symbolism in faces

Oona Soleil with Killian Elias Leibundgut & Fiona Leibundgut

WISDOM KEEPER

When I first joined the Wisdom Keeper Circle I never thought I'd be struck by so poignant a moment captured in an image that would have troubled me many years ago that feels beautiful today to me as an older man who learned to have new relations with people distant from my heart...

Sight, renewed sight, is one of the benefits of the work I gleaned in  Angaangaq's circles, and utilize in my own circles. I am that circle expanded from  Angaangaq's  circles where I learned how to do ceremony with white people until I could say from my heart, “You are my relative. I love you.” It is a powerful thing to become vulnerable around and with strangers healing themselves and each other in environments unfamiliar, but it is worth the risk to stand on the cusp between life and death and declare intentions, and act upon them, and become better at being who you are! ©Gregory E. Woods

Angaangaq, Oona Soleil & a friend in Scotland © Sven Nieder

SOCIETAL CHANGE: the Elders

Angaangaq with Oona Soleil at the Congress Centrum in Hamburg in 2010

Women's role in future changes

One of the things that the Grandmothers feel is vital for things to change is to re-balance the relationship between the sexes. Being the givers of life and far more connected with the seasons, the Grandmothers see that women are getting into important roles and are going through changes. The Grandmothers suggest that men should take on the roles of women so that this will free women to help the change needed in the world.

Men's role in future changes

During a satellite conference with Bioneers the grandmothers were asked how men could help with their work and global change. The answer, voiced by Maria Alice Campos Freire was to be humble and then one can be receptive. Bernadette Rebienot added with a smile that, "anything is possible." - Carlos Provencio



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