Thank you dear kindred. I am 100% British islander in my ethnicity and ancestry. It has been of great honor to have joined Bards, Ovates, and Druids. I’ve learned so much about the ancestors through their programs and teachings. My ancient ancestors are the Celts, Franks, and Swedish Vikings. I like to identify as a neo-Druid.
Thank you for putting your voice to this! I have been trying to uncover who were the people of my land (Norfolk) before the Romans invaded and there is so little to be found, it can be very disheartening! I have felt a lot of confusion in my life (who i am, what to do etc etc) and I feel that this confusion is just a microcosm of the collective confusion of England (and elsewhere I am sure, but I will speak to where I am from). What you talk about is so important because it is what so many of us long for in looking to other cultures for rituals and practices.
Have you read Dreaming the Eagle? It's all about the Iceni tribe and Boudica's life. Fascinating and it's on Audible 🤍🙏🏼that's all I know about Norfolk during the Celtic period.
If you're based in Norfolk, there are lots of great local resources and I'd recommend having a chat to the guys who run the Norwich Pagan Moot. The Norwich Goddess Temple work with Andraste who is supposed the warrior goddess that Boudicca worshipped so may also be of some help. I don't know if you've been into Inannas Festival (the shop on Norwich) but they also stock a lot of books written by local authors, talking about their experience connecting to the land and may have more suggestions about resources you could try 😊
I am so glad to have found your channel. I’m currently training at a zen Buddhist monastery and during my time here I’ve been feeling a call to investigate ways to transform my practice to be more connected with the land. Naturally, here in the USA indigenous American spirituality has always attracted me, but I recognize that this is clearly not of my ancestors. So I have begun this journey to reconnect with the indigenous roots of my ancestors which go back to Ireland and Scandinavia. Ironically, the appropriated portrayals of druids/wizards in media have planted this spark in me for awhile but I am now only beginning to see where it is leading me. So, I think it’s not all bad! Thank you for your channel and all your work, as well as for the information and inspiration! 🙏🏻
Love this! Simple concise breakdown both for folks new to animism and indigenous Pretani spirituality and to help articulate for those already on the path.
I like the idea that we can recreate to nature spirits by gardening and gathering. It is so true. Studies show that being in nature elevates our mood and thinking as well as reintegrating into the spiritual soul of nature. I live in America on the Mississippi (Dakota word for Father of Waters) in Minnesota. The Dakota have loved here for hendreds or thousands of years. There is a spring a the meeting of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers called Mni Owe Sne. It is where the Dakota people came out from the earth to the surface. In the spring and fall hundreds of bald eagles migrate through. I try to follow the indigenous about the local spirits and sacred places.
Warm greetings from Sakha Yakutia, Russian Notheast, good video, good to see young person, native to Pretani, on her enriching way to deep and natural culture of ancestors 😊❤
Really enjoyed this video stell love the style of it too! Realigning with the seasons, the day and night cycles and witnessing and experiencing the lands and nature change through out the year also gives me a little sense and snippet of what it were like for our ancestors to work with these lands and the magic here! Look forward to seeing what you've got to share on the mushrooms next 👀🍄
My grandparents are from the Philippines and immigrated to the United States so that statement really resonated with me I think animism played a bigger part in Filipino spirituality before bigger religions like Catholics and Islam came to the islands
I'm Devonian and my grandma was Irish. I rediscovered the Fairy Faith when I was 15 and have had encounters as a result. Unfortunately, we're dealing with another displacement here in Devon, from folks with money and greed. A lot of our green belts between towns and villages are being built on at an alarming rate. When you're very connected to the local land, it's quite traumatic. It makes me think of the Native American people who went through horrendous displacement and severing from the land through colonisation.
I resonate with everything in this video!!! Truly on point with what it’s like to start diving into your spiritual ancestry and how to come back to the land and spirit of the universe around us.
@@stellamariehere Your ancestors from Cymru and mine from Eire originally came from the Pontic steppes and swept across Europe into Ireland and the British. Replacing the Early European Farmers who had most likely built the stone circles of the Isles and Europe. They in turn had replaced the Western Hunter Gathers and both had out competed into extinction the Neanderthal and Denisovans. When our steppe herder ancestors got to the Isles there was an almost complete replacement of the Early European Farmers genes. Two Theories are that A: the animal husbandry practiced by the steppe headers and their horses had left them immune to the diseases they carried and inadvertently brought a terrible plague upon the EEF people who were relatively isolated and had no natural immunity. Theory B: is that they killed nearly all the EEF in a couple generations including most of the women. My long-winded point is that colonization has been going on since there were other species of humans walking the planet and the only place humans are indigenous to is Africa. Cultural appropriation isn't always evil, for instance I am glad we stole Arabic numerals, that Roman system of numbers is crap. If you really dig into the history of any "indigenous" people, you will find they would conquer their neighbor whenever they thought they could. Humanity is a sad wretch fairly often. Getting caught up into much neo-Marxism about colonizers and indigenous people isn't good for anybody. It wasn't designed to bring people together, but to drive them apart. It is also known as the "Conflict Perspective" of sociology and is meant to separate people. Ironically once the far left causes enough chaos in society, they take over and get rid of everyone's culture anyways. They can't have those old ideas around anymore. You probably think I have a million hateful reasons to say this and that I am a reactionary, but I just hate seeing intelligent young people not consider another way of viewing the world. You can hate on me if you want, but I still like your channel and wish you luck!
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I’m a Christian of mixed background, various cultures from the British Isles, Judaism, and Native American, and i love that you are sharing this! I love my own faith, and am deeply interested in the various religious practices of my ancestors. Thank you so much for sharing what you have learned. May you be blessed!
Very interesting video. My spiritual awakening happened 3 years ago in the days following brain surgery. I'm (trying) following a celtic spirituality. Like you said it's hard. I'm not British but French and now live in France but I lived in England for 27 years next to the New Forest perhaps that is why i feel a pull towards celtic spirituality. Who knows....
