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EXCERPTS:
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Much has been said about the influence the Iroquois have had on the American constitution and form of government. More can be said from the very perspective of the universal legend of the White Roots of Peace. Under this light Hiawatha and the Peacemaker appear as truly inspiring spiritual leaders. Excerpt >
Benjamin Franklin
Much has been said about this respected figure in American history, and more can be said to his contribution from a cultural/spiritual perspective. The way Franklin envisioned cultural activism can continue to inspire social change at present. Excerpt >
George Washington
The first president’s biography has very significant and yet little known aspects. He was a keen organic farmer and an advocate of economic independence. Popular imagination elevated him to the rank of Saint Tammany, the native patron saint and a “First One.” Excerpt >
Who was Saint Tammany? What can we learn from the Iroquois legend of the foundation of the League of Five Nations? What spiritual tasks did Benjamin Franklin and George Washington perform as key protagonists in the founding of the nation? Who were Squanto and Pocahontas and why have they become legends? These questions serve as gateways towards a new understanding of the universal cultural mission that was present at the founding of the nation.
Discover the role that the emerging culture played in shaping the reality of the American dream. This message must be re-enlivened today in order to offer us inspiration and hope and reaffirm a commitment to compassion and inclusion.
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Spiritual Turning Points of North American History
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The Dawning and the Initiate Ixbalamque
Two thousand years ago the Maya initiated a spiritual revolution in Mesoamerica. The cultural hero Ixbalamque played a great part in its inception. Learn what history, myth and a spiritual/scientific approach can tell us about this revolution and the changes it ushered in for all of North America. Excerpt >
Aztec and Iroquois: Two Worldviews and Their Consequences
Two cultures played a pivotal role in the forming of modern North America. The Iroquois’ influence rayed out into the birth of the United States. What role did the Aztecs play? See how these influences still play out in modern America from the contributions of history, myth and their integration. Excerpt >
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Black Elk’s Universal Mission
Black Elk
Black Elk, one of the most well known Native American leaders, is in many degrees one of the least understood. Until his death he was a faithful preserver and promoter of the Lakota ways. However, the medicine man became a Roman Catholic in 1904. From then, until his death in 1950, he remained faithful to this choice too. Back Page >
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A Revolution of Hope: Spirituality, Cultural Renewal and Social Change
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The Emerging Field of Experiential Spirituality
The twentieth century has sown the seeds of a possible cultural revolution. One of these can be identified with the name of ‘experiential spirituality’ and with practices that subvert the dualism of the present domination culture and invite us to change our cultural values from inside out. Excerpt >
Civil Society and the Creation of New Values
The emergence of Civil Society as a third sector can act as a countervailing force to business and governments. If Civil Society can fully envision to play this role and usher in a revolution of values then another approach to social renewal and change can have a chance to succeed. Excerpt >
The books in this section have been written with these goals in mind:
Inspiration from history of the American continent that
- contribute to an understanding of the cultural turning points of history in the American continent
- detect how past spiritual currents continue to evolve into the present
Social change in the present
- explore the paradigm shift(s) necessary for developing the new, emerging global culture
- promote the idea of sustainable social change based on cultural renewal, rather than political platforms alone
This book follows the blueprint of its North American counterpart (see below). The volume retraces Andean myths from the Titicaca region and from later Inca tradition.
Myth and history are placed side by side in an approach both scientific and imaginative that documents the correlation between historical turning points and the spiritual events that ushered them in, as they are narrated in the myths and legends of the Andes. The result confirms the deep value and meaning of indigenous myths.
All of the above is placed in the perspective that the modern spiritual-scientific research of Rudolf Steiner has brought to light, particularly in relation to the spiritual event that took place in America two thousand years ago, of which he alone has spoken.
The first part of this research looks at events closely accompanying the turn of our era. The second part of the work addresses the cultural revolution undertaken by the Incas a century before the Spanish conquest. The threads unearthed reveal a spiritual continuity that still plays an important role in South American culture.
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Martin Luther King thought in a very synthetic way, which has not been fully recognized and appreciated for all its worth. We could say that he did not think in either/or but in both/and terms. He was always on the quest for the point of balance between two seemingly irreconcilable opposites. Such major synthesis of opposites is found in nonviolent resistance, the higher synthesis between passive submission and violent rebellion. At a larger level, King’s philosophy lay the bases for reconciling personal and social change, and for the future of a stronger Civil Society playing its part alongside the public and private sectors. No other leader saw as far as he did in his time, and many a cultural creative or visionary could still learn from his legacy.
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