 The
Feathered Sun: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy
By Frithjof Schuon, Introduction by Thomas Yellowtail
Pub Date: 1991
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Binding: Hard Cover, 166pp., 8 1/2" x 11"
ISBN: 0941532099
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Binding: Paper
Status: Available
ISBN: 0941532100
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Related Books: American
Indian
Related Audio/Video: Lings, Frithjof
Schuon and Rene Guenon
With
19 full-color reproductions of paintings by the author
articles translated from the French
"In many ways a culmination of Schuon's lifework . . . Affords
surprising insights that pepper this book and that can startle the
reader into new understandings." --Parabola
"One of the most philosophic and religious studies of the Plains
Indians in print." --The Book Reader
 | Chicago Book Clinic Honor Book 1991
| DESI Aware for Excellence from Graphic Design USA 1991 |
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The essentially spiritual and symbolist outlook of Indian
civilization is brought to light as Schuon focuses on the fundamental
elements of Plains religion and the culture to which it gave rise. Here
is a message of Truth, Holiness and human grandeur, harboring within
itself something mysterious and sacred which it expresses with profound
originality.
CONTENTS
| Publisher's Preface
| Introduction by Thomas Yellowtail
| Foreword: Frithjof Schuon: Metaphysician and Artist
| Part One: Articles
| The Symbolist Mind
| A Metaphysic of Virgin Nature
| The Shamanism of the Red Indians
| The Sacred Pipe
| Symbolism of a Vestimentary Art
| The Demiurge in North American Mythology
| The Sun Dance
| A Message of Indian Religion
| His Holiness and the Medicine Man
| Part Two: Excerpts from a Diary
| Part Three: Excerpts from Correspondence
| Index |
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