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The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity
Spiritual Masters - East & West Series
Insights into the early Christian Desert Fathers and Mothers
The Universal Spirit of Islam: Keys for Interfaith Understanding
Interview with Frithjof Schuon - on Spirituality
Where to look to "see God Everywhere"?
Paul Goble's World: Native Americans' relationship to all created beings
A Definition of the Perennial Philosophy
Spiritual Poetry
Noble Faces, Strong Voices: Exploring "The Spirit of Indian Women"
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Who was Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)?
A unique writer, activist, and person
In early life, Ohiyesa lived in the old ways
Ohiyesa's father, Many Lightnings
New life among the whites
Charles Eastman, physician
Family life and new work
A prolific and unique author
Promoter of causes and teacher
Later life
The final years of a great American
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Charles Eastman and his wife separated in August 1921, quite possibly because of opposing views regarding the best future for the American Indian. Elaine Goodale Eastman stressed total assimilation of Native Americans into the dominant society, while Eastman favored a type of cultural pluralism in which Indians would interact with the dominant society, utilizing only those positive aspects that would benefit them but still retaining their Indian identity, including their traditional beliefs and customs—in effect living between two worlds.
Eastman believed that the teachings and spirit of his adopted religion of Christianity and the traditional Indian spiritual beliefs were essentially the same and had their common origins in the same “Great Mystery;” a belief that was controversial to many Christians.
In 1928 Eastman purchased land on the north shore of Lake Huron, near Desbarats, Ontario, Canada. For the remainder of his life, when he was not traveling and lecturing, he lived there in his primitive cabin in communion with the virgin nature that he loved so dearly.
Eastman with guide
and bark canoe on
Rainy Lake, Ontario
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