Storyteller: The Clan Mother Of The Sixth Moon Cycle

"Tell me a story, sweet Mother, of the Ancestors and their days, of how they walked with beauty, learning the Medicine Ways. As you relate the stories, I am allowed to see the importance of every lesson and how it applies to me. Through another's example I share the laughter and the tears. Through another's experience I learn how love can conquer fear. Together we can journey through those other times, reclaiming all the wisdom of the legacies left behind." 

STORYTELLER is the Clan Mother of the moon cycle that falls in the month of June and is represented by the color red. She teaches us to have faith, to be humble, and to stay young at heart by keeping our innocence intact. These are some of the Medicines found in the color red. The Sixth Cycle of Truth guarded by this Clan Mother is “SPEAKING THE TRUTH.” She teaches her human children how to speak from their hearts, always saying what they mean, in a truthful, clear, and concise manner. This Clan Mother is the teacher of truth and the pathfinder who shows us the faith we need to find our way through the illusionary forests of our own confusions. She teaches us that speaking the truth is the basis of the Oral Tradition that keeps universal, timeless wisdom alive. The hard learned-lessons that have guided other human beings safely down the Red Road of physical life apply to all humans because they are based on eternal truths. 

Storyteller teaches us how to use humor to dispel our fears and how to balance the sacredness with irreverence. When we can laugh at our own humanness and our silly attempts to preserve our limitations, we will have conquered the self-created demons that bind us to high drama and our need to create constant upheaval. Through listening to the stories of others and how they handled the lessons presented on their paths, we are able to gain perspective on our own Rites of Passage on Earth.

This Clan Mother is also the holder of Heyokah Medicine, tricking us into growth through laughter. The Heyokah can show us how to achieve the wholeness or Orenda's desire, by going through the back door or contrary side of any lesson. The Spiritual Essence, or the Orenda, sees beyond human tunnel vision and can work with Heyokah Medicine to push us beyond our stubbornness. The Heyokah will clown around, giving us subtle lessons that we can reflect upon or ignore. She can also weave a story that embodies the characteristics of a person's life lessons without pointing a finger at the individual. The Heyokah personality of Storyteller then tricks the listener into safely seeing his or her situation through the eyes of an observer, instead of having to confront the issue head-on.

Storyteller uses the gifts of wisdom presented by the Ancient Ones, now in spirit, to present the truths that helped those Ancestors. When truth has been used to solve life’s problems or challenges, those truths are to be shared with future generations. Storyteller and her moon cycle are connected to the color red because blood is red. The wisdom of all human Ancestors and their lessons are coded in the DNA of the blood. In Traditional Indian Medicine, the blood has always been acknowledged as the river of life that flows through our bodies, allowing us to claim the knowing held by the wise Elders who came before us. Only in modern times have scientists discovered that the DNA carries the genetic imprint, but they have not discovered that the collective mind and spirit of the human race can be accessed through the patterns of DNA in every human cell and in the blood. 

Storyteller allows every listener to hear the stories of how others found truth in their lives. Through the words of truth she speaks, this Clan Mother teaches us to know how to speak from our personal truths and from our Sacred Points of View when we are asked for an opinion. When we are not asked to make a comment, she teaches us to listen without having to add our unwanted advice. The Guardian of the Medicine Stories reminds us that speaking the truth never hurts another if it is done with love and if we do not include the projections of self-righteousness or the petty judgments we often use to criticize ourselves. Speaking the truth is an art that never includes judging another. Pointing a finger at another always leaves three fingers pointing back at the accuser. This kind of judgment never allows the person who is the target of the criticism to find the truth for himself or herself. Like Storyteller, a person wishing to speak the truth without pointing a finger can share a story of how he or she learned a lesson or passed safely through a crisis. This Teacher of Truth reminds us that people who are passing half-truths, breaking the trust of a confidence, or being rumor factories are doing so because they are wounded. Because of their inability to speak the truth even to themselves, they project the lies and illusions inside their woundedness on to the nearest human reflection or situation they can find.