Mrs. Wilson’s True Tales

 

These tales are retold from Kathlamet myth. They are not retold as translations. They are retold with a modern meaning, a meaning that matches my own cultural and spiritual sphere. However, their inspiration is Kathlamet and is Mrs. Wilson herself, whose experience as a woman seems to imbue these tales with her particular wisdom. 

We are accustomed to think of myth as rigid doxology because our own doxology, which is our myth, is so rigid. However, more than a few ethnologists have had to admit they had been duped by tall tales of confidants, who related, as it turned out, personal stories for tribal tales. Not that these were inauthentic, but they were certainly and pointedly rendered from a personal perspective.

 
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Mrs. Wilson’s True Tales Retold

I recall that the sutras of Buddha’s sayings and his most sacred teachings were not recorded until several centuries after his death, and then transcribed from the memory of a contrary, old, decrepit monk who was a notorious misanthrope. We might wonder after all whether the great insights of Buddha, concerning suffering and impermanence, might be the ironic bitterness of some crank, a spiritual joke at our expense. *** You may purchase a copy from Amazon.com Here! ***https://www.amazon.com/dp/171793031Xshapeimage_3_link_0