Mythical Stories Help Unravel Meaning of Life
When respected television broadcaster Bill Moyers suggested to his producers a series of dialogues with mythologist Joseph Campbell, they lambasted the idea. The public wouldn’t be interested, Moyers...
View ArticleJoseph Campbell: Myth As the Mirror for the Ego
Joseph Campbell explains how myth lets you know where you are across the ages of life–at 40 or at 80… This video is a brief excerpt from interviews filmed with Joseph Campbell shortly before his death...
View ArticleSacred Stories We Live By
Our lives are stories and we could spend our lives telling them. Stories reflect the journey from birth through childhood, through the adult challenges, aging, to wisdom. Stories, folklore, mythology...
View ArticleChief Arvol Looking Horse Speaks of White Buffalo Prophecy
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. The leader of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate, the great Sioux nation, is a man with a vision… Click here to...
View ArticleChumash Cultural Village: Where Malibu Began
by healthbeautylife: The little seaside city is unique in it’s approach to sustainable energy and organic cuisine… It is reverential to the ancient Chumash from whom it derives its name and it...
View ArticleDNA Analysis Shows That Native American Genealogy Is One of the Most Unique...
by Anna LeMind: The suppression of the Native Americans and the decimation of their culture is a black page in the history of the United States… The discrimination and injustices towards this ancient...
View ArticleAncient Cherokee Indian Tale of the Origin of Illness
by Jocelyn Daher: Long ago the humans and the animals got along fine… All the peoples, human and animal, could communicate with each other and were at peace. The animals of that long-ago time were...
View ArticleEmbracing Your Shadow Self
By Garima Roy: “A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog...
View Article4 Ways To Honor Native Americans Without Appropriating Our Culture
By Taté Walker: I recently had a friend – a nice white lady I’ve known for years – ask me whether buying moccasins for her infant son would be considered cultural appropriation, and therefore...
View ArticleWhat a Shaman Sees in A Mental Hospital
By Stephanie Marohn: In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé… Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need...
View ArticleThe Symbolism Of The Native American Dream Catcher
by Jade Small: It is believed that the origin of the Native American dream catcher (or Indian dream catchers) is from the Ojibwa Chippewa tribe… The Ojibwa would tie strands of sinew string around a...
View ArticlePre-Columbian Explorations and Contacts between Africa and the Americas
by Ralph Metzner: Increasing numbers of European and African scholars are questioning the received so-called “history” of the Italian navigator Columbus “discovering” America… As Garikai Chengu points...
View ArticleThe ‘Elder Brother’ comes to Australia
The People of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta are probably best known through the films ‘ A Message from the Heart of the World’ and ‘Aluna’… A pristine and original culture that lives close to...
View Article5 Short Terence McKenna Videos
Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was an American philosopher, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including...
View ArticleIs Long Hair Making Us More Intuitive?
by PL Chang: Back in the old days and the ancient times, many cultures embraced people with long hair, because they believed that long hair was a sign of strength and spiritual maturity… The Native...
View ArticleNative American Code Of Ethics
Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often… The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.~Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed...
View Article10 Pieces Of Wisdom & Quotes From Native American Elders
by Alanna Ketler: Before the Europeans came to America, it is estimated that anywhere from 1.2 million to 12 million Native Americans inhabited the land… The population of the Native Americans was...
View ArticleOur Brothers and Sisters: 6 Sacred Animals and What They Mean in Native Cultures
by Vincent Schilling: Without a doubt, animals are a huge part of Native culture. They are considered our brothers and sisters, among our winged, four-legged and swimming family members. They are...
View ArticleArchitect Says Ancient Indigenous Solar Technology Can Free Us From Oil
Solar power can deliver heat not only more efficiently than oil but also at a much lower cost —and, writes an architect in theStaten Island Advancenewspaper of New York City.. Ancient Indigenous...
View Article10 Things You Should Know About Cherokee Nation
by Brian Daffron: Many people and images come to mind about the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Syllabary, created by Sequoyah, may be one of them. For many others, it may be the Trail of Tears. Still,...
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