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HEALING the EARTH
THE FLOW OF AIR SPIRITS
RELEASING FEAR
PASSOVER 2020 HONESTY BONUS: Wa l k i n g t h e Path of Inne r Car touche
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Contents Featured Articles On Our Cover: The Flow of Air Spirits
Adriane Campbell (The Witch’s Cauldron)
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Adriane shares nature’s elements carry their Spirits, just as any living thing does, and they share it with us freely. The Spirit of Air is essential to our existence. It fills our lungs and replenishes our bodies, allowing us to flow through our path. Read this article to enjoy the Wiccan perspective of the Spirit of Air.
Passover 2020
Sharon Rosenblum (Nourishing Body & Soul)
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Sharon’s more in-depth insight into the world’s recent challenge with a virus, COVID 19, as it is similar to ancient events. The Coronavirus we are all experiencing this year reminds of the ten plagues that are a part of the Passover Story. Insights and also a cake recipe to celebrate Passover.
Releasing Fear
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Ed Langan (LIFE Wisdom)
Ed is sharing very important and assistance for the challenging times we face and will face for months to come. He wrote about releasing fear. Fear is an important topic at the moment. There is a lot of fear in the collective consciousness, and the good news is that there are reliable techniques to release it. This article is a mustread for your health and the collective health.
Honesty
Maureen Mann (Angel Therapy)
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Maureen’s article is not only thought-provoking but offers an opportunity for healing. She shares about honesty. The Angels channeled information through Maureen for us. They describe what honesty is, why we struggle with honesty, and how to heal the wounds we have been carrying.
Walking the Path of Inner Cartouche Ortrun Franklin (The Mystery School) Bonus
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Do you know what a Cartouche is? What is Ren? Ortrun offers us an interesting facet of the ancient Egyptian meaning and spiritual truth about our life path. Find out how this Ancient information can be applied to your life today. Enjoy Ortrun’s guided meditation, as well.
Healing the Earth
Leslie Cirinesi (Communicating with Sacred Animals)
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Leslie has a grand idea for Earth Day! We need healing; patients who are stricken with this virus; the economy; our emotions, and we need to heal the Earth. How ironic is it that Earth Day is April 22nd, and the mandatory quarantine ends between April 15th and April 30th? Leslie suggests a world healing for Earth Day. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA | Robert Frost Photo via WikiCommons Public Domain
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Contents Monthly Columns From the Editor: Neshi Lokotz
Wisdomkeeper's Path
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Cosmic Conversations
The Witch's Cauldron
Angel Therapy
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The Therapy Center
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Nourishing Body & Soul Chakra Sessions
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The Mystery School
Nature Connections
Communicating with Sacred Animals
Communications from Home
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Highlights of Next Issue
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Life Wisdom
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From the Editor
Spirit of Air & The Medicine Wheel By Yvette Neshi Lokotz
Seven years ago, when I was blogging, I wrote a blog about Spring and the Native American Medicine Wheel. I thought you, dear reader, would like to read this Medicine Wheel information and I would like to expand the information to include the Eastern door of the Medicine Wheel called the Spirit of Air.
As we prepare to experience Spring, we experience the energies of nature in the first new cycle. We experience life as it begins again within the new energy of the first Procession. I thought sharing about the Spirit or Medicine of plants could be helpful as we begin to experience the energies of Spring and as we move toward the Eastern door of the Medicine Wheel. The Spirit or Medicine of the eastern part of the Medicine Wheel is the season of Spring. Spring denotes new beginnings, birth, sunrise, morning, and being an infant. Specifically, the crosswinds of
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the Spring Equinox are about rebirth and energies of giving birth or the end of gestation. I would also like to add the element of Air as one of the Medicines at the Eastern door of the Medicine Wheel. The element of Air includes wind, breezes, and those who fly (birds). Mental thoughts or ideas are part of the Medicine of the element of Air. As we know, thoughts become things. We begin our creation, manifesting, with thoughts. We also dreamed the dream during the full night of the North. As we move from the North toward the East on the Medicine Wheel, we begin to set our intentions for those dreams. Sometimes we refer to these intended dreams as seeds or thoughts we plant.
