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No species more clearly symbolizes America's changing view of wildlife than the gray wolf. Having been virtually eliminated in the lower 48 states by 1965, most people now recognize the error of persecuting wolves and understand the value of large predators in suitable habitats for the health and proper functioning of an ecosystem. 
Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people. Creator, open our hearts to provide and protect for all children of the earth. Creator, open our hearts to respect for the earth, and all the gifts of the earth. Creator, open our hearts to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all. Thank you for the gifts of this day and every day.
 When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money. WOLF'S HEART LODGE welcomes you to join us in Celebration of all Creator has gifted to us. To drum and chant and share our this Earth Walk. To work for the People and the Land. Call Sky Dancer at 727/343-4638 for details. 
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" A question that will be asked is why I am willing to teach non-Indians about Native American spirituality and about my own spiritual experiences. I believe, like Fools Crow, Eagle Feather..., and a host of other traditional peoples, that it is time that spirituality is shared. Frank Fools Crow, Oglala holy man...said in reference to the pipe and the sweat lodge, "These ceremonies do not belong to the Indians alone. They can be done by all who have the right attitude... and who are honest and sincere about their beliefs in Wakan Tanka...and follow the rules." We do not have any choice. It is one world we live in. If the Native Americans keep all their spirituality within their own community, the old wisdom that has performed so well will not be allowed to work ...on the world where it is so desperately needed. Global warming, acid rain, over-population, and deforstation are real. It is a mess, and all of us two-leggeds will have to work together to get ourselves out of it. A spiritual fire that promotes a communal commitment to a worldwide environmental undertaking is needed. Native or primal ways will fuel that fire and give it great power. I call on all experienced Native American traditionalists to consider coming forward and sharing their knowledge. Come forth and teach how Mother Earth can be revered, respected, and protected."
Not all cultures followed the teachings of the circle, but many did. Homes were circular, and meetings were held with the participants sitting in a circle so that no one was more prominent than another. Each had an opportunity to speak. In some cultures, a talking stick was utilized. This was a beautifully decorated stick, and only the person holding it could talk. Everyone else listened quietly and respectfully. The stick was passed from person to person until all who had something to say was heard.
The belief is that there are no squares in nature. The sky, the sun, the moon, rocks, spider webs, flowers, the movement of the stars and most importantly Mother Earth... everywhere a person looked there are circles. We dance in a circle, sweat in a circle, and traditionally live in a circular home. We also move sun-wise, from the east, to the south, to the west, to the north and then back to the east again. This is the way of the sun and the moon, and we believe that it is also the way of good energy and power. When one enters a sweat lodge, a medicine wheel, a tipi or a hogan and when one dances it is done in this direction.
Our dream catchers, our drums and our pipe bowls are all circular. The designs of our cultures are many times circular, such as the Tohono O'odham's sacred "Man in the maze" symbol. This, like the medicine wheel, shows the circular path that a person travels in life.
The ancient Anasazi (and the Hopi) built Kivas for gathering and worship. These were round buildings, traditionally underground. A stone bench went around the wall for participants to sit on, and there was a round hole in the bottom to represent the people's emergence to this world.
With us the circle stands for the togetherness of people who sit with one another around a fire, relatives and friends united in peace, while the Pipe passes from hand to hand. Once all the families in the villages were in turn circles within a larger circle, part of the larger hoop of the nation. The nation was only part of the universe, in itself circular - circles within circles, within circles, with no beginning and no end.
To us this is beautiful and fitting; symbol and reality at the same time, expressing the harmony of nature and life. Our circle is timeless, flowing; it is new life emerging from death – life winning out over death.
~Lame Deer - Seeker of Visions
WOLF'S HEART LODGE has been active in the Tampa Bay area for ten years. Go to the link (in the left column) to learn all about us. This Lodge is open to brothers and sisters of the Blood, but also those whose Hearts are Red. Contact Sky Dancer at 727/343-4638 for directions to the next Drumming.
For the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf
And the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack
~ Rudyard Kipling ~
Sky Dancer & Many Ponies
Keepers of the Wolf's Heart Lodge
If you are of Native Blood or simply looking for a spiritual direction in your life that honors both the male and the female and focuses on nature through ancient native teachings, go to www.orgsites.com/fl/drumming.
If this speaks to your heart join us!
If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be out shouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes.
