Thursday, February 12, 2009

Astral World of Norval Morrisseau (Part III)

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"Catchers of the Universe", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau
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"A long time ago, maybe two or three hundred years ago, before white men were around, some people were worried about what was going to happen.... so they went to talk to a shaman. They asked him if he could find out. The shaman went to a sacred place and started singing and drumming. He beat on his drum harder and harder until he jumped right out of his body and began to rise up in his consciousness. He went up to the third astral plane where he could fly through time. He flew through time until he reached the year 2000 and then came down to look around. Below him he could see hundreds, thousands... more than he could count... millions of ants travelling down well traveled trails... and mountains sticking out of the plains like giant ice crystals, reflecting the sun back into his face. When he returned to his own time he told the people about what he had seen. He told them that what ever these creatures were, there was lots of them and they were coming."
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Norval Morrisseau
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* The painting in this posting: "Catchers of the Universe", 48"x68", © 1978 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This sure is a powerful image. Very nice work!! Thank you for sharing this image and all the others. Its nice to see someone paying tribute to such an icon.
Well done!

Richard H