Kokopelli Ceremonies

Author : Stephen W. Hill
Publisher : Kiva Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781885772060
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kokopelli Ceremonies written by Stephen W. Hill and published by Kiva Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KOKOPELLI, the Humpbacked Flute Player, has become the most widely recognized symbol of SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY. Typically appearing in ROCK ART, LEGENDS, & CEREMONIALS of the HOPI & PUEBLO peoples, Kokopelli now enjoys widespread popular appeal, & is found in all the decorative arts of the Southwest: SCULPTURE, PAINTING, POTTERY, JEWELRY, even furniture & t-shirts! Psychologist Hill & PUEBLO PAINTER MONTOYA present a total picture of Kokopelli, from his history in LEGEND & MYTH to his depiction in PUEBLO ART & ceremonials. The FLUTE PLAYER is presented as an archetypal figure associated with fertility, music & dance. Special section on the painter's style & how he achieves spiritual effects. Montoya's original paintings are accompanied by a commentary on PUEBLO SPIRITUALITY. Introduction to the artist by James T. Bialac. KOKOPELLI CEREMONIES, $24.95 (cloth), $16.95 (pap.) plus $2.50 s/h. Order from Kiva Publishing, 102 E. Water St., Santa Fe, NM 87501; 505-820-7413.

Author : Ekkehart Malotki
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803282957
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kokopelli written by Ekkehart Malotki and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kokopelli the flute player is one of the most popular icons that American culture has adopted from the Native peoples of North America. The Kokopelli name and image are everywhere, adorning everything from jewelry, welcome mats, T-shirts, and money clips to motels, freeway underpasses, nature trails, nightclubs, and string quartets. Kokopelli evokes mystery and wonder, ancient ceremonies andøspirituality, Mother Earth and the purity of nature. But what exactly is Kokopelli? Just how Native American is this ubiquitous flute player? In this fascinating book, the distinguished scholar of Hopi culture and history Ekkehart Malotki describes the development of the Kokopelli phenomenon in American mass culture from its beginning to Kokopelli?s present status as pan-Southwestern icon. He explores the figure?s connections with the Hopi kachina god Kookop”l” and Maahu, the cicada, and discusses how this rock-art image has been appropriated and misunderstood. Kokopelli sheds light on a little-understood aspect of Hopi culture and testifies to the continuing power of Native cultures to spark the popular imagination and interest of outsiders.

Author : Dawn Bastian Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851095381
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Native American Mythology written by Dawn Bastian Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Hopi kachina dolls and awesome totem poles are but two of the aspects of the sophisticated, seldom-examined network of mythologies explored in this fascinating volume. This revealing work introduces readers to the mythologies of Native Americans from the United States to the Arctic Circle—a rich, complex, and diverse body of lore, which remains less widely known than mythologies of other peoples and places. In thematic chapters and encyclopedia-style entries, Handbook of Native American Mythology examines the characters and deities, rituals, sacred locations and objects, concepts, and stories that define and distinguish mythological cultures of various indigenous peoples. By tracing the traditions as far back as possible and following their evolution from generation to generation, Handbook of Native American Mythology offers a unique perspective on Native American history, culture, and values. It also shows how central these traditions are to contemporary Native American life, including the continuing struggle for land rights, economic parity, and repatriation of cultural property.

Author : Suzanne J. Bratcher
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781638086222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kokopelli's Song written by Suzanne J. Bratcher and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three teens race against a waxing moon to prevent an ancient evil from tipping the universe into chaos.

Author : Todd W. Bostwick
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816536430
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscape of the Spirits written by Todd W. Bostwick and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High above the noise and traffic of metropolitan Phoenix, Native American rock art offers mute testimony that another civilization once thrived in the Arizona desert. In the city's South Mountains, prehispanic peoples pecked thousands of images into the mountains' boulders and outcroppings—images that today's hikers can encounter with every bend in the trail. Todd Bostwick, an archaeologist who has studied the Hohokam for more than twenty years, and Peter Krocek, a professional photographer with a passion for archaeology, have combed the South Mountains to locate nearly all of the ancient petroglyphs found in the canyons and ridges. Their years of learning the landscape and investigating the ancient designs have resulted in a book that explores this wealth of prehistoric rock art within its natural and cultural contexts, revealing what these carvings might mean, how they got there, and when they were made. Landscape of the Spirits is the first book to cover these ancient images and is one of the most comprehensive treatments of a rock art location ever published. It conveys the range of different rock art elements and compositions found in the South Mountains—animals, humans, and geometric shapes, as well as celestial and calendrical markings at key sites—through accurate descriptions, drawings, and photographs. Interpretations of the petroglyphs are based on Native American ethnographic accounts and consider the most recent theories concerning shamanism and archaeoastronomy. Written in a simple and accessible style, Landscape of the Spirits is an indispensable volume for anyone exploring the South Mountains, and for rock art enthusiasts everywhere who wish to broaden their understanding of the prehistoric world. It is both an authoritative overview of these ancient wonders and an unprecedented benchmark in southwestern rock art research at a single geographic location.

