 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| PRESENTS THE ART OF ONENESS
Medicine Song
Earth Circle Association is a non-profit educational organization
that sponsors events which offer a direct experience with highly
respected teachers from native American and other indigenous cultures.
Their inspiration offers a way to greater harmony and balance with
our Earth and our Creator.
REBIRTH OF EARTH CIRCLE
While on a mountain trip in 1985, a group of 7 people came up
with this idea of healing the Earth. This is how Earth Circle Association
first was started. This trip started out to learn more about walking
in balance with Mother earth in the Native American way and it
turned out to be the beginning of a lifetime journey.
The vision for Earth Circle was of great healing and more, but
first the founders had to see and understand the great needs of
Mother Earth and Indian people. The group started sweat lodge ceremonies
and invited family, friends, and others to purify their body, mind
and spirit and to direct their lives toward living in harmony and
balance as in the native American way.
The vision that was being followed
was the "mending of the sacred
hoop" - that is, joining together of all peoples of our earth from
all races and all directions for the purpose of healing, harmony
and balance. native American history describes the sacred hoop
as creator's way to join people together from all directions of
our Earth Mother, each offering their special contribution to the
whole, and each joining the others to create a circle of harmony
and balance.
The Earth Circle logo was created by co-founder, Cora Thom,
which represents how the mending of the sacred hoop reaches out
to encircle the whole earth and all living things as guided by
spiritual forces from our Creator from all the four directions.
Over the past 20 years, earth Circle was involved in many on-going
and special projects for restoring, rejuvenating, and revitalizing
the Indian culture, including outreach work of teaching and ceremony
for the public.
They have sponsored youth sports, elder support, public lectures,
ceremonies, and performances.
Earth Circle worked hard in revitalizing the Dance Heritage
project, bringing back the spirit of the native dances.
In the past 20 years the vision has been coming true. Our vision
has been reaching people world wide. the vision of mending the
sacred hoop has truly become a reality.
Somewhere the circle has stopped. As
Charlie puts it: "We are
just spinning our wheels". Let's get this wheel turning again.
Our vision for the next 20 years is to open a healing center
at Charlie's home in Fort Jones.
With this new vision comes new realities. Like finding a person
who would be willing to work on grant reasearch and typing up a
proposal for the healing center. Cleaning and clearing the land,
finishing projects that have been started but yet to be finished.
Editor's Note
These past few months have been very busy for the Earth Circle
Family, but it has also been very satisfying for everyone involved.
We celebrated 20 years since the birth of Earth Circle, we prayed
at Mount Shasta, then we had a very beautiful and very spiritual
week in the Marble Mountains. IN these past few months there have
been many changes in Earth Circle and with Charlie Thom. First
of all, Bob and Terry have moved out of Charlie's home and have
begun their lives outside of Earth Circle. Many thanks and blessings
to the both of them for keeping Charlie and Earth Circle alive
and running. Who moved in you are wondering? Well some of you already
know who I am. This is Julia Mason also known as White Swan. I
was involved with Earth Circle back around 1997 and then I left
for a long time. Myself along with four of my children, have moved
into Charlie's home and boy are we keeping Charlie active! Along
with taking care of Charlie, one goal was to get the Earth Circle
Board of Directors established once again and get moving with events
and projects. Another old face that will be returning to the Earth
Circle family will be Marcus, he will be preparing our future newsletters.
Welcome back Marcus. I hope to see many of you again and I hope
to meet the new people aho have joined since I have been gone.
Bless you all and here's to a wonderful new year!
Julia
High Country Trip 2006
We had such a wonderful and spiritual trip this year that I
would like to encourage more people to attend next year. The trip
is in August (date yet to be determined) and the donation fee is
$1.000.-. Start planning and saving! A $250.- non-refundable deposit
will hold your spot. You can make payments throughout the year.
Call for more information and a registration form.
Earth Circle News
* A 20th Anniversary Newsletter is
in the making. It will be filled with pictures, poems,
and stories of the past 20 years. Look for it soon!
* If you are a current subscriber to Medicine Song, please give
us a call to update your records. Thank you.
* We are compiling poems, songs, stories from the past 20 years
of your experiences of how Charlie has changed your life. We will
be using these poems, songs, etc. to make an upcoming book. So
if you have a poem, song or a letter that you would like to send
in, please do.
* The web site will be going under some major construction so
please be patient with us. We have plans to send out the newsletter
through our web site. If you have internet and would like to receive
the newsletter online, let us know. When you subscribe to Medicine
Song, you will then receive a password to enter the newsletter
section.
