Medicine Walk
In order to arrive at what you do not know
You must go by a way which is the
way of ignorance.
A Medicine Walk* is a day's journey upon the face of the earth which acts as a mirror within which signs and symbols of your inward journey are reflected back to you. During the medicine walk certain spirits or powers of nature, which typify the nature of your own "medicine power," are attracted by and reveal themselves to you. With your observation they weave a mythical or symbolic story which illuminates direction for your life choices, transitions and inherent gifts.
The Medicine Walk begins early in the day and occurs in a natural place where the walker travels north, south, east or west depending on where he feels intuitively led. No food is taken on this day. Preparation the evening before includes getting a good night's sleep paying attention to important dreams that may arise.
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Why Participate in a
Medicine Walk?
No human escapes being human. We must all face the ecstasy and the agony of human experience. Life is filled with transitions; growth is characterized by change. Humans must pass from one life stage to another. We are born from the womb into infancy. We are weaned from infancy and brought into the world of childhood. We pass from childhood into adolescence, from adolescence into adulthood. When we marry, we leave the world of single adulthood behind. If we divorce, we return to the single state. We make our way through the adult passages, facing predictable crises at middle age and "retirement". With aging comes preparation for dying, and finally, the ultimate passage of death.
Since ancient times, individuals have stood at the threshold of these life changes. In traditional cultures, these transitions were celebrated by rites of passage and ceremonies of initiation. Without these ceremonies, individuals could not have understood or interpreted their life experiences, not could they have been capable of assuming the social responsibilities and privileges required by their changes in life station. Their tribal families would have ceased to survive.