windwalker... dear sacred drum - our blessed ayllu sister...

Greetings to all... 

Flying Flicker Woodpecker

Here, where we live, in our little ‘green’ neighbourhood, I always know when it’s truly Fall is when the grandmother flickers  (woodpeckers) start to call, shout and screech continually as they revel in their feasting of the season’s bounty in the trees around us – they especially love the dogwood seeds....

And thank you dear Valerie for your ‘teachings’ and to all teachings that have been shared by everyone in our emails... those who have shared their courage to share within our circle... I thank you and I hear your voice...!!!

I wish to reply from my heart, from the deep love/medicine of the sacred drum and for our blessed earth mother and the heart of ‘windwalker’ and – I choose to name her because I wish to acknowledge her by name.... and I continue to honour her - as my dear sister-spirit who connects me... ceke's me to the heart of our mother............

When I continue to drum re all this.... what comes is that....  I find it significant regarding some particular dates....

1... the call and vision of dreaming windwalker in early 2007.... our ayllu responds with a huge ‘yes!”....

2... July 7, 2007 (7-7-7)... trip to Read Island where the fallen windwalker tree is found... we engage, step up and bring her home.......

3... windwalker is birthed during the weekend of September 8, 2008 (8-8-8) – ayllu expands with celebration/commitment....

4... the first white drum mesa weekend (east) comes to our ayllu and begins Spring of 2009 – connection.... #9 - completion?

5... 1,000 days of ‘sounding’ windwalker begins... ayllu moves to deepen commitment within service.... commenced dec of 2009... and ended on solstice 2012......

6... and now... what's next???????? (12-12-12)????

I can’t help but see that this process is revealing to us as "ayllu" and what we have "dreamed into being" as one – that we indeed responded to a spirit-call and look what responded......... wow!

And re the 1,000 days and those of you who stepped up to commit to this service... I’d love to know how this process was this for you?... not in the sense of the middle world (and hard that was)... tho’ in how was this relationship with windwalker for you for our ayllu...? what did she show you... ? ...reveal to you...? or teach you...? ...the healing(s)...?  ... we heard some of this deepening from a few during our solstice time.... I would love to hear more if those of you wish to share...... what is the why did you step up to do this??..... because someone told you to or what?......

Also interesting to note from my re-membrance of the many blessed teachings I have received  from the "teachers" during the white drum mesa weekends are/is....

-       that windwalker is the ‘white drum’ or an embodiment of... and that we have received many ‘white drum mesa rites’ through windwalker many times... for me it is wonderful to have her beautiful ‘form’ among us and to be in her presence and to embrace her soundings and to honour her and feed her as i do my mesa....... and I also understand and know that “the physical form” does not necessarily need to be present ‘in form’ to connect as it is with our ‘mesas’ of stone.......i get that....

Another piece I keep coming back to which this present moment/ponderings of “what’s next?” is, where are we now re...  the initial call/vision to our ayllu (2007) ??....

‘Are we truly ready for a community ayllu drum’ to be in our presence? ....and to now again ask this same question when we did back then........ Are we ready... willing... able to accept and continue this huge responsibility?... it sounds like some of you are not... and that's okay.......

I guess I ponder......

- first attention... “the body”... (what is this – is there a clear picture?)...

- second attention...” internal or external task-at-hand”... ?

-  and third attention.. “holiness... the sacred... holding the entire circle of life in awareness and right-relationship” ...of ayni...?... what is all of this for us... as ayllu... as community.......?

I also can’t help ponder the essence-teachings of the 500 year-old Otomi 8000 sacred drums prophecy which says...

"When 8000 sacred drums sound together, an intense healing of Mother Earth will commence."

At first, my take on this was yes... of course!!... the prophecy has been fulfilled...this was announced years ago that we had reached the actual physical goal of gathering “8000 sacred drums” together at one time within sacred intent and prayer... and, yahoo for that....

However, when I dwell further into the wording of this prophecy, I can’t help get caught in the one word, “commence”...... which holds much meaning...... embark on... start... open... begin... initiate.... originate... instigate... inaugurate.... enter upon..................

