Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows

R. Michael Fisher has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and a masters of adult education from The University of British Columbia. He is the founder of the In Search of Fearlessness Project and Research Institute. Fisher is the author of hundreds of published articles, as well as book chapters and monographs, focusing on the topics of education, fear, and fearlessness. His two prior books are leading-edge explorations: The World’s Fearlessness Teachings (2010) and Philosophy of Fearism (2016).

‘‘R. Michael Fisher, in this significant and life-changing book, «Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows», has captured how Four Arrows (aka Don Trent Jacobs) is a dynamic ‘force of nature’ who utilizes ‘courage and fearlessness’ to consciously break the paralyzing trances of Western culture. In doing so, Fisher describes how this man of action, who ‘walks his talk,’ has found a path of ‘primal awareness’ that has led him to a deep immersion into Indigenous cultures—their stories, consciousness, wisdom, and struggles. The author shows how Four Arrows understands the complementary forces of Western and Indigenous cultures—and, if each of their best virtues are practiced with bravery and heart, they can move us toward a deep integration and rebalancing of ourselves and our civilization, at this time of peril.’’—Howard Teich, Ph.D., psychologist and author of «Solar Light, Lunar Light: Perspective in Human Consciousness»

• Photographs and Figures – Acknowledgments – Shirley R. Steinberg: Foreword: On Being a Warrior – Preface – Introduction – Part I: Fearless – Fearless Waters Deep – "Walking a Path of Harmony" – Radicalization of a Moralist – Part I Study Questions and Practices – Part II: Fearlessness – CAT-Nature as (Com)passionate Gifting – Dancing in/with the Spirit of Fearlessness – Part II Study Questions and Practices – Interlude – Part III: Courage(ous) – Radical Honesty: Harnessing the Magic of Fear – Befriending the "Gift of Fear" – Part III Study Questions and Practices – Part IV: Brave(ry) – The Bronco and the Boat – Part IV Study Questions and Practices – Four Arrows: Epilogue – Appendix: The CAT-FAWN Model – Index.