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.
