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Native American Hair & The Sacred Gift of Energy DIVING INTO THE DEEP KINDNESS FOR ALL VETERANS THE
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WHAT’S SO SPECIAL?
Contents Featured Articles On Our Cover: Kindness for All Veterans Sharon Rosenblum (Nourishing Body & Soul)
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In 1975 Sharon returned to the U.S. after serving in S.E. Asia. During the Viet Nam conflict, most of the people serving in the military were drafted. These veterans served their country at a great price to themselves and their identity. The fact that there was no kindness offered to the returning veterans was difficult for her to understand. Sharon features a recipe for Pancit Bihon, a staple in the Philippine diet.
11:11—What’s So Special? Ortrun Franklin (The Mystery School)
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Eleven is considered to be the most intuitive of all numbers; creative and magnetic. Imagine what happens when 11 is multiplied and becomes 11:11. 11:11 connects you to the transpersonal chakra outside your body; the subtle body of Divine Mind; and the Universe. You are reunited with your Soul (The Fully Realized Self) and at one with Source. Ortrun offers a guided meditation/visualization to assist you in experiencing 11:11.
Diving Into the Deep Julie Hedges (Cosmic Conversations)
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November is the month of Scorpio, the Alchemist, the one who scours the depths of the psyche to resurrect the dead and clear the debris. Join Julie this month as she discusses the Scorpio attributes including Passion, Investigation, Loyalty and Controlled. 2020 has been an unprecedented year. Julie’s chart for November helps us prepare for a new era.
Native American Hair & the Sacred Gift of Energy Anthony Cherette (Sacred Masculine)
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It may seem a little unusual to think that hair is far more than ornamentation in a culture; however, in the Indigenous Native community, hair holds so much value that to be without it is considered to be deeply vulnerable to outside influences, both in and outside of the spirit world. Join Tony as he discusses that very important point.
The Super Elder Yvette Neshi Lokotz (The Sacred Hoop)
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This month’s article in the Elder Series falls within Native American Heritage Month. The inspiration for the Super Elder topic was Neshi’s mother who was turning 101 at the time. Super Elders are those who continue to feel useful and contribute to their community. The topic is near and dear to Neshi’s heart and a was challenge to write (both physically and mentally). Currently, Neshi is coordinating her mother’s hospice care.
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Contents Monthly Columns From the Editor: Neshi Lokotz
The Mystery School
The Witch's Cauldron
Communicating with Sacred Animals
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Nourishing Body & Soul
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Cosmic Conversations Sacred Masculine
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The Sacred Hoop
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Communications from Home
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Highlights of Next Issue
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Angel Therapy
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Nature Connections
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From the Editor
Gratitude & Thankfulness
By Yvette Neshi Lokotz
I love Autumn. I love the trees’ leaves changing color and then dropping to the ground. I even love the rain during this time as it helps nature to prepare for winter. I am grateful for this time of year because we begin preparations to be indoors during the colder weather to come. My mind turns to thankfulness not because of Thanksgiving but rather because of the last few items harvested from the garden and how we begin to prepare meals that are more comforting — such as stews, soups, and ovenbaked foods.
My family has gathered at this time of year for the gun deer hunting season, and Thanksgiving just happens to occur during the same time. We did have the turkey meal with all the trimmings. We even watched the Macy’s parade as well as the football games. I never really felt true thankfulness built around this one day a year. I do, however, believe in being grateful and being thankful. My spiritual practice places gratitude and thankfulness very high
every day, not just one day a year. My practice is not based on the commercialized platitude of Thanksgiving Day. I also avoid Black Friday shopping. Have you noticed how you feel when you are heartfelt thankful and heartfelt grateful? A sense of happiness, peacefulness, light-heartedness, and even joy is felt deep inside. I consciously choose to be grateful and thankful so that I can feel happy. Sometimes, I have to give myself an attitude adjustment to have heartfelt gratitude and
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I have written many blog articles and magazine articles about Thanksgiving and this U.S. holiday from a Native American perspective. I haven’t celebrated Thanksgiving in the traditional sense in many decades. However, I have prepared more traditional
foods around this time of year because I enjoy them.
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From the Editor
thankfulness. Sometimes it can take a day or more to really feel the gratitude and thankfulness from my heart. The point is that I get there and I feel the higher vibrations of happiness.
I also believe we are powerful co-creators. As co-creators, we can choose to create from a heart that is filled with gratitude and thankfulness. The trick is making that choice.
In today’s world, some would question how you can sense thankfulness and what is there to be grateful for when the world seems to be filled with panic, chaos, and hate. I believe we choose how we want to feel, even though we may face dire circumstances.
Here is what I am truly grateful and thankful for, given I am experiencing fatigue from being my mother’s primary caregiver for nine years, and now she is in the in-home hospice program. We are always aware of her health declining and moving toward her passing, Walking On.
I am thankful and grateful for:
My husband, Paul, who has taken on the meal preparations and cleanup; The newly formed caregiver team for my mom; The hospice nurse assigned to my mom; My Star Nations Executive Team as they take on more and more of my work so that I can be present for my mom; Our power partners at Elf Elm Publishing who are our magazine layout specialists and have taken on almost all of the creation process for the magazine so that I can be present for my mom; Star Nations community who have us in their prayers and are sending us love as we travel this part of my mom’s journey; My SiStars who love and support me every step of the way. They are my sounding board, which encourages me to do my self-care.
Our cover image is our nod to Native American Heritage Month.
Please enjoy your time with us as you read the articles, watch the videos, and listen to the audios. We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving Holiday. Jage Nagonan (Potawatomi for All My Relatives), Neshi
In this issue of Star Nations Magazine, we bring you articles about Day of the Dead, All Soul’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Beauty, Kindness, and Native American Heritage Month.
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