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Next Generation Indie Book Award

3/8/2023

PRESENTED TO ANCIENT SPIRIT RISING

On May 31, 2017, "Ancient Spirit Rising" received a 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Current Events/ Social Change category, at the Harvard Club in New York City! The awards are issued by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG), the gurus of the independent publishing business. Next Generation awards are given to the “most exceptional” independently published books. Ancient Spirit Rising was also featured at Book Expo America (BEA) 2017! View the complete list of winners >here<

Pegi Eyers receiving the Next Generation Award at the Harvard Club

Join Us for the 1st Online Eco-Mythology Gathering!

2/15/2023

Hosted by Sofia Batalha/Serpente da Lua

Online for one week March 25 - 31, 2023
6:45 pm - 9 pm, mainland Portugal time
40-minute presentations include Q & A
Suggested value € 250.00
Live presentations (by Zoom) and recorded content
All in Portuguese or with subtitles
Live performances are recorded to watch at your own pace

20 different presenters ~ 20 experiences and feelings
Here we speak the languages of the earth, its ferocity, and subtlety. We challenge anthropocentric perception. We make ourselves available to listen and feel through the lens of radical and eco-systemic relationships. Furthermore, we allow other nuances to nourish us, like the voice of the wind, the stories of the mountains, or the whispers of the deep sea.

REGISTRATION LINK >here<
A MEETING OF ARTISTS, RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS AND AUTHORS
Lectures, Experiences, Stories and Tales

Eco-Mythology Gathering
Day 1 - Weave the Territory
Day 2 - The Place of the Body
Day 3 - Narratives of the Earth
Day 4 - Alchemy of Stories
Day 5 - Pulse of the Ancestors
Day 6 - Feel and Listen
Day 7 - Threads of Diversity
March 25 - 31 2023

REGISTRATION LINK >HERE<

Day 5 - Pulse of the Ancestors
PEGI EYERS - DEEP TIME WISDOM

Do you remember?

Embracing ways of thinking that pre-date Empire is a good starting point for all endeavors that revive the eco-self, and our re-connection to community bonded to the land. Shifting away from the patriarchy is possible, and from pre-colonial, Indigenous or egalitarian models, the worldview and values we need are just waiting to be re-kindled. Also known as “uncolonization,” we all have access to a well of deep knowing - or ancestral knowledge - that can be revived with immersion in nature, and by focusing on the Old Ways. Compiled from years of experience and research, Deep Time Wisdom will weave through a comparison chart that identifies the habits of modernity we take for granted, and the alternatives in holistic patterns of thought or action. As just one example, “modern thinking/western mind” regards humans as separate from nature, bounded by the ego, self-absorbed, material and having a sense of linear time, whereas “ancestral thinking /Indigenous mind” views humans as part of nature, connected, empathic, physically grounded and embodied. My paper will conclude with a statement on combining intelligences, or the “entwining of heart and mind” that fulfills our potential as true human beings. It may be a daunting task to read our own souls as people dwelling in an animist universe once again. But the outcome is clear, that by activating Deep Time Wisdom we align with the sacredness of the Earth, and the love and respect for nature that dwells at the heart of our lives.

Pegi Eyers is the author of "Ancient Spirit Rising:
Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community"
an award-winning book that explores strategies for intercultural
competency, healing our relationships with Turtle Island First Nations, uncolonization, recovering an ecocentric worldview, rewilding, creating a sustainable future and reclaiming peaceful co-existence in Earth Community.
Available from Stone Circle Press or Amazon.

The Guardian Ancestors Telesummit

2/14/2023

PEGI EYERS

There is a great sale on now, for the Guardian Ancestors Telesummit that happened a couple of years ago~! "The Guardian Ancestors Telesummit is a recorded multi-speaker event that will help you connect with your Guardian Ancestors
to enrich your life and express your soul purpose."

