or remains centered in a living spirituality (the implication here that religions are spiritually void is intentional), nor have we discussed how exporting religions changes them, of how they shift out of geographic relevance and into a historical archive when that happens, of how merging a religion into government fully compromises any spiritual efficacy it might have once claimed, of how religions are damaged when they involve themselves in economic exploitation, or bind themselves to or even instigate the blind religio-nationalism we see in so many countries today, including the US. In the coming months and years, we may consider these.
1: © Rick McBride, Connexions Magazine, 1993
2: © Rick McBride, Teaching of the Medicine Wheel, 2007
This article © Rick McBride, 2008
be well, Rick
Rick McBride is a mixed-blood Tsalagi (Cherokee), a sundancer, inipi leader and presenter of the Teachings of the Medicine Wheel workshop series, the Native American Lecture Series, and other workshops nationally. For a FREE newsletter, articles, interviews, shcedule and more please visit http://mxdblood.com
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