all the human beings were taken away, life on earth would flourish. That is how insignificant we are. —Russell Means, Oglala Lakota Nation (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012).
A little known truth, historically the term “medicine” came to supplant the term “mystery” among Native Americans, largely due to translation and cultural encounters with Europeans during the nineteenth century. In many Indigenous cultures, the concepts that Europeans later referred to as “medicine” were originally linked to spiritual power, the sacred, or the unknown. For instance, in Siouxan cultures, the omnipresent divine spirit is referred to as Wakȟáŋ Tháŋka, which is often translated as “Great Spirit” but is arguably more accurately translated as the “Great Mystery.”
Over time, the English term “medicine” became the prevalent term used by both non-Native individuals and, eventually, by Native Americans themselves when speaking English, to refer to spiritual healing, power, and traditional practices that were not just about physical curing in the Western biomedical sense. This term encompasses a holistic view of health, integrating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Today, within the ceremonial context of Indigenous North American communities, “medicine” usually refers to spiritual power, healing, and a deep, respectful connection to the natural world, spirits and the Otherworld.
The change in terminology reflects a shift in how these practices were understood and communicated within a dominant English-speaking context, moving from the more abstract “mystery” to the more functional “medicine,” albeit with a much broader meaning than in Western medicine.
About us
Rev. Dr. JC Husfelt, Morning Star, is a metaphysician, philosopher and medicine man (earth doctor). Dr. Husfelt is a published author and the author of eight books with his ninth book to be published in 2026. Rev. Sherry Husfelt is a medicine woman and teacher, empath, counselor, healer, and a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. They have undertaken a journey through the spiritual lore of Indigenous cultures throughout the world. Their quest began in 1981 with an encounter with a ghostly monk in Glastonbury, England. In 1993, Dr. Husfelt had a vision with a voice from heaven identifying him as the Morning Star. His Indigenous medicine name is Big Cat That Flies.
They are holders of spiritual/shamanic lineages/traditions. One of the lineages is from the Canadian Northwest First People. They were passed-on the medicine power and the authority to perform submersion bathing ritual of death and rebirth, burnings (“feeding the ancestors/spirits”), and shamanic healing after a long apprenticeship with Mom and Vince Stogan, revered spiritual healers and Indian Doctors (shamans) of the Coast Salish – Musqueam Indian Band.
Another lineage was passed on to Dr. Husfelt by don Eduardo Calderon Palomino, Wizard of the Four Winds, who gave him his medicine name “big cat that flies,” initiated him in the sacred lagoon located on the mystical and mythic Markawasi Plateau, 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) above sea level after being on death’s door while hiking the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru – Land of the Condor – in 1988.
Health, healing, and medicine permeated the daily lives of our Indigenous ancestors. Holistic by its very nature, Indigenous health, healing, and medicine takes into account not only the physical ills of the body but the effects of the spirit such as attitudes toward life and living and emotions such as grief, depression, anger, fright, etc., and recognizing how all are intertwined together. After being successfully applied for thousands of years, evidence-based methods are one of the hallmarks of indigenous medicine.
Indigenous Medicine Doctors (Earth Doctors – Shamans) recognized healing as an integrative, comprehensive approach, with everybody, including the healer, the patient, spirits, plants, etc. working together to bring about the healing. There is no single component more important than the other, and especially important is prayer—thoughts and words from our heart.
Indigenous shamans – earth doctors knew that there was no separation between the body, mind, and spirit (soul) and between the physical and spiritual realms. All blended together as one. Most important was the “life force,” sacred energy that is everywhere and permeates everything – mountains, rivers, houses, animals, plants, people – and is from a divine, spiritual source. We call this energy the “Force” known as subtle or dark energy. Dark meaning it can’t be seen.
Medicine Journeys
It’s what We do
We Far Travel the World
And We know Things.
Far traveling, wandering to distant lands into the unknown, is necessary for awakening and medicine power.