>PURCHASE LINK<

Pegi Eyers - Ancient Spirit Modern Voice: Reclaiming
Your Ancestral Knowledge
Jude Lally - Working with the Grandmothers
(Ancient Ancestors of the Celts)
Atava Garcia Swiecicki - Reconnecting with Indigenous
Mind for Ancestral Healing
Heather Rodriguez and David Karen - The Ancestors
& Past Lives
Dr. Monique Hunt - Wisdom and Guidance from
Your Village Ancestors
David Furlong - Healing Your Ancestral Patterns
Gretchen Crilly McKay - Revealing Your Ancestral Lineage: Reveal, Release, Transform
Marguerite Rigoglioso - Reclaiming the Pleiades
Kenn Day - Healing the Invisible Wound: Reconnecting
with the Ancestors
Misha Dancing Waters - Connecting with Our Archetypal Ancestors in Nature
Normandi Ellis - Meeting Isis: Mother of the Mysteries
Ariann Thomas - Healing Family Patterns with
Ancestral Assistance
Eve Crowe - Family Tree Prosperity & Soulmate Clearing: Claim Your Prosperity, Love & Health
Danielle Gibbons - Ancestral Magic with Mother Mary
Kimberly Moore - Honoring the Beloved Dead
& the Goddess Hecate
Tanis Helliwell - Your Hybrid Lineage
Kim Wilborn - Tapping into the Resource of
Your Guardian Ancestors
Heather Woodward - How to Contact Your Ancestral Guardians & Effortlessly Communicate with Your Tribe on the Other Side
Ashley Leavy - Crystal Energy for Ancestor Connection
Raven Many Voices - Weaving Your Past into
the Future with Edgar Allen Poe
Dr. Stephen Farmer - Contacting Your Ancestors

>PURCHASE LINK<

Western Mind/Indigenous Mind by Pegi Eyers

Pegi Eyers is the author of "Ancient Spirit Rising:
Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community"
an award-winning book that explores strategies for intercultural
competency, healing our relationships with Turtle Island First Nations, uncolonization, recovering an ecocentric worldview, rewilding, creating a sustainable future and reclaiming peaceful co-existence in Earth Community.
Available from Stone Circle Press or Amazon.

Turn Your Grief Into an Affirmation of Life

6/1/2022

The Day of the Dead with Grace Sesma

"Death can allow us to live our lives
more joyfully."
Grace Sesma

Connect with your ancestors through the rich traditions of the Mexican observance Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead). Release yourself from grief, anger, and painful interactions with relatives who have passed, to receive deeper heart-healing and peace - and a new way of celebrating and honoring life, death, and living.

On the Shift Network September 6 - October 18 2022
Module 1: Engage the Living Traditions of the Mexican Day of the Dead
Module 2: Honoring the Sacred — Vibrant Ancestral Remembrance Rituals
Module 3: La Catrina — Being Your Authentic Self
Module 4: Healing Our Ancestors & Ourselves
Module 5: Mending-Relationships Ceremony & the Meso-American View of the Human Body
Module 6: Welcoming the Dead With an Ofrenda
Module 7: Becoming a Good Ancestor — Linking Breath, Mind & Spirit With Prayer

Course Bonuses ~ Descriptions

Dia de Muertos in Art & Community
Video Dialogue With Grace Alvarez Sesma and Lilia Ramirez
In this plática (heart-to-heart talk), Grace and artist Lilia Ramirez of Liliflor Arte share how the celebration known as Día de Muertos was observed by Lilia’s family, and how that influences her paintings. Lilia also shares the ways she uses her art and understanding of Mexican (Aztec) cosmology to create public Día de Muertos altars, and the ways in which non-private altars and celebrations affect the non-Mexican community’s interactions.

Reclaiming Our Roots & Rituals
Video Dialogue With Grace Alvarez Sesma and Pegi Eyers
Join Grace and Pegi Eyers, author of the award-winning book Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community as they talk about the increasing number of people wishing to discover their authentic self-identity in the reclaiming and revival of cultural traditions. The profound wisdom of ancestral practices such as Día de Muertos has been set aside or forgotten through diaspora, but can be regained and celebrated in a respectful and joyful way that reflects healthy pride in our own heritage.

Dia de Muertos Journal
PDF Workbook From Grace Alvarez Sesma
You’ll receive a beautiful journal to use during your time in this course with Grace. Inside, you’ll find questions and quotes to help you reflect, ponder, and doodle as you move through the seven modules. Write as much or as little as you like — about your thoughts, feelings, and reactions to what’s shared during each class. If you like to write freehand, you can print your journal out and write on hard copy. If you prefer to write using your computer, you can type directly in the blank pages. This is a great place to jot down ideas for creating your unique Día de Muertos altar and celebration, and for reflecting on personal, familial, and social traditions.

