Evelyn Eaton

“The more we meditate on the Medicine Wheel and the Greater Wheel Above, the Cosmic Wheel, relating these to circles, spheres, mandalas of other traditions, the deeper grows our realization of the oneness of the myriad paths leading to the Center.”
― Evelyn Eaton, The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel

“I know of a group of assorted ages and races, who are using an old wagon wheel for meditation. It is placed on the ground, appropriately painted in the four significant colors, with ancient symbols designed on the circumference. The person seated at the segment representing serenity tries to live that quality, to be serene in all the varying tests of life, what one mystic has called “the daily startle of the world,” so that the group as a whole can depend upon the serenity of the circle being steadily maintained, safe in the keeping of that person. The one sitting in the seat of truth lives truth in all the facets of personal life, so that at the meeting of the group, and in between meetings, the truth of the circle stays steady and firm. The one representing courage shows courage in the events of daily life, so that the courage of the group is steadily maintained. All these qualities can be called upon by any member of the group in need of them. From time to time the wheel is turned, so that the qualities are represented by different people.”
― Evelyn Eaton, The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel