PEGI EYERS
2021 Parliament of the World's Religions
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This recording of the break-out session by Pegi Eyers, author of Ancient Spirit Rising, followed "Plenary 2: Hope and Inspiration." Join the conversation 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. 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. 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. These themes may be uncomfortable as awareness dawns, but by respecting the spirituality of all people we will find our most authentic soul expressions, and truly come together in our “Unity in Diversity!”
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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. 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. 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. These themes may be uncomfortable as awareness dawns, but by respecting the spirituality of all people we will find our most authentic soul expressions, and truly come together in our “Unity in Diversity!”
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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.
