Part One – Walking in Three Worlds Chapter 3 – Growing Up in Florida By Ghost Dancer My mother, born Mary Joyce Beavers, was and always has been, a happy-go-lucky person who loves life and loves having fun. She has always been a buffer to the world around me and all of her children. WeContinue reading “All For the Right to Pray (3)”
Category Archives: Cherokee Tradition
Traditional Medicines
A Sampling of Herbal Medicines Used by Eastern Native Peoples Sacred Medicine Ways – Part 11 A Teaching by Ghost Dancer In many places today, Native peoples still practice living in harmony with nature and trust these ways before they will go for modern medical treatments because they actually work. So for those of usContinue reading “Traditional Medicines”
Women’s Role, Women’s Power
Sacred Medicine Ways – Part 9 A Teaching by Ghost Dancer Women today have lost or forgotten their true roles and purposes that used to be. In the old days, everything revolved by and through the women. A child was a member of the mother’s clan. Her blood was all that mattered, not the father’s.Continue reading “Women’s Role, Women’s Power”
Being A Shaman
Sacred Medicine Ways – Part 2 A Teaching by Ghost Dancer Most people at some point in their lives have learned enough about tribal people to know they usually have someone amongst them with special powers referred to as a shaman or medicine man. Now many writers think they know what a shaman or medicineContinue reading “Being A Shaman”
Walk The Sacred Path (1)
By Ghost Dancer Honoring Beloved Elders They Recognized Me, Touched My Life, and Helped To Guide My Path Part 1 – Early Childhood I would like to begin by sharing some things that may or may not resonate with something inside of you. I speak to the thousands who know they have an American IndianContinue reading “Walk The Sacred Path (1)”
Journeys of the Spirit 