“An Enormous Response”

Joseph Campbell— The Power of Myth:- Chief Seattle was one of the last spokemen of the Paleolithic, moral order. In about 1852, the United States Government inquired about buying the tribal lands for the arriving people of the United States, and Chief Seattle wrote a marvelous letter in reply. His letter expresses the moral, reality of our whole discussion.

To me it was an enormous response by Chief Seattle, but one paragraph resonated to me: “As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is also precious to you. One thing we know: there is only one God. No man, be he Red Man or White man, can be apart. We are brothers after all.”

On this beautiful Friday, the first day of November, 2013. My hope is that today would be a better day for you and yours than yesterday...