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2. Miss-Information around ENLIGHTENED AWARENESS

2008-07-13T06:54:55Z

> IN SERVICE TO Clarity of Mind

> It's feels like time to cut thru the MISS-
> INFORMATION surrounding ENLIGHTENMENT. .
>
> It's time to explore this issue FULLY for the
> benefit of our Earths Survival.
> It can alter some individual journeys, due to
> NOT falling down the traps;1) Society has set
> for us, 2) We have set for us, 3) Lack of clear
> information has set for us.

> Clearly, we have ALL been born to LIVE, real
> CLARITY in the World around us,
> . . . But due to MISS-INFORMATION, . . . we
> knowingly-unknowingly absorbed thru our Lives,
> to known-unknown forces in the World, Clarity
> DOES NOT HAPPEN for all of us. [This too will change].
>
> MUSIC TV is singing right NOW in the background
> “”WAKE UP,
> WAKE UP,
> WAKE UP,
> WAKE UP,
> wake up to the manipulation””
>
> Pink Floyd sang it clearly, as did many others
> in music, film, writing, paintings, drawing,
> photography, etc.
>
> It’s IN the category of “THE EARTH IS FLAT”
> All the evidence showed that the Earth was round,
> BUT
> . . . It didn't stop, the consensus of the day,
> saying the Earth was flat, (and that was only a
> few seconds ago, in Earth history)---ONLY a few
> Hundred Years Ago, our time . . .
>
> Similarly, as a group of people on this Earth,
> many have been hoodwinked into thinking that;
> . . . Enlightenment is DIFFICULT to comprehend
> . . . We cannot talk about IT [to a certain
> degree true]
> . . . We must follow a GURU, a recognised
> Teacher, or Lineage of Teachers, or a pathway
> designated BY someone else
> . . . THE PROCESS of CLARITY into ENLIGHTENED
> AWARENESS, is DIFFICULT to conceptualise-
> experience-and KNOW, . . . .
>
> IS THIS ALL a blatant UN-TRUTH ???
>
> [Something I read years ago was a paper on an
> obscure subject, that around c.1900 was in ONE
> book published, followed by another book several
> years later. This, over a period of 50 or so
> years, was followed by 70+ books until one guy
> at the end of the process did a study that
> established that all 70+ books came from most of
> the information from the first and second book .
> . . Nothing else was of any REAL relevance.]
>
> How THIS Writer established Clarity, [in this
> Life], DID NOT COME from any religion, or book,
> or person
> . . . the Writers’ Awareness came from a
> personal event
> . . . that created the decision to live TRUTH,
> . . . in every moment of every day,
> . . . It came from breaking away (from all
> current ways found in Society) and going
> directly IN to TRUTH.
>
> The process of living TRUTH in every aspect of
> Life
> . . . CREATED THE INNER ENVIRONMENT for the
> experience to HAPPEN by itself (to unfold
> effortlessly), and to become so amazing that
> research to unearth others who have this same
> experience, was a very juicy recent experience,
> and the writer realized that this experience is
> transferable to the Minds and experience of
> others.
>
> WE can NOT grow a lettuce when the environment
> does not support that growth
> . . . Our Culture of Mis-information we ALL have
> been exposed to, has not supported the growth of
> our OWNERSHIP of OUR OWN Enlightenment Awareness
> in its Clarity.
>
> It does not feel to me to be an isolated
> experience that has happened to the writer . . .
> This feels to be a planetary unfolding of
> Awareness happening here, between us
> . . . that we are ALL PART OF...

> Every person on this planet EARTH is related to
> you.
> The TRANSFORMATION IN AWARENESS,. . . of every
> person seems to BE a part of the Planetary
> Awareness in progress.
>
> IN SERVICE TO THIS "I AM"
>
> What are your thoughts???
> ESTABLISHING the process that Transforms into
> simple understandings
> . . . Is a process of Education-not an altered
> state of High Awareness
> . . . Blind Freddie can do it
> . . . It is NOT a Religion
>
> Call it whatever you like
> . . . FREEDOM,
> . . . Clarity
> . . . Enlightenment
> . . . OR, just a time in your Life when you say to
> yourself, . . ."Oh! ! , So that’s what IT IS . . . '
> . . . ‘THE WAKE UP CALL’ HAPPENS
> . . . Enlightened Awareness
> It does NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS CALLED
> . . . .It is An Experience we can all avail
> ourselves INTO . . .[if you so Allow IT to BE . . .] .

> Do you think it is Earth time for its people to
> live in Clarity of Awareness ???

> Where IS the information that cuts thru the Miss-
> Information found by many of us???

> It sounds like a tribe for this needs to be
> established, and later this may be so.
>
> Regards and Blessings
> Sam
>

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cooking with rocks

2008-07-13T01:26:11Z

This is an ancient method of cooking. Heat three or four smooth clean rocks in a nice little bonfire. Dig a hole and put a large pot down in it. Put in water, onion, potatoes, garlic, sliced carrots, tomatoes, spices, etc. When the rocks are really hot, use a shovel to put them into the pot and it will boil the veggies, and give it some earth energy, especially if you use certain kinds of rocks. Any ideas on the best kind of rocks, that will not burst when heated? When done, put the rocks aside for future use. This frees your bonfire from the hassle of cooking, or and frees you from the hassle of potholders and falling pots and stuff. Just ladle and serve right at ground level.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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bannock recipe (fried corn cakes)

2008-07-13T01:24:09Z

The Chippewa took these fried cakes along when the tribe was moving or warriors were hunting. They are, however, best eaten hot. Think about carrying the supplies in your food wannigan next time you hit the road to sleep among the boulders and bubbling creeks.

1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup water
4 tablespoons melted butter or bacon drippings
4 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
3 to 4 tablespoons cooking oil (for frying)

In a bowl, combine cornmeal, water, butter or bacon drippings, syrup
and salt.

In a large cast iron skillet, (heavy, I know but oh so worth the effort) heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat.

Drop batter by tablespoonsful into hot oil.

Flatten with spatula and fry cakes until crisp and browned on both sides. Add more oil as
needed.

Serves 4 to 6.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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three wild human poems

2008-07-13T01:22:54Z

i am no longer afraid
of the mystery called freedom.
i stepped out,
i let go, and
i sank for awhile.

now i swim,
now i am healed,
now i grow,
now i walk freedom road,

sometimes alone,
but always tall and easy,
with fierce intelligence
and unadorned beauty.

i got in my canoe
and learned to paddle on my own,
then i paddled away
from the known to the unknown.

i got out of my canoe
and crossed my personal wasteland
of emotional garbage,
of spiritual baggage,
with no signposts and
no prophets to guide me,
only the light of spirit and truth.

now i have passed the crossroads,
now i am truly alive,
no longer afraid of freedom.

*************************************************

writing, my solace...
music, my comfort...
two gateways...

they transport me,
transcending all...
all illusions,
all lies,
all mindgames and bullshit...

shining genuine truth and authenticity
onto all aspects of life.

for these two gateways to oneness and peace,
i give my deepest thanks and highest praise.

***************************************************

a hummingbird visited my humble porch today,
after thunderstorms rumbled through,
washing and cleansing every living thing.

rocky creeks and mossy boulders
greet my eyes,
caress my mind,
comfort my soul,

as i wander down
every gravel backroad
in this outlaw haven
of wooded hollars and
untamed forests.

i wander these backroads
searching for my original soul,
hidden beneath layers of grime
accumulated in the city,
shed in the country.

these roads lead me away
from the illusions and bullshit
and towards my heart
strongly beating
and towards the light,
and towards my soul
courageously answering
this devastating call to adventure
that is finally leading me home...

all poems written by manitou magwa in the summer of 2005

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wild human music

2008-07-13T01:22:01Z

Hey wild humans. You may have noticed a big dropoff in the amount of writing I've been doing. I've been busy, so I assume you've been too busy to post here too. One of the things I've been doing is exploring the world of Rainbow music. I haven't even gotten to youtube yet (oh my gawd!!!! it has tons of great stuff!!!). Here are the two links I've been working with to download music to my computer to develop a playlist from which to burn cd's and make mp3's to send to people I love. I haven't figured out mp3's yet, or I'd send you one, but I'm burning the most amazing cd's you've ever heard in your life, if you like rainbow heartsongs and bonfire music.

I have a yahoo music station on one of my yahoo 360 pages. That station is full of excellent music that no one ever hears of. I formed it when I was working on my Soulternatives yahoo group. I went to All Music, typed in someone like Grateful Dead, looked at all their influences and everyone they've influenced, when to my yahoo radio station, put those names in as my favorites and gave them high stars over and over, and then it started randomly spinning out the most incredible music. It put me in ecstacy, I tell you. So I may try to go that route next, but it will take me along time to get tired of the Rainbow music.

