CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Call: Remembering Who You Are

• Answering the Call
• The Call of the Spirit of the Land
• The Call of the Elements
• The Call of the Sacred Circle of Life
• The Call of the Spirit Keepers of the Directions
• The Call of Celestial Bodies
• The Call of the Cycle of the Seasons
• The Call of the Wild
• How to Call

Chapter 2: The Gateway: Hearing Messages from Beyond

• Your Spirit Animals
• Plants Messages and Plant Allies
• Mineral Messages and Stone Allies
• Messages from Beyond

Chapter 3: The Deepening: Communing with Spirit

• Your Spirit Name: Claiming Your Power
• Spirit Sticks: Communing with the Creator
• Drumming: Rhythm of the Heart
• Rattles: Calling Spirit
• Spirit Songs: Voices in the Wind
• Feathers: Flying to the Heavens
• Medicine Bag/Sacred Bundle: Home of Spirit
• Dream Catcher: Mystic Gateway
• Sacred Vessels: Holding Spirit
• Tribal Dance: Dancing Your Prayers
• Blankets: Spirit of the Robe
• Language of Hair: Cascading Power

Chapter 4: Great Mystery: Touching the Soul

• Spirit Beings
• The “Little People”
• Angels in Native Cultures
• The Wisdom of Your Ancestors
• Vision Quest
• Sweat Lodge
• Dreams
• Astral Travel
• Being Invisible
• Shape-Shifting

Chapter 5: Right Relation: Living in Sacred Balance

• Becoming an Earthkeeper
• Ceremonies and Rites of Passage
• Sitting in Sacred Council
• The Ancient Tradition of Storytelling
• Respecting Our Elders

Afterword: Our Legacy to the Future

Acknowledgments

About the Author