One fire, many hearts!
It is time to thanks.
“The year for ourselves, now it is time to close the circle, receive the blessing and move forward.”
Helmut Kinzelmann (Director Roots-of-the-Earth Team Germany)
So now it is up to all of us to welcome the Elders & Wisdom keppers of the Kiva Ceremony in Germany for a fourth and – for this cycle in Germany – a last time and to be happy that they enter the Kiva in all their languages and songs, and finally again commit the connection to the fire with their prayer.
We complete the circle and move forward.
The journey of the Roots of the Earth family and the Kiva Ceremony continues, from country to country and continent to continent. We look forward to welcoming representatives of the next
Kiva Ceremonies on other continents.
One Mother Earth – Five Continents — America
Heriberto Villaseñor,
from Mexico
Heriberto took over the misson of carrying the fire of the Kiva on from Reymundo Tigre Perez and in the sense of the word we are happy that Heriberto is bringing the fire to Germany and holding the ceremony with his strength.
Nubia Esperanza Rodriguez Garcia, from Mexico
mehr lesen / read more ...Don Alfonso,
from Mexico
The Wixarrika Nation are one of the oldest ethnic groups of Mexico and although their currently held lands are in the fair northern mountains of Jalisco, they trace their origins homelands back here to the Bay of Bandereas.
Xikawery’s practice is concentrated on maintaining the sacred balance of life and nature with a focus on the ceremonially significant corn, deer, and peyote, which are especially revered by his people.
He has participated in many culture and nature oriented events throughout Mexico and elsewhere around the world, especially in Europe and South America.
Chief Darrell Bob,
from British Columbia, Canada
In a vision he was charged with the task to preserve the knowledge of his people, and to share it with all those willing to learn. He should set up a place where people from all cultures of the world may gather to meet, learn, and together bring our disturbed relationship with nature and Mother Earth back into balance, thus contributing to healing.
The “Wheel of Life Society” and the “Healing House” are going to be built directly onto a place of power in the Fountain Valley, his home, located Below the mountain saddle where in the past the spiritual elders meditated and fasted to gain visions and information from the spirit world. Today young indigenous, and other Canadians too, are again going up the mountain alone for the four-day “Vision Quest”.
Ruben Monroe Saufkie Sr,
from USA
A messenger of H20PI, sharing peace through water and is encouraged to help as many people to find the compassion toward forgiveness to awaken their hearts. It is a way to live in balance, harmony, and a unity, which leads to peace and being Hopi.
His message: “Let us do our very best to live by the Creators law, which is very simple: take care of the land and it will take care of you. May peace prevail within and throughout the world and universe.”
Felipe Pyky Uba Duarte,
from Columbia
A Muisca, a tribe from the people of Chibcha, born in Mweketa, the fields of harvest, in the region known as Kunturnamarc, the nest of the Condor. Appointed as guardian of the seed by its Arhuaco family in la Sierra Nevada, and guardian of the Fapkwa, a traditional medicine of sweet fermented corn.
Now based in Berlin, following the guidance of Chiwayapabi, the father mother energy, to share the word and philosophy of nature in Northern Europe through moon ceremonies and circles of word. There is more than what we need and now it is time to understand our Mother Earth needs us recognizing we are one and we are the medicine she needs.
Cheryl Ann Angel,
from USA
With the slogan “water is life”, she has been a fundamental member of the protests and continues the non-violent struggle together with the Lakota people at Standing Rock.
Rosanta Chávez & Arturo Martínez, from Mexico
Praying singers and caretakers of the Earth.
Their prayer invokes the rainbow and their song invokes joy.
One Mother Earth – Five Continents — Europe
Isharia Josefine Kerscher,
from Germany
“She walks the path of the heart with the white eagle”
Born in 1965 into a huge family in Bavaria, mother of two daughters and recently a grandmother. From childhood on she lives in close connection with nature and in communication with the great spirit and its messengers, mother earth and the natural beings, trying to make the world shine brighter and to promote love and mindfulness.
From a young age she has been in contact with elders, healers, priests, medicine people and shamans. Many teachings, medicines and initiations were given to her on this path to serve the world. She has dedicated her life to healing and serving in the love of the Great Spirit.
