MOON CEREMONIES (PART 1)

Very intense energies have been moving over the summer.  The new Moon at 5am on July 1st was also a Solar Eclipse.  Our Ancient Ones understood the power of Eclipses very well, and utilized Ceremonies to ensure that Eclipses brought about positive change and not negative change.  More recently it has become increasingly spoken of that Eclipses "cause" an increase in Earthquakes, Volcanos, and Tsunamis.  They create an increase in the volatility of our Mother Earth.  Common Sense also leads us to understand that when alignments occur between Sun, Moon and Earth (eclipse), Cosmic Influences are amplified upon our Mother, and just as these cosmic forces have a greater influence on Mother Earth, they also have a greater influence on Our Spirits, Our Minds, and Our Bodies.  Although we may spend a lot of time looking at the "ground", we are spiritually very open to and influenced by the movements of the Cosmic Bodies (planets, Sun, Stars), which is why every Ancient Culture has been able to gather Wisdom from the "Stars" and the movements of Moon and Sun.  

We spent the day of the Eclipse (and preceding days preparing) deeply in Ceremony, specifically Purification Ceremony.  We worked with the elements of Fire, Water, Light, Dark, External, Internal, we worked with the Plant Medicines, with Invocation, and with Divination.   After the Ceremony we Divined utilizing the Ashes from the Fire and focused on several key energies.  It also became clear that the Spirit wanted to bring attention to two specific energies that were counter-progression.  The illumination of these "two energies" continued to occur over the next couple weeks, becoming very clear by the time of the FULL MOON at which time we did another Ceremony.  


The Divination spoke of the importance of cleansing with the Sacred Waters (River and Ocean), the importance of keeping an eye on the economic situation globally and one's "work" within that economy,  keeping an eye as to what is going on in the "south" and "globally" over the next 28 days and utilizing WISDOM and RESPECT, especially RESPECT for Indigenous Traditions.


Without going into details or revealing names we will briefly describe these two energies that the Misterio (Spirit) was shedding LIGHT on.


The first is an energy carried by the descendants of the oppressors of our Ancestors.  This is an energy seen in any aggressive, invading, stealing, raping, killing, group of people who come uninvited into another People's homeland bringing terror, sickness, and barbarism.  This is an energy seen in the "vikings", in the "romans" in the arab invasions into Africa, and specific to this continent in the "conquistadors" and the colonizers of this continent who brought their barbaric ways to our civilized societies.  (NOTE: These barbaric ways- now a global plague- are fast bringing this global society to famine, disease and insanity and utter destruction of our natural resources which were once clean air, clean water, healthy soils, intact mountains, healthy foods, and health giving medicines.)  


In this specific case the Misterio was bringing up an important behavior of these "descendants" that on the surface looks harmless, yet is anything but harmless in fact.  The particular descendants that the Spirit utilized as "examples" or "case studies" were frequenters of "spiritual circles".  One case study in particular had traveled to sacred lands of the South, taken the sacred Ayahuasca ritual, was in possession of all manner of jewelry, arts, and rattles etc, from Indigenous People (including items taken from Indigenous graves) and had been in "relationship" with a jungle "shaman" with desires to be the "medicine partner" of said "shaman".  While it may seem strange that the descendant of a brutal legacy can be found on a so called "spiritual path" speaking about "progression", the reasons for this become clear when one looks more deeply at this phenomenon.  When looking underneath the surface of this individual's psyche, one finds a tremendous amount of guilt and a tremendous amount of awareness concerning this ugly legacy.  There is a desire to escape the consequences of this legacy, however when a genuine pathway of Reconciliation and Healing is offered, it is quickly rejected, because the individual is actually seeking to HIDE inside of Indigenous Medicine Circles, and when the individual and individual's tree realize that the light of Justice is shining on them and revealing the truth, and that the Medicine People they are interacting with are actually openly speaking about their spiritual trail and not engaging in flattery and validation of weaknesses, a paranoia arises inside of the individual and they run, run, run to attempt to hide once again.  There is an aggression, anger and hatred that quickly takes the place of the words of "love light and peace" and flattery that they had been uttering, and very often the finger is pointed at the Indigenous Elder in anger.  We have a term that we have used for this behavior and it is "Circles of Utopia".  This behavior is actually a behavior of "hatred of Indigenous Cultures" at the same time it is an attempting to avoid the consequences of an ugly and evil legacy by "dressing up" in the garments of "progression".  It is the behavior of what we term a "renegade soul", a Soul who has been dodging and avoiding the Spirit of Justice and who is determined not to go through the transformations required to experience Healing and Reconciliation with the Essence of Life.  It is what we term "Maboya" or "Ndoki".


The other energy is an energy of ultra-selfishness.  It is a selfishness that is applied towards other people but also a selfishness that is applied to the Spirit.  There is an over-riding agenda of "me, myself and I" at the cost of everything else.  Again this energy is often hidden behind a friendly appearance, but makes is true face known very quickly when in the presence of Indigenous Medicine.


Both energies are in direct opposition to the Spirit of Gentleness that we invoked during this New Moon Ceremony, and both energies were operating under the behavior of passive-aggression.  

