Robert Moss's deep experience in the dreamscape is unlike any other shaman-writer in the West. As in all his books, this one shows the mark of a real shaman. In Dreamways of the Iroquois, Moss is more revealing about himself even than in his previous books. In spite of this personal tone, the book is scholarly at times. Interspersed with a retelling of the ancient myths of the Iroquois and Huron people, the children of Aataensic,...
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If you are interested simply in astonishing and vivid storytelling, the originality of Robert Moss's remarkable personal story is given in all its splendour in this new book. Characters he has met in both dreaming and waking life are brought to life with vibrance and dynamism, as are the startling series of occurrences in Moss' life, and the retelling of ancient Iroquois legends. If you are interested in this particular...
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I am glad I live in this time,knowledge is so accessible. For me this book is a gem of insight and information on how the Iroquois ( and really many other Native tribes) dreamed, how it was incorporated into their daily lives and how this is relevant to us now~whatever culture we are in. Robert Moss presents this all in a manner that is fitting of a master storyteller, with humor laced throughout. This is not a dry esoteric...
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Last night after finishing Robert Moss's new book, Dreamways of the Iroquois: Honoring the Secret Wishes of the Soul, I fell asleep with the intention of finding a dream to prepare me for writing this review. I woke in the wee hours having dreamed of a computer screen of sorts, but with the feeling of a map, dotted with symbols representing various dream locales. The symbols reminded me of hyperlink buttons; I could focus...
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"We will bring you our best words," Hazel Dean-John, Seneca linguist, told Robert Moss on his quest for the meaning of the energy and power surging through his personal dreams of the Iroquois - and in particular of Island Woman - who were nightly testing him, bringing him ancient words and a vision for a greater quest of spirit and soul. In DREAMWAYS OF THE IROQUOIS Robert Moss reaches deep into the dreams that eventually...
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