Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine Feb 2019 Vol 4 Issue 1

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

Medicine Wheel By Kelly Benhke

I n some Native American cultures, the Medicine Wheel is a metaphor for a variety of spiritual concepts. A Medicine Wheel may also be a stone monument that illustrates this metaphor. Historically, the monuments were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground oriented to the four directions. Sun Bear Vision Beginning late 1970 Sun Bear was given the Vision. In his vision he saw a hilltop bare of trees. He saw a circle of rock that came out like a spoke of a wheel. Inside the large circle was a smaller circle he knew was the sacred circle. At the center was the Buffalo skull, the skull of the Grandmother. He looked in the four directions: East, South, West, North. At first it looked like animals coming. Then he saw that they were people wearing head dresses and costumes to honor the animal kingdom. They moved into the circle in a Sun wise direction and made a complete circle before being seated at their place on the Wheel. And this is just a small piece of his vision. Sun Bear lived Aug 1929-1992. He has many books available:

Dancing with the Wheel, Walking in Balance

connection to the Native American ways. Now it is time for me to go forward with the things I have learned over the last 20 years. In experiencing the Medicine Wheel people can find Balance and Harmony, a place to connect with earth to walk among the trees like you never have before and to feel the animals, plants, and minerals that Mother Earth provides for us.

The Medicine Wheel is an important tool for these times. By learning about the Wheel, we learn about the universe. “When enough people on the planet are walking on that path, then we will have a better world” “This I have Spoken” Sun Bear 1990 Kelly’s Vision Back To Our Roots In my vision I can see all the people of the earth coming together; seeing the importance of having Balance and Harmony on Earth, building a place where all people can come learn about the Medicine Wheel and the ways of the Native people.

I have always had a strong

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