Dances with Spirits: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

by Calvin Helin

Scientific and technological advances have provided the means for destroying planetary life, but does humanity have the wisdom necessary to choose survival? While facing impending danger, cultures worldwide can benefit by exploring tried-and-true perspectives on humankind’s place in the world. One proven measure for greater balance comes through reclaiming the spirit-infused views that ensured the survival of our ancestors for millennia.

214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 26, 2013

About the author

Calvin Helin, a member of the Tsimshian Nation, comes from the community of Lax Kw’alaams on the Northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada. The son of a hereditary chief, Helin works as an attorney and entrepreneur. He has written several publications on law, Aboriginal business, and associated issues, and has developed an international reputation through his best-selling book, Dances with Dependency: Out of Poverty through Self-Reliance, originally published in 2006.

Helin is also the award-winning author of The Economic Dependency Trap: Breaking Free to Self-Reliance. He won the following honors for this ground-breaking book:

•Finalist, USA Best Books Award, Self-Help category


•Gold medalist (tie), IPPY Awards, Self-Help category


•Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, General Nonfiction category


•Finalist, COVR Visionary Awards, General Interest/Self-Help category


Helin runs business enterprises that include the Eagle Group of Companies, LLC, and the Native Investment and Trade Association. He holds a directorship on the Vancouver Board of Trade, GeoScience BC, and the Canada–China Resource Development Foundation. He has received top “40 Under 40” awards for both British Columbia and nationally for Canada. He has served as chairman of a recent Aboriginal trade delegation to China and introduced an innovative business model to promote long-term benefits to Aboriginal people from natural resource development.

Helin also serves as president and advisory board member of the SOS Children’s Village. He teaches at the Shudokan Karate and Education Society, a group he founded in 2002 that provides free martial arts lessons to disadvantaged inner-city children as a way of teaching them discipline, manners, self-respect, and other important life lessons.