* We have been receiving many phone calls about the sweat lodge
ceremonies at Samuel P.Taylor Park. Because of the park limitations
we will not hold any ceremonies there. If you know of a great lodge
site in the surrounding area, let us know, and we will make arrangements
for our upcoming sweat season.
* Come and spend Thanksgiving with Charlie. If you would like
to help prepare and serve a Thanksgiving meal with Charlie, call
Julia and let her know. There is so much we have to be thankful
for!
The testimonial page is back! Send us your poems, songs, dedications
or stories to have them printed in the newslettes. I personally
love this page, many people are extremly affected by the many ceremonies
and trips that we attend and sometimes we just need to let our
enthusiasm. Send them in!
New Merchandise Coming Your Way
Earth Circle T-shirts will be arriving soon!
We will also be making a limited number of 20th Anniversay t-shisrts
to be sold. reserve your t-shirt now!
Earth Cicrle will be making a 2006 Calendar with all our upcoming
events, workshops, and sweat dates.
T
R A D I T I O N S - SWEAT LODGE CEREMONY
The most widespread tradition in Native North America is the
Sweat Lodge Ceremony. The Spanish described it as the temezcalli
among the natives of Mexico. Teme-Aztec for Nahuatl - to bathe,
Calli for house.
Sweat lodges are found everywhere in North America, in the Northeast,
lodges framed of willow poles covered with birch bark or skins.
The Southeast, lodges might be in earth mounds or dug into the
side of a hill by a stream. In the Plains the lodge would be covered
with buffalo skins. And in California, the sweat house was both
a dwelling place and a ceremonial center.
In the far Northwest, the sweat houses were sometimes made of
cedar planks and the polar Inuit engaged in sweats in their igloos.
But, the most widespread sweat lodge tradition today is the Lakota,
who call it the Inipi.
The practice of pouring water on heated stones was not a practice
limited to the indigenous people. The savu sauna or sauna of Findland
is much like the sweat lodge. many feel that the cleansing which
it gives them is, like a sweat lodge, not just of the body, but
of the mind and the soul.
Why sweat? Sweating is a very necessary bodily function. It
removes toxins and many viral agents and bacteria cannot survive
at temperatures higher that 98. When we sweat, we literally burn
away some illneases. many of the important endocrine glands are
stimulated by an inner rise in temperature. Impurities in many
body organs are flushed out as the capillaries dilate and the heart
increase its pace to keep up with the demands for blood. When water
is poured onto the rocks, an abundance of negative ions is released
into the air which counter fatigue and tenseness. An excess of
positive ions has been linked to asthma, heart attacks, insomnia
and allergies, (a condition often found in smoggy areas and in
houses with central air conditioning).
At the time of the first coming of the Europeans, there were
2 basic types of sweat baths. The vapor bath sweat, which consisted
of heating stones in a fire outside the lodge, then carried inside.
The lodge is sealed and cedar and sweetgrass is placed onto the
stones and water is poured onto the stones to create steam. The
direct fire sweat is most commonly found in parts of the Artic,
some Inuit, and in California.
The Spanish were appalled that the native peoples placed premium
on bathing of any kind. In Europe, bathing was regarded an unhygienic,
even an abomination. Before 1850, both Catholics and Protestants
in Western Europe considered bath and sin to be one. This explains
why the Spanish tried so hard to wipe out the costum of the sweat
lodge.
In order to survive, many Native religious
practices had to go underground. In 1873, sweat baths were forbidden
to all Native Americans by the Federal government, and this continued
until the 1930"s. Sadly, the attack on Native American religions
continues to this day.
The Native approach of healing the whole person - not just a
physical symptom - is exemplified in the lodge. The fact that the
healing power of the sweat lodge is still so important to native
people today is one reason why many Native American look unfavorably
upon non-natives who make use of sweat lodges without the kind
of respect an guidance that such a powerful gift from the Creator
deserves. The sweat lodge is our church.
Material received from "The Native American Sweat Lodge History & Legends" by
Joseph Bruchac
Sweat lodge etiquette: When around
the ceremonial area, please refrain from gossip, negative talk
and concentrate more on prayer, silence and positive feelings.
When you enter the lodge, walk to the left and find your seat,
you will also leave the way you came in. When you sit inside
the lodge, please pray, when Charlie is singing his songs, he
is praying. Sing with him. If you don't know the song, sing anyway.
