Painted Earth Temple

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs18 More than 3,600 years ago, the world stood poised between two very different fates. In the largest eruption in recorded history, Mt. Thera unleashed catastrophic climatic changes, heralding the ascent of our Aryan ancestors at the expense of older cultures. One of these threatened groups, the People of the Painted Earth Temple, represented the last of a dying breed: the hunter-gatherers of Europe. Separated from its nearest neighbours by weeks of travel through the Alps, their village seemed invulnerable to the changes around them. But nothing could stop the Aryan tide. And the People of the Painted Earth Temple were forced to leave Gaia's land on an odyssey that would take them over the land bridge - and into the New World. \par \par Building on the beautiful epic he began with Eyes of Wisdom, beloved storyteller Heyoka Merrifield continues the Native American saga of White Buffalo Woman, taking readers back to her deep origins in the cave cultures of Europe. \i\fs20 Painted Earth Temple\i0\fs18 reconnects us with a mythic tale both sacred and endangered - a connection to sacred Earth that binds east and west, past and present. \par }

Heyoka Merrifield is a storyteller, artist, and medicine man. Heyoka has embraced the shamanic traditions of his Native American ancestry. His sculpture and jewelry evoke the ancient mythologies of the Celts, Egyptians, Indians, and Native Americans. Since 1980, he has been an adopted member of the Crow tribe. He lives in Stevensville, Montana. Visit his website at www.heyoka-art.com.