Majorville Medicine Wheel is located in Alberta and is an archeological preservation site.
Pictures copyright by Judith Hirst-Joyeux May 2008
On May 20th, 2008, I rode with my friends out to the Majorville Medicine Wheel located slightly southeast of Calgary. To reach this sacred site, one has to have a sense of adventure and a vehicle that will not get caught on rocks or in ruts (four wheel drive is best). This site is on a large ranch so the rancher needs to approve your request to travel to travel over his land. As with many trips, the actual journey took on a significance that made reaching the actual site that much more satisfying.
The rough trail through the ranch is marked with rock trail markers that will guide those that know what to watch for. First Nations people from Western Canada and into the US have used this site for ceremony. It is situated up on the top of a high hill in the area about two miles off the Bow River.
Wes Lafortune wrote an article about the Wheel in Calgary's News And Entertainment Guide - May 27 2004. The following quote comes from his article...
"Medicine wheels are kind of enigmas in Plains culture," says archaeologist Jason Harris, who has led tours to the site. "Majorville was started 5,000 years ago. We can’t be certain of what its purpose is."
In Alberta, Majorville is in a category of its own. Located on the highest hill in the area, it has a large central cairn that has been measured at nine metres across that is connected to 28 spokes that then connect to an outer circle that measures 27 metres in diameter."
When people travel to a sacred site, they need to have a purpose or reason. The reason that we were there was different for each of us. I felt a pull to travel there and to speak with the Ancestors that are linked with this site. Upon reaching the Medicine Wheel, we prepared to ascend the to the top of the hill by either meditating or offering prayers and drumming. Each sacred place has its own mysticism. It felt like we were being allowed into a place that had been closed for a long time, much like an unused building. As we walked to the top, the energy that at first seemed dormant, began to hum. I felt the hair on my arms rise in answer to the call of the energy.
We spent two hours and bit with the Wheel. Each person had their own extraordinary experiences. I was blessed with knowledge that I did not have before and a vision of what is to be. These gifts are not mine to share now. They are for a time to come. We left gifts within the cairn, and offerings to the ancestors. Even though the time was short, I felt that I had completed an important quest.
I pondered that thought as we drove home. For each of us, even though our time on Earth be short, we have an important quest. It is to be as much as we can be. Everyone we meet becomes a be-ing that has a purpose on our quest. Perhaps some of us get lost on the journey and forget the quest, staying stuck in the ruts on the first track that was pointed out to us.
I wish that you may find a sacred site destination that leads you on a path that takes you out of the ruts and helps you on your quest!
Peaceful journeys,
Judy 
Visit Angels' website www.angelsandancestors.com.
Judym, who do i contact to get permission to travel over the land of the medicine wheel? Jay
ReplyDeleteHi Jay, You need to contact the owner of the ranch to get permission to travel over his land. I do not have this name to share with you because the leader of our group contacted him on behalf of all of us. What I have learned is that if you are to go to this medicine wheel, the information will come to you easily at the right time. Set the intention that you wish to do this, and that you travel with the highest intentions for yourself, and to benefit others. It will be done. JH
ReplyDeleteI visited this site with my husband in the summer of 2009. The field was totally barren; no houses, sheds, buildings, cars, trucks, trees, bushes....not much of anything in all directions. Occasionally we saw rocks with very strange markings on them. There was an old fence running along the old, very rutted, dirt road. The road led us to the North Saskatchewan River where there were so many mosquitos we had to close our truck windows for fear of being eaten alive-literally. I've never seen so many beautiful dragonfly's in my life. We drove around for hours trying to find the wheel and just as we were about to give up a truck appeared out of nowhere. Behind the wheel was a very old man who got out to greet me. We spoke at length for about 1/2 hour on this extremely hot day. Once he was convinced my motives where noble he agreed to take us to the site. He told us to go first and he would follow which seemed very strange since we hadn't a clue where to go. But, we agreed and started to drive. We came upon a very steep hill and slowed to a stop. The old man pulled his truck along side the passenger side, passed us and took off up the hill. We followed. Not far along the road we came to the Alberta Tourist sign that said "Majorville Medicine Wheel". We entered a gate and proceeded to climb a gently sloped hill. My husband and I were huffing and puffing, but the old guy just marched right up without any trouble at all. It wasn't even steep, but there was a force pushing us down, making it difficult to reach the top. Finally we were at the top and saw the cairn (pill of rocks). I took off to walk the circumference, going in a counterclockwise direction. I had my camera and was taking pictures. When I approached the cairn I heard an extremely loud sound that kind of frightened me since we had seen no other vehicles in the area for hours. It sounded like a very large machine of some sort. I asked my husband "What's that noise?" He listened but said he didn't know either. Then a swarm of tiny black flies surrounded my entire body but did not land on me. I kept batting them away with my arms but to no avail, so I simply allowed them to blanket me. The noise was coming from their collective buzzing. It started out very low then rose to a very high pitch, almost deafening. It just so happened I had my camera set to movie and sound and was fortunate enough to record the sounds. When ever I approached the center to the wheel the flies did the same thing as if warning me to stay back. I respected the message and kept my distance. While we were walking around the wheel we saw a plane above circle around several times, leave, come back and do the same. It was very unsettling, as if we were being watched, observed and/or investigated. When we finally left the plan did one last circle and we never saw it again. On the drive out we took a different road and came across a herd of cattle but nothing else.
ReplyDeleteThis experience led me to do some research and I later found out that Majorville Medicine Wheel is one of 19 such wheels situated in a perfect circle as far south as San Francisco. Majorville is at the Northern most position of this greater wheel. I believe these wheels where built by indigenous peoples as places to lay their dead. Each one is a vortex and many say the Natives believed if they put their dead (along with personal effects) on the mound their spirit would travel to the next dimension. I also discovered these sites are on ley lines. In fact, they are part of a powerful magnetic grid that exists all over the earth.
Our experience changed our lives forever.....I plan to return one day with much more understanding and respect.
so i read that "a rancher owns the land"
ReplyDeletefrom my life, i have learned that we cannot own land. we belong to the earth. although the rancher 'owns' the land, it should be the native people who still watch over this place. with that arrangement, one may learn the purpose and even deeper lessons and insights into what these places are.