Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
by Robert Lake-Thom
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Author: Robert Lake-ThomEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08-01
ISBN: 0452276500
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Plume
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Book Review: I am now Pathfinder
Summary: 5 Stars
What you will likely discover, as I discovered, after reading Bobby Lake-Thom's book, "Spirits of the Earth, A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies," is everything around you begins to hold new meaning. Connections among life events start forming in ways you never thought of, before reading the book. Ancient traditions and myths of the Native American people begin to seep into your perspective of ordinary daily events and reality. Signs and signals are found with new meaning to life's directions, all of which lead to new moments of the "Ah-ha!" experience in spiritual awareness. Even the way you conduct your rountine daily business begins to take on new and interesting challenges and perspectives.
All these things leads one to then feel that in some aspects of life, modern civilization might be wise to relearn ancient ways and consider using those ancient truths that do not violate our own core values. When you see ancient Native American Indian signs actually lead to the events of their predictive-meanings, it opens the mind to a higher plane of respect for all people regardless of their background, sophistication, and cultural attitudes or education. One begins to see dignity in people where you may have held pity. You begin to hold other cultures and many of their discoveries in much higher regard. Even reading the Holy Bible takes on new and deeper meanings and understandings.
A chain of many tribes forming a living human fabric of the Native American experience was surprisingly unified spiritually across the entire continent. While they did not always live in peace necessarily, they were spiritually unified to a significant degree to the point that spirit traditions on the East Coast where often identical to spirit traditions on the West Coast. Each thing, each animal, had its own spiritual meaning (with some tribal variances of course). [...]
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Summary of Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
A Native American healer explores the symbolic meanings of animals in Native American legends and tales and explains how one can get in touch with animal spirits through dreams, ceremonies, or sacred objects and places. Original."United States Books
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