Midewiwin - Seven Prophetical Ages

Seven Prophetical Ages

Seven fires prophecy is a prophecy originally taught among the practitioners of Midewiwin. Each fire represents a prophetical age, marking phases, or epochs, in the life of the people on Turtle Island (North America). The Seven fires prophecy represent key spiritual teachings for North America, and suggest that the different colors and traditions of the human beings can come together on a basis of respect. The Algonquins are the keepers of the seven fires prophecy wampum.

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Famous quotes containing the word ages:

    We, in the ages lying
    In the buried past of the earth,
    Built Nineveh with our sighing,
    And Babel itself with our mirth;
    —Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881)