I highly recommend the recordings from Idaho and Montana, but all of them are good. My favorites are the chants, the drum songs, etc. I will try to include a song list so you can reference it if you want to, or I could send you a cd of my favorites after the 15th when I get some more cash.

http://rainbowtribe.net/

http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/music/index.html

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

Rainbow Family's Greatest Hits:

Remember Our Place in the Universe by John Trudell

Mount Zion by Deja, Nakima and Sasha

White Buffalo by Mariana

Spirit Take Me Home by Sasha Butterfly

Beautiful Chant by Deja etc

Djembe Chant by Deja etc

Light of Jah by Deja etc

Chant 1 by Nada Bindu

Track 13 by unknown artists

Another Sweet Song

Inner Revolution by Michael

Drums, Drums, Drums by Dundun camp

One is the Power by House of David

Chant 3 by Late night at G-Funk

Take Care of Yourself, My Friend by Gabriella

Song for the Indigenous by MJ

Strength by Alyssa

Roman Gypsy Camp by the Rainbow Gypsies

Grow by Osha

La Luna Llena by Deja etc.

Jai Hanuman by Rocker T

Napoli by Gabriella

Gumbo Rhythm by the Drum Brothers

Secret to a Long Life by Groove Camp

Free Style by Free Flowing Freak Family

Fire is Burning by Steve Goldenhair

Buffalo Road by Raccoon

and many, many, many more!!! Just print out this list, go to the sites I gave you, and look for those songs, when you touch the title with your pointer, right click on Save link as or Save Source As, and it will download it to your music player and then you can move it to the file you want and burn a cd!!! I have 196 songs so far, and I only downloaded my favorites. That's six hours of music, which I turn on first thing every morning, to accompany my day. All the music is live and accoustic, with coughs, babies crying, drums in the distance, footsteps on the ground, crickets in the trees. Just like being there, so wonderful

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who we are

2008-07-13T01:20:59Z

Hello, my name is Manitou Magwa (aka kiyonah thundersong). I focalize a grassroots nonprofit tribe called The Wild Human Initiative. We exist to reawaken ancient pathways to healing humanity within the modern world. We promote personal empowerment and cultural transformation, by helping each other to find and discover tribe, phamily, community, love and home.

Each summer since 2005, we have embarked on an annual tour, called The Courage of Our Conscience Tour, where we stop at music festivals, concert parking lots, gatherings and other events, to offer literature, meet new people, and share the news of what we do. Maybe we could combine our talents and our forces at some point. I would like to offer a Wild Human Campout sometime this October, to teach one another Rainbow survival, wilderness survival, and urban survival, and hang out together.

We are technohippies, cyberhumans, whatever you wish to call it. We wish to reclaim in every way our authentic and natural humanity, and to help restore the Earth to her natural majesty, while participating in human cultural evolution, which is most evident right now in technologies such as computers and the internet, appropriate technologies, and the growth of concern for social justice in all arenas of life.

Please speak up and let me know if you share the vision. May wild hearts always beat freely, and may our hearts beat as ONE.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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great quotes for wild humans

2008-07-13T01:19:40Z

"Our program is cultural revolution through a total assault on culture, which makes use of every tool, every energy and every media we can get our collective hands on...our culture, our art, our music, our books, our posters, our clothing, the way our hair grows long, the way we smoke dope and fuck and eat and sleep and it's all one message--the message of freedom."

-John Sinclair, 1969

Got to get back to the land
and set myself free...

-Joni Mitchell

One thing I can tell you is
you've got to be FREE

-John Lennon

I took the road less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference

-Robert Frost

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams,
Live the life you've always imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

Follow your bliss (on a path with HEART)
and doors will open where there were none before.

-Joseph Campbell

When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much.
Fen-Yang

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nerhu

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wild human free skool: things you can make

2008-07-13T01:17:17Z

This week's session of the wild human free skool will focus on how to make things--make some of your own clothes, make simple clay pots and build your own earth oven/kiln, make candles, make jewelry with beads from scratch, make hippie art like window flowers and god's eyes and window splatter pictures. Enjoy, and happy wild human exploring...

*How to make some Wild Human Clothing:

The Sari is a wild human classic, great for roaming through gatherings or hanging out in your yard. It's made of a filmy cloth, white is my favorite, or it can have a fancy design on it or on one end. Start with one end by tying together two handfulls of cloth at your waist, folded over accordion style. Like, hold one end at your waist, bunch up the other end and bring it around you once. Then throw the long end up over your shoulder so it reached down to your feet. Catch the rest of it in your other hand (that's not holding the bunched up part).Pleat a bunch of it in front and tuck it in the front waist. Now take the long end that went up over your shoulder off. Bring this end once more around your waist and throw it over your shoulder again. I know this is almost impossible to figure out from reading it. but if you get a very long cloth with a print on one end to anchor your mind as to directions, you will be able to figure it out by experimenting. You can do the same thing with a smaller scarf and wrap it around your ta tas and tuck or attach it somehow.

The Drawstring Gown is another wild human classic. Take two identical sized pieces of cloth and make a hem at the top. The pieces should go from shoulder to ankle length, and be very wide for flowiness.Sew the sides together up to the bottom of where you want the armholes. Connect the hems at the top, and run a drawstring or elastic through to form a gathered neckline. Again, experiment with types of fabric (for flowiness) and design/size.

The Bermoose is another wild human classic, slightly more fitted due to tying a sash at your waist. Measure a length of fabric from your shoulder to your ankle. Then, double that length and use it for your dress. The width should be that of your hips or shoulders at the widest part, plus a few inches for comfort. Make a t-shaped slit for your neck in the center and trim a neckhole. Sew up the sides leaving arm holes. Tie at your waist and voila there you go.

The Wild Human Skirt is a classic for both men and women. I love seeing a sexy man at a Gathering with a nice wild human skirt on. So, a gathered skirt is simple, just fold over the top of the cylinder of flowy fabric you make by joining the two sides of a rectangle of cloth. And add a draw string of elastic. If you prefer a belt, add it the same way you would add cuffs to a sleeve, except you must leave an opening for a zipper or button. For a flowy A-line skirt, cut out a shape as wide at the top as you are at the widest part of your hips and as wide at the bottom as you want the hem to be. Then keep making little tucks (darts) all around with pins until it fits you. Add a facing at the waist or a cuff if you intend to wear a belt with it. I love to add lace at the bottom so its like a long petticoat, then wear a lacy lingerie top with a medicine bag, barefoot with tanned feet and natural toenails. Wild human sexiness.

Dont forget about wild human Hooded Robes, which are made from army blankets or other nice felty fabric. Fold a big piece of fabric and cut out pieces for the sleeves, hood, cowl, and body, so you have two identical pieces for each part, front and back. The length of the cowl is 2 or 3 inches less than the distance around your shoulders, but be sure it fits over your head. The body is the distance from your neck to your ankle is in length and of any width. The sleeves should measure from your armpit to your wrist with maybe a little extra. The hood can be any size and shape you like. I like a large hood that I can pull down over my eyes or around my face to block the wind or photographers. The lining can be made with an identical robe or an old shirt with patchwork additions to fit. Now, here's how you do it. Sew seams for the back on the body, cowl, and sleeves. the Hood seam is on the back of the head of it. Gather the body to the cowl, leaving slits on the sides for arm holes. Sew sleeves in the slits. Gather the hood to the cowl. Turn inside out and sew the lining at the seams. Voila, there you go, good luck.

There is lots more clothing than this that you can make yourself, like pants, mocassins, sandals, head bands. I don't have time to write it all right now, but just find something you like, observe how its made, deconstruct it in your mind, and then figure out how to copy it and do it!!!

*How to tie dye fabrics for tapestries, sheets, clothing, diapers, etc.:

If you want to use the hues of the forest, then you know the colors of the forest are ever changing. Collect bark, leaves, twigs, berries, tea leaves, coffee grounds, anything that has the colors you want. Dye cloth and your weaving yarns to their shades, for wild human color in your life. First, boil your fabric, like wool, silk, cotton, flax (manmade fibers are difficult to dye and require chemicals). Boil them in water (one gallon per pound of fabric) with alum (one or two ounces per pound). This will make the dyes set in permanently. Then, boil the vegetable matter for several hours, and strain out the vegetable matter and save the liquid for dying. Then, dip in the yarn or fabric, and stir it. Different soaking times bring about different shades of color. Also, different boiling times change the intensity, so you may get several shades of the same color.

Tie Dying is not difficult. Prepare the cloth with alum and prepare the tint. Let the cloth dry. Then bind it with string or rubber bands in various places to create a design, like a starburst. Dip the tightly tied cloth in dye and let it sit a few minutes in the dye. Then let it dry. When its dry, untie it, and tie in new places. You may dip only small places, like the ends of little sections, to give variation to the design. When its completed, and dry, iron out the wrinkles and hang it up, puff some and sit back and enjoy what you made!

*How to make candles: To make a large quantity of candles like I do, just melt all the beeswax you can get your hands on in a big drum or pot, really big if possible. Know that you may splatter wax on the oven or floor, so don't do it in the space of a neat freak or a control freak. Find or make a hoop slightly smaller than the circumference of the pot. Hang cotton wicks from it. Attach the hoop to an overhead pulleyor anchor so you can raise and lower the hoop each time you want to dip the wicks in wax. Cut off the ends when the candle gets big enough. To harden the wax, add 2 ounces of alum per pound of wax during the melting process. To prepare your wicks, use tightly braided string, dipped in vinegar and dried thoroughly. These handmade wicks actually work quite well, or buy some at the store. Candles burn brighter if you braid in some thin wire. For fancy candles, dip fresh flowers in clear wax and attach them to the wet candles. You can also braid pliable candles while the wax is still soft. Finally, you can pour wax into molds, but I don't know much about that.

