What Did Black Elk See in Our Future? Twenty years before the fall of the Sioux nation, a nine-year-old boy named Black Elk experienced a vision of "the six great powers" that guide the universe – and the future that would await his people. Over 100 years later, that revelation continues to unfold. On Black Elk’s Prayer and Vision, historian Ed McGaa looks back at the rich and fabled history of the Sioux people, and what Black Elk foresaw in the future for our world. Here is Black Elk’s sweeping revelation in its entirety, interpreted with heartfelt words by a modern scholar of the Sioux legacy. Includes a complete retelling of Black Elk’s final prayer.
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Historian Ed McGaa looks back at the rich and fabled history of the Sioux people, and teaches what Black Elk foresaw in the future for our world. Here is Black Elk's sweeping revelation in its entirety, interpreted with heartfelt words by a modern scholar of the Sioux legacy. Includes a complete retelling of Black Elk's final prayer.
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Ed McGaa is called Eagle Man by his people, the Oglala Sioux. He was born on the Oglala Sioux reservation and is a historian of his tribe. As a Marine Corp fighter pilot, he served on over 110 combat missions. He has danced in sun dances for many years and learned the sacred Sioux ceremonies with the holy men Chief Eagle Feather and Chief Fools Crow. Eagle Man holds a law degree from the University of South Dakota and is the author of Red Cloud (Dillon Press), Mother Earth Spirituality (Harper & Row), Rainbow Tribe (HarperCollins) and Native Wisdom (Four Directions).
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The Great Spirit, Wakan-Tanka,
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This review is from: Black Elk's Prayer and Vision (Audio Cassette)
My desire to understand and commune withthe Great Spirit of the Native AmericanWays satisfies my sacred spirit in everygood manner when Ed McGaa speaks about Black Elk and the Vision.Joseph Campbell, the great Mythologist,called Black Elk's Vision the greatest example of imagery and spirituality.This inner locus of control to find our sacred spirit and commune within GreatSpirit with all good people seems to methe essence of our spiritual quest.During the last century, perhaps 1872, Black Elk had a Near Death Experience atage nine years. My NDE happened in 1945 at age seven years. My NDE, and many others, will be presented in a new book called "Children of the New Millenium" in early 1999 by PMH Atwater.The patterns of life that emerge in thelives of such children amazes me! Black Elk kept his fascination with life and all good people, from the enchanting description of his encounter in Londonwith Queen Victoria, called Grandmother England, to his own survival of the massacre at Wounded Knee!"In a Sacred manner I have made them walk..." sings Black Elk about his role as a healer among his people
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SPRIT FILLED,
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This review is from: Black Elk's Prayer and Vision (Audio Cassette)
How to describe what ONE needs to hear? EagleMan's voice speakstruth and tells a story that each two-legged needs to be aware of. Thesinging and drumming create openings for Spirit to Move us. With the hearing of Black Elks songs-we can return the gift by repeating these songs. Blue Man, it is a good day to die!!Hokahey!!!!!
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