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intergalactic rainbow ,mexico

2007-11-19T09:20:03Z

WE FOUND IT!
RAinbow included
amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazin g place
3 huge rivers
1 really big where there is river side camping, pretty much eveybody
can camp on the river, then it extends into the second cristal blue
river that emanates from a rock!!!!!! its unbelievable, the rivers
starts gushing straight from the rocks sourounded by caves, and
stalakites, cristal clear pure water, enough for 1000 generations,
its really a celestial place. there are tons of huge pools, and one
that seems like a sanctuary really sacred grounds. Its one of the
most amazing natural wonders i have ever seen. its boggling to see a
cascade come out of a rock! the area is really surreal.
then the cirle can hold around 5000 people at least, holding hands
perfeclty flat, sourounded by the main river. camping can be along
the river, on the main grasslands or in the jungle.
there are no ticks, though at the santuary there are mozzies.
there is a parking spot that can hold about 300 cars easy and is by
the river.
And last but not least is that the land is for sale.
so a community can be formed.
just the water alone is an amazing eternal wealth.
and the beuaty of the spot is priceless, yesterday as we were coming
back, it started raining, as we were wondering if too keep on
looking and just then a rainbow appered pointing to the spot.
hence divine intervention!
We also went with a super amazing crew, and made some music for the
people. We told them what we wanted to do and they were very exited.
so there is welcome from the owners of the land and the recently
emerging miny comunity that is about 5 km from the place, it is very
remote. no people in the area, good privacy.
there is a medium size town about 90 min away, and a full on city
(las choapas) about 150 min away.
So there is a lot of abundance of water and land.
land here is stil pretty cheap.
though i havent closed a price with the owner, he is open to
negotiate and even more if we do what i hope we can make out of it.
We are planing to start the seed camp dragon portal 30 november, and
plant watermelons, tomatoes, cabbage and all kinds of veggies, that
will hopefully give fruit toward the end of the gathierng. We foudn
a horse cart to bring the food in, there are also some canoes. and
we have pots and stuff for the seed camp. though it would be nice to
get in some cool seeds, and people to work in the SEED CAMP
(literally)
We also want to work on the kitchens and some cob building, and
whaetver we need to organize for x amount of people.
the actual gathering will start (Portal resonating dragon) 29 of
january, let me know what you think we havent sealed the dates yet
though we are about to!
hope you are happy, we will compose an oficial invite these days,
but youc an pass it on.
just dont mass mail it please untill we have all the info down.

for more info check
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/intergalac ticrainbow

kareen

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Organic coals dance, marshmallows and penguins at The crucible this next 22nd agosto

2007-08-19T05:28:59Z

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Dears brothers and sisters from planet earth:

We are a bunch of hyperbolas, a group of gentle dandelin spheres that
love dancing with fire and sparkles without any good reason.
We are going to swivel our chains and bones just in front of your eyes!,
we are nervous but don't be scared, we count with a formidable penguins staff
experts in extinguish matters.

Next Wednesday 22nd agosto 2007 at The Crucible
8:00pm
get directions here:
http://www.thecrucible.org

Support our fire & coals dancers:
Susana Buchan
Graziela Camacho
Jill Schwarts

...and natta haotzima
http://nattahaotzima.org/images/coals/fv4.htm

please don't forget to bring your marshmallows or
something to share.
And we are sorry but is not allowed to bring alcohol and
kangaroos.
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Mil disculpas por el mensaje que esta todo en Ingles,
manden mensaje los que no puedan entender entiendan

peace and donuts
natta

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sacred or not? show of hands please.....

2007-08-14T12:35:48Z

http://physics.lunet.edu/~snow/teonanacatl.html

sacred in my book of life...

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rainbow reforestation,mexico

2007-08-01T08:44:14Z

<http://www.reforest a.nomadsunited. com/>
VERY SOON INFORMATION ON THE INTERGALACTIC RAINBOW GATHERING TO TAKE
PLACE IN <http:///>
MEXICO ON NOVEMBER 2007 <http:///>
LOCATION:
The event will take place north of Chiapas, Mexico. Close to a village
called Ostuacan.
Camping is on the shores of a deep river, where swimming is fantastic.
Nearby is the Chichonal Active Volcano, that in it's crater holds a lake
with emerging volcanic hot water, an unforgettable experience. (swimming
is possible with a bit of common sense and taking certain precautions)
There will are also many beautiful horses, and a few excursions will be
arranged, though we cant guarantee that everyone will be able to take
part in this activity.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions.
The event is non-commercial, and is free for all, we maintain a
vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be shared equally
by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.
Fruit orchard planting in School (21st of May)
For more info on our environmental education program please check:
www.edu.nomadsunite d.com <http://www.edu. nomadsunited. com/>
COMMUNITY OUTREACH MULTI ETHNIC PERFORMANCE
7th of May Community annual Fair,
24th May Post Reforestation Performance offering.
In our reforestations we seek to reach out to the local community by
creating a multi-ethnic show, so after the end of the festival we
usually offer this event to the community, which usually includes music
from all over the world, ethnic dances and several other performances.
For more info please check
www.shows.nomadsuni ted.com <http://www.shows. nomadsunited. com/>
Bring:
We suggest to bring essentials for camping in nature.

