Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet

This does not mean there is a lack of critical thinking, only that thinking about the experience while in the moment stops the experience.

Rituals powered by intention focus concentration, enabling access to more rarefied levels of the mind for communication with the spiritual realms for prophecy and guidance and to influence events. That is how knowledge of the healing powers of plants was first gained, how understanding was developed about the importance of honoring the four directi

The number thirteen is also considered a sacred number in each of the Grandmothers’ traditions. During ancient times, the year was divided into thirteen months because there were thirteen full moons in a year, and a woman’s cycle is intimately linked with the cycles of the moon. In those times, women were greatly honored because their bodies were s

Most indigenous teachings hold that it is in the heart of a thing that its spirit can be found, and within that spirit is the very essence of the Creator, or whatever one wants to call this divine force. It is believed that the simple act of picking up a stone and holding it in silence changes a person in subtle and profound ways.

Grandmother Agnes believes the ceremony opened a space for the healing energy of the Creator by offering prayers of gratitude to the Salmon People for giving up their lives to feed humanity. “I am trying to teach reciprocity,” she says. “We two-leggeds are always taking and rarely giving back. Without reciprocity, the balance of nature is thrown of

The native peoples, the red people, were entrusted with the guardianship of the Earth, the teachings of the plants, foods, and healing herbs. The yellow race carried the knowledge of air, of spiritual advancement through knowledge of the sky, wind, and breath. The black people were given knowledge of the water, the most adaptive and yet most powerf

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is our gift, and we better use it wisely.”

Spirituality’s highest purpose is to touch a mystery beyond words, which is perceived only in silence and solitude, the Grandmothers say. Listening within the silence puts one in touch with the energy, vibration, and spiritual forces that are at the heart of Creation. The realms are real, not of the imagination, and can only be reached by a quiet m

Prophecies of each of the Grandmothers’ traditions state that we are entering the Purification Times. The purification process is a natural cleansing of all the accumulated negativity caused by being materially instead of spiritually oriented.