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Spiritual protesters gather to pour water, heal ocean after spill
On Tuesday, protestors across the country marked the 50th day of the oil spill in the gulf with protest full of signs and shouts. But Marilyn Wilson wanted to do something different to solve the environmental crises.
She decided to depart from western methods and hold a spiritual event.
Wilson received a forwarded e-mail with a message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Nakota Nation of the Sioux, asking people of all faiths and religions to pray for the oil spill to stop and for the oceans to heal.
Her friend, Connor Sauer, suggested a ceremony where each person brings a vial of water to the ocean to give back to Mother Earth.
When she was planning the healing ceremony on Facebook, Wilson didn’t even realize the date she picked was on the 50th day of the spill. She said it was just a coincidence.
More than 50 people showed up to the event on Atlantic Beach. They poured their vials of water their into a bowl as Lynn Curtin sang a song she wrote about the white buffalo — a symbol for solidarity to many Native Americans.
Wilson said it wasn’t religious, but it was a spiritual event to make people more aware of their actions.
"Everything we do today will effect the world 10 years from now," she said.
Bystanders on the beach began to quiet down and observe the ceremony as they walked their mixed water to the ocean.
Wilson said she hoped they "opened a window in people’s mind to make them stop and think about their actions."
Wilson is a drummer and woman’s coach, but she was quick to defend herself against charges of being a hippy.
"We’re normal people, not a hippy drum group," she said. But she does think the world needs more of a feminine conscious — she wants to see more caring and healing.
LOVE THIS LAST LINE -- NOT A HIPPY DRUM GROUP -- YES I AM!!!!!!!!
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