Pt. 1 Int'l Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Meet the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, introduced by Janet Weber, Assistant to the Grandmother's Council. Janet has been affiliated with the Center for Sacred Studies since the mid-1990s, and is an Interfaith Minister. Her work is in support of native elders and teachings of the Sacred Hoop.


DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDMOTHER'S COUNCIL
[Compiled by Interfaith Minister Janet Weber, The Center for Sacred Studies]

This unique council of indigenous women elders, some who are in their 80s, are from Arctic Alaska, the Amazon/Brazil, Tibet, Nepal, Gabon, tribes in Oregon, Mexico, New Zealand, Lapland, as well as Hopi, Lakota, Arapaho, and Mayan peoples. The Grandmothers Council is heralding the return of the Sacred Feminine on the planet—as foretold in many prophecies. The Grandmothers serve as healers, shamans and spiritual leaders in their communities as well as internationally.

The Council was initiated by a visionary woman named Jyoti (Jeanne Prevatt, Ph.D.), who serves as Director of the Center for Sacred Studies in California. The Grandmothers first met in Upstate New York 2004 at the Global Women's Gathering, with Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Wilma Mankiller, Tenzing Palmo and others.

Every 6 months the Grandmothers meet at another homeland offering prayer ceremonies from their traditions, then holding council on the environment, youth, education, women's wisdom and empowerment, prophecy, protection of ceremony, medicine plants, etc. Past meetings include in Mexico, Brazil, N. Mexico; plus Dharamsala, India with the Dalai Lama in fall 2006, and the Black Hills, South Dakota in June 2007, homeland of the Lakota people. In 2007, the Grandmothers gathered at the Bioneers Conference in San Francisco, California, and in 2008, the Grandmothers gathered in Gabon, West Africa, Spain, France and Italy. Most recently, they again gathered at Omega Institute in Upstate New York in August 2009, in Portland, Oregon in September 2009, and again in Sedona, Arizona in December 2009. The Grandmothers share their wisdom, dreams and concerns and are moving ahead with declarations and networking with other organizations locally and globally.

In December 2009, Emmy Award winning Producer/Director Carole Hart, one of the original writers for Sesame Street, released the powerfully spiritual feature-length film For the Next Seven Generations. The opening premiere held in New York City was hosted by Donna Karan and the film is now being screened at local festivals and in communities across the countries.

Visit the site http://www.forthenext7generations.com to find a screening near you—join a grassroots global effort to promote the film and the Grandmothers who are "weaving a world that works."

LINKS:

International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
http://www.grandmothers.com

The Center for Sacred Studies, California
http://www.sacredstudies.org

Global Women's Gathering:
http://www.sacredstudies.org/gwg.html

Film documentary about the Grandmothers
For the Next Seven Generations The Grandmothers Speak: http://www.forthenext7generations.com

Contact point for the Youth Forum of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers:
http://www.nativevillage.org


MUSIC CREDITS:
Stray Dog © 2007 Adam Snyder from album This Town Will Get Its Due, http://www.myspace.com/adamsnyder

For more information about the Grandmother's Council, contact Janet Weber at: spirithoop@aol.com

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• Grandmother's Council
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• Carole Hart
• Native Americans
• shamanism

[WhiteStarWoman]

Everyone's posts have pretty much said it but may I add , have there ever been 13 more beautiful faces? You can just see the love that radiates from these women! It's like looking into the faces of Angels! Thankyou so much for the post and I'll thank the Great Spirit for allowing me to start my day with such inspiration!

[veronica4987]

all the wisdom! we as a people  need to listen we ARE one no matter race or color ! we all dance to the same beat of the drum, our heartbeat!

[GreenRad2012]

@veronica4987: thank you.. this is how I see us also, as One. :>

[littlegrandmother]

This is beautiful and i truly love the 13 grandmothers and their messages.. beautiful! what wonderful women..

Kiesha

[Zecalran]

@WhiteStarWoman the grand elder council of 13 archetypal angels! XD I find this fascinating the universe does repeats itself bith on a microcospic and macrcospic scale aka as above so below! But where the the grand council of 13 druids for the men! Aren't they the master of the global economy more or less?!

god bless u my sis!

[Goodness250]

@TooLF8th ajdf

[peacetrees]

One human race, one earth. Much love...

[TooLF8th]

Thank you for posting, it helps seing other doing the right thing when one self still struggle to get out of the mist.

Peace and love, heartfelt and soultuching, and pure as water.

That`s the true language, and these pople are helping us remember that. =)

[WyteDove]

Thank you for sharing this~pCe~from my heart to yours~

[alphatoyou]

Thank you for sharing.

The Grandmother's Council is LACKING .. it doesn't have ALL grandmothers from our planet.. you have left out an Aboriginal indigenous grandmother from Australia.

Grandmother's rock :))

[TheNSAIE]

Thanks for sharing!

[suzarine]

Thank you very much for posting this very important messages. It is about time the whole world listens to this beautifull women with their prayers and visions, the beating hearts of Mother Earth..thank you, bless you, bless all woman and Mother Earth.