We all have incredible powers. But most people don't understand that. They accept whatever is done to them in the name of God - powerless they think to change anything. But "God", as most understand "him", doesn't have much to do with anything.
As we enter into this new era, which the Cherokee, as well as other cultures, refer to as the 4th World, more and more People are "waking up." And with this awakening comes a thirst for knowledge. It is out there, but more importantly, True Knowledge comes from within since we have had it safely stored inside of us since the beginning of time.
It is said that when a student is ready, a Teacher will appear. Look for your own Teacher. Prepare the soil of your Spirit, plant seeds of Intent and watch.......
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Druid Thoughts
In the dead of winter the work of the druids continues. While our people shelter in warm lodges, we whisper to the seedlings in the frozen earth. We light the fires that will guide the reluctant Sun back from the realms of frost. We supervise birth and burial, keeping the living and the dead in harmony with the Earth and the Otherworld. Druids, by Morgan Llwelyn
Saturday, November 8, 2008
The True Story Behind Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving time again. Most of us associate the holiday with happy Pilgrims and Indians sitting down to a big feast. And that did happen - once.
The story began in 1614 when a band of English explorers sailed home to England with a ship full of Patuxet Indians bound for slavery. They left behind smallpox which virtually wiped out those who had escaped. By the time the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusettes Bay they found only one living Patuxet Indian, a man named Squanto who had survived slavery in England and knew their language.
He taught them to grow corn and to fish, and negotiated a peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Nation. At the end of their first year, the Pilgrims held a great feast honoring Squanto and the Wampanoags. But as
word spread in England about the paradise to be found in the new world, religious zealots, called Puritans, began arriving by the boatload. Findng no fences around the land, they considered it to be in the public domain. Joined by other British settlers, they seized land, capturing strong young Natives for slaves and killing the rest.
But the Pequot Nation had not agreed to the peace treaty Squanto had negotiated and they fought back. The Pequot War was one of the bloodiest Indian wars ever fought. In 1637 near present day Groton, Connecticut, over 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe had gathered for their annual Green Corn Festival which is our Thanksgiving celebration. In the predawn hours the sleeping Indians were surrounded by English and Dutch mercenaries who ordered them to come outside. Those who came out were shot or clubbed to death while the terrified women and children who huddled inside the longhouse were burned alive. The next day the governor of the Massachusettes Bay Colony declared "A Day Of Thanksgiving" because 700 unarmed men, women and children had been murdered.
Cheered by their "victory", the brave colonists and their Indian allies attacked village after village. Women and children over 14 were sold into slavery while the rest were murdered. Boats loaded with as many as 500 slaves regularly left the ports of New England. Bounties were paid for Indian scalps to encourage as many deaths as possible. Following an especially successful raid against the Pequot in what is now Stamford, Connecticut, the churches announced a second day of "thanksgiving" to celebrate victory over the heathen savages. During the feasting, the hacked off heads of Natives were kicked through the streets like soccer balls.
Even the friendly Wampanoag did not escape the madness. Their chief was beheaded, and his head impaled on a pole in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- where it remained on display for 24 years.
The killings became more and more frenzied,with days of thanksgiving feasts being held after each successful massacre. George Washington finally suggested that only one day of Thanksgiving per year be set aside instead of celebrating each and every massacre. Later Abraham Lincoln decreed Thanksgiving Day to be a legal national holiday during the Civil War -- on the same day he ordered troops to march against the starving Sioux in Minnesota.
This story doesn't have quite the same fuzzy feelings associated with it as the one where the Indians and Pilgrims are all sitting down together at the big feast. But we need to learn our true history so it won't ever be repeated.
This Thanksgiving, when you gather with your loved ones to Thank God for all your blessings, think about those people who only wanted to live their lives and raise their families in peace.
They, also took time out to say "thank you" to Creator for all their blessings.
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We come on the ship they call the Mayflower.
We come on a ship that sailed the moon.
We come in the ages most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune.
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed.
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest.
That's all. I'm trying to get some rest.
