**2. A Lakota spirituality**

There are specific aspects identifiable in the Lakota spirituality or worldview of *Black Elk Speaks* (henceforth *BES*) that form an integrated whole. These include an intimacy with nature; the Spirit World; and the Shaman – a human being with access to the spirit world.4 These three categories as well as others appear to be compatible with three aspects (Cosmos, Theos and Anthropos) of reality referred to in this paper as the *Costheanthropic* perspective or worldview.
