Lightkin: Prayer to the Directions

Here is a prayer I wrote when I was studying with a Lakota Sioux medicine woman grandmother:

Invocation to the Directions

Spirit of the East, Wabun, I call you

Air and Breeze help breathe me

Eagle and all wind riders

Please help me walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit of the South, Shawnodese, I call you

Fire flower please blossom in my soul

Cougar, Wolf, Coyote, Mouse,

Please help me walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit of the West, Mudjekeewis,

And element of Water, I call you

My heart aches and tears fall for what has been.

I ask to feel all that has been and all that there is.

Whale and Bear, I ask you,

Please help me walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit of the North, Waboose,

And element of Earth, I call you

Please help me stand and deeply listen

Great Ones, White Buffalo, Elk, please aid me

Help me walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit Above, Father Sky, I feel you

Your sunlight warms and lightens me.

Thank you for your blessings

Please help me walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit Below, Mother Earth, I come to you

With all my heart I ask to receive you

Please take me into the Quiet and help me Walk the Sacred Way.

Spirit Within, I AM, I call you

Please merge me with Great Spirit's intention

Deeply and buoyantly let us travel

Please remind me that I AM the Sacred Way

O Great Masters I invoke you

Christed friends and spirit allies I honor you

Thank you for loving me and reminding me of the Sacred Way.

—Ayleyaell Kinder “TurtleDove,” October 1996

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