Original Wisdom
Original Wisdom is a memoir of the authors experiences with the Sng’oi of Malaysia. The Sng’oi were an indigenous culture that has become extinct since the events happened approximately forty years ago.
Like most aboriginal cultures, the Sng’oi don’t have the problems of modern civilization. Stress and worry don’t exist. People live carefree without these self-imposed issues. Original Wisdom covers much of the same material as other books I’ve read which talk about the issues of modern “civilized society”.
The parts of the books that I didn’t really care for were the more spiritual themes, such as the interpretation of dreams, and the ‘vision quest’ that the author takes. I guess I’m a bit too skeptical for a book like this. I just don’t know if I believe everything that the author claims happened to him.
