600 of 700 DONE!

Well May is almost gone, and June brings Hamblec'a. These are prayer ties. We use each of the seven sacred colors and cut out little patches of cloth. Inside the cloth is a small amount of tobacco. The patches are tied shut with the tobacco inside them, and we make a string of 100 of each color. These are used to protect me while I sit on the hill and pray for 4 days. No food or drink during that time. Very intense, very solom.

My friend Roberto Codato will be here on June 8th, and we will immediatly leave for Porcupine South Dakota. There we will be doing an Inipi Ceremony every day for four days, and then I will go on that hill. Funny thing. It's my 45th birthday on the day I go up on that hill. June 12th. Roberto will be my fire keeper during that time. The fire must stay lit for the entire four days, and he'll keep me good in that respect.

I'll try and send a posting to CRC whilst I am up at South Dakota, but you'll not hear from me while I am on the hill. There it is just me, and The Creator, Tunkas'ila.

Mitakuye Oyasin!

More Is Better

I'm weeks away from going on Hamblec'a. (Vision Quest) There are alot of medicines needed for this important 4 day ceremony. Sage is a key element. Now my Fireman, Roberto, sent me 18 pounds of White Sage from California, that I have tied into smudge sticks and dried. This is Spear Sage from my neck of the woods that we use at Inipi Ceremony, Sun Dance, and Hamblec'a.

A good friend, Jenny, has donated this sage for my Hamblec'a, and I am sure I will be gifting it to others who may not have access to it.

I have layed it out here to dry in the sun. Soon, I will be praying on a hill in South Dakota under a bed of this sage. In our spiritual belief, sage keeps the "Bad Spirits" away. They cannot stand the stuff. This allows the one crying for the vision to be surrounded by the Spirits that will give them their vision, and not harm them.

Hamblec'a is the perlude to Sun Dance, and in August this healing ceremony will begin. I hope to be there in whatever capacity thet the Spirits deem necessary. Be it as a supporter, or the grand privilage of dancing The Sun Dance.

Mitakuye Oyasin! Aho!