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  Great Spirit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Spiritpoo is a conception of a supreme being prevalent among Native American and First Nations cultures.
Also called The Creator, or The Great Maker in English and Gitchi Manitou in Algonquian, the Great Spirit was a syncretist conception of God.
wee Thepoo Great Spirit is personal, close to the people, and immanent in the fabric of the material world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Spirit   (196 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Great Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Spirit is a conception of a supreme being prevalent among Native American and First Nations cultures.
O Great Spirit of the West, the land of the setting Sun, with Your soaring mountains and free, wide rolling prairies, bless us with knowledge of the peace which follows purity of striving and the freedom which follows like a flowing robe in the winds of a well-disciplined life.
O Great Spirit of our souls, burning in our heart's yearning and in our innermost aspirations, speak to us now and always so that we may be aware of the greatness and goodness of Your gift of life and be worthy of this priceless privilege of living.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Great-Spirit   (501 words)

  
 Mata Nui (Great Spirit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The island of Mata Nui, which served as a refuge when the city of Metru Nui was struck by the Great Cataclysm, was named in his honor.
In the ancient past, the Great Spirit Mata Nui was sent by the even more powerful Great Beings to care for all life.
Invoking some unknown ceremony, Makuta placed Mata Nui into a deep slumber and tried to make the Matoran forget their Great Sprit and become their savior in his place; this event is known as the Great Cataclysm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mata_Nui_(Great_Spirit)   (481 words)

  
 Earth Prayers for The Great Spirit
O Great Spirit of the North, who gives wings to the waters of the air and rolls the thick snowstorm before Thee, Who covers the Earth with a sparkling crystal carpet above whose deep tranquillity every sound is beautiful.
O Great Spirit of the East, the land of the rising Sun, Who holds in Your right hand the years of our lives and in Your left the opportunities of each day.
O Great Spirit of the South, whose warm breath of compassion melts the ice that gathers round our hearts, whose fragrance speaks of distant springs and summer days, dissolve our fears, melt our hatreds, kindle our love into flames of true and living realities.
www.indians.org /welker/greatspi.htm   (1197 words)

  
 Charles River Radio Controllers - Great Planes Spirit Modifications
An additional consequence of this forward CG is that the Spirit has a tendency to go into pitch oscillations where the nose points up, the plane stalls, the nose points down and accelerates, the nose rapidly rotates up and the cycle continues.
When a Spirit is balanced with the "beginner's" CG on the middle of the spar and trimmed out for a shallow glide, you will find that the neutral position of the elevator is tilted down with respect to the stabilizer.
Because there are two angular breaks in the leading edge of a Spirit in the outer panels, three separate pieces of sheeting are required for each outer panel.
www.charlesriverrc.org /articles/kitmods/dickwilliamson_gpspiritmods.htm   (1422 words)

  
 Great Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But, one time The Great Spirit woke up from a dream...he dreamt about a place he could be happy in all the dark unlimitable space.
The Great Spirit then created the cosmos...putting up planets, stars and everything that belonged....and he created earth, a blue shining diamond among the myriads of other galaxies and suns in the universe.
The Great Spirit was so touched by this dream, that He woke up and created Man at once.
home.online.no /~arnfin/native/div/great.htm   (331 words)

  
 College of the Siskiyous Library - Legend of Shasta Springs
The Great Spirit and his family dwelt within, and the smoke curling up from the summit showed that the fire was burning on the hearth.
The Great Spirit asked his little daughter to go up and quiet the storm, cautioning her not to look out, but to put forth her hand and make a sign before giving the command.
As the Great Spirit neared his daughter's wigwam he found thousands of grizzlies standing erect with clubs on their shoulders, in two files facing, one on either side of the door.
www.siskiyous.edu /library/shasta/literature/LegendShastaSprings.htm   (1133 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Great Spirit Ventures LLC
Great Spirit Ventures provides capital and strategic resources to early-stage companies focused at the intersection of food, medicine, and agriculture.
Great Spirit Ventures (GSV) is an early-stage venture capital fund committed to enhancing the growth of exceptional companies in the branded consumer products, health care, and biotechnology industries.
Launched in 2003, Great Spirit Ventures is the wholly-owned venture development capability of the A.M. Todd Group, a 135 year-old firm specializing in food flavors, ingredients, and specialty agriculture.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=44353481&cs=QECpMfJyA   (280 words)

  
 Model Airplane News: Reviews - GREAT PLANES - SPIRIT ELITE KIT & SPIRIT ARF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Spirit Elite can be built with a straight wing or with a polyhedral one; I built the straight wing because I wanted to experiment with flaps and ailerons for more sophisticated flying.
The Spirit Elite settles to the ground smoothly for a gentle touchdown that requires a slight flare.
Overall, the Spirit Elite is a great thermaller, and once you become accustomed to its flight characteristics and all of its mixing possibilities, it can provide hours of soaring fun.
www.modelairplanenews.com /reviews/GPspirit.asp   (2395 words)

