Spirit Song: The Visionary Wisdom of No-Eyes

INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR'S FOREWORD A WOMAN CALLED BRIGHT EYES THE WOODLAND CROSSROAD VOICES OF TRUTH SOUL SIGHT NO-EYES' ANSWER THE GIFT OF WAKAN-TANKA NO EYES' MARKETPLACE THE VISION QUEST INTO HADES-A JOURNEY FLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT JOURNEY BY THE WAYSIDE SONG OF THE SHAMAN A BREED APART TOMORROW--A CHANGED WORLD MY HEART IS ON THE GROUND AFTERWORD FROM THE BACK COVER: "SPIRIT SONG IS THE STORY OF NO-EYES, AN EXTRAORDINARY CHIPPEWA MEDICINE WOMAN WHO LIVED ALONE DEEP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. AND IT IS THE STORY OF SUMMER RAIN, A YOUNG AMERICAN OF SHOSHONI HERITAGE, WHO REDISCOVERS HER ROOTS, ALONG WITH THE GREAT WISDOM OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. THOUGH TOTALLY BLIND FROM BIRTH, NO-EYES DERIVES ALL HER SUSTENANCE FROM THE LAND, IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS BY SMELL AND TOUCH. THROUGH GENTLE DISCIPLINE, WITH HUMOR AND GREAT INSIGHT, NO-EYES GUIDES SUMMER RAIN THROUGH A REMARKABLE SERIES OF EXPERIENCES, TEACHING HER LAST STUDENT THE ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE OF EIGHT DECADES. THOSE WHO ARE AWARE OF THE CHANGES THAT MUST COME, WHO SEEK TO RELEARN THE ANCIENT TEACHINGS OF THE GREAT SPIRIT WHICH PREDATE ALL ORGANIZED RELIGION, CANNOT FAIL TO SOAR WITH DELIGHT AT THIS WARM, PERSONAL TALE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OLD CHIPPEWA AND THE YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN. HERE IS TRULY THE SONG OF THE SPIRIT, ALIVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAINS, IN THE ESSENCE OF THE NATURE OF LIFE, AND IN THE HEART OF A GIFTED AND COURAGEOUS INDIAN WOMAN."