The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian Commemorative Edition with Letters while Living with Black Elk

by Brown, Joseph Epes; Brown, Elinita; Weatherly, Marina Brown; Fitzgerald, Michael Oren; Ake, Hultkrantz

• ISBN13: 9781933316369
• ISBN10: 1933316365
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-22
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

This new and updated edition of Joseph Epes Brown's The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian contains previously unpublished letters that were written while Brown was living with Black Elk, providing new details and insights about Black Elk's relationship to the Catholic Church and to traditional Lakota spirituality. This commemorative edition includes: 9 previously unpublished photographs; a new introduction by Ake Hultkrantz; a new editors' preface by Marina Brown Weatherly, Elenita Brown, and Michael Oren Fitzgerald; an appendix of unpublished letters while living with Black Elk; a 4-page biography of Joseph Epes Brown; a complete bibliography of Brown's published works; and an index. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Joseph Epes Brown was a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Montana

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
North American Indian Living Religions	p. 1
The Spiritual Legacy	p. 21
The Roots of Renewal	p. 35
The Persistence of Essential Values	p. 43
Contemplation Through Action	p. 53
The Immediacy of Mythological Message	p. 63
Sun Dance: Sacrifice, Renewal, Identity	p. 77
The Question of "Mysticism"	p. 81
Time and Process	p. 87
On Being Human	p. 93
Map of North American Culture Areas	p. 98
Unpublished Letters	p. 99
Biography of Joseph E. Brown	p. 127
Published Works of Joseph E. Brown	p. 131
Acknowledgments	p. 135
Photographic Credits	p. 137
Biographical Notes	p. 139
Index	p. 141
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