Honoring the Medicine The Essential Guide to Native American Healing

Name: Honoring the Medicine The Essential Guide to Native American Healing
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ISBN: 9780345435132

ISBN-10: 0345435133

ISBN-13: 9780345435132

Edition: N/A

Authors: Kenneth S. Cohen

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For thousands of years, Native medicine was the "only" medicine on the North American continent. It is America's original holistic medicine, a powerful means of healing the body, balancing the emotions, and renewing the spirit. Medicine men and women prescribe prayers, dances, songs, herbal mixtures, counseling, and many other remedies that help not only the individual but the family and the community as well. The goal of healing is both wellness and wisdom. Written by a master of alternative healing practices, "Honoring the Medicine" gathers together an unparalleled abundance of information about every aspect of Native American medicine and a healing philosophy that connects each of us…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.25" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


An Important Message from the Author


A Blessing from a Cree Elder


A Note About Cree Syllabics


Introduction


Native American or American Indian: Can You Be Politically Correct?



Principles and Values


The Native American Philosophy of Life



The Power of Silence



The Four Winds: Getting Oriented in the Realm of the Sacred



The Cycles of Truth: Wisdom from the Wolf



The Vision and Vision Quest: Messages from the Spirit



Where Healing Dwells: The Importance of Sacred Space



Asking for Help: Finding and Paying a Healer



Methods of Healing



What Is Involved in a Native American Healing? Traditions, Protocols, and Moontime Power



The Principles of Native American Counseling



Cultivating the Good Mind: A Counselor's Gardening Tools



Massage and Energy Therapies



The Paleolithic Posture



Unfolding the Mystery: Sweat Lodge and Sacred Pipe



Tobacco: Wicked Weed or Gift of the Gods?



Plant People: The Healing Power of Herbs


Appendixes



A Comparison of Western and Native American Medicine



Meetings with Remarkable Elders


Notes


Native American Resources


Index


About the Author