Medicine Wheel, 4/19

my heart is still so full from participating in the
medicine wheel, there is almost no room for words...
but i will try

the people gathered and watched as the ground
was consecrated and cleansed and made ready for
the ceremony

a circle made by stones on the high desert earth and
divided into four sections symbolizing the four directions

a man from lakota tribe played flute as the people
were smudged with feather and sage, one by one, before
entering the circle

as soon as every person had found their place within
the circle, the prayers began

rebecca, a beautiful indian woman, led the prayers

she spoke of the clans: fire / air / earth / water
and of the grandfather sun / grandmother moon
and of the elders / warriors past who were all around
to help us and guide us
and of the furry four-legged helpers
and the winged creatures

and with every prayer, there was respect and honor for
the earth and the seasons and the star people
and after every prayer, the people said "ah ho"
and spread sweet smelling dried plants from the herb basket:
lavender and sage and sweet grass and chamomile

and it was good

butterflies came into the circle - fire ants were busy in the
earth - the sun shone brightly and there were no clouds in the sky
and the winds brushed past us gently and whispered in our ears
as we listened and prayed

and tears trickled down my face as i set my crystals on
the earth in front of the blanket i sat on and i crushed the herbs
and sprinkled them on the four crystals and as rebecca spoke
of the four directions, the clans and the cycles i felt such
loving energy

and my questions received their answers

and then we passed the eagle feather around the circle and the
people added their prayers to the ceremony, some were silent
offerings, some were voiced, and every prayer was of
gratitude and respect and love and honoring...

and my prayer was brief: thank you for letting me wake up,
help me to spread this energy wherever i go, guide me
to my purpose, i am so grateful - and then i passed the eagle
feather to sis and told her i loved her and the feather continued
around to the beginning...

at the end of the ceremony, we were invited to take a stone from
the pile in the center of the wheel, and i waited till almost last
to choose, and there it was, sparkling up at me, and i scooped
it up and held its vibration and slipped it into my leather pouch
to join the four crystals and some of the sweet herb mixture

and now the tears well up again just remembering...

and when i take the stones out of the pouch today and lay
them on the earth in the sun and sprinkle them with the herbs
i will send each and every one of you this energy

because i love you

~* ah ho *~

there is fluorite in the center, with a bit of the
herbs on it; sis gave me this stone for my birthday
the purple and green are my favorite color combination

from the center, the four crystals of similar size are each different;
i have had these crystals with me since the harmonic convergence
when i participated at a sunrise ceremony on Mt Tamalpais in
California

starting on the right and moving clockwise:

to the east is the citrine quartz, for grandfather sun/
it points to a large clear crystal i have had for some time...

to the south is the clear quartz crystal for grandmother moon/
it points to a piece of selenite found here at the campsite

to the west is the green hued crystal for water/
it points to the rounded, clear piece of fluorite i received at the medicine wheel

and to the north is the black crystal with ghost image for the ancestors/
it points to a medium size clear quartz crystal, with me for awhile

the pouch was given to me as a gift from Kim, whose photo is on
our blog - she has been our friend since childhood and she was the last person
we spoke to as we began our journey... she made it just for me

all the stones sit on a big rock in front of our cabin, backing the firepit

enjoy

Thanks for sharing that story..sounds like you're in the right company with some powerful crystals to assist.

You're on the right path no doubt about that

thank you for reading along, reunite
samoochie

wow wine hippie
thanks so much for taking us along
i have so wanted to do a medicine wheel but have never gotten enough info to
try one on my own
so i am thrilled to know you can tell us more

does the rock you picked have anything to say??

i luv rocks..hubby says his dad spent his life removing the rocks
and here i am lugging back as many as i can..lol

so any rock story is a good story..can't wait for more

hi ya winehippie sister.....

thanks for sharing this beautiful experience with us........reading you words makes me feel as if i were sitting there beside ya..........

love you........

Nice WH! You are mastering the illusion nicely :)

I have been away myself ... in the blue mountains, breathing clean air :)

I am back now in Sydney -- it smells of Diesel :(

I have some catching up to do - I see the forum got busier while I was gone

A..

Sounds like a wonderful time and a great ceremony.

awesome, indeed

i have slept with the fluorite stone which was in the center of the wheel
throughout the ceremony, i cannot seem to get enough of it, or the vibrations

i feel inspired to make our own wheel here, in order to say prayers every
morning at sunrise

i may start to "build" today, you guys have re-inspired me

i will think of it as our very own swine flu vaccine.....

First of all I have to admit that I only read this thread of yours, WH today for the first. Thanks for sharing this BTW.

Now last week, I think either Tues or Wed morning when I woke up, I opened my eyes and there was this greenish energy, like a kolidiscope that I was looking through. I have never had that experience before and did not know what it was. Wasn't a dream cause I was wide awake and just lying there. It was not a frightening experience in the least, just a warm feeling.

Now today I read that you had sent this to us all. Well I guess I can say that I received it and thank you so much for doing this.

Much love to you and your sister for thinking of us!

mic...

from our pineal glands, to yours...

~*~ ah ho ~*~