For bayberry wax, just boil berries for 10 minutes. Strain them through cloth into a crock pot or something. Melt the wax in a coffee can and add the berry juice. Color it by melting in crayons of any color you like. Tie pieces of string on a branch and dip one by one until the candle looks thick enough. The candles can bend around while dipping--they dry hard, so it doesn't matter if the container isn't as tall as the candles. the cheapest wax is used candle butts from thrift stores. Use the heaviest string available.

*How to make Wild Human Candles:

To begin, melt some wax in a can over a high flame. For separate colors, use several cans and color them with wax crayons. Keep the wax liquid over a low flame. Scent with incense or essential oils.

For floating candles, pour wax on a flat surface. Form petals by pressing the flat wax up against a small candle, which is the center of the floating candle. Continue making petals until you have three or four rows.

For sand candles, form a mold by digging into wet sand. I like to fill a five gallon bucket with wet sand, and then dig a little hole in the size and shape I want. Press seashells, seaweed or whatever into the sides of the hole you dig. Tie the wick to a piece of coat hanger wire and bury the wire at the bottom of the mold. Hold the wick up with one hand and pour in the wax. Then let it dry and gently jiggle it out.

For carved candles, an old milk carton or paper cup with a hole in the bottom to drive through the wick is the mold. Seal the hole with wax before pouring in the alternate layers of colored wax. Allow each layer to dry before adding a new one. Tear off the mold when its dry, and carve with a knife. Finish the edges of carving by smoothing with a lighted match.

For agate candles, the mold is made from aluminum foil in a strange shape of your liking. Make a hole in the bottom for the wick. Seal with wax. Pour in alternate layers of colored was. Or suspend a wick like with sand candles and wait for it to harden.

For ice candles, a mold is a paper cup or milk carton. Add the wick as above. Fill with ice cubes and pour in hot wax. The ice melts and leaves cubic holes in the candle. This candle burns fast, but makes interesting shapes.

*How to make Wild Human Jewelry:

Lots of things can be soaked overnight and pierced with a needle to be strung as jewelry, such as eucalyptus pods, cloves and whole allspice. Use your imagination. These make very fragrant necklaces, good for mixing with your wild human funk while camping. Pierce cloves through the stem. These can be as long as you like, doubled over or single string. They can even go down to your knees or waist or just your neck. Limpet shells, sections of bamboo, whittled knots of wood (pierce them with a very hot nail), stones or marbles can all be bound with thread. You can also make paper mache beads, by soaking shredded newspaper in flour and water, to form into balls around nails. When they are dry, remove the nail and paint. Make beautiful wild human beads! Clay beads are also simple to make. Form little balls and pierce them with a nail. Smooth them with water, dry and fire them, or just dry if its the right kind of clay. Instead of glazing them, you can mosaic them with tiny smooth pebbles from the seashore, using epoxy glue.

*How to make Wild Human Window Art:

Fold a paper towel in quarters and then into triangular eights, like you would to cut out a snowflake. Drop spots of food coloring on the towel. Then unfold it. The colors are brilliant and the translucent towel looks very pretty with sun shining through it. Make one for every window in your wild human abode!

For splatter prints, dip an old toothbrush in poster paint and rub in over a piece of screen. The paint spray splatters onto the page of paper below. When you put something like a leaf, for example, on the page, you get a white s[ace in a leaf shape with splatter around it. Try different colors and shapes together, hang and enjoy!

*How to make a Wild Human Gods Eye: Make a cross with two sticks of equal length. Tie them together in the center, so you have an "x" that is secure. Now, take yarn or fiber of interesting color and texture, secure it to the center, and begin weaving it around the x, over and under, around and around placing the threads right beside each other and not overlapping so you build up the space all the way to the outer edge. You can switch fibers or colors by tieing one string to the next at the back of the gods eye where it wont be seen. When done, knot it to the stick where the string ends, and tie on a hanger string and hang it and enjoy!!!

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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wild human recipes

2008-07-13T01:15:11Z

Here are a variety of recipes that I and my wild human friends enjoy. We have many more of course, but here is my offering for today. Maybe we can write a little wild human cookbook.

Apple Pizza (great for breakfast)

Prepare a dough of whole weat flour, rolled oats, salt, water, grated lemon peel, cinnamon, a little honey and oil.

Oil a cast iron skillet and press dough over the bottom of the pan 1/4 inch thick. Cover with apple slices. Dissolve together over low heat some honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, and apple juice (about a spoonful). Pour it over the pizza.

Optionally, you can top with slices of your favorite cheese. Bake in moderate oven until dry.

Campfire Cake:

Cut an unsliced loaf of bread into big cubes. Dunk them in condensed milk. Roll them in coconut. Spear them with a green stick and toast them over an open fire.

Coffee Cake:

Mix one cup of flour, one egg, one cup of wheat germ or cornmeal, 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, baking powder, and cinnamon, 1/2 cup each of honey and oil. Moisten with enough water to make a stiff dough.

Form balls 1 inch in diameter, roll them in cinnamon, wheat germ and brown sugar. Place them on an oiled pan, touching, and bake them until dry.

Salads:

Place in a bowl many different vegetables--wild vegetables, like lambs quarters, sheep sorrel, miner's lettuce, mustard leaves, or watercress--and some vegetables you might normally cook, like zucchini, brocolli, spinach, cauliflower, and add some taste trips like kelp, raisins, garlic, jerusalem artichoke, grapes, walnuts, chicken chunks, apple slices, pumpkin seeds, good olives, and avocado chunks. Now pour on a little very good extra virgin cold pressed olive oil. The oil should coat each vegetable. Just before serving, add a little lemon juice and salt. That way the vegetables won't wilt or lose their vitamins to the dressing in the bottom of the bowl. Enjoy!

Salad Dressing:

Mix equal parts of tahini or oil, apple cider vinegar, and season with tamari, soy sauce or garlic juice.

Delicious Muesli:

Roast rolled oats, wheat flakes, rye flakes.

Add soy groats, sesame seeds. toasted buckwheat groats, sunflower seeds, coconut shreds, bran toasted wheat germ, dried fruits, nuts, toasted pumpkin seeds, etc.

Add salt to taste.

Serve with milk and honey or fresh fruit or yogurt.

Salty Muesli:

Add chopped dried umboshi (japanese salted plum). Omit the milk, honey, coconut and fruit.

Ganja Butter:

Grind seeds and stems. Simmer gently with butter for 4 hours, watching it carefully and adding butter as needed. Strain. Use butter in any confection recipe.

Stony Morrocan Surprise:

Grind up the following ingredients: 1 teaspoon peppercorns, 1 whole nutmeg, 4 sticks of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon coriander, about an 1/8th or more of good shake (cleaned of seeds and stems), one handful each of dates, dried figs, almonds, peanuts.

Combine with some ganga butter and roll into balls.

To the above, you can add any of the following to enhance the taste:

honey, coconut, carob powder, sunflower or sesame seed meal, grated orange rind, toasted wheat germ, bananas, and/or ganja butter.

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wild human free skool: wild human things you can make

2008-07-13T01:13:44Z

Today's session will explore some of the things we can make by hand. These are rough instructions, and you will have to improvise. The more you improvise your techniques and materials, the better, actually! These crafty things will make your daily existence have a little more of the wild human flavor.

*How to make a Button Stone Hammock:

Find a nice strong blanket that stretches a little but not too much, and that you can work with without it tearing or unravelling. Try a mexican blanket, something with stripes or another cool pattern, but strong and soft. Find two strong, straight sticks a little longer than the width of the blanket--you will need one for each end of the blanket. Now, find six round stones, not too heavy, that will anchor the blanket to the stick.

Fold the last six inches of the end of the blanket over the strong stick, up and over. Place a small round stone under the two layers of blanket you now have, and tie a strong knot around the knob made by the stone poking through the two layers. Make several of these knobs at each end of the blanket, to anchor the loop of blanket around the stick (leave a little room for "give"). Tie a length strong rope that won't slip or unravel/break, to each end of each stick, and then hang it between two trees.

Now you have a jungle bed. All you have to do now is string a nice tarp over your hammock at an angle to deflect any rain, and possibly string a line from which to hang clothes and lightweight things. If you have tree branches around, you can possibly set little trays there in the crooks to set your stuff on. This is a great way to camp.

How to Make Beaded Curtains:

Make a soupy paste of flour and water. Find a bar of wood the width of the door or window you want to hang it in. Tack or nail a very long piece of string so it is horizontal (easier to work with). Dip strips of newspaper in the soupy paste, and wind them around the string at intervals, forming a row of beads down the length of the string. When it dries, paint the beads, and finish them with shellac or clear wood varnish. Do this for as many times as you want strings with beads for your door/window bar. Then tack the bead strings to the bar, and hang it in your door or window. Be as fantastically creative as you want to be!

How to Paint a Mural on Your Floor:

When you have the freedom to feather your own nest, it can be a real reflection of your wild human self. It can be dreamy, or pagan, or native american, anything at all. Any floor can be covered with fresh plywood boards and painted in phenomenal ways with acrylic or enamels (house paint works fine, as do artist paints which are more expensive but fun to work with), and then be given a coat of polyurethane (which is liquid plastic), which when it seals is easy to clean and very durable. You can do the same thing with old tables and other woodwork.