Releasing Stagnant Energies With Stone Cleansing
Video Teaching From Grace Alvarez Sesma
Learn a unique ritual from the Mexican curanderismo tradition that uses a stone to cleanse and release stagnant emotional energy from your body, mind, and spirit. Grace explains step by step how to mindfully perform this easy-to-do healing practice to help you release worries and stress. It’s also a gentle and powerful practice that’s safe to use with children.

European Traditions of Remembering the Dead
Video Dialogue With Grace Alvarez Sesma and Andras Corban-Arthen
Immerse yourself in Grace’s conversation with Andras Corban-Arthen — president of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions and founder of the EarthSpirit Community — as they discuss ancestral traditions of the original peoples of Europe and Mexico. With mutual respect, we can learn from one another’s culture about death as transformation; the importance of cultivating community, ceremonies, and Mother Earth; and living with rooted awareness of those who came before us and those who come after us.

Video Dialogue with Grace Sesma and Pegi Eyers

The Elements of a Mexican Dia de Muertos Ofrenda (Altar) And their Meanings

BY MAESTRA GRACE SESMA

While this is a nice graphic, I circled in red the words, “Christian iconography reveals the holiday's European roots” because, in my opinion, the explanation given for the cross being on the altar is incorrect since Dia de Muertos is known to have its roots in the Indigenous Nations of what is now known as México. And in fact, the graphic asserts the Indigenous origins of Dia de Muertos at the very top of the graphic contradicting the later reference to its origins.

The Native four directions cross, which represents the four directions, and, for some, the tree of life, with its equidistant arms predates the arrival of the Christian crucifix/sword cross. In many instances, Indigenous peoples used the Christian cross to avoid persecution. Hiding the Native four directions cross and using the Christian cross allowed Indigenous peoples to safely practice Indigenous ceremonies and spirituality.

Today, there may be various reasons for Catholic/Christian iconography on an altar: it can be due to colonization, syncretism, or personal belief and preference. Many Indigenous peoples follow both Native and Christian traditions, and use representations from both cultures on their altars.

Protect Dia de Muertos. Respect the profound sacrifices our ancestors made to preserve our traditions.

Photo credit: Sandy Coronilla and Molly Zisk, The Register. Sourced online via the Smithsonian Latino Center, SDSU Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.

RECLAIMING THE HALLOWED
For Euro-Diasporians

We need to remember that “hallow” is another word for sacred! The popular celebration of Halloween today, is NOT a remembrance or an honoring of the Ancestors. It it a misappropriation of European Pagan traditions, and has become focused on blood and gore, spiderwebs, costumes and cartoon characters. We need to reject the commercial and secular aspects of [Halloween], reclaim our sacred Samhain traditions, and venerate the memory of our own ancestors.

text and image © Grace Sesma

Dia De Los Muertos
BY GRACE SESMA
Founder at Curanderismo, the Healing Art of Mexico

Today, on 1 Kame (Maya), which is a special day to honor our ancestors, it is fitting that my Dia de Muertos course through The Shift Network, begins. I want to especially thank Lilliflor of Liliflor Art, whose gorgeous cultural art often blesses my Curanderismo page, Pegi Eyers, author of Ancient Spirit Rising, Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community, and Rev. Andras Corban-Arthen, President of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions, for engaging in good conversations with me about respectfully reclaiming ancestral traditions, identity and heritage, and art for healing, social justice, and the preservation of traditional ways. And for their kindness in allowing me to offer recordings of our pláticas for my Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead classes. I know that all who listen will enjoy and benefit from your knowledge and experience.

May the Ancestors enjoy the offerings of copal, sage, and tobacco lifted in their honor, and may they bless our work. For all our relations. Grace Sesma, 1 Kame / September 6, 2022

Art by Liliflor Art
Book cover, Ancient Spirit Rising:
Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community

Pegi Eyers is the author of Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community, an award-winning book that explores strategies for social justice, uncolonization, ethnocultural identity, building land-emergent community & resilience in times of massive change.
Available from Stone Circle Press or Amazon

HEARING THE INVISIBLE

2/1/2021

The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM)

DEEP TIME WISDOM
by Pegi Eyers

Pegi Eyers presented her juried paper "Deep Time Wisdom" and participated in the Arts & Heritage Hall on Sunday April 10, 2022. Hosted by the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), the biennial symposium Hearing the Invisible: Lessons from Sentient Beings and Inter-relational Ecosystems focused on meanings found in the relational reality among science, culture, and mythology in regard to animals, the green world and ecosystems.

