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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This latest effort by Sams ( Sacred Path Cards ) and Nitsch ( Language of the Stones ) purports to pass on the knowledge of Nitsch's grandfather, one of the last Seneca medicine men. The book relates the story of creation, of the four worlds (ages) through which the earth has passed and the three worlds yet to come. Past are the worlds of Love (when the love of the creating Great Mystery was poured on the earth), Ice (perhaps some racial memory of the Ice Age), Water (when whites came to Turtle Island, the primeval land mass of Indian myth) and Separation (recalling not only humanity's divorce from creation but also continental drift). Now is the dawning of the World of Illumination, from which we will pass through the World of Prophecy to the World of Completion, when all of creation will be reunited as one. With its emphasis on interdependence and the equality of all parts of creation, the book's heart is in the right place, and parts of it reflect the genuine oral tradition of the IroquoisSeneca are an Iroquos tribe per Jace . However, laden with New Age jargon and often impenetrable, this work ultimately will leave even sympathetic readers pondering its sincerity. Illustrated. Author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Sams, author of Midnight Song (Bear & Co., 1988), and Nitsch, a Seneca elder, take a unique approach in relating the Seneca explanation of the Earth's creation and evolution. The story of the four worlds or ages we have so far experienced is narrated by a stone, and detailed in a delightful panorama of races and characters, triumphs and tragedies. Clearly reflected here is the animism of the Seneca, which ascribes life to all elements in the creation (sky, water, animals, people, stones) and gives each equal status. The final chapters contain the prophecies of the coming three ages, which predict the evolution of all aspects of our world into a harmonious paradise. There is much food for philosophical thought here, and the narrative style makes it approachable for mature YAs. A lengthy appendix on the language of the stones is included.
- Bruce Alan Hanson, Wayzata East Junior High Sch. Lib., Plymouth, Minn.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This latest effort by Sams ( Sacred Path Cards ) and Nitsch ( Language of the Stones ) purports to pass on the knowledge of Nitsch's grandfather, one of the last Seneca medicine men. The book relates the story of creation, of the four worlds (ages) through which the earth has passed and the three worlds yet to come. Past are the worlds of Love (when the love of the creating Great Mystery was poured on the earth), Ice (perhaps some racial memory of the Ice Age), Water (when whites came to Turtle Island, the primeval land mass of Indian myth) and Separation (recalling not only humanity's divorce from creation but also continental drift). Now is the dawning of the World of Illumination, from which we will pass through the World of Prophecy to the World of Completion, when all of creation will be reunited as one. With its emphasis on interdependence and the equality of all parts of creation, the book's heart is in the right place, and parts of it reflect the genuine oral tradition of the IroquoisSeneca are an Iroquos tribe per Jace . However, laden with New Age jargon and often impenetrable, this work ultimately will leave even sympathetic readers pondering its sincerity. Illustrated. Author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Sams, author of Midnight Song (Bear & Co., 1988), and Nitsch, a Seneca elder, take a unique approach in relating the Seneca explanation of the Earth's creation and evolution. The story of the four worlds or ages we have so far experienced is narrated by a stone, and detailed in a delightful panorama of races and characters, triumphs and tragedies. Clearly reflected here is the animism of the Seneca, which ascribes life to all elements in the creation (sky, water, animals, people, stones) and gives each equal status. The final chapters contain the prophecies of the coming three ages, which predict the evolution of all aspects of our world into a harmonious paradise. There is much food for philosophical thought here, and the narrative style makes it approachable for mature YAs. A lengthy appendix on the language of the stones is included.
- Bruce Alan Hanson, Wayzata East Junior High Sch. Lib., Plymouth, Minn.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Reviews
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