Keywords
Vision Quest
Spirit-World
Medicine Wheel
All-Inclusive Relationships
Fullness of Life
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Abstract
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.
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