Jung’s visit to Taos Pueblo in 1925 made such an impact on him that thirty-six years after his encounter there, in one of the last letters he wrote before his death he said, “We are sorely in need of a truth or a self-understanding similar to that…which I have found still living with the Taos Pueblos….”. Jung seemed to recognize that indigenous people appeared to have an innate ability to understand and speak earth’s language and respect her ways. “Religion” as an institution that one adheres to does not exist for traditionally-oriented Indigenous people; rather, ALL of life is imbued with spirit, animate and inanimate, and ministering to life’s spirit manifests through a variety of spiritual practices.
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