The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
Black Elk, medicine man, Oglal Lakota People.
“Perhaps you have noticed that even in the lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.”
—Black Elk (1863-1950)
#QOTD #quoteofday #Quote #blackelk
Black Elk Speaks (1932) is the popular and controversial book of the narrative by the Oglala Lakota Sioux medicine man Black Elk (l. 1863-1950) on his life and people as given to the American poet and writer John G. Neihardt (l. 1881-1973). #History #Sioux #RedCloud'sWar #BlackElk #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2389/black-elk-on-crazy-horse/
"The growing and dying of the moon reminds us of our ignorance which comes and goes, but when the moon is full it is as if the Great Spirit were upon the whole world." - Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk), Oglala Lakota
[ID: Photo of the first quarter moon in the sky at dusk with tall trees around it.]
#lifeboatacademy #moon #fullmoon #mooncycle #blackelk #indigenouswisdom #oglalalakota #lakota #gratitude
Portrait of #BlackElk
from my book in progress #TheMirrorObsidian_VisionariesCultistsMysticsOccultists