Our preparation for the Full Moon Ceremony began immediately after the New Moon Ceremony.  We planted 4 Ceremonial Trees (White Oak, Willow Oak, Maple, and Hornbeam) in the four Directions or four Moments of the Sun of the Central Batey.  There were many Medicines that came also into this Sacred Space in the Various directions.  We utilized both white cornmeal and yellow cornmeal within the space.  


During the preparations we Divined numerous times concerning the meaning and significance of the Ceremony, the Earth Changes that are occurring and the significance within the Taino "Community" at home and in the Diaspora.


To begin with the Misterios spoke from the direction of the West, of the christian mindset that infiltrated our Continent, making points regarding the christian agenda to separate "Nature" from the Divine (Misterio, Great Mystery...).  This separation (mental) served the church to increase the "devils" power over people and therefore empowered the church.  Another point is the "seven deadly sins" which again served to give the church more power over the people.  

The Misterio spoke in the direction of the North concerning the  views and behaviors that Indigenous People had towards women versus the behaviors that european men had towards women.  The Misterio reminded us of the massacre at "La Navidad" (one of Columbus' first "forts" where he left a number of spanish men while he returned to Spain).  These men insisted on raping Taino women, and the Taino found this intolerable and to make a long story short ended up killing every last one of the spanish men at the fort.    The evil behavior of european men towards Indigenous women is well documented, as is the evil behavior of european men towards european women.  European women were kept under the control of "their men" through the fear that any rebelliousness would get them labeled "a witch" which would mean torture, and death by hanging, drowning or burning alive.  European men and specifically the european christian church demonized women as "evil".  This is in sharp contrast to the Taino view of Women as the Mothers of Life, as the Goddesses of Fertility, Protector of the Seeds, and as Central and Revered figures within the Taino world.  

In the direction of the East, the Misterio brought up a profound point that the existence of the Indigenous People of this continent posed a theological problem for the christians, because it contradicted their "Noah story" putting the legitimacy of the bible and christianity at question.  Various writers grappled with the issue, coming up with a theory that the "Indians" were the lost tribes of israel, which was believed by such evil persons as Bartolome de Las Casas (predator among the Taino and destroyer of Taino Spirituality).  James Usher is the fool that decided to "calculate" how old the world was and came up with a date that "god" created the world 4004 bc, which meant that the "Indians" must have arrived in this continent around 500 bc.  This was a widely accepted theory for years and only was destroyed when OLD BONES were discovered pre-dating this beginning date.  This story illuminates the confused and psychopathic state of mind of these europeans that invaded our Ancient Cultures.  It is also significant that this foolery continues to this day in the fields of pharmaceuticals, agrochemical food, GMOs, and economic "solutions".  There is a fundamental lack of understanding of what is HEALTHY and SUSTAINABLE, and it happens that our Ancient Cultures were geniuses in the understanding of both of these principles.  

In South, the Misterio took us to the underlying weaknesses that allowed the "european" behavior of violence, rape, witch hunting, theft, genocide and massacre of our Indigenous Ancestors.  The Misterio pointed out that the european society (which is global today in its infection) was/ is actually controlled by minorities (small number of elites) and that the power over the "masses" was effected through "fear of the christian "god"", this same christian god who is a case study "himself" in psychopathic mentalities.  A god who created all his "children" to be "bad" and to have to struggle against "sins", who created his children unhappy, miserable, who invented "hell" to cap off a life already plagued with struggle, who created an earth for his children to live in which was filled with evil temptations, who preaches all kinds of ethics yet is vengeful and destructive (do as I say not as I do), then who demands adoration and worship.   To fall for these LIES indicates a profound mental illness and a profound Self-Deception.   And for those who just "went along with the crowd or the times" it indicates a powerful lack of self-respect and principles and a profound "self betrayal".

The Misterio lead us to some essential points concerning the historical trail and the mentalities that have lead us globally to this crisis that we are facing on EVERY LEVEL of our LIVES.  It is not just one aspect of life that is in danger, it is every aspect.  As we continue with the next "part" of these writings, we explore more deeply what we are facing in the here and now, and how we can approach the Earth Changes that are occurring from a grounded and holistic Spiritual Root.    In the photo above the fruits and roots are all vegetables that we grow upon the Sacred Land, and this is vital within this Ceremony.  Below a TOAD appeared, living in the Conch shell upon the Mound.  All this is significant within the trail and we will explore these things further.

As we continued in our Divinations over a number of days leading up to the Full Moon, we witnessed the Moon put on many faces or expressions within the night.  Some nights she was bright casting shadows like the Sun does during the day, other nights clouds passed in front of her revealing many Misterios.  Ceremony is not something that can be "scheduled" or confined to a convenient time slot.  Ceremony is constantly shifting and changing, and no two Ceremonies are the same, ever, because no two days are the same, even no two moments are the same.  To mindlessly repeat the same ceremony over and over again (think church or some misguided new age ceremonies masquerading as Indigenous) is to be totally insensitive to the movement of the Spirit.

TO BE CONTINUED.....