Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author Anne Wilson Schaef comes a spiritual guide and everyday living manual for living that vitally respects and integrates the critical life lesson to be garnered from Native elders from around the globe. In Becoming a Hollow Bone Anne Wilson Schaef imparts the richness revealed to her over many years by elder Native Americans, Aborigines, Africans, Maoris, and other indigenous cultures. Wilson Schaef often heard Elders from an all-embracing variety of Native peoples say, "Our legends tell us that a time will come when our wisdom and way of living will be necessary to save the planet, and that time is now." Anyone ready to move from feeling separate to a profound sense of connectedness, from the personal to the global, will find a provocative path in this mind-expanding, stunningly spiritual, yet practical book.