Turtle (way of warrior)

[John Dicus]

Dear all,

I learned from a friend, Paula Underwood, whose Native American name was
"Turtle Woman," that wisdom lives in the center of the circle.  Turtle
grows in the center while the ways of the four directions cycle about
(warrior, visionary, healer, teacher).  She said to walk the circle
clockwise, hearing from the four voices in the unending sequence of a
learning spiral.  If we become stuck at any one point, she said, we should
back up a quarter turn before moving on.  So, what does teacher need to say
before we can go forward from warrior... to vision to healing to....?  In
this spiraling, the way of the turtle (wisdom) grows it's voice as well.

If any of you have never seen Paula's works, her teaching book "Who Speaks
For Wolf" would be a good read right now.  In short, it's about a people
who decided to move their village to a more fertile area but forgot to hear
the voice of wolf in their council circle.  When they moved, they moved
smack dab into wolf's territory.  After being harassed by wolves for a few
months, they decided that either they had to kill all the wolves or move
back. They decided to move back since the other choice was unconscionable.
So -- who speaks for wolf?

John Dicus

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