Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: The Circle of the Spirit

Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: The Circle of the Spirit
ISBN-10
089281411X
ISBN-13
9780892814114
Category
Body, Mind & Spirit
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
1994-10-01
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Author
Peter Gold

Description

The similarity between the Navajo and Tibetan spiritual traditions has often been remarked upon by scholars chiefly because of the mandala sand paintings common to both cultures, their ideas about matter and spirit, and their uncanny physical resemblance to one another. Author Peter Gold substantiates the shared knowledge of these seemingly disparate people by drawing extensive parallels among many aspects of both cultures: creation myths, cosmology, geomancy, psychology, visionary arts, and healing and initiation rituals. Through his sensitive comparison of Navajo and Tibetan sacred ways, the author encourages us to reconsider our own cultural paradigms and shows us how we might begin to recover a sense of the sacred.

Similar books