In 1997 she had the vision that all peoples and traditions should unite in a large circle for the way into the new age. She also serves as a mediator between cultures and traditions and has wholeheartedly supported the Kiva ceremony since 1999.
«Awake and expand your consciousness in the presence of love from the divine heart.»
Raven Nashota,
from Germany
“It is the ravens who look into all worlds and weave the worlds together with their voice.”
Her singing carries messages / messages / medicine / prayers and her being opens gates.
At the side of our gone grandmother and her teacher Ulrike Weiland “Silent Water Woman – Eye in the Wind” she came to the Kiva, and now she goes her own way in love and humility for Mother Earth and a role model of great devotion to the Kiva ceremony.
Together with the Sisterhood of the 13 Moons, she opens spaces for healing for women in the knowledge and being of working together.
Xenia Fitzner,
from Germany
Raised in West-Berlin at the edge of the city.
Accompanied by grandmothers, siblings, animals, gardens and ruins.
My Father, the medicine man, teached me healing, sympathy and adventurousness.
My Mother, the queen, gave me beauty and the courage in love.
About love, I know all and nothing, one thing for sure: “Love and Freedom are one.”
Adjure fortune: “What you call, comes!”
My magic is the magic of the body.
“.. the wisdom and experience of all beings is living inside us. We can use this wisdom to create a loving world.”
That’s it. That’s what I want.
Ina Mehrfert,
from Germany
With an overview like an eagle and her blue crystal clear eyes, she is one of the most experienced wisdom-keepers of the northern-eurasian tradition.
Practicing sweat lodges, in the service of light, over 20 years.
Blue Eagle Crystal Eye travelled the world bringing medicine wheels, crystals and water ceremonies to many sacred places.
With her motherhood devotion and her grounded roots she lead us the way to the heart space of the new time.
“Let Mother Nature guide you and your steps become seeds of love”
Helene Lindmark,
from Sweden
She walks the shamanic tradition of the ancestors’ heritage from Sápmi, the northern parts of Sweden, Russia and Finland. An old traditions from the Roots, which partly have been protected and hidden in silence.
With a deep gratitude to her call she shares with us Ancient Wisdom from the North. The journey in life, a journey into the Roots, a journey with an unknown destination.
”Let us come together and unify, and unify with ourselves in our heart. We are all gifted; all is inside us in our own unique temple. We are a child of Mother Earth. So let us walk, pray and go centered, solid together and be one voice for the world.”
Ragnar Johnsen,
born in Norway …
Guiding and helping us to re-connect with our Heart and the love & light within…
How we can listen, trust and be guided by our inner voice…
He is also a gifted Runemaster translating the messages of the Runes so that we can find our answers and get a better understanding of the path we are here to walk…
Info: Ragnar will be offering private rune readings for a fee of 50,- during these days.
Please get in touch with us if you are interested.
Raquel Haug,
from The Netherlands
During an initiation ritual with Native American women thirty
years ago, she was taught how to synchronize her cycle with the lunar cycle and the cycles of
nature.
This ancient knowledge about the sacredness of life and the equality of men and
women is the basis of her teachings and prayers.
Tina Inlakech,
from Austria
Beekeeper, Shiatsu practitioner … and in endless training to become a Heyoka (holy clown).
There are rumors saying she is a medicine woman, even if she strictly denies this.
Dusty Miller,
from Great Britain
Through a close relationship with the tree dryads, the standing people, living here long before us, all of us can learn a lot:new gates are opened and a lot of food for thought is given.
Dusty sees himselv as an ambassadors of the tree nation and opens the path way to the spirit world of the dryads.
Philip Aswind van der Zee,
from The Netherlands
Through stories and songs, through sacred symbols and healing energies, dreams and visions … always moving forward … going deeper …
Forgiveness and thankfulness as part of a rich spiritual life … so many blessings.
The ancestors walk with us. They bless us. We are their living prayer.