And so... this reveals and teaches me that in essence – we have only really begun - we've started something, right?.... and that there is still much more work to be done....  we sooo know this....

and so.. I guess I ask the question again.... are we up for it... ?...  who will step up......  or, are we just too damn tired....?

I know deep in my own heart that I hear and feel that windwalker is definitely up to it... she only asks, are we?... whatever that could be.... 

I know that I am willing to explore a next pacha even tho’ I don’t have a frickin’ clue what’s next..... so.... I humbly ask again.... who’s with me to have a peek...........?  ...All I know is that she continues to reveal to me a most amazing, beautiful healed state – a vision....... and holy wow... I'm willing to give it a shot.... even tho’ i’m bagged too.......

with mucho light and hoards of love as all-ways...with big heart........ 

and looking forward to being in circle with you all (including windwalker) soon.... 
weaver x (((o)))

Windwalker as she presently sits... feel her love, enjoy!

8000 Sacred Drums Ceremony 2012 - Vancouver, Victoria, Kamloops, Terrace, BC...

Honouring the 8000 Sacred Drums Global Ceremony for Spring Equinox March 20th, 2012 from sunrise to sunset with the Otomi nation in Mexico...
8000 Drums around the world.. we will drum & sing sacred songs on this special day and time to connect in and align together!  We hope you will join us... for the healing of our blessed earth mother and all her children...  see all related events below photo...


---> Quick link to windwalker's journey here >>  (in blog format here, newest posts @ top - beginning of story @ bottom of page - see right side navigation for more...)

honouring & dedicating windwalker

---> VICTORIA & VANCOUVER, BC Events...
- Monday, March 19, 2012 - (Vancouver weaver's circle) more >>

- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 (Victoria) and

- Thursday, March 22, 2012 (Victoria)

---> KAMLOOPS, BC Event...
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 2-4 pm
Spirit Square - corner of Yew Street & MacKenzie Ave., North Kamloops
- more info on their facebook group... https://www.facebook.com/events/364176066956500/

---> TERRACE, BC Event
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 2-4 pm
Terrace Skeena Parking Lot
- more info on their facebook group...
https://www.facebook.com/events/378927465453485/

Good News!  Our ayllu community drum "Windwalker" will be coming down from her community home Kamloops to the west coast in Vancouver and Victoria for the Spring Equinox Sacred Drums Ceremony for 3 events - please visit www.harmonyscapes.net calendar page for more information, times and place for Victoria events...

---> VANCOUVER 8000 Sacred Drums, BC Event... Salish Territory
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 2—4 pm 
....First Nations-community-led... all welcome

@ Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC 

• Google map to the Park here >>

- any other events - we will post here if you let weaver know >>

More Info about the Vancouver, BC main day event...

The 8000 Drums Sacred Ceremony is more important this year... We all know what is happening to our earth, water, animals, environment. This event is open to ALL drums, all cultures, all races, as this is a gathering of people to pray for our earth, environment.



Signs, banners re: Mining actions, Clear-cutting/ Deforestation, Conservation, Fish Farms, Pollution.... etc are welcome.

Family friendly, peaceful action and ceremony combined. A, last stand, as it were for our earth, environment, people, our children, grandchildren and their/our future on this planet.

Bring your drums, rattles as we will gather together to drum prayer songs for our people, our earth... our environment... for all that is going on with our blessed earth mother... We will pray for peace for indigenous people around the world, suffering from war. We will pray for our children, our youth and families. We will share ceremony for our earth, for our people, and all people around the world.

According to a Sacred Prophecy revealed at the Otomi Ceremonial Centre by the Otomi Elder Sages as a Vision of our Venerable Ancestors, the day when the sounds of 8000 Sacred Drums join together will be the beginning of the healing of Mother Earth, of all the species and the human family in order to be able to live together on the road to Sacred Peace.