- Tent and tarp
- Waterresistant raincoat
- Sleeping bag
-Own plate, spoon and cup.
- Musical instrumments, if you have
- Flashlight and candles

DonÂ´t bring!
-Plastic, each person is responsable for his/her own waste.
-There is no electricity in this area so avoid to bring electronic
devices. No hay energÃa elÃ©ctrica en esta zona, evita traer
aparatos que la requieran.
-DonÂ´t bring alcohol nor drugs !
PARTICIPATE!
Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.

If you are interested in participating please register so we can
coordinate how many trees will be planted as well as general food
supplies and so that the event does not exceed the maximum capacity of
the area. Location will also be announced to those registered. Please
mail us at:
reserve@nomadsunite d.com

Don't forget to bring your musical instruments, camping gear, rain is
scarce though we recommend to come prepared.

Bring positive vibrations and the will to serve eachother and the earth.
We hope to see you here to share 7 days of magical planetary healing.

Nomads United

www.nomadsunited. com <http://www.nomadsun ited.com/>
March for global Cooling

This reforestation will be the launch of
a new campaign to help revert global warming.

Remember that the earth does not belong to Mankind
But Mankind to the earth.

We march with the earth
and for the earth

and her voice is our voice!

www.march.nomadsuni ted.com <http://march. nomadsunited. com/>

Why reforest

Reforestations are essential activities to help revitalize the health of
the Earth and combat climate change. Today around the world the
deforestation has grown to an alarming rate exceeding by far the index
of reforestations, this brings catastrophic consequences to the
atmosphere as well as for other organisms that's depend on these forests
for habitat..

We have but a short time to avert damaging and economically debilitating
climate change. We also have all the economic, intellectual and
technological know-how to head off this calamity and avoid the
disruption and misery that inaction would entail.
The solutions are numerous and, as many economists say, affordable when
compared with the costs of complacency.

Globally, forest cover is at least one-third less than what it once was.
It is time to reverse the trends, it is time to act.

Climate change confronts us now. There is no longer conjecture or debate
around an abstract or hypothetical future. We need action. We need to
plant trees and in doing so send a signal to the corridors of political
power across the globe that the watching and waiting is over â€"
that countering climate change can take root via one billion small but
significant acts in our gardens, parks, countryside and rural areas.
Achim Steiner, Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme

â€ The question is not whether climate change is happening but
whether, in the face of this emergency, we ourselves can change fast
enoughâ€
Kofi annan
<http://www.unep. org/billiontreec ampaign/>

Our reforestation programs.

Our innovative reforestations combine the plantation of trees fused with
a multicultural events, workshops and temporary ecologically friendly
living spaces that last from a few days to several weeks. This promotes
reforestation events not only as necessary duty of each individual to
combat climate change, but coordinating a culturally appealing and
spiritually earthbinding.

Through the reforestations and creative activities and workshops we
intend to generate a deep and lasting effect, as much for the local
communities as well as for the participants and simultaneously create a
forest or of fruit orchard that can also help as nutritious source of
food of the communities, as well as to absorb carbon dioxide emissions
which are exceeding on our planet.

Another key point is the life and direct experience of participating in
an temporal ecological community with all the benefits and complications
that this carries, thus also promoting ecovillage living and a more
sustainable lifestyle. Workshops are offered on a volunteer basis, We
ask from those attending consideration in order to maintain a
harmonically working community as well promoting principals of respect
towards the environment.

Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions. The event is non-commercial, and is free for all,
we maintain a vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be
shared equally by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities.

We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.

I Reforestation Festival
Palenque, Chiapas
Mexico
December 2005
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>

Temporary ecovillage habitat.

Participants have the opportunity to offer workshops with a cultural or
ecological focus, like for example: Acoustic Music, permaculture, cob
brick building, African Dance, collective Intelligence, consensus and
facilitation, handcrafts from recycled materials, Horse maintenance and
care, temascal (sweat lodge), Maya calendar, African percussion, yoga,
martial arts and capoeira

In order to be able to live in this communal space that hosts a
considerable amount of people, it is necessary to distribute the work
equitably. For that reason we created the energetic administration that
equilibrates workload. Which is vital in successfully maintain an
organic community in a natural context.

In the morning, after the breakfast we form a circle of discussion where
people take responsibility for choirs and activities. The tasks are
distributed according to the amount of people that attend, divided by
the amount of necessary activities.
Usually during or after every reforestation we take the time to organize
a show for the village, that combines ethnic music, dances and many
acts. We also use the space and time to respectfully transmit ecological
messages.

This innovative initiative seeks to venture into new way of creating
events without a negative impact to environment, as well also to raise
awareness in the participants and the local communities, on the
importance of reforestations and sustainable development in a creative,
dynamic, attractive and effective method.
II Reforestation Festival
Chapultenango, Chiapas
Mexico
Augst 2006
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/>

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sirius dog stone

2007-06-23T15:32:00Z

if a person was to come in well contact with such a stone on earth what would that mean to fine such a gift from the heavens?? just curious to see what people think.. also how to direct the energy to help heal people who need the positive energy from said stone... sorry im not posting pictures yet.. hmmm we need some test subjects... haha this is going to be fun....s-

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Sacred Herbs and Plants

2007-06-22T01:58:11Z

What are some herbs or plants that were used for sacred ritual and practice during the time of the Maya?
I understand that red cinnabar was used to coat the dead...symbolizing blood, but also, when burned it evidently turns to mercury (?)
I am sure many plants are used today in modern pharmacopia...but I am wondering about the ancients.
p.s. Also, I hope to keep on topic without discussion of mass farming, cropping, or politics. I'm just curious about the ancient herb and plant use...(We already know that the rain forests are depleting)...thanks for consideration. :0)

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5 de Mayo

2007-05-31T22:48:10Z

Ok... so what is it? How did this date become so popular in this country??
5 de Mayo is not even celebrated as much as it is here....What its nice to see is that it is at least recognized in this country when there is so much happening. Do any of you have any plans on this date???

