Okay, without getting into specifics I follow a rather eclectic earthy spiritual path.

I sent away for several books with an Indigenous theme and boy am I ever disappointed. There are people I am sure that would find my practices humorous but even I found myself laughing and guffawing at these reads. Hokey Malarkey is what these books were. They were not written from the standpoint of someone actually knowledgable on the subject rather 'stolen' and spun as though the reader was an idiot and the writer the quinisential authority. The authors aren't even First Nations themselves - which is a big red flag to me. I even recognised much of it as plagarized from the Internet and other sources I am familiar with.

So I have a great deal of thoughts about this. First of all the irritation the material has been stolen. Second of all is the fact these people have made a mess of the material and numerous mistakes. Third of all that there would be naive readers out there that would take such material as the written truth verbatim. What a shame as following and honouring such a path can be both legitimate and rewarding.

It has occurred to me that regardless of the spiritual slant that this sort of thing likely happens time and time again. That one has the nagging feeling that their beliefs have been treated as a joke.

Not something that really requires help or support to digest; I just really needed to get this off my chest.