Ceremony of 8000 Sacred Drums... It is time to unify ourselves and rediscover all the seeds of the Four Directions in order to reactivate cosmic energy, heal historical wounds and heal Mother Earth by respecting life, liberty and the dignity of our Peoples.

The first great ceremony was held March 21, 2004 in Temoaya, Mexico and there will be drum circles joined around the world on the Spring Equinox continuing every year until 2012.

** REGISTER YOUR DRUMS... More info about the 8000 Drums Global Ceremony at the International Indigenous University, visit here >>

***HISTORY & ORIGIN of 8000 Sacred Drums Ceremony... visit here >>

Also... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkgHIpn0fPE -Vancouver's very first 8000 Sacred Drums Ceremony - as captured by local artist/musician David Campbell on his youtube channel.

• A blog post by weaver: "8000 Sacred Drums "Feeling" Our Vision to Peace with Finally Some Hope"... read here >>

bright blessings to you all - and looking forward to drumming in sacred space with you all this special day!!!

weaver (((o)))

8000 Sacred Drums 2010 - Vancouver and all over our Blessed Earth Mother...

"When 8000 sacred drums sound together,an intense healing of Mother Earth will commence."
- 500 year-old Otomi Prophecy

Just a quick note folks....
(for Vancouver schedule of events, see link below)

Yes... 8000 Sacred Drums is happening again and will be every year until we envision this prophecy into fruition... at Spring Equinox, March 21st at 12 noon Central Time...

I plan to write more on this soon but until then... i have written some prior thoughts about this blessed annual ceremony on my own blog at www.drumweaver.blogspot.com and you can read more there.. but please stay tuned for more here too...

Please... everyone... let us join together for the healing of our blessed earth mother and hook in this Spring Equinox, March 21st at 12 noon Central Standard Time from where ever you are...

ie: If you're in Vancouver, BC (Pacific Standard Time)... that time would be 10 a.m. our time... Please see for your own time zone here >>

And, if you miss the (linear) time period to participate - do not worry... there's always next year to align but please, this year - this day, do drum and connect anyway with placing your sacred intent for the actual time - mindfully envision and align yourself with the actual time and you will - dream and feel it!... as there really is no space/time reality anyway... right?!

And while you do drum with us... envision our earth mother and her children in her "healed state" as if it was happening right now and in this present moment as you drum with sacred intent.... and really hook in to how that would really "feel" like... what would that "feel" like for you?.....and just go with it for a least 16 seconds plus... for as long as you can...

So, just do it... from wherever you are right now today.... with your open heart and minds and dream our dreams into reality... if we reach just 8000 of us and more... we will "see" this prophecy fulfilled completely...

Until then, please stay tuned for more info coming up and/or please see past posts posted on this blog...

with gratitude and blessings, with much light, weaver (((o)))

***VANCOUVER, BC CANADA EVENTS... For those of you wanting specifics for todays events happening in Vancouver, BC... there are two events... one outdoors and one indoors...

- one being planned outdoors by our Indigenous elders/friends during the day and also weaver is also offering her annual spring equinox sacred drum circle and ceremony indoors in the evening - which always aligns with the 8000 ceremonies that happened earlier... For more info, times and where, click here >>

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3 eagles came to bless us on this special day...

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Dearest ayllu...

This past Saturday... many of us gathered to honour the 8000 Sacred Drums here in Vancouver... and what a beautiful sunny day it was...

We all met at Victory Square at Hasting and Cambie... drumming together with many elders teaching us much... for the healing of our blessed earth mother... all in community together...

We heard a beautiful song... Amazing Grace sung by a beautiful 7-year old... listened to an elder chant from the core of the mother... and heard many sacred songs and prayers offered freely...

and we all cheered when 3 eagles blessed us by flying overhead for quite some time... what a blessed site it was... right in the middle of the downtown eastside of Vancouver!

...we are sooo blessed...

it was a good day... and such good medicine...
with much gratitude and thanks to have this opportunity to be a part...

below... a youtube video with an honouring and remembrance of the missing women of the DTES... the women's warrior song...

