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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Remember to Wave Your Warak’as
In this post we continue to pursue an understanding of how the complementarity of opposites informs the Andean people’s understanding of themselves, their relationships with each other, and their relationships with the Cosmos. In earlier posts we looked at the basic concepts underlying the complementarity of opposites (Yin/Yang of the Andes), how it informs the relationships between women and men (Wharmi-Qhari), and how the ritual encounter (‘tinkuy’) of differing energies can give rise to new life force (Tinkuy: Confirming the Rules of Life). In that latter post tinkuy was introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged Americo Yabar, Apu, ayni, complementarity, cosmovision, Illapa, Pachamama, paqo, sacred, tinkuy
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Tinku–Confirming the Rules of Life
(The title of this post was taken from a section of Inge Bolin’s book Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes). My post Yin/Yang of the Andes laid out the basic principles of the ‘complementarity of opposites’, a concept that is fundamental to the Andean Cosmovision (as well as to Taoism). In the post Warmi-Qhari I examined how the complementarity of opposites informs the relationship between women and men in the Andes. In this post I would like to take a look at how the … Continue reading
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Kenosis Spirit Keepers is the nonprofit organization of which I am vice president. Our mission is to honor and preserve the integrity of indigenous wisdom and sacred cultural practices. As part of this mission we offer the Spirit Keepers Series which provides opportunities to experience and learn from indigenous people who are emissaries of their ancient and living traditions and who serve as a living bridge connecting their culture with ours. On February 25-26, 2012, the Spirit Keeper Series will feature Flordemayo, a traditional Maya healer from Guatemala and member … Continue reading
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