The philosophy of life and descriptions of conditions in the higher realms have been given by spirits who have attained enlightenment and are desirous of helping humanity to an understanding of the spiritual laws.
Because of their simplicity of life and religion and their knowledge of the laws of Nature, the American Indians are seldom bound in spirit after leaving the earth plane, and are often sent, as was Silver Star, Mrs. Wickland’s Indian guide, to guard sensitive mortals [herself and others who communicate through her].
EXPERIENCE, MARCH 12, 1924 Spirit: SILVER STAR Psychic: MRS. WICKLAND
Mediums so often have Indians as contacts, guides and helpers because Indians have no beliefs or dogmas to overcome when they pass to the spirit world. From early infancy they are taught regarding The Great Spirit and The Happy Hunting Ground.
They believe in The Great Spirit of all Things, and the Medicine Man has taught them how to control Nature.
We Indians are sent to earth to guard mortals because we know the law of protection, and so we are often the doorkeepers to protect mediums from earthbound spirits.
The pale-faces die from all kinds of diseases but the Indians do not. There is little sickness among the Indians; they live in Nature and they die a natural death. So when they come back to contact they bring an influence of strength and health.
Indian spirits seldom obsess people; they do not make people crazy because they know the laws governing the control of a mortal.
I am a Chippewa Indian and was born near Shell Lake, in 1883, on an Indian Reservation, in Northern Wisconsin.
I was four and a half years old when I was hurt on the head by a fall and passed to the spirit side of life, and when Mrs. Wickland cast a horoscope for me she found that death resulting from an injury was shown.
I came to Mrs. Wickland in 1893 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I am the Doorkeeper.
When I first came to Mrs. Wickland I could only talk the Chippewa language and what English I know I have learned while being in contact with Mrs. Wickland. Different persons in the circles have taught me English.
Some people think Indians do not know anything because they have not had much schooling, but they have true love for The Great Spirit and a true love for helping others.
Of course there are evil Indians as well as good Indians, but the bad ones are only those who have no understanding of The Great Spirit, and most of their bad habits are acquired from the pale-faces.
Before the pale-faces came to America there was no fear among the Indians. The Indians of different tribes fought with each other but were fearless.
Then the pale-faces came and hunted them down like animals. Fear and anger crept into the hearts of the Indians and then came trouble and war.
Many pale-faces wanted Indian land and some stole the land from the Indians, and then the Indians got angry and fought. They thought all the pale-faces were the same and then came trouble.
If the pale-faces had treated the Indians kindly in the beginning they would never have had wars with them. Treat an Indian with kindness and he will do much for you.
The Medicine Men are those who study Nature’s forces and have power over them, and the Indians are often able to make rain.
When they pray they use the higher forces of life. They do not do what the pale-faces often do—pray with the mouth and only talk. They say little, but dance around in a big circle and concentrate.
Sometimes they have a Snake Dance. They have learned to charm snakes so they will not bite, because the Indians have no fear.
If the pale-faces would overcome fear they could do wonderful things.
In olden times the pale-faces had no fear, but they were scared by the stories of hell and the devil and this fear grew so that the people lost control of Nature’s finer forces.
There are no religions in the spirit world; all are brothers and sisters in Truth.
All are alike in the Higher Life after they have an understanding of The Great Spirit.
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Another one of Mrs. Wickland’s guiding spirits is Movilia, an Esquimo, who brings strength and power to the circle. He lived in Greenland and was a traveling lecturer, doctor and entertainer, a Medicine Man of high order with a profound knowledge of Nature.
He journeyed among his people as an organizer and a philosopher, accompanied by his wife, a poetess and singer, and his children, who danced symbolical dances.
Some of the Esquimo songs, when given through Mrs. Wickland by Movilia and his wife, have been recognized by an Alaskan traveler as being a part of certain Esquimo ceremonies. These Esquimos do not speak English but one evening Movilia brought another Esquimo who acted as interpreter for him and told us something of the Esquimo religion.
EXPERIENCE, MAY 12, 1921 Spirit: ESOVILIA CHEVILIA, speaking for MOVILIA AND WIFE Psychic: MRS. WICKLAND
My name is Esovilia Chevilia, Esquimo, and the ones for whom I talk are Movilia and his wife.
We believe in the Great Spirit of Love, Wisdom and Knowledge, and that we are a part of that Great Spirit, and that when we pray from our hearts we shall receive what we ask for.
The Medicine Man is the one who knows the Secret of the Universe, the Secret of Love, the Secret of Knowledge and the Secret of Wisdom and Truth.
It is in that Spirit we live, and each tries to do the best he knows how.
Sometimes there comes a missionary who thinks we are not Christians and that we do not live right, and does not think we love God, as they call The Great Spirit.
We love the Great Spirit of Love, the Great Spirit of Truth, The Great Spirit, and we acknowledge Him. We do not believe, we know. We know the truth and we know that we are a part of that Divine Spirit that is within us, and when we are in contact with that Great Spirit of Truth we have much in our hearts. We can understand His meaning of Life, His meaning of Love for His children here on earth.
Some of the missionaries who come to us say that Christ died for our sins. Dear friends, we do not have sins for Christ to die for, for God is Love and Power; He is Wisdom, Knowledge and Truth. We are a part of that wonderful Being. When we are a part of that wonderful spirit how could we be full of sin?
