From the Hearth and Heart of Wind/IK

Greetings Dear Ones,
Jaguar Woman has invited me to gather some thoughts from the Bodewadmin (Blessing) Longhouse. And so, I speak.

Her return from the south, the place of heart, bears a gift of love to the north, the place of Spirit, wisdom. She walks the Good Red Road, south to north, north to south. This journey on the Medicine Wheel is rich in wisdom and love. Many are and will be the gifts which will manifest from this journey, gifts made possible by many of you.

I thank you for this opportunity and In that Spirit, The Bodewadmin Longhouse is thinking on some of these things.

Winter Vision Quest Cave
In this season, many inner compasses will begin turning toward seeking, creating and crawling into the blessed peace of the seasonal vision quest cave.

Inside, a deep breast of the resting Mother Earth, is where the Medicine Wheel slowly turns in an earthly circumambulation of all seed dreams, penetrated by fiery shafts of our Father Sky Sun into the mind, heart, body and Spirit of individual inner pools of quiet.

Here, ones bones can and may be deeply CLEANED: healed and loosened from the labors, challenges, cares, aspirations and fulfillments of the previous season, then slowly put back together as an honoring dream dance echo of all the ancestral journeys made before ours and those yet to come.
The womb quest awaits. Draw aside a veil of the great mystery, breathe your name, make an offering and ask permission to replicate and renew the journey that all beings have made, do make and will make..from earth to sky.. breath into clay.. so we are made and so we reenact the sacred moves, as we see them.

For, we are the new myth makers. Many dreams and messages have been brought forward, by ourselves and others…accept these offerings, feast upon the tears of bitterness and gratitude from which they were born and prepare to embark upon making the new myths and creation stories…OUR new myths drawn from a place where our sacred beingness meets with and is fused with mysterious elements emanating from an indivisible and indestructible connection with divine consciousness and personal discernment.

This is how we stay alive and keep the world alive. This then, is our Sacred Charge. Where we will feel most alive and know who we are.

Many are the ways of personal, creative ceremony.. Now, it is time to smudge off, pray for the highest good for all concerned and ask that bravery, wisdom, willingness and endurance walk with us.

Know that one may emerge, or come and go, from the cave at any time and trust that commitments and responsibilities in the outside world reside on physical and mental arms of the Medicine Wheel and will not suffer from ‘medicine’ attention directed elsewhere.

When ones visit to the cave is accomplished there will be a natural and unremarkable reunification of elements. The shifts and gifts will be ours for life. Do not speak of these things too soon but hold them close to mature and unfold. Journaling is a creative thing to do as many of the realizations, visitations or visions will be of an ephemeral nature. Do not censor or process the writing, that can be done later.

May we be eternally rich in Spirit, have good minds and strong bodies. May we know no fear and may we have hearts filled with love..now and forever more.

AHO!
Dawn Woman 1IK

Autumnal Equinox, September 22, 2018

Greetings Kin,
A fire will be Kin-dled. Bring your emptiness and fullness of the season in quietness and peacefulness into the reception chamber of all matter to observe and sit together, with the season.

Offer what you have or what spirit suggests … these breath offerings are designed to feed and nourish all sentient and insentient beings, including ourselves, through intent. It is through these things, thoughts, and actions we come to more deeply know ourselves and nourish the intent of this unified ‘knowing’ of ourselves within the structure of the Medicine Wheel Teachings.

Like minded community furthers each person’s opportunity to both see clearly and to be seen clearly, a deeply held blessing of knowingness that can further happiness and calm and to develop a growing sense of compassionate detachment and loving kindness in the context of the seasons and the natural world ... these first, most beautiful and lasting gifts from the Creator, are for us and all beings to live upon and within, all days, all ways, in balance and harmony. AHO!

Prepare to enter three circles of spirit energy, beginning now, as you approach the ceremonial grounds, from your personal central tree of integrity. We are the new myth makers, done from where we sit, stand or lay, be we a physical part of this circle or not. Let us be increasingly alert and aware of the emerging myths ... stories. Their times to be told come near with the winter quiet. The new creation stories ... they arise from out of the seeds of this harvest season, lying dormant for the blessing of their telling, remembering and telling of the fires that will make them ready for the new growth. This is one of the medicines of this season that make us ready for winter sun and winter rest ... as does our mother, the earth (sekmekwe) and our father the sky sun (kisus).

