13 Facts About Princess Märtha Louise Of Norway’s Controversial Fiancé

In addition to accessing his wisdom through live streams, Zoom workshops, and private sessions, followers of Shaman Durek can read his book, “Spirit Hacking: Shamanic Keys to Reclaim Your Personal Power, Transform Yourself, and Light Up the World.”

Published in 2019, “Spirit Hacking” contains advice, spiritual tools, and meditation techniques. Although the book was received positively by many in the celebrity wellness community, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Gerard Butler, it eventually landed in hot water for the validity and ethics of some of the claims it made. At the heart of the controversy is a false claim about cancer. “What Durek writes about, for example, is that when children have cancer, it’s because they’re unhappy and thinking about it, so yeah, I just don’t have an adequate comment on this,” Knut Ola Ulvestad, publishing manager of Cappelen Damm, told VG. Cappelen Damm pulled “Spirit Hacking” from the shelves in October 2019, just over a week after the book was originally published. Ulvestad claimed that “it became impossible to publish this book. If this is read literally, it can simply be harmful.”

Despite the number of people who took offense to Verrett’s insensitive claims, Princess Märtha Louise has been very supportive of her fiancé’s work. On the day it was published, she posted a photo of her holding the book on Instagram with the caption: “This book is something else. Read it and find out for yourself how to hack your spirit, stop being a bobble head or a sheeple and get on the lit train for GIANTS.”