“The Indian regarded the human being as a 'divine mortal', or a 'divine physical being'. Indeed, I have had it explained to me that the prefix "hu" in some tongues meant 'divine', and "man" of course, is mortal. So a human being is a divine mortal being - a dual being existing in the realms of both spirit and matter; one spiritual, the other physical; one eternal, the other temporal.” HumansSpiritualityHumanMortalsNative AmericansEtymologyAmerican IndiansDivine Being Book:Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel Source: Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel
“The eagle is a bird that flies higher than any other, so the Indian considered it to be 'closer to the sky'. To the Indian, the sky was synonymous with spiritual things [like] principles. [When close to the sky,] from that elevated viewpoint [you are] detatched from the Earth and material things. The eagle is also attributed with remarkable vision. It can see clearly over great distances and identify small creature and objects from a long way off. So the eagle is associated with far-sightedness and the ability to look ahead. From an elevated viewpoint [you are] able to see more clearly where things on Earth fitted together. Since the eagle is able to look directly into the un without being blinded by its intensity, this ability indicates [the] attribution of illumination, which comes to the mind through spiritual vision or the ability to see into the essence or spirit of things.” EaglesNative AmericansEagleAmerican IndiansEagle QuotesEagle Eyes Book:Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel Source: Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel