The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    The author, James Mooney, lived with the Southeastern Cherokee in the 1800s. During that time he was allowed to document the sacred rites of the Cherokee Shamans. Here is a fascinating and Accurate view into the mystic life of the Cherokee.

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees: Illustrated Edition
    By James Mooney

    The sacred formulas here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject pertaining to the daily life and thought of the Indian, ...

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    The sacred formulas here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject pertaining to the daily life and thought of the Indian, ...

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    “Yes,” said Swimmer, “we all have them.” Here then was a clew to follow up. ... MANUSCRIPT. Further inquiry elicited the names of several others who might be supposed to have such papers. Before leaving a visit was paid to one of these, ...

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    This is an ethnographic description of Cherokee shamanistic practice.

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    The sacred formulas here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject...

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    No longer would they be forced to rely on memory alone. When James Mooney, author of this text, began his research on the Cherokee reservation of North Carolina, many of the Cherokee documents were decades old.

  • The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
    By James Mooney

    James Mooney (February 10, 1861 - December 22, 1921) was an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee.