The Horse

Horses have always been at the core of human existance. Horses have allowed travel, exploration, farming, agriculture, management of large numbers of meat animals, as well as drawn our carriages and covered wagons. We could not have managed great herds of
cattle or farmed our land without horses. Horses allowed military supremacy and the security it brought. They have been the absolutely essential animal around the world. The history of man would have been inexorably altered by the absence of the horse. The horse allows our contact with our environment establishing an essential relationship with “Mother” earth in concert with “Father” God. Quite simply, we would live different lives today had we not developed such relationships with the horse. They have filled mans need for a bond between him and his mount providing elements of psychological as well as spiritual nuances.

Additionally, in Europe the man on horseback has traditionally been an aristocrat – a
“caballero,” a “chevalier,” a “cavalier.” In the New World we were horseback because we loved the sense of power that rose from the horse’s body into our own. One loved the speed of motion as the air swept cool over the sides of our ears, the music of the hooves striking sparks in the road, the deep vibrancy of this superb animal that could carry you fifty or sixty miles in a day.

There is no denying that man arrived at his present high station in life riding on the back of a horse.

The bond between a horse and a little girl, hardly hock high, is a sight to see, and a wonder to experience. The mysterious healing power is evident and has its deserved place in the world of therapy.

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