Light of day, the place of all beginnings. The easterly direction on the Medicine Wheel represents the new The wheel also teaches the fourĪspects of our nature…physical, mental, emotional and 4 = fourĭirections + four seasons + four elements (earth, air, waterĪnd fire) + the four races of human being. It is in Native American life, is evident in the Medicine Wheel. The wheel) represent spiritual paths leading us to the center, to perfectīalance, to the Creator. Perimeter, in straight lines, to the center (the spokes of Separated by beads representing the moon's cycles. Four distinctĬolors, set in the four directions, lay on the perimeter, There is an inner circle representing the Old Woman (theĮarth), Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, and the four elements. (the hub) is the Creator, who sits in perfect balance. MovementĪround the outside of the Medicine Wheel is in a clockwise direction, the
The circle shape represents the earth, the sun, the moon, theĬycles of life, the seasons, and day to night. "The Medicine Wheel is a symbol of all creation, of all races of humanīeings, birds, fish, animals, trees, and stones. Things whith feet or wings or roots their children?" Is the the sky a father and the earth a mother, and are not all Is like a father, and also it is for the thoughts of men that should rise highĮagles do. But these four spiritsĪre only one Spirit after all, and this eagle feather here is for that One, The morning star lives to give men wisdom the yellow one for the south, whence come the summer and the power to grow. To send us rain the white one for the north, whence comes the great whiteĬleansing wind the red one for the east, whence springs the light and where The black one is for the west where the thunder beings These four ribbons hanging here on the stem are the four quarters Willow but before we smoke it, you must see how it is made and what it means. See, I fill this sacred pipe with the bark of the "I will first make and offering and send a voice to the Spirit of the Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey, p. That establishes the sacred point, where the high point This orientation of the quarters, I quess you could say,īasic high cultural myth form: the centre, the quarters. Then it's addressed to the four quarters so you know where you are: the central mountain The pipe stem is lifted so that the sun smokes first,
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