EXTRA MATERIEL
Prior Publications by James L. Petersen
Including various articles and handouts in their original form, often with corrections by Jim's hand. The papers of JLP that survived contained many duplicates and copies of copies. These are the best surviving examples, often as works in progress.
Mystery of the Sacred
Cave of the Shamans
Intrigued by their discovery of a small, intricately-carved stone, an American couple venture to the world of the Shaman— a mysterious land inhabited by unseen gods, demons and ancestral spirits.
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Coyote Says
Circa 1984, this is a Xerox handout that Jim would give to anyone who was interested in the Stone Medicine of the Takelma. Hundreds of copies were given away in Ashland and Eugene, OR in the early 1980s.
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Frog Rosetta Stone
1976 lecture and slide presentation given in Medford, Ashland, and Jacksonville, OR. Earliest known publication of Jim's drawings. Scanned from photocopies.
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Latgawa Medicine Taxi
Published in early 1980s issue of Connections, an Ashland OR periodical. Published in two parts. Scanned from photocopies.
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The Rock People
Circa 1977, this is one of several articles sent out to magazines such as Argosy and Fate. Unknown which photos accompanied article. Scanned from photocopies.
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News Release
The American continents are covered with thousands of cliff-face and boulder carvings. These carvings were made by a civilization that has been carbon 14 dated at a minimum of ten thousand years of age.
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Investigate EGM
Half-man and half-cat faced images are discovered all over the world and lead to the shaman Sug-es-eh.
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Woge
The 1977 discovery of Mastadon bones near the Juan de Fuca Straight of Washington's Puget Sound leads to connection to shamanic artists.
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Dream Time in Texas
This may or may not be an autobiographical story by JLP. Scanned from photocopies.
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