Anima or Animus In Latin : The Soul Thank you for enlightening this Topic, bringing Divinity, sacredness, to This realm . is Essential for humanity… trees re the true Pinnacle of society… most. Developed beings on This planet 🌎 When we relearn to respect fauna and flora as sacred again lot of this confusion, melancholy, rumination, obsessive thinking… might go away 🙏 Might The Light always be with you🫶
Dear Stella, to grasp Animism I suggest you learn to see, or read, Auras surrounding all living things, but especially auras shine from the higher lifeforms -like people & old growth trees. The ancients lived in harmony being the creation could talk to people, thru their auras, and also through their sound vibrations. This was taught by Druids to people, as it was so basic to respecting all life forms. Once this tenet is absorded into the soul, I suppose the vibes of more subtle life, termed mythical, could be detected. [ I'll have to ask my brother what he used to see using fresh magic mushrooms ...] I can refer you to the spiritual novel "The Celestine Prophecy" written in the late 80s - one of the chapters teach how to see the aura. Then think again about Animism and see how it can be obvious to reverate Nature. 😘
It was a lot easier to see this energy when I was younger, and during my time with the mushrooms here. I have read The Celestine Prophecy, such a beautiful story and I recommend everyone read it ❤
Thank you Stella. I am of mixed Northern European decent. My ancestors hail from Devon, Ireland, Sweden, Norman, and Alsatian lands. I live in California on unseeded Ohlone lands.
hi stella, adored this video. can’t wait to see more from you. curious about your thoughts re: the english. do you think they should try to connect in a pretani sense, or would it be more fitting to seek germanic ways?
I have English in my family. I feel we should connect to our bioregion and what's local, and explore whatever we are drawn to in terms of heritage ~ nothing is wrong, but it's important to avoid culturally appropriating if we're exploring something new, even if it's our own heritage! Hope this makes sense?x
@@stellamariehere it does make sense. i think ppl of english heritage (i have some but have other lineages too!) should be relating to the bio region in a way that’s infused with traditions that have been lost yes? such as language, holy days, recipes (with regional alterations), etc. i guess what i’m asking is if you would consider the english part of you anglo-saxon, or pretani - and if the latter, what that could look for anyone wanting to honour that specific part of themselves 💗
Hi Stella thanks for your videos it’s a topic I’ve unexpectedly found myself interested in recently due to a similar catalyst as you. I have a theory that the Druids of Ireland had a huge role to play in the fact that the Roman Empire never conquered Ireland. Strategically conquering Ireland (which was deemed relatively easy and was recommended by the general in charge of conquering Britain. He suggested that Ireland be used as a base for the Roman Army who initially were hindered by resistance of the people of Britain who obviously fought against their presence. The question as to why the Romans never conquered Ireland has never been answered convincingly to me. My feeling is our Druidic ancestors had a significant role…. Just my opinion
Hi Stella. Your knowledge and understanding in this area is truly impressive. I’m relatively new to your channel but I’m really enjoying all that I’m learning from you. I have a lot of heritage from all over the British Isles, though the main line I currently have records of is Scots-Irish, also known as Ulster Scots. I’m curious to hear your feelings about spiritual methods of communication with one’s ancestors, such as with the aid of Tarot and Oracle cards (there are some fantastic decks that have a specific ancestral focus), using pendulums with maps or even via direct channeling. Naturally, when employing such tools, one must put substantial protection around them prior to opening up spiritual doors. I’m well aware of the woo-woo areas of such practices but I’m speaking of a much more grounded approach to this kind of work. In my youth (20’s) I was really into "doing my genealogy" as I’d had a passionate curiosity about my forebears since early adolescence. Now in my Crone years (60’s), I’m feeling that same level of passion to get to know my ancestors beyond their vital statistics (birth, marriage and death dates and places). I’m embracing all of my ancestry but right now, for some reason, my Celtic ancestry is where my focus lies. I also have French and German ancestors I want to get more familiar with. Thank you again Stella for a wonderful presentation on the Druids. [Edit: A great resource is Nancy Hendrickson, a professional genealogist and Tarot reader who has written two great books on this topic, "Ancestral Tarot" and "Ancestral Grimoire." She also has a RUclips channel entitled appropriately, Nancy Hendrickson, where she posts helpful information about genealogy, Tarot and stuff related to,both.]
I had a massive "overdose" of our native liberty caps when I was 22, 350 boiled and shared with my mate, really fresh, green, big slimy ones picked first thing in the morning, not the dried out cream coloured ones found later in the day. Travelled very quickly to the universe and planet hopped, mind blowing and beautiful...simply unreal but real at the time. Then just as suddenly the return to Earth was terrifying....I couldn't see, everything black but it felt like falling through a vortex at tremendous speed, occasionally seeing only the things that scare us the most....radiation signs and skull and crossbones. The after effects were of relief, emotion and pure awe at what I saw and did. I'd had many shrooms and lsd before that but that was the time we took more than we should have! I'm 56 now and pre the trips always loved nature and felt spiritually towards certain places and nature but even more so now, after many ups, downs, and everything else after such a big dose. I wouldn't change a thing though. Got to say, you've got the most beautiful ancient British face...delightful!!
Heya! This hoodie is from Toonzshop. Although I'll be honest, I didn't realise it wasn't cotton when I bought it. They have lot's of lovely clothes but I usually opt for natural materials. x
My great,great ,great grandfather came from Ireland and landed in Virginia and married my grandmother who was native American she was either creek or cheerikee, this was very helpful. I've always found this more interesting then Christianity and catholicism cuz of my heritage thank you Miss.
That is really interesting about colonisation. The British colonial past and our current support of it is a mark of shame I think. I never made the connection to how we were colonised. The Roman, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all had a go!
I wonder so often why Celtic beliefs, heritage, culture etc isn’t being seen in the mainstream as appropriated by the Roman government and Roman Catholic Church.
