... ground - the world's navel. Sacred Texts: Native traditions have been preserved as an oral tradition, not in written form. As a result, traditions are often updated and changed as a result of dreams and visions. Afterlife: In general, Native religions have no precise belief about life after death. Some believe in reincarnation, with a person being reborn either as a human or ... . (5) The Wiradjeri aboriginal medicine men have a high god - Baiame. Two great quartz crystals extend from his shoulders to the sky above him. Baiame sometimes appears to the aborigines in their dreams. He cause...

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... dream interpreters, ceremonialists, storytellers, and keepers of the folk memory. These "Shamanic services- are secondary to, and dependent upon, the Shaman's relationship with his or her helping spirits to interpret dreams, prescribe healing herbs, lead ceremonies, or tell stories. What distinguishes the Shaman's ability to do these things is the Shaman's intense relationship with helping spirits and the knowledge of how ... state is hozho, or blessed, holy, beautiful, balanced, without pain, etc. (McFadden, '91 p.76) Hozho is the desired balance, but it is difficult to maintain because...

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