an old lakota spiritual leader
was on a high mountain and had a vision, in this vision
iktomi the great trickster and teacher of wisdom appeared
in the form of a spider and iktomi the spider picked up the elder's willow hoop
which had feathers, horsehairs, beads and offerings on it, and began to spin a web, he spoke to the elder about the cycles of life; how we begin our lives as infants move on through childhood and onto adulthood, finally we go to the old age where we must be taken care of as infants completing the cycle
but iktomi said as he continued to spin his web, in each time of life there are many forces; some good and some bad, if you listen to the good forces they will steer you in the right direction but if you listen to the bad forces, they will steer you in the wrong direction and may hurt you so these forces can help or can interfere with the harmony of nature while the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web and when iktomi finished speaking he gave the elder the web and said, the web is a perfect circle with a hole in the center, use the web to help your people reach their goals, make good use of their ideas, dreams and visions if you believe in the great spirit, the web will catch your good ideas
and the bad ones will go through the hole
the elder passed on his vision to the people and now many indian people hang a dream catcher above their bed to sift their dreams and visions
the good is captured in the web of life and carried with the people
but the evil in their dreams drops through the hole in the center and are no longer a part of their lives
- the legend of the dream catcher.
ciao.
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