Meditations with Animals: A Native American Bestiary

by Gerald Hausman

Overview

Published in 1986, Meditations with Animals was the first bestiary ever compiled from Native Americans showing the guiding roles animals have played in their spiritual history. These stories and poems contain the rites and rituals of a variety of tribes, depicting a world unified by the belief that the animal spirit dwells within each of us. With the power given him by the animals, man can transcend his earthly world and enter into a unique oneness with things seen and not seen by the senses. “In this collection of verse and story", says Thomas Berry in his introduction, "we are brought into the primordial community of the universe, the Earth, and all living things.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591438908
Publisher:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Publication date:	06/01/1986
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	901,504
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Gerald Hausman has received high acclaim for his numerous works on Native American subjects. His books include: Meditations with the Navajo, Turtle Island Alphabet, Native American Animal Stories, Ghostwalk, Prayer to the Great Mystery, Navajo Nights, and Eagle Boy. He lives on an island in southwestern Florida.
Gerald Hausman, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945, grew up in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He graduated from college in New Mexico and continued to live there for two decades. During that time, he had a summer residence on the island of Jamaica where he and his wife, Loretta, founded a school for creative writing. Mr. Hausman has lived in Bokeelia, Florida since 1994. In addition to his many books about Native America, Gerald Hausman has written extensively about animal mythology. His work as a folklorist has earned him many national and international honors. Gerald's most recent award is from the Florida Magazine Association for his column "Pine Island Soundings" about life on a barrier island.

Gerald Hausman is a frequent storyteller at college writers programs and at young authors conferences. Recently, he performed at the Young Authors Conference in Kaiserslautern, Germany as a guest of Department of Defense Dependent Schools. His lively presentations, complete with a myriad of sound effects, have earned him praise from storytellers, speakers, writers, and listeners.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Thomas Berry

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Author's Note

People of the River

People of the Lake

People of the Sea

People of the Desert

People of the Plains

People of the Planet

Afterword by Dr. Michael W. Fox

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"In this collection of verse and story, we are brought into the primordial community of the universe, the Earth, and all living things."

Editorial Reviews

"In this collection of verse and story, we are brought into the primordial community of the universe, the Earth, and all living things."

from his introduction Thomas Berry

"In this collection of verse and story, we are brought into the primordial community of the universe, the Earth, and all living things."

From the Publisher

"In this collection of verse and story, we are brought into the primordial community of the universe, the Earth, and all living things."

Thomas Berry