8000 Sacred Drums Gathering again this Spring Equinox....

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8,000 Sacred Drums Annual Global Ceremony
- Every Spring Equinox on March 21, 2009 - 12 noon Central Time
- 11 am Pacific (OUR TIME) for more info, see below...

"When 8000 sacred drums sound together,
an intense healing of Mother Earth will commence."
- 500 year-old Otomi Prophecy

Again, the Otomi elders of Mexico will be holding annual ceremonies to gather as many sacred drummers together all around the globe to continue the fulfillment of their 500-year old prophecy with the powerful intention to open healing of our blessed earth mother - please join us by gathering together and/or drumming wherever you are at this time!

Let us join together with all indigenous nations around the world in calling for justice - for healing.

** According to a Sacred Prophecy revealed at the Otomi Ceremonial Center by Otomi Elder Sages, the day when the sounds of 8,000 Sacred Drums join together is the beginning of the healing of Mother Earth. It is time to unify ourselves to rediscover the seeds of the Four Directions - to reactivate cosmic energy, heal historical wounds. It's time to respect life, liberty and the dignity of Our Peoples.

The first great ceremony was held March 21, 2004 in Temoaya, Mexico. Drum circles joined around the world on the Spring Equinox. This will continue each year until 2012.

Sacred Principles:
- Seal and heal the wounded vertices of Mother Earth.
- Identify and activate the Indigenous energy centers at sacred places, this is our duty.
- Plant and strengthen consciousness of love and respect for our Mother Earth. This is everyone's work.
- The Indigenous ancestral recommendation to create and practice our cullture of Peace and Life is fundamental.
- Recognition of the use of the energy and healing are the properties of our sacred instruments

** More info about the 8,000 Drums Global Ceremony at the International Indigenous University >>

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VANCOUVER, BC EVENT...

Honouring the 8000 Sacred Drums Global Ceremony...

In Vancouver, Saturday March 21, 2009
from 2 pm - 4 pm @ Victory Square 250 W Pender St. Vancouver, BC

- East Hastings and Cambie Street Vancouver, BC
More info, email: powwowlistings@gmail.com

** EVENTS ALSO in - Kamloops, Oliver, BC; Kelowna; Prince George, Victoria, Toronto, Campbell River, T'slalah, Splatsin, Darcy, Winnipeg; Mikmaq Territory, Montreal, Cyprus, Texas. Main Event: Mayan Territory.

Organize in YOUR area! It doesn't take much.. just pick a spot to meet and invite people to bring their drums.. and after a prayer or a smudge:
1) Sing a prayer song, honor song for our people, our earth and environment, our children
2) or, if there's just a few of ya, each person can share a prayer and a song
3) or, on your own? Just say a prayer and then drum with a prayer in your heart
4) At pow wows, organizers can pick a time for all drums to come together. You can use sweetgrass, sage, juniper, tobacco, cedar, water, incense, light a candle..

it's your choice... Many of us will attend the smudge ceremony before heading over to set up for 8,000 Drums.

We'll join indigenous nations around the world in calling for justice - for healing- you can also do one for your area there too! It's open to everyone... every organization.. every band/tribe/first nation, school, native housing complex, friendship centre, street, house, park, community centre, pow wow...

Looking forward to drumming with you all again...

with light and love, weaver (((o)))

a gift from our brother David... 8000 sacred drums - Vancouver event...

dearest ayllu...

i was thrilled to learn that dear elder and friend David Campbell has video-documented the Vancouver 8000 Sacred Drums event that happened on March 21st... this event was held at the downtown Vancouver branch of the public library square... i believe about 100+ people attended and created ceremony together aligning with the Otomi elders in central Mexico and many others all around the globe between 10am - 12pm CST...

i, and we thank you David... very much, for sharing your blessed work and this sacred event... with us all... with gratitude and much appreciation, love and light... (((o)))



Video: "8000 Sacred Drums Gathering-Vancouver-08"
(c) copyright 2008 by David Campbell • all rights reserved
• posted here with permission...