If the heat is too much for you, lay down, get as close to Mother
Earth as possible. If you really need out, say "Ho Mitakuye Oyasin, open the door". When the door is open
and the medicine person says, "Let's get out of here", please start
leaving, the medicine person cannot leave the lodge until everyone
is out. When you exit the lodge, be quiet, listen, the Creator
may want to speak to you. How can you listen for your answers if
you are too busy talking. Take a dip in the water, lock that medicine
in. Be sure to drink water so you won't dehydrate. Most important,
enjo y the experience!
YOUR TESTIMONIALS
"Retiring of the Ancients, Awaken Us NOW" R
E S P E C T
What does it mean to you? To me, it means being honorable and
humble; especialliy around ceremony time. In my 27 years of ceremony
with Red Hawk, aka Charlie Thom, these are some things I have learned.
Balance your healings in the Sweat Lodge with offerings. Not just
financially, but practice silence inside and outside the lodge
when a sweat is in process. Follow the lead of whoever is leading
the lodge. After the sweats are finished, help clean up under the
direction of lodge crew and/or Board of Directors. Always bring
food to contribute to the communal meals. Honor Red Hawk's home
and all who live here., ie. humans, dogs and all the relations.
Donate toilet paper, do not feel free to use the washer and dryer,
as this jumps up the utility bill quite a bit. Give thanks to Cora
and Chaley for offering up their space. If you use the phone, make
an offering as well.
Balance the Spirit World with material world.
Respectfully submitted with
Love and Spirit
Terry Kamedaj
Charlie Thom is dear to my Heart Red Hawk soars High, Touching Prayers on Wingtips, Seeing All, On their Journey to the Sky by Thomas Boarman Back then, Silver Fox was the only one living. There was no
earth, only water. Silver Fox walked along through the fog, feeling
lonely. So she began to sing:
I want to meet someone,
I want to meet someone,
I want to meet someone,
I want to meet someone.
So she sang and then she met Coyote.
"I thought I was going to meet someone," Silver Fox said: "Where
are you traveling?"
"Where are you traveling?" Coyote said. "Why
are you traveling like this?"
"I am traveling because I am lonely," Silver
Fox said.
"I am also wandering around," said
Coyote.
"Then it is better for two people to travel together," Silver
Fox said.
Then, as they traveled, Silver Fox
spoke. "This is what I think",
Silver Fox said. "Let's make the world".
"How will we do that?" Coyote said.
"We will sing the world", said Silver
Fox.
So the two of them began to sing and to dance. They danced around
in a circle and Silver Fox thought of a clump of sod. let it come,
Silver Fox thought, and then that clump of sod was there in Silver
Fox's hands. Silver Fox threw it down into the fog and they kept
on singing and dancing.
"Look down", Silver Fox said, "do you
see something there below us?"
"I see something", Coyote said, "but it is very small".
"Then let us close our eyes and keep dancing and singing",
said Silver Fox. And that was what they did. They danced and
sang and beneath them Earth took shape.
"Look down now", Silver Fox said.
Coyote looked down. "I see it", said Coyote. "It is very big
now. It is big enough".
Role models and teachers, there aren't
many role models for a young Indian girl to look up to and learn
from in today's society. In fact, there aren't many role models
for any young girl in Western society, no matter what her race
or culture is. Regardless of our race, we are all told "it is a Man's world".
We can learn from our Elders if we are willing to keep an open
mind. We can learn from their ancient knowledge, their old ways,
and their successes, and their knowledge to help guide our lives
today and into the future.
My Grandma Nellie would say, "Being
spiritual doesn't mean going to church once a week. It means
praying every day and living a clean life continuously."
Grandma Nellie followed a very special
and spiritual code for living that required understanding, respect
and discipline. Her approach might be considered too strict for
modern people, but her knowledge and lifestyle were based upon
natural laws. She would tell me, "Grandaughter, you will be going to the white people's
school to learn what they call the "Three R's". You will need to
know tem in order to live and survive in the future. But don't
forget, we as Indians also have Three R's to learn from and live
by." These are the Three R's as she taught them to me.
