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THE WILD GENTLE ONES
A Turtle Island Odyssey

By Jerome 'Twin Rainbow' Irwin


The Wild Gentle Ones tale turns on a fascinating array of encounters with: the land and life of the author's Countae Mhaigh Eo-Southern Tyrolean ancestry; his birthplace in Leadville, Colorado; mystical childhood moments spent in San Francisco; youthful vision-questing experiences with the San Bruno Mountains of Northern California; followed by otherworldly relationships with Sioux elders in South Dakota; and a sequel that includes a decades long pilgrimage to First Nation/Native American gatherings and sacred spots in Canada and the United States.

Vol I. Immigrant Legacies & Heritage of Native North America
301 pages, perfect bound with French flaps

Price: Volume I $20.00 US/$24.00 CDN plus shipping and handling

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Availability: Volume I currently available
                  Volume II available September 2006
                  Volume III available September 2007

Vol II. The Ancient Spirit & Wildness of Native North America
310 pages, perfect bound with French flaps


Vol III. Ireland & Tyrol; A Return to the Ancestors
300 pages, perfect bound with French flaps





pioneer remembrance  of the odyssey journal PIONEER REMEBRANCE OF THE ODYSSEY JOURNAL

Richly illustrated with pictographic and ethnographic images representative of ancient indigenous cultures from around the world. A special Family Tree and Turtle Island Medicine Wheel page insert includes entry space for the journal-keeper's relations within both the human and non-human world and how they intend to conduct their own Turtle Island meditations to honor all of life. (The four elements, Mother Earth, the animals, young and old people and the yet unborn)

Each of the journal's eleven road sign questions provides ten pages for the journal-keeper to include a favorite literary epigraph, musical epigram and personal notes that relate to their life's unique odyssey.

132 pages

Price: $20.00
(plus shipping & handling)

Availability:
Summer 2006



turtle island spirit songs and stories for the earth and all earth peoples TURTLE ISLAND SPIRIT SONGS AND STORIES FOR THE EARTH AND ALL EARTH'S PEOPLES

In keeping with Turtle Island oral tradition, this 90 minute 'Living History' CD is an ethno-musicology extension of Volumes I and II of The Wild Gentle Ones; A Turtle Island Odyssey by Jerome 'Twin Rainbow' Irwin.

Each roadside chapter of the Wild Gentle Ones is represented by 4 to 6 minutes of related oral tradition that includes a literary epigraph and musical epigram. Selected pieces of prose, poetry, songs, chants, nature and animal sounds will evoke within the listener an even-deeper appreciation of ancient Turtle Island philosophy and spirituality.

Each selection will aid the listener in setting out upon their own personal Turtle Island odyssey full of wonderment, awe, sacredness, unity and oneness with all of Life.

90 minutes (to hear CD samples visit Songs of Turtle Island)

Price: $20.00 (plus shipping & handling)
Availability:
Summer 2006



 
 
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