• Click here to go to David's 300+ video YouTube page - www.youtube.com/user/marakakore >>

• also... Click here to go to David's inspirational blog - www.wadili.blogspot.com >>

"We will hear your drum beat, as you will hear ours..."

dearest ayllu...

again... we receive another email... on March 19th, just before the 8000 Sacred Drums event was to happen... a message from sisters and brothers of the sacred drum in Ontario... and sooo wonderful to connect in spirit with like-minded folk who care and are responding with and through their hearts...

...may we one day meet...

here is their beautiful message we received - for all of you...
with light... weaver (((o)))

Ahnee (hello)

I am writing to advise that drum carriers, singers, community members from Saugeen First Nation #29, will be participating in drumming and singing on Friday, March 21st, 2008. We are located centrally in Ontario, Canada, along the shores of Lake Huron. We have not counted the number of drums that will be in attendance. We have approximately 18 children who have made their own drums, and a women’s drum group of approximately 12-15. We also have approximately 4 drums that our men carry. We have women and children who carry rattles as well.

We are a Nation proud to take part in this ceremony. We will hear your drum beat, as you will hear ours.

In Unity and Respect, BK

Their 2nd message received after the blessed 8000 Sacred Drums Event:

Ahnee

As a message that we received on this beautiful day, we were in our circle drumming and singing, when the women looked to the sky, there was an eagle flying high above us. This was truly amazing, as we rarely see eagles in our area. It gave us a sense of strength to drum and to know that we were heard.

It was truly an honour to take part in this beautiful event.
Miigwetch, BK

today i drummed for my mother...

image bought from dreamstime

well... today was the day...

and... i had planned to get up early and head down for the vancouver 8000 sacred drums event downtown at the main library... and was really looking forward to it... i had helped get the word out and was excited to drum with a group of like-minded folk and really connect in with this wonderful annual global event...

however... when the alarm went off at 7:30am... i had a very hard time waking up... in a nautious fog, i realized that i was still not feeling very well at all... for, the past, almost 2 weeks, i have been quite sick with a nasty flu and cold... i decided to take another half hour more rest and see how i felt.. still planning and wanting to go... maybe i would feel better in a bit...

2 hours later i finally awoke and when realizing the time... even if i'd left that moment, i wouldn't have got downtown in time... and i still felt pretty yucky...

so, feeling quite disapointed, i dragged my weary body out of bed and attempted to wash off whatever in the shower...

i got dressed and decided to sit down and drum anyway... and so... i created a small circle around me on the floor, lit a candle... burned some smudge over me and opened sacred space...

i sat for quite sometime in silence while holding my wind drum.... still feeling quite disapointed that i had blown it... by not getting up in time to go and be with my brothers and sisters... and felt very saddened....

and so slowly... softly, i began to sound the drum slowly, mindfully... offering prayers.. asking for help...... i drummed and drummed for probably an hour or more... many sounds came from my drum and from me... i offered my voice... my songs... my fears... some hopes.... some dreams... my heart... my eyes and ears... my toes... my mouth... my hands... many emotions also came... tears of sadness.. tears of joy and gratitude... i offered my love and light for my mother... my blessed earth mother... it was all for her today... just for her...

and then... i could feel pulses........ all around me.. inside me... outside me... and i soon realized that i was actually hearing and feeling the heartbeats of my brothers and sisters from all over the globe while we all drummed together... at one time... in one moment... with one heart... and one mind...

and then.... i was guided to just stop and i stopped and just sat quiet while hugging laughing wolf, the same wind drum... but it wasn't silent at all... wrapped all around me... enveloping me.. i sensed, was our dear earth mother's heartbeat... embracing me with her love and her pulsing vibrations... it almost felt like i was back in the womb... but it was our earth mother's womb this time... i was... we all were... deep in her belly... together within...

i think she was very pleased this day...

hiyahyah.......... !

thank you great elders for this opportunity... and for inviting me...
much gratitude to you all... thanks for listening...
with much light and love... weaver (((o)))

Tomorrow, 8000 Sacred Drums! - an update from the Otomi elders...

dearest ayllu...

as we near the sacred day for tomorrow's global ceremony, the elders have posted this update at their site....