RESPECT: Have respect for the Great
Creator, the natural laws, and the Earth. Have respect for the
spirits in nature and all our relations in nature. Have respect
for the sacredness of life and let it remain sacred. Have respect
for our ancient teachings, beliefs, rituals, ceremonies, sacred
dances, and customs, even though you might not fully understand
all of them. have respect for the medicine, the plants and herbs,
the Four Elements, and don't take anything for granted such as
the air, fire, earth, and water. have respect for all life because
it is sacred, including your own life and the
lives of others. Respect your body as a woman and be careful what
you do when you are on your moontime and during childbirth. Respect
the new life you are carrying inside of you when you are pregnant
because if properly cared for and protected in a physical and spiritual
way, it in return will bring new life and insure the survival of
our people. respect your mate, family, children, and friends. Respect
the Indian Doctors, Ceremonial leaders, and Medicine People by
giving them tobacco and a generous donation when asking for their
help. respect the food and medicines you cook for your family.
Never cook when you are mad and angry because it will put negative
energy into the food and medicine. Anger makes people sick. Pray
on the food and medicine and think good thoughts, so in this way
the food will be medicine. Respect all of Creation by praying and
giving thanks to it every day. And respect yourself, pray for yourself
in a good way; do not curse or belittle yourself because it will
make you sick. Always try to have respectful thoughts, even when
someone or something tries to make you angry.
RELATIONSHIP: We are all related to each other in the Great
Circle of Creation, and in the Great Web of Life. Everything in
Nature is our relation, both seen and unseen. How do you treat
your relations? How do you relate to those around you? With respect?
When you gather plants and herbs, foods or natural materials, or
when you hunt and fish, always think about your relations in a
good way and how each thing is connected to something else as family.
Pray to the plant, herb, tree, animal, fish, bird, or whatever.
Offer it tobacco in exchange for its life, its power, its medicine.
Tell it you are sorry to harm or hurt its life, that you offer
tobacco in exchange for its life, and always ask permission to
take it. And ask permission from the family it is connected to:
the other plants, animals, reptiles, birds, and spirits. Don't
waste anything in life, including your own life.
RECIPROCITY: This is one of the oldest
laws in the Universe. It means to always give something good
in exchange for receiving, and not to exploit or take anything
without permission or for granted. Always offer tobacco or some
kind of donation when gathering things from Nature. Learn that "praying" has
a purpoe. It is a form of communication to the Great Creator
and spirits. So don't use praying only to ask for help or something
special. Take time in your life to pray and give thanks for the
way things are or for the gifts you have already received. Be
generous, kind, giving, and sharing with others and it will always
come back in return because life is a holy circle.
Reprinted by permission from Tela's book: Hawk Woman Dancing
with The Moon
Rebirth continued
One of many books about Charlie is in the making. We are excited
about it and look forward to having it our for the public to read.
The past 25 years John Veltri has followed Charlie, filming the
many cermeonies, dances, and teachings to be put into a movie.
We will be working hard on this project so we may soon bring forth
the final outcome.
Along with the filming, John has arranged
short teachings on film so that we may use them for workshops,
schools and to teach the youth of the Karuk tribe and for the
public. It is time to awaken the spirit inside of yourself and
it is time to heal oneself so we may heal others. It is time
to get serious with our medicine because the world is not getting any
better. Many people are looking for paradise, the Native people
know that paradise is this Earth. Look what we have done to it.
Let's heal our Mother.
In Memory of Robert Adler
A good and wonderful friend of our
has passed on from this world. In November of 2004, Robert went
home to the Creator. As one door is closed another door opens,
Robert remembered Charlie and Earth Circle in his will and we
are very grateful for his contribution to the Earth Circle family.
Robert bequeathed a beautiful print called "Indians Looking At The Sky Opening Up" to
Earth Circle. When you walk through the front door of Charlie's
home you will see this beautiful picture. Robert also bequeathed
a sizable amount of money to Earth Circle so we may continue
the vision of Earth Circle.
We love and miss you Robert and we know your spirit will always
be with us.
Our Future continued
Then the two of them jumped down onto Earth. They danced and
sang and stretched it out even more. They made everything on Earth,
the valleys and the mountains and the rivers and the lakes, the
pines and the cedars and the birds and the animal people. That
was what they did way back then.
Teachings
This Miwok story of how Silver Fox and Coyote created Earth
was told to generations of children around the fires in the shadow
of Mount Tamaplais near San Francisco Bay, CA, where the Miwok
people have lived for more than 5.000 years. It shows the power
and importance of animals in Native American traditions.
All of us, regardless of our cultural backgrounds, trace our
ancestors back thousands of years to traditionl societies living
close to Earth. We all began as native people somewhere on this
planet. In those places, around a fire, our ancestors once listened
to stories while the rustling of leaves and the cries of nocturnal
animals stirred their imaginations.
"Long ago, back when the animals could talk and people could
understand them..." so some of the old tales begin. Today, people
ask what it was like back then, back when the animals could talk.