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Roots, ethnicity, culture...and you???

2007-05-04T04:29:26Z

We are all from mother earth, we are what we eat and our food comes from the earth...We are all ONE race, sisters and brothers..Our identity is shaped by our cultural values and what we know about where we came from...

What do you know about your ancestral roots? How many ethnic branches does your tree have?

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Genital Mutilation? Body Modification? Ancient practices...

2007-03-25T03:42:38Z

Ok, here is another esoteric subject that I"m curious about. Does anyone have understanding of the ancient practices regarding body modification in both central and south america? What was done and why? I have my own opinions and "limits" about the subject, and I invite others to express theirs, but what I'm curious about is any factual information regarding this with the ancients. Were there certain ceremonies or rites of passage that included these practices? If a source is available, could you include them with any comments? Has anyone personally attended modern day events and are they something that can be discussed here? I certainly respect any tribal ceremonies that should be kept as secret and am only requesting information which can be made public. It seems to me that body "art" and modification is a very personal thing with great significance much of the time. Also, I read about forms of female genital "mutilation" with some African cultures and am wondering if this was (or is) practiced in the Americas. Sure, there is much male circumcision practiced in modern day right here in the US, but can anyone offer better understanding of ancient practices?

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Palenque on the History Channel

2007-03-22T01:48:17Z

This was on last night (03/20/07) and I found it interesting. They noted that King Pacal was burried under the temple/city, with jade in each hand, one spherical and one cubical. They indicated in the documentary that the jade pieces were a clue to the way things were measured at that time. Per the show, they did not use calibration, metres, feet or other standards of measurements, but instead used systems of proportions. They theoried that the ancients used rope to craft sacred geometric shapes based on nature, such as flower patterns, etc...This would create circles, squares, etc. This evidently is how the site of Palenque was constructed.

I also found interesting that the towers and solar observatories had "T" shaped openings, which not only predicted the seasons and solar events, but were also the hyroglyphic symbol for wind, and also the symbol of the lineage of Palenque. Under the palace the "T" shaped openings were upside down, representing the underworld.

Has anyone in this tribe been to Palenque? Anything you can share about the experience? I would like to visit one day if its open to the public...

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III Cumbre Continental de Pueblos y Nacionalidades Indígenas de Abya Yala

2007-02-14T17:34:26Z

Convocatoria

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Hacia la III Cumbre Continental de Pueblos y Nacionalidades Indígenas
de Abya Yala

Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango.

Oxlajuj Aq’ab’al; Jun K’at; Ka’i’ Kan; Oxi’ Keme’; Kaji’ Kej

(26, 27, 28, 29 y 30 de marzo de 2007)

La historia de lucha y resistencia de los Pueblos Indígenas iniciada desde el momento de la invasión a nuestro territorio de hace más de quinientos años, sigue siendo un problema no resuelto en la actualidad en la mayoría de los Estados, de Abya Yala. (Latinoamérica) .

Las organizaciones de los Pueblos Indígenas de América se han organizado en el Comité Continental para la organización de la III Cumbre, que es el espacio para abordar los problemas estructurales que ha provocado la implementació n del Tratado de Libre Comercio y la Globalización de las economías que viene afectar de manera directa a nuestras comunidades.

Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango será la sede de la III Cumbre Continental, lugar que representa en la historia de lucha de los pueblos, que lograron expulsar a los primeros invasores, impidiendo así la instauración de la primera estructura del poder de dominación colonial a nuestros pueblos.

En Guatemala las organizaciones que coordinan y convergen en la Coordinación y Convergencia Nacional Maya Waqib’ Kej, nos hemos autoconvocado, organizado y comprometido en las 5 regiones de los pueblos mayas existentes en el país: Norte, Sur, Oriente, Occidente, Centro y los pueblos Garífunas y Xincas; para protagonizar este evento histórico para nuestros pueblos del continente, donde se vislumbre con sus luchas cotidianas que otra América es posible, tomando como ejemplo los pasos que están dando los países andinos, que buscan la recuperación de la dignidad de sus pueblos y el no sometimiento a los dictados de los consorcios financieros internacionales; incidiendo y participando desde las bases como principio fundamental de los cambios estructurales para que los pueblos indígenas en un mediano y largo plazo tengan el poder.

El objetivo de la Cumbre es: contribuir al reconocimiento y ejercicio de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas de Abya Yala, así como la visibilizació n de las demandas de las organizaciones hermanas del continente, contribuyendo a la refundación de los Estados, a nivel nacional y continental, para que los pueblos indígenas tengan un poder real.
Mas info aqui:
http://www.cumbreco ntinentalindigen a.org/

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Mexicanidad

2007-02-12T22:29:26Z

I hear this term used in a few places.

