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The Book of
Ceremonies
A Native Way of Honoring and Living the Sacred
by Gabriel Horn
New World Library, 2000
ISBN: 1577310624
Native American Studies, 288 pages
Hardcover, $20.00
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Celebrated Native American writer Gabriel Horn weaves a
beautiful tapestry of stories and short pieces that show us the
sacred Native way of life. The writing is beautiful and emotional
throughout. It is the work of a talented writer who has walked
the native path for years, and is able to show us the native way
in all aspects of life. The Book of Ceremonies offers
clear explanations of to a wide variety of ceremonies.
There are ceremonies for: *Marriage / • Pregnancy /
• Birth / • Greeting the Day / • Death *Divorce
/ • Presenting an Infant to the Sun / • Dreams and
Visions *Solstice and Equinox / • Healing / • And
many others...
The Book of Ceremonies is a beautiful gift book, filled
with striking original art. Interwoven throughout are native
creation accounts, love songs, poems, prayers, and traditional
stories as well as instructions for vision quests, and many
rituals and ceremonies. It is a book for all to treasure who live
on this sacred land, for it shows us the breadth and depth of the
understanding and spirituality of its indigenous people.
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GABRIEL HORN is the author of numerous books, including
Contemplations of a Primal Mind, Native Heart: An American Indian
Odyssey, and Ceremony in the Circle of Life, a children's book
that has received the National Council of Social Studies Teachers
Notable Children’s Trade Award. One of the original
American Indian Movement (AIM) teachers who helped establish the
AIM Survival Schools in the 1970s, Horn lectures nationwide on
writing and the environment. He lives on the Gulf Coast of
Florida.
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