Spirit Song: The Visionary Wisdom of No-Eyes by Mary Summer Rain (1989-04-06)

by Mary S.; Friedman Rain, Robert (editor)

Paperback, 1989

Status

Available

Call number

D > Biography

Description

The first volume in a series of books written by Mary Summer Rain about her experiences with an extraordinary Native American shaman called "No-Eyes," Spirit Song has become one of the best-selling and most important books in the literature and philosophy of what has been called the "new-age." Mary Summer Rain was the last student of the blind-from-birth Chippewa visionary, and spent many days in the remote cabin in the mountains with the woman who would become her beloved friend and teach her the many lessons of the spirit and of the Earth Mother. But it is the unique interaction between the two that provides the emotional power behind the profound teachings of the old woman. The wonderfully lyrical descriptions of the vivid seasonal beauty of Colorado serve as a backdrop for this unfolding narrative.… (more)

Publication

Hampton Roads Publishing (1989), Edition: First Soft-Cover Edition., 160 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member melsmarsh
Now, I am pretty much as open minded as they come as far as "experiences", and I rarely doubt someone. Shamanism, ESP, Ghosts, Spirits, whatever.

However, some of this is so general that one wonders. Additionally, the very precise quotes which are said to be the real accurate quotes (yet someone did
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not record things when they were being spoken) just makes me wonder, as a scholar, about how truthful the rest of the book. Additionally, on p 109 in my edition, it basically says she was told to write the book because automatically people will believe the author.

I want to believe, but I don't. I know better and that is coming from someone who loves weird things. The book has more the markings of someone who is trying to make a quick buck than someone who is real and legitimate.
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D > Biography

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

160 p.

ISBN

089865405X / 9780898654059
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