Mrdhuin Amohi Raphael
Bastan, from Germany
One of the last Celtic priests in Europe who received his knowledge from an old uninterrupted family tradition, his grandparents and an uncle passed the family knowledge on to him.
He travelled and travelled more, worked with Native Americans, with Indian teachers, traveled to Ghana, to a rainmaker, and met Europe’s last druids and shamans of Baikal and Altai in Siberia.
It is the meaning and purpose of his work to cultivate the old eurasien rituals again, so that the people of EurAsia are beginning to work together in peace and freedom.
The healing of the missing love relations in our lives is his special concern.
This is how he says about love simply and clearly:
“Love is law that Goddess and God gave to this world when they created this world.
Love is free, it doesn’t expect, it doesn’t demand.
Love needs no reply.”
Sütő Annamária Babi,
from Hungary
She is a mother – of her childs,
She is wife – of her husband.
She is She-Wolf.
The Way of the Wolf is an inner journey that leads her towards reality and closer to nature and to people.
She comes on this way and teaches this way, to give ground under our feet creating the basis for the spiritual path as well.
Her wisdom comes from her ancestors, all the mothers, all the Transylvanien and Szekler women; honored to instruct – as a “midwife” – women on all phases in life:
birth, parenting patterns, communication, aging , death, walking on embers, shamanic practices, ceremonies
One Mother Earth – Five Continents — Asia
Bhakti Lup,
from Mexico for India
She began to study and practice the Indian Hare-Krishna Philosophy. A philosophy in service to god and all beings.
She is a yoga teacher and facilitator of women’s circles. Seventh generation youth council member of united Abya Yala, promoter of culture and rights of Mother Earth.
Since 2015 from Colombia, she is connected to the Kiva Ceremony and prayer and helped the Hare-Krishna Family to bring the Roots of the Earth in 2019 to India.
Rajendra Singh,
aus India
Arvari, Ruparel, Sarsa, Bhagani, Maheshwara, Sabi, Tibra, Sairni, Jahazwali, Aru, Agarni, Mahakali and Inchanahallain Karnataka this are the rivers now revived by doing the right work.
Building Johads & Anicuts (traditional earthen dams) and other structures to collect water and bring it back to over 1000 villages. The result shows up in a 10.000 square kilometre area.
Tarun Bharat Sangh is the NGO he is working together since decades to rejuvenate waters. He has an open ear for the people in the villages and all the work is done in common contribution.
Considering the Pancha Mabhutas: In its prosperity is the prosperity of the entire living world.
By actively following the path of Mahatma Gandhi his message is:
“Make peace in the world through water. It can be done! May we all be together and have the moral strength to make this a reality!”
Ganga Nandini,
from India
By this she is a Spiritual Humanist, Young Leader and Karma Yogi and deeply passionate about health, wellness and service. She serves as the Director of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, supervising and coordinating for the Divine Shakti Foundation, Ganga Action Parivar, and numerous other service initiatives.
While living at Parmarth Niketan, she has experienced firsthand the miracle of living and practicing a yogic lifestyle, having healed from an autoimmune disorder she had been diagnosed and with a history of ill-health from childhood. Today she lives with health and happiness and is enthusiastic to share the gift of yoga with all.
Ayangat Udgun,
from Mongolia
With her help, her ancestors pass on to us a deep knowledge and wisdom about the traditional stories of Mongolia,
the shamanic culture and the spiritual world.
As an author, she has written several books about Mongolian history, such as the work “27”.
She conducts spiritual training in Asia, Europe and the USA and is a member of the Wisdom of the Ancestral Traditions Union (Ancestral) in France.
Her concern is the protection of Mother Earth and peace in the world.
Odsuren Sangibat,
from Mongolia
Communicating her message through ceremonies, rituals, healing practices, and massage,
especially and by the elements of fire and sun.
Her deep desire is for people of all nationalities to come together and unite in their hearts, along with Mother Earth, our shared home. She encourages embracing nature in all its forms, including water, sun, air, and fire, recognizing its importance and interconnectedness.
Ariunsanaa Norov,
from Mongolia
Through ceremonies, rituals, healing methods, and massages, he conveys his message to others.
