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Exploring "Timeless in Time" - a biography of Sri Ramana Maharshi
What is Sacred Art?
Interview with Frithjof Schuon - on Art
The Universal Spirit of Islam: Keys for Interfaith Understanding
Science and the Myth of Progress
World Wisdom's Spiritual Classics series
What are the "Foundations of Christian Art?"
Ernest Thompson Seton explains "The Gospel of the Redman"
William C. Chittick explores "The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi"
Paul Goble's World: Native Americans' relationship to all created beings
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"The idea of one Great Oversoul is widely spread among the Indians; not universal, perhaps, but much more widely spread than in the Old World. All of our best Indians believe apparently in one Great God. From among many recorded statements, I quote the following by Grinnell. In his discussion of the Pawnee belief in the Great Spirit, whom they call Tirawa, he says: “Tirawa is an intangible spirit, omnipotent and beneficent. He pervades the universe, and is a Supreme Ruler. Upon His will depends everything that happens."



"He can bring good or bad; can give success or failure. Everything rests with Him. . . . nothing is undertaken without a prayer to the Father for assistance. “When the pipe is lighted, the first whiffs are blown to the Deity. When food is eaten, a small portion is placed on the ground [or in the fire] as a sacrifice to Him."

Seton's drawings of ceremonial pipes.
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