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Inuit Raven, the trickster, was responsible for creating the world. The world was covered with water, which pushed land up from the depths. Raven used his beak to stab at the new land, attaching it into place. This scrap of land was only large enough for one house, occupied by a man and his wife, along with their son Raven. The father hung a bladder over his bed. Raven was fascinated, and begged to be allowed to play with it. Reluctantly, his father agreed. Predictably, Raven played roughly and tore the bladder, causing light to leak out. The father, not wanting light shining in his eyes, took the bladder away before more damage could be done. The struggle between Raven and his father is the cause of day and night. Iroquois In the beginning, earth did not exist. There was only water. In the Great Blue above, a woman dreamed. She lived in Sky World, a community of many beings. One night, she was frightened by a dream about a tree, the tree that was the source of all their light. She told the men of her dreams, and begged them to pull the tree up. They dug around the … Continue reading Creation Myths of North America, Part II →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com