Author Archives: krischris

            There are many American Indian tribes native to the Southwest of the United States.  They come from the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and the northern part of Mexico.  The indigenous people who are categorized as Southwest … Continue reading →

    I think what makes Oprah so popular is she allows us to be human – but rather than feel disenfranchised, she empowers us to be everything we can be – not unlike the God of many different religions.  We’ve … Continue reading →

Native Americans have long had an immediate relationship with their physical environment; they t lived in relatively small units close to the earth, aware of its rhythms and resources. They defined themselves by the land, by the sacred places that … Continue reading →

Globalization is as much a fact of consciousness as it is an economic fact; people everywhere, now, see themselves as individuals, possess an image of humanity-at-large, think of the world as a collection of sovereign nation-states.  Despite fears of cultural … Continue reading →

  The Apache name locations by what they see the first time; the name is a visual description of the physical landscape of a location.   For centuries locations were passed from generation to generation as a place to gather food, … Continue reading →

More than one third of American adults believe that on “…some level they’ve made contact with the dead”(Sagan and Druyan 203).  JZ Knight is one of those adults; in fact she has quite the following of well educated, older adults … Continue reading →

At the time Mohammed was born in the 7th century, Judaism had already completed the Bible and the Babylonian Talmud.  Christianity was the official religion of the Roman Empire and its leaders had already agreed on the collection of the … Continue reading →

Suleiman “the Magnificent” was the tenth and longest-reigning, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566.  He had four concubines whose sole purpose was to bear his children.  In addition there were over 300 other concubines … Continue reading →

I was surprised at the similarities between Islam, Judaism and Christianity; the difference being that Christianity believes in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  All focus on charity, prayer and worship and the declaration of faith and trust, – professing … Continue reading →