Buffalo Medicine

[Amara Rose]

Carol Proudfoot-Edgar offers a complementary perspective to the Medicine Wheel image I recently uploaded, that's especially relevant for this community:

"I've had this recurring image of the contemporary shamanic community walking the Medicine Wheel. In this image, we began consciously walking about forty years ago and now find ourselves in the Place of the North-with Buffalo as our Totemic Teacher. We have grown ourselves from our early visioning place (Eagle), explored with great curiosity and innocence (Mouse), hibernated, internalized, and matured the teachings within us (Bear) and are now moving into the place of wisdom, of community, of leadership, of Give-A-Way. In this paradigm, the Medicine of Buffalo calls to us - seeks our attention so we might continue evolving on this path and become active members in our communities.

"In so many ways, the history of Buffalo is the story of our times: there was Buffalo roaming the prairies, plains and high grounds...treasured for both substance and shadow. During a relatively short period of time, wasteful use of this treasured Being left them now living on limited reserves. Yet Buffalo Spirit is alive and calling us..willing to once more give and to teach us how to survive.

"There are many teachings and ceremonies unique to Buffalo Medicine. If we can gather and practice this Medicine, we help to bring balance, prosperity, and peace to our world. These are not just idle words: these are the promises given to us by Spirit. They are based on countless years and generations of the humans covenant with Creator.

"In many ways, the Plains story of White Buffalo Woman encapsulates these teachings and the promise. Instructions from this story include: 'seek for all the people, prepare yourselves to receive new visions and understandings. You will learn new ceremonies and rites that will restore health and balance among yourselves and in your relationship with all other beings.'"

[Jeanne]

Thank-you, Amara, for sharing this powerful piece of information. I find it interesting that the 40 years she spoke of would place that time table smack dab in the middle of the tumultuous 1960's. Thanks for the link... I'm goinf there now. Metta, Jeanne