Connecting to the "old ways" in Native American Shamanism to bring healing and balance to our lives

The Shaman's Stone-Orange Sea Sediment Jasper

      ORANGE SEA SEDIMENT JASPER WAS USED  FOR HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN SHAMAN'S WHO PRACTICED "THE OLD WAYS."   THE OLD WAYS IN NATIVE AMERICAN SHAMANISM ALSO INCLUDE "WOLF MEDICINE"  

       "The Mothering instinct in each one of us is Wolf Medicine. For the Wolf is a Motherer, a Fatherer. Simplified, that means Wolf holds the parenting energy in its vibration. That is real Wolf Medicine.

To understand the term She Wolf and some of the other terms I have used, you have to open your mind. Simultaneously, as you open your mind, you must remember within your heart that it is a good time to be alive. Remember, it is because you are alive in this time that you can explore all the methods of personal and spiritual expression available within the human drama." WHITE WOLF WOMAN"

  HERE IS A MESSAGE FROM WHITE WOLF WOMAN ABOUT USING THE "OLD WAYS' IN ORDER TO BRING BALANCE AND HARMONY BACK INTO OUR LIVES.  WHITE WOLF WOMAN

by WOLF MOONDANCE  Message from A Shaman of the Osage People
It�s a good time to be alive. In this day and age in America, we have a freedom of religion that allows us the opportunity to express our individualism. That has never existed before. This is a time where we have come as people to stand in the space of the emergence of a new age; a time when many religions are gathering together. It is a good time to be alive! When I thought about doing this article, I listened quietly. I listened for a long time to the She Wolf inside myself. I listened. And I became the Wolf within me, the White Wolf Woman.
The concept of Wolf Medicine has come to be greatly misunderstood. It has come to be associated with other creatures and apparitions, like WereWolf, astral Vampire, Big Foot, Druid, Faire, Nature Spirit, Night Hag, Skunk, Ape, WereBear, the Yeti, the Ponik, and the PolyMode. These names are attempts at describing dimensional shifters, or shape changers. These are terms that, for the most part, are born of superstitious mind, working from incomplete knowledge of the things of this plane and their natural rhythms.
I choose to give teachings about the She Wolf, for in this time our consciousness is expanding regarding Women and the energy of Women. We are exploring the many avenues of the psychic abilities of Women. Women possess a psychic sense known as intuition. This is Wolf Medicine.
The Mothering instinct in each one of us is Wolf Medicine. For the Wolf is a �Motherer,� a �Fatherer.� Simplified, that means Wolf holds the parenting energy in its vibration. That is real Wolf Medicine.
To understand the term She Wolf and some of the other terms I have used, you have to open your mind. Simultaneously, as you open your mind, you must remember within your heart that it is a good time to be alive. Remember, it is because you are alive in this time that you can explore all the methods of personal and spiritual expression available within the human drama.
In America we have been indoctrinated with many narrow-minded religions. Theosophies of limitation have produced fear, and on the whole, are based on materialism. Most Americans were raised on religions that teach us to judge others based on the lofty principles of what you wear, how you got it, and what you do for a living. This has resulted in lifestyles expressed through limited viewpoints and shortsightedness.
These are the teachings that have been passed on to our children, instead of the deep spirituality that comes naturally from Great Spirit, GrandMother, and GrandFather Spirit.
The Wolf Medicine that a Woman walks with, what we call intuition, is her Friendly Wolf. In the old way, the Friendly Wolf was known to come into the village to protect the children. She would appear when times of sickness were at hand, or when a child had gotten lost at night on their way home through the woods. This Friendly Wolf energy comes from the psychic. It is the psychic part of the Woman that knows how to shift her love, her intention, and her nurturing abilities into the form of the Wolf. Thus she comes to the village, in the form of the She Wolf, to protect the children and the old ones in need.
