Native Americans ➕

Thank you for this video!
Loved that he smudged his body, I do this with Eastern Red Cedar and Frankincense.

Do you ever burn Frankincense?

One of my favorites for prayer, meditation, and sacred ceremonies (Eastern Red Cedar too)

Sage by far has my favorite smoke signature, so beautiful to watch it billow and dance with the sunlight

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:feather:
:pray:

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Out here in the Pacific Northwest, we often use Western Red Cedar. I have several growing here on our land.
In Mexico they often use copal (a resin similar to frankinsense).

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We have a sync here… tonight, after waking up at 2h30 after a very vivid dream that I could not remember - very strange and rare thing, I decided to smudge my room with sage. After this, experienced my third LONG LD :fire: :feather:

yes, tomorrow I will have my third consultation this month with the Lakota Mexican Shaman and we always have copal with us, helping.

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Burning Copal Resin - Copal Incense Ceremony

Cool History of how the Mayans aquired Copal from the Gods

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Very Cool Synch

Really amazing, sounds like you are getting very close to having a LD every night!!!

Looking forward to hearing about your dream :heart_eyes:

Keep the good work Beloved Light Warrioress

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:yellow_heart:
:pray:

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Plant Connections: The Medicine of Tabaco/Mapacho [Nicotiana Rustica]

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Jaguars are considered guardians of the underworld in the mythologies of the Maya, Olmec, and Aztec cultures.

Maya

  • The Maya believed the jaguar was a mediator between the spiritual and earthly realms.
  • The jaguar was also known as the Balam, a symbol of the night sun and darkness.
  • The jaguar was depicted in Mayan art, carvings, and mythology.

Olmec

  • The Olmec jaguar was a guardian of both the underworld and the sky.
  • The jaguar’s nocturnal hunting habits represented the darkness of night.
  • The jaguar’s solitary existence, hunting prowess, and ability to survive in dense undergrowth became allegories for social and spiritual resilience.

Aztec

  • The Aztecs worshiped the jaguar and positioned them as guardians of their sacred temples.
  • When Tezcatlipoca took the form of a jaguar, he was called Tepeyollotl.

The jaguar is also a symbol of power, protection, and wildness. The name jaguar comes from the Tupi-Guarani word yaguar, which means “he who kills with one leap"

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Jaguars: Guardians of the Night and the Underworld

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Exploring the Majesty of Jaguars

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The monarch butterfly was sacred to the Maya and other indigenous cultures in Mesoamerica. The butterfly was associated with the spirits of ancestors, warriors, and important figures.

Significance

  • Ancestor spirits

The Maya believed butterflies were the spirits of their ancestors who returned to visit their families.

  • Galactic Butterfly

The Maya believed in a god called Hanab Ku, the “Galactic Butterfly” who represented the consciousness of all living things.

  • Transformation

The butterfly’s metamorphosis symbolized the transformation of the soul, even after traumatic events.

  • Sun

Butterflies symbolized the sun, and their wings represented motion, like the sun’s movement across the sky.

Examples of butterfly imagery

  • The Maya temple of Chichʼen Itza’ had butterfly motifs carved into its ceremonial walls.
  • The Toltec warriors wore breastplates with butterflies on them.
  • The Pre-columbian Mexica created art with butterfly imagery, including murals, headdresses, and ceramics.

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The monarch butterfly’s migration to Mexico in the fall coincides with the Day of the Dead celebration"

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MG… only now I know that Mapacho Tabacco (that is planted in my garden!!!) is the plant used in the Ayuasca Ceremonies… hihihi…
I have a bag with dried mapacho tobacco right next to my bed… :heart: this is a 100% intuitive decision :dolphin:

excellent video and teachings :pray:
not sure about the thing with smoking with the fingers. know many shamans who do so :wink:
the numbing can be good if, for example, you see too many things and need to dim your psychic abilities a little bit, because of too many people or a saturated context :fire:

her singing is totally awesome… her soul SO grounded and her whole is a symphony of beauty!.. :heart_eyes:
incredible dream of the mapacho shield…

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thank you so much for sharing Beloved :kissing_heart:

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LOVE the images you chose…
thank you BB :heart_eyes:
your support and friendship mean the world to me, and they are a part of my unfolding…

thank you for believing in me and for sending me this dream… it was an amazing opportunity to connect with my strength and power, my Heart.

:pray:

not sure this is healthy… :cowboy_hat_face:

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Great scene, kind of a Deus ex machina, no?

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A Shipibo woman shaman describes her use of Mapacho as a spiritual smudge. She mentions that she blows it on her body before sleep to align her dreams!
It’s used in ayahuasca ceremonies for protection from negative spirits.

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Not sure either, but supposedly the Buddha was able to do this every night

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He makes some of the best videos on youtube, thank you for this!

Horrific History, glad he shed light on this darkness

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When Ohio was the original “Indian Territory.”
There are no Native reservations left in Ohio,

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Tecumseh’s attempt to form an Indian Nation, that would be separate from the U.S. or Canada. The center of this Nation was at Prophetstown, in present day Indiana.

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