TRADITIONAL BLACKFOOT PIPE CEREMONY
It can be difficult to try and explain something like Pipe Ceremony to an Outsider. That is true of anything sacred. There are no simple explanations. Pipe ceremony is one of the sacred ceremonies of the Blackfoot Indians that we share and honor in Bear Spirit Medicine Lodge. It is a grounding, On- the- Floor, On- the –Earth prayer experience. The Ceremony is an ancient and sacred ritual that can bring you into wonder and awe.
Next Pipe Ceremony
Date: TBA
Location: 2393 Moncure Pittsboro Rd
Moncure, NC
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 PM
Donations of tobacco accepted. There is no charge for ceremony but monies donated are
used for firewood, herbs and supplies. Suggested donation: give what your hearts asks you to.
Email: sandhillcrane48@gmail.com
Next Pipe Ceremonies TBA. When quarantine is over and we are back to hugging other than trees, we will issue a notice for pipe ceremony.
Blackfoot Fire Ritual
Fire Ritual is as close to the Equinox and Solstice's as possible.
Location: 1420 Dewitt Smith Rd, Pittsboro, NC
Time: 5 -7 PM
Date: Close to the Solstice or Equinox TBA
There will also be a drumming circle prior to the fire ceremony.
Fire Ritual honors the sun, the presence of Creator in our lives and Ihtsipaitapiyopa as expressed in the Sun cycles within which we live. These cycles of life are reflected through this ritual. In the course of the lighting of the fire, it burning bright, dying down to almost nothing and then erupting, lighting the dark, is a physical representation of the dark of winter, the re-emergence of Spring. It honors the dark of night and the dawn of new light; the dying of the old and birth of the new, the change of seasons, change of life. The Fire Ritual evokes individual reflection on life’s impact in our lives and how we respond and live.
Email address below for questions: sandhillcrane48@gmail.com
Location: 1420 Dewitt Smith Rd, Pittsboro, NC
Time: 5 -7 PM
Date: Close to the Solstice or Equinox TBA
There will also be a drumming circle prior to the fire ceremony.
Fire Ritual honors the sun, the presence of Creator in our lives and Ihtsipaitapiyopa as expressed in the Sun cycles within which we live. These cycles of life are reflected through this ritual. In the course of the lighting of the fire, it burning bright, dying down to almost nothing and then erupting, lighting the dark, is a physical representation of the dark of winter, the re-emergence of Spring. It honors the dark of night and the dawn of new light; the dying of the old and birth of the new, the change of seasons, change of life. The Fire Ritual evokes individual reflection on life’s impact in our lives and how we respond and live.
Email address below for questions: sandhillcrane48@gmail.com
Traditional Blackfoot Purification Lodge (Sweat lodge)
At Bear Spirit Medicine Lodge, Purification (Sweat Lodge) Ceremony is a meaningful community ritual experience open to all people. Purification Lodge is conducted in keeping with the traditional ways of the Blackfoot Indian people. The Lodge is our spiritual mother in physical form. Red hot stones are splashed with water by the Ceremony Leader (Water Pourer) and hot steam becomes our words rising up, touching everything, and becoming a part of All-That-Is. Herbs, songs and prayer are offered as medicine.
Plan to be outside in a wooded area. Dress comfortably and appropriately for both outside and inside the lodge (swim suit, shorts and top)—the Blackfoot are a modest people. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit comfortably on the earth as well as a towel for after the ceremony. Bring your own drinking water and food to be shared in community at the end of the ceremony. We invite you to join in this outdoor ceremony held on sacred land.
Come together with us as a community of both new and long- time friends as we participate in connections with the sacred energy of “All that is” through Ceremony.
Moon Lodge For women
Date: Next Moon Lodge 2020. TBA
Location: 1420 Dewitt Smith Rd, Pittsboro. NC
Time: 10 am is the time of fire lighting.
Email: sandhillcrane48@gmail.com
Donations are accepted for wood and stones, tobacco or sweet grass and sage. The next Moon Lodge will be announced when the current quarantine and Covid-19 crisis is over.
All Nation's PurificationLodge
Late Summer 2021. Hopefully!
1420 Dewitt Smith Rd, Pittsboro, NC
Time 10 AM Fire lighting
Next Lodges: Once spirit is ready to let us know we are safe again and no longer in quarantine we will offer the ANL. Until then be safe and well. Know you are loved.
Email: sandhillcrane48@gmail.com to let us know if you can join us and for a copy of our lodge etiquette form.
