Sunday, March 4, 2012

Continued Creation Myth of the White Pearl Woman


Today I was hiking in the Thunder Mountain area. You may remember from my previous blog on the Creation Myth of the Yavapai the story of  Kamalapukwia, The Old Woman with a Pearl, or sometimes translated as Old Woman with the White Stone.  Today I found an image of a woman in the red rock formations. If you look closely at the pictures you will see a profile of a smiling pregnant woman.


 What I also notice next to this Stone Goddess was a white stone embedded in the same rock formation.


The spring flowers marked the trail and Indian Paintbrush made it appearance adding it's own beauty to the Living Myth that is hidden in Red Rocks of Sedona.


Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Navajo Beauty Way Ceremony



In beauty may I walk

All day long may I walk

Through the returning seasons may I walk

Beautifully I will possess again

Beautifully birds

Beautifully joyful birds

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk

With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk

With dew about my feet may I walk

With beauty may I walk

With beauty before me may I walk

With beauty behind me may I walk

With beauty above me may I walk

With beauty all around me may I walk

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk

It is finished in beauty

It is finished in beauty

Anonymous (Navajo)