Introduction to Peyote Songs & The Native American Church
Father Peyote: Songs of the Native American Church Introduction to the Peyote Church Ceremony This is an archival article written in 2003. It's not updated. For more recent recordings, go to Canyon Records website, http://www.canyonrecords.com When some people speak of Native American ceremonies, the peyote ceremony or the ingestion of the hallucinogen peyote (contains mescaline) usually surfaces. However, there is too much false information being passed around in the non-native community surrounding peyote meetings. The first thing people need to know about the Native American connection to peyote is that the plant is sacred medicine ingested as a sacrament during healing ceremonies of the Native American Church. The second thing, people need to know is that the Native American Church is not a set structure like the Christian Church. The peyote meeting could take place in a Navajo hogan or a teepee. And finally, since the peyote meeting does in part derive fro...
Music really does soothe the savage beast. At Christmas, one needs to play Christian Christmas songs. The secular ones often bring sadness. Praise is worship. And one cannot be sad when worshipping. So, play those beautiful hymns and sing along. Your spirit will rise with the music.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandy, thanks for your comment. WME encompasses diverse spiritual practices. True that spiritual music lifts the spirit, but from my experiences and research spiritual music from many spiritual traditions has possesses this quality.
ReplyDeleteI wish everyone a happy holiday, secular, spiritual, and from diverse traditions.
Peace,
Patricia