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may the memory of his spark start a fire.
:)
Once of his usernames was Ghostdancer. He had it tattooed down his spine.
If you're unfamiliar with the concept, you'll probably enjoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance and especially its historic connection to Lakota resistance to the white invaders. It's all very sad, as well, but deeply cool and as I watch the USA collapse I can't help but think about those native spirits (he is with them now) working (or at least watching) from the spirit plane as a factor in the decay of the inherently rotten construct of the white man's nation.
I'm almost entirely materialist but I keep a little space in my heart and mind to allow for this sort of magical thinking, as a treat.
Edit: also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance_War