I hope Iām not too late. Iāve read all your comments and learned some much about our history, itās very very interesting. So thank you all for sharing your wisdom.
I love museums so Iāve read about Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, I didnāt know about this place and itās certainly interesting. Did you know that this year the museum is celebrating its 70th anniversary? I didnāt know that Gerald Gardner was involved in that museum as well.
Thanks again for this beautiful idea. Itās very important to know about our past and the lives of our ancestors.
Iris,
Beautiful Stones Iris, I love the earthy greenery the Druids had the enchanting lifestyle with the trees and stones there so large and they must of took a lot of time to build those steps !
I just loved your pics you did an awsome job!
Thank you for sharing!
Perdos - Neat how Crowley was magical and made some one fall lol he called it āaction in a distanceā
I wonder if it was really an accident?
Jeannie
Blessed be!
@IrisW ~ Wow, your pictures made me feel as if I were there! Especially the one of The Wishing Steps! It looks so familiar to me! Maybe I was there in another life.
What an exciting place to discover on your trip, @IrisW! The pictures are stunning- look at all that beautiful lush greenery I had to admit that while walking blind up and down the wish steps I think the only wish Iād be thinking of is āplease donāt fallā Thanks for sharing and hope you had a lovely trip- safe travels!
Is that the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in England, @RyuWyn? A very fun place to research! And yes, lucky Iris has been there (Iām jealous! ) Glad you enjoyed it- and thanks for sharing!
Thanks again for your lovely exploration of the history of charms, amulets, and talismans in the other thread, @NickWick- great job!
@RyuWyn Hello! I have been searching and digging trying to learn and understand American Indian peopleās beliefs and their ways. I have found very limited credible information and found that most documentation kept by the native peoples most likely burned with their villages. I am interested in any info that may be out there that I may not be aware of?? -much love
I really appreciate you interest in our culture! Iām also investigating about it since itās not easy for us either to know about our ancestors. There are many indigenous communities in Latin America, Iām starting to dig into those first, however, it seems that all of them had shamans, temples to our old gods, and rituals to worship nature.
You can start checking the Muiscas and Tayronas, those are some of our biggest communities that were formed way before the colonization.
Any other info I get Iāll send it your way. Hope that helps
I canāt say I know too much about Indigenous and Native practices in the Americas myself, but it looks like @RyuWyn has some great advice about Indigenous Latin American communities and @MeganB (whom I believe has Native American ancestry) posted the following in the Native American Witchcraft discussion:
It sounds like it may be hard to find information- but if you search respectfully, perhaps youāll be able to connect with those within those practices! Wishing you all the best in your studies
I didnāt know Megan knows about Native American culture. Thatās so nice! Iāll check out her post, thank you for sharing!
And yes, my ancestors shared everything through oral practices; stories, songs, rituals, etc. But there are still a lot of communities here, itās an invitation to come and visit them They are so connected with the universe, their beliefs, their culture, that they can read you and feel your energy. Iām sure theyāll share their wisdom if you have a good heart.
I donāt know too much about Native American culture I know I have some Indigenous ancestry but being raised outside the culture means I have a limited understanding, unfortunately.
Even for me, that my Indigenous ancestry is about 50% haha. Our culture (western, capitalism, and such) is very disconnected from them. Iām close to them but in our schools, they never teach us about natives, we never get to know their culture or anything, unless you go there individually to do so.
The native Americanās not only lost their land and culture but were forbidden their own language. Talk about racial discrimination.
The Australian natives had their children stolen and trained as servants for those nice white people. Look it up, I believe it was called the "Lost Generation.
Thatās is unfortunately correct. We have so many stories here on how the Christianity among with the Spanish took away everything from us, raped our women, took our children to ācivilizeā them, and slaved our men.
Whatās surprising is that this is still happening, there is no respect for our ancestors even in our own land, but thatās something that some of us are fighting for, for them, for us, for our everyone. We need our culture back, our spirituality back. I think thatās one of the reasons why we as Latin Americans are apparently so lost, suffering as continent.
I donāt want to sound rude, and I apologize if I sound that way, but every time I think about it something hurts deep inside
Indeed The Vedas is a nice source of powerful magic. It actually based on āAryan Religionā. When Alexzander won part of India and arrested King Puru, then he asked Pruru āTell me that what should I do with you now? Kill you or leave you?ā Then Puru replied, āA king is the war prisoner of another king. So, you should do something that king would do in this situation with another king.ā Alexzander leave Pruru and left India, but some of his friends, members of his army stayed in India. King Puru gave them equal rights as Indian citizens. They started spreading the āThe Vedasā and it is the very heart of India.