On this day when night is the longest, this Prayer calls in,
and honors, the medicine of the black animals from across the planet.
Oh Great Winds of the South, medicine of the Black Monkey (Africa)
We open to your strengths of playfulness, trust and innocence
in the dance of life. We open to the quality of flexibility, ease and the
willingness to stretch when moving through challenges or difficulties.
Teach us to walk in love and touch everyone with joy.
Oh Great Winds of the West, medicine of the Black Bear (Americas)
We open to your strengths of reflection and turning within at this time.
We open to the qualities of strength and balance that we may live in harmony
with the seasons, and to honor silence and times of seclusion for healing and renewal.
Teach us the way of peace and to create a world that nurtures the children.
Oh Great Winds of the North, medicine of the Black Leopard (Asia)
We open to your courage that we might live fearlessly in protecting this
beautiful Earth, letting go of selfishness and expanding our spirits.
We open to the qualities of power and wisdom that we might
lead with clarity and humility in the new era.
Teach us the way of no nations or boundaries, and no enemies.
Oh Great Winds of the East, medicine of the black Eagles (Europe and everywhere)
We open to your strengths of vision and seeing the wholeness of life
so that we can honor all beings and creatures in the great web.
We open to your qualities of soaring above our own smallness
and connecting to Great Spirit to be a messenger for higher consciousness.
Teach us the way of stewardship, that we may serve something greater than ourselves.
Oh Great Mother Earth, Sweet Mother,
We thank you for your clean air and your running waters. We thank you for the
great mountains, deserts and plains, for the stone people, the plant people,
the winged ones, the four-legged, the finned and the creepy crawlers.
Teach us to honor and respect everything, for all help to support life on this
beautiful little spaceship.
Father Sky, Grandmother Moon and all the sacred Star Nations
We open to our place in this great Universe and to play our role in the
evolution of the Great Unfolding that we are participating in. We open to
other life forms in the galaxy and beyond, to other forms of intelligence that
have moved beyond war and conflict.
Teach us to welcome contact with others in our celestial neighborhood,
that we might know the evolution of our Earth.
by Sharon Gonzalez-Alei
Adapted from a prayer by Alberto Villoldo