Another example of Native American customs, which have been adopted by Westerners searching for a different type of spirituality is the sacred pipe ceremony.
There is a beautiful legend that the original sacred pipe was brought to two Lakota warriors by the White Buffalo Calf Woman, anything up to 2,000 years ago. It is said that she taught them how to pray and gave the Lakota people seven sacred ceremonies and a bountiful way of life involving the buffalo.
When the woman left, she turned into a white buffalo calf. She also promised to return.
The first of the ceremonies was the purification ceremony known as the sweat lodge; the second was the child-naming ceremony; the third was the healing ritual; the fourth was the acceptance of relatives or the adoption ceremony; the fifth was the marriage ceremony; the sixth was the vision quest, and the seventh was the Sun Dance. Today, people working in a shamanic way have chosen to adopt some of these ceremonies.
Lately, there has been conflict over whether Non-native Americans should be allowed access to the sacred ceremonies. Many feel that it is time for Native Americans to reclaim their right to the sacred pipe. Abuse of its ceremonies by those who refuse to follow stringent ceremonial protocols has reached the dangerous point where some feel the spirit of the world may abandon the pipe. Should Westerners choose to adopt such customs in their magical workings, they must ensure that they give due deference to centuries-old beliefs and do nothing that can cause distress or any other form of difficulty, for those whose beliefs have been handed down from generation to generation through oral tradition.
However, many practitioners will find, in common with Native Americans, that suitable rituals, information, and knowledge are received in dreams. As you become more immersed in the culture and customs, you too may well receive this intuitive information.
Treat this as a gift, not a right.
All rituals suggested here are adapted from older cultures and approximate as closely as possible to the original intent of the ceremonies.
Below are suggestions for two incenses that may help to re-create an atmosphere that is conducive to working in a shamanic way.
Mexican Magic Incense
2 parts copal resin
1 part frankincense resin
1 part rosemary
This incense is particularly suitable for use in Mexican and American-based folk magic rituals and spells.
Nine Woods Incense
1 part rowan wood (or sandalwood)
1 part dogwood
1 part poplar
1 part juniper
1 part cedar
1 part pine
1 part holly branches
1 part elder (or oak)
METHOD:
✤ Take the sawdust of each of the above, mix, and burn indoors on charcoal when a ritual fire is necessary or desired but not practical.
The incense emits the aroma of an open campfire and is particularly good when working shamanically or with the Spirit of Nature.
Shamans in the East
In Northern Siberia and the Far East, shamanism developed slightly differently; it was based on a more dualistic conception of the universe, and showed several mythological and cult forms. The natural world had its parallels in the spiritual world, each level of which was inhabited by spiritual beings.
Again the shaman, a pivotal figure, acted as an intermediary between them. His clothing and paraphernalia were particularly important as part of his ritualized entry into the other worlds.
His clothing symbolized animals and birds found in the spirit world, which helped him to communicate with them, his tambourine summoned his ancestor spirit upon whom he rode, and his head-dress and warder, a symbol of authority, characterized as the center of the universe.
Other figures of birds, beasts, reptiles, fantastic creatures, and anthropomorphic figures of wood, fur, and metal called onions, which are dwelling places for shamans’ helper spirits are used to form a circular structure that symbolizes
the universe and the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The onions are an essential tool of Siberian shamans and are most often taken with the shaman when he or she goes to the location of a ritual. Another tool of the Siberian shamans is shagai, which are sheep anklebones used for divination as well as for traditional games.
Roughly cubical, each side of the bone has a specific name and meaning.
The shamanism of the Siberian peoples has preserved many otherwise archaic forms of worldviews, rituals, and artifacts. The Garuda A bird, for instance, is the king of the birds, similar to the thunderbird of Native American legend. There is a spirit called Mongoldai Nagts (Mongol Uncle) who guards the entrance to the lower world so that spirits cannot travel back and forth to the upper world without permission. This has distinct similarities to the Doorkeeper in Spiritualist belief, who performs the same function on an individual level.
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