VIDEO
Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community
PEGI EYERS
Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community
PEGI EYERS
Panel with Dr. Susana Bustos, Alice Olsen Williams/Minaachimo-Kwe, Dr. Sharon Mijares and Pegi Eyers. What an incredible moment (!) as the legendary Stanley Krippner praises our panel, and comments on the ongoing white supremacy (presence of Eurasian religions) at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and how much work still needs to be done to dismantle patriarchy and empower the Indigenous People of the World.
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Decolonizing the Psyche
Video Podcast by Pegi Eyers
"Decolonizing the Psyche" ~ video podcast by Pegi Eyers on the patterns in thinking and behavior that we have inherited from western society (primarily capitalism), and how to shift from western mind to eco-mind.
Texts for sound issues in the recording are reproduced here:
#2 Reject the impact of commercialism on your identity formation. From the capitalist paradigm we have internalized the key principle that wealth and fame equals worth, but this is an illusion resulting from the absence of true connection and the sacred in our lives.
#3 Reject the impact of commercialism on your spiritual life. Any society that needs to constantly revise or re-create a spiritual practice, or 'pay to pray,' has blended their priories into a strange new world.
Embrace the Sacred. As a result of materialism, we have lost the ability to realize the world through a spiritual lens, and this disconnect means we are constantly seeking to understand the meaning of life over and over again.
Decolonization starts off as an individual practice, but it is important to quickly move forward in solidarity with our communities and/or chosen kinship groups. Hopefully these discussions will lead to a fuller inventory of unlearning, and to new thinking, gestures and actions that reflect our responsibilities to equity, social justice & Earth Community.
VIDEO PODCAST BY PEGI EYERS ~ JULY 11, 2020
Texts for sound issues in the recording are reproduced here:
#2 Reject the impact of commercialism on your identity formation. From the capitalist paradigm we have internalized the key principle that wealth and fame equals worth, but this is an illusion resulting from the absence of true connection and the sacred in our lives.
#3 Reject the impact of commercialism on your spiritual life. Any society that needs to constantly revise or re-create a spiritual practice, or 'pay to pray,' has blended their priories into a strange new world.
Embrace the Sacred. As a result of materialism, we have lost the ability to realize the world through a spiritual lens, and this disconnect means we are constantly seeking to understand the meaning of life over and over again.
Decolonization starts off as an individual practice, but it is important to quickly move forward in solidarity with our communities and/or chosen kinship groups. Hopefully these discussions will lead to a fuller inventory of unlearning, and to new thinking, gestures and actions that reflect our responsibilities to equity, social justice & Earth Community.
VIDEO PODCAST BY PEGI EYERS ~ JULY 11, 2020
Ancestor Song ~ Adhamh Roland
An amazing song by performer Adhamh Roland that touches on the loss of cultural identity, white amnesia, our European homelands and Settler-Colonialism in the building of Empire in the Americas. From his experience with the Before We Were White workshop series. "Many thanks to Eleanor Hancock and Darcy Ottey for your skillful guidance. Gratitude for the words and wisdom of Pegi Eyers, Lyla June Johnston, Derek Rasmussen, Tad Hargrave and David Dean: and to my co-journeyers around the world, especially Laurel C Smith and Molly James."
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Adopting Indigenous Rituals: a Triple-Edged Sword
RHIAN DANIEL
Canadian Ecopsychology Network (CEN)
As presented by Rhian Daniel, PhD, a wonderful journey from understanding cultural appropriation to reclaiming the treasures in our own European heritage! There is no reason why the ancient riches in our EIK cannot be used as a template for creating mysteries and rituals relevant to our lives and communities today, and to celebrate and honor the cycles of nature. Ancient Spirit Rising and the work of Pegi Eyers is referenced in the video.
