This eye-opening journey through the terrain of the North American spirituality contrasts contemporary society's rejection of the sacred - and its arrogant belief in its own power to control the cosmos - with native traditions of reverence for the earth. The author reconstructs the archetypal and symbolic significance of indigenous rites and sacred sites, placing Native American spirituality in the context of the world's great religions. The comparison illustrates the richness and universality of the native approach to the earth as a cherished being and reveals the poverty of our present-day attitudes towar dht enatural environment and its living creatures.Sacred Earth is an urgent invitation for us to rediscover the world around us as a spiritual land on which we may once again be firmly grounded.
