On this page the following entries were made in the “August, 2007” time-frame.
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StuxWa?scH3la
StuxWa?scH3la
“Our old ways are mostly memories, but our ideas march to their beat.”
-Squaxin Tribal Elders
“Our old ways are mostly memories, but our ideas march to their beat.”
-Squaxin Tribal Elders
stuxWa?scH3la
” In the early days of my grandfather, there was an ancient law. It was “stuxWa?scH3la,” keep the knowledge and memories of our ancestors alive. If a person did not do this they would become ” xwo” ( poor, destitute, have no past identity, an orphan), they would be a “nobody.” They would be unable to have a “shoyElus” ( guardian spirit board). They would have no foundation in their lives. They would have to barrow some one else’s identity, that is to say, become a shadow… Read more »
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Consecrating the consecrated?
Some one recently posted on a paganism forum this question…
“Do pagans ever ‘consecrate’ things?
I am writing a story about pagans colonizing another planet and consecrating it so people can actually come and thrive and not starve, be diseased, etc. into extinction (as far as that colony is concerned). I’d like it to be believable. I know precious little about pagan rites and chants.”
My response was… thus…
con·se·crate (kns-krt)
tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates
1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church.
2. Christianity
a. To produce the ritual transformation of (the elements of the Eucharist) into the body and blood of… Read more »
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