You may also want to think about mosaic tiles. These are simply flat pieces of glazed clay. A wall, counter top, fountain, table, anything, are beautiful when covered with mosaic tile. You can make inspirational patterns, and even incorporate shards of broken mirror or colored glass or anything else flat and pretty that will complete a picture you create. Also, you can make these kinds of things and sell them for pretty big bucks. I've seen personal friends fight over a table and a drum that had mosaic and each was selling for over $350 dollars (another table was over a $1000), and they all wanted to be the one to score it. My friend who made these had a very long waiting list and did quite well making mosaic tables and hand made drums with tie dyed heads on them. The mosaic tables were dumpster and thrift shop scores that she completely covered with mosaic tiles and finished with glaze.

How to Make an Outdoor Kitchen for Gatherings and Outdoor Living:

When you're camping out or living in the woods, you quickly realize that the kitchen is the center of your "home". The fire is the center of the action, and we Rainbows call that the bliss pit or kitchen hearth. The fire pit should be enclosed by large smooth rocks that won't explode when heated, arranged in a large circle to make a boundary that will hold wood and keep out children and dogs. You will need to string very large tarps over the whole kitchen and bliss pit, because it will likely rain, and you want to be able to have a dry, clean, warm kitchen. If for some reason you cannot have a ground fire, then you will need a big 50 gallon metal can like hillbillies use for burning garbage--shoot or poke some holes in it, and put some wood in it and light it, and there you go. It will get hot, so keep kids away from it. So you need big tarps, strong rope, and tent stakes to stake down the grommets at ground level. Just eyeball it and figure it out. But first set up the kitchen, then cover it with tarps when you see the size and arrangement of it.

Choose a spot fairly close to the fire, and neatly stack it with dead wood, sticks, and kindling. Put it where no one will trip on it. Next, you need to build a clay oven. I don't have the time or space to explain it right now, but there are directions all over the Internet. Ask any Rainbow and they can tell you all about it. Here's a picture of Jerusalem camp's oven, so you can picture what I'm telling you:

Jerusalem Camp Outdoor Rainbow Kitchen (no tarp though)

Jerusalem Camp Oven (rocks and packed mud with stove pipe and door)

All your food should be stored in plastic, glass, or metal containers with tight fitting lids. Empty coffee cans, cookie tins and glass mason jars work well too. You should label them with masking tape and a marker to make searching for stuff easier. You will want a supply tent, like a small zippered pup tent, to hold stuff in so thieves and animals have less access to it. Insects won't bother it as much either that way, unless you have boxes of produce, and then you will see little fruit gnats, but just put out a glass of sugar water with honey around the rim, and that should take care of it. The bugs will go in there and get stuck or drown.

Shelves are easily constructed of deadwood and rope, boards and nails, bricks or cement blocks, or crates, a combination of any or all of these. You will need a wooden cutting board, a knife, a collnader, and some kind of refrigeration for vegetables, like a cooler or a heavy metal trash can that can be immersed in a cold creek (keep the water out of the can though or your veggies will go bad quicker). The best kind of pots and frying pans are either heavy stainless steel or heavy cast iron. You will need a spatula, a ladle, a stirring spoon, and bliss dishes, plates, bowls, mugs, and silverware. You will also want spices and condiments like coffee creamer, ketchup, pancake syrup etc. Stack crates up on your counter top and put a glass of sugar water nearby to catch ants and stuff.

Speaking of dishes, you will need a wash station. An easy sink is a big bowl with a hole in the bottom, elevated on a rack system of deadwood and ropes or built of planks and nailed together. The hole is for draining the water. Use plastic jugs hung from trees or placed on shelves you build, for your water supply and your hand wash. Label you hand wash with very big dark marker so no one drinks it (hand wash has a capful of bleach in it, to kill nasty stuff before you eat). You can set up a gravity fed wash station, by suspending five gallon buckets, with tubes coming out of them, and even construct a foot release that someone can push down on and have water flow over their hands. For washing dishes, I would suggest having a series of three five gallon buckets in a row, one with hot soapy water (which will have to be heated in a big pan on the fire--takes a couple of hours), one with warm water that has a drop of bleach in it, and one with cold water for rinsing, with a rack at the end to hang dishes on to dry so they don't get dirty on the ground or anything.

Finally, you will want to dig a compost hole, and a shitter. The compost hole needs to be deep and have water in it, to discourage dogs, and have a rope around it so people can lean in and scrape food in but not fall in accidentally. Dogs have gotten their tongues cut off from digging through food garbage, like licking in a can where the lid was not completely removed, so keep dogs out, and remove the lids completely. Most Rainbow kitchens also set up a row of garbage bags with labels, for recycling, one for cans, one for glass, one for paper, etc. with the bags tacked to a railing they build out of deadwood. Then someone on kitchen crew hauls it out at the end of the gathering or when the bags get full.

To build a proper shitter for your sweet little wild human kitchen, take the following into account. The site should not be above or anywhere near a water supply! And it should be far enough away to not bring flies to the kitchen. And it should not be in a patch of poison ivy, or in a snake's den, or any other dangerous place. You will need some big heavy shovels to dig, a coffee can to hold toilet paper and keep it from getting wet, a board for sitting on over the trench hole, a jug of hand wash, a tapestry or two to hang for privacy, a few pieces of cardboard or small flags to mark the trail there (if one can say open/occupied to let people know which is the current condition, that would be good), and a can of lime or fire ashes if you can, to neutralize the stuff in the hole after each use. And when you dig the trench, pile up the dirt real nice, because how it works is that each time someone uses it, they are supposed to sprinkle some dirt over their mess, so the next person won't have to see it, the smell will stay down, the flies won't get to it, and the hole will fill up faster so it is not too full of human waste.

So, you dig a trench at least three feet deep, five feet or even more if you can (depends how rocky or clay the ground is), and one foot wide, and about four feet or more long, depending on how big the gathering is. If it's just you and a friend or two, it can be three feet deep, one foot wide, and three feet long. If the trench is on a slanted area, make sure you dig the trench pointing up and down rather than sideways, or you will squat over it with all your weight on one leg. Put it in a pretty, wooded spot. Hang a dreamcatcher, a small mirror, and maybe a prayer or a quote on the tree, to inspire people to stay in the Rainbow vibe even when they are shitting!

How to Make Instant Canned Heat:

Cut a strip of cardboard one inch wide and about a yard long, and roll it into a tight spiral. Place it in an empty can, a small one like a tuna can. Pour melted parafin over it and let it set. It will burn for a long time.

How to Make Instant Campfire Kindling:

Tear newspaper into strips 3 inches wide. Roll it up tightly into little logs an inch in diameter. Secure with string. Dip in melted paraffin and allow to dry. Store them in a plastic ziplock baggie, with matches or a lighter, to keep them waterproof until you use them. Two will kindle a fire just fine. Make a bunch, just in case.

How to Form a Free Store: Find a place that can be allocated for all the things people aren't using and don't want around, or are ready to pass around or gift others with. Saturday and Sunday afternoons are great for gathering stuff from yard sales that are shutting down, because whatever people don't sell they often want hauled off to the thrift shop. So you can stock up by hitting up those folks. At this Free Store you stock up and offer to people, a person can look through everything to find whatever he or she needs, and share what he or she wants to share. It works great. People never get tired of it. The more they take the better, because it opens the space to bring in more, new stuff. It's surprising how Spirit opens the floodgates to bless ventures like that.

Someone will have to keep the store in order every now and then. Also, put up signs asking the patrons to straighten stuff while they are there, and tell them to not just drop stuff on the floor and leave it there, to take care of one another and keep the blessings flowing. Someone will need to build the shelves and bins. Someone may have to take stuff no one wants to the dump every now and then. It's a shame how some people kick down their worst shit rather than their best, thinking poor people will appreciate it? or just getting rid of it thoughtlessly? I don't know, but it does happen, and after awhile it just takes up space so someone has to get rid of it. The Free Store spot (which can just be a spot behind a store or under someon'e awning or something, small and tight and open) is also a good place for a community bulletin board, to post ride shares and announcements and business cards and stuff.

How to Form a Food Co-Op:

If your tribe buys food and other sundries separately like most people, then a co-op helps to avoid redundancy in trips to town and higher individual expenses. This is good if a bunch of you live far from town, and gas prices are so high and stuff. Simply have each tribe "member" contribute to a gas fund for the person who makes the run to town, and also contribute about two hours a week for driving, shopping, measuring bulk quantities into individual orders, bookkeeping etc). The co-op takes orders for food and other things from its "members", then buys in quantity certain items, which saves money, then delivers them, which saves time and gas money. Your co-op can buy tis food from a big co-op, like the French Broad Food Co-Op in Asheville, which you pay to be a member of in exchange for a good discount, but the public can shop there too.

How to Make a Huge Quantity of Whole Grain Bread:

This technique can empower you to make hundreds of loaves of bread a day at a minimum of expense, so you can feed street people, Rainbows, do a Food Not Bombs table, or whatever. Every slice is to be given away for FREE, although you can put out a donation jar or magic hat for people who do have green energy to share. This is what you will need:

1. a very large oven or two ovens or even more...