@@TheSarahJane33 because of the truth the dark wants to keep hidden. Lp33 Celtic Scott anscestory.didnt even know . I experienced similar as you at age 15..the stars became numbers😁💚
yes brother Ahimsa, 🙏 I am wondering what your cultural or spiritual background is since you know this word. But of course you are welcome not to answer, this is the internet after all.
I have gathered insights from many spiritual teachings. Advaita Vedanta guides me most. Sarvapriyananda and Tadatmananda are my most revered teachers. I really can’t take any one seriously who talks about spirituality and advocates eating meat. Basing our decisions today on what we believe our ancestors did is silly. Druids were the elite class among a caste system where the lower castes were lesser and even Used as sacrifice. So glorifying people we know little about and dressing like them is very silly. Romanticizing the past will get us nowhere fast.
Unfortunately even through eating vegetables, animals are slaughtered. An entire eco system of rabbits, insects, birds, moles, thousands of plants and trees, and more are destroyed to plant just one crop. Unfortunately life and death are of nature
@@stellamariehereYes, This is why I don't judge people who eat meat and animals but try and carefully consider how any purchase I make, any food I eat, and any decision I make, contributes to suffering. That to me is the true meaning of ahimsa. Their is no benefit in judging or criticizing others no matter how deplorable we find their actions or attitudes to be, It is their attitude that is harmful not the person themselves. Judging them only hurts us, it doesn't mean we cannot think critically, but if we hold disdain torwards other sentient beings this erodes at our compassion and leads to ignorance and Ill will. another thing that I am directing more so torwards the author of this video is that you may focus on recency, but their is not a single culture or people or individual that has not suffered from ancestral trauma. In fact the most violently expansionist culture groups we're often coming off the backs of a recent history of violent subjugation. The mongols for example we're slaughtered and enslaved by the chinese for hundreds of years before the rise of Ghengis Khan. friends I wish you all peace and wellbeing, but above all I hope you seek to awaken the true heart or compassion within yourselves Gassho 🙏
Hello, I am new to this channel and almost finished with this video and I have really enjoyed the insights and information that you have shared. I am currently studying Druidry. I didn’t grow up knowing half of my family and as an adult, I decided to do some genealogy and Ancestry. I also did 23 & me trying to connect the dots of my family’s past culture and traditions and found out that I am 100% Northwestern European coming mostly from the British Isles, and I have a good amount of Welsh in me so as I’m trying to honor my ancestors. I also decided to try and learn Welsh. I am currently learning it on Duolingo, but was curious if you had any kind of opinion on that app for learning that particular language? I am doing my best to learn the stories, folklore and history of the areas that my family came from and I thought learning the language would be a beautiful addition to that. Anyways, sorry I am so chatty. Just thankful I crossed paths with your channel. Many blessings, Tabitha 🍄🟫🌿🌳 AWEN AWEN AWEN 🙏
I would definitely learn Welsh with Say Something in Welsh for speaking and conversation!! It's advanced me in days compared to Duolingo. Duolingo is amazing for reading and writing! They both should be done together
@@stellamariehere thank you for the recommendation. I’ll look into them. I’ve really been enjoying it on Duolingo but can see it’s lacking. This is my second time and I do feel it’s a little better like maybe they updated it.
Given that most native Brits have a fairly significant (but variable) chunk of Germanic heritage too, how do you/we recognise and honour our different major ancestral traditions?
In what ever way feels right! I'm personally called to study and teach about the Welsh culture due to this being the land I grew up on, so telling the stories and speaking the words that my ancestors spoke. Who knows, I might dive into Germanic traditions one day.
White sage isn’t endangered. That’s a common misconception. It’s quite easy to grow actually & it self-seeds. It’s not a closed practice, they just asked not to over-harvest it.
@@stellamariehere 🫂🫂 We grow a lot of it here in South Africa. But be careful, some online communities enjoy gatekeeping. (I belong to the chaos magick branch, if you will, and it really depends on what community you’re in. There are ones who call absolutely everything appropriation even if you approach it with respect & curiosity, and then there are those who value sharing of knowledge and wisdom. I find the former incredibly toxic.) With that said, using plants that grow naturally where you are hold more power. It’s like imphepho herb here. We all use it, we all grow it & it grows everywhere, but there are some who say it’s a closed thing (those who say that are never people from what they claim to be the original faith so 😅). Also, thank you so much for sharing all you do. 🤍 I’m trying to learn as much as possible and I hope to preserve it one day through story, we need more children’s picture books. Take care 🤍
I feel a deep inherent loss of a past belief I strongly know existed, I just don’t know what it is, but it is definitely Celtic in origin. I am very angry at the colonisers of the world for erasing these practices and instilling usually Christian beliefs at the edge of a sword/gun conversion. We were robbed of our past.
It's a good video but there were still Welsh speaking people in England well after the Roman's left and the Norse and Anglo Saxons arrived, it died out, as so often happens, through prestige languages of the other cultures who had positions of power over the natives, but many people in England are a mix of native British, Norse and Anglo Saxon, who as our next door cultures, had exchanged cultural ideas for a long time. I agree that that makes England much more complicated and nuanced when it comes to unpicking pre Christian beliefs. But there are still a lot of shared cultural beliefs, especially around the faye folk. Also you have every right to interpret the characters of Welsh or Irish mythology as not gods, but it is an argument that has been used to undermine the validity of those mythologies and cultures so I would hesitate to say they were never thought of as gods by the ancient people, certainly the forms of worship would not be the same as Greco-Roman cultures. But I believe its upto the individual to decide which side of the interpretation they lie. Goodluck on your continuing journey of knowledge!
No such thing as native British. The first arrivals onto Britain were completely outcompeted by an offshoot branch of the bell beaker culture who are what we would consider as “celts” i.e a wider Gaulish culture, so those more closely living in Belgium, Netherlands, Spain etc. Then they were mostly outcompeted by mass migration from the Anglo-Saxons which is what majority of us are; it’s impossible to find somebody who is not mixed with Anglo-Saxon-Jutes in Britain and Ireland. All these “Celts” are assimilated to varying percentages, even in wales and Scotland. Even the west coast of Scotland was later inhabited by Viking Raiders who eventually settled and also east coasts of Ireland as well as later inhabitation by the Anglo populations. Unless you go to a specific place in Spain, you cannot find a majority Celtic person anymore. It’s a safe bet to assume you’re Anglo-Saxon with a high chance of Norman DNA (Romanised Gael with Scandinavian) if you’re from Norfolk.
