Voices of Our Ancestors: Cherokee Teachings from the Wisdom Fire

Voices of Our Ancestors: Cherokee Teachings from the Wisdom Fire
by Dhyani Ywahoo

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Author: Dhyani Ywahoo
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987-11-12
ISBN: 0877734100
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Shambhala

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Book Review: Information that provides a path to reconnect and live.
Summary: 5 Stars

The invasion of the Western Hemisphere in the 16th century is for many the beginning of history here as well - history is written by the victor and this is the most readily accessible knowledge in our society. So the first benefit of reading this book is its eye-opening presentation of views rooted in another history - the one that was already well under way in 1492 and which is kept alive in songs, habits and traditions handed down though the years of genocide to this day.

Ywahoo & Du Bois have provided a treasure - a book capable of aiding the off-axis "Western" mind in the journey back from a hell created by the "White" or Western world view which views nature and the material world as abstractions to be owned, used and disposed of. What we have forgotten is what the First Nations have always known.

The book is medicine against the malaise of debilitating falsehoods that arise in the historic conflict between Western and Native peoples. People, of whatever "race", have the choice to make a life that resonates in harmony with nature - or to identify easily and without reflection with the world of the conquerors (i.e. "the world has always been like this..." -- "Progress is Good, Growth is Good, Man is Destined to Rule the Earth"). But this choice is not "racial" at all -

the book drew me away from "us and them" conundrums that confuse through false divisions of race, ethnicity etc. The identity of a person is determined partly by circumstance but ultimately the truth is that the world is literally what we imagine it to be - in the case of "White" culture, a world of scarcity, competition and souless "inanimate raw materials" to be endlessly hunted down and exploited for their "value". The point is that with information such as is found in 'Voices of Our Ancestors' one can further the process of finding within one's self the root identity beneath the victor's false veneer of "historic" identity. One can struggle to remove the blinds and refuse to be identified by one's masters (the victors definately won something) as "White", "Black", "Red", "Brown". This is the path away from the precipice, the collapse of the web of life which is the legacy of a culture whose dreams are lies and in whose thrall I find myself less and less thanks to books like 'Voices of Our Ancestors'

P.S. - I have lent two copies which have not returned... if you who reads this find an extra, send it my way :-)

Summary of Voices of Our Ancestors: Cherokee Teachings from the Wisdom Fire

Dhyani Ywahoo is a member of the traditional Etowah Band of the Eastern Tsalagi (Cherokee) Nation. Trained by her grandparents, she is the twenty-seventh generation to carry the ancestral wisdom of the Ywahoo lineage. Charged with the duty to rekindle the fire of clear mind and right relationship in these changing times, she is a guide to all who walk the Beauty Road. In her first book she shares with readers these precious oral teachings of her people.

Voices of Our Ancestors teaches practical ways of transforming obstacles to happiness and good relationships, fulfilling one's life purpose, manifesting peace and abundance, and renewing the planet. It includes meditations; healing rituals; instructions for working with crystals; and teachings on how to practice generosity and harmony.

According to the ancient Native American calendar, we have recently entered a new cycle of Thirteen Heavens, a new age in which we have the opportunity to let go of aggression and fear and begin to live a life of enlightened consciousness. With a voice that is powerful, prophetic, and compassionate, Dhyani Ywahoo calls on us to become "Peacekeepers" in our hearts and in the world.

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