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Dear Allen,
Today's the day you said you
were closing on your house. I hope it is going well. Without "knowing" I
knew that something was very disruptive in your world. Something strange was
going on. As I'd reach out to you telepathically for dreamcatcher making
"advice" while I was weaving complicated patterns, I'd feel that you were
going through the "spiritual
washing machine", and there was an interference pattern disrupting
your energy. Maybe this will clear today.
Thank you for the hoops. I'm going to be doing a dreamcatcher for a 12 yr.
old who has designed three nested hoops with LED lights... to represent
Christmas lights. My daughter (8 yrs. old) cut the 24 inch hoop but it is
too fragile to support LED lights and wire, but now that you sent me your
hoops I see the right size and we can weave the two together. Good symbolism
for this kind of weaving together the "Elders" and the new generation of
enlightened beings that are coming in. Perfect for his outer hoop.
I'll tell you one thing about these new kids. They approach life inside-out
instead of outside-in, like our generation, and it is very clearly reflected
in their dreamcatchers. They already understand "the Secret", and they're
using their dreamcatchers as a tool to energize what they want to
experience... like selecting what they want on the menu, and knowing that
they're the chef in the kitchen all at the same time. Doing the dreamcatcher
work is very satisfying as a way to learn about this.
You asked about what I do with my dreamcatchers... and the best way to
explain it is in a story.
When
I was working at
Sun Microsystems as an engineer, my manager turned
out to be of Cherokee/Black ancestry. Because of his black skin, he was
passed over in the 30's when the Cherokee kids (that weren't living on
reservations) were being rounded up and sent to Reservation schools. So, he
was able to learn from his grandmother without interference. The Spirit of
the black people was already broken (or thought to be), so there wasn't any
concern about him being able to speak Cherokee in the black school he
attended because of segregation. He kept quiet about it anyway, and there
was no issue.
His grandmother was of the basketweaver clan, of women. Because Cherokee
didn't have a written language, or there was a limited one, but the women
didn't learn it, sacred ideas were communicated via numbers. When a baby was
born, the mother was given a basket for the baby that reflected the baby's
birth numbers. Those were derived from day that the baby was born, based on
whatever calendar was being used by the society. They've now traced this
practice to the Mayans, but it has evolved away from
Guatemala quite a bit through use in the nomadic and more practical
Cherokee society. When the basket was made, the numbers for the baby were
woven in, and anyone who could "read" the basket could know everything there
is to know about this incoming soul.
The numbers provide insight into Purpose, Inner Life, External Expression
and Spirit patterns. 4 bodies, and 4 directions. They give inside into a
person's "Natural Style".
Anyway,
when Larry lived with his grandmother, he was fascinated by the numbers, but
was uninterested in learning how to weave baskets (but he loved building
model airplanes), and he would use the numerology that he learned from his
grandmother in his model airplane building. Once you learn the basic
pattern, you can see how it can be applied everywhere.
In the 50's Larry got an engineering/physics degree (at night because of his
black skin), before equal rights. Then he worked as a manager at IBM and
eventually
Sun Microsystems, where I met him. He had also studied quantum
mechanics and discovered the same patterns as his Cherokee grandmother
taught him. So, as a very curious employee, he saw potential in me to
gradually teach me the number system, and quantum mechanics, and I was his
student over 17 years. He saw himself as a wisdom keeper of this knowledge
and he's passing it along to me to keep it. And you keep wisdom by using it,
evolving it, or it starts to destroy you, as this woman Kay will be finding
out as she tries to run a stolen business. The Spirit as moved on, and the
shell is all that is left. Unsustainable. Wisdom is to be shared as Spirit
shows who, what, where, why, how... not hoarded and used for personal gain
at the expense of the rest of Creation. Like
Bob Dylan said, "that which isn't growing is dying." Can't grow if it
is disconnected from the Source. Can't be connected if used for personal
gain at the expense of Creation!!!
Back to the story... so thinking that building model airplanes using the
Cherokee numbers to represent patterns of sacred geometry wasn't my cup of
tea, Larry and I worked out how dreamcatchers could be used in a very
similar way to his grandmother's baskets. In fact, "treasures" could be
woven into them, and they could be hung in the window with the direction
that needs support, and catch the Sun and Moon rays. Because Westerners are
used to them, and they understand "Dreaming" somewhat, they can be
dreamweavings... or a sacred object that represents "being that which
doesn't need fixing", or another way to say it, "being who you were born to
be", and letting all else fall away and not "stick" to you. Sort of like
teflon (and I use teflon-coated wire in some of my catchers to really
emphasize this for some of my clients).
Because the energy of the material is very important in my work, I use many
different kinds of materials, but there has to be the "basics" of sinew (for
the buffalo... for flesh & bone), willow (for strong but flexible support
structures in your life). The
Dream-within-a-dream pattern is perfect
because it matches the Cherokee basket with the inside of the basket and the
outside of the basket. Inside represents "inner life", outside represents
"external expression" and Purpose provides the support or structure. So, in
the case of dreamcatchers, the inner hoop represents "inner life", what's
hung on the outer hoop represents "external expression"... and includes the
teachers attached to the top, and students, or careers, or relationships
attached to the bottom. Between the inner and outer hoop is the Purpose
weave, and that represents what the soul is here to learn, what Spirit
patterns that they are bringing in.
I don't take pictures of the dreamcatchers I make because they are sacred,
unless the person wants people who they don't know to have access to their
dreams. These are private, and are hung in bed rooms, intimate places.