@@mailimcquaid6300 no that’s not what I’m saying, you missed the point (likely due to my rambling). A black and white rendition of native populations would probably be whoever reach an uninhabited bit of land first. But then what happens when the natives are completely outcompeted by another genetically different population that decides to live on that piece of land? This would be who we refer to as Celts. Then exactly the same thing happened with the migration of Anglo-Saxon-Jutes more or less apart from those Celts who became displaced to the fringes on the isles. We’ve been in this majority Anglo configuration for longer than there were any natives so…does that make us the natives? More ramblings from me, but I hope I made a better explanation of what I was trying to say earlier
@@andrewcoates4952 no I got your point, and you were incorrect that the beaker people were the celts, possibly they were the ancestors but that is debatable, so far its believed that the celts replaced the beaker people in the uk, with some notable experts who disagree, as they are want to do, but I was using reductio ad absurdum to point out that the homo sapiens replaced, and in some cases intermingled with, the Neanderthals and Denisovans who were already in Europe and Asia thereby making them "none native". Your argument is a purist one, the truth of ethnicity, culture and genetics is much more nuanced, which was my original point.
late 14c., cerymonye, "a religious observance, a solemn rite," from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome. 1832, "grass yielding edible grain and cultivated for food," originally an adjective (1818) "having to do with edible grain," from French céréale (16c., "of Ceres;" 18c. in grain sense), from Latin Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres, Italic goddess of agriculture, from PIE *ker-es-, from root *ker- (2) "to grow." The application to breakfast food cereal made from grain is American English, 1899.
I wasn't trying to be mean. I find Stella Marie's videos interesting and curious to see what else she comes up with next, BUT you have to check your sources, especially if you are going public. When I heard her say that cereal and ceremony came from the same source, it didn't quite ring true, so I checked. 🤷♀
Without "colonization" there never would have been Celts and much else. The "indigenous" people of the world might still be living without wheels or agriculture...including the indigenous people of Europe...maybe you'd prefer to live as a hunter gather...give it a try or get a grip.
@@S.J.L you may not know that the inuit are not the original people to live in their arctic home, and that to be indigenous does not mean original or migratory or anything else that you imply. Plenty of indigenous peoples have been using wheels and agriculture for thousands of years. It also doesn't mean that indigenous people are immune of critique. We can still acknowledge what is harmful or oppressive about a cultural system without saying that it itself is evil, or that the people are not indigenous. Many indigenous cultures dont fit within this definition you have chosen, because to be indigenous isn't to be original, it is to be integral. To form culture around longevity from inside bounded space. To become family with earth and to mourn each soul you put to rest. This stuff is messy, and unlearning colonial culture is a generational process. its true that most white people will not be indigenous within their own lifetime, but they can do what they can to reduce the harm done to the world. To quote Robin Wall Kimmerer, an actual indigenous person, "I wonder if much that ails our society stems from the fact that we have allowed ourselves to be cut off from that love of, and from, the land. It is medicine for broken land and empty hearts... People ask me what is one thing i would recommend to restore relationship between land and people. My answer is almost always, 'plant a garden.'" (Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer, 126 I can see into your heart farther than you can, poor soul. I can see that you carry guilt like wet blankets on your shoulders. Shame consumes you, so it is easier to carry on through life numb than to collapse under the weight of grief. But remember that grief is love held away from its source. when will you come to see that wheels, steel, war and agriculture are not the fundamental root of modern madness and destruction because generational trauma is. at the very least, please feel the pain of the people you have hurt, starting with yourself.
@@HBCrigs We're all indigenous to the planet earth. That literally what the Greek word "human" means. If were going with the out of Africa theory, which I do, then everyone who left Lake Victoria in Africa colonized somewhere. So, of course, the Eskimos weren't from North America, they were the last wave of the original "colonizers" of the Americas. The Bantu, of cultural origin around Niger, colonized almost all of Sub Sahran Africa, displacing, killing or culturally integrating the previous, less advanced, cultures, essentially mirroring Steppe cultural, aka Indo European or Aryan, expansion but without horses. The Indo Europeans, A.K.A., Iranians, Indo Aryans, Arya, Persians or Scythians in the East and Center of Eurasia and Scythians, Celts, Germanics, Balto Slavics, Romans and Greeks, etc. in the West, stemming from the Proto Indo Europeans of the Pontiac Caspian Steppe, either invented wheels, the oldest ones are found in Poland, or certainly invented the first highly functional wheels and spoked wheels, chariots and other inventions related to their pioneering domestication of the horse. This innovation was as important or more important than the agricultural revolution. This technology spread via them and proxies across all of Eurasia and into North Africa. People, who for various reasons, mostly geography and a lack of horses, were not in contact with this innovation did not develop at the same rate. That includes the Bantu, who independently developed agriculture and iron working and all of the people of the Americas, including advanced civilizations like the Inca, who had only llamas to work with on rocky terrain. Those are just the facts. Understanding them helps one understand why people from Sub Saharan Africa and the Americas were less advanced by the time of the age of exploration and cross continental contact. At this point, whoever you are, you almost definitely have some Steppe ancestry and if you can read this or have ever ridden on anything then you are at least partly culturally "Indo European." Half of the world, in many distantly related major sub cultures, speaks a language related back to these Steppe "colonizers." ALL of human history is, largely, the history of cultural groups competing and cooperating for land and resources. Various Native American cultural groups were displacing different and related cultures and colonizing different places for millennia long before those magnificent Spanish bastards showed up with superior technology. The Spanish themselves had been colonized and oppressed for centuries by Muslim invaders from North Africa before they were able to reconquer their ancestral lands in, wait for it, 1492. One of the most telling stories is that Cortez had only five hundred Spaniards when he overthrew the Aztecs, the rest were armies of other Central American cultures that had been oppressed, enslaved and treated like commodities by the Aztecs for centuries. The Spanish weren't saints, because no one is, but they were a step up both materially and culturally and those people knew it. I am proud of my ancestors. At least in the past people were generally colonized and conquered by more advanced cultures with something to offer. Either that or their culture had become decadent and degraded and left itself vulnerable to surges by less sophisticated but more vital cultures or some combination of a variety of such factors. Check out a summary of J.D. Unwin's "Sex & Culture. The West is currently being colonized by inferior cultures via the direction of a corporatist managerial class that cares nothing for people or culture but simply wants total global control. It's divide and conquer, the oldest tyrants play in the book. Save the passive aggressive bullshit for your mamma and don't take your daddy issues out on the world. The world has enough problems with such infantile Oedipal shit. People either have geographical barriers, resources and a strong enough culture and society to defend itself or they get conquered and colonized, cold fact. This was the case, is the case and will be the state of reality. If you don't like that then your quarrel is not with me but with ultimate reality, "Brahman."
