Sunday, December 12, 2010

Medicine Man

When Liz gets to Bali, she immediately finds a place to stay and then right away goes on her search for the medicine man that she met over a year ago that told her she would return to that place to stay with him for several months. Mario (the guy that works at the hotel, who has become a friend) knows of this man and takes her to him. The man's name is Ketut Liyer. At first he doesn't remember her, but when she mentions that she's the book writer from New York he suddenly seems to remember. Ketut asks her to come visit him each day to help him practice English and she can sit in on all his sessions. Now, you might be curious as to what I even mean by a "medicine man". A medicine man is a healer, both spiritual and physical. If you are sick with a fever, you would go to the medicine man to fix it because you might be possessed by some demon. He'll give you perhaps a mixture of something or something to recite to help rid of the evil. (It's hard to explain it, but if you read the book you would understand what this guy is all about).
Since this book is the true story if Elizabeth Gilbert and her search to find herself, there are actual pictures of Ketut Liyer (who really exists!).

Ketut Liyer

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