Out of the Flame - Cherokee Beliefs & Practices of the Ancients Paperback

Adair's research and writings bring understanding to the Native American phrase, "the Great Spirit".  He pulls from the "Sacred Fire" meanings that are related to the Cherokee worship, bringing more depth of understanding as to their possible origins.  Forms and rituals easily become the object of focus loosing the original meaning and becoming an end in themselves. Cherokee language and culture offers this earliest record of Cherokee beliefs for your investigation and query.  We are pleased to make this extraordinary information available to the consumer public. Due to it's rare availability, with most copies that are still in print held in special collections and private libraries, the portion dealing with beliefs and religious customs are now available to you the reader.  It is yours to question, probe, and make your own conclusion.