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Ghost Dance (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:04:52 PST

From: The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions by Arlene Hirschfelder and Paulette Molin

GHOST DANCE OF 1870
A religious movement that originated among the Northern Paiute of the Walker River Reservation in Navada and was founded by the prophet Wodziwob. In the late 1860's he made a number of prophecies, including the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of the conditions that existed before Europeans arrived in the region. The movement arose among the Paiute people at a time of great suffering and deprivation. Besides losing their traditional landbase and means of subsistence, other calamities had occurred, including a drought, starvation and epidemics.

Elements identified with the Ghost Dance included curing and increase rites, practice of traditional Paiute Round Dance as a vehicle for the movement and an attempt to introduce the Cry Dance, a mourning ceremony to the Walker River people. The religious movement spread to California tribes and to the...

Using Spiritual Tools to Resolve Conflicts....(Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (Eagle Singing) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:38:08 PST

Managing Conflict

Using Spiritual Tools to Resolve Conflicts

When we are in conflict with someone and we want to resolve the conflict, by employing our spiritual tools we will overcome the typical obstacles that arise when we habitually move through conflict with our ego leading the way. We know ego is leading the way through conflict when we feel justified, we know better/best, when we believe that we have more experience and finesse, and...

The Standing Ones (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (Paah Wenchokws) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:24:14 PST

Standing Ones by Takatoka

"American Indians sometimes call ourselves People of the Land and we call our cousins of the plant kingdom Standing Ones or Standing People. Our beautiful cousins were given special status as providers and givers by the Creator. Some provide shelter and others give food to their animal, plant and insect relatives. Many give physical, emotional, and spiritual healing.

Standing Ones pray as they lift their arms upward in eternal praise and thanks to the Creator. The Standing People are forever connected to the Mother Earth receiving her life force and resources as they supply fruits, berries, sap, nuts, grains and vegetables for nourishment. They give wood for heat and lodging. Their bodies become home to many animals, birds and insects.

One of the greatest gifts of the Standing Ones to humans is teaching us valuable lessons of life. One only has to look...

Laws of Magic--Universal (Needs indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:53:05 PST

Thank you for this contribution, Paah.

The Laws of Magic
Excerpted from Authentic Thaumaturgy by P.E.I Bonewits

The Laws of Magic are not legislative laws, but, like those of physics or musical harmony, are actually fairly practical observations that have been accumulated over thousands of years. These laws describe the way magic seems to behave.

The LAW OF KNOWLEDGE
This is probably the most widely used law, and probably encompasses all the others in some way. The basis of this law is that understanding brings control. The more that is known about a subject, the easier it is to exercise control over it. Knowledge is power.

The LAW OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE
An obvious derivative of the LAW OF KNOWLEDGE, this law carries additional connotations, as a mage who does not have knowledge of himself does not have knowledge (and therefore control) of his own magic. This law is one of the reasons "evil" mages are very rare-a dedication...

The Awareness Test (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:12:32 PST

The Awareness Test

I was talking with a friend when guidance broke through telling me she was 'tilted'. She was faced with a very difficult choice that had her going up and down a yo-yo string and swinging like a pendulum gone wild, but she was getting nowhere. I shared that I've always loved the twist on responsibility being nothing more than the ability to respond. It always felt so much 'lighter' seeing it from that perspective. Sometimes we get 'heavy' with our emotional attachments and forget we have a choice in how we respond to things…you know people, situations, circumstances, and some tough decisions at times. I got to thinking about that and how at the center of it all was choice. She was struggling very hard with that. So I asked her: 'How do you respond to the choices you make?' I mean where does the response come from?...

Three Master Teachers (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:55:24 PST

Three Master Teachers

Experience, for good or bad, is a Master Teacher of ethics and integrity that deserves to be honored. Master Teachers come to us masked in different guises; in ways we are not always able to recognize at first. Sometimes they come forward as Shadow, or they are of Light, or Mottled within the Grey areas but they come forward by way of Experience. I'd like to introduce three Master Teachers who often walk wearing masks.

From the Shadow Masters we learn the hard lessons that bring our own Contrary Medicine/s out into the Light. I'm going to address Shadow Teachers first mainly because so many of us are taken into these experiences without warning….or at least when it's there we tend to dismiss it out of uncertainty or the desire to see only what we want to see instead of the truth. Many individuals wonder what gifts a Shadow Teacher could possibly bring that would be of use. Well, the fact is that because of them we learn about the...

