Vibrational Healing Through the Chakras by Joy Gardner

Author:Joy Gardner [Gardner, Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8041-5130-6
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Author’s Experience with Sounding

When I lived near Taos, New Mexico in 1967, my Apache friends invited me to attend a meeting of the Native American Church, to bless their new land. I heard that a Road Man (a holy man who conducts these all-night ceremonies) named Little Joe would be coming from Taos Pueblo, and he wanted to be sure that there would be at least six people who knew the songs so they could hold the energy. Our host reassured him that this would happen.

When I arrived toward evening, the sun was already low on the horizon, painting the mesas in a brilliant salmon-colored wash. A tall, resplendent tepee graced the land. Little Joe arrived with a couple men from the Pueblo who would assist him with the ceremony. He was a diminutive man with a remarkable combination of humility and wisdom.

We gathered outside the tepee—about twenty of us—as the sun went down behind the mesa. Little Joe invited us to come in and we packed inside, just barely fitting around the circumference, cross-legged, with our knees scrunched up against each other. Little Joe sat directly across from the entrance, facing east. Then the Cedar Man came in and closed the flap. He tended the fire.

We were asked not to fall asleep and not to leave the tepee for any reason without asking permission of the Cedar Man, because everyone who began the meeting should be there at the end, at sunrise, to keep the energy together.

Little Joe passed the Bull Durham (pure Virginia tobacco) around the circle, and we each rolled our own ritual cigarette, took a few puffs, and made a prayer. The smoke would carry our prayers to the Great Spirit. We placed our cigarettes on the nearly circular road that Joe drew in the sand in front of us, and the chanting began. Joe murmured some prayers in his own language, and there was more chanting. Joe passed the drum to the man on his right and held onto the rattle. The person who holds the rattle speaks or sings while the person on their right accompanies on the drum.

Little Joe spoke in English and said something like this: “Ho! Heavenly Father, Earthly Mother, thank you for this fire tonight and all these good people who’ve come to walk this road with us and bless this land. Thank you for this beautiful day and all the women who came to help us cook. Thank you for this good path that you’ve given us to walk.” He shook the rattle and his assistant took up the drum. The group broke into a lively chant.

Little Joe shook the rattle again and continued, “Great Spirit, I want to ask you to watch over my neighbor, Jim, ‘cause he had a real bad accident two days ago when he fell off that combine and wrenched his shoulder. His wife is havin’ a hard time takin’ care of him and the kids, too. HO!” (He shook his rattle for emphasis, and several people said “Ho!” in agreement.

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