Doug Tales 60: Red Elk, Part Two

Doug Mendenhall sent a follow-up email to many about a June 2011 seminar he sponsored with the medicine man Red Elk (1942-2015). In this unpublished June 29, 2011 email, Doug reports a few things he experienced and learned at Red Elk’s seminar, showing—among other things—Doug’s openness to learning from all kinds of individuals:

We were able to secure 50 Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power books from the publisher. They only have 80 left and let us have fifty of them. They are selling them for about $35 on the internet they told me. People at the workshop took half of the 50. So we have 25 left and they are only $15 plus five to ship. Call if you want one. This book is beyond incredible with what it teaches. Just the concept of becoming a “hollow bone” in order to do the Lord’s work is worth reading it. The publisher doubts they will ever print more of them. Sad….

WORKSHOP REPORT: I have had more than a few people ask me to write about the workshop with Red Elk, Kitten, and Denise. Most of the seminars and workshops we have done in the past are pretty straight forward. The presenters know in advance what they will teach and do so. This one was so different! None of the presenters or me was allowed to know in advance what was to be taught. I talked to Red Elk two days before and he was a little frustrated and realized that he needed to “follow the creator” and speak His words. Kitten and Denise were told the same thing…. Nothing was allowed to be prepared; they were to follow the Spirit. It was awesome.

Saturday [June 25, 2011] was divided into workshops where you went to work with Red Elk, Denise or Kitten and then rotate to the others. What they taught was different for each class. Yet after talking to them I was amazed that the same concepts were taught yet individualized according to who was in the class. Interesting what the Spirit will do. Most people are so lacking in spiritual power or at such a low frequency they can’t so much in the Spirit. In several classes the women worked on getting our  “frequency “ or  “vibration “ up higher and keeping it up. I know one guy reported that he didn’t come back down spiritually for several days. Pretty cool. Some people seemed to be able to do things pretty easily and others not so. They did work some on seeing and feeling auras. Most was pretty basic because that is where many people are….

A few people said they were envious of me being in the presence of these women all the time and learning. But we didn’t spend much time on these things. It is an individual journey with the Spirit. I would get a witness from them from time to time. Just the other night Kitten asked for a blessing so I went over to voice it. Afterwards she said that the Spirit wanted her to tell me a few things. After she was done I told her it was just a witness to what I had been taught the past few days. So the Lord sent me there to get a witness. The teaching should come from the Spirit. It was like she taught in her class—get your spiritual frequency up and then read the scriptures. It will amaze you what new insights are there to be learned.

It was a wonderful seminar. Red Elk was amazing. Some did judge him and therefore probably didn’t learn much. Some of my favorites were the healing that was done. Also he understands agency and respects it. Someone asked for a healing and he immediately went to pray and see what “Papa” said. If he got permission he then did it. I loved his comment, “You never seek out others to heal, you let them come to you.” It was great seeing a crusty, older, smoking, cussing, half-breed medicine man know the Lord better than most of the attendees at the seminar. Yes, God is no respecter of persons. Red Elk knows his creator and talks with Him.

That’s all I’m going to report about it. You needed to be there to understand the power of what happened and what was taught. Now to do what Red Elk said, we need to get off our butts and get to work and DO!