Transcending the Storm
Scottish Filmmaker Stephen Mulhearn takes us on a personal journey of discovery and transformation following his dramatic near death experience. Trying to escape a violent and alcoholic past, he finds…
Transcending the Storm
Scottish Filmmaker Stephen Mulhearn takes us on a personal journey of discovery and transformation following his dramatic near death experience. Trying to escape a violent and alcoholic past, he 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. This transcendent experience shatters everything he believes to be true. Leaving hospital, he 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. From the deserts of New Mexico to the ancient city of Machu Picchu, he receives powerful insights into escaping the ghosts of his past. Helped by an Apache ceremonial leader and a Native American elder, he is initiated into a sacred ceremony. High in the Peruvian Andes, he undergoes profound transformation within the presence of a jungle shaman. At the end of his travels he is finally reunited with the spiritual master who saved his life and discovers the profound truth of his near death experience. Returning home to Scotland, his quest ends on the top of an ancient Druid mountain. Here, in the land of his ancestors, he finally discovers the secret of transcending suffering. Coming off this Celtic mountain, he is determined to bring back hope to the culture that nearly killed him. Will this changed man be accepted in his old world, or will the demons of his past drag him back down?
Transcending the Storm
Documentary,Drama
Film Details
Scottish Filmmaker Stephen Mulhearn takes us on a personal journey of discovery and transformation following his dramatic near death experience. Trying to escape a violent and alcoholic past, he 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.
This transcendent experience shatters everything he believes to be true. Leaving hospital, he 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.
From the deserts of New Mexico to the ancient city of Machu Picchu, he receives powerful insights into escaping the ghosts of his past. Helped by an Apache ceremonial leader and a Native American elder, he is initiated into a sacred ceremony. High in the Peruvian Andes, he undergoes profound transformation within the presence of a jungle shaman.
At the end of his travels he is finally reunited with the spiritual master who saved his life and discovers the profound truth of his near death experience. Returning home to Scotland, his quest ends on the top of an ancient Druid mountain. Here, in the land of his ancestors, he finally discovers the secret of transcending suffering.
Coming off this Celtic mountain, he is determined to bring back hope to the culture that nearly killed him. Will this changed man be accepted in his old world, or will the demons of his past drag him back down?.