2. clean new plasic trash cans for mixing and storing flour (short and squat ones are best)

3. a large flat surface for kneading

4. coffee cans to bake bread in

5. a sink to wash utensils in

6. flour--consider going to "damaged freight" companies, discount grocery stores, etc, and buy broken 100 pound bags. there are a lot if you can find them. otherwise limit it to what you can afford.

7. yeast, salt, and oil. (find your favorite bread recipe)

Step One: The night before baking: mix dry ingredients in the trash cans. Foam up the yeast i warm milk or sugar water. Add yeast to the flour and enough water to make a soft dough. Knead, cover and leave in a warm place overnight.

Step Two: The next morning: wash dry and grease the coffee cans. Knead dough. Fill coffee cans half full of dough. Let it rise until the cans are full. Bake, cool, remove the loaves from the cans, and slice.

How to Make an Outdoor Steam Bath aka Hippie Sauna:

You will need to find some thin sapplings to make a dome of curves poles you will lash together at the top. You will cut down the saplings (about as big around as your finger), pretty long maybe twelve feet. You will arrange them so you dig a deep little hole and put in one end, then arch it over its full length and put it down in a deep little hole you dig on the other side. Then a little ways away, do it again with another sapling. At the center of the circle that is forming, you will use twine to tie them together strongly there. When you have a circle of curved poles put down into holes and tied together, you will cover the structure with tarps and blankets, leaving a door space that opens and closes easily with a big flap of fabric. You will cover the floor with grasses, and dig a fire pit in the center of the circle. The fire pit will NOT hold a fire though. It will hold hot stones over which you will pour water, thus filling the structure with steam which will bring out a ton of sweat and impurities. When it gets too hot, you will open the flap to let in fresh air. When it is very hot, people will lay down on the grass, close to the ground where it is cooler. They may need to vomit, so have a bucket or two handy. A hippie sweat brings out toxins and you feel so much better afterwards.

Outside, build a bonfire with rocks that have not come from a stream bed as they will explode when they are heated up, scattering sharp shards of rock everywhere. Stack up the rocks between the burning sticks and logs of your fire, to heat them up. The fire should burn for an hour or more to heat the rocks thoroughly. Build the fire away from the structure, but not too far, as you will need to use a strong pitchfork or shovel to lift the rocks out of the fire and move them into the fire pit inside. Avoid carrying any cinders of burning wood into the fire pit inside, because cinders create smoke that chokes, rather than steam that cleanses.

The bathers should take off all of their clothes and jewelry. They may want to have a sister sweat with women only, and a brother sweat with men only, because nudity often arouses sexual feelings, and that can be uncomfortable or make people feel anxious or modest. When all the bathers are inside the structure and the door is shut, sprinkle some herbs like sage, cedar and sweetgrass over the rocks and pour water on the hot rocks. Mint or yerba buena leaves are also nice for providing a good fragrance, to cover the body smells of the bathers. You will smell all kinds of things, including deodorant, perfume, garlic, all kinds of stuff, so nice smelling herbs are nice for that.

When the bathers have had enough steam (20 minutes is usually more than enough), they exit the structure and run for a dip in a swimming hole or a bath of ice cold water in a lake, pond, stream, or shower inside. Then the people standing around who have been cooking and talking, serve up a little feast to celebrate everyone's cleansing.

This is not a Native American sweat lodge, but sometimes people will have visions and revelations, for some reason. Honor and empower them in that, uplift and support them.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

NEXT WEEK, I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN WILD HUMAN CLOTHES, INCLUDING SARIS, MOCASSINS, SANDALS, HEAD BANDS, HOW TO DYE FABRIC, HOW TO SEW BY HAND. ALSO, HOW TO CARVE WOODEN DISHES AND UTENSILS, HOW TO MAKE CLAY POTS AND CERAMIC PIECES AND BUILD YOUR OWN LITTLE KILN. ALSO, HOW TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF CANDLES, AND JEWELRY BY MAKING THE BEADS FROM SCRATCH, HOW TO MAKE HIPPIE ART LIKE WINDOW FLOWERS AND GOD'S EYES AND SPLATTER PRINTS AND DREAM CATCHERS.

THE WEEK AFTER THAT, I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN FURNITURE AND BUILD A TINY, WONDERFUL LITTLE STRUCTURE FOR YOURSELF, HOW TO MAKE A BACKPACK, HOW TO MAKE A BABY CARRIER AND CHILD TOYS, HOW TO MAKE RATTLES, FLUTES, DRUMS, AND WINDCHIMES

AFTER THAT I WILL DISCUSS NAKED GARDENING, MANTRAS AND MEDITATION, HOW TO GIVE A GOOD MASSAGE AND MAKING LOVE TANTRA STYLE. ALSO NATURAL HOMEBIRTH, AS THESE THINGS LEAD TO THAT.

FINALLY I WILL COVER HARVESTING THE GARDEN, CANNING, PRESERVING, HOW TO SMOKE FISH, HOW TO MAKE SOUPS, HOW TO MAKE JERKY, BAKING BREAD AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF. , MAKING MEAD AND WINE, GROWING THE SACRED HERB AT HOME, AND FAVORITE WILD HUMAN RECIPES FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE AND FIRST AID. AND MUCH MORE!

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wild human food wisdom

2008-07-13T01:12:06Z

Here are a few more thoughts to consider, when learning about a wild human diet. I think that we can eat many things that animals eat, but some animals can digest foods that would sicken us or at least mess up our digestion, without even providing the nutrients that the human body specifically needs. So learn about dietary common sense and apply it when you learn about what animals eat. I prefer to learn what traditional humans have eaten and how they prepared it, and then see if I can find it in the woods of my own area, and go from there, gathering and practicing preparing it and seeing if I like it.

I've been advised that it's wise to avoid foods that are mostly cellulose, as we only have one stomach and not two, like the animals that eat cellulose diets. We also don't have the right bacterias in our systems to digest the foods that those animals thrive on. I don't have a detailed list of what plants are cellulose, but I assume that includes grasses and plants that would require lots of chewing...any thoughts?

Some animals will specifically seek out healing herbs for different reasons, and we should not make the mistake of consuming large amounts of those herbs to fill out a meal or a relieve a dietary hungar in a survival situation. Just because an animal eats it does not mean they are satisfying their hunger with something nutritious. They may be healing a sickness or something. The result of consumption for us could be serious illness or death. I have never recommended consuming anything that could hurt you. I suggest dandelion, purslane, chickweed, very benign yet tasty things. Just watch out while learning.

Don't put anything into your body until you know ALL about it, unless it has a long history of being totally safe and edible. Build on the wisdom and knowledge and skills of the ancestors. Eating small animals such as rabbits, fish, or insects will provide the more concentrated nutrients that the human body needs in order to be strong in every way. This strength will give you more time to move on to safety or to find civilization, if it comes to that.

Even if you are normally a vegetarian or vegan, in a survival situation, living is the most important thing, so you will have to surrender your ideals for a brief time until the situation is right for your ideals again. Cool? Cool.

Most animals spend a majority of their time grazing or hunting for food, and then eating or digesting it. It takes up the majority of their time. Not so for humans. We can do it quick. But you have to build a foundation of knowledge and skill NOW, because when things go down, it will be too late, and the method of trial by elimination could eliminate you!!!

Whatever food you gather or hunt, be sure to clean it thoroughly, and cook it thoroughly, (steam or fry) in order to kill the numerous parasites that are found in wild, natural foods. Parasites can make you weak and very sick, even at Rainbow Gatherings, when people are somewhat sloppy about cleaning and cooking. Giardia, schigella, and other nasty bugs can make wild human life a living hell, so do your groundwork/preparation, and then enjoy.

So take a little time, now and then, to walk the woods with some helpful books or a friend, and gather some, and try it. You will feel good about yourself as a wild human if you do.

In tribal solidarity,
Manitou Magwa

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a wild human pledge of allegiance

2008-07-13T01:09:56Z

My Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the Creator

and to the path Creator has put me on.

I pledge allegiance to my family,

to my ancestors who walked before me

and to my future generations who will walk after me.

I pledge to walk the way of the warrior,

to protect those who need protection,

to guide those who need guidance,

and to help those who need help.

I pledge to be a person of honor and integrity

and to do my part in making this world a better place to live.

Aho.

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wild human backyard foods

2008-07-13T01:09:08Z

There are plant friends all around us who will lay down their lives willingly, sacrifice their bodies, and provide the strength and nourishment we need to carry on through life. Always ask the plant before you harvest it, and make sure your inner voice says "yes". And always be gentle and respectful when cutting the plant, and then thank it with a true feeling in your heart. The land holds the love you give it. And plants have feelings and memories. A piece of land will either grow lush and lovely with soft plants and flowers, or grow dry and kind of listless with stickerbushes and poison ivy, depending on the love that is given and received.

Here are some backyard plants that you can eat. Just look them up and seek them out, or even better, find a friend who is something of an herbalist or gardener, and go on a walk together a few times. Carry along a bag and a sharp pair of scissors. Crouch down and observe the plant carefully and slowly. Describe out loud what you see "Ok, the stem is squarish, with no red coloring, and the underside of the leaves are smooth while the tops are fuzzy..." Make notes in a journal and label them if you need to, or take pictures and label them. Get to know the plant citizens of your immediate ecosystem.

