In "American Indian Prophecies", Kurt Kaltreider PhD, has written a uniquely fascinating work that brings together indigenous American culture, values and spirituality as seen as through Indian prophecies, visions and dreams. This work comprises a series of fact-based conversations between two fictional characters: young John Pearson of the New England gentry and Chasing Deer, a Cheyenne/Lakota elder and keeper of the true history of the Americas. As the conversations unfold, the plight of contemporary Euro-American civilization becomes clear as it is contrasted with the rich tradition of the American Indian, bringing many interesting questions to light.
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Kurt Kaltreider, PhD, is of Nanticoke, German and English descent. He graduated from Gettysburg College and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy and clinical psychology from the University of Tennessee. Kaltreider is a leading authority on mathematical value theory, or formal axiology, upon which he based a highly successful investment model, which he uses to explore human values. As a result of the erosion of traditional Indian cultures, he devotes himself full-time to the protection and support of the ways of his ancestors.
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A moving book with perhaps THE essential message of our time,
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Dr. Kaltreider has captured the essence of the dilemma facing the modern technological society of the West and increasingly of developing countries: the rape and disregard for the earth and for the interconnectedness of all life on the planet. The juxtaposition of the life led by Native Americans before the European conquest with the immense problems we face in our societies, our industries, our building ecological disaster is the fabric of many Native American prophecies which fortell a time of decision or a descent into complete destruction of humankind and much of the rest of the planet. The conversations with Chasing Deer do reveal a clear way to avoid the dire predictions as revealed in many Native American tribal legends, but that way requires us to acknowledge that we are in desperate straits and to embrace change in the direction of the life led by the first Americans, characterized by respect for all our relations on the planet, both animate and inanimate. For there is hope if, as Chasing Deer says, if we take as our motto "Mitakue Oyasin"--we are all related.
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Brilliant, insightful, passionate, and filled with detail and meaning...Kurt's book will touch your heart and soul. Highly recommended!
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I didn't realize that I grew up with a prejudice that just stayed within me deep. I never wanted it. I always said I was NOT prejudice against Native Americans. My daughter-in-law who is N. A.recommended this book. I felt like an inocent victim of prejudice. I never meant to carry it with me. This book helped me to cleanse by crying and apologizing and asking for forgiviness to my God. Now I just have to ask my daughter-in-law for forgiveness.
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As we grow older, we develop the gift of retrospection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
medicine carrier, white buffalo calf, sacred pipe, man prayed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chasing Deer, Sweet Medicine, Grandmother Earth, The Great Mysterious, United States, Grandfather Willow, Wakan Tanka, American Indian, White Buffalo Calf Woman, Above Beings, Grandfather Commanda, Sister Fox, Great Spirit, Bear Butte, Cultural Creatives, Crow Dog, Black Hills, Grandfather Sky, Luther Standing Bear, Mitakuye Oyasin, North America, Sand Creek, Thunder Beings, New England, South Dakota New!
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As we grow older, we develop the gift of retrospection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
medicine carrier, white buffalo calf, sacred pipe, man prayed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chasing Deer, Sweet Medicine, Grandmother Earth, The Great Mysterious, United States, Grandfather Willow, Wakan Tanka, American Indian, White Buffalo Calf Woman, Above Beings, Grandfather Commanda, Sister Fox, Great Spirit, Bear Butte, Cultural Creatives, Crow Dog, Black Hills, Grandfather Sky, Luther Standing Bear, Mitakuye Oyasin, North America, Sand Creek, Thunder Beings, New England, South Dakota New!
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- GOD IS RED (A Laurel book) by Vine Deloria Jr. on 5 pages
- Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear on 4 pages
- The Gospel of the Redman (Library of Perennial Philosophy) by Ernest Thompson Seton on page 189, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Touch the Earth: A Self Portrait of Indian Existence by T. C. McLuhan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Soul of an Indian 2 Ed: And Other Writings from Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) by Kent Nerburn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide by Pamela Miles in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval by Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. in Back Matter
- American Indian Cultural Heroes and Teaching Tales by Kurt Kaltreider in Back Matter
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