Wolf Lodge @ Rancho Lobo

We just finished grouting some of the satillo tile in our second peace sound chamber! It has been quite a journey for Charles and I and I can't help but to be in awe and amasement that we have built two peace chambers together.  The journey has been challenging and blessed with many gifts from spirit. We are hoping for the grand presentation at the March sweat lodge, so Ihope all that can come will be present- what a fabulous way to start with the spring time chant from grandfather!

I must say that i feel truly blessed to be in partnership with Charles and the lessons learned in love, companionship, friendship and partnership along he way- we are truly each other's pull apart ( see the movie The Butchers Wife) and I count my blessings every day for our togetherness.  I also count my blessings for the presence of Grandfather and Uncle benito in my life and the teachings they have showed me with loving care and the ability to open the wolf lodge to those in seach of inner harmony and a way to reconnect with our mother the earth!

In looking out at the Chamber- another story of itsself in not getting hung up in the form- I love that the final site of the chamber is close to the house and persisted in manifesting as the place to be. There have been many hands in the building of this sacred space and a very special thank you to our brother John for his many hard hours of work and worship to bring the |Spider Song Chamber into manisfistation!  |I also need to thank our sister Judy for all of her behind the scenes work to help bring the chamber into reality.  And a special blessing to all the loving hands who participated in the building- it has been a true labor of love and fellowship.

I noticed three little grandmother wolf spiders today whispering their collective creative song as Charles and I worked- the magic and wonder of spirit sings in my heart!

Pahweepah

Dear Wolf Lodge Family. Charles and I decided after introspection, conversation and quietness to put the dance on hiatus this year and not get stuck in the form.  The message is to creat, create, create, the voice of grandmother spider! So this year we will do a different kind of ceremony, a Chamber work Ceremony.  We will have a fire ceremony inside the chamber on Thursday night to start things off, Friday will be a chamber workshop ceremony, Saturday will be a ten round sweat lodge starting around noon and Sunday we will finish the last coat of stucco on the chamber.  This is very exciting as then we can continue with the completion of finishing out the inside!  I promise there will be opportunity to dance, chant and sing and be in ceremony all weekend. We will resume the dance next year if there is continued interest in doing so but will wait and see what comes!

Blessings to all

Pahweepah

A BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HELPED OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND!  We were able to get the brown coat on so that's two coats down and one to go. if you have'nt had a chance to work on a chamber there is one more opportunity coming up. As grandfather says "Work is Worship", I believe we all did quite a bit of that as well as the give away of time, energy and literally parts of ourselves.  I have posted a new picture of the chamber after the first coat of stucco on the web site along with some beautiful pictures of Casa Grande in the monlight so go check them out.  If you notice on the chamber picture, we had a huge grandmother wolf spider take up residence and she can be seen if you look closely underneath the left light fixture of the door.  Welcome grandmother!

The Drum Dance is fast approaching so I invite all that are interested to be part of the ceremony.

LOVE & BLESSINGS

PAHWEEPAH

PS i am still trying to figure out how to get pictures into the blog, free grani balm, bath salt or wolf scent to anyone who can show me!

We have just completed the first fire ceremony in the Spider's Song sound chamber at Rancho Lobo.  We turned out all the lights and the sepapu was glowing with the light reflecting off the walls of the chamber.  It was beautiful!  The straw bale workshop was complete on June 20th and the first coat or scratch coat is complete.  I think we are still trying to recover as it was a very intense week.  We met some wonderful people from all over the world that came for the workshop.  Andrew our instructor wrote a beautiful article on the workshop which is now on his website at www.strawbale.com.  Once again I want to thank all of the folks who helped to make the workshop a sucess.  Especially the kitchen angels, Donna, Lia, and Linda!!  They prepared three great meals a day for 20 people for seven days and they did a magnificant job.  Also many thanks to John and Judy for their unbelievable efforts and support.  Also another welcome to all the new family members of the Wolf Lodge who came to the workshop.  When Donna and I took down the tarps last weekend we found a HUGE wolf spider that has taken up residency above the chamber door!! Welcome brother.  We are planning to put on the brown coat over the Labor Day weekend so if your inclined we sure could use the help.  Please let us know if you are coming.  Love & Blessings   Charles & Donna 