No ordinary person can take the form of She Wolf, for in taking this form, both a psychic and a dimensional shift must occur. This ability to shift comes from a vibrational frequency that must be sustained over a long period of time, thus allowing the transmittal of energy that fosters love, nurturing, and protection. These are the energies that are naturally within Woman, and these energies must be present and called upon in order to enter the energy field of the person in need, the one crying for help.
When you are in need, when you are in danger, or feeling separated and abandoned, you can transmit psychic energy, and pull to you the energy of the She Wolf. You can allow the feeling of that desire to draw to you the principle of the Mother embracing the Child. The very act of allowing the desire to come forth will cause a vibrational shift within the individual�s energy bands, thus allowing the transference to occur.
The She Wolf does not just come to her own Children. She comes for all Children, and for all the Old Ones. She is connected to the Mothering instinct within all of us. This energy travels through our energy bands, and when it connects with the energy of the person in need, it expands within that individual�s energy field, causing a change in the vibrational frequency around the individual in need. She Wolf Medicine is connected through the nurturing Spirits of the Women within the community. This process intensifies the feelings and emotions within the Women of the community. This allows that energy to embrace a feeling of comfort which is experienced by the individual in need through their psychic openings to other planes of their existence.
This is the process through which She Wolf travels to guide a person�through emotional communication, when they are sensing danger, or feeling fear. She Wolf accomplishes this emotional communication by lying down before the individual a heightened intuitive sense which affords the opportunity to access and experience the realm from whence all guidance comes.
This is the realm we often call the fourth dimension. This dimension allows the energy of a Human Being to travel, so to speak, and tend to the psychological needs of another, to be in two places at one time.
This dimension allows the Woman to change form and become the energy of the She Wolf. In that form, she is able to connect with, and attend to, the energies of the person in need. Sometimes the person in need feels, or even sees, the presence of the She Wolf, the Friendly Wolf, the Wolf the Children see on the pathway in the woods, the Wolf who leads them on the pathway home when they have gotten lost.
As I said earlier, the ignorant often compare this energy to energies such as WereBear, WereWolf, and others mentioned. The She Wolf differs from these others mainly in that she harms no one. She Wolf is the Mothering energy of Great Spirit GrandMother Wolf. GrandMother Wolf often comes to us in this time in the form of the She Wolf. She can be seen along the pathway while the Children are berry picking. She is the Friendly Playful Wolf, gently guiding them back, pointing them in the right direction along the path of harmony�the Good Red Road of Great Spirit.
There is also a grand teacher who is seen through the form of the Great White Wolf. She comes to us, especially in these times, when we find our minds suffering from anger, depression, sorrow, confusion, and other results of the shadow form of social tyranny. We can easily find ourselves restricted by religious dogma and traditionalism at every turn, and in every methodology.
This time is not unlike the old times, when the sickness came upon a village. GrandMother She Wolf, the White Wolf hears these things. She feels the need of the people. She hears their cries in the night.
It is said that the She Wolf will often lie down in front of someone in need, and protect them. It is said that the Wolf Medicine will weave its way towards those in psychological need of nurturing and spiritual protection. It has always been known that the White Wolf Medicine has belonged to the Shaman. For the most part, this knowledge has been lost to us in these contemporary times, these times when our automobiles kill, when our machines kill. Even the way in which we live our lives, and the way we raise our children kills. Even our laws kill. Even in taking nourishment from the earth, we kill.
