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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414079" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Initiate</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Initiate</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The time has come for me to seek<br> the advice of my ancestors.<br>To take to heart the words they speak<br> which will reveal my future course.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have my knife I have my bow<br>and that is all I am allowed<br>The time is now I have to go<br>Until my totem is endowed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have to learn to recognise <br>my totem by his qualities.<br>Though he conceals them from mens eyes..<br>True understanding is the prize.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A lot depends on what he sees.<br>The part of him that dwells in me.<br>Subjects me to deep scrutinies<br>Which I must face I cannot flee..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I walk the wilderness alone<br>I catch and kill the food I need<br> and for each life I must atone.<br>As I was taught this is my creed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not fear the solitude<br>Although I miss my family<br>I have the correct attitude<br>I know enough to wait and see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first night passes quietly <br>I rise at dawn salute the sun.<br>I watch and wait respectfully<br>but wonder in my heart which one.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Which creature will decide to be<br> the totem that I’m here to find.<br>The spirit creatures are quite free<br> to read the thoughts I have in mind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The second night I cannot sleep<br>I pass the dark hours listening<br> to the night predators who creep<br> about my shelter foraging.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Again I rise up with the sun.<br>Then suddenly I see a bear <br>I have no doubt he is the one<br>whos taken me into his care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I look at him he looks at me<br> He seems to be well satisfied<br> and off he trundles clumsily.<br>A totem I accept with pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bear has freely chosen me. <br>I had no say it was his choice<br>I return home triumphantly<br>and with my family rejoice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I must give up my boyhood name.<br>Now that I have become a man. <br>The Shaman plays his sacred game<br>The spirits tell him that he can.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Leave the choice of name to me.<br>The elders of the tribe confer<br>But they accept eventually.<br>I choose the name of Little Bear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am a full fledged warrior now.<br> No longer just a little boy<br>I freely let the teardrops flow <br>an outward sign of my great joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am a man and take my place<br>amongst the older wiser men.<br> I passed the test without disgrace<br>A test I need not take again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In due course I will earn respect<br>But I must act respectfully.<br>Towards my elders who expect<br> that I will listen carefully.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I am taught the tribal lore <br>they have stored in their memory.<br> The things they could not teach before<br> my totem bear had chosen me..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">4-Apr-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q>
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The time has come for me to seek
 the advice of my ancestors.
To take to heart the words they speak
 which will reveal my future course.

I have my knife I have my bow
and that is all I am allowed
The time is now I have to go
Until my to..."></div>
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