Through these ways we reconnect with the original instructions and link them where desirable and recognized, with the current stories and emerging myths/medicines by which we can know ourselves and live … feeling like we have a right to be here and to live. These ceremonies then assume a grounding and a radiance that can and does contribute to the continuance of all life, just by virtue of ours and others positive beingness. These then, are some of the sacred charges and as such, belong with the original instructions. Without them we are wanderers ... and to these ones, we would extend a helping hand of in-spirit … inspiration to those who would be seeking or in need, through vibration or physical service.

Bama mine, until we see one another again,
Wabaksekwe (Dawn Woman)

4 Ahau , Autumn Harvest Observances, September 1, 2018, Taos, NM.

Minisa and  negweses (nephew) Nakota Crumbo

By the calendar of the natural world, SPIRIT TALK Indicates autumn as the third quarter of the year, the sunset of the year. And so, we set our highest and most honorable intentions toward building personal, abundant and visible harvest dances of gratitude, beauty and pleasure.

Taos sunset fire to welcome in the universal burn day of 4 Ahau.

GLOBAL BURNER: Sacred Fire Ceremonies -- Sep 1 -- The Element of Fire

GLOBAL BURNER: Sacred Fire Ceremonies -- Sep 1 -- The Element of Fire

Contributed by Jaguar Woman

Fire holds the power of transmutation, able to change the form and structure of other Elements. Honoring Fire as a Sacred Element through which we can purify and release those things that no longer serve. On the traditional Medicine Wheel path we bring our prayers of tobacco to send up the smoke of our prayers. We offer blessings to honor and feed it. Traditional gifts are chocolate or raw liver. What we bring to the fire is released into the Hands of the Creator. We feed the Fires of Creation.

There are many traditional ways of Sacred Fire Ceremony. The Maya and Native American tradition lay a circle of cornmeal and mark the 4 directions with the cross made of tobacco. The Mayan incorporate candles, sugar, flowers, and consecrate the Earth with tequila. Prayers are offered to the 4 directions, for the Inspiration of the East, the Relationships of the South, the Unknown Journey of the West, and the Wisdom of the North.

Fire holds the power of transmutation, able to change the form and structure of other Elements. Honoring Fire as a Sacred Element through which we can purify and release those things that no longer serve. On the traditional Medicine Wheel path we bring our prayers of tobacco to send up the smoke of our prayers. We offer blessings to honor and feed it. Traditional gifts are chocolate or raw liver. What we bring to the fire is released into the Hands of the Creator. We feed the Fires of Creation.

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Sacred Fire Ceremonies

Summer Drum

The Summer Drum design is now blocked in with the 4 sacred berries, 

the strawberry, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry. 

The inside rim is painted blue for the circle of spirit. 

The drum head is anchored by four principle cords which represent the four directions 

of the Medicine Wheel Speaks: the Heartbeat of Our Mother Earth.

AHO!

WE WOULD REMEMBER THAT OUR HEART BEAT AND THAT OF OUR MOTHER, THE EARTH, IS ONE. 

Potawatomi Women's Drum Group, Shawnee, OK, Aug. 11, 2018

Dewegan Kewk Women's Drum Group

Bozho!

The Dewegan Kewk Women’s Drum Group performed in the rotunda today, opening the balloon festival on the Citizen Potawatomi tribal grounds in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The drum group offered social and ceremonial songs, and a ‘49’ one from the Anishnabe tradition/powwow, some in Potawatomi and some in English.

The members have each constructed their own drums and regalia. Pics will follow showing a step by step doc of this process.

Bama pi,
Dawn Woman

Fire in the Sky: Hot Air Balloons Take to the Skies Over Shawnee (NewsOK)

Rebroadcast of My Tune In Tulsa Interview @ KOSU -- 7/22 @ 5p

Join us at KOSU this Sunday, July 22 @ 5 pm for a live stream rebroadcast of myself being interviewed by host Julie Watson. This weekly program of creative personal profiles in the Red Dirt Country of Oklahoma, combines conversation linked with favorite musical selections and some chat about such tunes.

Jim Halsey, Minisa Crumbo and Kyle Dillingham (a contributor to this Sunday's Tune In Tulsa)

Here are some of the featured artists/songs:

Buffy St. Marie – I Love You, Baby
Bill Miller -- Praises (Prayer Song)

JJ Cale – After Midnight
Stevie Solace – I Was Made to Love Her

Woody Carter – El Candor Pasa
Kyle Dillingham
Jana Jae

Red Dirt Rangers – Where the Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma
Leon Russell – Tight Rope