Aho! O'si yo? ( How are you in Cherokee) Even though I am not Cherokee I love all my brothers and sisters of all tribes. Walking this path that I have chosen the many ways and styles from different tribes I have put together into my life path to follow. The Medicine Wheel I use for meditation, ceremony, seeking Creator, and sacred times. Now for three years I have journey on a Vision Quest each year. They have all been for different reasons and each has given me answers for the questions I sought. Last years was the greatest so far so now I have a hearts desire to help others to do the same! Your probably wondering what is a Vision Quest here is some information on what it is or just read my Crow story for that was my Vision Quest from last year!!!!!

From the beginning of time - humanity has returned to nature to connect with Spirit and to seek answers to problems of the third dimension. There is something about being alone in Nature that brings us closer - makes us more aware - of the 4 elements - and our connection to a creational source. We go to seek truths - divine realization - just as many of the ancient prophets did in their time.

In its own way - the vision quest is an Initiation not unlike the days of ancient Egypt and Atlantis. One seeks an internal transformation.

In a vision quest conditions are set up that allow the soul to move beyond the illusions of the little self and enter the unity of the inner whole. It is a time of fasting - praying - and being in nature.

It is a period of solitude in which we seek an inner revelation - a vision - which grants profound meaning and direction to our life. This initiation leads to maturity and an understanding of our responsibility to ourselves, our society, our natural environment, and our soul.

Though the Vision Quest is associated with Native Americans traditions - it is practiced all over the world.

As an expression of the archetypal "Heroic Journey," the vision quest has been enacted in religious pilgrimages, mythological tales (including the story of the search for the Holy Grail), and our own daily pursuit of truth and purpose.

Today, there are companies which sponsor vision quests; they provide a wilderness area in which it is to occur, and they give instructions and guidance before and after the event.

In Native American traditions these times of inner trial are marked liked passages. Time is set aside to honor them.

It might be a day, a week, a month, whatever is necessary to complete the transformation and get the answer one seeks.

If you would like to do a Vision Quest in the Mountains in Southeastern Tennessee, at the Cherokee National Forest, e-mail me FallingWaters at

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