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These are books you live with, not just read. One helps you find your own voice again, and the courage to live by it. Another carries the moving testimony of an elder and the memory of his people. Others let your hands think, in colour, in silence, through the quiet teachings of the animal world. All of them point the same way: inward, and a little closer to the person you already are beneath the noise.

Available in English and Italian

They Called Us Savages — Marie-Josée Tardif and Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin

They Called Us Savages

Marie-Josée Tardif and Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin

Éditions Vidacom (English) - Éditions Le Jour (French: On nous appelait les Sauvages)

A finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards. A striking, peace-giving account of life, respect, forgiveness, and healing: T8aminik Rankin, one of the last Indigenous hereditary chiefs in Canada, offers a moving testimony drawn from his people’s memory.

Also available in Italian, under the title La profezia dei 7 fuochi (Amrita Edizioni).

In French (also in Italian)

The books below are published in French; the two mandala journals and La Leçon de Sitar by Les Enseignements Kisis.

La Sagesse des Animaux — Mandala Journal, Adult Edition

La Sagesse des Animaux

Mandala Journal, Adult Edition

Thirty animal mandalas, and the wisdom the animal spirits carry.

Animals are great teachers. They call us back to freedom, to spontaneity, to the intuition and instinct that the intellect so often drowns out. Each mandala becomes a meeting place: as you bring it to life, the animal’s symbol opens a door to reflection, to quiet realizations, to the messages that come in dreams.

Far more than a colouring book: a true inner path, walked one animal at a time. In French.

Le Cercle des Animaux — Mandala Journal, Children’s Edition

Le Cercle des Animaux

Mandala Journal, Children’s Edition

Grandfather Kapiteotak opens the circle of his forest friends to children. Twenty-one protective animals (the Eagle, the Bear, the Turtle, the Wolf…), each with its own wisdom to share. Through stories, gentle guidance, and mandalas to bring to life, children learn to listen to the animals, to discover what each one has to teach, and to feel their quiet protection close by.

In French.

La Leçon de Sitar — Ou l’Art de vibrer de toutes ses cordes

La Leçon de Sitar

Ou l’Art de vibrer de toutes ses cordes

A guide to letting your life express the sacred fire that burns within you.

Finding your true path can be painful. Marie-Josée knew that struggle herself, torn between who others wanted her to be and what she most deeply longed for. Through pages rich with exercises, this book invites you to find your own way to live in full resonance with yourself.

Also available in Italian, under the title Lezione di sitar (Edizioni Il Papavero). In French.

La Médecine des Animaux — Dominique Rankin, Marie-Josée Tardif and Marie Caiazzo

La Médecine des Animaux

Dominique Rankin, Marie-Josée Tardif and Marie Caiazzo

Illustrations: Amélie Clavier - Éditions Véga (Guy Trédaniel)

For the first time, Anicinape hereditary chief Dominique Rankin shares the oral teachings passed down over generations on the medicine of animals.

A boxed set of 44 beautifully illustrated cards, with a 280-page full-colour booklet and a decorated cotton bag to protect them. In French.

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A canoe gliding across a Laurentian lake at dawn, in the mist

Read on

The online programs of Les Enseignements Kisis pick up where these books leave off, to follow from home. In French.

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