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The Old Ones Have Told Us

Saturday, April 22, 2017 9:48 AM

In what way do we come back to Mother?

The Old Ones have told us …


That we should come

with eyes wide as the plains

with hearts big as the sky


That we should come

humble like Brother Ant

wise like Brother Bear.


In the mist of our ancestors

we should come:

flesh of their flesh

bones of their bones

blood of their blood

we should come


In the echoes of their voices

in the trails of their songs

as breath of their essence

we should come


Mind of their mind

Great Spirit of their spirit

we should come.


Each blush of the rainbow

opacifying into solid color

is our relation:

The Rock People

the Standing Bark People

are relatives


The oceans and rivers

mountains and valleys are all kin


The Four-Legged, Winged

Crawling, Swimming

are sisters and brothers.


"Honor them as yourself"

say the Old Ones on the wind

"Every color, every shape

is the Great Mystery revealing Itself


"Come before the Mystery

in the Sacred Way

in the sacred manner—

with quieting of the ego

with purity of the heart—

and give reverence.


"At dawn

when the sun awakens Mother

give reverence


"At twilight

when the moon puts her to sleep

give reverence


"In the smile of her bright skies

give reverence


“In the frown of her dark clouds

give reverence.


"In the outpouring of revelation

give reverence


"In the holding of secrets

give reverence …”


Covenants told under the breath

for ears only that can hear

the whispering of the way inside the way—

the calling out of the inside out

of Owl's hoot

of Raven's caw

of Eagle's shriek.


“Come this way,

with summer''s rains

smelling of forest and sod


"Come this way,

with autumn's breezes

fevering with gold and red


"Come this way,

with winter's snows

freezing-white with reminiscence


"Come this way,

with spring's blossoms

bursting of color and scents.


“Come this way

like the river of a baby's breath

flowing deeply, steadily

against the drumming of its mother's heart."


The Old Ones have told us.

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Excerpt From: Carl Hitchens. “Thinning of the Veil.” Carl Hitchens, 2018

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