The latter was a Finalist for the 2001 Philippine National Book Award. Wisdom from a Rainforest is now available in Japanese, Dutch, and Philippine editions. Teach him about gender equality, tolerance for difference, including homosexuality,Īnd generosity and cooperation.By turns funny, tender, and gripping, Wisdom fromĪ Rainforest honors the Teduray's legacy and helps us see how much we can learn from In short order he begins to realize how culturallyĭetermined his own values are, and sees with great clarity how much the Teduray can His own world view as a member of an advanced, civilized society was shaken to theĬore by a so-called primitive people. Their elaborate cosmology and their ritual celebrations.Īlongside his marvelous ethnography, Schlegel recounts his own personal transformation-how Schlegelĭescribes the Teduray's remarkable legal system and their strong story-telling tradition, It would wspada been natural for them to image the universe as an all-giving Mother from whose womb all life emerges and to which, like the cycles of vegetation, it returns after death to be again reborn. The best part of this story is that when i went to get my haircut, the woman cutting my hair, a recent graduate of the Univ. Kindness and compassion for each other and the spirits sharing their worlds. The Chalice and the Blade is a book divided into two basic parts. The author portrays their deep respect for nature and for each other,Īnd recounts with great vividness how their behavior and traditions revolved around The Teduray lived as hunter-gatherersĪnd subsistence farmers, careful inhabitants of the forest and mindful cultivators Whose ideals contrast strikingly with Western values. Schlegel's lively account of Teduray society depicts a peaceful, noncompetitive society To the Teduray people of Figel, from whom he learned such vital, lasting lessons. Wisdom from a Rainforest is Schlegel's testament to his experience and Of people whose tolerant, gentle way of life would transform his own values and beliefs Of Mindanao as an anthropologist in search of material. In the 1960s, Stu Schlegel went into a remote rainforest on the Philippine island See chapter 7 of this book for a brief summary see also The Chalice and the Blade, Sacred Pleasure, Tomorrows Children, and The Partnership Way Ken Kusmer. Spiritual journey." -Riane Eisler, Author of The Chalice Moving personal story, chronicling a remarkable man's Since it is popularly written, and very heavily illustrated with the remarkable, overtly pharmaco-shamanic art of the ancient world, it reads like a movie. The text is fully annotated and illuminated by 200 genuine pharmaco-shamanic images from the ancient world. The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist 'Shamanism and the Drug Propaganda' is a popularly written college-level introduction to ancient history and the Greek classics.