Reluctant Pilgrim : a Skeptic's Journey into Native Mysteries.
Forty years ago, while paging through a book sent as an unexpected gift from a friend, Roger Welsch came across a curious reference to stones that were round, "like the sun and moon." According to Tatonka-ohitka, Brave Buffalo (Sioux), these stones were sacred. "I make my request of t...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Summary: | Forty years ago, while paging through a book sent as an unexpected gift from a friend, Roger Welsch came across a curious reference to stones that were round, "like the sun and moon." According to Tatonka-ohitka, Brave Buffalo (Sioux), these stones were sacred. "I make my request of the stones and they are my intercessors," Brave Buffalo explained. Moments later, another friend appeared at Welsch's door bearing yet another unusual gift: a perfectly round white stone found on top of a mesa in Colorado. So began Welsch's lesson from stones, gifts that always presented themselves unexpectedly: du. |
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| Item Description: | ""Other Works by Roger Welsch"" |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (415 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780803274259 0803274254 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
