New Book: RAINBOW TRIBE by Ed McGa
Marcus L. Endicott (mendicott@igc.apc.org)
Mon, 02 Nov 1992 02:39:50 -0800 (PST)
RAINBOW TRIBE: ORDINARY PEOPLE JOURNEYING ON THE RED ROAD
by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man
ISBN 0-06-250611-0 (alk. paper)
Copyright @ 1992
260 pages
USA $15.00
Canada $20.00
UK P 9.99 net
HarperSanFrancisco
A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022 USA
> Ed McGaa was born on the Oglala Sioux reservation and is a registered
>tribal member, OST 15287. Following the earning of an undergraduate degree,
>he joined the Marine Corps to become a fighter pilot. Captain McGaa returned
>from 110 combat missions and danced in six annual Sioux Sun Dances. The Sun
>Dance led him to the seven Mother Earth ceremonies under the tutelage of
>Chief Eagle Feather and Chief Fools Crow, two Sioux holy men. Eagle Man and
>the Rainbow Tribe people discovered each other during preparations for the
>Harmonic Convergence. Ed McGaa, Eagle Man holds a law degree from the
>University of South Dakota and is the author of RED CLOUD (Dillon Press,
>1971) and MOTHER EARTH SPIRITUALITY: NATIVE AMERICAN PATHS TO HEALING
>OURSELVES AND OUR WORLD (Harper & Row, 1990).
>
> Books on spirituality and philosophy tend to generate many letters. The
>author would very much appreciate the enclosure of a self-addressed stamped
>envelope by readers who write to him.
>CONTENTS
>
>Forward
>
>Part I: Origin of the Rainbow Tribe
>
>1. Reconnecting with the Natural Way
>
>2. Thunder Owl and the Rainbows
>
>3. Rainbow and Celtic Relationship
>
>Part II: Intrinsic Powers of Ceremony
>
>4. The Path of the Rainbow
>
>5. Rainbows in Sweat Lodge
>
>6. Rainbows in Vision Quest
>
>7. Rainbows Finding Their Natural Names and WOTAI Stones
>
>8. Rainbows Discovering Spirit Guides
>
>Part III: Discovering the Higher Mystical Realm
>
>9. Spirit-calling Ceremony
>
>10. Healing with Ceremony and Medicine
>
>Part IV: Rainbow Fire - Rainbow Spiritual Leadership
>
>11. Gatherings
>
>12. The Call to Lead
>
>Notes
>
>Suggested Readings
>"Speaks of the unity of all races and all living things.... We all carry a
>piece of the dream of world peace and harmony. RAINBOW TRIBE asks us to pull
>together to make that vision a common reality."
> - Jamie Sams, author of SACRED PATH CARDS(tm) and MEDICINE CARDS(tm)
>
>"Ed McGaa's book will help many people who feel lost find their way back to
>their nation: The Rainbow Tribe."
> - Sun Bear
>
>"Offers a message of spiritual unity and hope for a divided and disturbed
>world. Carries the voices of many people speaking to the common spiritual
>and ceremonial needs of humans from the ancient Celts and Indians to modern
>Americans."
> - Jack Weatherford, author of INDIAN GIVERS and NATIVE ROOTS
>
>"Ed McGaa truly has the vision of Eagle - he 'sees far,' and thus gives us,
>through his words, a vision about making real White Buffalo Calf Woman's
>urging to unite in holiness as a family of all our relations."
> - Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING
>Part One: Origin of the Rainbow Tribe
>
>These Two-legged will be called the Rainbow Tribe, for they are the product
>of thousands of years of melding among the five original races. These
>Children of Earth have been called together to open their hearts and to move
>beyond the barriers of disconnection. The medicine they carry is the
>Whirling Rainbow of Peace, which will mark the union of the five races as
>one.
> - Jamie Sams, OTHER COUNCIL FIRES WERE HERE BEFORE OURS
>
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