04/19/2026
We here at Oblivion Books have been designing and publishing an ongoing series of large-scale posters entitled “The Saints of Oblivion.” This series celebrates historical figures who lived unique and transformative counter-lives; folks who proposed and embodied strategies to enchant, enhance, resist, and to achieve escape velocity from the insufferable banalities of everyday life.
We are pleased to announce our latest publication in the series:
The “Ghost Dance into Another World” broadside is a large format double-sided poster, measuring 19" x 28.5" and printed on high quality durable paper. The textual content features an examination of the sublime and elevated practice of the Native American "Ghost Dance." The Ghost Dance was first received in a visionary state by Wovoka, a Paiute shaman, in Nevada in 1889. The Dance is a reverential Native ceremony in which the tribal participants circle-dance themselves into transportive states and received directive messages from the ‘Ghostly’ spirit world beyond. Historically set against the stark material and psychic conditions of Native life – depravation and dislocation to the reservations, the winnowing of tribal tradition, harassment and violence from the U.S. authorities, and the relentless pressure to convert to Christianity – this new vision promised peaceful coexistence with the white colonial power and at the same time promoted tribal unity, renewal, and hope. Wovoka was heralded as a “messiah” and the empowering Ghost Dance prophecy and practice bloomed across the American plains. The Ghost Dance was (and continues to be) an exuberant unifying community practice.
The poster was designed by Michael Douglas and Edward Guerriero under the direction of Asher Dinn and Eddie Lee Sausage for Oblivion Books.
Proceeds from the sale of the Ghost Dance poster will go to benefit Native Americans under direct advisory.
To purchase from Oblivion Books directly:
https://oblivionbooks.com/product/ghost-dance-into-another-world-poster/
To purchase from Oblivion Books via eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/178056838388
You can view and purchase the previous installments of the “Saints of Oblivion” series here:
https://oblivionbooks.com/oblivion-productions/
