Sacred Legacies: Healing Your Past and Creating a Positive Future [Hardcover]

Denise Linn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 9, 1999

"Healing the past helps restructure the present, which then becomes the hope for the future."

As we approach a new millennium, many of us are fearing for the future while hungering for a vision of our place in a sacred whole. The immense changes of the last hundred years have severed our sense of connection to a spiritual lineage that gave past generations the strength to meet life's challenges and bequeath wisdom to their descendants.

In this inspirational yet down-to-earth book, renowned healer and lecturer Denise Linn draws on her own story, as well as her Native American heritage and other ancient cultures, to guide you through acts of personal power that can reopen the wellspring of ancestral wisdom within you. By finding your roots and honoring your forebears--biological or adoptive, ethnic, cultural, mythological, and spiritual--you take your place as both a descendant and an ancestor. Defining who your ancestors are is a journey of self-discovery. Discovering who you are helps you break free from negative family patterns, embrace the positive, and create your own unique traditions. By fashioning a spiritual legacy through loving acts, you create energy to empower your future descendants. This fascinating guide teaches you to

- Get in touch with the strength and spirit of your ancestors
- Explore your personal myth
- Restructure your past
- Heal the family tree
- Speak to your descendants through the art of giving
- Revive rituals and create traditions for the twenty-first century

With real-life stories and practical, easy-to-use exercises and meditations, Sacred Legacies shows how the choices we make in our own lives--however small--can forge a link with the future and help create a powerful new reality for all humanity and the planet.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Drawing on her Native American heritage, author Denise Linn writes of the profound importance of paying attention to the family legacies we inherited and the ones we will pass on. According to the Great Law of the American Indian Iroquois Confederacy, "In every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." This is Linn's point exactly--we must take responsibility for how our thoughts, actions, and beliefs affect our present life, but also the future of the world. In order to create a healthy and positive legacy for subsequent generations, Linn outlines a four-part plan: 1) "Re-establish our connection to the past by exploring our roots and realizing that we are a product of a long and noble lineage of human beings that came before us." 2) "Sort through our heritage by embracing that which strengthens us, and by breaking negative ancestral patterns." 3) "Shift our limiting beliefs about the future at a fundamental level." 4) "Take concrete actions to empower the future." Specific suggestions and exercises for healing damaged legacies and creating ones that strengthen are presented throughout this well-organized and easy-to-absorb book. --Gail Hudson

Review

"[A] powerful book . . . This work is satisfying at the deepest level of our being. . . . Each of us has the power to heal and transform our legacies and leave the world a better place."
--CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, M.D.
   Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Each person, no matter what his or her life circumstances, can help make the world a better place for future generations. In Sacred Legacies, Denise Linn presents bold and visionary methods that create a powerful blueprint for a positive future."
--DEEPAK CHOPRA

"This helpful and hopeful book explores four acts of personal power that can positively affect the future. . . . By honoring your ancestors and empowering your descendants you can make the most of the transformative power of the generations."
--Values & Visions


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Wellspring/Ballantine; 1st American ed edition (February 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345425154
• ISBN-13: 978-0345425157
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,110,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Denise Linn, the best-selling author of numerous books, including Sacred Space and Soul Coaching, has researched healing traditions from cultures around the world for more than 35 years. As a renowned lecturer, author, and visionary, she regularly gives seminars on six continents, and also appears extensively on television and radio shows. Denise lives on her ranch on the Central Coast of California with her husband, two dogs, cat, and numerous chickens. To see more about what Denise is doing, join her on Facebook or visit www.deniselinn.com.