The elements of the medicine wheel are out of balance
Earth, Fire, Air and Water
Humans have dominated earth (in the south of the wheel)
Using fire (in the north), in all its manifestations, to conquer
The wheel is no longer a round
Rather it is a circle with a long spike of fire rising from the top
The burn of patriarchy, colonialism, racism, capitalism and war
Engines, industry, and ammunition – exploration and exploitation
Everything is burning – gorging on fossil fuels
At the expense of all life
Air (in the west) and water (in the east) have been ruled by fire
And are warming, death emerging
And fire has ignited inside human psyche – inner reflecting outer
Burning our empathy, torching our connection to nature and each other
And still we worship fire
To the point that even the fire gods are saying “enough”
Our end may be in fire
But this is a blue planet, a water planet
It is time to honor water
The emotions, feminine, intuition, feelings, and flow
We have forgotten that we are mostly made of water
It is time to remember and
Be water