For Ariunsanaa, the connection with the elements of air, rain, and water is very important for the vision of the world.
His dearest desire is for people of all nationalities to come together in unity and embrace Mother Earth as our collective mother. He encourages the embrace of nature and recognizes the important roles that water, sun, air, and fire play in sustaining life on our planet.
Ariunsanaa’s beliefs and practices reflect a deep reverence for nature and a call for harmony and connection with the environment. By embracing and respecting the elements that sustain us, he hopes to inspire a deeper understanding and appreciation of the connection of all living beings to our planet.
One Mother Earth – Five Continents — Africa
Rutendo Lerato Ngara,
from South Africa
A weaver between the stars, the environment, the society and all aspects of NaTuRe.
Out if all African Indigenous Knowledge she cares as wisdom keeper, she is and builds a bridge between systems as a spiritual coach, priestess, diviner and counselor.
She however does not see herself as a healer – but rather a mirror-reflecting-the-sun, who ignites others into their own healing superpowers.
Rivers are her respite, forests her fortitude, mountains her mainstay.
The quest for harmony, co- existence and complimentarity underpins her endeavours.
Mphatheleni Makaulule,
from South Africa
She is the founder of the Mupo Foundation (now registered as Dzomo la Mupo – ‘The Voice of the Earth’), a community-based organisation dedicated to protecting Nature in all its forms.
Her work is rooted in the protection of Zwifho (sacred indigenous forests), seeds and food systems, while creating spaces of intergenerational learning.
She works closely with the Makhadzi of the communities – women who are the custodians of sacred natural sites such as indigenous forests, rivers, springs and wetlands.
Dzomo la Mupo seeks to revive the confidence of the custodian communities and stand firm against some of the threats to their land, culture and livelihoods, such as mining projects in the region. Vho-Mphatheleni previously received a Bill Clinton Fellowship to study leadership in the USA, and in 2012 she was one of the UN Forest Heroes Program & Award finalists.
Siham Lachab,
from Tunisia
(Peace be upon you in the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate).
She greets us with this message.
Shaped in the traditions of the tribe of the Amazigh,
they are also called free people and are mostly known as Berbers.
From the mixed and sometimes dogmatic practices handed down with them,
she went her own way to recognise what resonates within herself.
“the divine law is the same everywhere, because love, Allah, is everywhere”
Growing up in Paris and fascinated by all the connected and intermingled
cultures and their spirituality there, she walked the path towards universal love.
Her four children are her greatest spirituality, her four daily mirrors and
help to touch all daily actions in “El gran theatro de la vida” (The great theatre of life).
This is how she speaks to us:
“I don’t pretend to be anything at all, just a person who suffers
to stay on a straight path , and to change my point of view …
everything that comes along my path of joys and sufferings is an opportunity to remind me of God.”
Barakallahu fikom (May the power, the light of Allah be in you)
Aya Khourshid,
from Egypt
an alternative economy for the future, that she is aiming for.
By drawing on indigenous knowledge that put community at the heart
she works on incubating transformative regenerative solutions.
She is currently part of the RiseTogether initiative which is a collective of
organizations with a mission to regenerate Egypt, with a focus on
water conservation and greening desert.
She is also one of the co-organizers of a wisdom keeper delegation,
working in UN spaces to advance indigenous voices in climate policy.
Appolinaire Oussou Lio,
from Benin
He is a writer, a geographer and naturalist, with his expertise in community development and Earth law. Promotion and sharing of indigenous knowledge, people’s culture and the protection of forests, waters and sacred sites are his aims.
As a founder of Nature and Culture Clubs, and President of the Research and Action Group for Well-being (GRABE-BENIN) and member of the African Collective for the Earth Jurisprudence, that is the way he goes.
Mburu Gathuru,
aus Kenia
While working with African Biodiversity Network, among a group of African leaders in biocultural conservation who decided to “go back to their roots” to learn from the ancient wisdom of their communities to prepare them to work with other communities. He went through initiation processes to become a young elder in his community. and travelled to the Colombian Amazon, Venda in South Africa, and Ngwenyama in Botswana to get inspiration from those communities.
