Kindling the Native Spirit: Sacred Practices for Everyday Life - Denise Linn 2015

Kindling the Native Spirit: Sacred Practices for Everyday Life - Denise Linn 2015

Preface

Introduction

The Call: Remembering Who You Are

Answering the Call

The Call of the Spirit of the Land

The Call of the Elements

The Call of the Sacred Circle of Life

The Call of the Spirit Keepers of the Directions

The Call of Celestial Bodies

The Call of the Cycle of the Seasons

The Call of the Wild

How to Call

The Gateway: Hearing Messages from Beyond

Your Spirit Animals

Plant Messages and Plant Allies

Mineral Messages and Stone Allies

Messages from Beyond

The Deepening: Communing with Spirit

Your Spirit Name: Claiming Your Power

Spirit Sticks: Communing with the Creator

Drumming: Rhythm of the Heart

Rattles: Calling Spirit

Spirit Songs: Voices in the Wind

Feathers: Flying to the Heavens

Medicine Bag/Sacred Bundle: Home of Spirit

Dream Catcher: Mystic Gateway

Sacred Vessels: Holding Spirit

Tribal Dance: Dancing Your Prayers

Blankets: Spirit of the Robe

Language of Hair: Cascading Power

Great Mystery: Touching the Soul

Spirit Beings

The “Little People”

Angels in Native Cultures

The Wisdom of Your Ancestors

Vision Quest

Sweat Lodge

Dreams

Astral Travel

Being Invisible

Shape-Shifting

Right Relation: Living in Sacred Balance

Becoming an Earthkeeper

Ceremonies and Rites of Passage

Sitting in Sacred Council

The Ancient Tradition of Storytelling

Respecting Our Elders

Afterword: Our Legacy to the Future

Acknowledgments