My friend, Walks with Thunder has taught me this native american blessing.
I call the grandfather and grandmother spirits of the seven directions, the north, the south, the east, the west, above, below and within. I thank the nations gathered and ask them for their blessings....one can ask for a specific blessing here..or help with a problem. The same can be asked of thunder nation, stone nation, standing nation and other nations one works with. There are some variations but this is the gist of it.
One can also use tobacco outside and when going to the directions, walk 4 paces (to north..south..etc) and throw the tobacco, which on some occasions, has disappeared during the blessing.
Kim
