Kane's Wisdom

"The gods".
What could come of such a construction of two words as it has in our modern world? These inquiries lie deep-seeded in all of our minds. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Is there a God?
After reading the first chapter of Sean Kane's "Wisdom of the Mythtellers", I was considerably more aware of my surroundings. The very thought of pre-literate history baffled me to the point of frustration. What are thoughts? Sounds, vibrations, emotions, sensations? The answers to my questions seemed more and more apparent while reading the first chapter. How did the story-telling begin?

"..forms that exist only in the tenuous moment of their actual performance, and forms that take their inspiration, not from texts, temples or other monuments at the center of human effort, but from the life of nature surrounding it."(Kane 33)

This passage screams to me, "Before we could talk to each other, the earth taught us how." This may seem to end my frustrations at once. But nay I was far from an answer, as many of us are. But underneath all of this lies a pattern that lattices our existence. The pattern the perpetuates the cycle of life. This form is embodied by the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the Haida traditional 'myth' of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. The beating of his beak on the tree that sends the vibrations seem to jolt the Old Man into a transference of energy. This energy is moving through us at all times, vibrating and shifting, organizing and holding the very cells we consist of in time and space. The symbiotic relationship seems to evoke the theme of oneness and spiritual coexistence.

It seems nature encompasses all that we feel to be god like, according to Kane. Even though the term is used very loosely and to no ends at all, however the belief that they may be of god-like resonance cannot be dis-proven. The language of nature is noticeably more evident of it's incredible structure and symbiotic nature. Though we may not see or hear it, it surrounds us constantly. The seasons of our planet seemingly communicate with the plants and animals, and this can be observed by simply watching a tree lose its leaves, or a polar bear create it's den. ITS ALL AROUND US.