Sacred Texts: Native American Wisdom - Couverture rigide

Jacobs

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1905857721 ISBN 13 : 9781905857722

Editeur : Watkins Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

This title contains moving quotations from leading American Native Indians, Chiefs, Medicine Men, as well as ordinary people, poems, songs, prose, speeches and stories both past and present. The spiritual wisdom of these peoples is based on a love and reverence for Nature, a belief in a Supreme Being and a spirit world which interacts with human activity. The contents are in alphabetical order and are grouped around the main Native Indian Nations from Apache to Zuni, including the Sioux, Eskimo, Cherokee and many more. It also includes tributes from famous Poets such as Longfellow and George Meredith etc. The introduction is by a leading authority in the field, Dr. Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of Leeds. He puts the broad scope of the anthology in historical context and explains succinctly and intelligently the wonderful diversity of cultures and languages that it celebrates.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Jacobs has made a lifelong study of mysticism and is a regularly published author and poet. He is the editor of Poetry for the Spirit and Tales from Rumi and the beautiful poetic translations of The Gnostic Gospels and The Upanisads in this series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Watkins Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905857721
• ISBN 13: 9781905857722
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible