I just ran across an interesting (but unverified) bit of information about the Black Hills, or Paha Sapa. According to a website I ran across, when folks at the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls looked at satellite images of the Black Hills, they were astounded by what they saw.

From the lofty heights of space, they concluded, the Black Hills look exactly like a human heart. There are even arteries, veins, chambers and other heart-like features.

“This finding gives new meaning to the statements of Lakota elders, the former guardians of Paha Sapa, who said all along that Paha Sapa was the heart of all there is,” the website, Native Americans Online, added.

That could also explain the almost mystical attraction to the Black Hills that people have had through the generations.

It’s an attraction that continues to this day. I don’t know how many times people have told me that they feel the mystical power of the Black Hills when they are here. It seems to go deeper than the scenic beauty, which is apparent from any altitude.

Could the Black Hills really be the psychic heart of the North American continent?