Notes on rapé, the plants of the Amazon and the people who keep their knowledge alive.
Shadow Medicine: Why Darkness Has Always Been a Sacred Teacher Shadow medicine is the understanding that darkness can teach as much as light. Across many Indigenous and ancestral traditions, night, silence, solitude, and the unknown are not automatically viewed as negative. Instead, they are often approached as spaces of reflection, transformation, and deeper awareness. Darkness […]
FOREVER THE FOREST
How Indigenous Practices Offer Timeless Solutions for Stress, Disconnection, and Urban Life In a world moving faster than ever, many of us find ourselves overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, and a deep sense of disconnection. We rush through crowded cities, glued to screens, caught in endless to-do lists, always searching for something just beyond our reach. […]
Forest People, FOREVER THE FOREST
Traditional practices that respect ecological balance. Deep within the Amazon rainforest, far from the buzz of cities and the push of industrial agriculture, lies a rich and ancient knowledge of how to work with the land rather than against it. For millennia, indigenous peoples have practiced forms of agriculture that nourish the earth, respect its […]
Forest People, FOREVER THE FOREST
Nature’s Calendar: How Amazonian Tribes Mark Time and Transition In the lush expanse of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous communities celebrate the passage of time with ceremonies deeply rooted in ancestral wisdom. These rituals are not merely celebrations of a new calendar year but profound acknowledgments of cycles in nature, life, and spiritual alignment. Indigenous tribes […]
Communities, Elders, Forest People, FOREVER THE FOREST, Kuntanawa
Located in the Brazilian Amazon, the people of Kuntanawa are one of the twelve known indigenous tribes that live in the state of Acre. During the beginning the 20th century the people almost became extinct by the arrival of the rubber tapper. For almost a century the people stayed off the map from the Brazilian […]
Elders, Forest People, Kuntanawa
Kuntanawa Chief Leader Haru Kuntanawa Visits with Pachamama Church and Queen of the Forest Haru […]
Peace
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis apologized for the sins and “offenses” committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the colonial-era conquest of the Americas. History’s first Latin American pope “humbly” begged forgiveness during an encounter in Bolivia with indigenous groups and other activists and in the presence of Bolivia’s first-ever indigenous […]
