~NATIVE PROPHECIES~
White Buffalo
So they said we must have a meeting. We must start with a prayer, offer it to Mother Earth and Father Sun and to the four directions. Call on all the forces to direct us because from now on we will have to face many problems.
~ Thomas Banyacya, Hopi Elder
American Indian
American Indian
How many times have we heard this from native people?
The Elders have gathered and are sending messengers (often reluctant ones, such as Thomas Banyacya) to inform Western culture of the meaning of their warning prophecies.
Prophecies are not foreign to our modern culture. Sadly our interpretation of them tends to the satanic and sinister thanks to our history of religious heritage. However, I think that things are a lot simpler .. and do find it curious that native people, who until quite recently had no contact with outsiders, are the ones being called to make their knowledge and ancient prophecies known to the world.
Meanwhile, we categorise these concerns as ecological.
This means that since we KNOW about ecological issues ~ pollution, the hole in the ozone layer, toxic waste and so on ~ we can turn the problems over to scientists, then continue to behave as we have been ... just another TV show, not really relevant to our lives.
Like many others, my perception is that the ecological crisis is only a symptom of the global spiritual crisis that our Native family is trying to call to our attention.
~oOo~
It wont hurt to listen.
Sources: Native Wisdom for White Minds by Anne Wilson Schaef (published by Random House : 1995), Psychics and Prophecies CLICK HERE and 13 Indigenous Grandmothers CLICK HERE
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Very interesting post. My son's grandmother is Cherokee and over the years I have listened to many Native prophecies.
It is my belief that through history, prophecy has sufferred from inadequate interpretation. Prophecies declare blessings or curses, and deal with the present or future. I feel that they were given ideally to strengthen the people and give them hope. The Native or indiginous faith is preserved through the wise whose hands are the destinies of the future. Though the Native American nation experienced oppression and sorrow, also as a nation they were often cheered up by the prophets with messages of future deliverance and victory over their enemies.
Mis
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
Absolutely. Often given at a time of simplicity and always it seems stemming from past ways ... the old ways. Out of reach for the modern man of each following era.
(the crow caws and I realise I have lost my way again)...
Which is shaped by the whispers and words being passed down from mouth to ear, personally.
Not saddened by much of their own natural world, but of ours... the white men, ... who prowl the earth like ravenous wolves.
Thanks for your thoughtful comments Mis, what a great blessing to be able to trace your son's ancestory ...and perhaps even visit those left on reservations, from its source?
L
Infognito
The Earth has wiped the slate clean beofre, and is going to do it again.. and if these predictions are true, we do not have a lot of time left.
Best to try and get in contact with our inner spiritual selves, as you have been suggesting all along Lilla, for that is all we have in reality and all we can take with us that cannot be destroyed.
cheers
fog
P.S. Have you heard of the Ark projects?
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
Yes I have heard of ARK projects and lifestyle alternatives. The one I was specifically aware of when i first came across ARK was the arm of it that encompasses the architectural practice of creating environmentally responsible buildings... is that the one?
If it is I remain impressed with the one-on-one approach to the whole thing; taking the clients needs and translating them into something that benefits the planet, which in turn, supports the human living on it. It had a nicely rounded ring to me of congenital symbiosis, and I remember thinking that I would probably shop less if I had a place like that .. (..not that I am a great consumer no matter where I live)... I am all with the native idea of barter and trade and have always felt it was the beginning of evil when merchandising became a central aim for just the select few, after the trade winds first blew Sir Francis Drake et al about the place.
It is us too though isnt it? Who wants to work the land anymore and earn their own keep? Who would go back to a few well tanned hides and simple meals, with only a few shell ornaments to show at the Saturday night Coroboree?
But perhaps that is where the biggest mistake lies for many, in thinking that is where we would have to return to stop the merchandising, smoke belching monster of consumerism ... wrong of course, because rather than going all the way back to mud huts and lean-tos it would demand only a small rollback, relative to the need of avoiding environmental catastrophe to the tune of our lives, perhaps?
Oh too heavy a question for many, just turn on the TV and escape.
At least the Indigenous people are not afraid and mature enough to LOOK AT IT and TRY to find a solution, aware they are responsible for their own plight in this case.
Id better go now, my top lip is starting to curl again at the apathy and greed of the white man.
Lilla ...