Purslane is one of the best backyard foods. It' s a succulent, usually considered a weed, but very tasty and sweet, totally harmless, and good in salads. It will give you quite a bit of liquid. Wood sorrel is edible, along with most ferns. Stinging nettle can be eaten when steamed (although it is too late in the season now, because it's already gone to flowering) and is very nutritious.

A favorite food of many people who know about it, that is usually overlooked by average people, is the greens of pumpkins and squashes. People living in tribal villages in the Pacific eat squash greens and fish every night. They are so tasty that you can look forward to eating them every summer, whenever you have squashes growing in the garden. Some people like zuchinni leaves even more than the zuchinni. One favorite summer dish is a mixture of zuchinni with zuchinni greens, zuchinni blossoms (once the fruit is already developing and pollination is completed) with green beans and tomatoes fresh from the garden, all quick fried together. Try it sometime! But use only the smaller, more tender shoots and leaves (up to say 3 inches in diameter) and be sure to fry them because that makes them lose the fuzzy texture that is not so nice.

What are your wild human recipes, if any? Happy wild human eating.

In tribal solidarity,
Manitou Magwa

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wild human granola bars

2008-07-13T01:07:09Z

Here is a recipe for wild human granola bars. Goo balls are great too, so I will send my recipe for that too, when I have the time! What a busy day! Anyway, here it is, so you can make some and take it with you on that next wild human hike or road trip. It's so pleasurable and satisfying to eat homemade bread, bagels, muffins, anything you make from scratch. It makes your house smell great too! Try it, you'll like it!

Wild Human Granola Bars

4 1/2 c. quick oats

1/2 tsp. salt

1 T vanilla

1/2 c. oil

1/2 c. honey

2 T molasses

1/2 c. nuts, finely chopped

1/2 c. dried fruit, finely chopped

Put ALL ingredients into a bowl and mix together well. Place into a sprayed 9 x 13 baking dish. Press down evenly and firmly with hands or metal spatula.

Bake 400 for 15 minutes.

Reverse dish in oven and ake another 5 minutes, making sure the bars do not burn.

Cool completely before cutting.

Suggested dried fruit combinations: apricots and walnuts, or dates and walnuts, or pecans and apples, or raisins and almonds.

Enjoy!

in tribal solidarity,

manitou magwa

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wild human survival food wisdom

2008-07-13T01:06:00Z

We had a suggestion to think about herbal medicine and natural foods, and things of that nature, so here is my first offering for that.

First off, contrary to somewhat common belief, it is not a good idea to try to eat what you see birds and animals eat. Birds eat small stones that help grind their food because the do not have teeth. Beavers eat trees, and many animals eat poke berries, which are very poisonous to us. Most tree roots from common trees like oak, elm, and spruce trees, and many weeds are o.k. to eat, and provide lots of sugar and starches. Sassafrass is good. Black walnuts are good. Blackberries and apples are good.

A common insect not many people give much attention to is the ant, which is very nutrient-filled when eaten raw or cooked. Grasshoppers and crickets are also a good source of nutrients. Most insects can be eaten along with earth worms, grubs and even caterpillers. You can eat any of them either raw or cooked, wrapped up in a tasty leaf. Army Rangers who train for battle know how to capture a rattle snake and eat it, and make some snake jerky out of some of it.You can also eat is raw, but if you can start a fire, you can add stuff like cactus, wild onion and sage, to make a stew. It won't make you sick. I think we can look up an Army Rangers field guide to learn what they know. Has anyone been through boot camp or survival skool?

There is enough food in most of our back yards to live on, and finding water is not all that hard no matter where we may be, even in the high desert country. Wherever you see trees growing, there is usually water nearby, on the surface or underground, so dig and find it. You can also dig a hole, place a container in it, and set a piece of plastic with a small hole in the center over it, and then overnight, the dew will slide down in and fill up a container you place beneath the hole, to collect the water.

When it comes down to surviving, most of us can, if we remain calm and if we don't let fear and anxiety overcome us. The best rule of thumb on surviving, like when we get lost in the wilderness is to stay calm and control our anxiety and fear. Our ancient ancestors survived, and many of them often became lost, and way back then, the wilderness was almost every where. If they could do it, then so can we.

As for herbal stuff, my main experience is with dealing with pregnancy, childbirth, nursing, and with injuries. I refer to Susun Weed and Tom Brown Jr. as sources of wisdom on that. So my next post about this topic will be based on information I find through their resources. Take care, and may love be with you always.

In tribal solidarity,
Manitou Magwa

I will post more as I remember and also as I find the information. Please feel free to post your own information.

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the desiderata

2008-07-13T01:03:58Z

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

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this seasons people by stephen gaskin

2008-07-13T01:03:11Z

Here are some excerpts from one of my favorite wild human books:

Your mind thinks in Gestalt flashes. The question is how quickly can you forget all that and go on to the next flash. Rather than figuring it out, and saying, "Is this right?" or "Where would this be in the light of contemporary philosophy?"— that first flash is your best bet. I try to trust myself and trust myself until I can just move on that first flash. If we all moved together in our interaction on that first flash, we would be incredibly fast and smart. If every time you asked a question, the next thing that came back was the answer instead of "Huh?" or if they just said, "I don't know," and let you clear the circuit to do the next thing—if we just all answered honestly and correctly the first time, it would be so easy, so incredibly fast and smart—we would just be fabulous.

The Universe is a vibratory entity. You can affect the vibrations one way or another by what you do. Everything has vibrations. Colors are vibrations, sounds are vibrations; so is concrete. So is thought. So is the Universe, God—all vibrations. And if that's what it's all made out of, then you have a technology for learning how to deal with vibrations. Non-space/time has a clear set of vibrations and rules of its own which are just as real and just as reliable as the fact that something falls 32 feet per second per second. If you behave in certain ways in the material plane, you will resonate with certain of those vibrations from the nonmaterial plane. If you resonate a vibration that is very high—love everybody, willing-to-lay-your-life-on-the-line-for-mankind, we're-all-in-it-together, nobody's-going-to-live- off-of-anybody — you are going to resonate that pure vibration out of the non-space/time place that we call Christ Consciousness, or the Consciousness of the intermediary between God and man.

You are the people. You are this season's people—There are no other people this season. If you blow it, it's blown.

Get your mind unbound and free; and then, from the loosest, highest, best place you have, with the fastest and most humorous mind you can get together, you can reach out and make a try at understanding Spirit. It's so subtle that you have to be quick; you can't have been thinking of yourself. It passes in the blink of an eye.

You can't define God, and you can't contain God. But you can, if you don't look at yourself, be God. The way to keep from looking at yourself is to be so busy doing your best that you don't have anything left over to look with. You can't know the totality of God with your finite mind, because God is infinite, and your material plane intelligence is finite—it cannot contain an infinite thing. But if you aren't pressing about the totality, and just relax and observe what's in front of you, you are knowing God, because that's all there is to know. There is nothing else to know; and the knowledge, the knower, the thing known, and the act of knowing are all one and are all God. You are the eyes with which God looks, and the mind through which God understands itself.

If you but know it, in your highest and your finest and your most honest places in your own heart, God is speaking to you. Even now. All the time, in your highest and finest places.

Here are the keys to heaven: Love God. Love your neighbor as yourself.

And here are the keys to hell: "Well, I know I got to take care of everybody, but I just want to get a little for myself first."

You have to clean your heart. If you want to communicate with people at that level, you can't have an impure thought about them. It muddies it up and makes it so unclear that you can't communicate. We found that you have to really try to be pure in your heart to experience Holiness.

What we expect is to be truthful; to be kind; to try to share; to try to love one another. Some folks don’t recognize that as a discipline: They say, "Oh, that old stuff…." And it may not sound too difficult, unless you’ve ever tried it. But if you ever try it, you’ll know it’s an exacting discipline.

The practice of real love and impeccable correctness and politeness and care among each other is only the beginning stage of the kind of peaceful society in which you may talk seriously about spiritual enlightenment.

One of the highest and Holiest religious experiences that is available to mankind is to get outside your head for a couple of seconds and realize that the sun doesn't rise and set in your armpit.

Contrary to modern psychology, you can know your brother. Psychology teaches that communicating is like taking a rock and wrapping a note around it and throwing it, and the other person catches the rock and unwraps it and reads the note. They say that’s all you can know about somebody—and that’s not true—One person can know another person. You can go to that place where you share souls and you can know somebody, and you are not alienated and you do not live in a box....

We are all really one thing.... and we're all in this together, and no matter how we make it look, we are really and truly going to share fortunes.

Helping man is a good place to start your search for God.

Your religion is how you really get along with folks—not what you may claim your religion is.

Attention is energy. What you put your attention on, you get more of. Each one of us is a fountain of energy, a valve through which universal life energy is metered into the world, and we can each point our self at whatever we want to.... Paying attention to what we choose to pay it to is probably the greatest freedom we have.

We all control what happens in the future by what we pay attention to in the present. If you perceive it to be improving and a groove, it improves and is a groove.

If you see that something should be a way, assume it's going to be that way.

Keep your attention in the here-and-now. Don't past-trip. Putting your attention in the past means that here-and-now is continuing on without you. The more time you spend in the past, the farther and farther out of register you are.

Don't put your attention into the future other than a reasonable amount of plans which you intend to carry out. Putting your attention out into the future is like when a squirrel runs out on a tree limb—when he gets way out into the small limbs, It gets very shaky. When you get out into the thin possibilities, it gets very unlikely and it tends to get you paranoid.