It is like today for the animals still can talk, it is just that
most people no longer know how to listen. Western culture teaches
us, from childhood, to draw lines between humans and animals. Even
the words human and animal make those distinctions clear. But to
the Native North America and to many other "Traditional" people
all over the world, those lines between humans and animals were
not so clearly drawn. This is why, in some Native American ceremonies
when the participants enter to purify themselves, they say "all
my relations" as a greeting to all relations on this Earth.
There is, though, one important distinction that we see all
over Native North America between human people and animal people.
The distinction is this: in Native American stories it is the animals
who came first. In fact, in many stories, it is the animals who
created the people! Thus it is common for the tales to refer to
animals as our elder relatives and as our teachers and, again and
again, in the traditional stories which are still told, when an
animal being speaks to a human being, it is always wise for that
human to pay very close attention, to listen and to learn.
In North America today people are realizing that we have not
listened well, that we have neglected our relations on this Earth
and that Native American stories hold power and wisdom for helping
us learn how to live in balance with other forms of life.
Plains Indians are perhaps best known as a people who lived
respectfully and responsively to the rhythms of their centrally
important animal relation, the buffalo or American bison. Their
seasonal movements were in direct response to the migration of
the buffalo herds. Every aspect of thir cultures-spiritually and
myth, food, clothing, drink, shelter, fire, tools and seasonal
migration - was inseparable from the lives of the vast herds of
buffalo. It is this relationship with the animals, and with the
land - the places where they lived - that gave Native Americans
a deep sense of meaning and the kind of knowledge that enabled
them to live well with the animals. The seasonal cycles, moons
and endless number of ways that nature works in unending circles
were the basis of Plains culture. In the words of Black Elk, a
holy man of the Oglala Lakota Sioux.
The sky is round, and I have heard that the Earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind in its greatest powers whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always me back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. The cycle of giving and receiving - maintaining the circle of life - is fundamental to Native North American culture. From the beginning of time a special relationship was created
between man and plants, not only for nutrition, but also for medicine
for all ailments which we encounter. I was taught to honor and
respect this very delicate relationship we were given with the
plant people. Herbs are everywhere waiting to be recognized, appreciated
and used in full. They hide nothing of themselves yet if harvested
the wrong way or at the wrong time they could hurt you or even
worse, be deadly.
My medicine man, Charlie Red Hawk Thom, understands the balance
between man and nature. He believes in plant medicine enough to
trust his life to their healing remedies. It has been really fun
harvesting his medicines but mostly an honor to harvest for my
teacher. If you have been in the sacred sweat lodge with Charlie,
you may have smelled a royally sweet herb, you may have been told
to breath it straight up your nose as the herb was specially placed
on the Grandfather rocks.
Big Foot medicine is native to the Klamath Mountains in Northern
California and has been used by native people for generations.
It is an abundant plant and in the spring time this bush puts out
a beautiful tassel of flowers which is how it got its common name,
silk tassel and the Latin name of Garryacease. Its leaves will
resonate with a stick tar in July when the plant has reached its
maximum potency, the name I venture out to harvest. This plant
works miracles on relaxing smooth muscles, such as gas pains, cramps,
hernia, gall bladder, stones, menses, the typical pizza, ice cream,
and hangover at 2 a.m. will be put to rest with a little Big Foot
tea. It calms your internal body down, helping it to work more
smoothly allowing healing to take place.
When you harvest plants there is always an offering of tobacco
and frequently I will build a spirit fire. In this time I will
smudge the freshly harvested medicine and sign a special song.
This is my gift back. This is why I can take these medicines and
give them to my elders and give them to my children and I can know
they will work their healing.
There are more plants too; lots of them, all specific for different
things, growing in every nook and cranny of our Mother Earth. In
September, a nasty staph infection took up occupancy in my left
hand after de-hairing a buck hide for my drum. It was worse than
I've ever seen, red swollen and painful. I began drinking tea rich
in immune stimulates and blood purifies I locally harvested. I
didn't see improvement until I used a plant call Mugwort to soak
my hand in. I like to call this wonderful herb, river sage. The
latin name is Artemesia Vulgarla, and her native Karuk name is
Kaat.
