Lately, one bad thing after the next, including a terminal diagnosis, seemed to happen to John Holmes, a regular guy. Strangely, his psychiatrist suggests he visit with an anthropologist colleague that could help him gain some perspective through contact with departed relatives. She suggests a trip into altered states as the reasonable next step in his quest and John journeys back in time to meet some of his earliest ancestors. These first experiences make a very profound impression on him and he agrees to travel to France to meet with a shaman. In good spirits for his inevitable passage, he travels far enough to connect with some Paleolithic cave painters. In that special time, John is assisted by his ancestral connection to the Old Ones who make it possible for him to achieve his final objective. 43 b&w illustrations.