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Itâs not exactly a fairy tale to find yourself on the floor of a Midtown hotel room being shocked with fake electricity, but thatâs where we enter this story.
Take off your shoes, Shaman Durek told me, gesturing to a little patch of carpet patterned to look like wood in a suite heâd rented at the Mondrian on Park Avenue in New York City. Shaman Durek doesnât rely on medicine or plants or earthly tools. He goes right to the top, to the spirits themselves, so that he can clear communication in times of breakdownâto help, for a fee, his clients restore some peace and balance. He doesnât tell you how to live. He wants to help you get out of your own way.