So tripping in the past gets you schizophrenic, and tripping in the future tends to get you paranoid. Hang out in the here-and-now. It is healing. When you're in the here-and-now, accept it as reality. Don't think about it or run it through your mind-filter when it's coming in. Accept it.

A meditative state is pure perception: not being conceptual about the here-and-now. That's what most Zen discipline is about: not past-tripping, not future-tripping, and not being conceptual in the here-and-now.

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wild human indigenous zones

2008-07-13T01:01:54Z

Hey, all you fine, funky wild human friends...Here's my first attempt to compile a list of wild human-friendly habitats, both urban and rural. I'm doing this as I work on our w.h.u.r.l. (wild human underground railroad), as well as our journal, which I hope to draw out, scan and upload within about two weeks or less. If you know of a place that feels good to land in and makes you sad to leave, please forward it to me so I can check it out and consider adding it to the archives. Also, if you know exactly what the cool area is in each of these places, please tell us so we know where to land in our wanderings...

Peace and wild human travels...

So, the following is a list of places where there is a fairly sizable population of wild humans or at least "hippies" (Happy Intelligent People Pursuing Infinite Enlightenment/Enjoyment= hippies). In these places there is more tolerance towards wild humans, and we are freer to pursue our lifeways with community support and friendliness. You can visit, or you can relocate, but you can be pretty sure there will be places to stay, interesting things to see and do, and other wild humans in these places:

Arcata, California
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Asheville, North Carolina
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Wisconsin
Atlanta, Georgia--Little Five Points and Cabbagetown
Athens, Georgia
Austin, Texas
Amherst, Mass.
Baja, California
Bellingham, Washington
Bennington, Vermont
Berkeley, California
Big Island, Hawaii

Big Sur, California
Bloomington, Indiana
Boone, North Carolina
Boston, Mass.--Davis Square
Boulder, Colorado
Bozeman, Montana
Broad Ripple, Indiana
Brooklyn, NY--Williamsburg
Burlington, Vermont
Charleston, South Carolina
Chicago, Illinois--Wicker Park
Cincinnati, Ohio--Vine Street area
Cleveland, Ohio--Coventry
Corvalis, Oregon
Crestone, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Delta Junction, Alaska
Denton, Texas (focus on hooking up with the music scene)
Eugene, Oregon
Flagstaff, Arizona
Floyd, Virginia
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Homer, Alaska
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Humboldt, California
Ithaca, New York
Knoxville, Tennessee--Ft. Sanders
Lake Tahoe, California
Lincoln, Nebraska
Madison, Wisconsin
Manhattan, New York--Lower East Side
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Maui, Hawaii (expensive here, though)
Memphis, Tennessee
Miami Beach, Florida--Lincoln Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin--Riverwest
Missoula, Montana
Minneapolis, Minnesota--Whittier
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mount Ranier, Maryland (a rasta vibe)
Mt. Shasta, California
Nederland, Colorado
Newburyport, Massachusetts
New Hope, Pennsylvania
New Orleans, Louisiana--Lower Garden District
New Paltz, New York
New York, New York
Oberlin, Ohio--Oberlin College
Olympia, Washington--Evergreen State College
Orca Island, Washington
Paonia, Colorado
Portland, Maine
Portland, Oregon
Prescott, Arizona
Providence, Rhode Island--Rhode Island School of Design area
San Francisco, California--Inner Mission
Santa Cruz, California
Savannah, Georgia
Seattle, Washington
Stanley, Idaho
Saugatuck, Michigan
Seattle, Washington--Belltown
Sedona, Arizona
Springdale, Utah
Taos, New Mexico
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Waukegan, Illinois

NOW GET OUT YOUR ATLAS AND START MARKING WHERE YOU WANNA GO!!!

I appreciate your input and feedback, especially if you have actually travelled enough to know where the good spots are. This list will grow and change according to what we do with it. For example, we will eventually add in Bus Stations, Train Stations, Rainbow Houses, Hostels, Intentional Communities with open door policies, areas to avoid because of local hostilities or bad cop energy, etc. Thank you for your time and your consideration of my requests, my wild human friends. I am working to serve you and your happiness, so let me know what you want to see.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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wild human reading for rebels

2008-07-13T01:00:14Z

Here's my first list of Wild Human Literature. I bet you know of tons of books and zines that wild humans would love to know about. Please tell us about them!

As always, I look forward to reading about your personal favorites. Many of the best books will eventually be in the Wild Human Initiative library/alternative community resource center, when we find a suitable homestead and build our little living and learning center there (free coffeeroom, free couchflop, free computer and study lounge, etc.) That's part of the charitable requirement for a nonprofit in North Carolina, to serve the general public as well as our beneficiaries. Anyway, here's my first list:

The Doors of Perception
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Howl and Other Poems
Gary Snyder poetry
The Devil's Dictionary
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Monkey Wrench Gang
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
Another Roadside Attraction
Ishmael
Mutant Message Down Under
The Vision by Ken Cary
Return of the Bird Tribes
The Fifth Sacred Thing
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lord of the Rings
Illusions
Ecotopia
Small is Beautiful
Steal This Book
Live This Book
The Monkey Wrench Gang
On the Road
Dharma Bums
Divine Right's Trip
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Tao of Pooh
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes
Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
Spiritual Midwifery
The Little Prince
A Confederate General from Big Sur
The Making of the Counterculture
The Spirit of Zen
Hope for the Flowers
The Secret Life of Plants
The Education of Little Tree
Living on the Earth
Whole Earth Catalog (especially the really old ones)
Journey of the Hero
The Doors of Perception
Grateful Dead Family Album
The Teenage Liberation Handbook
Delta of Venus
A Moveable Feast
Through the Looking Glass
Further
Be Here Now
Cannibis Spirituality
Pot Stories for the Soul
Really the Blues
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
This Season's People
Thinking Like a Mountain
Sacred Land, Sacred Sex
Timothy Leary
Terrence McKenna
Tom Brown Jr.books
Sun Bear books
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
and much, much more....

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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the wild human pleasure of thinking for yourself

2008-07-13T00:58:03Z

Today is Thursday, and so I once again offer you my thoughts about my personal experience of being a wild human. Today I am thinking about the need to think for your own self. To think critically and not just accept whatever is given to you, no matter who the authority is or how socially accepted the thought is, to go beyond it and within it and think for yourself. I did not learn to think for myself until I went to college in my mid-twenties.

Before that, I was strongly bound by what "they" think about every single aspect of myself. I always deferred to the authority or the source or the media or whatever. It was hard, but I had to work on learning to think critically for my own self for the first time in my life, in order to pass my classes. And then it helped me to blossom as a Rainbow and as a wild human.

Many people who focus on fighting for causes and ideals have on some level or another realized that it is totally futile to fight for their own causes and ideals, so they somehow project it onto outward institutions, in order to create a meaningful and passionate life. This is just one step along the path of maturity. Until we reach maturity, we appear to be ambitiously directing ourselves to think critically, on behalf of a cause or ideal, but in reality, we have actually accepted alienation from our own unique desires, causes and ideals. This was my state of being until I was struck by the lightning bolt idea of forming the Wild Human Initiative, a lightning bolt delivered by a fellow wild human named Cory, who had tramped like a homebum thru dreams and nightmares, and was very alive and able to think for himself specifically as a wild human. His influence changed my life in ways that will ripple and echo forever, as it touches my children and everyone I meet and know. That is just a small part of the power of thinking for yourself as a wild human. It gives you courage and authenticity and a true voice amid the clamor of soulless voices in this often programmed world. You gain the power to create something new that is progressive, unique, and just right for you, rather than something that is generic, cookie cutter, Martha Stewart, Disneyland, white bread style.

Anyway, even if you think you are a revolutionary, your actions are just reactionary if you are acting on behalf of a cause or a desire or an ideal outside of your own truth and experience. (Kind of like the yucky feeling you get when you feel pressured to subscribe to a religion you don't really believe in--as I was for my first 23 years--versus the power and beauty of subscribing to that same religion in my late thirties when it finally resonated with my own personal truth and experience).

It's hard to think for yourself as a wild human when you are being suffocated by anyone else's ideologies, whether religious, political, economic or social. You have to dumb yourself down and subjugate yourself to the group mindset in order to function or survive. A friend of mine used to say with a sly smile..."Who wants to be sane in an insane world?" He had a sense that he was the only one who was actually thinking and perceiving anything with total clarity, and I believe he was right. He's another friend who served to awaken and liberate me by teaching me to think for myself.

By actively, critically, step-by-step struggling to think for your own self, to realize your own feelings and thoughts about something--rather than by accepting and embracing predigested and preconceived notions--you reclaim your own mind as your very own. You take it back!!! And you do with it what you will, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, on your own. That is a big part of maturity.

Do you know how to think for yourself, to create a body of thoughts and ethics that will serve you well, that will help you to understand why your life and the world are the way they are? As you learn to think for yourself, as you develop this body of thought for yourself as a wild human, you will also develop a methodology for creating the life you want. It just happens naturally. It doesn't really need explaining, but these are my thoughts today, so I'm sharing them with you.