Is it a nationalistic movement? Is it Mexika consciousness reborn? Is it playing into the hands of a secret agenda or is it preparation for 2012? Does it have essential lessons for the world? Is there more to it than Kalpullis and dancing? Are the people involved all Mestizo, or are true indigenous people directing this awakening and teaching their traditions?

Any ideas? I've got some and welcome a discussion.

Ometeotl

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Geurrilla Education in Response to 'Apocalypto'

2007-02-12T02:25:48Z

Geurrilla Education in Response to 'Apocalypto'
topic posted in Year 2012 tribe, Wed, December 6, 2006 - 4:39 PM by TreeFrog

It has been brought to the attention of this tribe that the Hollywood movie 'Apocalypto' soon to be released is a serious misrepresentation of the Maya and their heritage. I plan to print out a bunch of copies of the following article and distribute them at my local movie theatres this weekend (and perhaps beyond) & encourage others who feel similarly to do the same if they wish.

thanks to Hoopes for providing this link
www.archaeology.org/online/r...ypto.html

Is "Apocalypto" Pornography? December 5, 2006
by Traci Ardren

A scholar challenges Mel Gibson's use of the ancient Maya culture as a metaphor for his vision of today's world.

Traci Ardren, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Miami, knows the Maya well. She has studied Classic Maya society for over 20 years while living in the modern Maya villages of Yaxuna, Chunchucmil, and Espita in the Mexican state of Yucatan. Her credentials include contributing to and editing Ancient Maya Women (2002) and The Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica (2006). Ardren's reaction to the new film "Apocalypto," follows. Scholars are well aware that some aspects of Maya culture were violent, but Ardren finds fault with what she sees as a pervasive colonial attitude in the film.

With great trepidation I went to an advance screening of "Apocalypto" last night in Miami. No one really expects historical dramas to be accurate, so I was not so much concerned with whether or not the film would accurately represent what we know of Classic period Maya history as I was concerned about the message Mel Gibson wanted to convey through the film. After Jared Diamond's best-selling book Collapse, it has become fashionable to use the so-called Maya collapse as a metaphor for Western society's environmental and political excesses. Setting aside the fact that the Maya lived for more than a thousand years in a fragile tropical environment before their cities were abandoned, while here in the U.S, we have polluted our urban environments in less than 200, I anticipated a heavy-handed cautionary tale wrapped up in Native American costume.

What I saw was much worse than this. The thrill of hearing melodic Yucatec Maya spoken by familiar faces (although the five lead actors are not Yucatec Maya but other talented Native American actors) during the first ten minutes of the movie is swiftly and brutally replaced with stomach churning panic at the graphic Maya-on-Maya violence depicted in a village raid scene of nearly 15 minutes. From then on the entire movie never ceases to utilize every possible excuse to depict more violence. It is unrelenting. Our hero, Jaguar Paw, played by the charismatic Cree actor Rudy Youngblood, has one hellavuh bad couple of days. Captured for sacrifice, forced to march to the putrid city nearby, he endures every tropical jungle attack conceivable and that is after he escapes the relentless brutality of the elites. I am told this part of the movie is completely derivative of the 1966 film "The Naked Prey." Pure action flick, with one ridiculous encounter after another, filmed beautifully in the way that only Hollywood blockbusters can afford, this is the part of the movie that will draw in audiences and demonstrates Gibson's skill as a cinematic storyteller.

But I find the visual appeal of the film one of the most disturbing aspects of "Apocalypto." The jungles of Veracruz and Costa Rica have never looked better, the masked priests on the temple jump right off a Classic Maya vase, and the people are gorgeous. The fact that this film was made in Mexico and filmed in the Yucatec Maya language coupled with its visual appeal makes it all the more dangerous. It looks authentic; viewers will be captivated by the crazy, exotic mess of the city and the howler monkeys in the jungle. And who really cares that the Maya were not living in cities when the Spanish arrived? Yes, Gibson includes the arrival of clearly Christian missionaries (these guys are too clean to be conquistadors) in the last five minutes of the story (in the real world the Spanish arrived 300 years after the last Maya city was abandoned). It is one of the few calm moments in an otherwise aggressively paced film. The message? The end is near and the savior has come. Gibson's efforts at authenticity of location and language might, for some viewers, mask his blatantly colonial message that the Maya needed saving because they were rotten at the core. Using the decline of Classic urbanism as his backdrop, Gibson communicates that there was absolutely nothing redeemable about Maya culture, especially elite culture which is depicted as a disgusting feast of blood and excess.

Before anyone thinks I have forgotten my Metamusel this morning, I am not a compulsively politically correct type who sees the Maya as the epitome of goodness and light. I know the Maya practiced brutal violence upon one another, and I have studied child sacrifice during the Classic period. But in "Apocalypto," no mention is made of the achievements in science and art, the profound spirituality and connection to agricultural cycles, or the engineering feats of Maya cities. Instead, Gibson replays, in glorious big-budget technicolor, an offensive and racist notion that Maya people were brutal to one another long before the arrival of Europeans and thus they deserve, in fact they needed, rescue. This same idea was used for 500 years to justify the subjugation of Maya people and it has been thoroughly deconstructed and rejected by Maya intellectuals and community leaders throughout the Maya area today. In fact, Maya intellectuals have demonstrated convincingly that such ideas were manipulated by the Guatemalan army to justify the genocidal civil war of the 1970-1990s. To see this same trope about who indigenous people were (and are today?) used as the basis for entertainment (and I use the term loosely) is truly embarrassing. How can we continue to produce such one-sided and clearly exploitative messages about the indigenous people of the New World?

I loved Gibson's film "Braveheart," I really did. But there is something very different about portraying a group of people, who are now recovering from 500 years of colonization, as violent and brutal. These are people who are living with the very real effects of persistent racism that at its heart sees them as less than human. To think that a movie about the 1,000 ways a Maya can kill a Maya--when only 10 years ago Maya people were systematically being exterminated in Guatemala just for being Maya--is in any way okay, entertaining, or helpful is the epitome of a Western fantasy of supremacy that I find sad and ultimately pornographic. It is surely no surprise that "Apolcalypto" has very little to do with Maya culture and instead is Gibson's comment on the excesses he perceives in modern Western society. I just wish he had been honest enough to say this. Instead he has created a beautiful and disturbing portrait that satisfies his need for comment but does violence to one of the most impressive of Native American cultures.

Traci Ardren is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Miami.

© 2006 by the Archaeological Institute of America
www.archaeology.org/online/rev...alypto.html

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2nd INTERCONTINENTAL ENCOUNTER ON SHAMANIC ETHNOMEDICINE AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

2007-02-11T09:04:53Z

The first encounter held in Lima, Peru, in the summer of 2006 had this features and one of the conclusions reached there was the need to hold a second meeting, since the shaman’s quest for the rescue of human essence is a long way upon which these encounters are nothing more than little steps.

Here we are, we’re still going, working towards the rescue of the true medicine, the one once knew by all mankind and that now prevails in the practices, rituals and techniques of the shamans and healers that took part of the 1st encounter, along with the ones that will take part in the 2nd. These men and women are the main actors of this meeting. Let us all be enlightened by their wisdom.

The adopted motto for the II Encounter wants to signify for the plurality of the Traditional Medicines of High Cultured Indigenous Nations that preserve their own cultures; the plurality of voices and votes, of studies and speakers between nations and cultures of the World in a space that, since the I Encounter, is characterized by convergent and divergent approaches of global and local occurrences.

The Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México and the Institute IMTAMPAC are very grateful for the trust placed on them by the international scientific community. The UAM and the IMTAMPAC intend to level up with the I Encounter celebrated in Lima, Peru last year.

Established in the 1980’s, the UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA (UAM IZTAPALAPA) grew alongside the booming of Mexico City linked to the Mexican society and today it is one of the most important Mexican Universities. It maintains a very narrow academic relationship with all countries in the most diverse areas of knowledge, and this facilitates the best atmosphere in every aspect to welcome anyone who wishes to participate in the II Encounter. The UAM has a wide experience in organizing congresses of all kinds and has an excellent substantial infrastructure for the realization of an event with the characteristics and magnitude of this II Encounter. The venue will be the CUICACALLI AUDITORIUM at the Campus IZTAPALAPA of the University.

THE INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES MÉXICO-PERÚ AC. is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to the promotion, education and research of the traditional, natural and alternative medicines and other medical systems that exist in our nations of America.

Its goals are:

- to contribute to the improvement of the health and food levels of fundamentally marginal populations, through the promotion and application of ancestral medical systems resources.

- to promote the active participation of local organizations in solving health problems through communal healthcare and specialized medical attention.

- to organize centers for recollecting medicines and food in order to lower their cost, and bring quality service selling traditional medical and alimentary products.

- to promote technologies, healing and diagnosis of traditional medical systems and shamanism.

http://www.shamanismoencuentro2007.com/english.html

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Time of the sixth sun

2007-02-10T11:17:49Z

You can view the trailer here....
www.timeofthesixthsun.com
Would anyone care to comment?

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New Mayan Movie plan

2007-02-09T02:25:53Z

"The Lord of the Rings" Producers Behind New Mayan Movie Involving Mayan Elder, Carlos Barrios

by Mitch Battros – ECM/ECTV

I just received a phone call from Carlos Barrios, Mayan Elder of the 'Clan de Aguila' (Eagle clan). We had a brief conversation of what is to come; both in the ways of a movie being discussed on the Maya, but also of Mayan Prophecy and what the elders have recently said.

Dan Hennah, Set Director and, Carla Fry, Production Manager of “The Lord of the Rings” has recently been in talks with Carlos to produce a film on the “real” Maya culture and people. Carlos tells me the most motivating issue was the deception portrayed by the recent Mel Gibson movie “Apocalypto”. Carlos tells me the Mayan people are very angry over the historical distortion of the ancient Maya.

Carlos made a specific comment regarding a scene in Apocalypto when a sudden solar eclipse occurred during one of many bloody human sacrifices. The camera pans up to the sky showing the eclipse, then pans down and zooms in to the “bewildered” faces of people. Carlos quickly reminded me (really addressed to Mel) “the Maya have known of every solar (and lunar) event to the exact minute, 2000 years past, and 2000 years forward.”

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Reuniting the Eagle and the Condor

2007-02-05T11:56:42Z

Bridging the Americas - Reuniting the Eagle and the Condor

"When the Eagle once again flies with the Condor, a lasting peace will reign in the Americas and will spread throughout the world to unite humanity."

