Product Description
engagement with traditional wisdom, spiritual knowledge, and his search for
higher consciousness among the Six Nations of Iroquois.
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, he
writes with an irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own.
Colored by his wry wit, Big Medicine from Six Nations amply fulfills the
promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view not only of herbal
medicine but also of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges,
spirits, 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.
