Native American Gate
keeper?
Thunder Bay Ontario
Canada
My teaching websites
and blogs are just that, teaching.
Remember that this
post is speaking about a Sacred Circle ‘Chachu’ (Our Church)!
As I have stated
many times in many places on postings and websites “The only dumb question is
the question that you think of, but are afraid to ask!"
There was, is and
should never be a "Gatekeeper" in a true traditional Eastern Woodland
Native American Ceremony!
The words gate
keepers in Native American teachings is very strange however, it is sometimes
used in our writings to help explain to non natives a part of a ceremony.
What we are
referring to is the person or persons that stand in the east at our sacred
circles, available for teaching and to control passage from the world into our
church (Circle).
We have very few
restrictions into a circle.
That said, one must
be dressed respectfully, have no recording device with them, pass only through
the east and have love in their hearts.
Will, one does not
need to have the love but we would like for you to be able to enjoy yourselves
while dancing.
Native American
gatekeepers, as you may have noticed while traveling around the internet, that
some teaching about our people will not correctly match up with what the elders
taught as the truth.
Many times often
being taught by non native people or someone not from our tribe!
This is one of those
times!
As the Occult
(Shamanism Occult Religion) was allowed to make its way into our culture after
first contact, some of their teachings came with them!
In our Sacred
Ceremony known today as a Circle, Chachu, entering was always from the east,
the sun rises from the east making it easy to see what was going on within this
circle.
Before first contact
all Sacred Ceremonies were at this east so, this became sacred also. At no time
was there ever a keeper of the gate in our Paw-paus (Sacred Ceremony).
You may have notices
that sometimes even I used this satanic explanation because it seemed to be an
easy way to explain why we enter and exit from the east.
I was wrong! This
must stop.
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