Future Primitive on the international council of thirteen indigenous grandmothers
In June of 2005 I was fortunate to be in New Mexico where I was invited to some of the prayer ceremonies performed by 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the planet. I was deeply touched by their strong compassion for the Earth’s trials and their vision of caution and healing for the next seven generations and beyond. After feeling the impact of their prayers and ceremonies in New Mexico I have stayed in touch with Jyoti, the woman who had the vision that brought them together.
Jyoti and her partner Ann have now organized three meetings of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. The first of these Herstorical encounters took place in New York State in October of 2004 where the 13 Grandmothers agreed to form a council of prayer for the planet and all her living species and meet every few months in each of their home places. The second gathering took place in Nambe, New Mexico in May of 2005.
In May 2006 I attended the third gathering of the Grandmothers in Hauatla, Mexico hosted by renowned shaman Grandmother Julietta Casimiro. I was honored to be at that event and became more deeply convinced that the Grandmothers prayers and council are an essential component of a global movement to stop violence and the possible destruction of the earth, our habitat.
The grandmothers have given me permission to interview them one at a time and on this page I am dedicated to bringing the words of the 13 Grandmothers to the widening audience of futureprimitive.org.
May the gentle force of the Grandmothers be with you!
– Joanna Harcourt-Smith
[Please forgive us, we are in the process of restoring these interviews after having redesigned our website.]