| The life of an Amazonian tribal community is brilliantly | | | | Tigres of the Night really has some powerful |
| brought to understanding by the writings of Robert | | | | messages that are most welcome at a time when |
| W. Howe as he followed the true story of Juan | | | | we all need to feel a sense of strength, courage, |
| & Amalia Arcos, lay-missionaries and naturalists | | | | healing, and love. While the book's vivid imagery |
| living in the rainforests along the Amazon. | | | | invites us to experience the lush, tropical splendor of |
| In the mid 1900's Juan Arcos studied to become a | | | | the Amazon Rain Forest, the real value lies in the rich |
| priest under the direction of Father Peter Vosa, a | | | | wisdom imparted by the Shuar people. |
| man who had guided him for the past fifteen years | | | | It is very appropriate to have picture of a cascading |
| of his life. With much prayer and careful | | | | waterfall on the front cover of this book. To the |
| consideration, Juan eventually decided not to become | | | | Shuar people, waterfalls are sacred. If you need |
| a priest. This decision was difficult for him, but God | | | | strength, answers, or wisdom, a man will visit the |
| lead him to become a teaching missionary instead. He | | | | waters in order to get in touch with his soul and find |
| felt strongly that God wanted him to work with the | | | | direction. |
| local tribal people called the Shuar, because he had | | | | Robert W. Howe's writing tells of indigenous wisdom, |
| already learned their language as a child and felt | | | | different ways of life, and is especially focused for |
| connected on a spiritual level. | | | | those who are already missionaries or those who |
| Juan and Amalia's goal was committed to lead a life | | | | wonder if God may be calling them. This book would |
| dedicated to God and His people, the Shuar. They | | | | also be a great resource for your pastor and your |
| are simple, humble people. Being once thought as | | | | Church's library. He created a masterpiece that lives |
| violent, they are in fact generous givers, welcoming | | | | on in one's heart for a lifetime. For the Shuar, their |
| and kind. In Howe's book he describes how the Shuar | | | | homeland is a place of wondrous beauty and great |
| talk with the dead, balance the needs of their men | | | | danger. It's a place where anacondas lurk in the rivers |
| and women, keep peace or wage war, practice the | | | | and jaguars prowl at night, Tigres of the Night is a |
| ancient art of shamanic journeying, and learn from | | | | book that tells their story. You will find that "Tigres |
| the sacred teacher plants (ayahuasca, datura, chicha, | | | | of the Night" includes author's notes, an appendix, |
| and tobacco) and many more tribal customs. He | | | | and a bibliography for further reading. |
| provides a view into the lifestyle of a culture from | | | | Title: Tigres of the Night |
| another time, in a distant place, the lives within the | | | | Author: Robert W. |
| Amazon jungle. | | | | |