 I cured many with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured. It was the power from the outer world, and the visions and ceremonies had only made me like a hole through which the power could come. If I thought that I was doing it...  Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power - Pagina 30door Fools Crow, Thomas E. Mails - 2001 - 212 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1987 - 326 pagina’s
...humility are general characteristics of the true shaman. Nick clearly revealed this when he told Neihardt: Of course it was not I who cured. It was the power...like a hole through which the power could come to the two leggeds. If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come... | |
 | Kenneth Lincoln - 1997 - 316 pagina’s
...gatherings, a natural turn. "And many I cured with the power that came through me," Black Elk said. "Of course it was not I who cured. It was the power...world, and the visions and ceremonies had only made me a hole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds." I ran four miles of claypacked country... | |
 | Anya Peterson Royce - 2004 - 278 pagina’s
...through which the power could come. Black Elk, the Oglala Sioux medicine man, described it thus: "Many I cured with the power that came through me. Of course,...power could come to the two-leggeds. If I thought I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through" (Neihardt 1972:173-74).... | |
 | Sarah Deer, Bonnie Clairmont, Carrie A. Martell, Maureen L. White Eagle - 2008 - 388 pagina’s
...fact that he is only the instrument of a power far greater than himself. In the words of Black Elk, "I cured with the power that came through me. Of course,...who cured, it was the power from the Outer World, the visions and the ceremonies had only made me like a hole through which the power could come to the... | |
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