Hopi Prophecies: (signs of the end of this Age)
Quote,1. "This is the First Sign: We are told of the coming of the white-skinned men, like Pahana, but not living like Pahana men who took the land that was not theirs. And men who struck their enemies with thunder.
2. "This is the Second Sign: Our lands will see the coming of spinning wheels filled with voices. In his youth, my father saw this prophecy come true with his eyes -- the white men bringing their families in wagons across the prairies."
3. "This is the Third Sign: A strange beast like a buffalo but with great long horns, will overrun the land in large numbers. These White Feather saw with his eyes -- the coming of the white men's cattle."
4. "This is the Fourth Sign: The land will be crossed by snakes of iron."
5. "This is the Fifth Sign: The land shall be criss-crossed by a giant spider's web."
6. "This is the Sixth sign: The land shall be criss-crossed with rivers of stone that make pictures in the sun."
7. "This is the Seventh Sign: You will hear of the sea turning black, and many living things dying because of it."
8. "This is the Eight Sign: You will see many youth, who wear their hair long like my people, come and join the tribal nations, to learn their ways and wisdom.
9. "And this is the Ninth and Last Sign: You will hear of a dwelling-place in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a blue star. Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people will cease.
Source http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=11546
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Sorry to be a Johnny Raincloud, but the eighth seems a bit fishy.
I would say it sounds a bit 'Hippy'?
I don't think they ever said it has to be in order. ;)
Yeah, and I must let you know, only in the past 80 years have Indians used the phrase "my people".
I know. I am Cherokee. Tsalagi.
Oh I see. Fair point.
The source cites the origin of the text as presented, as being from the 1950s:
"The following extraordinary Hopi prophecy was first published in a mimeographed manuscript that circulated among several Methodist and Presbyterian churches in 1959. Some of the prophecies were published in 1963 by Frank Waters in The Book of the Hopi. The account begins by describing how, while driving along a desert highway one hot day in the summer of 1958, a minister named David Young stopped to offer a ride to an Indian elder, who accepted with a nod. After riding in silence for several minutes, the Indian said:
"I am White Feather, a Hopi of the ancient Bear Clan. In my long life I have traveled through this land, seeking out my brothers, and learning from them many things full of wisdom. I have followed the sacred paths of my people, who inhabit the forests and many lakes in the east, the land of ice and long nights in the north, and the places of holy altars of stone built many years ago by my brothers' fathers in the south. From all these I have heard the stories of the past, and the prophecies of the future. Today, many of the prophecies have turned to stories, and few are left -- the past grows longer, and the future grows shorter.
"And now White Feather is dying. His sons have all joined his ancestors, and soon he too shall be with them. But there is no one left, no one to recite and pass on the ancient wisdom. My people have tired of the old ways -- the great ceremonies that tell of our origins, of our emergence into the Fourth World, are almost all abandoned, forgotten, yet even this has been foretold. The time grows short."
(end quote)
So it would make sense if the prophecies had previously been passed on by word of mouth, until this time. And thus the term 'my people' could have found its way in there, without necessarily implying that the prophecies are not as old as we are told they are.
It's a question of trust I guess. Would they make up prophecies to make it look like they had received them before the events happened? Definitely there are groups within the Amerindian tribes who are milking the 2012 thing. I don't think these prophecies have total credibility either. But I don't underestimate the old 'pagan' wisdom of the tribal people. It's a take it or leave it scenario.
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