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to
the second space and say ..." and so
on, all the way
around. I thought to myself that there is
no way a child
can do that alone and know what and when to say it. Then
I look closer and see the words on the wheel
and realize
that after the adult gets the child started, if the child does
one step at a time, the child could make the
whole circle
alone. Then I see children and leaders
outside playing,
dancing and singing every game I had
ever known that
forms a circle.
(Dream
2) I
am shown how to place objects
in my
bedroom before going to bed. When I awaken
they have
formed a round mold or stamp. This is my dream
record.
Then I take this mold to a man
and he wires it up to a
machine and the EKG needle puts it on tape.
Then it is
put on video tape for people to drop in and see when they
wish. When I leave I take my personal
mold but leave
behind other information on file
for others. The three
recordings are different and may not be important except
to certain ones. They are neither positive or negative-just
are!
(B.P.,Charlotte, North Carolina)
I
am a trapper in the early days, going with a group of
Indians into the misty mountains in
the early spring. I
say, "But it's April 15—Tax
Day!" thinking this an
inappropriate day to leave
the settlements. But the
Indians clearly feel that this is White Man's business and
has nothing to do with them.
We are all wrapped in
blankets and riding horses. They explain that
we must
light no campfires, make no smoke, so
as not to arouse
the spirits of the
mountains. Early spring
seems
necessary to make this venture and hiding
in the mist is
also necessary. I look ahead across an open meadow and
see various kinds of trees in
the sunlight in bright,
unnaturally garish autumn colors.
I am a young
Indian boy with other men and
boys,
underground, undergoing the training
for the ritual for
entrance into manhood. This consists
of following in my
father's footsteps, with my right hand on his right shoulder,
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