Return of the Bird Tribes [Paperback]

Ken Carey (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 7, 1991

'Ken Carey is one of the greatest living teachers… Read him, and you'll have hope.'
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

Exploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events, this is the third book in Ken Carey's be

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About the Author

Ken Carey is the author of several books, including The Starseed Transmissions, Return of the Bird Tribes, and Flat Rock Journal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; Reprint edition (June 7, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062501887
• ISBN-13: 978-0062501882
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ken Carey is the author of several books, including The Starseed Transmissions, Return of the Bird Tribes, and Flat Rock Journal.

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70 of 73 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Of a Higher Calling February 12, 2004

By T.S. Stillwater

Format:Paperback

I first read Return of the Bird Tribes in 1990. It made me cry. This is a book written to wake up what many refer to as the Star People. If you are one, it will awaken you. It will make you feel deeply your inner calling, your true inner essence, and make you understand who you are unlike any other book. This book was never intended for the masses. It is truly of a Higher Calling. If it speaks to you, it will speak deeply. Other readers will probably not give it a second thought.

I have re read this book, or excerpts many times. It's kind of my "bible" in a way.

I have deep appreciation for this beautiful book. Thank you, Ken Carey.

56 of 59 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Bird Tribes by Ken Carey August 22, 2000

By Cynthia H Smith

Format:Paperback

Although a book written many years ago, I was recently drawn [8/2000] to finally read it. The history that was delineated in this book parallels my own personal experiences especially that regarding the Iroquois Confederacy. Two years ago I returned a sacred pipe to the Canadian/American area where the history of this book takes place. The information I personally garnered during this mission of "return" is the same as described in the book. Although written in 1988, it speaks of this "NOW" that we are presently experiencing. I personally feel the accuracy of this book is fairly high and should be recommended reading for all on the path of returning Humanity and Mother Earth to the Oneness.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing reminder of forgotten spiritual path August 8, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

A book that I've had to reread several times. Although I've met many spiritual beings, both present and past,this book helps remind one of the ancestry and spiritual path which we have perhaps forgotten along our journey. It's helped me regain the spiritual strength needed to pursue the path I was originally intended to take. Email contacts welcome.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Grand View of Ancient America and our Present Condition November 23, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

Imagine a canyon out west, with a religion claiming every side of it, and all quarrelling over who made the canyon and what the stars are for and what you have to do to get to a better place.

That's the limited perspective of many of the spiritual teachings out there. What this book does is give you the perspective of the stars - of infinite sweeps of time and intention and how we all fit into the master plan.

Carey's "Starseed" may be the best place to start, especially for those of Christian backgrounds, but this one is great in how it presents many of the same ideas from the experiences of an ancient race of Native Americans, before our recorded history, and how their teachers have come back through the ages to help us move from our warrior identity to that of a tribe of brotherhood.

I can't say whether it's true or not, but it reads beautifully, very poetic, and the teachings are among the most profound and solid that I've read in all my religious studies.

By the way, the book isn't actually told by a bird. "Bird Tribes" is a term to mean spirit guides, angels, and Ascended Masters, the winged ones of heaven, of which Jesus would be included.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Native Americans help prepare for spiritual transformation June 20, 1997

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

Here's an account of Native American history you won't find in the history books.

Read how the way has been prepared for massive spiritual transformation in modern times by the Native Americans. Feel your place in history -- with a view of a greater picture you'll understand that not all is doom and gloom -- we are birthing into our real collective whole as one human spirit -- now.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Return to Reality September 16, 2007

By Peter Richard

Format:Paperback

This is another profound work by Ken Carey. Who are the bird tribes? Those who have lived fully conscious lives,(living in the spiritual and material world) before our time. Some lived as native American Indians in the present day United States, and some have lived elsewhere in the Americas, Africa, etc. We are all part of the original creative spirits who envisioned the creation of spirtualized matter. We have chosen to particiapte in matter's evolution into the idealized patterns that we envisioned. Because our world has lost its living connection to spiritualized consciousness, these tribes of spirits have until this time ceased incarnation. They are, however, still living together on a higher spiritual plane, and can be accessed when we attune ourselves to our original purpose of creation that is in accordance to God's plan. Those who struggle with reincarnation can rest at peace. The opening of the book describes an indian chief who willingly is shot by misguided European troops. Through this incident, he is given access to the thoughts and feelings of those who forged the steel for the bullets, created the bullets, and shot the bullets. He symbiotically ingests all the realities that these people possess. Through his death, however, his love and eventual plans of unity among the nations is passed on to the consciousness of all those who had any part in the bullet's creation and eventual use. As conscious spirits, we have access to all knowledge that has come before us and we can experience any wave of energy created by love that has occurred prior. Moderns have called this the "Akashic Records", and access to these files can explain the "reincarnation" dilemma.... We all are interconnected on a subconscious level, and knowledge is indeed a universal pool that can be internally understood by all.
The Bird Tribes formed their "League of Nations" on this North American continent to create a spiritual pattern that would eventually form a similar pattern within the United States. Democracy is the pattern directly related to the pattern that these indian tribes first initialized. The indians knew that their time was limited, but they knew that if they radiated their own "League of Nations" built on love and respect for one another, the pattern would still continue since love patterns live on forever. Therfore, the warring European tribes that caused a virtual extinction of the native indians would begin to feel this pattern of love and respond accordingly. That has taken place with the founding of a democratic nation based on the freedoms of each indivdual, as long as the freedoms of the whole are not jeopardized. It was interesting to note the location of the first activities of this league of nations. Some of these activities took place on the very lands that I now dwell upon. I have a deeper sense of the meaning of my home I built to face the east, toward the sacred mountains. The guardians of the east are still prevalent, and usher in the "New" age already budding from the sacred seeds of that great tree.
This book will unite the truths in all sacred religions, Christian or otherwise that bring us closer to the workings of God and what we have been designed to accomplish as human beings. One will begin with earnest to begin living life to the fullest of their potential after reading this book. The seperation of the herds has begun, but none have to perish. This world is the beginning of many to come, and we must all relax into the pattern that our lives were designed to depict and show. This earth is the first creation that blends the life of a star and that of a stone to create biolgical life. We are the blending of spirit and matter. Our mission has just begun. Soon it will be time to "seed the stars"! Welcome aboard fellow travellers! Life has just begun! Read more ›

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificence on the wings of the Muse March 6, 2008

By Uber Duck

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This is the kind of book you read in front of a roaring fire when you're snowed in for days. It makes you feel warm inside and it takes you away into the spirit world that calls your name and tells you all this ain't all that.
This is an older title but it's message is timeless. If you're looking to buy a book that can change your mind about the stress of the everyday, this is it.
We're all spirits having a human experience. We are not Nations, we are not religious differences. We are not racial bias, sexual discrimination or hate. We are teachers. Showing each other who we are on the inside, after journeying to that place, in that moment in this life, where we meet together and live what we've learned and what we have to teach.

That's what this book says in so many words.
And in so many more you'll read for yourself.