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Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality

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This book is simple and profound. It started me on a path that helps me see the big pictue and still feel comfortable on the planet.

For all the people of the earth, the Creator has planted a sacred Tree, under which they may gather to find healing, power, wisdom and security. Its roots spread deeply into Mother Earth, its branches reach to Father Sky. Its fruits are the good things that our Creator has given to all peoples, the path to love, compassion, generosity, patience, wisdom, justice, courage, respect, humility and other great gifts.

The life of the Tree rests with life of the people, but if they forget to take its nourishment, many would grow sick at heart, lie, quarrel, and abuse the land, poisoning everything they touch. The people would be as in sleep, to awaken again to their search for the Tree, whose knowledge rests with the elders. I find this an especially calming and beautiful book for these terrible times.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

This quiet sleeper is more than just a supplementary tool for Native American rites of passage programs. This is a bondafide spiritual growth tool which is suitable for youth and adults. I have seen few books that are written in such easy to read language but truly FULL of information.

This book will cause introspection and it will give a wonderful roadmap for those that are courageous enough to take the journey. I recommend this book to peoples of all colors. The Native American Sacred Tree and Medicine Wheel applications in this book are incredibly useful.

Great message presented in an almost poetic way. The kind of book you would not abandon in the bookshelf but would use as a companion throughout your journey into becoming your very best.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is trying to understand the Native American viewpoint. The book is well written, with clear connections throughout between the various ideas that are explored. It is very basic, but a good place to begin understanding the thought of Directional Guides and the interconnection between the All that is an inherent part of most Earth based spiritualities.

I would recommend this book to anyone that chooses to seek a greater understanding into the self. I would not necessarily consider this a Native only understanding since the symbolism and understanding utilized within it has been available to all people at one time or another. It is simply written with the basic understandings into the process of the recovery of our humanity from the perspectives of First Nation People. A process, I may add, that invites one to transform one's perspectives to live a more balanced, healthier and happier life. Great Book!!

Amazing how similar the stories are. The Sacred Tree is a classic and a must read for all those who seek to understand and appreciated the natural journey of man. It's clear the story means much as the makers of Avatar called upon it's special lesson to share their blockbuster lessons.

This is an excellant boook for anyone wishing to understand basic native american life philosophy. How they thought and why. We should all subscribe to this way of thinking and we might not have so many wars.

I thank you for your promptness in sending the book. I have just started to look it through. Thank you again.