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The Native American Medicine Wheel can be a template for life, all life. The Medicine Wheel depicts cycles within cycles. For example, birth to death to rebirth, movement from thought to action, Spring to Winter, and sunrise to sunrise. Within these cycles also lies the Spirit or Medicine of all life.
From the Editor
As we experience Spring at due East on the Medicine Wheel, we begin to feel, see, or sense the intended dream, which begins to build energy or life as it moves around the Medicine Wheel template to take form in the physical world. In my study of the Medicine Wheel, I noticed that some of its variation in meaning from In this issue of Star Nations Magazine, we bring Native American nation to nation you articles about Walking, Passover, Easter, Earth is based on their different geographical locations. For instance, Day, Spirit of Air, and Honesty. here in the upper Midwest region, the Maple Tree Medicine is used in the Eastern part of the Medicine We appreciate and love plants, and our connecWheel because of its sap running in the Spring, tion to all things green can go far beyond their which is made into maple syrup. Certain birds repbeauty. We can nurture our connection to plants resent Spring in the upper Midwest as well, such by considering their Medicine or Spirit, and how as the Sandhill Crane. When the crane migration they enhance our journey or walk in the Medicine arrives in Wisconsin, we know it is Spring. The Wheel that we call life. cranes represent the Spirit of Air. As we welcome Spring, the new cycle felt in the The Kiowa Nation in the southwest, use Mesquite breeze coming from the East, we also celebrate the trees as Medicine. The Mesquite tree repSpirit of Air. resents the Spirit of the East. Harvested for food, The cover image for this issue is our nod to the spirit the Mesquite tree sap is also made into syrup. of Easter and Spring. Mesquite can also be used to heal headaches. Almost any plant that blooms in the Spring is considered to have the Spirit or Medicine of the East, such as daffodils or crocus. I also place tobacco in the East as this is the sacred plant given to Native Americans and used in the Medicine Pipe. Tobacco, when used in a pipe, also represents the Spirit of Air. The smoke takes our prayers to the Creator.
Enjoy your time with us as you read the articles, watch the videos, and listen to the audio recordings. We wish each of you a blessed Easter, Ramadan, Passover, and Earth Day. Jage Nagonan, (Potawatomi for All My Relatives)
When a plant is harvested for its Medicine or Spirit to be used for healing or ceremonial purpose, we consider how it is being used and for what purpose. For instance, using Willow can be placed in the East because we use it Medicine in aspirins for headaches or for some Native people, they use the Willow bark as part of the mixture of sacred plants in a Medicine Pipe.
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The Flow of Air Spirits By Adriane Campbell There are five major elements, which consist of Water, Earth, Fire, Air, and Spirit. These elements are how all life is maintained, as they are essential for our life. These elements also carry their own Spirits, just as any living thing does, and they share it with us freely.
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As I was hiking recently, I began to really pay attention to the air. I could feel the wind picking up around me, so I paused and closed my eyes. I could hear the leaves shuffling on the trees, I could feel my hair dancing around my face; it was so cooling on my skin. I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. As soon as I did, I saw a hawk flying right over me. I said, “Thank you!” as I exhaled and continued my nature journey. I feel that at times we don’t pay much attention to the Air simply because it is a constant part of our day. Our breath is naturally repeating it’s cycle, constantly pumping in and out like a continuous drum. It is when we pause in stillness to truly feel its power that we connect to this element and the Spirits that spiral in a vortex of transformation and love. The Spirit of Air is essential to our existence. It fills our lungs and replenishes our bodies, allowing us to flow through our path. We do not need to see it to trust that
it is there. We feel it around us and through us; We Know. It is the wind that circulates through our atmosphere, traveling in all directions. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Focus and connect on your breathing. Feel the breath move throughout your energy. Inhaling the fresh power of air and exhaling the release, promoting renewal and recharging. This is the Spirit of Air. There are so many energies that make up Air; communication is a key source for the Spirit of Air as it travels. It can not only move through the grass, tickling the blades as it shifts, but it can also fly through the skies. Air assists bird medicine to fly in needed directions, twirling the fallen leaves from their branches to go through a rebirthing cycle. It moves throughout the Earth, carrying its wisdom and sharing its Spirit to all. It is the connection between the Earth and the Universe, carrying messages from all dimensions and realms. Star Nations Magazine • April 2020 • 7