SACRED FORMULAS of the CHEROKEES by James Mooney 1891 Bureau of American Ethnology Cherokee Ceremonial Medicine Folklore Vintage pdf Ebook

James Mooney's 1891 documentation of Cherokee ceremonial and medical formulas, recorded in the Cherokee syllabary for the Bureau of American Ethnology.

SACRED FORMULAS of the CHEROKEES
James Mooney. Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1891.

📖 ABOUT THIS BOOK
Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees presents the ceremonial and medical texts that James Mooney transcribed from Cherokee practitioners and their manuscripts on the North Carolina reservation in 1887 and 1888. It stands among the earliest systematic ethnographic records of Cherokee medico-religious practice in American scholarly literature. It is presented as a historical and linguistic record for study and reference, with no medical or spiritual claims.

✨ WHAT YOU WILL FIND INSIDE
◾ The origin and collection of the formulas, and the role of Cherokee practitioners and their manuscripts
◾ The Cherokee theory of disease and its documented causes
◾ Medicinal plants and traditional treatment methods
◾ Formulas concerning health, protection, and purification
◾ Formulas concerning love, hunting, fishing, and war
◾ Weather, lost objects, naming, symbolism, and color meanings
◾ The Cherokee cosmology of gods and spirit beings and their abiding places
◾ The Cherokee syllabary and its use in the written formulas

📥 WHAT YOU RECEIVE
◾ Instant PDF download, 107 pages
◾ Original 1891 edition, authentic vintage typography and formatting
◾ No physical product will be shipped

⚠️ PLEASE NOTE
This is a digital reproduction of a vintage historical document. The PDF preserves the original nineteenth century typeface, layout, and formatting. Some pages may show age-related characteristics including foxing, slight discoloration, or variations in print clarity. These are natural features of the historical source document, not errors in reproduction.

A note on pagination: in the original 1891 publication this work appeared within a larger Bureau of American Ethnology volume, so its page numbers begin at 301 as they did in the source volume. The complete text is present and intact.

As a Cherokee-owned archive, Osda Life presents this material strictly as a historical and linguistic record of its period.

This publication is presented for historical and educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or provide medical advice. No specific spiritual, metaphysical, or practical outcomes are claimed, implied, or guaranteed.

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✍️ EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
"The sacred formulas here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject pertaining to the daily life and thought of the Indian, including medicine, love, hunting, fishing, war, self-protection, destruction of enemies, witchcraft, the crops, the council, the ball play, etc., and, in fact, embodying almost the whole of the ancient religion of the Cherokees."
From James Mooney's introduction to Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees, 1891.

📄 COPYRIGHT NOTE
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