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Thank you dear kindred. I am 100% British islander in my ethnicity and ancestry. It has been of great honor to have joined Bards, Ovates, and Druids.
I’ve learned so much about the ancestors through their programs and teachings. My ancient ancestors are the Celts, Franks, and Swedish Vikings. I like to identify as a neo-Druid.
Thank you for putting your voice to this! I have been trying to uncover who were the people of my land (Norfolk) before the Romans invaded and there is so little to be found, it can be very disheartening! I have felt a lot of confusion in my life (who i am, what to do etc etc) and I feel that this confusion is just a microcosm of the collective confusion of England (and elsewhere I am sure, but I will speak to where I am from). What you talk about is so important because it is what so many of us long for in looking to other cultures for rituals and practices.
Have you read Dreaming the Eagle? It's all about the Iceni tribe and Boudica's life. Fascinating and it's on Audible 🤍🙏🏼that's all I know about Norfolk during the Celtic period.
@@stellamariehere It's on my list! (might be bumped up the list now you have inspired me!)
His / her story is a tale of hope, deception, tragedy, triumphant love, remembering salvation, forgiving failure, marching mothers, sensitive fathers
If you're based in Norfolk, there are lots of great local resources and I'd recommend having a chat to the guys who run the Norwich Pagan Moot. The Norwich Goddess Temple work with Andraste who is supposed the warrior goddess that Boudicca worshipped so may also be of some help. I don't know if you've been into Inannas Festival (the shop on Norwich) but they also stock a lot of books written by local authors, talking about their experience connecting to the land and may have more suggestions about resources you could try 😊
You’re probably just Anglo-Saxon like the majority of us…
I am so glad to have found your channel. I’m currently training at a zen Buddhist monastery and during my time here I’ve been feeling a call to investigate ways to transform my practice to be more connected with the land. Naturally, here in the USA indigenous American spirituality has always attracted me, but I recognize that this is clearly not of my ancestors. So I have begun this journey to reconnect with the indigenous roots of my ancestors which go back to Ireland and Scandinavia.
Ironically, the appropriated portrayals of druids/wizards in media have planted this spark in me for awhile but I am now only beginning to see where it is leading me. So, I think it’s not all bad!
Thank you for your channel and all your work, as well as for the information and inspiration! 🙏🏻
Amazing video!! I can’t wait for the next!
More to come! Thank you 🌀🤩
I've been waiting so long for a celtic spiritual awakening because it is very important for the collective just like every other native group
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Love this! Simple concise breakdown both for folks new to animism and indigenous Pretani spirituality and to help articulate for those already on the path.
I've got a podcast all about Pretanni coming soon! ❤
I like the idea that we can recreate to nature spirits by gardening and gathering. It is so true. Studies show that being in nature elevates our mood and thinking as well as reintegrating into the spiritual soul of nature. I live in America on the Mississippi (Dakota word for Father of Waters) in Minnesota. The Dakota have loved here for hendreds or thousands of years. There is a spring a the meeting of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers called Mni Owe Sne. It is where the Dakota people came out from the earth to the surface. In the spring and fall hundreds of bald eagles migrate through. I try to follow the indigenous about the local spirits and sacred places.
Warm greetings from Sakha Yakutia, Russian Notheast, good video, good to see young person, native to Pretani, on her enriching way to deep and natural culture of ancestors 😊❤
Thank you very much!
Really enjoyed this video stell love the style of it too! Realigning with the seasons, the day and night cycles and witnessing and experiencing the lands and nature change through out the year also gives me a little sense and snippet of what it were like for our ancestors to work with these lands and the magic here! Look forward to seeing what you've got to share on the mushrooms next 👀🍄
You're doing the work bro! Truly connected to the land around you more than most people I know. X
“It’s a kingdom built on the back of a colonized people” SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
My grandparents are from the Philippines and immigrated to the United States so that statement really resonated with me I think animism played a bigger part in Filipino spirituality before bigger religions like Catholics and Islam came to the islands
It likely did play a role! Seems to be a baseline belief for all humans
Yes! Yes! It must be said!!
I'm Devonian and my grandma was Irish. I rediscovered the Fairy Faith when I was 15 and have had encounters as a result. Unfortunately, we're dealing with another displacement here in Devon, from folks with money and greed. A lot of our green belts between towns and villages are being built on at an alarming rate. When you're very connected to the local land, it's quite traumatic. It makes me think of the Native American people who went through horrendous displacement and severing from the land through colonisation.
This is happening in many countries now.
Well said
It's awful isn't it! So many holiday homes
looking forward to seeing more!
You are SO blessed!!
I resonate with everything in this video!!! Truly on point with what it’s like to start diving into your spiritual ancestry and how to come back to the land and spirit of the universe around us.
