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- Title
Muscogee Creek Spirituality and Meaning of Death.
- Authors
Walker, Andrea C.; Thompson, Tim
- Abstract
This qualitative, collective case study involves interviews with 27 members of the Muscogee Creek Tribe to explore spirituality as related to death and bereavement. Results yielded that Creeks are generally open to the existence of inexplicable supernatural events. Creek spirituality encompasses awareness of spiritual beings, both good and bad. Participants believed that spirits exist alongside people and can send and receive messages from people to guide and inform them. Creeks have ongoing, though not constant, relationships with loved ones and others who have died. Spiritual attunement can occur at every point in the life cycle but seems to be especially astute in children and animals. Results are discussed in terms of continuing bonds and meaning making perspectives.
- Subjects
CREEK (North American people); SOCIAL aspects of death; SPIRITUALITY; MOURNING customs; SUPERNATURAL beings; SPIRITUAL life
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2009, Vol 59, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2190/OM.59.2.c