The soul of the Indian / / Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)

• Autore: Eastman Charles Alexander <1858-1939.>
• Pubblicazione: Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 299/.7
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Religion
• Note generali: "As published in 1911."; Originally published: The soul of the Indian: an interpretation. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911.
• Nota di contenuto: THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- I. THE GREAT MYSTERY -- Solitary Worship. -- The Savage Philosopher. -- The Dual Mind. -- Spiritual Gifts versus Material Progress. -- The Paradox of "Christian Civilization." -- II. THE FAMILY ALTAR -- Pre-natal Influence. -- Early Religious Teaching. -- The Function of the Aged. -- Woman, Marriage and the Family. -- Loyalty, Hospitality, Friendship. -- III. CEREMONIAL AND SYMBOLIC WORSHIP -- Modern Perversions of Early Religious Rites. -- The Sun Dance. -- The Great Medicine Lodge. -- Totems and Charms. -- The Vapor-Bath and the Ceremonial of the Pipe. -- IV. BARBARISM AND THE MORAL CODE -- Silence the Corner-Stone of Character. -- Basic Ideas of Morality. -- "Give All or Nothing!" -- Rules of Honorable Warfare. -- An Indian Conception of Courage. -- V. THE UNWRITTEN SCRIPTURES -- A Living Book. -- The Sioux Story of Creation. -- The First Battle. -- Another Version of the Flood. -- Our Animal Ancestry. -- VI. ON THE BORDER-LAND OF SPIRITS -- Death and Funeral Customs. -- The Sacred Lock of Hair. -- Reincarnation and the Converse of Spirits. -- Occult and Psychic Powers. -- The Gift of Prophecy.
• Titolo autorizzato: The soul of the Indian
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811289803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II