Stalking Wolf

La vision de Stalking Wolf

Holes in the Sky / Bleeding Stars

   Prophectic Visions of Grandfather:

   It was then that the sky seemed to surge and
   huge holes began to appear. The holes tore
   with a resounding, thunderous sound, and the
   very Earth, rocks, and soil shook.

   The skin of the sky seemed to be torn open
   like a series of gaping wounds, and through
   these wounds seeped a liquid that seemed like
   the oozing of an infection, a great sea of
   floating garbage, oil, and dead fish.

   It was through one of these wounds that
   Grandfather saw the floating bodies of
   dolphins, accompanied by tremendous upheavals
   of the Earth and of violent storms.

   As he held fast to the trembling Earth his
   eyes fell from the sky, and all about him,
   all at once, was disaster. Piles of garbage
   reached to the skies, forests lay cut and
   dying, coastlines flooded, and storms grew
   more violent and thunderous. With each
   passing moment the Earth shook with greater
   intensity.

   Suddenly the Earth stopped shaking and the
   sky cleared. Out of the dusty air walked the
   warrior spirit, who stopped a short distance
   from Grandfather. As Grandfather looked into
   the face of the spirit he could see that
   there were great tears flowing from his eyes,
   and each tear fell to the Earth with a
   searing sound.

   The spirit looked at Grandfather for a long
   moment, then finally spoke, saying, "Holes in
   the sky." Grandfather thought for a moment,
   then in a questioning, disbelieving manner
   said, "Holes in the Sky?" 

   And the spirit answered, saying, 

   "They will become the sign of the destruction 
   of man.  The holes in the sky, and all that
   you have seen could become man's reality. 

   It is here, at the beginning of this second
   sign, that man can no longer heal the Earth
   with physical action. 

   It is here that man must heed the warning and
   work harder to change the future at hand. 

   But now man must not only work physically, he
   must also work spiritually, through prayer,
   for only through prayer can man hope to heal 
   the Earth and himself.'

   There was a long pause.

   Grandfather thought of the impossibility of
   holes in the sky.

   Surely Grandfather knew that there could be a
   spirit in the sky, but holes?

   That the societies of Earth would not
   notice them would hardly seem likely.

   The spirit drew closer and spoke again,
   almost in a whisper.

   "These holes are a direct result of man's
   life, his travel, and the sins of his
   grandfathers and grandmothers. These holes,
   will be the second sign, and they will mark
   the killing of his grandchildren.  They will
   become a legacy to man's life away from
   Nature."

   "It is during the time of these holes that
   mankind's thinking will have crossed a great
   transition point.  Men will then be faced 
   with a choice, a choice to continue on the 
   path of destruction, or to move back to the 
   philosophy of the Earth and a simple 
   existence."

   "It is here that the decision must be made,
   or all will be lost." 

   Without another word the spirit turned and
   walked back into the dust.

   Grandfather spent the next four days at the 
   cave entrance, and during that time nothing 
   spoke to him, not even the Earth.

   He said that it was a time of great sorrow,
   of aloneness, and a time to digest all that
   had taken place. He knew that these things 
   would not appear in his life time, but they
   had to be passed down to the people of the
   future, with the same urgency and power with
   which they had been delivered to him. 

   He did not know how he could explain
   these unlikely events to anyone. 

   Surely the elders and shamans of the tribes
   would understand but not the people, and
   certainly not anyone who was removed from the
   Earth and Spirit. 

   He sat for the four full days, unmoving, as
   if made of stone, and it was at the end of
   the fourth day that the third Vision came to
   him.

   As he gazed out onto the landscape toward the 
   setting sun, the sky suddenly turned back to 
   a liquid and turned blood red.

   As far as his eyes could see, the sky was
   solid red, with no variation in shadow,
   texture, or light.

   The whole of creation seemed to have grown
   still, as if awaiting some unseen command.

   Time, place, and destiny seemed to be in
   limbo, stilled by the bleeding sky.

   He gazed for a long time at the sky, in a
   state of awe and terror, for the red color of
   the sky was like nothing he had ever seen in
   any sunset or sunrise.

