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Available
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Publication
Fulcrum Publishing (2006), Edition: 2nd Edition, 272 pages
Description
Deloria looks at medicine men, their powers, and the Earth's relation to the cosmos.
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LibraryThing member juniperSun
Drawing heavily on examples in early writings from anthropologists and missionaraies, among others, Deloria builds his case for spiritual abilitie of 'medicine men' (and women) carefully, devoting separate chapters to receiving powers through dreams, healings they conduct, their communications with
One aspect the reader may notice upon reading the exerpts which range from 1600's to 1900's, tho not explicitly mentioned, is how the attitude of the whites has changed from attributing powers as being from Satan, to suspecting chicanery, to desire to grasp these powers for themselves.
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other species (animals, plants), relations to the land (sacred stones) and universe (eg affecting weather, sun movement). All this leads Deloria to acknowledge their being able to work with space, time, and matter in a manner that fits into the newer physics of quantum energy rather than into Newtonian-based understanding most people have of how the world works in our daily lives.One aspect the reader may notice upon reading the exerpts which range from 1600's to 1900's, tho not explicitly mentioned, is how the attitude of the whites has changed from attributing powers as being from Satan, to suspecting chicanery, to desire to grasp these powers for themselves.
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Original language
English
Physical description
272 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
9781555915643
UPC
757739056470