Sacred Medicine Ways – Part 1 – Introduction Teachings by Ghost Dancer Most of us have a general idea of what “medicine” means in Native American terms, but understand little of the depth of how and why it is used. The traditions of our Southeastern Native ancestors’ medicine ways are intuitive and experiential. They understood,Continue reading “Southeastern Medicine Ways”
Category Archives: Spiritual Journeys
The Rainbow Serpent
By Ghost Dancer In the lore of all the Southeastern Peoples Rainbow Serpents are powerful beings that live in the waters, be they springs, creeks, rivers, lakes, and even the oceans. These beings have a world which exists beneath the waters. Usually when you see a whirlpool or such in the waters it means oneContinue reading “The Rainbow Serpent”
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Depression, Music & Brotherhood – There are many things that can bring you sickness and illness. Some of them we never even think about until it’s too late… During this time, I wrote some really poignant music and lyrics. The ordeal let me tap into a part of my mind that I never knew I could write from. I was amazed at the depth and clarity in which songs could pinpoint my feelings and put them out there in written form.
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TALKING DONKEY – I gave Jimmy the name “Donkey,” used to tell him he was the only talking donkey in North America. He was just an old white man who had no business in my world of prisons and politics and gangs and such. He used to come with me out to the lodge and sit at the picnic table while we had our sweats. Jimmy was a good man.
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Still There is Music in My Head… After the ceremony I cut off all my hair to be burned in the fire of the next sweat lodge that weekend. Had it not been for the brothers, the sweat lodge, the sacred area and the ability to spend so much time in prayer and contemplation I don’t know if I would have made it thru that time of sorrow and loss. I miss my mom every day and can still hear her talking to me in my head at times.
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By Stephen “Walks On The Grass” Maisenbacher Part 1 – Spiritual Journey Toward Addiction Recovery Chapter 2 Then Spirit Raises Your Voice In 2000, three years after I arrived in Phoenix, I paroled to my home. Shortly before my release, my wife of 12 years died of cancer. She was the love of my lifeContinue reading “LONG ROAD HOME (2)”
LONG ROAD HOME
By Stephen “Walks On The Grass” Maisenbacher Part 1 – Spiritual Journey Toward Addiction Recovery Chapter 1 Broken I was born broken. Simple fact of the matter is my biological mother was a cocaine addict and was using during her pregnancy. Having this be the fact, she gave birth to a baby addicted to cocaine.Continue reading “LONG ROAD HOME”
Claim the Rainbow Spirit Within You
By Ghost Dancer (Sequel to The Universal Rainbow Spirit Within Us) “When you can love even those who persecute you, hate you, ridicule you, and even want to destroy you, then you truly understand the meaning of love…and you have become love.” ~ Ghost Dancer Now feel our Creator’s love, spirit inside of you. LetContinue reading “Claim the Rainbow Spirit Within You”
Remembering Artist Dee Sturgis
1960 – 2018 As a budding young artist growing up in Montana, Dee Sturgis fell in love with the Native people around her and dreamed of some day painting images of their culture and life ways. Then life took her away from her roots and she found herself raising her family far away in south-eastContinue reading “Remembering Artist Dee Sturgis”
The Universal Rainbow Spirit Within Us
Walk the Sacred Path, by Ghost Dancer People have always asked me how I know this or how I know that. Many people have their own religious beliefs and still have missed what is right in their own teachings. Either they have not paid attention or overlooked the true messages, or just ignored them. ButContinue reading “The Universal Rainbow Spirit Within Us”
Journeys of the Spirit 