"With our primary focus on interconnectedness, we feature academic and artistic work that addresses collaborations between humans and other sentient beings, foundational myths about earth’s response to misuse, and scientific solutions to transgressions against the balance of nature." Learn more about the work of ASWM >here<

Parliament of the World's Religions 2021

2/1/2021

Pegi Eyers was thrilled to be a presenter again, for the 2021 Parliament of the World's Religions! Access the full schedule with over 200 luminaries, keynotes, exhibits, workshops and presentations at the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Is it Universalism – or is it White Privilege?

Join Pegi Eyers, author of “Ancient Spirit Rising” as we take a new look at spiritual paths we have normalized, in today’s polyglot world of religious expression. Many of the practices we take for granted have only been made possible by white privilege, and in recent decades, by an unfortunate breach of cultural boundaries. Do members of the dominant society – white people – really need to make Kemetism, vodun, hoodoo, curanderismo, ayahuasca, shamanism, yoga and even Buddhism our own, and bypass the treasures in our own ethnocultures?

Destructive forces such as colonialism, capitalism, globalization and homogeneity have made it appear that religions and spiritualities are “universal” but this is not necessarily so. The dynamic of “my teacher” also needs to be interrogated, as BIPOC are not a monolith, and not all agree with the sharing of their spiritual traditions. Once we understand the truth of our own positionality and the oppressor-oppressed dynamic, we are able to embrace spiritualities that do not harm other cultures.

Often only minor changes or small adjustments to the terminology of our practice is required, or we may have to abandon our work entirely and begin anew. In an era of hopeful spiritual recovery for all people decimated by Empire, white folks can choose to make space, and refrain from placing ourselves at the center.

Join empath and activist Pegi for a discussion in a kind and caring atmosphere, as these themes can be uncomfortable as awareness dawns. By respecting the spirituality of all people, we will find our most authentic soul expression, and truly come together in our “Unity in Diversity!”

The Life Force: Restoring Sacred Myth

1/1/2021

Mythologium 2021 Welcomes Pegi Eyers

2021 PRESENTERS ~ PEGI EYERS

Our era calls out for a renewed recognition of the force that not only animates life, but is the spark itself: the essence that causes the seed to sprout season after season, and new beings to originate, germinate, or be born. In a world of materialism, and with the commodification of all that is alive and sentient, our society has come to take this spark for granted. But in times of looming extinction, a more grounded analysis is needed. How can we align with the “green fuse”? How have cultures across time and space paid tribute to the essence of life in perennial myths redolent with renewal and beauty?

Delving into mythologies both old and new will bring the originator force–the green mystery–back to the forefront of our consciousness where it belongs. Against all odds, the driver for the life spark continues to arise in Earth Community - including human fertility - even as Empire attacks and decimates the natural world.

Through millennia, rising and fading away, the foundation of our unique planet has always been fecundity. Join Pegi Eyers for an empowering look, through the lens of mythology, at the sacredness of life itself.

From July 30 to August 1, the 2021 Mythologium explored the theme of Myth and Healing from many viewpoints, from the foundations of the field to contemporary issues in myth.

Presentations from 50 mythologists on 18 different panels included a keynote by Dr. Dennis Patrick Slattery. Topics ranged from Mythic Healers to Healing Tales of Wonder, Healing Psyche and Soma, and many, many more. I am so grateful for the magic this community of mythologists has created~!

