#steveread #pearlprincess "Stories connect us to the universe of medicine --of paranormal or #sacredpower. This universe of power referred to by the old people of some of the tribes as the #GreatMystery is the universe that #medicinepeople inhabit. Many of the stories contained in the #oraltradition concern that universe, detailing its features: its terrain, the physical and #psychical laws by which it operates, the orders and kinds of beings who dwell there, their #ethos, ethics, and politics. ...An apprentice medicine person becomes familiar with a number of these stories because they act as general guides to that special universe. They enable practioners of the #sacred to recognize where they are and how to function, the entities they might encounter, their names, personalities, and likely disposition toward them, the kinds of instruction they might gain from them, and how to #exploretheuniverse of power to gain greater #paranormal knowledge and ability. Every #medicinepath has its attendant stories, and medicine people, also known as #shamans, #wisewomen, #conjurers, #adepts, #mages, #practioners, or masters, teach apprentices through story. ...To walk the medicine path is to live and to think in ways that are almost but not quite entirely unlike our usual ways of living and thinking, and the stories show the right and wrong ways to proceed." #grandmothersofthelight #paulagunnallen https://www.instagram.com/p/B0iw18wnzli/?igshid=uncfmej0xf09