We are passing through a dark time. We are like the Children lost in the woods.
I would hope that this knowledge will help those of you awakening to the search for the old ways, the ways of the Animal Spirits, the Earth Spirits. I hope it is helpful to those of you ready to truly see the values and the impeccability that can be realized in our lives by living in balance with the world of Spirit.
In the stories of the White Buffalo Woman and the White Wolf Woman there is a warning. In these stories, we are told how we can so easily go beyond taking from the Earth, more than what we need. Once that line is crossed, we become subject to the demons of greed and selfishness, and we have broken the Sacred Hoop. That is when it seems as if our world is collapsing.
When we break the Sacred Hoop, when we go beyond that Sacred Circle of life, then we have gone beyond the realm of earthly balance. That is when we find ourselves lost in a world of chaos and fear. It is to the World of Man, this realm of illusion and limitation, that the She Wolf can come. Or the WereWolf can come. The difference is this: one is snarling and red-eyed and vicious. The other is smiling, and the sun shines through her yellow eyes, and tiny rainbows bounce upon her hair, and in her mannerism, there is a balance of both the whimsical and the solemn.
The White Wolf, in its manner, is telling you that you are straying from the path. It is telling you to return. She calls you to return to the Good Red Road.
�Grand Mother and Grand Father have sent me to guide you to seek out the teachers who carry the Wolf Medicine. Go to these teachers. Listen to the Mothers, and learn how we can return to the old ways. Listen to the GrandMother teachings,� the White Wolf says.
This reminds me of the first time I witnessed shape shifting. I realized that it was a matter of a person being totally in one place and thinking themselves in another at the same time. This form of medicine can be viewed as illusionary medicine. But the She Wolf, the Big Foot, the WereWolf, the Vampire, the way of these medicines is very real. They are ancient forms of medicine that have been with us since the beginnings of our time here upon this plane.
So. Is there �a� She Wolf? No, but there is �a� White Wolf Woman, the GrandMother Wolf. There can be many She Wolves.
It has been said that it is too controversial to teach that a person could change their form into the She Wolf. Some would say that shape shifting is so controversial, that this knowledge should be hushed, coveted, kept secret. Some say that we should not speak of these matters. Some say that we should mask our presence if we possess this ability, for there are those who would kill that which they do not understand.
We see this madness demonstrated countless times in our everyday existence living in modern society. It is demonstrated in our hatred for those who are a different color, or have a different way. We see it demonstrated in the hatred Women have for Men, and the hatred Men have for Women. These emotions are running rampant in our society. We see it in the newspapers and on our television sets. We are losing our Children, as well as our Old Ones. It reminds me of the times we experienced back in the 1890�s. People are again destroying that which they do not understand. They are falling back into darkness, following religions of superstition.
So! I feel it is the time for the White Wolf Woman to come once again to our villages. It is time, again, for GrandMother Wolf to come into the village, and spread the teachings at your feet so that you might see the truth of things. This, so that once again you might return to confidence in purpose, so that you might see the light.
It is time for balance to return to our Earth Mother, not just upon Turtle Island, but for the whole of the planet. It is time for us to look deeper at things like dimensional shifting. It is time for us to become aware of Spirit energy again � it�s movement, and it�s nature.
Once the energy of this great universe was linear. Then things shifted, and the energy began to move back and forth. Then it swirled about, and expanded and contracted, creating sixth dimensional reality. In this manner GrandFather created the universe. In this movement the Earth plane was created. One of the things created here was time and space. So here, in this plane, we are subject to the laws of that reality. We are subject to the illusion of time and space.