Your wild human way of thinking will end up being very practical as well as magical. It will guide you in your actions each and every day, just naturally, as it develops. It will lead to you realizing your wild human dreams and desires. The first step is learning to think critically for yourself as you examine yourself, your life and the world at large.

This is what makes thinking for yourself a wild human pleasure. It leads to subversion of the dominant paradigms. It empowers you. It influences the transformation of society. It deconstructs some of your long domestication, so you can be more creative, authentic, and courageous in your daily and long term life.

Thinking for yourself shows you what you really want for yourself, and shows you how you need to go about getting it. As a tribal person, this may be both self-centered and altruistic. By taking care of yourself, you are indirectly taking care of everyone else. You will see.

Anything that serves to maintain the status quo, and uses you as an object to keep it going, is not wild human and does not represent thinking for yourself. Those things give you a false consciousness and force you to wear a mask and conform to some degree, where wild humanism is about your personal experience with having your own true consciousness that aims to attain your own true desires, regardless of the ideologies that support the status quo. You have an interesting, unique face, and you don't wear a mask. You are a living breathing feeling human being, not a "human resource" or a "tax id number" or a "statistic". You are a wild human.

Many people don't want to know how to think for themselves. The ideologies and systems that think for you make your life easier, so you don't have to think fully for yourself, and the responsibility belongs to someone else. An example that leaps to mind is entertainment. It's quite a challenge to learn to entertain yourself in a satisfying way, and requires much thought and creativity and effort. But it's totally easy to turn on the tv, go to the movies, pop in a cd, etc. One is artificial, one is authentic. Think about it and decide for yourself.

Those things, and also drugs, keep you from fully realizing your roles and your power in the world as it is today. You are too busy watching tv, going to the mall, getting drunk, surfing the web, chasing your vices and addictions, to do anything about the circumstances that oppress and program you and everyone else, if you don't learn to think critically and use these things as tools for empowerment. That's the way the powers that be want it. And it's a function of the wild humans, with our cultural, intellectual and other diversities, to thwart that. The way to do that is to think and choose for yourself. That's the revolutionary pleasure of thinking for yourself.

These things like tv and conspicuous consumption and mainstream Christianity serve to separate you from an authentic experience of your life, and also demand a lot of sacrifices from you, which you will willingly make until you are fed up, you rebel, and you insist on thinking and living in ways that are true and real. You become a person rather than a tool of the false idols that I mentioned.These false idols demand your conformity, your duty to serve them, and your patriotism to the dominant social order. Wild humans tend to find it difficult to serve the false idols, and soul sickness will result until we empower ourselves by thinking for ourselves in all areas of our life, even when opposed and persecuted. Even if we go down, we go down fighting, as conscientious objectors. I have lived this truth, my friends.

We learn to think for ourselves as wild humans by asking ourselves, "How do I really feel? How is my life at this point? What do I want to experience? Am I getting what I want by living this way? If not, why not?" This is called consciousness, awareness. Every day you do this, your real life emerges more and more from up out of the matrix of programming and oppression that keep the status quo and the dominant social themes and authorities in place.

One way to think for yourself is to really see the inside-out, upside-down nature of life today. It costs money to love God, via televangelism, happiness becomes a commodity with absurd trinkets like smiley buttons, impersonal radio stations claim they love you, and dish soap companies claim they care about your skin and your family, when really they don't. They just want your money, so they have to get you to buy their product.

Another way is to reject conversational sedatives, like "Don't worry, be happy", or "You can't always get what you want", or "Life has it's ups and downs". These are intellectual shortcuts that shortcircuit your authentic truth and experience. Every day, people deny themselves an authentic life, and then go to the mall or whatever and lay down their hard earned dollars to buy back the shit that dumbed them down in the first place. Stop doing this and think for yourself! Go deeper!!!

Thinking for yourself helps you develop a coherent set of tactics to transform your world. You must do this in order to transcend the rage or the depression at the systems that try to destroy you. I was the victim of the depression aspect of this. But other people commit suicide, or kill other people, or blow up buildings. You must learn to think for yourself as a wild human to transcend the need to do these kinds of things and live a good life.

In thinking for yourself, you can work toward your own self-realization, or you can reach out and work with other free thinking wild humans on collective projects for our overall self-realization. Imagine that! I love to imagine that.

When you think for yourself in authentic and revolutionary ways, the gradual and sometimes immediate result is transformation of our social inter-relations and transformation of the world as a result of realizing our wild human desires. It works, I promise you.

Have you noticed in therapy how they try to get you to "adjust", to "mainstream", to "normalize"?!?!?!? I have. And I think it's dumbing down, oppressive bullshit!!!! The healing of any individual and the healing of some aspect of society must go hand in hand. Like the healing of sexual abuse victims must go hand in hand with the healing of the abusers, for example in the Catholic church or in foster homes. It's systemic. They will not think for themselves, being systemic, and you should not adjust to the perverse realities involved, so you have to start the process with your own self. By thinking deeply and changing your own life no matter what anyone else thinks, you change the nature of social life in general, like a ripple effect.

Think about this. In today's society, we are each expected to play a role, and to play it well, for better or for worse. We have to get in character, repress our feelings, put on our social armor, and go to work, or to school, or to church, or whatever. We have to pose as what we are expected to be, and conceal our true desires, as a defense against the attacks of other people if we don't "play our part". We HAVE to bravely shed these roles and communicate without this kind of role playing in order to transform society and ourselves. When we stop playing our individual roles on a mass level, then society will stop playing it's roles too, because no one will be participating in that old game anymore. It starts with thinking for ourselves, as wild humans.

I have many more thoughts about this, but I feel it's running kind of long. What do you think about the process of learning to think for yourself as a wild human? How and when did it start? Was it hard or easy? What changes did you experience as a result?

Tomorrow, I will offer the Wild Human Top Ten List, Required Reading for Rebels, and Wild Human Indigenous Zones. I hope you enjoy a lovely, peaceful evening.

In tribal solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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wild human traveler's poem

2008-07-06T20:26:23Z

Here is a wild human poem to warm your heart today:

For wild human travelers~~

When we rest as we walk the Red Road of Life together,

I will wash your feet and rub them with corn meal...

Like a member of my own phamily,

I will love you.

I will feed you and wipe the tears from your eyes.

When you are sad,

I will gently brush your hair

and lay your aching body to rest.

Together we will pray

that our travels be safe,

that soft winds blow thru the lodges that keep us,

and that we find our way back home to

our wild human nest.

May love be with you always, my wild human friends!

In tribal love and solidarity,

Manitou Magwa

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wild human elder's meditation

2008-06-26T19:48:41Z

Wild Human Elder's Meditation:

In order for us to use our power well,

we must become a hollow bone.

We must prepare our-selves to become a channel.

Our channel must be clean before we can use our power well.

We must be free of resentment, guilt, shame,

anger, self pity and fear.

If these things are in us,
we cannot be hollow bones.

These things block us from our power.

The cleaner we are,

the more power we move.

We must become a hollow bone

so the Creator can use us to do
what He wants us to do.

We are called to become
hollow bones for our people
and anyone else we can help,
and we are not supposed to seek power
for our personal
use and honor." -Fools Crow, LAKOTA

Are you a hollow bone, my wild human friend? Can the fresh winds of life blow through you like a flute, playing your part in the song of Creation? Can you step it up to the next level, and use your cleanest power to create circumstances of honor? How can you do this?

Practice radical forgiveness. See the gift even within the darkest of situations. Let it go, let it flow, let it blossom, let it grow.

Bring yourself to bear on your anxiety, your resentment, your depression, your alienation. Teach your mind to trust you, like when you have to break a wild horse. The horse has to trust you completely before it will surrender. Teach your mind to obey you. Over and over again, bring your mind back to what you want it to do, to be a hollow channel of clean power.

Choose what is good, what is true, what is wild, what is natural, what is free, what is simple, what is love, what is light. And go with it, in whatever small or sublime ways you can. That is the wild human meditation for today.

In tribal love and solidarity,
Manitou Magwa

Re: [WildHumanInitiative] wild human elder's meditationThursday, June 26, 2008 2:49 PM
From: "Jim Fry" <farmersgf@yahoo.com>Add sender to Contacts To: WildHumanInitiative@yahoogroups.comGrandpa Fools Crow and Grandma Katie, his wife, were friends of mine. I visited with them as often as I could over many years. They were both wonderful People.

I have been blessed by having many teachers and friends in my life from whom I learned much. But I believe I learned more from Grandfather, when we sat in silence for many hours, than all I learned from all the words of all the other great humans I have known.

Chief Fools Crow was the Owner of the People. What that means is that he accepted responsibility for every single person of his Nation. He cared for them in every way. He was always a "poor" person because he gave away everything he had. He would never have more than the least that any of his people had. And yet, he was the "First" among the Medicine Men. All other Medicine Men recognised his Spirituality. He was considered the "ultimate" Ceremonial Leader. The Ceremonies he lead or "organized" were considered to be the "first" among equals. The People of his Nation recognized him as First among them, the Leader they could always turn to when the need was greatest.

....These are poor words to use to describe Grandfather, and his place in his Nation. Who he was in the Hearts and Minds of his People is hard to speak of in English. Prehaps it is enough to just say Grandfather was the best of Humans.

---So thank you, MM, for writing of him today. His Life is a good example to us all.

Jim -in Ohio

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