Why Buffalo Dance Animal and Wilderness Meditations Through the Seasons

by McElroy, Susan Chernak; Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff

• ISBN13: 9781577315421
• ISBN10: 1577315421
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-20
• Publisher: New World Library

Summary

Nature's seasons have many gifts to share for those willing to stand still and listen. In this elegantly written and illustrated book, bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy has gathered the voices of the wind, weather, animals, and elements and transcribed the truths they have to share. Badgers and bison, magpies and moose, eagles and elk, all have wisdom teachings that shed light on our common journey through life. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Introduction	xiii
Winter
On Mystery: Winter Spirit	3	(6)
On Emptiness: The Gift of White Space	9	(6)
On Resistance: Wind	15	(6)
On Hope and Faith: Ice and Fire	21	(6)
On Regeneration: Bear as Creatrix	27	(6)
On Reprieve: The Chase	33	(6)
On Right Timing: Rock Courtship of Eagles	39	(8)
Spring
On Play and Frolic: Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight	47	(8)
On Containment: Circlesong	55	(6)
On the Trickster: April Fool	61	(4)
On the True Name of Things: Horsehair Callings	65	(6)
On New Beginnings: Fawning	71	(8)
On the Law of Attraction: The Magpies and the Weasel	79	(8)
On Greening: A Tail of Burrs	87	(8)
Summer
On Pulse and Rhythm: Heart of the River	95	(8)
On Decay and Healing: The Strange Comfort of Remains	103	(6)
On Choice and Discernment: Bear Dreaming Big	109	(16)
On Unity: Sundance On Integrity and Presence: The Holiness of Magpies	125	(8)
On Cleansing and Purity: Sacred Waters	133	(10)
Autumn
On Release: Dove in Hand	143	(6)
On the Harvest: Strongheart's Bounty	149	(8)
On Leave-Taking and Migration: Wings of Sky	157	(8)
On Dreaming: The Squirrel Who Wakes to Dream	165	(8)
On Meaning and Clarity: Tracking in White	173	(6)
On Completion: The Flutes of Autumn	179	(6)
Acknowledgments	185	(2)
About the Author	187