Seeing someone's dreams can give you access to them and that access isn't to
be unprotected. I also discourage people from having others in their lives
touch their "catchers". They don't want to "wear" other people's energy,
unless it is agreed that this catcher is all about weaving together dreams,
or dreaming together (like coming together for a business, wedding, or
mother/child catcher). In this case, the Catcher is representing a group
energy, and isn't person, but I would still discourage "outsiders" from
energetically having access. Don't hang it in the front lobby, unless you
want the catcher to serve that purpose... to energize and attract or repel
people who can or cannot join your group dreaming. If it is to define who
you are as a group, keep it in the manager's office or the private
conference room!
Having hoops and sinew with your energy has helped me a great deal with
being able to do this work. It seems that I collect materials with energy
already on them, and then I combine and assemble those materials to reflect
a person's pattern. For example, I did a Catcher last month for a man who
runs an alternative energy consulting firm. I kept seeing a lake with "the
maximum" number of mountains around it, which would be 12 for a 12 Purpose.
There is a large ball of light on top of each mountain (aka the stories of
Great Spirit on the top of the mountains) that is reflected in the mountain
lake. So I took teflon-coated 20 gauge electrical wire, and lead Crystals to
make the mountains, with a 12 ohm resistor in each mountain (to represent
the resistance to overcome to get to the Crystal), and then wavy jewelry
wire to make the lake at the center/bottom of the mountain range. In the
"lake" I put smaller crystals to represent the reflection. In the inner
hoop, I used fire crystals and moonstones to represent "fire melting the
ice", and in his business he is coming up with alternative ways to heat
ourselves, melting the old paradigms. Then out of the center, I did it the
way you do it with the spider coming out of the center into the outer
expression space (expressing from the core). On the string, I strung 8 sets
of beads to represents the 8 chakras, because this man does a lot of yoga,
this made alot of sense to him. And at the very bottom, I put a key to a
grandfather clock that I got at an antique clock store. He holds a
key to Divine Timing in this energy consulting work he does. I used your
hoops for this project, because no other energy could "hold" an intent like
his.
Yesterday I delivered a Catcher to a woman who is an astrologer, and in her
Purpose weave, I created many "spaces" that I filled with "stars" to
represent constellations. I had her go on a "Vision Quest" style exercise to
set the energy of the stars (189... for 13x13)... she has 13 for her Spirit
number, and 2's that reflect for her Purpose and External Expression. Her
husband and son made the hoops for this project. And it is her energy
pattern to fill the empty spaces in life with beauty and magic and "stars",
like the elven scenes in the
Lord of the Rings. When she isn't running her energy that way, she
gets very disoriented, and she has trouble figuring out what her purpose is
in life. We hope that the Catcher will help her honor her "star filling"
tendency and figure out an expression for it instead of having others define
her and then rebelling because those roles don't fit her.
And, then there's the boy with the Christmas lights that I started this
story with... these kids really enjoy the freedom of materials in their
Catchers to reflect their "putting it all together", unlimited thinking.
Something of the elders, something of the young girl, perfect for him.
My last example is a Catcher I'm working on right now. For the core (inner
hoop) I wove a pattern that represents a sand dollar. The woman I'm doing
this for is going to
Thailand, and she is going to bring back 13 charms to put into the
empty spaces in her purpose weave (also 13). Each charm is to have the
energy of that space... 1--2--3. etc. in whatever style is meaningful to
her. But, she's to find these charms like you would a sand dollar on the
beach. For the materials, I used elastic and silk for the sand dollar
because her inner life is very flexible and "stretchy", but also exquisite
like silk. I also have a few beads that represent "planting seeds" which she
does and honors. In the "space between" the inner and outer hoops, the
Purpose weave, I'm using gold wrapped pearl stringing thread, and your
sinew... The thread creates a 13 pointed star pattern, and the sinew weaves
the spaces between the star and the hoop creating something that looks like
a flower. It is in the empty spaces that she's going to put her charms that
she collects on this trip. And her external expression is very "owl" so I'm
going to find some artificial owl feathers because it is perfect to
represent her living a "wild" pattern in her very domesticated
chiropractic-office life where she deals with doctors, patients and
insurance companies all day long. She's figured out how to "wear the energy"
in a "caged" environment. Very interesting woman!
Again, thank you for sending me the materials, and know that they will be
used and appreciated by many. Also, I would very much love to be doing this
as part of your website, if there is a way I could do it in authenticity
(I'm the opposite of Kay!!!). For example, I couldn't "take pictures" of
Catchers I make for people, and I don't know if I could "fake it" just to
provide an example. I suppose ones for businesses that are already public
could be photographed, but I would want the Catcher to draw energy to that
business and not disrupt it by being a marketing piece to promote my work. I
also do numerology readings, and how the numerology works is something I
could explain and post... and perhaps stories like the above without showing
the Catcher.
Catherine,
Wonderful work that you
do. Marvelous story. Yes, we can start with the story you have just
told me. Your inner beauty shows in your words and thoughts. The
final product will always be different anyway. I could show a
dream-within-a-dream dream catcher and perhaps there are other types
of illustrations that would convey the meaning and significance of
what you do. I could include a photo of you if that fits with what
you do.\
I like your development
of dream catcher weaving in new areas than I have done. It
represents a further fulfillment of the potential of the dream
catcher beyond what the Ojibwe originally imagined and a melding of
cultures and energies. Just as I took the design beyond the typical
dream catcher, you are taking the design and materials used into
another realm. Together we are creating new dimensions for the dream
catcher. Let's see how this plays....
If you would like to know more about the Cherokee numerology dream catcher
weaving that Catherine does,
send her an email and begin a conversation
with her.
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Aslan Heart / White Eagle Soaring of the Little Shell Pembina Band,
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