David Cumes, MD received his surgical training in Johannesburg and has taught at Stanford Medical Center. After extensive travel which included time with the Bushmen and shamans in Peru and South Africa, Dave was initiated as a sangoma or medicine man in South Africa in 2002. He is the author of five books, 'Inner Passages Outer Journeys,' 'The Spirit of Healing,' 'Africa in my Bones,' 'Healing Trees and Plants of the Lowveld' and 'Messages from the Ancestors – Wisdom for the Way.' Dave is a bridge between Western medicine and indigenous healing wisdom, maintaining his surgical practice while also practicing as a sangoma out of his home. His roots are in Africa and his quest is to bring the primal essence of these methods back to the West.