Sunday, July 19, 2015

FULL MOON CIRCLE AND NATIVE AMERICAN TEACHING


FULL MOON CIRCLE AND NATIVE AMERICAN TEACHING
JULY 31st  at 7:00PM On the Dunedin Causeway right side of the Boat Rentals.  Join us for this special Blue Moon where Meditation and vision are necessary for finding the Intentions and Blueprint for our Future.  Native American teaching on the Medicine Wheel and creating Sacred Space, learning the Animal, Plant and Mineral totem for this months lesson.
DRUMMING FOR PEACE, HARMONY, UNITY AND LOVE FOR ALL BEINGS.  Cancelled if raining.

7th Moon Cycle Teaching    strong Sun Moon
Animal Totem is Woodpecker:  When I hear the woodpecker knocking, I think of opportunity. You know the old saying "when opportunity knocks, answer the door." That's precisely what I'm driving at here.

Woodpeckers are extremely opportunistic themselves. Each tree is a door, revealing tender morsels of food (grubs and ants are their favorites). Other trees will yield against their beak-hammering to provide great mansions for their young.
Symbolic Meanings of the Woodpecker :Balance,  Progress,  Signaling,  Returning,
  • Protection,  Initiation,  Attention,  Prophesy,  Listening,  Opportunity,  Discernment
  • Communication,  Determination
When the woodpecker comes tapping into our awareness, it's also a signal to use our heads. Just as the woodpecker uses its head (beak) to hammer out solutions (food, shelter), we too can use our intellect in finding solutions to our own barriers.
The symbolic meaning of woodpeckers also point to a need for creative vision. Being opportunistic, woodpeckers can see value everywhere, even in dead trees. Have you ditched an idea or given up on a project? The woodpecker may be trying to tell you to breathe new life into your project, just as they build new homes into dead trees.


Further, the symbolic meaning of woodpecker indicates a return to our roots, or having trust in our basic (gut) feelings. Dr. Carl Jung observed the woodpecker as a symbol of a return to the womb of creativity. In this observation the tree is symbolic of a womb; earthy, grounded, sturdy and secure. The woodpecker's home within the tree is analogous of a fierce determination to return and protect that which is sacred to us.
for more information contact Rev. Caroline Dawley at
pathwayofpeace@yahoo.com
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