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Black Elk

Paperback | Pages: 270 pages

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ISBN:	0803283857 (ISBN13: 9780803283855)
Edition Language:	English

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Bu kitapta, Kızılderili büyücü şaman, Oglala Siyuları'nın kutsal adamı İri Boynuzlu Kara Geyik'in John G. Neihardt'a anlattığı ruhsal gezintileri, tecrübeleri, anıları yer alıyor

"Soylu At sürünerek içeri girdiğinde, sinirleri çok gergin olduğundan hızla atan kalbini duyabiliyordu; kalbinin hızla atması, içerideki yaşlı insanlan uyandıracaktı sanki. Ama korktuğu olmadı ve bir süre sonra sınmlan kesmeye başladı. Kestiği her sırım 'pat' diye ses çıkarıyor ve o da ölecekmiş gibi oluyordu. Ama işi de iyi gidiyordu. Kızın kalçalannm geçebileceği genişlikteki bütün smmlar kesilmişti. Sinirleri iyice gerildiği bir sırada bıçağı kaydı ve kıza saplandı. Büyük, tiz bir feryat kopardı kız...
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Title	:	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Author	:	Black Elk
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 270 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2004 by Bison Books (first published August 1988)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Biography. Religion. Autobiography. Memoir

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Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you --- the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds, the wings of the air and all green things that live. You have set the powers of the four quarters to cross each other. The good road and the road of difficulties you have made to cross; and where they cross the place is holy. Day in and day out, forever, you are the life

Black Elks was an atypical member of the Sioux Nation, due in large part to his youthful visions and eventual emergence as a Sioux Medicine man with prophetic and healing powers. His remarkable experiences provide a deep insight into the Sioux relationship with nature. By the time John Nehring, author of Black Elk Speaks, interviews Black Elk, he is near the end of his life. Black Elk is risking much in revealing the sacred details of his life story to a white man, but feels it necessary in

An abridged cd with a magnificent reading by Fred Contreras. The other day as I went to a car repair appointment, I arrived all misty-eyed and runny-nosed. Very sad story. Black Elk speaks of the creatures with roots, legs, and wings. I add the creatures that crawl and swim. And any other creatures that are left out. I hope to read the full unabridged version in book form some day so I can copy down a few quotes. Riding home from my appointment, I noticed the melting snow. The seven-day forecast

John G. Neihardt met Black Elk in 1930. When they met, Black Elk recognized Niehardt as the man he must teach his vision to, so that it might be saved before he died. Niehardt reflects, "His chief purpose was to 'save his Great Vision for men.'"pg. xix At this time Black Elk was old, going blind and he lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation where the Wounded Knee Massacre took place in 1890. Black Elk was a holy man, a visionary and a healer. He was also related to Crazy Horse through his father.

What a powerful story. Black Elk agreed to interviews with the author, and revealed for the first time a series of visions he had while ill as a 9-year-old child. He carried the weight of the visions for the remainder of his life, and continued to experience visions for most of his adult life. Black Elk describes, with help from some old friends present during some of the interviews, the coming of white settlers to the land held by native Americans, the selling out of some tribal leaders and the

Black Elk Speaks is so full of wisdom, compassion, and forgiveness. While the historical aspect of the book is tragic, I found the spiritual aspect favorable. "It is the story of all life that is holy and is good to tell, and of us two-leggeds sharing in it with the four-leggeds and the wings of the air and all green things; for these are children of one mother and their father is one Spirit."

The story of an Oglala Souix Shaman, Black Elk, cousin of Crazy Horse. He witnessed the battles of Big Horn and Wounded Knee. He tells his story through a translator, to the poet Neihardt.I read this in High School and again when I worked as the historian for the Pres. Benjamin Harrison Home. Harrison was the Pres. during the Wounded Knee battle and I needed to refresh the story and started an educational program using some quotes from this, Harrison letters, tlelgrams, news paper reports, ets.