My Life as a Cree Healer
The healer is an intermediary between ordinary humans and Spirit Helpers, who, in turn, are intermediaries between the healer and the Great Spirit.
Reflections on ESC & the Psychedelic Renaissance
ESC is a nonprofit launched in late 2013 and dedicated to “assuring the sustainability and safe use of traditional plants,” of which ayahuasca has been the clear priority thus far. All in all, ESC seems well-intentioned. So what are 17 experts (now 62) from Canada, Brazil, the UK, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, the US, and Colombia up in arms about?
The ‘Elder Brother’ comes to Australia
Often called ‘The Elder Brother’, the People of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta see modern cultures and technological civilization as ‘The Younger Brother’. I caught up with the ‘Elder Brothers’ by a Skype conversation with their facilitator as they were visiting Uluru, in Australia, at the invitation of traditional keeper, Uncle Bob Randall.
Indigenous Futurisms Mixtape
Welcome to the sounds of the Indigenous future: a hyperpresent now, melding the worlds within and beyond what we can hear, see and imagine. In collaboration with Kimiwan Zine’s new issue, RPM is proud to bring you the Indigenous Futurisms mixtape.
Teaching Truly: Introducing Indigenous Worldviews into Mainstream Schooling
Modern teachers have overlooked Indigenous approaches to teaching and learning that kept the world in balance for tens of thousands of years because we have all been taught that nothing of value can be learned from “Indians.”
Climate Change Influenced Maya Downfall
New research released about the possibility that climate change led to the downfall of the Maya, an advanced civilization that mysteriously disappeared.