We're returning to a sense of belonging 🤍
@@stellamariehere Your ancestors from Cymru and mine from Eire originally came from the Pontic steppes and swept across Europe into Ireland and the British. Replacing the Early European Farmers who had most likely built the stone circles of the Isles and Europe. They in turn had replaced the Western Hunter Gathers and both had out competed into extinction the Neanderthal and Denisovans. When our steppe herder ancestors got to the Isles there was an almost complete replacement of the Early European Farmers genes. Two Theories are that A: the animal husbandry practiced by the steppe headers and their horses had left them immune to the diseases they carried and inadvertently brought a terrible plague upon the EEF people who were relatively isolated and had no natural immunity. Theory B: is that they killed nearly all the EEF in a couple generations including most of the women. My long-winded point is that colonization has been going on since there were other species of humans walking the planet and the only place humans are indigenous to is Africa. Cultural appropriation isn't always evil, for instance I am glad we stole Arabic numerals, that Roman system of numbers is crap. If you really dig into the history of any "indigenous" people, you will find they would conquer their neighbor whenever they thought they could.
Humanity is a sad wretch fairly often.
Getting caught up into much neo-Marxism about colonizers and indigenous people isn't good for anybody. It wasn't designed to bring people together, but to drive them apart. It is also known as the "Conflict Perspective" of sociology and is meant to separate people. Ironically once the far left causes enough chaos in society, they take over and get rid of everyone's culture anyways. They can't have those old ideas around anymore.
You probably think I have a million hateful reasons to say this and that I am a reactionary, but I just hate seeing intelligent young people not consider another way of viewing the world. You can hate on me if you want, but I still like your channel and wish you luck!
I would LOVE to celebrate a solstice with you one day, sister ✨️
Keep creating, I love your work - its so needed and so relateable, thank you x
That would be awesome, perhaps we can all celebrate together at a site one day... thanks for the comment ✨ Happy Full Moon 🌝
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Wonderful video! I am doing the OBOD course at the moment and I thank you so much for this insightful video!!
I would recommend "The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast" to everyone here. A lot of stories from the UK and Ireland.
Me too! I've shared a story with her via email
Planting seeds of knowledge and love. Thanks
My pleasure x
I’m a Christian of mixed background, various cultures from the British Isles, Judaism, and Native American, and i love that you are sharing this! I love my own faith, and am deeply interested in the various religious practices of my ancestors. Thank you so much for sharing what you have learned. May you be blessed!
Thank you for doing this, so excited to learn more
Thanks for your great video.
My pleasure!
Very interesting video. My spiritual awakening happened 3 years ago in the days following brain surgery. I'm (trying) following a celtic spirituality. Like you said it's hard. I'm not British but French and now live in France but I lived in England for 27 years next to the New Forest perhaps that is why i feel a pull towards celtic spirituality. Who knows....
Anima or Animus In Latin :
The Soul
Thank you for enlightening this Topic, bringing Divinity, sacredness, to This realm .
is Essential for humanity…
trees re the true Pinnacle of society… most. Developed beings on This planet 🌎
When we relearn to respect fauna and flora as sacred again lot of this confusion, melancholy, rumination, obsessive thinking… might go away 🙏
Might The Light always be with you🫶
May the light always be with you to friend. Thanks for sharing 😊🙏🏼
Dear Stella, to grasp Animism I suggest you learn to see, or read, Auras surrounding all living things, but especially auras shine from the higher lifeforms -like people & old growth trees. The ancients lived in harmony being the creation could talk to people, thru their auras, and also through their sound vibrations. This was taught by Druids to people, as it was so basic to respecting all life forms. Once this tenet is absorded into the soul, I suppose the vibes of more subtle life, termed mythical, could be detected. [ I'll have to ask my brother what he used to see using fresh magic mushrooms ...]
I can refer you to the spiritual novel "The Celestine Prophecy" written in the late 80s - one of the chapters teach how to see the aura. Then think again about Animism and see how it can be obvious to reverate Nature. 😘
It was a lot easier to see this energy when I was younger, and during my time with the mushrooms here.
I have read The Celestine Prophecy, such a beautiful story and I recommend everyone read it ❤
I'd love to know more about what you said about 'this was taught by the druids'
Salvia Divanoram . If you can get it . Literally divining sage . Powerful stuff . ❤
OOO tell me more about this Salvia Divanoram, I wonder if I can grow it here...
@@stellamariehere probably it's a sage plant ..will get back to you
I've wanted to get ahold of some. It's literally "illegal" to have and grow in some US states... 🙄🙄🙄
Love this! Thank you for sharing ❤
Yes absolutely i have both! My Great Great Grandfather was full blooded Cherokee and I have a lot of ancestors from the British Isles.
I’ve been asking all of the same questions for ages! Glad to have found your channel
Welcome aboard!
Tania a’Tunis!❤❤❤
Thank you Stella. I am of mixed Northern European decent. My ancestors hail from Devon, Ireland, Sweden, Norman, and Alsatian lands. I live in California on unseeded Ohlone lands.
hi stella, adored this video. can’t wait to see more from you.
curious about your thoughts re: the english. do you think they should try to connect in a pretani sense, or would it be more fitting to seek germanic ways?
I have English in my family. I feel we should connect to our bioregion and what's local, and explore whatever we are drawn to in terms of heritage ~ nothing is wrong, but it's important to avoid culturally appropriating if we're exploring something new, even if it's our own heritage! Hope this makes sense?x
@@stellamariehere it does make sense. i think ppl of english heritage (i have some but have other lineages too!) should be relating to the bio region in a way that’s infused with traditions that have been lost yes? such as language, holy days, recipes (with regional alterations), etc. i guess what i’m asking is if you would consider the english part of you anglo-saxon, or pretani - and if the latter, what that could look for anyone wanting to honour that specific part of themselves 💗
Welsh and irish heritage living in the usa. Thank you for your content . It helps
Hi Stella thanks for your videos it’s a topic I’ve unexpectedly found myself interested in recently due to a similar catalyst as you. I have a theory that the Druids of Ireland had a huge role to play in the fact that the Roman Empire never conquered Ireland. Strategically conquering Ireland (which was deemed relatively easy and was recommended by the general in charge of conquering Britain. He suggested that Ireland be used as a base for the Roman Army who initially were hindered by resistance of the people of Britain who obviously fought against their presence. The question as to why the Romans never conquered Ireland has never been answered convincingly to me. My feeling is our Druidic ancestors had a significant role…. Just my opinion
What wonderfully interesting comments!
