Reincarnation Beliefs Of North American Indians

Author : Warren Jefferson
Publisher : Native Voices Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781570679841

Get Book

Reincarnation Beliefs of North American Indians by Warren Jefferson Pdf

Here is an in-depth look at spiritual experiences about which very little has been written. Belief in reincarnation exists not only in India but in most small tribal societies throughout the world, including many Indian groups in North America. The reader is offered a rich tapestry of stories from a number of North American tribes about death, dying, and returning to this life. Included are stories from the Inuit of the polar regions; the Northwest Coast people, such as the Kwakiutl, the Gitxsan, the Tlingit, and the Suquamish; the Hopi and the Cochiti of the Southwest; the Winnebago of the Great Lakes region; the Cherokee of the Southeast,; and the Sioux people of the Plains area. Readers will learn about a Winnebago shaman's initiation, the Cherokee's Orpheus myth, the Hopi story of A Journey to the Skeleton House, the Inuit man who lived the lives of all animals, the Ghost Dance, and other extraordinary accounts. The ethnological record indicates reincarnation beliefs are found among the indigenous peoples on all continents of this earth as well as in most of the world's major religions. This book makes a valuable contribution towards having a deeper understanding of North American Indian spiritual beliefs.

Author : Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080207703X

Get Book

Amerindian Rebirth by Canadian Anthropology Society. Meeting Pdf

Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day. Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples. The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples

Author : Antonia Curtze Mills,Richard Slobodin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : OCLC:1145798645

Get Book

Amerindian Rebirth by Antonia Curtze Mills,Richard Slobodin Pdf

Author : Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher : Stockholm : Ethnographical Museum of Sweden
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Indian mythology
ISBN : UCSC:32106000742244

Get Book

Conceptions of the Soul Among North American Indians by Åke Hultkrantz Pdf

Author : Ake Hultkranz
Publisher : Spring Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UOM:39015047488898

Get Book

Soul and Native Americans by Ake Hultkranz Pdf

Here is the first great study of the religious and shamanic belief in soul among North America's indigenous peoples. This is a unique and intelligent work important for any archetypal library focused on soul or interested in the neolithic cultures which have become so de rigueur today.

Author : Lee Irwin
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498554084

Get Book

Reincarnation in America by Lee Irwin Pdf

Reincarnation in America: An Esoteric History surveys the complex history of reincarnation theories across multiple fields of discourse in a pre-American context, ranging from early Greek traditions to Medieval Christian theories, Renaissance esotericism, and European Kabbalah, all of which had adherents that brought those theories to America. Rebirth theories are shown in all these groups to be highly complex and often disjunctive with mainstream religions even though members of conventional religions frequently affirm the possibility of rebirth. As a history of an idea, reincarnation theory is a current, vital belief pattern that cuts across a wide spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific domains in a long, complex history not reducible to any specific religious or theoretical explanation. This book is cross-disciplinary and multicultural, linking religious studies perspectives with science based research; it draws upon many distinct disciplines and avoids reduction of reincarnation to any specific theory. The underlying thesis is to demonstrate the complexity of reincarnation theories; what is unique is the historical overview and the gradual shift away from religious theories of rebirth to new theories that are therapeutic and trans-traditional.

Author : Robert L. Hall
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0252066022

Get Book

An Archaeology of the Soul by Robert L. Hall Pdf

The richness and the range of Native American spirituality has long been noted, but it has never been examined so thoroughly, nor with such an eye for the amazing interconnectedness of Indian tribal ceremonies and practices, as in An Archaeology of the Soul. In this monumental work, destined to become a classic in its field, Robert Hall traces the genetic and historical relationships of the tribes of the Midwest and Plains--including roots that extend back as far as 3,000 years. Looking beyond regional barriers, An Archaeology of the Soul offers new depths of insight into American Indian ethnography. Hall uncovers the lineage and kinship shared by Native North Americans through the perspectives of history, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, biological anthropology, linguistics, and mythology. The wholeness and panoramic complexity of American Indian belief has never been so fully explored--or more deeply understood.

