{"product_id":"broken-parts-missing-pieces-9780578118550","title":"Broken Parts Missing Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany of us have sought insights from the experience of ancient cultures for the kind of wisdom that impacts and transforms our lives in the modern world. Johnson leaves nothing to abstraction in the connections he makes between the microcosm of his inner world  formed in the crucible of Native American tribal life  and the macrocosm of Western Civilization. From a Western European perspective  Johnsons work is a form of confessional literature or biographical history. Yet  clearly  the unwinding of his literary method flows more centrally from the core traditions of indigenous peoples and their leaders who have classically given guidance and instruction directly from the content of their inner world of dreams  visions and intimate narratives of personal journey. Broken Parts Missing Pieces is the fruit of a literary walkabout of some forty years  an insideout vision that had to be lived before it could be written  far more significant for all of us than if its form were limited to that of a personal or community oral history alone. Whitman said in Leaves of Grass: Camerado! This is no book; Who touches this  touches a man. It is rarely the case we find this to be true of most other literary works. This fleshbecomingwordsquality is eminently present in Broken Parts Missing Pieces. If you are drawn to works with powerful inspirational messages  woven out of great storytelling and a spirituality that incorporates a remarkable breadth of historical perspective and relevance to our times  you will find Broken Parts Missing Pieces to be an irresistible read.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923736297525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0578118556","price":103.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780578118550.jpg?v=1794113151","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/broken-parts-missing-pieces-9780578118550","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}