from "The Sacred Pipe," by Joseph Epes Brown
"...with the Sioux...the 'power' (really the sacredness) of a being or a thing is in proportion to its nearness to its prototype; or better, it is in proportion to the ability of the object or act to reflect most directly the principle or principles which are in Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit, who is One."
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:07 PM
5 Comments:
i had to read that a couple times
i did too
but it does sound very linguistic-y ;)
me too, but i like the thought that the closer we are to the One in Whose image we were made, the more worth we have
ooh, that made more sense (upon the 1st reading, i mean;) -- thanks, hobbitsister :)
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