"White privilege and entitlement has given us the erroneous idea that we can choose any path we want from any part of the world, and the attraction to our own ancestral roots is not particularly strong. We need to sit down and have a spiritual conversation with our DNA!" Page 280 ~ Ancient Spirit Rising by Pegi Eyers "'Canada' and 'USA' are white supremacist capitalist fantasies that have nothing to do with earth-connection, and in turn, have created a populace that has stronger ties to regional or national identity than to the land itself." Page 279 ~ Ancient Spirit Rising by Pegi Eyers |
Youth Passageways
Learning Journey Interview Series
Pegi Eyers ~ Ancient Spirit Rising
Ana Oian Amets ~ Awakening the Horse People
The Youth Passageways Learning Journey Interview Series was presented by the Cross Cultural Protocols Working Group as a follow-up to the 7-week program Right Relations in Rites of Passage: Reflections on a Shared Learning Journey. Darcy Ottey and Sobey Wing of the CCP sat down with Pegi Eyers and Ana Oian Amets to discuss various topics that came out of the journey in more detail, and as related to the work each of them do. The interview lends consideration to practitioners working from a decolonial and social justice lens, and how to center the most marginalized and oppressed by Empire. Youth Passageways >LINK< Ancient Spirit Rising >LINK< Awakening the Horse People >LINK<
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Fine Points of Re-landing (Reindigenization)
PEGI EYERS
Canadian Ecopsychology Network (CEN)
The Canadian Ecopsychology Network (CEN) presents the Fine Points of Re-Landing (Re-Indigenization) with Pegi Eyers. We cannot automatically assume that using "indigenous" or "indigeneity" is an acceptable practice for white people (such as in curriculum as offered at various colleges and universities in the Americas) and other spaces. We need to be aware that the First Nations of Turtle Island have valid and prior claims to the term. CEN talks are hosted by founder Carol Koziol, link >here<
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Trebbe Johnson: When the Earth Hurts
Hosted by Pegi Eyers
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Darcy Ottey: Rites of Passage,
Social Justice & Ancestral Recovery
Hosted by Pegi Eyers
The Canadian Ecopsychology Network (CEN) presents Pegi Eyers in conversation with Darcy Ottey: Rites of Passage, Social Justice and Ancestral Recovery. Since her wilderness-based coming of age experience through Rites of Passage Journeys at age 13, Darcy Ottey has been dedicated to creating intentional rite of passage experiences to help young people mature into healthy, capable adults. Currently Stewardship Council Chair for Youth Passageways, Darcy has worked with a variety of youth-serving organizations as both rites of passage practitioner and administrator. She holds an M.A. in Environment and Community from Antioch University Seattle. >LINK<
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Georgie Horton Baptiste (Anishnaabe):
Nibi Emosaawdamajig
Hosted by Pegi Eyers
WATER IS LIFE. BIMAADIZIWIN NIBI AAWAN. The Canadian Ecopsychology Network (CEN) presents Pegi Eyers hosting Nibi Emosaawdamajig "Those Who Walk for the Water" with Georgie Horton Baptiste (Anishnaabe). In her presentation Georgie discusses Anishnaabe teachings on the water, the role of Anishnaabe Kwewag (women) as Keepers of the Water, the Ancestors, Earth Community, the story of founder Grandmother Josephine Mandamin, Mother Earth Water Walks, Water Awareness Walks, and the Great Lakes Water Walk in 2017. CEN talks are presented by founder Carol Koziol, link >here<
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Midwinter Musings
Canadian Ecopsychology Network
On December 20, 2018, a panel of Canadian Ecopsychology Network members shared their thoughts about Midwinter, which is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Listen to Mary-Jayne Rust, Pegi Eyers, Deb Gruzosky Bridge, Shanti Mayberry, and Marcia Alexander present winter solstice thoughts and images.
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Winter Solstice Gathering
Youth Passageways
Co-creating the new world ~ gratitude ritual for gifts given and gifts received ~! Youth Passageways intergenerational network with YP Guardians Orland Bishop, Gigi Coyle, Dallas Chief Eagle and Becky Chief Eagle; Leadership Circle with Darcy Ottey, Marisa Taborga Byrne, Dane Zahorsky and Kruti Parekh; Stewardship Council Members JO Jett Cazeaux, Siri Gunnarson,and Cameron Withey; Members of Advisory Circle Pegi Eyers and Melissa Michaels; and Rites of Passage practitioner Angus Maria Moore.
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