In Chapter 17, Black Elk tells about how there " power is not in us [them] anymore." ... In truth, Black Elk says, "Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us anymore. You can look at our boys and see how it is with us. ... Now that the Wasichus have broken the essential loop, according to Black Elk, "Our [their] power is gone and we [they] are dying, for the power is not in us [them] any more". ... We are prisoners of war while we are waiting here. ...

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They performed an experiment that suggests how the Earth's atmosphere might have formed. ... A question that puzzled scientists was how could all this have started in the first place. ... Discovering that RNA can act as a catalyst, makes it easier to imagine how life began. ... This clearly suggest how the first membranes could have formed. ... Assuming that the microspheres combined with self-replicating molecules, we are looking at a very ancient organism. ...

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There are two stories which are both found in Genesis; the first between chapters 1 & 2:1-3 and the second in 2:4-25. By contrasting the two stories, hopefully we can induce a clear significance of the stories as related to the origin of man. Beforehand, the reader of the Bible must take caution as to how they translate the text. ... Yahweh tells Adam which tree in the Garden of Eden not to eat from or he will die and another time he allows him to name each of the animals. ... Primarily, within the first two sentences of the first story we learn that "In the beginning God created the he...

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The book of Genesis is more about how God created the Earth and the humans and how this all happened in seven days. ... Because the Indians did not have any written language, we found it difficult to understand their depth of wisdom. We also found it difficult to understand the nomadic life many Indians lead. We are obsessed with material achievements and we fail to see the human and spiritual values in life. ... If we understand the Indian relationship with nature and the values of their symbols and rites, then we may become enriched and our understanding will deepen. ...

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What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire kn...

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