Concepts
that which sees and feels the place of everything-in ourselves, in our relationships, in nature and in the life of society.
what is justice
As enlightened as they may have been, this group still saw the Indian as a kind of child.
Our forefathers or founding fathers.
Judgement that divides and separates parts of reality, and imposes a sense of "good" or "evil" that diminishes the interconnectedness of life is
What is moralism
The human created by Flint with some help from his brother.
Who is Hatchet Maker, the bringer of strife
A force of peace, a conscious, unifying energy
what is The New Mind
For the American Indian, it is dynamic. It includes all of the forces of life- in nature and in man. It includes, it does not exclude , what we often call "evil"; it includes, it does not exclude, struggle, suffering and sorrow....it includes even war- of a certain kind and with a certain intent.
what is peace
these people believes that to live at peace is to embrace life in all its aspects, all "four directions," all "the winds," all the creatures outside and within.
What are good and the evil.
He Who Grasps the Sky with Both Hands revealed this person's name and mission in a dream to this person's grandmother.
The Great Peacemaker
It symbolizes the power of peace, matter and spirit blended.
Ancient wisdom tells us that man is built to
what is serve
One of the great fathers of the Church who fought against an interpretation of monotheism that really established an unbreakable dualism in the world: a sense that a part of creation, a part of human nature seen as evil, must be destroyed.
Who is St Augustine.
The the ancient law of the transition of wisdom:
In the act of asking and listening, this descends from above and is given to man.
What is Truth
The Great Peacemaker gives the woman on the path the new name Jigonhsasse and the power to do what?
What is the power to choose the chiefs
His journey (with the help of the Great Peacemaker) represents both man as he is and man as he can be.
who is Hiawatha.
For many of us, this concept is merely a word that evokes something static or dull, or some fantasy of endless pleasure or rest or safety. On a societal scale, it often means nothing more than political conditions that permit the unhindered pursuit o material goods and psychological satisfaction.
What is Peace
Who is He Grasps the Sky With Both Hands
The Twin Brother who is not thinking about the place from where he came
Who is He Who is Crystal Ice or He who is Flint, the Winter or Ice god.
A powerful wizard and chief of the Onondagas who does not want to accept the New Mind.
Atotarho
He is human energy wasted and twisted. He needs to be awakened to his own power of love and wisdom.
Experientially and psychologically, this is only a part of our world. For the Indian, it is the world
What is Nature
The human created by He Grasps the Sky with Both Hands
Real Human Being
After He Grasps the Sky separates from his brother (or sends him to the cave of unawarenes), Flint tries to
What is imitate his brothers work of creation.
the man who eats humans becomes
Hiawatha or He Who Combs
What is the Longhouse.