He is currently working with three communities surrounding Mt. Kenya sacred mountain to rekindle their sacred relationship with the mountain and push for its protection.
One Mother Earth – Five Continents — Ozeania
Ida Ayu Purnamawati,
named Dayu, from Bali
AUM Avignam astu nama sidham
AUM Anobadrah Krtavo yantu visvatah
She was born in Klungkung , East Bali. In a family of healers and high priests from Brahmana Caste.
She loves to share the knowledge and experience that she has in life, to support and be there, to guide others who are willing to walk in God’s way.
Her mission is to encourage people to embrace each other, to work hand by hand with an open heart and purity, to understand that we are ones.
Her message:
“Use the difference as the color of life, as the strength of each other, the power of unity.
Life is about balance. Life is a choice. Walk and work together with purity and great full feeling.
May the blessing be.
AUM Shanty shanty shanty
AUM”
With us in the circle, not with us at the Kiva 2024
Don Lorenzo,
from Columbia
Izaias Mendoza,
from Guatemala
As custodian of Mayan ceremonies, ancient wisdom and traditions, it is his intention to spread the medicine of cacao around the world with the teachings of Mayan cosmology.
He reinforces the importance of sacred circles and gatherings and allow people of all backgrounds to connect with their Ch’umilal (Star) and pursue what Ajaw (the Creator) intended as the mission for its existence.
In this way he helps people all over the world to walk their path, follow their calling and connect with their heart, body and spirit, always with the help of the Nahuales.
Coco Vizcarra,
from Peru
Influenced by his grandfather, he immersed himself deeply in this world and followed the path of shamanism from a young age. He was only 24 years old when he was invited and accepted into the shamanic circle. From now on his whole life was determined by ceremonial disciplines.
He never stopped learning and expanding his knowledge of spiritual healing and general life discipline.
The will to go further took him to countries all over the world. Destinations were Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, the USA, Ecuador, Bolivia and his beloved motherland Peru. The obligatory path to advanced sessions to learn the wide world of shamanic healing brought Coco to the skills he possesses today.
Early in his life he understood that learning is only important when it is shared. So he decided to do it. Born an indigenous man who was taught the ability to heal, he shares his knowledge and tradition.
Here are the roots of indigenous life – RESPECT
It’s about respect. To everyone and everything.
Zoltán Sólyomfi-Nagy,
from Hungary
Attracted since early childhood by the structure of ideas, the view on life and the material and spiritual heritage of nature-loving peoples, he learns from the elders of Europe. The Magyars, the shamans of the steppes and in addition the traditions of the Native Americans.
He comes to us with the rhythm and dances from the steppes of Hungary and his ability to make contact with the world beyond sight.
Shirley Djukurnã Krenak,
from Brasil
Since she was 13 years old, she has responded to Mother Earth’s call to be a representative of indigenous rights and, above all, to fight for the preservation of the environment and ancestral spirituality.
Today, at the age of ’40’, she dedicated herself in body and soul to the struggle of indigenous women, something inherited from her traditional name, Djukurnã: a woman always willing, because she is the bearer of the spirit that never grows old.
Annelies Theelen,
from The Netherlands
She is reconnected by ancestors with the knowledge of the Elder Futhark Runes. The origin of these Runes are from the ancestor tradition of the low countries/west Europe and it is time for her to go back to our own culture and traditions.
So it was channelled to her:
“Find the twelve sacred sounds on the Spinal Cord, if you find them and make these sounds with the people, they can be healed through their own DNA.”
Now the time has arrived to spread this gift from our European ancestors out into the world.
Theresia van der Zee,
from The Netherlands
She was bit of a strange and dreamy girl…not of this world some said .
She didn’t speak a lot and stayed somewhat hidden away from groups of people.
That sometimes felt a bit lonely, until she met an Irish old Bard who told her she is” one of the Fae people”. And that she should not forget to share the knowledge and energy of the Fae with people nowadays .
It’s time to connect …..
And so she did … Theresia found a way to integrate and share her worlds as a dance teacher … later traveling with puppet theater … storytelling and harp and drum and songs inspired by her star family and Elvenways.