But in the fourth dimension, where the She Wolf lives, these things do not exist; they are but an illusion of this plane. To understand this fullness of dimensional reality, it is necessary for us to develop our spiritual dedication, as we venture forward along the pathway that returns to the Sacred Self, the Self that is one with GrandMother and GrandFather Great Spirit.
As the She Wolf returns to walk through our villages to protect the Children and the Old Ones, she watches how we have developed, how we have grown, and where we have faltered.
And she brings a warning.
It is time to return to the balance of the Sacred Hoop. It is time to listen to our Mothering instincts. It is time to change our way of living. It is time to let the softness of the Woman speak once again in our society. It is time to let the teaching of the GrandMothers be brought back to the Daughters and the GrandDaughters. For the She Wolf has come home, as is her way when the cries of the Children and the Old Ones wake her from her dream time.
It is time to bring back the Woman�s Circle. It is time to remove the shame that Women carry from the lack of understanding of the menstrual cycle. It is time to bring back the teachings that are shared from Mother to Daughter, from GrandMother to GrandDaughter.
The Friendly Wolf is walking through the village once again.
There would be no need for abortions if we understood the sacred ways of child birthing. It is time for the awakening of the She Wolf within all Women. For the baby She Wolf is nurtured by the knowledge of the Women�s Circle. Her psychic abilities open. And she is then able to nurture the Male of her choosing with her energies, to open doorways in his being, so that the ManChild once again walks in balance with the Earth Mother.
It is time, as the She Wolf walks through our villages once again, to start paying attention to the call of the fourth dimension, where both roads�the one known as good and the one known as evil�exist; the place where we can clearly see, once again, our choice in choosing our direction.
Sometimes, even the most evil things, the WereWolf, the WereBear, the Horned One, the Vampire, the Beast, even the most evil itself, the one known as Lucifer, can be listened to. Sometimes it is true that a great strength can be drawn from observing evil.
This is not a time to shut our minds to the magical realms of our reality. It is time to listen to the Medicine of the old ways. It is time to reach out to the Little People, to listen to the Medicine of the Whales, the Dolphins, GrandMother Grizzly, and the She Wolf. It is time to hear the Medicine of the Great Eagle, time to go beyond our closed realities of microwaves and television. In our material consciousness, our lives of existence have been made easy by technology, but somehow we have forgotten the human struggle. We are becoming small minded, and we are closing down. We are loosing the friction that causes our growth and expands our spiritual awareness and understanding.
These things of the material reality are illusionary. They could be gone from our reality in the twinkling of an eye. In the twinkling of the eye! The She Wolf walks through our villages once again, offering peace of mind. She offers it along a pathway containing Seven Sacred Teachings. She draws upon these Sacred Teachings as she turns towards the GrandMother Wolf. Each She Wolf, through her intuition, draws upon these teachings as a natural part of the Sacred Cycle of Life. She draws from the White Wolf Woman, the knowledge of GrandMother Wolf.
So the next time the White Wolf appears in your dream time, or in your vision time, listen to your intuition. Follow that path. For in the integrity of Woman�s intuitive emotion, you will come to know one of the secrets along the Shaman�s path. It will take you on a journey that leads to an individual quest, one that will allow you to have creativity in your life and show you how to expand into the realms of the visionary. There you can walk through the rainbow mist, into the rain, and be cleansed, and see the truth.
The She Wolf, the White Wolf Woman brings these things, for she has not forgotten our oneness. For we are all Sisters of the Moon. Your howls have been heard.
From the heart of the Wolf, aho!
WOLF MOONDANCE