It’s here!! The straw bale workshop on the Spiders Song sound chamber starts this Sunday.  The wolf lodge family has been working hard the last few months to get everything in place for the workshop.  The roof and slab are in place and the straw bales will be used to put up the walls.  We are very excited and thankful for everyone who have worked so hard to bring this together! As Grandfather says “work is worship” and everyone who has contributed will be responsible for helping to send positive and healing vibrations all over the world.  We will now start joining in the fire ceremonies that happen everywhere on the 7^th of each month.  Hope to see all of you at the next sweat.

Love & Blessings……….Charles & Donna       

Progress on the chamber is going well.  We started putting in the toe ups last weekend.  We should be finished next weekend.  After that most of the work is getting all the tools and supplies on site.  We have heard from people coming fro Colorado and North Carolina so far and Andrew said that we have seven sighned up so far.  If you are interested in being a dog soldier or kitchen angle please let us know.  By the way....Uncle Benito is out of the hospital and doing really well with his new knee.  See the drum he sent Codi on our facebook page.  Mayby someone will eventually teach me how to post pictures to this thing.  Love and Blessings.....Charles 

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OK so it’s about time to talk about the sweat lodge deaths in Sedona, Arizona.  News updates as of today state that James Aurthur Ray is going to be charged with three counts of manslaughter.  Additional information in today’s press release stated that James was actually sitting outside the lodge in the shade while the sweat lodge was in progress.  One of Grandfathers teachings is in the direction of the South and he talks about Placement.  What does that mean?  Most of you who have been in the lodge with me know that I speak about being well grounded in any endeavor that you undertake and teaching others falls into that category.  Donna and I are coming up on 2O years of working with Grandfather and numerous times we have seen someone come in and start participating in Grandfather’s ceremonies and in six months they claim to be a teacher and start out on their own.  We have never seen this work out successfully and the sad part is that some people get led down the wrong path.  That is why we always explain to newcomers about our training and that we have our teacher’s permission to lead these ceremonies.  Again sadly James Arthur Ray obviously had no placement and people died.  You just can’t read a few books and then off you go.  So the lesson is make sure when you are walking the path of spiritual growth be sure and check out the leader or teacher.  If they promote themselves as a Shaman or Medicine Person I would run the other way unless they have been taught in the traditional way such as Grandfather.  I have never heard Grandfather refer to himself as such but his students know he is.  I will now get off the stump but before closing I want you to know that if you are not getting Grandfather’s monthly messages you can sign up for them at peace@counciloakbooks.com.  There is no charge…….Blessings……..Charles   

Just finished sending andrew a description of the property and workshop details as well as cool things to do in the area- heck i would want to come just for the picture of the pool during a Texas summer.  |If we could get people talking about the workshop in your areas it woud maybe help with the registration, we are still a few months out before we start running newspaper ads. The description states that we will host a REAL Texas BBQ on Sunday before the workshop starts-YUM! Stay tunned..

Coming up on another weekend at the wolf lodge.  We are going to put a new (used) washer and dryer down at momacita's storeroom so people will be able to wash clothes there if they want to.  We will also need to use it for the workshop.  Plan to complete the shed off at the Casita this weekend.  Love and Blessings to all...Charles  

Blog here. I cna't believe I did it well actually my wife set up this cool new blog site- i love that woman!!  Our goal with this blog is to keep evryone updated on the progress of building the chamber.  The actual workshop will be on June 14, 2010 and will last a week.  We still have allot to do to get ready for the workshop.  Anyway let all our wolf lodge family know of the new blog and I will try to keep it updated.  Love & Blessings......Charles