-------"An American Tune" by Paul Simon
The story began in 1614 when a band of English explorers sailed home to England with a ship full of Patuxet Indians bound for slavery. They left behind smallpox which virtually wiped out those who had escaped. By the time the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusettes Bay they found only one living Patuxet Indian, a man named Squanto who had survived slavery in England and knew their language.
He taught them to grow corn and to fish, and negotiated a peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Nation. At the end of their first year, the Pilgrims held a great feast honoring Squanto and the Wampanoags. But as
word spread in England about the paradise to be found in the new world, religious zealots, called Puritans, began arriving by the boatload. Findng no fences around the land, they considered it to be in the public domain. Joined by other British settlers, they seized land, capturing strong young Natives for slaves and killing the rest.
But the Pequot Nation had not agreed to the peace treaty Squanto had negotiated and they fought back. The Pequot War was one of the bloodiest Indian wars ever fought. In 1637 near present day Groton, Connecticut, over 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe had gathered for their annual Green Corn Festival which is our Thanksgiving celebration. In the predawn hours the sleeping Indians were surrounded by English and Dutch mercenaries who ordered them to come outside. Those who came out were shot or clubbed to death while the terrified women and children who huddled inside the longhouse were burned alive. The next day the governor of the Massachusettes Bay Colony declared "A Day Of Thanksgiving" because 700 unarmed men, women and children had been murdered.
Cheered by their "victory", the brave colonists and their Indian allies attacked village after village. Women and children over 14 were sold into slavery while the rest were murdered. Boats loaded with as many as 500 slaves regularly left the ports of New England. Bounties were paid for Indian scalps to encourage as many deaths as possible. Following an especially successful raid against the Pequot in what is now Stamford, Connecticut, the churches announced a second day of "thanksgiving" to celebrate victory over the heathen savages. During the feasting, the hacked off heads of Natives were kicked through the streets like soccer balls.
Even the friendly Wampanoag did not escape the madness. Their chief was beheaded, and his head impaled on a pole in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- where it remained on display for 24 years.
The killings became more and more frenzied,with days of thanksgiving feasts being held after each successful massacre. George Washington finally suggested that only one day of Thanksgiving per year be set aside instead of celebrating each and every massacre. Later Abraham Lincoln decreed Thanksgiving Day to be a legal national holiday during the Civil War -- on the same day he ordered troops to march against the starving Sioux in Minnesota.
This story doesn't have quite the same fuzzy feelings associated with it as the one where the Indians and Pilgrims are all sitting down together at the big feast. But we need to learn our true history so it won't ever be repeated.
This Thanksgiving, when you gather with your loved ones to Thank God for all your blessings, think about those people who only wanted to live their lives and raise their families in peace.
They, also took time out to say "thank you" to Creator for all their blessings.
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower.
We come on a ship that sailed the moon.
We come in the ages most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune.
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed.
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest.
That's all. I'm trying to get some rest.
-------"An American Tune" by Paul Simon
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Dire Predictions
Two days left until the Presidential election. All the visions I've had this past week have been dark ones. If Obama wins, here will be rioting in major metropolitan areas. If he loses, there will be rioting in major metropolitan areas...... The Spirits at the Bounding Bush were in mourning for us...... They have already gone through their own holocausts and know we are facing our own.
It is too late to do much preparing now. Either we're ready or we're not..... The government is prepared for what is to happen. Several of us feel very strongly that martial law will be imposed....... All the elements arein place for a "Perfect Storm" and it has been prophysied for years..... We are the ones who will see it. But I'd rather it be our generation to fight this battle that our grandchildren.
Many of the prophesies say that December 21, 2012 will be the beginning of the New World. That means we have 4 years of upheavel to go through. Let's get her done!
It is too late to do much preparing now. Either we're ready or we're not..... The government is prepared for what is to happen. Several of us feel very strongly that martial law will be imposed....... All the elements arein place for a "Perfect Storm" and it has been prophysied for years..... We are the ones who will see it. But I'd rather it be our generation to fight this battle that our grandchildren.
Many of the prophesies say that December 21, 2012 will be the beginning of the New World. That means we have 4 years of upheavel to go through. Let's get her done!
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