Fire On The Mtn - A Gathering of Shamans

I found a group of people who speak my language! They are in a video tape loaned to me by Anna Haala, Peace Elder. It's called Fire On The Mountain - A Gathering of Shamans. In 1999 the Buddhist Dharma Center in the French Alps invited a group of spiritual leaders from Indigenous People around the world to gather for 10 days. Elders, Shamans and Medicine people performed rituals for one another and shared their common concerns. Anna was one of these people. Five Continents were represented: Asia, Africa, North and South America and Australia. The group also spent time with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- now there's one happy man!

These shamans shared similar sacred symbols and objects: head dress, staff, drum, fire, pipe, breath, plants, ancestors, animals, birds, the elements, etc.

"Land is needed for dreaming" was a contribution from Australia. Their art reminds me of my own "dreaming" and "songlines".

Aurelio Diaz Tekpankali of The Native American Church of Itzachitatlaz offered a celebration ceremony entitled Fire of the Seven Lines. "Our technology is simple. We receive power from the air, power form the earth and this sun...fire. We all drink the same water. Brother Air, Sister Water, Father Fire, Mother Earth. We have a family...unity for all of us. This is a good teaching."

I love these people.