We could not fall away from Him because we are a part of Him; we live in Him and are a part of Him. We could not get away from Him because He is everywhere. He is the whole Universe, the whole Love, the whole Life of everything.
How can anyone think we could believe in such a doctrine that He, the Great Spirit that knows everything, is everywhere, and knows the past, present and future, could, in all His power and greatness, let us go down and down and fall in sin? How could He?
The missionary says we must be born in His image, and must believe in Him, that He died for our sins, and if we believe that we will go to Heaven when we die.
You have dogmas and dogmas, and creeds and beliefs. We put ourselves in rapport with that Great Spirit and we believe in His power. We try to get the power from the Great Spirit for healing and for other purposes. We have Hope in that power; we have Wisdom in that power.
The Christians believe and believe that they fall in sin and that somebody must raise them up.
If you step outside of the Law you know what will happen. If you put your hand in the fire you know you have broken the Law and must suffer.
If you have the belief that you have fallen in sin you have transgressed the Law and you will suffer.
We must find the Great Spirit within, not look outside. Find ourselves and we will find Him, for we are a part of that wonderful Mind, that wonderful Power. Let us all try to get in rapport with Him in His wonderful, wonderful glory.
When you are in rapport with the Great Spirit you will feel happy. You have then learned your lesson and will go on your way and not overstep the Law. You will get out of your ignorance.
You travel on the pathway of Life; if you walk out of the pathway you may remain as long as you wish, but you must finally get back on the road again. What made you go from the pathway? You overstepped the law of Nature.
You finally get so weary of breaking the laws of Nature that you will ask, “What am I here for, and where am I going?”
Then you will find you are a Truth-Seeker; you will knock and the door will be opened. You will look within, instead of, as before, without.
You have been living in the material with all its dogmas, here one, here another. And then there is so much condemning. You are all Christians, and yet you condemn and fight, and fight each other, and you have so much turmoil.
This condition will continue until you ask yourself: “What is it all about?” Then you will try to find out. When you seek for things from your heart, you will find. Ask God to reveal Himself to you. Ask God to manifest Himself in your heart before you leave the broad road of Experience for the narrow road of Reason.
When you get on the narrow road you will feel happy and contented, and you come into the Glory of the Infinite. There all is beautiful. There is no selfishness. The narrow road is only for Love, Kindness, Knowledge and Wisdom of God.
The Christians look for God outside; we look for God within.
Within ourselves we look for the Great Spirit. We do not have so many creeds and dogmas, and so many religious speculations. We do not have to speculate for we know.
One gets the truth one way, one another, and so they go, all divided, nothing definite. People must change, for they have had enough of dogmas. Let them get more of the Wisdom of God, on the narrow road of Reason, and find themselves. When they have found themselves they will have no sorrow and no unhappiness, because they will be happy with the Love of God.
When they love God they will love others, for they cannot keep it to themselves. You want your friends to love God with you. You want them to see the glory of God.
We never saw such a thing as you Christians call the Devil; we call it Selfishness and Ignorance.
Find yourself now. If you do not you will have to stop here, there and everywhere. When you have that beautiful knowledge all is happiness. You must experience this feeling within yourself before you can teach it to others.
This is the Religion of the Esquimos.
I was a Medicine Man on earth, and I was also a teacher.
Esquimo Movilia was the one that came to me and wanted me to say to you what he wishes to say. I have only repeated what he told me to say.
We have no wars. We try to live as near Nature and the Great Spirit as we can. We are not a pretty people, and we do not have so much changing as you do in dress. We have our beauty within us. Prettiness is only skin deep, so we do not care.
The Christian has to be awakened through suffering and trouble. Then you begin to look for what is called the truth. You think that Jesus died for your sins. He could not, and He did not.
The sins that are committed now are many more than when He was on earth. Many things have been discovered that were not known then, so how could he die for something that was not known? I think that is very strange.
God made us and He knew. When you find God within yourself you cannot do wrong. You sing and are happy, and happiness is something we all want.
We had one man come to us and preach. He took away with him one of the best men we had and tried to bring him up with your Christians. He returned to us a ruined man, full of diseases. We do not have such diseases, because we live up to the highest laws of Nature. He came back and told us how you, who call yourselves Christians, live.
We all felt so horrified to know that the Christians were so diseased in mind and body.
That is what the Christians did to our fellow Esquimo.
So I felt that I wanted to come and tell you of our religion.
Let all in this little circle find themselves and God, because you and God are one.
Here is a big light, say a candle, which stands in the center. Around it are smaller candles, but they are all a part of the same material as the larger candle. You take the smaller candles and light them from the big one, then you have the spark of Life. Can you then understand what is meant by being a spark of God?
When you die, as the Christians call it, you only blow out the candle. The tallow has gone back to the elements.
Find God within you, then you have Power, Strength and Love, and are learning to get Wisdom. Then you have learned to get strength and conquer material, to conquer sorrow and sickness. You cannot be sick for you have the light of understanding, and the more understanding you have the more strength you have.
All of you here are a part of that Universal Light, and you must all have that light from the candle. Do not worship the candle, but worship the Light of Understanding.
Do not let anyone come in your way and make you think you cannot reach God. We say: “Find God within your heart and all else will come to YOU.”
We do not believe, we know.
Have the true knowledge of God in your heart and you will be happy.
Good Night.
Excerpt from Thirty Years Among The Dead
See Part I here.