Bimaadiziwin Native American Approaches to the Mystery of Life

• Authors: Achiel Peelman

Title variants

PL

Bimaadiziwin Native American Approaches to the Mystery of Life

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Structured around the Ojibwe concept Bimaadiziwin (fullness of life), this study demonstrates how Native American Spirituality contributes to a deeper approach of the mystery of life by its focus on vision, all-inclusive relationships and space. All this is intimately related to the “Spirit world” and symbolized in a unique way  by the Medicine Wheel ritual.

PL

Studium skonstruowane jest wokół koncepcji Bimaadiziwin (w kulturze i języku ojibwe – pełnia życia). Ukazuje ono, w jaki sposób duchowość amerykańskiej ludności rodzimej może pomóc w głębszym zrozumieniu tajemnicy życia. Duchowość ta obejmuje m.in. pojęcia wizji, wszechinkluzywnych relacji oraz przestrzeni. Te rzeczywistości są związane z indiańskim światem duchowym. W unikalny sposób symbolizuje je obrzęd medicine wheel.

Keywords

EN

Native American Spirituality; Vision Quest; Spirit-World; Medicine Wheel; All-Inclusive Relationships; Fullness of Life; Native American Spirituality; Vision Quest; Spirit-World; Medicine Wheel; All-Inclusive Relationships; Fullness of Life

PL

duchowość indiańska; relacje inkluzywne; pełnia życia; vision quest; medicine wheel

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Annales Missiologici Posnanienses
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 79-89

Dates

published

2014-01-01

Contributors

author

Achiel Peelman

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/amp.2014.19.3