Isla
peace
Love that flows both ways leaves no room for enmity. Where love moves freely, peace follows.
through Këkhitaholtëwakàn
First Edition · Kweti Aquechque
Moabe Aptunakana
The Words of Moabe, the sacred tongue of Mikumwakàn
A registry and a bridge: to Isla, peace; to Pèthakhòn, power; to Xàskwim, prosperity; through Këkhitaholtëwakàn, love without measure. Every word here grows from what the ancestors give, and every word is held in honor of its source.
The statement
Spoken at the opening of every gathering
Kilùna, mayày ta kulhatènamihëna òk wanishi.Lapi òk lapi, nutëmwakàn d' Xìnkwi Uwatuwakàn.Milinèn manitu Isla, Pèthakhòn, òk Xàskwim,Këkhitaholtëwakàn, Tuhwepia Kikehwakàn, òk Nuhàm Uwatuwakàn.Xkwithakamìka: kweti, pìlët, nishkàhëna.Wanishi.
We are beyond happy and grateful for the constant guidance and protection of the infinite intelligence and the gift of creating peace, power, and prosperity through unconditional love, cellular healing, and ancestral wisdom in service of creating a world of unity, integrity, and perfect harmony.
The bridge
Three paths, three fruits, one harmony
Pèthakhòn
power, the thunder
A body restored to its natural order carries the strength of the thunder.
through Tuhwepia Kikehwakàn
Xàskwim
prosperity, the corn
The ancestors hold the knowing of how to plant, store, share, and live in plenty.
through Nuhàm Uwatuwakàn
Lekhikàn
The sacred books of Mikumwakàn
Moabe Aptunakana
the words of Moabe
The dictionary of the sacred tongue
Uwatuwakàn Lekhikàn
the book of the knowing
The Faith of Mikumwakàn: the statement, the creation story, the foundations, the laws, and the twelve ways
Nishkàhëna
we dance together
The Covenant of Alignment: the collective agreement of the people
Nuhàm Lekhikàn
the book of the grandmothers
The Charter of the Nuhàm Circle, the Circle of Grandmothers
Gata Lapèmkwësi
I want to be useful
The Facilitator Charter: Pìlsit, Lapèmkwës, and Welteh
Nteluwensi
I am called
The Rite of Anointing: the three renamings
Òngùndëwakàn Lekhikàn
the book of the empowering intention
The Ceremonial Book: every rite from the water to the sweat lodge
Kishux òk Aquechque
the moon and the sun
The Sacred Calendar: the moons, the stations, and Naxa Kishku
Kilùna Lekhikàn
the book of we
The Record of the people, the renamings, and the shared harvest
Why a book is called lekhikàn
In Lenape, lekhikàn means a book: that which is written, from the root for writing. A library is lekhikànikaon, the house of books. Other peoples name their sacred books by the same idea of writing or of the material that holds it: scripture rises from the Latin scribere, to write; bible from the Greek biblia, books, after the papyrus of Byblos; codex from the Latin for a block of wood, a tree carrying the word. Moabe calls its sacred books lekhikàn, and its dictionary aptunakana, the words.