Psychic Experience: Smoking The Peace Pipe
Working in a metaphysical bookstore where, classes were taught from speakers all over the United States, gave me an opportunity to have a very broad background in psychic experiences.
The American Indian Experience
I remember one day an American Indian had scheduled some classes at the bookstore. I really didn’t know at the time that these classes would lead me into a different area along my path of psychic exploration.
At one time, a weekend of classes was scheduled. So I had time to really delve into the beliefs of the American Indian culture. I remember one specific morning when we were doing a meditation and I think we were told to get in touch with the child inside us. Music playing on the stereo. Ho, ho, ho. And something about a bear. It was fun music and we were all uplifted by the experience.
A Hole Through My Chest
But what I remember the most about that experience was the hole in my chest that opened up while the music was playing and our Indian instructor was talking and the incense was burning. I felt like there was a big hole right thought my chest, like you could look at me and see daylight right through my body. It was the first time I had ever had such an experience. It was the first time I had ever been so open… AND it felt really good… very strange but good.
Smoking the Peace Pipe
There were many other classes through the years with our Indian leaders. In some we would pass the peace pipe then we would all take a smoke of the tobacco. When finished we would ach pass the peace pipe to the next person in the circle. I am not a smoker, but I can still feel the slight burn in my throat that I experienced that day.
A couple of my friends were really into the Indian way, and they went deeper into the subject. They even did vision quests where they were left alone in an isolated place to have their vision.
But I didn’t follow my friends so deeply into the Indian tradition. I was more into my psychic work. But sometimes my friends and I would go out to the arboretum and smoke a peace pipe .
The Circle In The Moonlight
Then one of my friends had the idea of building a circle at her house in the the Indian tradition. So once a week we, and by now many other women, would attend the meetings at the circle. Before we were allowed to enter the circle we had to be “smudged”. One person would pass smoking sage up and down our bodies to cleanse any psychic dirt off of us before we were allowed to enter the sacred circle.
The Talking Stick
In the circle, we would pass the “talking stick” and as the stick was passed, each person would talk about whatever the topic was of the evening. Many times problems were talked about. When finished, the “talking stick” was passed to the next person who would then begin to talk. It was very relaxing sitting cross-legged around our circle in the moonlight. Relaxing until…
The Broken Energy
One night it was announced that because of the request of some of the members of the group, they would be allowed to bring their husbands with them to the circle.
Our meeting was not the same that night. There was no relaxed atmosphere, there was no open talking, nothing was right. Instead of our peaceful meeting, there was tension. I couldn’t figure out if it was the strangers amongst us or the male energy.
BUT I think that might have been the last time we ever met at our circle in the moonlight.
Memories of Moonlight
Smoking the peace pipe that had once been smoked by a famous Indian… passing the talking stick… joining in the circle… watching several members of our group being given Indian names in a special ceremony… listening to tales of vision quests… those are all good memories from my past.
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