Dreaming the Council Ways: True Native Teachings from the Red Lodge

by Ohky Simine Forest

Integrates the matriarchal teachings from Canadian Indian, Mongolian, and Maya roots to create a written manifestation of these early cultures. She invites you to grasp the true universality of these symbols and traditions, to combinetheir ancient knowledge, to live the council way today. She provides practical information about shamanism, power animals, and includes charts that offer guidance for Spiritual Warriors so you can handle both worlds. Illustrated. Color insert. Index.

Genres: Spirituality

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2000

Reviews

[جبرئیل✺]

It feels too much like a typical spiritual text. It did not feel truly native american to me I must say, which is also evidenced by the fact that she supposedly mixes different traditions together, ultimately making it feel like another new age clothed in native american clothing. In this respect I do not know how "True" these teachings really are. The power animal thing is there, the value of dreams is there, but the fact that she brings up weird attributions of organs and chakras make me suspect heavy influence of new age spirituality, in spite of her heritage. I also find it weird that she left Canada and the native american group which she descended from.
Ultimately these kind of books are not for me I must say.

[Jack Elliot]

I absolutely loved this book!! It contains healing and wisdom on every page! It was beautiful and has helped change the way I look at and understand the world and reality around me!

[Claire]

I'm still working my way through this one too. I went to one of Ohky's workshops while I was in NM after seeing her speak at the NM Bioneers Conference this Oct 07'. She is a powerful presence for sure and I appreciated her talk on tribal/indigenous culture, medicine ways and the need for a return to the sacred feminine. It's taken me a while to read her book because although much of what she discusses is familiar on an almost primal level, it still takes a bit of consciousness-shifting to understand what these teachings mean in the world that I'm in now. I'm sticking with it, but sometimes I need a day off. I would say that this will also most likely remain a reference for me throughout my journey as she does include much about the medicine wheel and about relationships throughout the life/death processes. Also included are really wonderful color prints of her paintings which beautifully illustrate some of the concepts in the book.

[JRemick]

The most infomative Native American book on spirituallity I have ever read. It is not an easy read; once you "get it" it sticks with you.