Learn more about the Fates & Graces team, and the annual Mythologium >HERE<

European Roots: A Group To Rediscover Our Indigenous Traditions with Katrina Coravos

12/1/2020

Pegi Eyers was a guest teacher for European Roots, a virtual circle hosted by Katrina Coravos from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021. "Who were the original peoples of Europe? Our textbooks often refer to them as heathens, and barbarians. The history books will tell us that the conquering of these peoples, and these ways, was in the name of religion, and the betterment of all of humanity. We are in a time to remember who we are. Knowing thyself, has been a cornerstone of most wisdom teachings throughout time. And, as European descended people, most of us do not know where we have come from, who our ancestors are, who are our people, what our traditions are. To know where we come from, gives vision for where we are to go. Without this knowledge, our root systems are not intact, our memory, and our connection with our ancestors is severed. And for many European descended people, there is a search and a quest to find a sense of spirituality, a sense of connection with the Earth and with all living beings." For more information, and to register for future offerings please go to In-Person Circles with Katrina Coravos.

Parliament of the World's Religions Toronto 2018

11/1/2020

In 2018, my collaboration "Worldviews with Ancient Roots and Modern Understanding" was accepted from hundreds of submissions by the Parliament of the World's Religions! To present at this global event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with Dr. Susana Bustos, Minaachimo-Kwe, and Dr. Sharon Mijares was an incredible opportunity. I also offered a book signing and author meet-and-greet as a vendor through Queen Books within the World Marketplace, and gave a presentation with my matrifocal/labyrinth art at the Red Tent-hosted event "Spirit Soaring: Women's Art Salon." The most diverse interfaith event on the planet marked its 125-year anniversary, by bringing together leaders and followers of more than 118 spiritual and secular traditions to pursue "global understanding, reconciliation, and change” in the world’s most culturally diverse city. In total, 8,324 individuals from 81 countries participated in the Toronto Parliament.

Enjoy the slideshow!

SLIDESHOW
ANCIENT SPIRIT RISING
AT 2018 PARLIAMENT OF THE
WORLD'S RELIGIONS TORONTO

SHIFT FROM WESTERN MIND TO ANCESTRAL MIND

10/1/2020

Webinar Series with Pegi Eyers, Hosted by Victoria Sage

In a special 3-part WISDOM BRIDGE webinar series, Pegi Eyers shared why reclaiming ancestral mind is essential to re-rooting ourselves and falling in love with the Earth again, to revere the many elements, manifestations, and creatures as sacred, and to return to peaceful co-existence and respect for all life. To be in alignment with our own heritage is to find empowerment and actualization as a true human being. Our reclaiming process also includes the re-inhabitation of place (or getting to know the unique features of our home landscape), and we have a responsibility to embrace geo-justice and the hard work of caring for and protecting the land. Pegi spoke about how an authentic self-identity can be reconstructed from old/new earth-centered societies, using the timeless values of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) as our model. Hosted by Victoria Sage on February 20, February 27 and March 5, 2020, the recordings and accompanying materials for Shift from Western Mind to Ancestral Mind are still available >HERE< !!

SESSION 1
Ancient Spirit Modern Voice ( February 20, 2020)
Ancestral wisdom for the modern world as sourced from the land
Examples of Indigeneity from cultures worldwide, including those in Old Europe
The relevance of Indigenous values to our lives today
Shifting from western thinking to ancestral mind
Nature spiritualities emerging today such as eco-mysticism and rewilding
The shift from "me" to "we," reviving Earth Community and placing nature at the center of our lives

SESSION 2
Ancestral Connection (February 27, 2020)
Genealogy and tracing our family tree, DNA testing for more in-depth exploration
Epigenetics, soul memories, historical and intergenerational trauma
Benefits of Ancestral connection
Non-linear modalities such as visions, intuitions, dream archaeology and other metaphysical
journeys to meet and consult with the Ancestors
Invoking the wisdom and guidance of the Ancestors as a part of our daily spiritual practice
Ethnoautobiography, animism, and the re-enchantment of cultural stories and landscapes
Thanking the human/other-than-human ancestors as an extension of our gratitude for Earth Community

SESSION 3
Social Justice Responsibility (March 5, 2020)
The weaving of social justice into our spiritual path
Settler-Colonial histories on Turtle Island
Acknowledging white privilege today, and current societal realities
Addressing “new age” practices such as cultural appropriation
“Giving back,” good allyship and solidarity with marginalized groups
Developing good intercultural competency skills
Respect for “the other” and peaceful coexistence, as modeled to us by First Nations

ORDER THE COURSE DOWNLOADS >HERE<