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	Traditional Doctor Mvanah Maloti is a Metis man of Irish and Cherokee origin and was a Manitou before his ancestral spirits called him to train and heal in the Kingdom of Swaziland (South Africa) in the tradition of Zulu shamanism. Raised in the presence of Native American/First Nation people, Vanah began to heal in his familial traditions at the age of 12. Considered "gifted" he was taken under the wings of his grandfather and great grandfathers and mentored appropriately. At 14 years old Vanah began to heal with sound, crystals and spirit energy. After High School he attended a post-secondary school in the valley to study NLP and Core Issue Hypnotherapy. The kind Doctor remained with that Institution for nearly 3 years time during the course of which he majored in group mind dynamics, the placebo effect and ecstatic states (shamanic states) of consciousness. It was during this period that Vanah again became heavily involved with firewalking and the regular sweat lodge and medicine wheel ceremonies of his people. At the age of 18 the young man began to study with various mystery schools and societies including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Rosicrucian Order(s) and became a Master Freemason within the Acacia Lodge of his home town. At 20 he went on a shamanic pilgrimage through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and into the Black Hills of North and South Dakota in search of "Miracle Moon" the sacred white buffalo of the Lakota Sioux prophecies. Together with an Arapaho friend and healer they were finally successful in their endeavors and met up with Miracle and her Native caretakers in Custer, SD. At only 21 “trips around the Sun” he was formally initiated into a Mestizo (mixed blood) order of shamanic healers and medicine men.

After his hypnotherapy training and education (supplemented by years of working experience with mineral spirits, crystals and Usui, Karuna ™ and Seichim Reiki), Vanah decided to go back to school in order to learn Massage Therapy and Bodywork for use in his work as a healer. Off to the Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT) he went and eventually became the center point of his graduating class. His goal at UCMT was to combine the body with the mind and spirit in order to form a holistic approach to classic “health and wellness.” This combined both ancient and contemporary modalities and systems of thought and consciousness. While there Mvanah Maloti specialized in Cranial Sacral Therapy, Deep Tissue Bodywork and Structural Integration. He also leaned heavily towards the energetic modalities such as acupressure while implementing indigenous medicines simultaneously. Taking advanced courses in nutrition, herbology, breath work, aromatherapy, homeopathics, GeoTran and EFT (among other modalities) he excelled quickly and was now being widely sought after by people from all walks of life for healing and spiritual diagnosis. After this experience and having generated quite the “following” over the years, he went to work with a Chiropractic Doctor in Sandy (Utah) where his business flourished. It was not until 2004 that TDr. Mvanah Maloti received the order from spiritual beings presenting in the form of his ancestors to become a traditional healer in the Zulu fashion. This came in the form of dreams and sickness that our budding shaman could not heal or address alone.

	"In these dreams I was in Africa sitting on earthen floors throwing bones and concocting muti - traditional plant medicines. My consciousness would expand across the landscapes to include grass huts, elephants, lions and hippos. I knew instinctively that I was in Africa." In various dreams and visions which lasted for months Vanah experienced himself with the Zulu healers . . . drumming, rattling, singing, dancing, chanting and praying. These were ways in which he had already healed and blessed and worked and it felt very natural and comfortable up to this point. The dreams persisted and he traveled to Swaziland as per instructions from the world of Spirit to live and train with the Amazulu. "I was diagnosed by various Sangoma’s and tribal elders who had dreams about me years before my arrival. Over time my body has become adorned with various marks, scars, piercing, branding and tattoos to mark rites of passage and initiations, spiritual rebirthing and alterations in my consciousness as a man. The Zulu produced written records describing my appearance in detail years before our meeting." The Zulu had dreams, visions and journals of a painted healer coming to be with them and recognized Vanah immediately upon their meeting. After making first contact with the Amazulu the elders replied in writing, “Come quickly, son. We are waiting for you now.” “During my first diagnosis (much like a reading) with bones by 85 year old Zulu Elder and Master Sangoma PH Mntshali, the HEALER and PROPHET bones landed in my lap on the first throw and casting. Eyes grew wide as smiles of acceptance spread like a wild fire across the faces of those present.”

This information confirmed that he was indeed possessed by ancestral spirits and was to become a Sangoma (traditional healer) in the Zulu fashion. He is one of just 4 American’s ever to complete this grueling process of training, initiation, qualification, examination and graduation as a Traditional Doctor in the South African tradition of Zulu shamanism. Back at home he maintains this “call to heal” with a full time practice and spends his free time writing about indigenous spirituality and healing rites the result of which has been a focused work titled “Shapeshifter.” This young man is truly an “Old Soul” and his life has been regarded as living anthropology and a Pillar of Light and spirituality manifest through direct action. He is a testament to the healing powers of the mind and spirit and living proof that dreams can and do come true. He offers his work and writing for the benefit of the Earth from which he draws his inspiration. Enjoy this man while you can still get to him! He is destined for greatness. Sincerely, Kathleen McDurmad, Ph.D San Francisco - Feb 14th, 2006