O In experiencing the Good Red Road, one learns the lessons of physical life, or
of being human. This road runs South to North in the circle of the medicine wheel. After the graduation experience
of death, one enters the Blue or Black Road, that is the world of the grandfathers and grandmothers. In spirit,
one will continue to learn by counseling those remaining on the Good Red Road. The Blue Road of the spirit runs
East to West. The medicine wheel is life, afterlife, rebirth and the honoring of each step along the way.
O The medicine wheel is sacred, the native people believe, because the Great Spirit
caused everything in nature to be round. The Sun, Sky, Earth and Moon are round. Thus, man should look upon the
Medicine Wheel (circle of life) as sacred. It is the symbol of the circle that marks the edge of the world and
therefore, the Four Winds that travel there. It is also the symbol of the year. The Sky, the Night, and the Moon
go in a circle above the Sky, therefore, the Circle is a symbol of these divisions of time. It is the symbol of
all times throughout creation. |