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How do you know when your on the right path?

I recently heard someone talking about guardian angels and how you know if you have one.  My friend said that you know your angels are working when you face roadblocks on your journey.  If it seems that every path you go down is marked with road blocks and detours then your guardian angels are definitely at work. One of the angels jobs is to illuminate your path and guide you in the right direction for your highest good. When your going down the wrong road your guardian angels put up detours to get your attention. If you are on the right path there will be a sense of peace and purpose and your plans will fall into place easily. Each time we face difficulties it helps us to differentiate between what we want in our lives and what is unacceptable. I have been traveling quite a bit since my 50th birthday and I've lived in lots of places and shared space with many people. This experience has helped me to know my boundaries and what acceptable living conditions I need for my personal well being. 
Take a few moments to still your mind and follow your breath and as you do ask for your guardian angels to make themselves known to you.
Ask their name and what questions you should ask in order to make the next right decision on your personal journey. Have faith that the answers you get will help guide you away from the road blocks and down the right road. 

Love and Light
Theresa June

My passion for rocks and crystals...

Silver and Turquoise Tree of Life Necklace

Several years ago I was given a picture of my paternal grandmother and father panning for Gold in the Arizona desert.  My grandmother Alberta was panning for gold while wearing a dress and black work shoes LOL. She kinda looked like June Cleaver complete with the pearl necklace. I learned that she loved to collect rocks and had a keen interest in geology. I also remember her giving me a pearl necklace when I was about 4 and I thought it was awesome! I have traveled and hiked over the years and I've always picked up stones that spoke to me. When I lived in Arizona I started learning more about the properties of the rocks and crystals and have used them extensively in my Feng Shui and Jewelry business.  My favorites are Malachite, Red Carnelian, Garnet and Clear Quartz crystals.  My son Sean recently designed a Rosary made from Orange sea sediment Jasper and when we researched the stone, found that it was used by the Native American Indians who practice "the old ways." It is used by Shamans and Healers to assist in transforming energy. I have often picked up a stone or crystal and felt the energy it produces and I listen for any messages that it might have for me. Rocks have been around since the earth began and they do hold ancient wisdom in them. If you've spent any time in Sedona, then you've experienced the power of the Red Rocks and you know what I'm talking about.  An excellent resource book is called 'Love is in the Earth" by Melody
I  specialize in making "Intuitive Jewelry" which is a custom one of a kind piece that has crystals and stones to assist you in your personal journey. Let me know if I can create something special to enhance your energy for 2011.


Blessings 
Theresa June

STAYING IN THE CREATIVE, FINANCIAL, LOVE FLOW

There are symbols in every religion that vibrate with energy that we can connect with and use in our personal lives.
For instance, the Goddess Lakshmi from the Hindu religion is a wonderful symbol of abundance both material and spiritual. The lotus seat, which Lakshmi is standing upon, signifies that while living in this world, one should enjoy its wealth, but not become obsessed with it. Such a living is analogous to a lotus that grows in water but is not wetted by water.  I am creating some beautiful Lakshmi inspired jewelry to enhance your abundance. Look for it in my jewelry album.
May you tap into the Goddess of Abundance today.
Affirmation: I am in the Creative, Financial, Love Flow Now!


 Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual. The word ''Lakshmi'' is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksme, meaning "goal." Lakshmi, therefore, represents the goal of life, which includes worldly as well as spiritual prosperity. In Hindu mythology, Goddess Lakshmi, also called Shri, is the divine spouse of Lord Vishnu and provides Him with wealth for the maintenance and preservation of the creation.
In Her images and pictures, Lakshmi is depicted in a female form with four arms and four hands. She wears red clothes with a golden lining and is standing on a lotus. She has golden coins and lotuses in her hands. Two elephants (some pictures show four) are shown next to the Goddess. This symbolism conveys the following spiritual theme:

• The four arms represent the four directions in space and thus symbolize omnipresence and omnipotence of the Goddess. The red color syinbolizes activity. The golden lining (embroidery) on Her red dress denotes prosperity. The idea conveyed here is that the Goddess is always busy distributing wealth and prosperity to the devotees. The lotus seat, which Lakshmi is standing upon, signifies that while living in this world, one should enjoy its wealth, but not become obsessed with it. Such a living is analogous to a lotus that grows in water but is not wetted by water.
• The four hands represent the four ends of human life: dharma (righteousness), kama (genuine desires), artha (wealth), and moksha (liberation from birth and death). The front hands represent the activity in the physical world and the back hands indicate the spiritual activities that lead to spiritual perfection.
• Since the right side of the body symbolizes activity, a lotus in the back right hand conveys the idea that one must perform all duties in the world in accordance with dharma. This leads to moksha (liberation), which is symbolized by a lotus in the back left hand of Lakshmi. The golden coins falling on the ground from the front left hand of Lakshmi illustrate that She provides wealth and prosperity to Her devotees. Her front right hand is shown bestowing blessings upon the devotees.
• The two elephants standing next to the Goddess symbolize the name and fame associated with worldly wealth. The idea conveyed here is that a true devotee should not earn wealth merely to acquire name and fame or only to satisfy his own material desires, but should share it with others in order to bring happiness to others in addition to himself.
• Some pictures show four elephants spraying water from golden vessels onto Goddess Lakshmi. The four elephants represent the four ends of human life as discussed above. The spraying of water denotes activity. The golden vessels denote wisdom and purity. The four elephants spraying water from the golden vessels on the Goddess illustrate the theme that continuous self-effort, in accordance with one's dharma and govemed by wisdom and purity, leads to both material and spiritual prosperity.

