A personal journey of discovery following his dramatic near death experience. Trying to escape a violent and alcoholic past, Stephen Mulhearn finds himself on the brink of death in a Glasgow hospital. As he leaves his body on the operating table he encounters a spiritual master who brings him back to life. Leaving hospital, Stephen embarks on a quest to track down the woman who saved him. On the way he experiences miraculous rituals; gathering profound insights from shamans and healers in North and South America. Returning home, he is guided to scale an ancient Druid mountain in search of his Celtic ancestors. He discovers the secret of transcending suffering and attempts to bring back hope to the culture that nearly killed him.—Anonymous
Scottish Filmmaker Stephen Mulhearn takes us on a personal journey of discovery and transformationfollowing his dramatic near death experience. Trying to escape a violent andalcoholic past, he finds himself on the brink of death in a Glasgow hospital. Ashe leaves his body on the operating table he encounters a spiritual masterwho brings him back to life. This transcendent experience shatters everythinghe believes to be true.Leaving hospital, he embarks on a quest to track down the woman who savedhim. On the way he experiences miraculous rituals; gathering profoundinsights from shamans and healers in North and South America. From the deserts of New Mexico to theancient city of Machu Picchu, he receives powerful insights into escaping theghosts of his past. Helped by an Apache ceremonial leader and a NativeAmerican elder, he is initiated into a sacred ceremony. High in the PeruvianAndes, he undergoes profound transformation within the presence of a jungleshaman. At the end of his travels he is finally reunited with the spiritual masterwho saved his life and discovers the profound truth of his near deathexperience.Returning home to Scotland, his quest ends on the top of an ancient Druidmountain. Here, in the land of his ancestors, he finally discovers the secret oftranscending suffering. Coming off this Celtic mountain, he is determined tobring back hope to the culture that nearly killed him. Will this changed man beaccepted in his old world, or will the demons of his past drag him back down?
