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Annie-LL (Original Message)

Sent: 4/30/2006 7:58 PM

I have seen two differant kinds of things refered to as "medicine pouches or bags."

One is a fairly large leather bag that you fill throughout your life time with the gifts you recive as discribed previouslt. It is opened from time to time to take out these special/sacred objects to accsess the medicine or power in them.

The other kind is a small pouch that is worn around your neck and ussually is not shown outside of your shirt. In it are things gathered on a special spirit guided walk in the wilds. Other things are added like a gift from the Elder who is sponsering you. It is then swon shut and never oopened again unless you are to gather new medicine. This can happen several times in your life, some of the things in this pouch are added to the new one along with the new medicine.

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Annie-LL

Sent: 4/30/2006 8:11 PM

"From what I have heard from several different traditions has always been the same. Most of the time it is buried with the person,

It should be understood that the things in it are your own personal medicine and you may choose to keep it with you.. To give it away you would lose the gift/power that has been given to you uniquely to help you do your "job" in the great circle of life.

And you will need your medicine on the other side as well, for it has become part of you. Just as when a Pipe is buried with someone, it is so you will have the Pipe on the other side. The spirit of that pipe goes along with your spirit. I hope this is not confusing.

The ingredients of your bag or pouch are gathered in different ways, some in the ourdoors and others private items. I was taught to always add corn, sage and other such things so as you can offer it as a gift to our Creator. But everyone has their own ways of doing these things. Mine will go with me when I die as its been with me for so many years.

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lightenings_shadow_wolf

Sent: 4/30/2006 8:35 PM

On a personal note. I have a Medicine bag that my elder daughter made for me. It was her first attempt at Serious beading. It is rather small, and entirely beaded according to tradition, with the Spirit bead neatly hidden among the others. Even the neckpiece is entirely beaded. She prefers that I not wear it because she fretts over whether or not her knots are tied off correctly, so it remains with a dreamcatcher she made for me, along with some other things that are sacred to me. To the eye it contains nothing, but in reality it is full with the greatest medicine of all...the love of a daughter for her father.

ChrisLacey/UrbanWolf

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maclaak

Sent: 5/2/2006 2:53 AM

annie

my teachings about the medicine pouches and bags are much the same we burn the contents of our personal pouch yearly and sometimes the small pouch itslf if the year has been trying. four times a year we empty the elements and burn them in a smudging ceremonyduring the full moon prayers, depending on where you are in your learning curve about the red road you may smudge on the 2nd 3rd of 4th day of the full moons.

the same with the larger pouch you put life things in there sacred medicines stones ect, i could go into more detail if anyone is interested

thank you annie

maclaak

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