Kaat is special with many uses considered invaluable and used
as a cure all. This particular day I walked down to the river and
picked myself Mugwort medicine in the traditional way and brought
it home to steep in a large pot of strong infusion. I then soaked
my hand in the hot infusion for 20 minutes 2-4 times a day. The
results were close to immediate and the herb began to draw the
poison out of my hand. I was healed from an infection that my Western
doctor told me that if he had been doctoring me, he would have
submitted me to Siskiyou Fairchild Hospital and put me on an I.V.,
antibiotics, yuk. Mugwort is a blessed herb used for not only infected
wounds but also for menses, a cathartic for worms, digestive aid,
smudge as insect repellent. She encourages dreaming and people
used to lay a sick person on a bed of mugwort that was covering
hot rocks. I encourage you to meet her and put her in your medicine
bag.
I have a lot to be thankful for, although my life has not always
been easy. When one begins to learn about pharmacy our Creator
gave us as I have, you become empowered by her healing abilities.
Our Mother Earth has bidden nothing from us and has openly given
us everything. My knowledge is being passed down to me and it's
my responsibility to pass it down to you, and all my relations.
I hope to see you a the 9th Annual Spring Herb Workshop and
purification lodge weekend at Charlies, date to come soon.
Christy
Native American Sweat Lodge
Ceremony
You are invited to share the weekend at the home of Red Hawk,
a full-blooded Karuk spiritual leader and medicine man from Northern
California. He will guide us in the sacred sweat lodge purification
ceremony, the traditional way of cleansing the body, mind, and
spirit. By sweat and prayer, we can clean our bodies of toxins,
our minds of negativities, and heighten our spirits-come into a
balanced relationship with ourselves, the Earth, and everything
that surrounds us.
Sweat ceremony will begin Friday evening, around 5:00 or 6:00
p.m. Another ceremony will begin approximately 12:00 p.m. on Saturday
and another at daybreak on Sunday. You are welcome to arrive Friday
evening and stay for the entire weekend or to come for a whole
or half day.
Bring
a bathing suit, shorts (for men) or a sweat dress to wear in
the lodge, also bring a
towel,
thongs or sandals, a flashlight for night use, and warm clothing
for after the sweat.
Following Native American tradition, menstruating woman DO NOT
enter the seremonial area.
Pregnant woman do not enter the lodge. Please abide by these
traditions.
We now have a moontime area for women, please some and stay
for the weekend or day.
BY DONATION: By tradition, an offering
is always given by each participant before entering the ceremony.
traditionally and historically, the offering is one considered
valuable and of support to the expense of the ceremony and to
support the ceremonial leader. The
participant determines teh amount based upon his or her spiritual
guidance and intentions. We have two baskets on the registration
table: one for Earth Circle, to help with the financial expense
for running the sweat ceremony and one for the ceremonial leaders.
Thank you.
No drugs or alcohol allowed at the ceremony.
Camping is available, during the winter you are welcome to stay
inside Charlie's home to stay warm and dry. As always, there are
potluck meals for the entire weekend, please bring food to share
with everyone.
Please read the Sweat lodge guidelines in this issue. An orientation
will be provided for everyone. Please extend this invitation to
your friends and loved ones.
Welcome and Thank you!
Charlie would like to expand our sweat lodge cermeonies so we
are looking for good place to hold
our ceremonies. if you have a place or know of a place to hold
future sweats, contact Julia@ 530-468-2277.
We are also looking for donations of blankets and tarps for
lodges.
Published quarterly by Earth Circle Association, P.O.Box 706,
Fort Jones, CA 96032
Phone: 530-468-2277.
EARTH CIRCLE CALENDAR
Fall/Winter
2005-2006
November 20, 2005 Sweat
Lodge Ceremonial Area Clean Up
Come
and help clean up and gather wood for future sweats.
November 25-27, 2005 Giving
Thanks - Sweat Lodge Ceremony
Fort
Jones, Ca
December 30, 2005 New
Year's Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Fort Jones, Ca
January 20-22, 2006 Creation
Storytelling-Sweat Lodge Ceremony
Place
to be determined.
January 28, 2006 Regalia
Workshop: 10 a.m.-4p.m., $50.-, Fort Jones, Ca.
Pre-registration
required, deposit $25.-.
We
will gather together and learn how to make dance
regalia.
February 17-19, 2006 Indian
and Holy Bible - Sweat Lodge Ceremony
Place
to be determined.
Fenruary 25, 2006 Water
ceremony, Fort Jones, Ca.
We will be holding more sacred ceremonies and workshops throughout
the year so look for the future dates upcoming.
If you would like to be reminde of future sweat dates and events,
e-mail us at: redhawk@sisqtel.net
and we will send you reminder notices.
|