Elders Gathering at Lake Titicaca
March 19 - 23, 2007

To Whom It May Concern:

Earth Works for Humanity is honored to be the coordinating organization for the Eagle tribes of North and Central America who will be traveling to the Elders Gathering at Lake Titicaca, Peru, over the Spring Equinox, 2007. As a part of The Institute for Cultural Awareness (ICA, an 18 year-old, 501c (3) non-profit organization), we are dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing, bridging the gap between Elders and the children and creating Peace throughout the world. We are excited about this Elders Gathering and its mission to unite the Tribes of the Americas. We share the desire for peace and unity.

It is part of Earth Works for Humanity's mission to provide all funding necessary for honored Elders to travel and participate in ceremonies like this one. It is estimated that 50-60 Elders will gather in Peru, and it is our intention to fully support them and their important work by raising the funds necessary for their travel, lodging, meals, and other associated expenses.

We ask for your financial support. The estimated cost for each Elder is $3,500. Please support the Elders and the cause of Peace by returning the attached form, indicating the number of Elders you will be sponsoring, along with your donation. If you would like your organization to become a sponsor of this event, please let us know so we can include you in our written materials.

We are also asking all Indigenous communities of the Americas to join with us in Spirit at Lake Titicaca by offering declarations of support for the intention of unity throughout the Americas. Each tribe's resolution will be brought to the Gathering and incorporated into the ceremonies, linking your community to the whole. In addition, many simultaneous ceremonies will be held throughout the world on March 21, the Spring Equinox. If you are interested in coordinating a local gathering, please let us know.

Thank you for your support of Peace and Unity,

Adam "Yellowbird" DeArmon

President, Earth Works for Humanity

The Institute for Cultural Awareness/Earth Works for Humanity is a 501c (3) non-profit organization providing a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing

928-646-3000 ~ www.earthworksforhumanity.org ~ info@earthworksforhumanity.org

POB 1502 ~ Cornville, AZ 86325

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THE PROPHECY OF THE FIFTH WORLD

2007-01-20T16:00:22Z

THE PROPHECY OF THE FIFTH WORLD

Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, a thousand years before the 13th century Dresden Codex and the 16th century Popol Vul, hundreds of ancient chambers were sealed in the lands we now know as the Maya lands. These chambers were constructed in a profoundly sacred manner. Their purpose was beyond what we can conceive at this time. These chambers were sealed to lock in certain information and alchemical energy. Once a sacred seal was broken in any one of these chambers, the energy locked inside would be released into the world. All of this was meticulously planned out. The ancient ones did all of this for us who live in this time.

One such chamber has been opened. Although there are hundreds of such chambers throughout the Maya lands, this one has particular significance to the transformational times humanity is upon. We are in the last days of a 104 thousand year cycle. This chamber held the knowledge of Four Worlds; Four Worlds of 104 thousand years each. The last of these Four Worlds is the one we are presently in. In this chamber there is a hint of the Fifth World that we are at the brink of entering. It hints at how we get to the Fifth World, and what we might expect when we get there.

This chamber lies deep in the jungles of Peten, Guatemala in a Maya site called San Bartolo. It has been reopened. We don't know exactly when the seal was cracked. It is possible that it was opened as early as the year 2001 by grave robbers. They didn't understand the significance of the chamber that they hammered into; they were only looking for treasure . . . for jade. Little did they know that the treasure was not in the material objects that they were hoping to find. The treasure was the energy. The echo of this energy, this truth, is in the remains of magnificent murals. These are considered the oldest Maya murals to be uncovered to date.

What they left behind for us to uncover would trigger a great mystery and a wave of controversy. They left clues in artful murals. These clues were left behind in a way that they hoped we would understand within the level of consciousness that we would have at the time the seals were broken. The only way to convey these messages of personal mastery and ascension was through imagery that we could relate to.

At the time they sealed the chambers, over 2000 years ago, we were hanging people on crosses to die. We were killing people in the name of God. Only the elite could read text. There was mass fear, confusion, greed, war, mind control and overwhelming superstitions. These regrettable actions are still taking place today and ruling the 4th world.

The advanced people who anchored this energy were not savages, and nor were they un-evolved. The 4th world has yet to understand the elegance and sophistication of these people and their level of consciousness. They were far more advanced than we can understand at this time. Unfortunately modern archeology has jumped to all the wrong conclusions regarding most Maya Art. Archeology experts suggest that the ones who sealed the chambers were bloody sacrificial savages and warring cannibals. Researchers read the murals as a recording of history instead of a type of letter that we could read today. Archeology is not a science; nor is it history. It is assumptions! And the assumptions are wrong. The mass media and academic worlds want to you believe these wrong assumptions. Because within the clues that they left behind are keys to becoming free of the entrapments of the Forth World on all levels. When you are set free, the powers in your world can no long control you, or feed off of your energy any longer.

The murals in San Bartolo are a brief history of your past worlds and an echo of the 5th world that is just in front of you. Most history you do not need to remember. What is most important for you to remember is that you always evolve, and you WILL enter into the Fifth World. This is the Prophecy of the Fifth World.

A Brief History of the 4 Worlds . . .

The First World was a world of solely the consciousness of the mineral Kingdom. It was a world directed by the guardians of the EAST, the color of RED, and the Element of Water. It was a silent gestation time. The Earth was mostly molten lava. Crystals were beginning to form in the Earth's crust. Nothing moved, since it was timeless and spaceless. There was only a recording of the blue print of life. Some of the crystals you have today still maintain the encoding of this Blueprint of Life. Some of you even know and feel this.

