CHAPTER 2: ’I’ GO BY MANY NAMES

Qi to the sages of the East,

Prana to the mystics of the Indus,

Ka to the priests of Egypt,

Od to the seers of the North,

Ruach among prophets of the desert,

Reiryoku to the shrinekeepers,

Anima to the thinkers of Rome,

Baraka to the desert wanderers,

Orenda

to the shamans of the wild,

Vitalis among scholars of the Old World,

Tala in the islands of the sun,

Maban to the dreamers of the South,

—and more, for the world was rich with names.

Call it what you wish, but the current remains unchanged.

Mana... The unseen breath of miracles, the silent current of all living things.