The Seven Fires Prophecy

“The Light-skinned People will be given a choice between two paths. If they choose the right path the Seventh Fire will light the Eighth Fire and final fire of brotherhood and sisterhood. If they choose the wrong path, remaining on the path of the mind, then the destruction they brought with them will come back to destroy them. The people of the earth will experience much suffering and death.” – Edward Benton Banai (a Midewiwin teacher and Grand Chief of the Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge)

That quote is from the book, “The Mishomis Book,” and is a relatively recent rendition of a prophecy that was handed down “word of mouth” for over a thousand years. It’s the last part of what is known as, “The Prophecy of the Seven Fires.” It can be found in several places on the Internet in various forms, some with and some without interpretations. Virtually all the interpretations presented with it agree that we are approaching the “seventh fire.” That is easy to see when anyone reads the prophecy in its entirety, which is presented at the end of this interpretation, which is really an explanation.

If you do a search on the prophecy, you might find that there are various forms of the prophecy, with the last paragraph taken out of context. It appears that a lot of people will readily misquote great words to serve their own misguided missions. If you take a look at the next to the last line, you will see something that quite a lot of people do not want to deal with.

“If they choose the wrong path, remaining on the path of the mind, then the destruction they brought with them will come back to destroy them.”

That line gets taken out of context quite a lot, and is misconstrued to indicate that the rest of humanity is counting on the “Light-skinned People,” for everyone’s salvation. What it’s really saying is that the “Light-skinned People” in North America are going to die, if they rely on their minds, when the air we breathe gets tainted; which is also part of the prophecy, as indicated in the first part of the “Seventh Fire.”

“Much of the forests and prairies would be gone so the air would begin to lose the power of life.”

We know for sure that pollution is rapidly taking its toll on our environment, and we also know for sure that we can’t live without oxygen. What we are being told there is that we better have a source of oxygen when that time comes, or we are going to die. We are told in the line that follows that one, that something the “Light-skinned People” bring would cause this to happen.

“The way of the mind brought to the red, black, and yellow nation by the white nation would bring danger to the whole earth.”

It’s not hard to figure out what was brought with the “mind.” We all love our technological achievements, and most people simply ignore the FACT that some of our technology is polluting our environment so bad that it’s only a matter of time before our world is so polluted that it won’t sustain life. We are being warned there that we will NOT be able to come up with a technological solution for this problem.

That is what our government is currently considering. Our resources are being spent on developing “scrubbers,” instead of mandating laws to stop pollution. That prophecy is telling us that the “scrubbers” we are currently working on WILL NOT work. It is also telling us that those people who are counting on technology to get us through this are going to take the “wrong path.”

Quite a lot of people will make the wrong choice, and the reason for that is also pointed out in this part of the prophecy.

"As this fire loses its heat there will come among the people those who promise great joy and salvation. If the people accept this promise and abandon the old ways, the struggle will continue for many generations. This promise is false and it will nearly destroy those who accept it."

That is from the “Firth Fire” part of this prophecy, and is clearly talking about “Christianity.” The “promise” that was given is that “Jesus is coming back,” and he is going to magically transport people to safety. That belief will indeed get a lot of people killed when a technological “fix” never materializes. That’s the “back door” solution to our current problems. Millions of people think that when we kill the earth, they get a free ride out of here. As that part of the prophecy points out, it’s a “false belief,” which shouldn’t be hard to comprehend. After all, why would God allow the very people who are destroying the earth without remorse to continue living here, while everyone else “goes to Hell?”

The essence of this prophecy is clear. White people will be given a choice between “staying the course” and dying, or open up to their spiritual being and do the right thing, which is pointed out in the following lines.

“If the New People will find trust in the way of all things, in the circle, they will no longer need the selfish voice of the ego and they can begin to trust their inner voice. Wisdom will be once again be found in dreams of the night and of the day.”

That’s going to be a hard one for most white people to do. Those who can hear their “inner voice” are deemed “insane” nowadays. Believe it or not, that is also what this is talking about.

