In a remote corner of northern Michigan, the residents of Leelanau County have a secret society that has been living on the peninsula for thousands of years. *** CONTENT Intro A Blue Tattoo An Unexpected Encounter Welcome To Reality Unwanted Developments Life With A Spirit Animal Transformative News The Real Legend Of The Sleeping Bears A Sinister Truth Revealed Father Of The Bribe The Bear Lunar Counter Measures Playing With Fire The Circus Comes To Town A Return To A Beginning.
I could run out.
My bike was still on the rack.
I tilted back my beer to avoid saying something rude and started to consider an exit plan.
We were strangers just hours ago and now she was telling me fairy tales.
But I wasn\'t so sure about that.
Hannah shot me a pleasant smile.
Looks like that\'s going to me.
Talk about a cosmic harmony! She knew she wouldn\'t have time to mentor you-that\'s really not the role of a spirit bear anyway-so she gave you her unique signature, knowing you were heading here, and figured someone would take you in.
Obviously there are, but she could easily spot hibernating clan members like yourself.
A few weeks ago Blue started on a journey to find out if there were more of us outside The County.
That magical honey was other-worldly, wasn\'t it? Well, that\'s because it is.
She can easily see both worlds and travel extensively between them.
Blue is what we call a spirit bear.
Nonetheless, she continued.
My sideward glance must have indicated my skepticism.
We-members of our clan-have the ability to slip into that that world and return as bears.
The other world, some cultures refer to it as the invisible world, the spirit world, nirvana, a heightened sense of reality, a vision of clarity.
There are two worlds existing in parallel balance, side by side, the one you can see is the material world around us.
She was watching to make sure I was tuned in.
Our clan\'s spirit animal is a black bear. *** From Chapter 3, Welcome To Reality You\'re part of a genetic clan although you\'re parents probably never knew about it, either.
In the months that follow, he becomes deeply involved with the Sleeping Bear clan and-depending on your point of view-a murder.
One evening, a traveler has a chance encounter with a spirit bear and discovers he has a hidden history of his own.
They are the bear-transforming descendants of tribes who crossed Lake Michigan millennia ago to escape the destruction of Their clan.
In a remote corner of northern Michigan, the residents of Leelanau County have a secret society that has been living on the peninsula for thousands of years
