Manual for the Peacemaker

Bol Partner

This book invites you to participate in a legend about a bringer of peace, a creator of community, a changer of his world. It tells of Deganawidah, the Man from the North, celebrated even today as the Peacemaker, and his successful campaign to create a peaceful and prosperous society, where previously there had been only long years of violence and inter-tribal warfare. As we travel together through this great story, reliving its teachings, we hope to discover not only its revelatory power for our own lives and community, but what it has to say about the new confederacy of the planet that we're moving towards, a confederacy which honors the authenticity and the autonomy of each individual member, be it nation, state, tribe, or culture.

Bol

A thrilling retelling by master storyteller Jean Houston of the legendary exploits of the founder of the Iroquois Confederacy, known as the Peacemaker. Under his leadership they created a peaceful democracy among five tribes of Native peoples in the northeastern woodlands. This story has inspired American leaders from Benjamin Franklin to the present-day occupants of the White House, and is shown by Houston to be a potent guide to personal transformation and to the visioning of a peaceful world. Jean draws from the experiential workshops she leads, with the help of Margaret (Peggy) Rubin, to guide readers through group or individual exercises that "bring the story home."