King Phenomenon
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I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.
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Yeah I'm sure they had their rights and the wrongs. Lord knows there was enough fighting between them.
I do too. I think it's because it's more connected with the tangibility of the ground and nature making it more relatable and not as abstract and removed as religions like Christianity and such are.I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.
Hail to the sunrise statue is close to where I grew up. I always liked it.
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ME-TOO indeed!I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.
Absolutely.I do too. I think it's because it's more connected with the tangibility of the ground and nature making it more relatable and not as abstract and removed as religions like Christianity and such are.
No worries here If you think of the ancient daily efforts of living and survive - together with the joy of being close to nature, this is all "just life" and it´s romanticizingly Good.But I got to be careful though to make sure it isn't just a simplistic romanticization made by the white man.
Yeah there isn't much info. it's unfortunate. There were some settlers that wanted to live in harmony but that didn't happen. It's very sad what happened.
I see "Unity in Diversity" when I see this list:I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.
When the jesuits encountered the Lakota, they were awed by the fact that the Lakota had the concept of the Great Spirit. Of course, the Lakota also had the non-Western idea that spirit inhabited all creation, including rocks, trees,and mountains. But these things were not the Creator -- there was only one Creator--Wakan Tanka. For this reason, when the Jesuits translated the Bible into the Lakota tongue, they used Wakan Tanka as the word for God. I find this fascinating.I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.
Indeed so And unfortunately the translation should IMO have hold onto the idea that Wakan Tanka inhabited everything in the creation instead of the deportation of the "God" to the Skies only.When the jesuits encountered the Lakota, they were awed by the fact that the Lakota had the concept of the Great Spirit. Of course, the Lakota also had the non-Western idea that spirit inhabited all creation, including rocks, trees,and mountains. But these things were not the Creator -- there was only one Creator--Wakan Tanka. For this reason, when the Jesuits translated the Bible into the Lakota tongue, they used Wakan Tanka as the word for God. I find this fascinating.
I always liked the sound of the Great Spirit in native American worship. Just something about it.