...Very Important

1. Our drum ceremony will take place between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, Mexico City time (CST); you may synchronize with us by drumming at that time.

2. There has been some confusion about when to begin drumming from other locations. Here at the Otomi ceremonial site in Temoaya, Mexico, the Ceremony of 8,000 Drums will be from dawn to dusk on the 21st, beginning with a morning ceremony at dawn. Our original intent was to have as many people as possible drumming and praying in at the exact same time. We will be drumming from 10 am to 12 noon, Mexico City time (CST).

We hope those of you in nearby time zones will be able to synchronize your ceremonies with ours. However, we realize that this may not be possible for everyone, in that case please offer your drumming, songs and prayers at any time; people from all over the world will be participating at different times, you will be in synch with others somewhere!

more info from their site here at...
• www.universidadindigena.org

also... the archived site for...
• 8000 Sacred Drums Global Ceremony

"That the Drum of your Heart can be harmonized
with the Heart of the sky and the Heart of the Earth.
Right Here and right Now.
For the honour of our Ancestors.

Join all ourselves!
...With love and gratitude for our blessed Earth Mother!"

8000 Drums Magic Number

dearest ayllu...
received another email again from out of the blue again today... this one comes from someone named Mark...

8000 Drums Magic Number

The Otomi prophecy of 8,000 Sacred Drums joining together
and starting the the healing of Mother Earth is to occur
on March 21, 2008.

This number 8000 has a very special relationship.

It has been found that it takes a certain number of
people to start a shift within human consciousness.
That number is the square root of 1 per cent.

There are over 6.5 billion people on Mother Earth right
now and square root of 1 per cent is around 8000

So the 8000 is around the minimum number we need to start this
process of healing. Amazing!!! this prophesy has a number directly
related with our human consciousness.

But each of us contains within us the ancient ancestral memory
in which we are ALL ONE and thus each of the people participating
on March 21 may consciously connect into the ONE and it will
spread and touch everyone on Mother Earth "inviting" them to join
us ... even if they have not heard of the 8,000 Drums.

As we do this drumming, we can also FEEL the HEALING
of ourselves and Mother Earth as if it has already happened.

In other words, step into that future where this healing has
already taken place and give THANKS to the CREATOR for
giving us this blessing.

Please pass this message to others
if you feel it would help.

Blessings,
Mark (Lahun OxLahun)

... thank you Mark for these words...
looking forward to drumming mindfully and in spirit with all of you soon...

8000 Drums Magic Number...

The Otomi prophecy of 8,000 Sacred Drums joining together
and starting the the healing of Mother Earth is to occur
on March 21, 2008.

This number 8000 has a very special relationship.

It has been found that it takes a certain number of
people to start a shift within human consciousness.
That number is the square root of 1 per cent.

There are over 6.5 billion people on Mother Earth right
now and square root of 1 per cent is around 8000

So the 8000 is around the minimum number we need to start this
process of healing. Amazing!!! this prophesy has a number directly
related with our human consciousness.

But each of us contains within us the ancient ancestral memory
in which we are ALL ONE and thus each of the people participating
on March 21 may consciously connect into the ONE and it will
spread and touch everyone on Mother Earth "inviting" them to join
us ... even if they have not heard of the 8,000 Drums.

As we do this drumming, we can also FEEL the HEALING
of ourselves and Mother Earth as if it has already happened.

In other words, step into that future where this healing has
already taken place and give THANKS to the CREATOR for
giving us this blessing.

Please pass this message to others
if you feel it would help.

Blessings,
Mark (Lahun OxLahun)

8000 drums - please note Daylight Savings Time!

hi folks...

i was reminded by a friend the other day that here in Vancouver we're now on Daylight Savings Time... and that could change the time for us to hook up and connect with the 8000 Sacred Drums Global Ceremony...