What is "evil"?

feeds@kickapps.com (DragonHawk) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:29:03 PST

In the thread about what I have learned on my sojourn in the UAE I was talking about the Darkness of Creation. But darkness is a term we often use to describe something that is negative or is having a negative effect in our lives. To me there seems to be a link between the two terms in terms of what we "seed" in our lives.

Personally, I don't believe in evil as a separate force from Creator, in opposition to Creator and not under the direct control of Creator. I believe that evil is man-made concept used to justify Man's inability to look Within at attitudes and aspects of our selves that convention would presume were far from perfect.

Walking In Your Spirit Name (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:51:37 PST

Walking In Your Spirit Name

It's an interesting concept to 'walk in a name' isn't it? I mean we take our given names, our nicknames, even our surnames and look into their meanings, sometimes we find some very connective implications into our personalities and lineage, traits within the family, etc. but even there we tend to brush them off. By brushing them off I mean we may commit those references to memory and if asked we could recite the meanings, but don't otherwise really walk with them in our conscious awareness daily. I don't think most of us think about our names much. Oh, sure, we answer to them all day long, but we don't think about how we represent that name consciously on a daily basis. I was talking with a friend about this not long ago and began to wonder to myself, since that is something that I am conscious of, just how often is that the case with others? And why not somehow address that to the community here at the...

Preserving a Wing (Needs Indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (Eagle Singing) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:45:55 PST

I was wondering if anyone here has any knowledge or experience about how to go about preserving a bird's wing. I found one the other day and I'm not sure of the methods to preserve it and wanted to know if anyone here could help me. I've read the threads in the Main Reference Library, and I'm looking for more information.

I appreciate any assistance you can give me.
EagleSinging

Chinook Dictionary (Needs indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:14:20 PST

My friend, FireSong, sent me this Chinook Dictionary link and it has a lot to offer so I wanted to share it with you all. She shared that "the Chinook dialect predates English or Spanish inhabitants of the Americas and that the "Chinook Jargon" was developed with the influence of English and French traders and missionaries. It was the most common language used between Native Americans and whites on the West Coast from BC down through California in trade, intertribal, fishing and other industry or commerce type situations and eventually replaced the original "Old Chinook" dialects (of which there were over 100 in the Pacific NW mainly along the Columbia and Willamet Rivers."

Here's the link:

Embracing Your DreamWeave (Needs indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:05:31 PST

Embracing Your DreamWeave

Part 1

This article is the result of a session with my Guides wherein issues about my DreamWeave were being made a point of focus. I was asked if I had shared about the DreamWeave with members of the Lodge. I had to say that while the topic comes up now and then it's usually in relation to something else, there hadn't been a lot of focus on that. They reminded me that the DreamWeave is an important part of the Change, that each individual is weaving right now and there was an important message in sharing that. People forget that's what's happening or they sense it but aren't able to embrace it fully, perhaps they think it's merely a fond daydream, a pipedream or fantasy that will never come to pass. The...

Links On The Archangels (Needs indexing)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:53:43 PST

Archangels

Archangels 2

Left Brain/Right Brain

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:48:00 PST

FYI

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
Uses feeling
Big picture oriented
Imagination rules
Symbols and images
Present and future
Philosophy and religion
Can 'get it' (i.e. meaning)
Believes
Appreciates
Spatial perception
Knows object function
Fantasy based
Presents possibilities
Impetuous
Risk taking

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
Uses logic
Detail oriented
Facts rule
Words and language
Present and past
Math and science
Can comprehend
Knowing
Acknowledges
Order/pattern perception
Knows object name
Reality based
Forms strategies
Practical
Safe

Main Reference Library INDEX

feeds@kickapps.com (Be Water) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:43:47 PST

Suggestions on finding what you're looking for… I suggest you use your browser "Find on this page" search function (Ctrl+F) For example, if you're looking for information on "Hollow Bone" it may have other words in the title that places it under a letter other than "H" so I suggest you do a complete search for "Hollow" Another example of why you should search for a portion of one of the words you're looking for is there is an article called "Energy Leaking" under the "E" listing, but there is also an article entitled "Leaking Energy" under the "L" listing. If you're searching for articles...

