DREAMER’S ROCK VISION

Two years ago, my cousin and I went back to our homeland, which is located 200 miles north east of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, to do an overnight fasting ceremony for a special full moon that was occurring during a renewal of new growth month.

When we arrived at our destination, we traveled through a small series of lakes by boat and motor and came to the place that I call Dreamer’s Rock, which is on Dog Lake and is in our tribal territory. We had done ceremonies and fasting at this sacred place before and knew that it is a very spiritual place, where the spirits of our ancestors still come to see us today.

This spiritual place is accessible by water and the top of the cliff is approximately 75 feet above the water level. At the base of the cliff, there are rock paintings that were drawn on the rock surface by our ancestors from many years ago. There are paintings of caribou, moose, fish and a very clear painting of a Thunderbird. When we see this type of painting it indicates that this area is a very sacred and offer our tobacco and prayers when ever we visit this place.

At the bottom of the cliff is a small rock beach which is big enough to pull our boat out of the water and store it safely there from the waves, which can pound the boat against the rocky beach. We, then unloaded our gear that we had bought for the over night fasting ceremony and proceeded to haul that gear up to the top of cliff. The top of the cliff is rocky but flat and there are trees that provide protection from the elements while we would be fasting. As we finished hauling our gear to the top, my cousin and I felt very tired and sleepy, as if someone was putting us to sleep. We laid blankets down on the bare rock and immediately fell into a deep restful sleep. During that dreaming time, I became aware that someone else was with us and in my dream I sat up and in front of me were two elders, a woman and a man were sitting behind a long table on which were sitting 7 small clay pots. They were dressed in traditional regalia and had different colored bandanas around their heads. They did not speak but gave me a clay pot and were taking medicines out of 7 clay pots and putting a small amount into the pot that I held. I knew that they were giving me medicines to help in the healing of others and felt honored that they would be giving me these medicines. As of today, I still am unsure as to what the medicines were but know that as I keep learning, the answer will come to me.

When we woke up, it seemed that we had slept for over 2 hours and were refreshed and renewed. I asked my cousin, if he had dreamed and he replied he hadn’t, I then told him about my dream and we sat talking and sharing about the dream until we were ready to set up our lodge and prepare for the ceremonial offerings for Grandmother Moon. We gathered dry sticks and birch bark to start the ceremonial fire for our offerings. Before we lit the fire, we did a smudging ceremony with sage, sweet grass, cedar and tobacco which cleanses us from negativity and clears our minds and hearts. As the fire was burning, we made up tobacco ties for our offerings to the spirits and Grandmother Moon. We had bought cloth with us to make the prayer offerings and proceeded to place tobacco on the cloth and tied them up into small pouch shaped ties. These ties would be offered to the fire and water when Grandmother Moon came up in the night sky. It was truly a peaceful and happy time as my cousin and I made small talk back and forth.

It wasn’t long before night fell and we could see Grandmother Moon coming up in the horizon. I might add here that from our vantage point we could see down the lake in three different directions. As, Grandmother rose in the sky, we sang our songs, prayed and offered our gifts to her and the Creator for the blessings they had given us in our lives. We also offered tobacco ties to the spirits of the water and thanked them for bringing us safely to this sacred place. We sat around the fire and gazed at Grandmother in the sky and at the beauty of her long fingers of moon light on the water. There was no need to speak as we felt that were totally wrapped in the love of that moment with our Grandmother. As Grandmother rose in the sky, we became very sleepy and crawled into our lodge to dream good dreams. The next morning, we rose early, feeling renewed and ready for a new day. We did a sunrise ceremony and thanking the Creator for that day, proceeded to take our gear back down to the boat and prepare for our trip back home.

It was a beautiful time for us and we were both thankful to be able to take the time to give thanks and honor the one who had created us and had given us many of life’s gifts.

Since that time I have spoken with many traditional Elders and they have all told me the same thing, that I received a gift to help others in healing and that the medicines that were in the pots would be revealed to me in good time.

Ho, Meegwetch

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