Wakan-Taka: The Great Spirit

[David White Hawk Administrator]

Wakan-Taka: The Great Spirit



Black Elk, Oglala Sioux and Spiritual Leader(1863 - 1950)

"The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship, their
oneness, with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center of the
universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit),
and that this center is really everywhere, it is
within each of us. This is the real peace, and
the others are but reflections of this. The second
peace is that which is made between two
individuals, and the third is that which is made
between two nations. But above all you should
understand that there can never be peace
between nations until there is known
that true peace, which, as I have often said,
is within the souls of men."