Stories That Crafted The Earth
Here in the dawn of the third millennium, the inhabitants of the modern world are beginning to learn with gathering speed just how important respect for the Earth is to our existence. The tales of the hunter-gatherer tribes people carry some important social and ecological lessons for us.
Some of these stories have been passed on for up to 100,000 years of oral tradition. They are told with a rich celebration of dance, movement, music, costume, colour. Though diverse in content and cultural origin, Earth Creation tales often share common ground when illustrating humanity's fragile position as a tiny cog in an enormous life macrocosm. They teach us to respect the natural world, to respect other people, and to respect ourselves.
The stories tell how the Earth, the rivers, the lakes, the oceans, the mountains, the valleys, the clouds, the sky, and the first animals and people came into being.
We celebrate these stories with live storytelling and the recently published book 'Stories That Crafted The Earth.'
INDEPENDENT COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK
“Survival International helps tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures. An important part of this work involves increasing international awareness of the diversity of tribal peoples and an understanding of their lives, cultures and histories. This is vital because public opinion is always the most effective long-term force for change. As more and more men, women and children learn about tribal peoples and care about what is happening to them today, we will make it harder, and eventually impossible, for governments and companies to continue stealing their land and violating their rights. This book will help by introducing readers to some of the world's 150 million tribal people through the beauty of their own stories.”
Stephen Corry, Director, Survival International
“Adrian is a very accomplished storyteller. He does great work at opening closed hearts, and for those whose hearts are already open, he opens them wider. That's what it's all about. And if you ask the obvious question, ‘Why storytelling?' I'll give an obvious answer. Because if you're brought up and you understand that you've got a culture, you'd understand why storytelling. Storytelling is the most powerful way, spiritual way, to reach people's hearts and sow seeds.
Francis Firebrace: Internationally recognised storyteller, and Elder of the Yorta Yorta people (Aboriginal Australian indigenous people, Lightening Ridge, Australia)
I have devoured this book. The stories are authentic, added to rather than deviated from. There is a quality in them that favours the original sources, they moved my heart. If you have love in your body at all I advise you to read this; if it is absent from you, listen to what has been said. Find and open this treasure chest! You will not wish to lend this book to your friends - rather it will be one of those closely guarded and protected books which you may wish to hide. Provocative, in that cultures so far apart sometimes have similar views on creation - when we look upon truth it is hard to ignore.
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