  
 #1199 Great Spirit Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sunka Tanka, “The Protector of the Universe,” the Great Spirit Horse with a brown and white coat and striking blue eyes.
They explained the powers of his brown colorings, in whose patterns were the great Shield of Protection covering his powerful chest, the Medicine Hat of a Great Healer covering his poll and fine ears; and the sign of strength and ferocity from the Grizzly Paw marking that lay across his back and fast-racing hind quarters.
The eyes that was considered the final proof that the birthplace of Great Spirit Horse was from the heavens, a vision of the Great Creator who resided in the world above.
www.walkaboutfarm.com /Horses/1199.htm   (269 words)

  
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And the Great Spirit said, "let them build and construct BIG jobs in the midst of bombs and bullets and let them move dirt and rocks and stuff and build runways and airfields for the Ops Weenies to land their flying machines on"...
And the Great Spirit said, "let there be bulldozers, dump trucks, scrapers, and deuce and a halves to move the doers and run into and over things upon the earth"; and it was so...
And the Great Spirit said, "Let the HORSE be self-sufficient in the field and bring forth burger flippers armed with spoons and spatulas to feed the doers"; and he call this kitchen crew Food Services or MWRS; and it was so...
home.att.net /~usaf-redhorse/Creation.html   (959 words)

  
 Why The Great Spirit Made The Dog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Spirit made the bear to teach the People that there is a time for rest, and how to enjoy the bounty of the Earth Mother.
He/She (the Great Spirit) made the deer to teach the People to walk softly through the forest, and be aware of all that is about them.
Instead, the Great Spirit made the dog to be loving and loyal, and to be a friend to the People, and help them however they could.
www.englishatheist.org /dogmann.shtml   (555 words)

  
 Freestone Innerprizes: Online Articles
Great Spirit asked if we were ready to walk upright yet, and we said “Yes,” and we held each other’s hands and Walked.
Great Spirit asked us if we wanted to gather together even more and we said “Yes,” and so we were invited to carry our special Gifts from all parts of Turquoise Gem to the Great Disk Land, called Turtle Island.
At the Great Gatherings, Great Spirit In-Formed the People of the Hip that a time was coming when the Metal Horse would run, the Metal Bird would fly, and there would be Metal Whales in the Great Sea.
www.freestone.org /articles/creasong.html   (582 words)

  
 Great Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For most people, it is difficult to understand in physical terms that spiritually we are all a part of the Great Spirit.
The natural laws for which the Great Spirit is responsible are supreme in their operation.
The Great Spirit is more than an aggregate of his own creation, with the proviso that creation is constantly growing.
home.att.net /~ag2kh/great_sa.htm   (194 words)

  
 The Great Spirit.
"The Great Spirit." by Zitkala-Sa [aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin] (1876-1938)
WHEN the spirit swells my breast I love to roam leisurely among the green hills; or sometimes, sitting on the brink of the murmuring Missouri, I marvel at the great blue overhead.
A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.
www.digital.library.upenn.edu /women/zitkala-sa/stories/spirit.html   (1378 words)

  
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Spirit Lake is located at the north end of the Iowa great Lakes "Corridor of Opportunity" in the heart of Northwest Iowa's most interesting recreation area.
The pride and quality of the Spirit Lake schools is evident in consistently higher scores on standardized tests and in the system's high literacy and graduation rates.
Surrounded by three of the Great Lakes, the town is located at the junction of Highways 9 and 71.
www.iowagreatlakes.com /_communities/_spiritlake/index.asp   (644 words)

  
 Indian Mythology - The Great Spirit
The Algonquians of the north recognize as the chief of their Manitos, Gitche (or Kitshi) Manito, the Great Spirit, whom they also call the Master of Life.
It should not be inferred that a manlike personality is ascribed to the Great Spirit.
The usual rite to the Great Spirit, however, is not of this horrible kind.
www.oldandsold.com /articles26/indian-mythology-4.shtml   (185 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Digital Secrets: How Spirit Makes Great Photos
Anyone who has ever agonized over whether to buy a 3-megapixel or 4-megapixel digital camera might be surprised to learn that Spirit's stunningly detailed images of Mars are made with a 1-megapixel model, a palm-sized 9-ounce marvel that would be coveted in any geek's shirt pocket.
Perhaps most important, the sensors on Spirit's CCDs are bigger, explained Patrick Myles, director of corporate communication at the Dalsa Corporation, which built the CCDs for all of the rover's cameras (Spirit has nine altogether, including hazard avoidance cameras and a microscopic imager).
Spirit's pictures are said to be three times sharper than those of the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission or the 1970s Viking landers.
www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/pancam_techwed_040114.html   (1061 words)

