The Peace Ceremony 735. — March 27th, 2022
We, Chief Yellow Feather and I, are walking towards the beautiful lookouts that run along the edge of the cliffs for The Sacred Canyons. We are each holding long sprigs of cedar. It is evening and the suns setting over the horizons are a gorgeous golden-
orange. Yellow Feather is a distant relative of mine from the Pawnee tribe.
Following his lead, we begin to half-dance, half-step our way the final few meters towards the precipice. He is chanting “HEY-YA, …HEY-YA, …HEY-YA, … MA-KI-TA” and I join in too.
We continue to stamp our feet and chant our intonation. At the precipice, we wave the cedar sprigs in small circles randomly before us, sometimes clockwise,
sometimes
counter-clockwise.
These
branches have a very pleasant aroma but they also begin to radiate a silver light, small in my case. However, Chief Yellow Feather’s cedar sprig creates silver light trails as we does figure eights with the twigs.
A power cosmic is being generated as we chant, stamp our feet and weave our bright springs around. While we are performing this ritual, after a few minutes I realize we are praying with power to bring World Peace more fully to the mortal realms below. The sunsets seemed to have stopped as does time itself. Our ritual has put us into a transcendent state where our prayers and blessings for PEACE are entering the minds of all on Earth.
Yellow Feather prays: “Grandfather of the Skies, Grandmother of The Earth, You made us all: Your Children, Your Children’s Children. Our eyes are full with Your Beautiful Creations: Hawks soaring, Winds swirling — Rivers running, Mountains rising — Fruits ripening, Flowers unfolding.
Now from depths of
darkness, many men, many women have turned away from Your Beauty, closing their eyes to Your
Sunrises of Sacredness, Your Sunsets of Fire. And so we call all tribes now together to renew our vow to seek You and Your Beauty at all times. A Great Purification is coming our way. We feel this in our bones. And so we must feel You in our hearts, yes, and all your beautiful ways.”
“TIRAWA, HEY-YA, …HEY-YA, …MA-KI-TA!” “TIRAWA, HEY-YA, …HEY-YA, …MA-KI-TA!” “TIRAWA, HEY-YA, …HEY-YA, …MA-KI-TA!”
We continue the dance-prayer blessing, but now we are not alone. Hundreds of other tribal members have arrived and share in The Peace Ceremony. To
our left, to our right, in tribal costumes of many feathers and many colors, the Pawnee family members have come to add their power, their spirit to bless our world with peace, with understanding.
Yellow Feather: “The Energy of The Blessing is a blending of Silver and White, colors of Purity, colors of Peace. It flows like the winds through the grasses of the plains near their homes. Into the hearts of all peoples, all tribes, shall this Purifying-Peace Energy bring healing, bring understanding.”
“One
way
or
another,
peace
is
coming,
understanding is coming. For some, the tomahawk and fire from the skies shall teach them the great worth of peace and understanding. For others who are wise, just the beauty of the butterfly, of The Sacred Canyons, shall be their gentle teacher”
“Live for the Beauty, Little White Eagle! Live for the Beauty! Like the Great Spirit, great beauty is all around us, always within us. Let Peace and Understanding flow from this beauty!”
And so we danced and danced until far in the night until The Dawning of a The New Day!