Sacred Hoop

Sacred Hoop


"And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of all things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must live together
like one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people
was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight
and as starlight, and in the center grew
one mighty flowering tree
to shelter the children of one mother and one father.
And I saw that it was holy."


~Black Elk