  
 Great Spirit: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Spirit is a conception of a supreme being prevelant among Native American[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] cultures.
Gitchi manitou, in traditional algonquian first nations culture, is the great spirit, the creator of all things and the giver of life....
Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_spirit.htm   (302 words)

  
 Great Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution, help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.
Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed, help us to find a way to replenish them.
Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost in selfishness and corruption, help us to find the way to restore our humanity.
www.geocities.com /Wellesley/Atrium/6167/na.html   (469 words)

  
 Legendworld - The Great Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Spirit is as far beyond angels as angels are beyond mortals.
Now Starr created the humans for what she thought was the same reason that The Great Spirit created the Angels, but little did she know that what she created would cause the eternal struggle of Good and Evil, Order and Chaos, and Love and Hate.
The Great Spirit decided, that instead of destroy the creations, put a form of government on it, so that all may benefit from it.
thealmightyguru.com /Reviews/Legendworld/Legendworld-GreatSpirit.html   (574 words)

  
 Totem Animals
The spirit which Walks Above is the guardian of you the Dreamtime, and will guide you as you walk to the other dimensions, and explore the expanse of the other worlds.
Below: This is your spirit of the inner Earth, and will teach you the ways of keeping yourself grounded, and your moccasins on the path.
It is through the spiral movement that our spirit is able to travel to the center of the spiral and return with any magical energy it needs.
www.tarotstar.net /totem_animals.htm   (2154 words)

  
 [ Gallery - The Great Spirit ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Spirit smiled and said, "My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
The Great Spirit's hands took mine and we were silent for a while and then I asked, "What are some of life's lessons that people should learn?"
I thanked The Great Spirit for the time and for all that The Great Spirit has done for me and the people I love.
caprius.or.id /swara/gallery47high.html   (319 words)

  
 Beliefnet.com -- Prayer of the Day
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
Great and Eternal Mystery of Life, Creator of All Things, I give thanks for the beauty You put in every single one of Your creations.
O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you, to your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides for your children.
www.beliefnet.com /prayeroftheday/more_prayers.asp?paid=58&faid=10   (451 words)

  
 How Spirit makes great photos - Space.com - MSNBC.com
But when capturing images, where a pixel is more properly called a sensor, the count is just one of many factors that control quality.
And the light-capturing chunk of silicon, called a charged coupled device, or CCD, was manufactured with no tolerance for the minor flaws that are inherent in mass-produced consumer cameras.
But anyone who has zoomed in on a distant rock in one of Spirit's color pictures would have to wonder if perhaps Superman's vision might be a better comparison.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3958138   (1183 words)

  
 Untitled Normal Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Heaviness is flanked on one side by a seducing spirit sent to bring discontentment and a spirit of death on the other side to cause you to want to give up or escape through whatever means can be employed, such as sleep, fantasy or denial.
December 24, 2000: I have a stirring in my spirit this morning that there are certain people in the congregation (the body of Christ) that have stationed themselves and positioned themselves for breakthrough.
December 2, 2000: I keep hearing in my spirit this morning, "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." I believe there is going to be a unique marriage between the supernatural moves of the Holy Spirit of times past (something old) and what is just ahead (something new).
www.ft111.com /straws4.htm   (23218 words)

  
 Great Spirit - Canadian
One can only conjecture that the Great Spirit must suffer the pains of the condemned when seeing these people who, in His name, oppress, persecute and demean their brothers and sisters.
Let us hope that the Great Spirit will bless them with the wisdom to lay aside their hatreds and build a future as a people united for peace.
May the Great Spirit be with you and bless you with happiness this joyous season, and may He watch over you and yours throughout the new year!
www.danielnpaul.com /Col/1994/ThankingGreatSpirit.html   (842 words)

  
 Great Spirit/ Great Soul
Lee, during her time here, hosted a magnificent spirit, fiercely dedicated to justice the way some are wedded to righteousness.
Since we've collectively decided more or less to pursue our dreams regardless of outside validation by grants or awards, I have been daily amazed by the talent, tenacity and insight of you who are reading these words.
It is such an incredible blessing to know a group of spirits such as we collectively form, a miracle we ought never take for granted.
www.oii.org /html/lee_reid.html   (576 words)

  
 Wolf Country, Myth and Stories, Kia of the wind
He told the great spirit that he has done what was wished, but did not find what the great spirit wanted.
The great spirit smirked and looked at Kai and told him you are the prize that I wanted.
This was such a burden for Kia that he fled, The great spirit was angered, so he turned Kai into the wind itself.
www.wolfcountry.net /information/myth_stories/kai.html   (342 words)

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