Reply to "Shaman"

Father Fox

In the very earliest time
when both people and animals lived on earth,
a person could become an animal if he wanted to
and an animal could become a human being.
Sometimes they were people
and sometimes animals
and there was no difference.
All spoke the same language.
This was the time when words were like magic.
The human mind had misterious powers.
A word spoken by chance
might have strange consequences.
It would suddenly come alive
and what people wanted to happen could happen-
all you had to do was to say it.
Nobody could explain this
That is the way it was.

-"Magic Words" Inuit