Author : Dennis Slifer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kokopelli written by Dennis Slifer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both Santa Fe and Taos are well known as important twentieth-century American art colonies. Until the publication of Santa Fe and Taos, their fame rested more upon the reputations of resident and visiting artists than on the contributions of the writers, playwrights and poets who lived side-by-side with the artists. Notable among writers who paid extended visits to the colony were D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Thornton Wilder, Carl Sandburg, Sinclair Lewis and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Author : Watson Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 087365126X
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kiva Mural Decorations at Awatovi and Kawaika-a written by Watson Smith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smith was one of the Southwest’s foremost archaeological scholars. In this classic, he reported on the remarkable murals found at Awatovi and other Puebloan sites in the underground ceremonial chambers known as kivas. Now reissued in a stunning facsimile edition, the volume includes color reproductions of the original serigraphs by Louie Ewing.

Author : Carl Lehrburger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 159143775X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Ancient America written by Carl Lehrburger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real history of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled to the Americas long before 1492 • Provides more than 300 photographs and drawings, including Celtic runes in New England, Gaelic inscriptions in Colorado, and Asian symbols in the West • Reinterprets many archaeological finds, such as the Ohio Serpent Mound • Reveals Celtic, Hebrew, Roman, early Christian, Templar, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese influences in North American artifacts and ruins As the myth of Columbus “discovering” America falls from the pedestal of established history, we are given the opportunity to discover the real story of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled there long before 1492. Sharing his more than 25 years of research and travel to sites throughout North America, Carl Lehrburger employs epigraphy, archaeology, and archaeoastronomy to reveal extensive evidence for pre-Columbian explorers in ancient America. He provides more than 300 photographs and drawings of sites, relics, and rock art, including Celtic and Norse runes in New England, Phoenician and Hebrew inscriptions in the Midwest, and ancient Shiva linga and Egyptian hieroglyphs in the West. He uncovers the real story of Columbus and his motives for coming to the Americas. He reinterprets many well-known archaeological and astronomical finds, such as the Ohio Serpent Mound, America’s Stonehenge in New Hampshire, and the Crespi Collection in Ecuador. He reveals Celtic, Hebrew, Roman, early Christian, Templar, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese influences in famous stones and ruins, reconstructing the record of what really happened on the American continents prior to Columbus. He also looks at Hindu influences in Mesoamerica and sacred sexuality encoded in archaeological sites. Expanding upon the work of well-known diffusionists such as Barry Fell and Gunnar Thompson, the author documents the travels and settlements of trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific explorers, miners, and settlers who made it to the Americas and left their marks for us to discover. Interpreting their sacred symbols, he shows how their teachings, prayers, and cosmologies reveal the cosmic order and sacred landscape of the Americas.

Author : Donald L. Ensenbach
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621475549
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kokopelli written by Donald L. Ensenbach and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the well-known Native American named Kokopelli, a traveling trader and a mythical god of fertility. A mix of history, legend, and fiction from author and historian Donal L. Ensenbach.

Author : Daniel Deardorff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1644115697
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Within written by Daniel Deardorff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals myth and “otherness” as keys to restoring self, nature, and society • Shows how myths contain medicine to restore wholeness amidst trauma, exile, sudden life change, disability, illness, death, or grief • Synthesizes lessons from shamanic practice, quantum physics, alchemy, soul poetry, wildness, social justice, and the author’s lived experience • Discloses the blessings of outsiderhood and the gifts and insights gained and contributed to culture by those who are marginalized and outcast There is an “other” that lives within each of us, an exiled part that carries wisdom needed for ourselves and the culture at large. Having survived disabling polio as an infant, Daniel Deardorff knows the oppressions of exclusion and outsiderhood. He guides readers on an initiatory journey through ancient myth, literature, and personal revelation to discover our own true identity. These 10,000-year-old stories contain sacred medicine with insights that release imagination and restore wholeness amid trauma, exile, climate chaos, disability, illness, death, and grief. Illustrating how archetypal figures of the Other--the Trickster, Daimon, Not-I, etc.--hold paradox, Deardorff teaches us to reframe disparities of self/other, civilization/ wilderness, form/deformity and transform the experience of being outcast. Synthesizing lessons from shamanic practice, quantum physics, alchemy, social justice, and his own lived experience, Deardorff affirms the disruptive and transgressive forces that break through dogma, conventionality, and prejudice. He discloses blessings of outsiderhood and gifts to culture by those who are marginalized. Through mythmaking (mythopoesis), the experience of Otherness--cultural, racial, religious, sexual, physiognomic--becomes one of empowerment, a catalyst for human liberation.