"True all Medicine People work to heal! And some use herbs (Plant Beings) as part of their healing or curing practice. But the truth is the Plant Beings themselves are the ones who choose to be there if needed. And the Medicine Person, who uses and knows the Plant Beings, hears their voices calling to him or her and knows if there is a need of them. So "Medicine" by itself has nothing to do with plant beings unless there is a need."

"Within a week I was on the road with this other man heading to S. Dakota. When I arrived on the mountain I met and spent time with several Medicine Men all of which had unbelievable teachings for me and then there was the mountain itself, the biggest teacher of all."

"He had spent four days standing with an Eagle talon buried in his back, tied to a tree and a thirty-pound buffalo robe around his shoulders. I know this sounds extreme, but the Spirit of this man was powerful and totally un-macho. Without sleeping or resting from his ordeal he spent the rest of the day helping others."