The sacred : ways of knowledge, sources of life /

The sacred : ways of knowledge, sources of life /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beck, Peggy V. (Author)
Other Authors: Walters, Anna Lee, 1946-, Francisco, Nia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tsaile, Ariz. : Navajo Community College Press, 1992.
Edition:Redesigned ed.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indian mythology > North America.
Indian mythology.
North America.
Table of Contents:
  • Seeking life : definitions of religion and the sacred
  • Ritual drama and prayer
  • Learning the way : traditional education
  • The boundaries of the world : seasons, origins, and other worlds
  • Shamanism and the world of spirits : the oldest religion
  • The changeable earth : the colonizers and genocide
  • The world out of balance
  • The path of life
  • Girl's puberty ceremonies
  • The Peyote spirit
  • Sacred and secular : Seminole tradition in the midst of change
  • Navajo traditional knowledge
  • Sacred fools and clowns
  • The wandering ground.