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Early European versus NA Culture & CRYSTALS My heritage is Western European/Celtic American with some NA ancestry. Thus my spiritual practices are very eclectic with mostly European with some NA influences. I am not a fan of PA but I do have concerns about cultural appropriation. When I first moved to West Virginia, there were city ordinances against doing readings for a fee. I started making dream catchers and selling them with complimentary readings. I extended this practice to my on-line business. I recently started making Haunted Shields definitely inspired by the dream-catcher but with more of a European influence. My ex-problematic neighbor did a post declaring that I am disrespectful toward Native Americans and that Karma was going to GET me. Her arguments – Indians don’t make haunted things, no tobacco in the prayer ties, I don’t have the training to make them and Gadzooks! Purple and the Tree of Life incorporated into them. I am not even pretending to make authentic NA dream-catchers. Our circle considers the term crone respect for older women while the clueless society uses the term to ridicule older woman. Haunted has a whole different meaning in my frame of reference. Tobacco was responsible for my husband’s health issues and eventually death. Why would I use it in prayer ties? I use herbs purchased at the local Natural Health Shop or those grown by me. Anyone can learn to make a dream-catcher by watching YouTube. I actually learned to make them from the women in a NA community by exchanging readings for them teaching me how to make one. The Tree of Life, and the Color Purple incorporated into my Haunted Shields. My artwork and my creation. Disrespect to NA?! The only Karma is the Problematic Ex-Neighbor with her selective rage doing time in Facebook Jail.    Abracadabra  |
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The purpose of Karma is npt punishment. It's a teaching too. Sadly some folks are so hardheaded that they don't learn so they repeat the Karma over and over again. Abracadabra
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VERY INTERESTING OBJECTS YOU HAVE THERE. HOW TRUE MANY PEOPLE NEVER LEARN AND HISTORY JUST REPEATS AND REPEATS ITSELF.
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