Native Actors Walk off the Set of New Adam Sandler Film
Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler’s newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday.
The Pagan Pilgrim: The Story of America’s First Foreclosure
He was the first man banned in Boston. He was the first American foreclosed on by a company. He was the first American to publish a fart joke, and the first American to publish a dick joke. He was also the first American accused of being a traitor. His name was Thomas Morton, but he would have wanted us to call him Tom.
Look Back At the Way We Came: A Talk With Joseph Marshall
My grandfather told me about Wounded Knee and then
he ended it by singing an honoring song for all of the people who died there. When you see how that kind of event affects people, you
feel pity and empathy, then you become angry. But anger is not a constructive
force. It's best to teach with
positive emotion. Balance is important.
How the Kogi Taught Me to Activate My Sacred Site
In May of 2011, the Mamas left
their mountain to meet with North American indigenous tribes
in upstate New York at the Menla Mountain Retreat. To recover the earth, the Mamas of the tribes of the Sierra
Nevada de Santa Marta, whose mission it is to activate sacred sites, had called
this meeting to empower indigenous peoples to do likewise.
Buddhism and Theosophy: A Comparison
A zendo with zafus
for meditation and chanting is not the same brand as a lodge hall with quartz crystals and circles for conducting séances. But theosophy and Buddhism are both running subtle energy.
Violence and the Need for Tribalism
Creating
intentional tribes and rites of passage can restore a sense of purpose,
belonging, respect, and morality. Tribal morality can be
assimilated into the psyche, to create
a lasting frame of relevance for the individual's gifts.
Universal Religion
A group of Adepts, determined to stop the world's downward course into materialism, caused a spiritual influx to be thrown down into America. Great souls from Atlantis incarnated into the bodies of North American Indians. It was they who brought forward the movement of Spiritualism.