Monday, 6 August 2018

The Book of Ceremonies: A Native Way of Honoring and Living the Sacred by Gabriel Horn




An old man once said, in the end, when your name is spoken, the sentiment evoked by its vibration will show how well you have lived your life.




There is no death, only a change of worlds.




You mustn’t think that only people can be your role models. Look around you. Your teachers are everywhere.




Know in your hearts that no matter how two people choose to become companions, no traditional way requires a legal document that declares their marriage.  None demands a state witness.  None needs a mediator to stand between two people in love and the Great Holy Mystery.  For a union of marriage is first formed when the eyes of the beholder meet those of the beloved, when a deep and old kind of knowing beckons two hearts that will be forever young.  When the dreams and life events of two lovers intertwine, and when the feelings are right, the sacred union forms and takes place within the sacred Circle of Life.




And though anyone who chooses can purchase the conduits of ceremony, not everyone can enter into a ceremonial state of consciousness.