“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” - Jeremiah 31:33-34 KJV

Don’t worry; just because one group of people came along and tried to convince everyone else that THEY were the “house of Israel,” doesn’t change the FACT that the true “house of Israel” includes everyone that lives through the destruction that is coming. They are referred to as the “New People,” in “The Prophecy of the Seven Fires, which follows.

The Prophecy of the Seven Fires
according to The Mishomis Book by Edward Benton Banai

Seven prophets appeared to the people. The First Prophet told the people that in the time of the First Fire they would leave their homes by the sea and follow the sign of the megis. They were to journey west into strange lands in search of a island in the shape of a turtle. This island will be linked to the purification of the earth. Such an island was to be found at the beginning and at the end of their journey. Along the way they would find a river connecting two large sweet water seas. This river would be narrow and deep as though a knife had cut through the land. They would stop seven times to create villages but they would know that their journey was complete when they found food growing on the water. If they did not leave, there would be much suffering and they would be destroyed. And they would be pursued and attacked by other nations along the way so they must be strong and ready to defend themselves.

The Second Prophet told them they could recognize the Second Fire because while they were camped by a sweet water sea they would lose their direction and that the dreams of a little boy would point the way back to the true path, the stepping stones to their future.

The Third Prophet said that in the Third Fire the Anishinabe would find the path to the lands prepared for them and they would continue their journey west to the place where food grows upon the water.

The Fourth Prophet was two who came as one. The first told them to expect a race of people who had light skin. The future of the Anishinabeg would be known by the face the light-skinned people would wear. If they come in brotherhood there would be a time of wonderful change. New knowledge would be joined with the old knowledge and the two peoples would join to make a mighty nation. Two other nations would join to make four and they would become the mightiest nation of all. If they brought only their knowledge and their good-will they would be like brothers.

The second being of the Fourth Prophet warned the light-skinned race might wear the face of death that would almost look the same as the face of brotherhood. "If they come carrying a weapon and if they seem to be suffering, beware. Behind this face is greed. You shall recognize the face of death if the rivers are poisoned and the fish are unfit to eat."

The Fifth Prophet said that in the time of the Fifth Fire there will be a struggle between the way of the mind of the light-skinned people and the natural path of spirit of the many nations of natural people. "As this fire loses its heat there will come among the people those who promise great joy and salvation. If the people accept this promise and abandon the old ways, the struggle will continue for many generations. This promise is false and it will nearly destroy those who accept it."

The Sixth Prophet told them that in the time of Sixth Fire it would be clear that the promise accepted during the Fifth Fire was false. "Those who were deceived by this promise will take their children away from the teachings of the elders. The elders will lose their purpose in life and many will become sick and die. Many people will be out of balance and the cup of life will become the cup of grief."

The Seventh Prophet was younger than the others who had come and there was a glowing light from his eyes. He said that there would come a time when the waters had been so poisoned that the animals and plants that lived there would fall sick and begin to die. Much of the forests and prairies would be gone so the air would begin to lose the power of life. The way of the mind brought to the red, black, and yellow nation by the white nation would bring danger to the whole earth. In this time there will arise Osh-ki-bi-ma-di-zeeg, a new people who will emerge from the clouds of illusion. They will retrace their steps to find the treasures that had been left by the trail. The stories that had been lost will be returned to them. They will remember the Original Instructions and find strength in the way of the circle. Their search will take them to the elders and the new people will ask for guidance. But many of the elders will have walked the Path of the Souls to the Star Web. Many elders will have forgotten their wisdom and they will not be able to help. Some of the elders will point in the wrong direction and others will remain silent because of their fear. Some of the elders will be silent because no one has asked them for their wisdom.

If the New People will find trust in the way of all things, in the circle, they will no longer need the selfish voice of the ego and they can begin to trust their inner voice. Wisdom will be once again be found in dreams of the night and of the day. The sacred fire will once again be lit. The Light-skinned People will be given a choice between two paths. If they choose the right path the Seventh Fire will light the Eighth Fire and final fire of brotherhood and sisterhood. If they choose the wrong path, remaining on the path of the mind, then the destruction they brought with them will come back to destroy them. The people of the earth will experience much suffering and death.