The Crying Dance, by John Spivey
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The Crying Dance, by John Spivey
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The raven came to look for them amid the Sierra peaks. The old men shouldn’t even be alive any longer, but they were—they’d been together as part of the landscape for over 150 years. Wu was Chinese, a refugee of the Opium wars and the Taiping Rebellion. He’d sailed across the Eastern Ocean to California at the behest of Dizang the bodhisattva. Francisco was a Yokuts Indian captured by the Spanish army and raised by the friars at Mission San Luis Obispo. After his escape he’d become a bear shaman. The two men’s fates have intertwined in such a way that their lives have gone on and on as they wandered the Sierra. The old men even danced the Ghost Dance together in an attempt to restore Francisco’s people and the life of the landscape. The raven told the old men there was someone coming – JR, a cowboy of the Sierra foothills whose sad ass cowboy economics and PTSD from serving in Iraq have left him ready to fall off the edge of the world. His life is empty, but the mountains and rivers have conspired to bring him together with the old men.
The Crying Dance, by John Spivey- Amazon Sales Rank: #2415330 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-03
- Released on: 2015-05-03
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author John Spivey is a writer and studio furniture maker living in Santa Barbara, California.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Masterful Tale of Healing By sekihiker What happens when two very old men, Francisco and Wu, run into a burned out cowboy, JR, suffering from the horrors of the Iraq war and struggling to find something worth living for? John Spivey spins a marvelous tale of how the old men help JR to the next stage of his life. Wu carries the ancient wisdom of the Far East and Francisco is a master of the culture of the Noble Savage. The unlikely pair of old men have traveled together through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada along the branches of the Kaweah River for more than 150 years. Visions have compelled them to continue their journey during which they have learned to accept the pain and suffering that is always a part of the human experience. It seems their acceptance of the human condition and their deep friendship has allowed them to achieve their superhuman ages. The story describes the tremendous environmental and cultural changes that the Kaweah River drainage has seen during the past 150 years. I doubt that I will meet Francisco and Wu in the reaches of the Kaweah, but John Spivey has given me the next best thing - two memorable characters that will always resonate in my heart.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Spiritual Healing, Natural History and History By Susan R. Davidson John Spivey is a gifted story teller. He uses his knowledgeable perspective, and personal hard-learned and heart-felt wisdom, to weave together words and world views. His characters are rich and their suffering and backgrounds form a foundation to understand the destruction of a land and her indigenous people.Healing is at the core of this book. A search for the hidden spiritual depths of our own consciousness, a journey to find our strengths and resources, and a way to find forgiveness for our ancestors as well as ourselves.This is a thoughtful book and well written. John's deep understanding of the human condition and history make the ending powerful. As my awareness and understanding began to unfold into my own consciousness, I knew I had to go back and read the book again.I believe from whatever culture you have come from or family experience you have had, The Crying Dance, will have meaning and may help to provide understanding for what came before you.The bear has returned, stay awake.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. "My words are tied in one with these great mountains..." By Daniel King The "Crying Dance" is John Spivey's second literary gem. Having read (many times) and enjoyed (every time) his first book, "The Great Western Divide," I greatly anticipated the opportunity to read his second effort. Using his native Kaweah River drainage (located on the western side of the Sierra Nevada) as the backdrop for this story, Spivey artfully captures the essence of the human experience and explores the universal connection between life, history, landscape, suffering, spirituality, and the Great Mind. With masterful storytelling and attention to detail, Spivey gives a "Voice" to the landscape...that of the actual physical setting and of the human mind. Well-crafted characters such as Francisco, Wu, JR, Jesusito, and Maria mingle with Coyote, Bear, Crow, Dizang, John Woods, and Padre Serra to weave a universal tale that translates across time, space, and the human experience. It's impossible not to feel as if I were a part of the story. In truth, I was...you are...we all are. I can't count how many paragraphs I underlined, pages I dog-eared, or times I said "Yes, I know that feeling'' or "That makes so much sense!" or "He also sees that!." Just like our section of the Sierra Nevada, "The Crying Dance" is a book that I will revisit time and again...and like JR and Maria...each "visit" will restore connectedness, clarity, and purpose. It will fill me with the strength to live "free of fear," reinforce the importance of reducing the "ocean of human suffering" (even if it is only by one "cubic inch" at a time), and hopefully break free from the "cycles of forgetting and remembering." I can only hope we will hear third story from John Spivey, the Sierra Nevada, and the Great Mind.
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