Honoring Ceremony (Funerary Rite)

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:33:38 PST

"The Power and ways are given to us to be passed on to others."......Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief, Teton Sioux

HONORING CEREMONY

Presented by Cinnamon Moon

This is a ceremony performed much as a traditional funeral would be; however it has great appeal to me in its curative powers for the grief that losing a loved one brings us. In the wake of their transition, the mourning that we all go through is eased considerably from the positive perspectives the ceremony elicits. Perhaps this will be a way for you to find peace in your heart.

The ceremony is presented here for use in a group, but it can be adapted for...

Kvniakati Tsulawi Medicine Wheel

feeds@kickapps.com (SwanFeather) — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:52:33 PST

The following is the introduction to an online reading I had done. I know nothing more about Mr. Roffe than what is here. I do know that the Tsulawi are Cherokee (East Texas), but know little else besides some history I found about them. I thought it might be interesting to see how it differs and what the similarities are from what Cinn has posted in the Library. (I hope that's okay, Cinn?)

Kvniakati Tsulawi Medicine Wheel

A traditional Native American astrology program by Randall Cole Roffe, for natal charts; based on the Kvniakati Tsulawi Medicine Wheel tradition of the Southern Shawnee and Cherokee, with some references to the traditions of other North American tribes.

Dr. Roffe is a direct descendant of the Chickamaugan Tsulawi Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Southern Shawnee Kvniakati practitioners. He is not a member of any currently Federally recognized...

Universal Laws of Weaving Energy

feeds@kickapps.com (CinnamonMoon) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:00:01 PST
Universal Laws of Weaving Energy

Energy weaving is an act we engage in consciously or unconsciously…I say this because it is our thoughts backed by our intentions that set that energy into motion. If we focus on it we can direct it. However, if we think about things and do not focus the release of that energy it goes out randomly and can target anyone we have in mind as well as others. Thoughts are things, they contain that emotional energy impact and will carry it forward so it's important to be aware of this and use that energy wisely.

What we send out will also return to its source; that means it returns to us in one form or another as a consequence for good or bad. How often have you heard someone say "Why is this happening to me? There's no reason for it." Perhaps there is, we...

Building Your Spiritual Muscles

feeds@kickapps.com (Cinnamon Moon 1) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:10:29 PST
Building Your Spiritual Muscles

Many new seekers wonder why they need to practice exercises for their spiritual development. The truth is that while it would be nice to just flip some switch and have all our abilities turn on functionally it doesn't quite work that way. Just as we physically exercise our bodies, we need to spiritually exercise our abilities…both build muscles. First of all spiritual abilities may or may not be known to the individual, may or may not be under control, may or may not open to them unless they know how to work with them. It is often haphazard experiences that trigger things and lead us into events we don't understand. Taking a positive approach helps the individual avoid wrong turns, pulled mental hamstrings, or worse. Understanding that exercises are designed to help you do things properly and gain control over your abilities (we all have them) it really is going to make a huge difference.

In order to open a channel to...

Walking With A Mentor

feeds@kickapps.com (Cinnamon Moon 1) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:25:08 PST
Walking With A Mentor

Over the years I have come to know the value of walking with someone who knows the way ahead. It makes such a huge difference. Personally, I've found that those who were to teach me things came at times where the learning needed to be focused for a reason and they appeared when they were needed most. It's important to understand that the person who crosses your path, or to whom you're led by Spirit and/or guidance, is always someone who saves you time and effort in getting where you need to go. There's always a reason, something you need to prepare for on time. Like the Crow flies, they can take you from point A to point B rather than some long and winding roadway that takes in all the sights and sounds of distraction (plenty of time for that later on your own or for a joy ride together *S*). They help you stay focused until you 'get it' and then you just enjoy company and friendship together or if necessary will part ways as...

Energy Signatures

feeds@kickapps.com (Cinnamon Moon 1) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:03:10 PST
Energy Signatures

Time and again we hear the term 'energy signature' and presume everyone knows what that is since it sounds pretty self explanatory. We assume others know how to go about tracking them too but that's not always the case is it? To the individual just coming to understand energy and how we can work with it there is going to be the proverbial question: "What is an energy signature?" and the proverbial hesitancy to ask a question wherein they might feel foolish. While I believe any question that arises is valid I know how people tend to be shy about asking despite the continued encouragement within our community to ask away. So let's look at that initial question, just what is an energy signature?

Well, we all know that energy, on the whole, is just that…energy. Everything that exists is comprised of it and depending on the various components of the energy we know that different forms will physically manifest. We know that...