The Second World was the Kingdom of Plants and Minerals together. It was a world directed by the guardians of the NORTH, the color of WHITE, and the Element of Air. It was the wisdom of the blueprint put into action and the dimension of time. Algae began to grow and evolved into various plants. Time was born, and cycles of life and death began. You could feel life bursting forth and falling away. Some plants evolved from the minerals that had the Blueprint of Life encoded within them. Some of you still ingest these plants to help you remember.

The Third World was the Kingdom of Animals, Plants and Minerals together. It was a world directed by the guardians of the WEST, the color of DARK BLUE, and the Element of EARTH. Animals gained the ability to move about their environment, and dimension of space was born and linked with time within the blueprint. The world of the animals was instinctual. Animals knew how to thrive, but didn't know how to manipulate their environment. They lived with nature and in the present. All was acted upon instinctually based on the encoding in the blueprint. This world was the wisdom of the blueprint put into time and space with instinct. Some animals still carry the power of this blueprint. Many of you are still called to certain animal totems for this reason.

The Fourth World is the world of Human Beings, Animals, Plants and Minerals together. It is a world directed by the guardians of the SOUTH, the color of YELLOW, and the Element of FIRE. This world was the wisdom of the blueprint put into time, space, instinct , but also consciousness. Animals evolved into Human Beings and began to gain the ability to change their environment. The Human Being could envision and plan for the future and learned to manipulate the blueprint. Humanity took its first steps in being a consciousness beings with creative powers. They learned how to alter the Blueprint. Humanity considered itself master of all worlds without respect for earlier worlds. Manipulating the blueprint caused many problems. It created Karma based on the manipulations that caused harm. Human beings have misused minerals, plants and animals. Also, guilt, fear, greed, lust, gluttony, laziness and hate were born. The seven deadly egos. The Fourth world is a world of creative force. Star seeding took place in this world to help to raise the consciousness of the human being. Many of you still remember you are from the Stars.

Now, at the end of this World . . . using minerals, plants or animals to evolve the path of the human consciousness is not effective. Using force is having terribly consequences. Yet this is the highest form of the blue print as of now . . . . but there is another step.

The Murals Speak . . .
Each world is marked by a tree of life: "The Wacah Chan". Each world is 104 thousand years long. Each world has an archetype, program, or laws of nature that master that world. At the end of each world, a sacrifice of life was made. The life of that world has to let go to evolve to the next world. In the San Bartolo Mural, the ancient ones are telling us about being reborn into a new world. Researchers saw the images as a recording of ego centered history and sacrifice; not a letter of prophecy to mankind from ones from the future.

In native stories, there is a tale of the Eagle's rebirth. The Eagle can live to 70 or 80 years old. But half way through its life, it has a crisis. It's beak and talons have grown too long to allow it to hunt or to eat. It's wing feathers have grown to heavy to fly. The eagle has a choice to either be reborn or to die. If it chooses to be reborn, the Eagle takes its last flight to the mountains and finds a cave. While hiding from the world in the cave, the Eagle sands down its beak on a rock. It pulls out its talons and heavy over-grown feathers. It is a very painful process. Months later, the Eagle's beak has healed, the talons have grown back, and new flight feathers have re-grown. The Eagle has now been re-born and entered a new life.

For Humanity to enter a new world is very much like the Eagle being reborn. We must die to our old ways, our old programs and belief systems to enter a new world . . . otherwise we just impose obsolete laws of nature upon a new higher world. It is just like a virus. Being re-born is not a comfortable process, as all are asked to let go of what they know, and to trust that something better will take its place. It will be a time to give up and let the transformation take place. Just as the caterpillar will turn into the butterfly, and a pearl will grow from the grain of sand inside the oyster, humanity will be reborn into a new world . . . the Fifth World. It is time for great patience, trust, and understanding, so we can allow our new feathers to grow back in a new way.

The Prophecy of the Fifth World . . .
The Prophecy of the Fifth World is yet to manifest. But when the ancients ones looked ahead, this is what they can share that we can understand at this time. The Four Worlds, that we are moving from, were all on the same level of time, space and dimension. The Fifth world is a step above previous worlds and marks an enormous transformation that we have ever experienced in the first four worlds. The Fifth World will be a blending and harmonization of all four worlds, but taken to a different level. These four worlds together, in a cosmic equality, will bring about a new kind of life. Mineral, plant, animal and human will be looked at as being equally alive. There will be a type of intelligent communication between each world. The ancient ones know that it is hard for us to imagine this right now.

In the Fifth World, it will not be part of the blueprint to use and abuse the mineral worlds any longer. Mining for gold and silver, or other Earth based resources, will stop. We will not wear gems for vanity, but for the energy and out of great respect. We will recognize the Mineral Kingdom as living beings, way beyond what we do now.

In the Fifth world, it will not be part of the blueprint to use and abuse the Plant Kingdom either. Logging forests for out of control building, produce grown with pesticides and other uncountable abuses will not be part of the Fifth World blueprint. We will recognize plants as living beings, just as much we are living beings! There will be honor in earth gardening and taking care of the plants of the world.

In the Fifth world, it will not be part of the blueprint to use and abuse the Animal Kingdom either. Caring for the animals of the Earth will be just as important as caring for our children. We will not see a difference between animals and humans as we do now, even though we are all mammals in the Fourth World.

