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Healing Circle

by Star Liana York

web # 2460

Bronze Sculpture

Bronze

Edition of 45

16 1/2" tall x 14" diameter

An Ethereal tapestry in sand, the dry sand painting calls forth the divine gifts of healing. A sick child seated in the magic circle absorbs the power from the intricate designs representing the Holy People. A medicine man will work for hours with helpers to create the design, trickling crushed sandstone pollen or chacoal taken from a tree struck by lightning and by the time the sun goes down the sand painting must be obliterated lest evil spirits of the night make mischief with the symbols. A patient's family will host a -sing- and hundreds of Navajo will gather to share the blessings. The principle is that the mind and body are one and that the patient , not the illness, is treated. The ritual brings the patient back into harmony with himself and the world.