Balancing the "Inner Scales" of your life...

JUSTICE

Basic Symbols
The Justice figure seated or standing, scales in one hand (usually left), upraised sword in the other hand. Sometimes blindfolded.


Basic Tarot Story
The Fool is looking for a new path, a new aspiration and inspiration for his life. Sitting uncertain at a cross-roads, he notices a blind wise woman listening to two brothers argue over an inheritance. They have come to her for judgement. One brother has the whole inheritance, the other has nothing. "I ask that all of it be given to me," the poor brother demands, "Not only because I have a better right to it, but because I will not be wasteful with it, as he is!" But the rich brother protests, "It is rightfully mine and that's all that should matter, not what I do with it!" The woman listens, then awards half of the rich brother's inheritance to the poor brother. The Fool thinks this only fair, but neither brother is happy. The rich one hates losing half his wealth, and the poor one feels he ought to have gotten all.
"You were fair," he remarks to the woman after they have left. "Yes, I was," she answers plainly. "With only half the inheritance, the rich one will stop being so wasteful. And the poor one will have as much as he needs. Even though they cannot see it, this decision was good for both."
The Fool thinks on this, and new insight on his own life comes to mind. He realizes that he has spent his life achieving worldly ambitions, physical goods, while leaving his spiritual self to starve, primarily because he didn't want to make the sacrifices necessary to feed his spiritual self. Now, he sees that this is necessary, the only path he has not walked, one he must walk to regain his equilibrium. Thanking the woman, he heads out with new purpose. It is time to balance his own inner scales.
Basic Tarot Meaning
With Libra as its ruling sign, Justice is about cold, objective balance through reason or natural force. This is the card that tells the Querent that they can't keep smoking and drinking without consequences to their health. It is the card that advises cutting out waste and insists that the Querent make adjustments, do whatever is necessary to bring things back into balance: physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually. In a more mundane sense, this card may signal a court case, legal documents, adjustments in a marriage or partnership. The outcome of all of these may not be exactly what the Querent wants, but it will be a scrupulously fair outcome. If the card is reversed, it can indicate bias, obstruction of the law, or legal complications.

CUSTOM DESIGNS AND FENG SHUI CONSULTATIONS FOR 2011

Oak Creek, Arizona

I am starting this blog spot to showcase some of my new jewelry designs as well as share some Feng Shui wisdom for 2011. 
I am a Rooster in ChineseAstrology  and if your a Rooster you should know that 2011 is a challenge year and you will need the energy of the DOG to counteract the Karma.You may be asking "What is Karma?" I would define Karma as the consequences of past actions and associations with people. I recently spoke to my Feng Shui Teacher, Lisa Montgomery about how the Feng Shui cures work.  She told me to place a figurine of a DOG in the center of my house as a Feng Shui cure for the ROOSTER in 2011. I asked if the figurine actually has any power? Lisa told me that it is the "energy" that the object exudes that creates the cure. Everything has energy or a vibration and the DOG creates the energy of loyalty, unconditional love and protection. What I appreciate about Feng Shui is that it teaches us that our thoughts are powerful and we create our reality with those thoughts. Everything in our homes should be placed there with power and intention. That is why it is so important to declutter, release what we no longer use and organize the rest. Chinese New Year 2011 starts on Feb.3, 2011 so you have some time to start decluttering and preparing for the year of the Metal Rabbit. 
I am available for Feng Shui Consultations and I will be selling some of the Feng Shui cures as well. 
Feel free to email me about a Consultation or to purchase jewelry. I do custom one of a kind pieces and I'm working on opening an Etsy store. I will let you know when it's open.
Thanks for your support.
Theresa June