In the Fifth world, the new life will not use other kingdoms to manifest what they want or need. More over, it is a symbiotic relationship or type of cooperation between the four world life types to create what is needed. A lot of what the Fifth World will be for us, we can't conceive as yet. But as time grows closer to the unveiling the pearl of the Fifth World, the clearer it will become.

Most important . . . when the Human Kingdom leaves the Fourth World, it will leave the world of force behind. The four integrated worlds will enter the cosmic law of Gravitation. Gravitation is one of the laws of the Fifth World. Life will not manifest by force in order to make something happen. The new life will use gravitation or allowance for manifesting. People will not pray or affirm things into being, but instead assume it is so . . . and allow it to gravitate to them. This is Fifth World Alchemy. Some of you are already living this way.

There were some ancient civilizations that did live a similar form of this Fifth World for brief times upon the planet. They did this to anchor the possibility for the future of the Fifth World. It is like if you didn't know what chocolate tasted like, how could you explain it? The lands you call Atlantis (most of which is now under the sea except for Santorini in Greece, and the Bahamas in the Caribbean), the Peruvian Andes and some places in the Himalayas are some of the places the ancient ones anchored the memory or, should we say, lived the prophecy of the Fifth World. Many of you are drawn to these places for mysterious reasons. Know you know why!

They are many of you out there that this message will speak very loudly to. You are the ones that could never understand why the world is the way it is. You may have never felt at home. You also might have felt that you hid secret knowledge somewhere that you have yet to uncover. You feel soul tired. If you know this in your heart, you are one of these ancient ones who have come back from the future to this important time . . . you are the ones who have come back to reawaken the blueprint of the Fifth World.

Aluna Joy Yaxk'in is an internationally known author, sacred site guide, and mystic.
Aluna Joy Yaxk'in, PO Box 1988, Sedona AZ 86339 Ph: 928-282-6292
Webpage: www.AlunaJoy.com E-mail alunajoy@kachina.net

Copyright © 2006 - Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this article on the condition that the content remains complete, full credit is given to the author(s), and that it is distributed freely. Center of the SUN - Aluna Joy Yaxk'in,PO Box 1988 Sedona, AZ 86339 USA Ph:928-282-6292 Ph/Fax:928-282-4622 Email: alunajoy@1spirit.com website: www.AlunaJoy.com
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Gods??

2006-12-15T19:33:52Z

There has been a significant confusion/misunderstandings/ignorance that ancient Mexico believed in "gods" ...You might have come across names like Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Mayahuel, Tezcatlipoca...etc...and most of the time you might have heard that these were gods worshiped by the mexica people...The truth is that they are representations of energies, life force energies some as female, some as male, some as both... Tlaloc is the representation of rain, not the "god" of rain...Mexica people honored such energy since they relied on the rain for their crops and animals.
There exists several representations to our life force enegies... rain, water, earth, air, fire, wisdom, sun, moon, stars... and the list goes on and on...And as for "gods"... they honored Tloque Nahualque Ipalnemouani as giver to these energies...not a male or female...it was the life force energy itself...

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Where will you be in 2012?

2006-12-10T16:04:09Z

If you are reading this, then you are likely interested in this date. I am curious who has an idea of where they will be, what they will be like, who they will be...For me, I am going to be contemplating on 2012 and how to live each day as we approach. I want to go beyond "what am I going to be doing" to "I am going to be doing such and such.." This would not only be for the date itself, but also the days leading up to it. Sure, maybe you've done 5 yr plans before for business... now consider this from the perspective of 2012.

If we are important ushers of the transition that is occuring, then what will we do with ourselves during the transformation?

I would like to propose that we each contemplate our involvement. These questions are to help get us started. Is our heart open? Are we within a neutral space? Are we participating? If so, then how? ...hmmm, I am thinking I might go thru my chakras and ask myself from the perspective of each chakra.

Would anyone like to share here?

Alba

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Cremation, burial, or "other" ?

2006-12-01T00:45:14Z

I was wondering about traditions and beliefs regarding the care of the deceased. It seems that there are wide views and perspectives about what to do with the human body once the soul has moved on. For example, would someone with cremation beliefs find it spiritually uncomfortable to bury a body if the human passed while on a journey across the desert, or out at sea? Are sacrificial bodies embalmed, buried, or perhaps cremated...or driven off a cliff? ...and why?
I realize this can be an uncomfortable subject to discuss, but I have been very curious about this for many years and request better understanding.
peace, Alba

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greetings...

2006-11-26T20:11:20Z

just want to say hi to my brothers and sisters.

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Heal with with earth's elements...

2006-11-23T02:14:03Z

The burning of tree sap/resins symbolize uniting the blood of an ancient one (tree) with the fire (the heart)... The smoke that produces the contact of the resin/tree sap on a hot piece of charcoal the messenger which takes our intentions to the cosmos... I offer a variety of these tree resins from Mexico, commonly known as "copal". This tree sap is burned during "Dia de los Muertos" (great celebration of the dead).

Jade, Obsidian, Calzedonia stones were once very sacred tools to the ancient ones in Mexico. Much could be visualized within these stones when meditated upon and imporant in every day life...I also offer replicas of ancient figures found in Mexico. These replicas are also made of Jade and clay as those found in burial sites in Mexico.

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