   The color was that of man, not of Nature, and
   it had a vile stench and texture.

   It seemed to burn the Earth wherever it
   touched.  As sunset drifted to night, the
   stars shone bright red, the color never
   leaving the sky, and everywhere was heard the
   cries of fear and pain.

   Again the warrior spirit appeared to
   Grandfather, but this time as a voice from
   the sky.  Like thunder, the voice shook the
   landscape, saying,

   "This, then, is the third sign, the night of
   the bleeding stars. It will become known
   throughout the world, for the sky in all
   lands will be red with the blood of the sky,
   day and night. It is then, with this sign of
   the third probable future, that there is no
   longer hope. Life on Earth as man has lived
   it will come to an end, and there can be no
   turning back, physically or spiritually.  It
   is then that the children of the Earth must
   run to the wild places and hide.  For when
   the sky bleeds fire, there will be no safety
   in the world of man."

   Grandfather sat in shocked horror as the
   voice continued.

   "From this time, when the stars bleed, to the
   fourth and final sign will be four seasons of
   peace. It is in these four seasons they must
   live deep within the wild places and find a
   new home, close to the Earth and the Creator."

   "It is only the children of the Earth that
   will survive, and they must live the 
   philosophy of the Earth, never returning to 
   the thinking of man.  Survival will not be 
   enough, for the children of the Earth must 
   also live close to the spirit.   Tell them
   not to hesitate if and when this third sign
   becomes manifest in the stars, for there are
   but only four seasons to escape."

   Grandfather said that the voice and the red
   sky lingered for a week and then were gone as
   quickly as they were made manifest.

   Grandfather did not remember how many days
   he'd spent at the mouth of the cave, nor did
   it make a difference, for he had received the
   Vision he had come for.

   It was in the final night at the Eternal Cave
   that the fourth vision came to Grandfather,
   this time carried by the voice of a young
   child.

   The child spoke, saying, "The fourth and
   final sign will appear through the next ten
   winters following the night that the stars
   will bleed. During this time the Earth will
   heal itself and man will die. For those ten
   years the children of the Earth must remain
   hidden in the wild places, make no permanent
   camps, and wander to avoid contact with the
   last remaining forces of man. THEY MUST
   REMAIN HIDDEN, like the ancient scouts and
   fight the urge to go back to the destruction
   of man.  Curiosity could kill many."

   There was a long silence, until Grandfather
   spoke to the child spirit, asking, "And what
   will happen to the worlds of man?"

   There was another period of silence until
   finally the child spoke again. "There will be
   a great famine throughout the world, like man
   cannot imagine. Waters will run vile, the
   poisons of man's sins running strong in the
   waters of the soils, lakes, and rivers. Crops
   will fail, the animals of man will die, and 
   disease will kill the masses. The 
   grandchildren will feed upon the remains of 
   the dead, and all about will be cries of pain 
   and anguish. Roving bands of men will hunt 
   and kill other men for food, and water will 
   always be scarce, getting scarcer with each 
   passing year. The land, the water, the sky 
   will all be poisoned, and man will live in 
   the wrath of the Creator. Man will hide at 
   first in the cities, but there he will die. A 
   few will run to the wilderness, but the 
   wilderness will destroy them, for Man will be 
   destroyed, his cities in ruin, and it is then 
   that the grandchildren will pay for the sins 
   of their grandfathers and grandmothers."

   "Is there then no hope?" Grandfather asked.

   The child spoke again, "There is only hope
   during the time of the first and second
   signs. Upon the third sign, the night of the
   bleeding, there is no longer hope, for only
   the children of the Earth will survive. Man
   will be given these warnings: if unheeded,
   there can be no hope, for only the children
   of the Earth will purge themselves of 
   mankind's destructive thinking. The children
   of the Earth will bring a new hope to the
   the socity, living closer to the Earth and
   Spirit."

   Then all was silent, the landscape cleared
   and returned to normal and Grandfather
   stepped from the vision.

   Shaken, he said he had wandered for the next
   season, trying to understand why he had been
   chosen.