Introduction

The Medicine Wheel is a major symbol of peaceful interaction among all living beings on Mother Earth – it represents harmony, balance and connections. Where I live, Alberta, Canada, there are 46 of all known Medicine Wheels, of which there are 66. Any rudimentary search of the medicine wheel is likely to give any student reading material for days. Click here for a particularly informative article at the Royal Alberta Museum. The above article claims the term “medicine wheel” was first applied to the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming, the most southern and one of the largest in existence. In the 25 years I have been practicing shamanism I have encountered many different types of medicine wheels, from all over the world. The term has caught the imagination of people all over the world. [Read more…]