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The Eagle's Voice : Tales Told by Indian Effigy Mounds
SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. MINOR EDGE WEAR AND SCUFFING ON COVERS AND SPINE. OUTER EDGE OF PAGES SHOWS DISCOLORATION. NO OTHER MARKING OR WRITING NOTED IN BOOK. ONE PAGE HAS A CREASE AT TOP OUTER EDGE.
145 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2001
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December 3, 2022
A beautifully written account of Gary’s investigation into the meaning and purpose of the earthen effigy mounds of the Midwest.
While respecting and collaborating with the natives (where possible), Gary unfurls the profound meaning of the effigy mounds. His open-mindedness and wholistic approach is refreshing, bringing together:
- first-hand accounts from native sources
- native religious ideas
- sacred geometry
- archeo-astronomy (combined with cultural astronomy)
- western cultural analogues of similar symbolic expressions
- psychological principles
- intuition and dream visions
- ground surveys (historical and modern)
- first-hand experience with Native American rituals
As Gary pulls from this wide range of knowledge, the effigy mounds to come alive and speak with multi-layered meaning, becoming (as he calls them) “earth writing”, stories expressed on the landscape.
One sentiment that really touched me, was Gary’s hope that one day the Native American people will be telling these stories, and that what he’s investigated is just a preamble to what the Ho Chunk and related tribes would be able to provide, with their rich oral traditions and understanding of their own past. I share Gary’s hope. In this crazy world, we need stories from the earth.
While respecting and collaborating with the natives (where possible), Gary unfurls the profound meaning of the effigy mounds. His open-mindedness and wholistic approach is refreshing, bringing together:
- first-hand accounts from native sources
- native religious ideas
- sacred geometry
- archeo-astronomy (combined with cultural astronomy)
- western cultural analogues of similar symbolic expressions
- psychological principles
- intuition and dream visions
- ground surveys (historical and modern)
- first-hand experience with Native American rituals
As Gary pulls from this wide range of knowledge, the effigy mounds to come alive and speak with multi-layered meaning, becoming (as he calls them) “earth writing”, stories expressed on the landscape.
One sentiment that really touched me, was Gary’s hope that one day the Native American people will be telling these stories, and that what he’s investigated is just a preamble to what the Ho Chunk and related tribes would be able to provide, with their rich oral traditions and understanding of their own past. I share Gary’s hope. In this crazy world, we need stories from the earth.
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