As Above So Below: Indigenous Astronomy And The Meaning Of America’s Ancient Mounds

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Taylor Keen's (Omaha / Cherokee) book, Rediscovering Turtle Island: Chapter 8, Indigenous Archeoastronomy!

Taylor's words show how sacred geometry and, at times, sacred algebra structure places like the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound with the Stars. This conversation also faces the reckoning: why interest in Indigenous wisdom often fades when it challenges modern agriculture, settler myths, or Jeffersonian nostalgia. We compare Old World sites like Avebury with Turtle Island’s sacred geography / mounds to dissolve the myth that life travels in only one direction. And we look ahead to Taylor’s next book on Picture Cave

If you’re up to rethink “civilization,” astronomy, and what it means to be related with land and sky, jump in! Then share your take, leave a review, and subscribe so more listeners can find these stories and the living science written in earth.

Listen to Chapter 1 of Rediscovering Turtle Island

Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.

Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.

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