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one not ontirely visible. I had never seen anythino; so beautiful in 

 all my life before. 



Then again I prayed to Earthmaker (God). I bowed my head 

 and closed my eyes and began (to speak). I said many things that 

 I would ordinarily never have spoken about. As I prayed, I was 

 aware of something above me and there he was ; Earthmaker (God) to 

 whom I was praying, he it was. That which is called the soul, that 

 is it, that is what one calls Earthmaker (God). Now tliis is what I 

 felt and saw. The one called Earthmaker (God) is a spirit and that 

 is what I felt and saw. All of us sitting there, we had all together 

 one spirit or soul; at least that is what I learned. I instantly became 

 the spirit and I was their spirit or soul. Whatever they thought of, 

 I (immediately) knew. I did not have to speak to them and get an 

 answer to know what their thoughts had been. Then I thought of a 

 certain place, far away, and immediately I was there; I was my 

 thought. 



I looked around and noticed how everything seemed about me, 

 and when I opened my eyes I was myself in the body again. From 

 this time on, I thought, thus I shall be. This is the way they are, and 

 I am only beginning to be that way. "All those that heed Earth- 

 maker (God) must be thus," I thought. "I would not need any 

 more food," I thought, "for was I not my spirit? Nor would I have 

 any more use of my body," I felt. "My corporeal affairs are over," 

 I felt. 



Then they stopped and left, for it was just dawning. Then some- 

 one spoke to me. I did not answer, for I thought they were just 

 fooUng, and that they were all like myself, and that (therefore) it 

 was unnecessary for me to talk to them. So when they spoke to me 

 I only answered with a smile. "They are just saying this to me 

 because (they reaUze) that I have just found out," I thought. That 

 was why I did not answer. I did not speak to anyone until noon. 

 Then I had to leave the house to perform one of nature's duties and 

 someone followed me. It was my friend. He said, " My friend, what 

 troubles you that makes you act as you do V " Well, there's no need 

 of your saying anything, for you know it beforehand," I said. 



Then I immediately got over my trance and again got into my 

 (normal) condition, so that he would have to speak to me before I 

 knew his thoughts. I became like my former self. It became 

 necessary for me to speak to him. 



Then I spoke to him and said, "My friend, let us hitch up these 

 horses and then I will go wherever you like, for you wish to speak 

 to me and I also want to go around and talk to you." Thus I spoke 

 to him. " If I were to tell you all that I have learned, I would never 

 be able to stop at all, so much have I learned," I said to him. " How- 

 ever, I would enjoy telling some of it." "Good," said he. He hked 



