New Book: ANCIENT VOICES, CURRENT

Marcus L. Endicott (mendicott@igc.apc.org)
Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:20:48 -0800 (PST)

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ANCIENT VOICES, CURRENT AFFAIRS: THE LEGEND OF THE RAINBOW WARRIORS
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by Steven S.H. McFadden, 1948-

(invocation by Dhyani Ywahoo)

Copyright @ 1992 by Steven McFadden

ISBN 1-879181-00-2

$9.95

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>CONTENTS
>
>Illustrations
>Acknowledgements
>Invocation by Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo
>
>Prologue
>Chapter 1. The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors
>Chapter 2. Counsel of the Elders
>Chapter 3. Rainbow Heritage, Rainbow Destiny
>Chapter 4. A Legend Aroused
>Chapter 5. A Calendar Calls
>Chapter 6. On the Threshold of Myth
>Chapter 7. The Message of the Hopi
>Chapter 8. Seeing the Rainbow from Down Under:
> The Tales of Alinta
>Chapter 9. Blossoms Unfold in an Age of Flowers
>Chapter 10. The Shambala Vision:
> What It Means to Be a Spiritual Warrior
>Epilogue
>
>General Resources
>Floral Resources
>Bibliography
>About the Author

[from the Prologue, pages 4-5]
>
> The various stories in this book are, in fact, one. Together they tell
>a saga that is larger than the sum of their collective parts. The thread
>that links them is the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, part of the emerging
>myth of a New Age. In brief, the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors says that
>when the Earth becomes desperately sick through the doings of human beings,
>some of the people will recognize that they are steadily destroying
>themselves and their Earth Mother. With spiritual support, the Rainbow
>Warriors - people of all colors and faiths - will come to the rescue,
>eventually establishing a long and joyous reign of peace.
> This modern myth suggests there will be no one hero in this time, no
>George Washington or Joan of Arc to rescue us from the great dilemma we have
>created. We must do it ourselves. In that sense, the Legend of the Rainbow
>Warriors is, to use a modern term, a holistic myth, wherein we all have both
>the opportunity and the responsibility to become spiritually awakened heroes.
> The overall myth points out the general direction that we need to
>travel: a direction in which there is full respect for the self, for others,
>and for all the creations who share life upon the planet. By proceeding in
>this direction, we will create a spiritually informed culture that uses
>scientific technology to maintain freedom and enhance the balance of life.
>From that perspective, this book is a journalist's dispatch on how the myth
>of a New Age is unfolding in the world.
>

[from the Epilogue, pages 135-136]
>
> While I will venture no bold claim of ultimate truth for the conclusions
>suggested in this book, I will say this: they are part of my truth. I offer
>the legend of the Rainbow Warriors in the hope that it will raise helpful
>questions for you, the reader: What is your myth? What gives your life
>meaning? How are you acting to make your myth a living part of the world's
>experience? If the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors speaks to you, what can
>you do to make this myth real, to engage more directly in the ancient quest
>of heroes and heroines: bringing heaven to Earth?
>

>GENERAL RESOURCES
>
>Sun Bear *
>Bear Tribe Medicine Society
>P.O.Box 9167
>Spokane, WA 99209
>
>Greenpeace
>P.O.Box 96099
>Washington, DC 20090-6099
>
>Scott Guynup
>Illustrator, Visionary Artist
>707 Brunswick Drive
>Waynesville, NC 28786
>
>Brooke Medicine Eagle
>Sky Lodge
>P.O.Box 121
>Ovando, MT 59854
>
>Medicine Story (Manitonquat)
>Mettanokit Community
>c/o Another Place
>Route 123
>Greenville, NH 03048
>
>Hunbatz Men
>Communidad Indigena Maya
>APDO Postal 7-013
>Merida 7
>Yucatan, Mexico
>
>Twylah Nitsch
>Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge
>12199 Brant Reservation Road
>Brant, NY 14027-0136
>
>Shambala Warrior Training
>2130 Arapaho
>Boulder, CO 80302
>
>Oh Shinnah
>Four Directions Foundation
>P.O.Box 56-1685
>Miami, FL 33256-1685
>
>Dhyani Ywahoo
>Sunray Medicine Society
>P.O.Box 308
>Bristol, VT 05443
>
>* Before he passed away, Sun Bear asked the members of the Bear Tribe
>Medicine Society to carry on his activities and teachings.

>ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>
>Steven McFadden writes, counsels, and gardens from his home in rural New
>Hampshire. A journalist, a farm activist, and an astrologer, Steven is also
>a master in the Traditional Reiki system of healing. As director for the
>Planetary Wisdom Keepers project, he has been meeting with learned elders
>from around the world for a forthcoming book and video series.
> Steven is the author of PROFILES IN WISDOM: NATIVE ELDERS SPEAK ABOUT
>THE EARTH (1991) and coauthor with Trauger Groh of FARMS OF TOMORROW:
>COMMUNITY SUPPORTED FARMS, FARM SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES (1990). He is also a
>contributing writer to ECOLOGUE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CATALOGUE AND CONSUMER'S
>GUIDE FOR A SAFE EARTH (1990).
> Steven has worked with groups in both corporate and private settings
>since 1975, and he travels widely to offer lectures and workshops. You may
>contact him at:
>
> Chiron Communications
> P.O.Box 481
> New Ipswich, NH 03071

>Native peoples from around the Earth have long prophesied the emergence of
>rainbow warriors: individuals who, from all walks of life and from all
>ethnic shades of the rainbow, come together to build a world that works for
>everyone. As we experience the turbulence of personal and planetary changes
>in out times, these ancient myths offer us inspiration and guidance.
>
>In ANCIENT VOICES, CURRENT AFFAIRS, veteran journalist Steven McFadden
>details the myth of the rainbow warriors through the teachings of indigenous
>peoples in the Americas, Australia, and Tibet. He then shows many ways that
>this legend is emerging as part of our everyday reality. The original spirit
>behind the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the ecological
>movement, Greenpeace, the use of organic foods and flower essences, and
>empowering strategies for how to lead lives as spiritual warriors - all point
>toward the fusion of myth with current affairs and give us abundant hope for
>the future.

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