Old Magic, Lives of the Desert Shamans Then & Now scale 1:42

scale 1:42

2016 - 1:13

Shaded-relief Topo map

Tourists and Hollywood stars flocked to the lakefront hotels and homes

reminding us that Los Angeles has been a multiethnic city since its birth

Old Magic, Lives of the Desert Shamans Then & Now scale 1:42For a thousand generations, desert shamans of the far West sought order in the stars and in the mysteries and wonder of their grand, if unforgiving landscape. When summoned, they doctored the stricken, be they stoic elders or frightened little children. They conjured rains. Taking leave of reality, they rode whirlwinds and soared in magical flight. They epitomized a Native American ability to relate to the land in ways beyond a Western way of thinking.