{"id":31013,"date":"2019-11-21T11:46:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=31013"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:51:21","slug":"dream-catchers-those-popular-spidery-sacred-hoops-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/dream-catchers-those-popular-spidery-sacred-hoops-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Catchers\u2014Those Popular Spidery &#8220;Sacred Hoops&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/101-nanci-des-gerlaise\">Nanci Des Gerlaise<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> (author of <em>Muddy Waters: an insider\u2019s view of North American Native Spirituality<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bigstock-Beautiful-dream-catcher-on-gre-46137133-377x600.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful dream catcher on green background\" class=\"wp-image-15623\" width=\"301\" height=\"479\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dream catchers\u2014those spidery \u201csacred hoops\u201d with feathers. They originated with the Ojibwa tribe during the \u201960s and \u201970s, supposedly to protect a sleeper by \u201ccatching\u201d bad dreams or evil spirits. Then they caught on with other tribes and spread through the New Age movement into popular culture. Today, it is not uncommon to see dream catchers in gift and variety stores.&nbsp; Dream catchers are even used in some public school settings, as the following describes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Every classroom displayed at least one dreamcatcher\u2014a magical spider web inside a sacred circle. The students explained that dreamcatchers protect them from evil spirits and nightmares by catching the bad dreams but permitting good dreams to pass though the center. According to fourth grade teacher Ms. Preston, the amber crystal in the center of her dreamcatcher meant proper spiritual alignment with the energy of the universe.1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you can be sure, most of the general public has no idea of the meaning and purpose of dream catchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, using a dream catcher in its intended purpose is nothing more than a form of practicing occultism. How can an inanimate object \u201ccatch\u201d evil spirits, much less bad dreams? And why attempt to \u201ccatch\u201d evil spirits or nightmares when you cannot fight them physically?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Native people can sometimes see into the spiritual world of darkness, dream catchers, or anything having to do with the occult, merely attract evil spirits and demonic activity and provide no means of protection from them. Using dream catchers is an open invitation for more spiritual works of darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a born-again Christian, you have a Protector\u2014God Almighty\u2014who stands between us and the evil realm. We need nothing more than Jesus Christ Himself who overcame all works and powers of darkness by His death and resurrection. If we pay attention to God\u2019s Word and not to seducing spirits, we can walk in His freedom from fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ephesians 6:12 says that our battle is not against \u201cflesh and blood,\u201d but is against \u201cprincipalities,\u201d \u201cpowers,\u201d \u201cthe rulers of the darkness\u201d and \u201cspiritual wickedness in high places.\u201d And in Hebrews, we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14\u201315)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(To understand more about Native Spirituality, read <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/home\/206-muddy-waters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muddy Waters,<\/a><\/em> by Nanci Des Gerlaise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Berit Kjos, Brave New Schools (Kjos Ministries, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroad.to\/Books\/BraveNewSchools\/1-globalvillage.html\">http:\/\/www.crossroad.to\/Books\/BraveNewSchools\/1-globalvillage.html<\/a>), ch. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":15623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1323,95],"tags":[2928,260,1003,1232,2401,4214,4215],"class_list":["post-31013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-at-risk","category-native-spirituality-2","category-the-new-age-movement","tag-the-new-age-movement","tag-occultism","tag-native-spirituality","tag-muddy-waters","tag-dream-catchers","tag-dreamcatcher","tag-sacred-hoops","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-1323-id","wpcat-95-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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