Origins and uses for Indian Dream Catchers

Dream catchers are a part of tradition and culture of many of native people of North America. The stories of dream catcher’s origin and use are as different as tribes who used them, but most common story goes like this:

Long ago Spider Woman (whose name and description varies by tribe) showed her people how to weave a web to catch their dreams. She took a hoop and began weaving from outside until she reached center. At center she left a hole. She told her people that web would catch their dreams. The dream catcher should be hung above sleeping area, where it would be hit with first morning light. While her people slept, dream catcher would catch their dreams. The good and useful dreams would easily make their way through web and fall through hole to dreamer below. The bad and useless dreams would be caught in web and evaporate in morning light.

Complete your religious decor with wall crosses

When we decorate with popular symbols, we make a statement about who we are and what we believe. Wall crosses are one of most significant symbols we can use in our interior decorating scheme. With strong meaning and even stronger emotional value, crosses are considered a sacred symbol in many cultures. The basic shape of wall cross has been around since beginning of time. Over its life span, cross has stood for many things including immortality and harmony on earth.

When choosing a wall cross you should keep mind your own beliefs and then do your research. Not all crosses have same shape or symbolize same thing. For example:

• The Latin Cross is traditional cross shape that most people are familiar with. It is modeled after one on which Jesus is thought to have died.
• Following in Eastern Rite tradition, Eastern Cross is similar to Latin Cross, only with three bars at bottom, one of them slightly slanted. The top bar is representative of Pontius Pilate's famous inscription on cross. The lower bar stands for footrest on which Jesus’ feet were placed with nails. The slanted bar has varying explanations.