Douglas Wright Boyd è stato un ricercatore umanitario, conferenziere, insegnante, attivista e autore di fama internazionale. È stato direttore fondatore del Cross-Cultural Studies Program, un'indagine a lungo termine su ideologie tradizionali ed esoteriche. Boyd ha viaggiato per il mondo, studiando con adepti e guaritori di diverse tradizioni e culture. Era un maestro narratore dotato di arguzia penetrante, che condivideva racconti personali di esperienze telepatiche, comunicazione, evocazione della pioggia e guarigione psichica, raccolti da anni di lavoro e apprendimento con yogi, monaci, guaritori psichici e uomini di medicina di molte culture.
The book delves into the teachings and extraordinary mental abilities of contemporary mystics, highlighting their unique human qualities and personalities. Through insightful exploration, it reveals how these individuals harness their mental powers and the implications of their teachings on personal growth and understanding.
Rolling Thunder, the subject of this book, is a keeper of tribal secrets-a modern medicine man. After witnessing one of Rolling Thunder's healing rituals at a conference sponsored by the research department of the Menninger Foundation, Doug Boyd decided to open his mind fully to the mysteries of such secret healing powers as might be revealed to him. Boyd's book is an account by a contemporary white man of the inner experience of American Indians, an exploration into what some accept as the "real" world. To the believer or to the skeptic, Boyd's experiences form a penetrating and challenging story of a world that is little known to most Americans.