This is called the Medicine Wheel and Elements prayer.
Most cultures, since the birth of mankind, have their roots in the natural
cycles of the year, harvest, planting seasons, observations of the weather and
of the moon and stars.
They marked the rights of passage, birth, puberty,
marriage, and death with symbolic rituals.
They lived in harmony (balance) with nature and lived
close to the Great Spirit of the earth. Also the Great Spirits of the sky and
the cardinal directions of the compass. There are the 4 directions as in N E S
W and also up and down giving 6 directions in all this is known as the medicine
wheel. Each direction of the compass was associated with an animal i.e. S -
snake, W - -jaguar, the dragon or hummingbird - N, the eagle - E.
To achieve a sense of well being, a feeling of peace
with the world, the shaman will periodically use a prayer ritual to attain
attunement and to harmonize with the elemental energies. This is known as
walking in balance with the earth.
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