The Healing Stones

The Patience Stone Composition:Basalt Weight 1 Kilo Note: The stone was selected by the Shaman from the banks of the SnakeRiver, near Celebration Point, Idaho.

Dimenstions: 135mmWide 431.8mmDiameter 60mm Thick 28mmCenter Hole (Round) 69.85mmin Depth Hole: Bi-Conicaland slopesfrom wide, at the edge, to 28mmin the center. By chippingfrom two opposingsides I wasable to cut a hole through the Basalt, taking a full, non-stopday, without breaking the stone. This took constant concentration and exacting care. The object wasto teach mePatience.I prize thesestones.WhenI becomeimpatient, I look at them, clear my mind, and meditate on Patience. Quartz Cutting Stone

Composition:Hard Quartz, also from the Snake River. Beganthe size of a softball and whenI wasfinished it had been chippedand worn downto the size of a small hen's egg.

The Healing Stone is a well-wornpiece of Basalt that fits perfectly in your hand with a smooth indentation worn by generations of using it as a Capstone for a HandDrill for starting fires or drilling holes in hided. It was given to me by the Shaman as

a gift, mymost prized possession. I have used it to make fire and drill holes, back when my health was better. I now finger it and think of my Vision Quest and as part of the Healing Process passed to me, in secret, by the Shaman. My Quest Begins...

Havinglived most of my life in the scientific world as a T-Typeand/or A-Type Personality, I seldom had time to ponder the Spiritual Nature of my bring, I was beginning to feel empty.

One day I met Willie,a Sho-Pai Indian, and Shaman. Willie "took me under his wing"and for the next five years he taught me the Old Ways. The more I learned,

the more I yearned to be allowedto go on myownVisionQuest...A milestone along the wayto Native Americanspirituality. Throughout these learningyears I was impatient and kept at Willieto allowme mychance at my VisionQuest. Williewouldalways kindlysay, "You'renot quite ready yet...Be Patient." But...I had been short on Patience all of my life and this particular occasiondidn't help, after all, what did Patience have to do with a VisionQuest? One summer morning,during Coyote Hour, Williecame to me and with absolute silence he bad me followhim.Wearing onlya pair of shorts Willieand I went to the edge of the sacred Snake River - (Celebration Park, Idaho). Williestarted searching for something along the banks of the Sacred River and after nearly half an hour came to me with the two Stones mentioned above. Williesaid to me, "Take the quartz stone, break off part of an end, but not too mushbecause it is the onlycutting stone you mayhave today...take awayonlyenough to makea sharp, cutting edge." Williecontinued, "Usingthe quarts you are to cut a Bi-ConicalHole through the Basalt without breaking the stone. Youmust be finished by sundown." "What a joke, I thought; I can have this done in less than an hour...I began at a pace as though the NunumBiwere after me...Iquicklyslowed downto a more respectable pace, to "save myself." The task was harder than I had expected. Williehad taken me to a quiet spot where I could onlysee and hear the river. Takinga stick he drew a circle in the dirt approximatinga meter in diameter. Willie said to me, "Youmust remain inside the circle for the entire day without food or water, workingto make the Perfect Circle without breaking the Basalt. Break the Basalt and you willhave to wait another five years to try again. Without haste I sat down,sharpened my Cutting Stone, a lesson learned years earlier, studied the Basalt with care, and began cutting from both sides, hopingto meet in the middle without breaking the Basalt. I estimated the task wouldtake but an hour or two. After the third hour came and went my level of Patience and Frustration were at a breaking point. In addition I was extremely bored. It was then, with the hot sun beating downuponmy naked body, that I began to recall lessons taught to me by Willieyears earlier. Take a deep breath, relax, become one with your surroundings, go to your Sacred Place (Mental), concentrate on Patience and continue with the task at hand. At once I felt euphoric and the growth of Patience from within made me euphoric. Timefaded into nothingness and it wasn't until the Hole was completed, stone unbroken, that I notes the sun was setting.

With extreme Pride I took the Basalt to Willie who said, "Youare now ready for your Vision Quest. The Basalt and Cutting Stone now sit on my desk to remind me to have patience when Patience wears thin...

How to use the Healing Stones Stones Requires: 1. The 2. The 3. The 4. The

Basalt Cutting Stone Healing Stone Stone of Evilor Sickness

Note: Stones 1 through 3 have been described above Stone 4: The Stone of Evil Description: Opaque quartz shaped into a perfect Hen's Egg. Note: Also needed is a small L.aser L.ight. The Howof it ! Find a quiet place where nothing will interrupt the meditation. Shine the L.aser L.ightonto the Stone of Evil and go to your "Special/Secret Place where NO ONE ELSE is allowed to knowor go. Focus on the BurningStone of Evil internal/external parts of your body while you meditate on all areas that are "sick" or causing your death. Rub the Stone of Evilover all areas of stress and envision them being sucked into the egg. Removethe egg and replace it with the Healing Stone. Meditate on the illness and/or pain and imagine that only good power is entering your body. The final movement will be to hold the Healing Stone in both hands and look through the Hole with both eyes open observing something of your Secret location and/or something that gives you peace...a rose that smells good is just one example. as is the North Star at night. Good L.ucklThis has saved my life twice and I am workingon my third. NOTE: It is critical that you BEEin what you are doing. or don't ever beginl