Contemplations of a Primal Mind

By Gabriel Horn

Echoing the ancient sounds of the Native American oral tradition, wisdom
keeper Gabriel Horn (White Deer of Autumn) writes in praise of the
primal mind. With a profound affinity for Florida's beauty, Horn shares
the wisdom he has learned from dolphins in the Florida Keys. He
describes his wonder at the splendor of the natural world and his
respect for the spirits of the supernatural realms and the Star People
of our possible future who inhabit those realms in ancient stories.

Sometimes
angry, always generous, he implores the reader to contemplate modern
society's rejection of the sacred and to seek a deeper understanding of
the interconnectedness of all life. His search for dignity, while
grappling with the complexities of contemporary life, lifts his story
from personal memoir to universal truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813017548
• ISBN13: 9780813017549
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant book on Native American issues in modern society

'Contemplations of a Primal Mind' by Gabriel Horn was a watershed for me, and complete revelation which I had long been looking for.As a non-Native American I was looking for a way to understand Native American culture, and particularly the situation Native Americans face living in modern US society. This book gave me all that, really showing the difficulties being faced to preserve the Native American culture when under the bombardment of modern materialism and 'cultural values'.It is a brilliant book, coupling those issues in with some of the very enlightening and spiritual aspects of the Native American culture.I strongly recommend this book to all non-Native Americans (as well as Native Americans). It gives a story of Native American issues in modern society, devoid of any stereotypes or wishful thinking.As a sequel to this book, I would give an even stronger recommendation to reading Gabriel Horn's first book, 'Native heart, An American Indian Oddyssey' (*****), which goes further into both the Native American spirituality and the struggles they face from the bigotry and sterotypes inherent of modern US society.