Hi Stella. Your knowledge and understanding in this area is truly impressive. I’m relatively new to your channel but I’m really enjoying all that I’m learning from you. I have a lot of heritage from all over the British Isles, though the main line I currently have records of is Scots-Irish, also known as Ulster Scots. I’m curious to hear your feelings about spiritual methods of communication with one’s ancestors, such as with the aid of Tarot and Oracle cards (there are some fantastic decks that have a specific ancestral focus), using pendulums with maps or even via direct channeling. Naturally, when employing such tools, one must put substantial protection around them prior to opening up spiritual doors. I’m well aware of the woo-woo areas of such practices but I’m speaking of a much more grounded approach to this kind of work. In my youth (20’s) I was really into "doing my genealogy" as I’d had a passionate curiosity about my forebears since early adolescence. Now in my Crone years (60’s), I’m feeling that same level of passion to get to know my ancestors beyond their vital statistics (birth, marriage and death dates and places). I’m embracing all of my ancestry but right now, for some reason, my Celtic ancestry is where my focus lies. I also have French and German ancestors I want to get more familiar with. Thank you again Stella for a wonderful presentation on the Druids. [Edit: A great resource is Nancy Hendrickson, a professional genealogist and Tarot reader who has written two great books on this topic, "Ancestral Tarot" and "Ancestral Grimoire." She also has a RUclips channel entitled appropriately, Nancy Hendrickson, where she posts helpful information about genealogy, Tarot and stuff related to,both.]
I had a massive "overdose" of our native liberty caps when I was 22, 350 boiled and shared with my mate, really fresh, green, big slimy ones picked first thing in the morning, not the dried out cream coloured ones found later in the day. Travelled very quickly to the universe and planet hopped, mind blowing and beautiful...simply unreal but real at the time.
Then just as suddenly the return to Earth was terrifying....I couldn't see, everything black but it felt like falling through a vortex at tremendous speed, occasionally seeing only the things that scare us the most....radiation signs and skull and crossbones.
The after effects were of relief, emotion and pure awe at what I saw and did. I'd had many shrooms and lsd before that but that was the time we took more than we should have! I'm 56 now and pre the trips always loved nature and felt spiritually towards certain places and nature but even more so now, after many ups, downs, and everything else after such a big dose. I wouldn't change a thing though.
Got to say, you've got the most beautiful ancient British face...delightful!!
Excuse me and my terrible english, but the earrings that you have, are the symbol of the flower of the life? 😊
Hello. I made these earrings and they are a Celtic Mandala mixed with The Flower of Life x
May i please ask where your lovely hoodie top is from ? 🫣🤞🏻 came here from your instagram & followed! Love your content x
Heya! This hoodie is from Toonzshop. Although I'll be honest, I didn't realise it wasn't cotton when I bought it. They have lot's of lovely clothes but I usually opt for natural materials. x
My great,great ,great grandfather came from Ireland and landed in Virginia and married my grandmother who was native American she was either creek or cheerikee, this was very helpful. I've always found this more interesting then Christianity and catholicism cuz of my heritage thank you Miss.
That is really interesting about colonisation. The British colonial past and our current support of it is a mark of shame I think. I never made the connection to how we were colonised. The Roman, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all had a go!
Oh my! We certainly were!!
I wonder so often why Celtic beliefs, heritage, culture etc isn’t being seen in the mainstream as appropriated by the Roman government and Roman Catholic Church.
@@TheSarahJane33 because of the truth the dark wants to keep hidden. Lp33 Celtic
Scott anscestory.didnt even know . I experienced similar as you at age 15..the stars became numbers😁💚
I really love your garment! Is it self-made, or could I find one like it somewhere?
Heya! It is by Toonzshop, but I didn't realise it wasn't a natural material when I bought it. I'm looking for one similar but in a natural material :)
@@stellamariehereThank you! I hope you do manage to find a natural material one that you like. Lovely videos too, keep it up 👍
LOVE ALL OF THIS.
Animals most definitely no longer need to be slaughtered. 🙏
Ahimsa
yes brother Ahimsa, 🙏 I am wondering what your cultural or spiritual background is since you know this word. But of course you are welcome not to answer, this is the internet after all.
I have gathered insights from many spiritual teachings. Advaita Vedanta guides me most. Sarvapriyananda and Tadatmananda are my most revered teachers. I really can’t take any one seriously who talks about spirituality and advocates eating meat. Basing our decisions today on what we believe our ancestors did is silly. Druids were the elite class among a caste system where the lower castes were lesser and even Used as sacrifice. So glorifying people we know little about and dressing like them is very silly. Romanticizing the past will get us nowhere fast.
Unfortunately even through eating vegetables, animals are slaughtered. An entire eco system of rabbits, insects, birds, moles, thousands of plants and trees, and more are destroyed to plant just one crop. Unfortunately life and death are of nature
I believe in Ahimsa though. My family owned a vegan health food shop for a decade. Blessings be with you 🙏🏼
@@stellamariehereYes, This is why I don't judge people who eat meat and animals but try and carefully consider how any purchase I make, any food I eat, and any decision I make, contributes to suffering. That to me is the true meaning of ahimsa. Their is no benefit in judging or criticizing others no matter how deplorable we find their actions or attitudes to be, It is their attitude that is harmful not the person themselves. Judging them only hurts us, it doesn't mean we cannot think critically, but if we hold disdain torwards other sentient beings this erodes at our compassion and leads to ignorance and Ill will.
another thing that I am directing more so torwards the author of this video is that you may focus on recency, but their is not a single culture or people or individual that has not suffered from ancestral trauma. In fact the most violently expansionist culture groups we're often coming off the backs of a recent history of violent subjugation. The mongols for example we're slaughtered and enslaved by the chinese for hundreds of years before the rise of Ghengis Khan.
friends I wish you all peace and wellbeing, but above all I hope you seek to awaken the true heart or compassion within yourselves
Gassho 🙏
[The word for the invaders is Anglo - Saxons. They came, later the Normans, invaded and pushed you people to the periphiracy of the Isles.
