Ancestor Prayer

 The wind is my breath

The mountains are my bones

The forests are my thoughts

The stars are my dreams

The ocean is my heart

It’s pounding is my pulse

The songs of the Earth

Write the music of my soul.

Mighty dead and ancient ancestors: 

When you were born

The earth become your body

The stone became your bone

The sea became your blood

The Sun became your eye

The Moon became your mind

The Wind became your breath

When you passed into the Other world, your breath became the wind, your mind became the moon, Your eye the Sun, your Bone the stone, Your body again became the earth.

In this vast, mysterious universe, in the continuum of time, we recognize those who came before, reaching back into the depths of history, as one with us, their bones are our bones we are all one with the stones, their breath is our breath we are all one with the wind, their blood is our blood we are all one with the sea, their eyes are our eyes we are all one with the sun, their minds are our minds we are all one with the moon, their bodies are now our bodies we are all one with the earth..  

Mighty dead and ancient ancestors, when you were born,.You called forth the earth and stones, the sea arose and the Sun descended. The Moon shone and the Winds sang! For those who come after we shall do as you did.

In this vast, mysterious universe, in the continuum of time, we recognize those who will come after us, reaching deep into the future, as one with us, their bones are our bones we are all one with the stones, their breath is our breath we are all one with the wind, their blood is our blood we are all one with the sea, their eyes are our eyes we are all one with the sun, their minds are our minds we are all one with the moon, their bodies are now our bodies we are all one with the earth

Ancestors who came before us, we honor you, Descendents who come after, we honor you. From the deepest depth of ancient time, to the farthest reaches of the future, we honor you. We are all as one in the sacred spiral. . (based on a prayer by Rev Michael J Dangler)