Medicine wheel (symbol)

This article is about the Medicine Wheel symbol. For the stone monument, see Medicine wheel. For the Medicine Wheel in Big Horn County, Wyoming, US, see Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark. For the Ben Allison album, see Medicine Wheel (album).
Medicine Wheel symbol

The modern Medicine Wheel symbol was invented as a teaching tool in about 1972 by Charles Storm, aka Arthur C. Storm, writing under the name Hyemeyohsts Storm, in his book Seven Arrows and further expanded upon in his book Lightningbolt.[1][2]: 5,168  It has since been used by various people to symbolize a variety of concepts, some based on Native American religions, others newly invented and of more New Age orientation.[2]: 5,7,181–183,187–189,193,218–219 [3]: 200  It is also a common symbol in some pan-Indian and twelve-step recovery groups.[4]

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