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- This article is excerpted from the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal.
- Each issue of the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal is published by
- High Plains Arts and Sciences; P.O. Box 620604, Littleton Co.,
- 80123, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation, under a Public Domain
- Copyright, which entitles any person or group of persons to
- reproduce, in any form whatsoever, any material contained therein
- without restriction, so long as articles are not condensed or
- abbreviated in any fashion, and credit is given the original
- author.!
-
- POWER ANIMALS
-
- by Alernon
-
-
- Come to us: Eagle, Wolf, Bear and Cougar.
- Dance we now The Power dances.
-
- Eagle soaring above the peaks,
- Share with us freedom, majesty and fighting skills.
- Teach us lessons we need to learn.
- Dance with us The Power dances.
-
- Wolf, cunning tracker, by day or night. Share with us endurance,
- courage and adaptability.
- Teach us lessons we need to learn. Dance with us The Power
- dances.
-
- Bear, trampling along earthen paths, Share with us Mighty
- strength and sense of smell.
- Teach us lessons we need to learn. Dance with us The Power
- dances.
-
- Cougar, lonely tracker of terrains, Share with us Agility,
- stamina and endless curiosity. Teach us lessons we need to
- learn. Dance with us The Power dances.
-
- Movements slow
- Movements rapid.
- Frenzied swaying
- Upward, downward.
- Dipping, turning
- Round and round.
- Dance we now
- The Power dances.
-
- Dancing partners,
- You and I.
- With me, in me
- I am you, you are me.
- Together as one,
- Yet separate, too.
- Dance we now
- The Power dances.
-
- Awaken now
- All Spirit Beings,
- To dance the dances
- With your human kin.
-
- Dance the Cycles
- Of Life and Death,
- Hope and Fear,
- Good and Evil.
- Dance the Cycles,
- Now and Again.
-
- Lowerworld, Upperworld,
- Journeying now
- and forevermore.
- Of Time and Space
- All is Once,
- There is none.
- Dance the dances
- Again and again. .......from R.M.P.J. 8/86
-