Author : N. Bruce Duthu
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101157916

Get Book

American Indians and the Law by N. Bruce Duthu Pdf

A perfect introduction to a vital subject very few Americans understand-the constitutional status of American Indians Few American s know that Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's distinct racial and ethnic groups: they are sovereign governments who engage in relations with Congress. This peculiar arrangement has led to frequent legal and political disputes-indeed, the history of American Indians and American law has been one of clashing values and sometimes uneasy compromise. In this clear-sighted account, American Indian scholar N. Bruce Duthu explains the landmark cases in Indian law of the past two centuries. Exploring subjects as diverse as jurisdictional authority, control of environmental resources, and the regulations that allow the operation of gambling casinos, American Indians and the Law gives us an accessible entry point into a vital facet of Indian history.

Author : Shepard Krech III
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393321005

Get Book

Ecological Indian by Shepard Krech III Pdf

"A good story and first-rate social science."—New York Times Book Review The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. But how truthful is this larger-than-life image? According to anthropologist Shepard Krech, the first humans in North America demonstrated all of the intelligence, self-interest, flexibility, and ability to make mistakes of human beings anywhere. As Nicholas Lemann put it in The New Yorker, "Krech is more than just a conventional-wisdom overturner; he has a serious larger point to make. . . . Concepts like ecology, waste, preservation, and even the natural (as distinct from human) world are entirely anachronistic when applied to Indians in the days before the European settlement of North America." "Offers a more complex portrait of Native American peoples, one that rejects mythologies, even those that both European and Native Americans might wish to embrace."—Washington Post

Author : Ian Stevenson, M.D.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780786450879

Get Book

Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Ian Stevenson, M.D. Pdf

This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the author's intent to correct some common misconceptions. New material relating to birthmarks and birth defects, independent replication studies with a critique of criticisms, and recent developments in genetic study are included. The work gives an overview of the history of the belief in and evidence for reincarnation. Representative cases of children, research methods used, analyses of the cases and of variations due to different cultures, and the explanatory value of the idea of reincarnation for some unsolved problems in psychology and medicine are reviewed.

Author : Ian Stevenson, M.D.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781476601151

Get Book

European Cases of the Reincarnation Type by Ian Stevenson, M.D. Pdf

Many cultures accept that a person may die and then come back to life in another form, but Westerners have traditionally rejected the idea. Recently, however, surveys conducted in Europe indicate a substantial increase in the number of Europeans who believe in reincarnation, and numerous claims of reincarnation have been reported. This book examines particular cases in Europe that are suggestive of reincarnation. The first section provides a brief history of the belief in reincarnation among Europeans. The second section considers eight cases from the first third of the twentieth century that were not independently investigated, but were reported and sometimes published by the persons concerned. The third section covers 32 cases from the second half of the twentieth century that were investigated by the author. Many of these cases involved either children who exhibited unusual behavior attributed to a previous life, or adults who experienced recurrent or vivid dreams attributed to a previous life. In the fourth section, the author compares European cases suggestive of reincarnation with those of other countries and cultures.

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803299192

Get Book

Dreams and Thunder by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

Zitkala-?a (Red Bird) (1876?1938), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was one of the best-known and most influential Native Americans of the twentieth century. Born on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, she remained true to her indigenous heritage as a student at the Boston Conservatory and a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School, as an activist in turn attacking the Carlisle School, as an artist celebrating Native stories and myths, and as an active member of the Society of American Indians in Washington DC. All these currents of Zitkala-?a?s rich life come together in this book, which presents her previously unpublished stories, rare poems, and the libretto ofThe Sun Dance Opera.

Author : Michael Eugene Harkin,David Rich Lewis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780803205666

Get Book

Native Americans and the Environment by Michael Eugene Harkin,David Rich Lewis Pdf

Often cited as one of the most decisive campaigns in military history, the Seven Days Battles were the first campaign in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia-as well as the first in which Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson worked together.

Author : Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742565524

Get Book

Beyond the Threshold by Christopher M. Moreman Pdf

Beyond the Threshold is the first book to seriously consider the interplay between traditional world religions and metaphysical experiences in exploring the timeless question of what happens when we die. Christopher M. Moreman examines and compares the beliefs and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, as well as psychic phenomena such as mediums and near-death experiences. While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, Moreman's unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live.

Author : Ian Stevenson
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0813908728

Get Book

Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation by Ian Stevenson Pdf

Cases of responsive xenoglossy thus add to the evidence concerning the survival of human personality after death.