Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) combines the sacred teachings imparted to him while growing up at Picuris Pueblo with knowledge learned during his years of contact with the mainstream culture. Since childhood, Rael has been interested in sound, and here he describes how he began tracking sound in his native Tiwa language, and later in Spanish and in English, always with the belief that in these vibrations he might find the presence of the Great Mystery.

Being and Vibration

Politics & Social Sciences

Rael, Joseph

Marlow, Mary Elizabeth

Social Sciences

Council Oaks Distribution

Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) is a Native American visionary whose teachings have gained international attention. Though strongly rooted in native traditions, he has lived his life from inspiration. This is Rael's teaching about inspiration itself, "and how," as he says, "inspiration is in all things." Here, in the simple act of counting from one to ten in his native Tiwa tongue, Joseph Rael explores the mysterious connections between energy and matter, between spirit and manifested reality.

The Way of Inspiration: The Teachings of Native American Elder Joseph Rael, Wah-Mah-Chi

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

All existence is vibration. From human breath and heartbeat to the pulsating energies of subatomic particles, to the expansion and contraction of stars and the universe itself, pulsation-vibration is inherent in all that exists. Rael shows how we may experience spiritual reality by accessing vibration through drumming, chanting, and vision quests.

What is it like to be a contemporary American Indian mystic? What sequence of experiences come together to form a mystic’s path? How would you deal with the visions that come and carry you to alternate dimensions without notice and at the most inopportune times? In The House of Shattering Light: Life as an American Indian Mystic, Joseph Rael reveals how such questions shaped his life and his visions for the future. 
"This House of Shattering Light — this perceptual reality in which we live and of which we are a part — exists only for the soul’s purpose of continuing its own livelihood." 
—Joseph Rael 
Very early in his new book, Rael’s message is clear — trust in the path. In The House of Shattering Light, Rael lays bare the main theme of his life, one with which many of us can identify: "Without realizing it, we are led in a particular direction. We are not always completely aware of the reason, but it takes us wherever we need to go, even when we don’t know that’s what’s happening. All we know is that in some way everything’s perfect." 
Rael’s life has been pulled into virtually every conceivable magical, mystical and disastrous experience. Born a "split"—half Southern Ute and half Picuris Publan—he enjoyed the sweet embrace of Native American shamanic practices while also confronting the unimaginable bitterness of inter-tribal racism, which forced early feelings of isolation. Fascinated early on by sounds and vibrations, one of Joseph’s first experiments, at age six, was to lie with his sisters Corleen and Gloria, with their ears pressed to the train tracks. Mesmerized by their ability to capture the sounds of the oncoming train—Joseph’s sisters, ages seven and eight, perished on the tracks, and only Joseph survived. From this tragedy he went on to deal with the death of his mother and being placed with a foster family, where he found a mentor, Grandfather, who schooled him in the mysteries of tribal ceremonies. Here began Rael’s life as a medicine man and his exploration of the power of language, inspired by his study of the Tiwa language in which each word and sound is a metaphor expressing some aspect of the great mystery. Through his story, he leads us beyond a mentally-oriented way of perceiving reality to one based on intuition. One observation in particular is meant for this time: 
"My experience is emblematic of what all of humanity is experiencing at this moment in our history. As diverse cultures come together and different ways of thinking clash, there’s stress, tension. Because of this there’s more capacity for the visionary to come forth out of that tension and to take the front of the world stage. 
"The very tension of the masses of people in turmoil creates new insights for the overall population. Out of these insights new determinations are made as to how—socially and politically—we are going to develop in the next twenty-five or thirty years on the planet." 
Rael describes his most powerful vision, in which he was directed to share his medicine with the outer world, beyond the Indians. He was told that non-Indian people need this information because they’re the ones who are going to save the Indians. In House of Shattering Light, Rael inspires us all to embrace the great mystery through his life story.

House of Shattering Light: Life as an American Indian Mystic

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Council Oak Books

Native American elder, Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow), shares his insights about the importance of ceremony. He explains the aspects of ceremony - Intention and commitment, purification, fasting, sound, drumming and dancing. He explains how each of these elements connects us with Spirit and shows us how to construct powerful ceremonies for ourselves and our community.

Ceremonies of the Living Spirit

Millichap Books LLC

Sound

Arts & Photography

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Being and Vibration

The Way of Inspiration: The Teachings of Native American Elder Joseph Rael, Wah-Mah-Chi

Being and Vibration

House of Shattering Light: Life as an American Indian Mystic

Ceremonies of the Living Spirit

Sound