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	Manetuwak
		Within Leni Lenape spirit tradition essentially all objects were generally believed to possess a "life spirit" or regarded to "be alive", that is animated by a life spirit.
		Guidance was sought through the manetuwak by both Lenape men and women by various ritualized prayers, visions, and dreams.
		Meteinuwak, a kind of shaman directed these rituals and dances and were the spiritual advisors and closely connected with these spirits, thought to be involved with every day life.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/manetuwak.html (121 words)

	Lenape mythology
		Instead, he directed the manetuwak[?], the life spirit of all living things, which were created by Kishelemukong.
		The manetuwak were venerated in ceremonies, rituals, dreams, visions, games and ohtas[?] (see below), as well as through the interventions of the Meteinuwak[?], the shamans who were healers, spiritual and emotional guides and religious leaders; they could communicate with the manetuwak.
		An Ohta[?] is a wooden doll carved annually and that were said to have remarkable powers of healing and luck.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Lenape_mythology.html (170 words)

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		All things were thought to be alive, animated by spirits called manetuwak.
		Manetuwak and all other beings were created by Kishelemukong, the Creator, "who creates us by his thoughts." Most Lenape did not, however, believe that Kishelemukong was directly involved in everyday life.
		Men and women looked for guidance and power from all manetuwak through dreams, visions, and prayer.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/6979/lenapes.html (1669 words)

	Gambling was big with Sullivan's Indians long ago
		These Algonquin people, who hunted, fished and farmed throughout Lenapehoking — what is today southeastern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — as far back as 1,300 years ago, believed that the seasons changed as the result of wagers placed by the four ancestors who governed the directions — east, south, west and north.
		"On earth, the seasons are governed by manetuwak who watch over the four quarters of the world," wrote Herbert C. Kraft in his 1986 book "The Lenape."
		These four directions and the manetuwak who governed them were all created by the Lenape supreme being, Kishelemukong, who created the entire world on the back of a giant sea turtle after a great flood had destroyed the universe.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2002/03/01/retrospe.htm (765 words)

	The_Barbarians
		Messingw was a guardian spirit who saw to the health and abundance of the game animals, chiefly the deer and bears.
		As he was also said to be able to grant any wish, brave souls would seek communication with the manetuwak in the deep forest.
		He only appeared when least expected and his sudden appearance was so frightening that only the most courageous spirit dared meet him voluntarily.
	www.thorthebarbarian.com /chronicles/April05/monsterology.htm (511 words)

	Rainbow Crow: Teacher's Guide
		One interesting point is that, because of the Grandparent's gambling games, the exact time of each change was a matter of chance.
		Lenapes believed that all things were alive, animated by spirits called "manetuwak." Manetuwak and all other beings were created by Kishelemukong, who "creates us by his thoughts" (p.
		The majority of Lenapes didn't believe that Kishelemukong was directly involved in daily life; therefore men and women looked for guidance and power from all manetuwak through dreams, visions, and prayer.
	www.si.umich.edu /chico/RainbowCrow/teacher.htm (2257 words)

	Biology of Kundalini - Definitions
		The energy of kundalini could be variously called prana, chi, mana, Baron Carl von Reichenbach's odic force (od), Wilheim Reich's orgone, Ken Wilber's Spiritual Eros, Henri Bergson's elan vital, Tielhard de Chardin's radial energy, Freud's libido, archeus, etheric energy, vital life-essence, vital energy or life force.
		Also around the world it is referred to as ka, ichor, inua, sila, manetuwak, oloddumare, qi, Tao, ki, aether and quintessence.
		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs2.5 License.
	biologyofkundalini.com /article.php?story=Definitions (707 words)

	Reconciliation
		I realized belatedly he must have gotten a great deal of grief from everyone over his choice of lover and that it was pretty damn insulting to bring it up every time we saw him.
		I hadn't exactly meant to end up in Wesley's house talking about how I was the one who had to defeat the manetuwak single-handedly no matter how many forces of good and evil helped out.
		Wesley hit a couple of buttons on a remote and we realized that the manetuwak was moving.
	glassonion.populli.org /archive/4/reconciliation.shtml (19719 words)

	WordShack Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This word, 'Lenape,' means 'The People.' 'Manetuwak' is a word meaning 'lesser spirits'-similar to angels in the Judeo-Chrisitian heritage-and the word 'Mesingw' refers to the guardian spirit of all the game animals.
		Half of the Mesignw's face was fl" explained Rachel, demonstrating with the ring finger of her right hand, "and the other side was red-so frightening was its face that little children were warned to be good, or else the Mesignw would get them."
		Rachel wondered if, as a way of helping Dobson fulfill his mission, the Great Spirit had appointed a manetuwak to reach her through Rag Man, a now homicidal lunatic whose mental affliction would somehow make him receptive to the spirit guide's influence.
	www.wordshack.com /reading_areas/top_ten/m_GhostDance.shtml (19866 words)

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