Big Medicine from Six Nations

A volume in The Iroquois and Their Neighbors series. Publishers blue cloth with metallic orange spine lettering, a few illustrations. Dust jacket with color cover art. ; 6-1/4" x 91-/4"; xix, 343 pp; Book with very slight wear at bottom of spine, otherwise fine. Jacket with slight edgewear at top of spine and along bottom edge, in clear protective cover.

From Publisher:

Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams, on the themes of "Medicine" (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). Williams intertwines the lore and lifeways of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating the dynamic encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary Haudenosaunee culture. At the same time, Williams writes with an irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own.Colored by Ted's wry and irreverent wit, Big Medicine from Six Nations amply fulfills the promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view, not only of herbal medicine, but of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges, spirits, humor, and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of the Great Peace. But readers will find that there is more to this book, about the "spiritual mechanics" of humankind writ large.

Product Info

ISBN: 0815608632

ISBN-13: 9780815608639

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Year: 2007

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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