Medisinpung i skinn med håndmalte fjær og glassperler.
7 cm lang med halsnor 45 cm.
Medisinpunger blir først og fremst brukt for beskyttelse mot det sette og usette. Den blir båret for å forsterke personens positive egenskaper og å holde det negative unna det fysiske og spirituelle selvet. Du bærer kanskje selv amuletter eller smykker for å beskytte deg.
I gamle dager ble medisinpungene laget av ting som betydde noe for bæreren og fra forskjellige medisiner som salvie, seder og steiner. I tillegg til andre ting som ble ansett som kraftobjekter. Når tingene var samlet ble de plassert i en pung og gjenomgikk en kraftseremoni. I denne seremonien inngikk smudging for å rense de for negativ energi før man selv og medisinpungen gjenomgikk en faste-, pipe eller svettehytteseremoni. Under denne seremonien ba man om at åndene måtte legge kraft og velsignelse inn i pungen.
"A medicine bag is an ancient item that spiritually represents the person who wears it. In 1991 the body of a man who lived over 5,000 years ago was found frozen in a high mountain range and with him was a medicine bag. The medicine bag is known in all cultures and through out all of history. They contain objects such as leaves, feathers, stones, herbs such as sweetgrass, sage, cedar, lavender or pinion, and other objects which have been added by the wearer and considered spiritually significant.
The reasons to carry a medicine are for guidance, healing and protection. Most medicine bags contain a quartz crystal as one of its objects. Quartz energy resonates with all the energies of the physical body and is considered a remarkable healing stone. It connects you to your spiritual self.
The Shaman often carries a medicine bag that has items in it for healing oneself and others. I carry many things in my tiny medicine bag. I met with a group of healers recently who laughed at me for having such a small medicine bag! Mine is only about 1 inch by 1 ½ inches. But it is not about the size at all, it is about what it contains. My medicine bag contains items that I can use for healing others on the spot. I carry jojoba, a plant grown in the southwest for healing skin infections, bug bites and rashes. I carry a moonstone for healing trauma, a small piece of serpentine that heals all kinds of internal disorders. A small ostrich feather to heal any kind of spiritual negativity, a seagull feather to remove any lesions or other intrusions upon the body, the herb feverfew to ease fevers, a hair from an elephant who is my totem animal, the animal that I resonate the most with, and the Three Sisters: a kernel of corn, a dried bean and a squash seed that connect me to the abundance and healing of Mother Earth. So the medicine bag I carry is a healing bag and I might remove an item or use the whole bag in an emergency situation or when visiting someone who is sick by laying my bag upon the illness or broken leg for example. It works!
Your medicine bag is a holy item for you and should never be opened by anyone. It contains your holy items, those that help you heal, those that bring you protection, those items that connect you with your guides or angels. The word totem animal is often referred to and that would mean something that represents an animal that you closely identify with and feel a kinship for as I do with the elephant. You can put something to represent this animal in your medicine bag. Your item represents the power of this animal."
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