The Otomi Elders will starting at 12 noon their time in Central Mexico...

and so... i guess what we need to know is whether Central Mexico time is also on daylight savings too.. or not?

I believe we will just "know" when the right time is supposed to be if we just listen...

Looking forward to drumming mindfully with all of you very soon!

with much light...
weaver (((o))

The time is NOW for 8,000 Drums...!

dearest ayllu...

again...

When 8000 sacred drums sound together,
an intense healing of Mother Earth will commence."
- 500 year-old Otomi Prophecy

mother i feel you under my feet... mother i feel your heartbeat...

...just recieved the below email tonight...

"sounds" like the Otomi in Mexico are again calling all or as many of earth's children to be in ceremony to sound 8,000 drums together at one time to assist and help our blessed earth mother............ may we "hear" their call and gather together....

and the drums are awakening with the coming of Spring............

what's interesting is that the day they are doing this Ceremony is the Spring Equinox and oddly enough i've already organized the quarterly Sacred Drum Circle and Full Moon Ceremony that same day - that night here in Vancouver...!

i believe we are hooking in and hearing our blessed mother's call... let us gather together as one heart - as many as we can... to fulfill this prophecy!!! Ho!

here's how the email read:

"Hi. I was contacted by my friend Gilles Novaks who is a Montagnais Indian from Montreal. He is a Medicine Man and a Healer. He asked me to get as many Tribal people to participate in a worldwide ceremony called the "8,000 Drums". He was contacted by two Huron Clan Grandmothers from up there in Canada and they asked him to help spread the word to all Indians everwhere. It will take place on March 21, 2008 at 12:00 noon MEXICO TIME!! I haven't figured out the time tables yet. Maybe you can. (i beieve they are central time and we are pacific with 2 hours difference- which would put us at 10 a.m. - can someone clarify that please!)

All you need to do is play a drum either alone, or with a group or have the whole Tribe participate. The purpose is to fulfill the OTOMI PROPHECY. The Otomi's are Mayan Olmec and Toltec descendants. The drums will be played so that the Creator will hear us and grant our wishes as we pray for help in the Healing Process of our Mother Earth. The other races of people are destroying Her and our Mother Earth needs our prayers. Thank you. Ewo-wox-co-dah-wa...."

dearest brother and sisters.... let us organize ourselves quickly to gather during this time at the Equinox...
- the time is now... please pass this note on to as many people as you can......

with much light and love, weaver (((o))

More info on the Otomi Gathering here at...
http://www.universidadindigena.org

8,000 Drums - Vancouver Event

8,000 DRUMS Vancouver
Joining indigenous people around the world
Hosted by... INDIGENOUS ACTION MOVEMENT Coast Salish Territory

Time and Place Date: Friday, March 21, 2008
Time: 10am - 11am
Location: VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Street: 350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Email: csiaction@gmail.com

We'll join indigenous nations around the world in calling for justice - for healing.

** According to a Sacred Prophecy revealed at the Otomi Ceremonial Center by Otomi Elder Sages, the day when the sounds of 8,000 Sacred Drums join together is the beginning of the healing of Mother Earth.

It is time to unify ourselves to rediscover the seeds of the Four Directions - to reactivate cosmic energy, heal historical wounds. It's time to respect life, liberty and the dignity of Our Peoples.

The first great ceremony was held March 21, 2004 in Temoaya, Mexico. Drum circles joined around the world on the Spring Equinox. This will continue each year until 2012.

Sacred Principles:

Seal and heal the wounded vertices of Mother Earth.
Identify and activate the Indigenous energy centers at sacred places, this is our duty.
Plant and strengthen consciousness of love and respect for our Mother Earth. This is everyone's work.

The Indigenous ancestral recommendation to create and practice our cullture of Peace and Life is fundamental.

Recognition of the use of the energy and healing are the properties of our sacred instruments. ** International Indigenous University

Bring your drums! 10:00 pst which is 12:00 Central.

VANCOUVER ART GALLERY

Begins with prayers and smudge ceremony.