This is an Index of Content on Cross Cultural Mythology.
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Ancestry: Contemporary: An excerpt from “Concerning Smoke” by Jordan Paper GalleryAncestry: Contemporary: An excerpt from “Concerning Smoke” by Jordan Paper
Native American, History and Culture, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Ancestry: Contemporary, Earth and Ecology, Intention and Expectation: Quotations, All Ancestry Content, Prayer: Quotations
Ancestry: Contemporary: An excerpt from “Concerning Smoke” by Jordan Paper
“The bowl of the pipe is a sacrificial vessel that itself is a miniature cosmos. Often tobacco is added pinch by pinch, each explicitly dedicated to the sacred directions as well as animals and spirits (as part of [...]
Quotations from Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux GalleryQuotations from Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Native American, History and Culture, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Psychology, Spirituality, Fear, Courage, and Reassurance: Quotations, Earth and Ecology, Prayer: Quotations
Quotations from Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk was a holy man of the Oglala Sioux. The following quotes are from Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux: “The Sun Dance…We hold it during the Moon [...]
Order and Connection, A Quote from Vine Deloria Jr.
“…From observing the world around them, they could see orderly processes that marked the way organic life behaved. From the obvious motions of the sun and moon to the effects of periodic winds, rains, and snows, the regularity of nature [...]
War, Peace, Reconciliation, by Glenda Taylor
This article, War, Peace, Reconciliation, is by Glenda Taylor, who notes: "I wrote this in 1989, but amazingly, as I read it in the year 2018, it is as current today as ever it was then!" Last month in our [...]
Mystery
What are we to do? In this time of cultural chaos, this video explores the question of where we may find the bedrock values and strength to go on and to have peace in our lives. [...]
Honoring Our Foremothers: Mirabai
(Unfortunately, I cannot now find my source for the following, but will gratefully credit it when I do! Perhaps I wrote it using a number of different references. I’ve had this version for a long time. GT) Mirabai was born [...]
Transformation: Quotations
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” Joseph Campbell “If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation [...]
Spiritual Diversity: Quotations
From The World's Religions, by Huston Smith: “Muslims point out that Muhammad incorporated into his charter for Medina the principle of religious toleration that these verses announce. They regard that document as the first charter of freedom of conscience in [...]
Andrew Harvey on “Chanting Om” GalleryAndrew Harvey on “Chanting Om”
Mysticism, Hinduism, Compassion: Quotations, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Buddhism, Healing: Quotations, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Prayer: Quotations, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations, Transformation: Quotes
Andrew Harvey on “Chanting Om”
"Lama Govinda tells us in his Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism" “the sound values of om and their symbolic interpretation (in the Upanishads) are described in the following manner: O is a combination of “A” and “U”, the whole syllable…consists of [...]
Quotation from Andrew Harvey, contemporary mystic, scholar, poet, spiritual activist, on “Paradox” GalleryQuotation from Andrew Harvey, contemporary mystic, scholar, poet, spiritual activist, on “Paradox”
Mysticism, Hinduism, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Psychology, Spirituality, Islam, Justice and Ethics: Quotations, Mysticism: Quotations, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations, Transformation: Quotes
Quotation from Andrew Harvey, contemporary mystic, scholar, poet, spiritual activist, on “Paradox”
“All major mystical traditions have recognized that there is a paradox at the heart of the journey…Put simply, this is that we are already what we seek, and that what we are looking for on the Path with such an [...]
“Who Can Tell…” a Poem by Sufi Mystic Allama Iqbal
Who can tell what miracles Love has in store for us If only we have the courage To become one with It? Everything we think we know now Is only the beginning Of another knowing that itself has no end. And [...]
Chinook Blessing
We call upon those who have lived on this earth, Our ancestors and our friends, Who dreamed the best for future generations And upon whose lives our lives are built, And with thanksgiving, we call upon them to Teach us and [...]
An Excerpt from “The Snow Leopard” by Peter Matthiessen, page 64-67 GalleryAn Excerpt from “The Snow Leopard” by Peter Matthiessen, page 64-67
History and Culture, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Justice and Ethics: Quotations, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations
An Excerpt from “The Snow Leopard” by Peter Matthiessen, page 64-67
"All phenomenal are processes, connections, all is in flux. and at moments this flux is actually visible: one has only to open the mind in meditation or have the mind screens knocked awry by drugs or dreams to see that [...]
Four Corners
"I stand, silent and in awe, before the mystery and uniqueness of each tradition and each individual and hold them sacrosanct in their way of being." Glenda Taylor I am spending a brief time of rest, renewal, and reflection in [...]
Authenticity
"You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck!” Sufi Mystic Rumi Recently, National Public Radio began airing a series of readings [...]
Prison
On November 28, 1990, Glenda Taylor, at the request of a prison chaplain, addressed the assembled staff of the federal prison at Bryan, Texas, speaking on the subject of "Native American Spirituality." The substance of her talk follows. [...]
Hexagrams of the I Ching
The following is a useful list categorizing each of the 64 hexagrams of the ancient Chinese study I Ching, or Book of Changes. For further information on this classic spiritual work, see my workshop on the I Ching. Glenda Taylor Information in [...]
Timeline: History of Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one God and that Muhammad is the messenger of God. The word Islam means voluntary “submission” or “surrender” to the will of God; iIt derives from the root word [...]
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