I am respecting Jeff's request that we do not pursue this any more. Whitewolf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] ghosts > Whitewolf: > > Do you know Christianity's chant/prayer for lost > souls? > > I am a Christian, and I know nothing about it. > > The only Christian answer I know of to lost souls is > excorcism, which is hard ot have done and way > inappropriate if the spirit you are dealing with is > not evil, which is usually the case. The point of an > excorcism is to send a demon back to hell. You > wouldn't tell an honest ghost to go there, nor would > you talk spitefully to it or call it Satan. > > Dora > > --- "A. L. Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > But this is not translated exactly and not in the > > native tongue. As you > > know some words do not translate into English very > > well. Many cultures have > > basically the same chant/prayer, with slight > > variations. Even Christianity > > has a chant/prayer for lost ones (lost souls). > > > > Whitewolf > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hummingbird Sings" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:40 PM > > Subject: Re: [BSChat] ghosts > > > > > > > Then she would also have taught you that Native > > american Religion is very > > > private and nottobe shared with anyone outside of > > your tribe. > > > > > > Rhonda IBSSG > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mike Shuler" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:22 PM > > > Subject: Re: [BSChat] ghosts > > > > > > > > > > The dialogue varies from nation to nation, and > > of course, each nation > > > > intones in their own unique tongue. In essence, > > the words in English > > > would > > > > be as follows: > > > > > > > > Oh, beloved ones, hear the words from the Great > > Spirit. You are called > > to > > > > be one with the spirits in the lands beyond > > earth and time. To free > > your > > > > spirit you must now yield to me and go with me, > > leaving the bonds of > > this > > > > earth. You shall have eternal good hunting in > > the life beyond. > > > > > > > > (Suppose I should explain that my ggrandmother > > was Choctaw) > > > > > > > > Mike, IBSSG > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "A. L. Fischer" <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:44 PM > > > > Subject: [BSChat] ghosts > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is a chant for the lost ones. The ones > > that cannot find there way. > > > A > > > > > Shaman or Medicine man would know of it. > > > > > Whitewolf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What kind of chant Whitewolf? This is > > interesting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > > > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > > > > scribe > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > > billion online genealogy > > > records, > > > > go to: > > > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > > > > > > > > Mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > > > scribe > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > > > > Mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > > scribe > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, > > go to: > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > Mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >