Geomantic connection

i walked and walked

Pegi Eyers at Stone Circle Farm, Otonabee Watershed

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​I walked and walked until I was "me" no longer.
The runoff sluice glistening and tinkling through farmer’s fields
became my right arm,
the sprouts on dead branches my fingers,
the abandoned field – slowly rewilding – my face,
the vultures overhead tracing the cloud lines – my hair,
the faded straw bale my spine,
the circle in front of the grandfather tree delineated by tractors
– my belly,
the mandala of ferns my breasts,
the maple buds flung half-way down the clay driveway my
buoyant left leg,
the dancing sky my ice-blue eyes,
the dog on the leash – my scars from surgeries long gone,
the layers of birdsong my teeth for sweet grinding,
the fallen spruce boughs – still green – my splintered right leg,
the catnip in luscious clusters my toes in the sand,
the blackbird swooping in circles my lungs,
the deer track winding through bracken my left arm,
and the bones of the land, once living flowers and trees
– my heart.

Pegi Eyers 04/27/2020

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Sacred sites ~ SERPENT MOUNDS

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In southern Ontario, Hiawartha First Nation on Rice Lake are the stewards of  The Serpent Mounds an ancient Indigenous landform special to my own personal mythology, re-landing process and recovery of ancestral mind. The liminality of this incredible place can be felt with each visit  - a sacred environ where time stands still, and waves of sound, light and energy exist in an ecotone that is separate from the modern world.

With deep gratitude to the Mississaugii of Rice Lake, the Keepers of Serpent Mounds Park.

The sacred Serpent Mound is an Aboriginal historic site with evidence of occupation and use spanning more than 2000 years. It is here that Archeologists discovered evidence that ancient Native people gathered in large settlements around the lake to camp, hunt, fish, collect freshwater mussels and harvest the abundant wild rice cops which once occupied Rice Lake. Evidence found throughout the site, identified occupation dating back to 58 B.C., and the assemblage of artifacts provides extensive information on the habitation, rituals and culture of this ancient site and represents the most complete picture of Point Peninsula life. The site clearly illustrates the long-term cultural processes and represents cultural records of early habitation closely integrated with the natural environment.

It is also here, on a high point of land overlooking Rice Lake that the nine earthen burial mounds which enclose the graves of the Point Peninsula Native people can be found. The largest mound, shaped like a serpent, is approximately 60 meters long and 8 meters wide, and the only one of its kind in Canada. It is from this mound that the site and Park derives its name. Surrounding the serpentine mound are eight oval or round mounds, often described as the “serpent’s eggs.” Aboriginal people who lived in nearby settlements built these mounds to bury their dead and revere their ancestors. This sacred place continues to hold deep cultural, historical and spiritual meaning to the Mississaugii people of this area and to First Nation people across North America.

 www.hiawathafirstnation.com/business-tourism/serpent-mounds-park

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