Hello, I am new to this channel and almost finished with this video and I have really enjoyed the insights and information that you have shared. I am currently studying Druidry. I didn’t grow up knowing half of my family and as an adult, I decided to do some genealogy and Ancestry. I also did 23 & me trying to connect the dots of my family’s past culture and traditions and found out that I am 100% Northwestern European coming mostly from the British Isles, and I have a good amount of Welsh in me so as I’m trying to honor my ancestors. I also decided to try and learn Welsh. I am currently learning it on Duolingo, but was curious if you had any kind of opinion on that app for learning that particular language? I am doing my best to learn the stories, folklore and history of the areas that my family came from and I thought learning the language would be a beautiful addition to that. Anyways, sorry I am so chatty. Just thankful I crossed paths with your channel. Many blessings, Tabitha 🍄🟫🌿🌳 AWEN AWEN AWEN 🙏
I would definitely learn Welsh with Say Something in Welsh for speaking and conversation!! It's advanced me in days compared to Duolingo. Duolingo is amazing for reading and writing! They both should be done together
@@stellamariehere thank you for the recommendation. I’ll look into them. I’ve really been enjoying it on Duolingo but can see it’s lacking. This is my second time and I do feel it’s a little better like maybe they updated it.
🙏🏼💗🙏🏼
Given that most native Brits have a fairly significant (but variable) chunk of Germanic heritage too, how do you/we recognise and honour our different major ancestral traditions?
In what ever way feels right! I'm personally called to study and teach about the Welsh culture due to this being the land I grew up on, so telling the stories and speaking the words that my ancestors spoke.
Who knows, I might dive into Germanic traditions one day.
@@stellamariehere Thanks for your reply! Lots to think about
White sage isn’t endangered. That’s a common misconception. It’s quite easy to grow actually & it self-seeds. It’s not a closed practice, they just asked not to over-harvest it.
Good to know, thank you!!
@@stellamariehere 🫂🫂 We grow a lot of it here in South Africa. But be careful, some online communities enjoy gatekeeping. (I belong to the chaos magick branch, if you will, and it really depends on what community you’re in. There are ones who call absolutely everything appropriation even if you approach it with respect & curiosity, and then there are those who value sharing of knowledge and wisdom. I find the former incredibly toxic.) With that said, using plants that grow naturally where you are hold more power. It’s like imphepho herb here. We all use it, we all grow it & it grows everywhere, but there are some who say it’s a closed thing (those who say that are never people from what they claim to be the original faith so 😅).
Also, thank you so much for sharing all you do. 🤍 I’m trying to learn as much as possible and I hope to preserve it one day through story, we need more children’s picture books.
Take care 🤍
The word ceremony doesn't come from the word cereal, though.
I feel a deep inherent loss of a past belief I strongly know existed, I just don’t know what it is, but it is definitely Celtic in origin. I am very angry at the colonisers of the world for erasing these practices and instilling usually Christian beliefs at the edge of a sword/gun conversion.
We were robbed of our past.
🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Asatru'tengrism
It's a good video but there were still Welsh speaking people in England well after the Roman's left and the Norse and Anglo Saxons arrived, it died out, as so often happens, through prestige languages of the other cultures who had positions of power over the natives, but many people in England are a mix of native British, Norse and Anglo Saxon, who as our next door cultures, had exchanged cultural ideas for a long time. I agree that that makes England much more complicated and nuanced when it comes to unpicking pre Christian beliefs. But there are still a lot of shared cultural beliefs, especially around the faye folk. Also you have every right to interpret the characters of Welsh or Irish mythology as not gods, but it is an argument that has been used to undermine the validity of those mythologies and cultures so I would hesitate to say they were never thought of as gods by the ancient people, certainly the forms of worship would not be the same as Greco-Roman cultures. But I believe its upto the individual to decide which side of the interpretation they lie. Goodluck on your continuing journey of knowledge!
No such thing as native British. The first arrivals onto Britain were completely outcompeted by an offshoot branch of the bell beaker culture who are what we would consider as “celts” i.e a wider Gaulish culture, so those more closely living in Belgium, Netherlands, Spain etc. Then they were mostly outcompeted by mass migration from the Anglo-Saxons which is what majority of us are; it’s impossible to find somebody who is not mixed with Anglo-Saxon-Jutes in Britain and Ireland. All these “Celts” are assimilated to varying percentages, even in wales and Scotland. Even the west coast of Scotland was later inhabited by Viking Raiders who eventually settled and also east coasts of Ireland as well as later inhabitation by the Anglo populations. Unless you go to a specific place in Spain, you cannot find a majority Celtic person anymore. It’s a safe bet to assume you’re Anglo-Saxon with a high chance of Norman DNA (Romanised Gael with Scandinavian) if you’re from Norfolk.
@@andrewcoates4952 by your logic no human can be native of anywhere outside of Africa.
@@mailimcquaid6300 no that’s not what I’m saying, you missed the point (likely due to my rambling). A black and white rendition of native populations would probably be whoever reach an uninhabited bit of land first. But then what happens when the natives are completely outcompeted by another genetically different population that decides to live on that piece of land? This would be who we refer to as Celts. Then exactly the same thing happened with the migration of Anglo-Saxon-Jutes more or less apart from those Celts who became displaced to the fringes on the isles. We’ve been in this majority Anglo configuration for longer than there were any natives so…does that make us the natives? More ramblings from me, but I hope I made a better explanation of what I was trying to say earlier
@@andrewcoates4952 no I got your point, and you were incorrect that the beaker people were the celts, possibly they were the ancestors but that is debatable, so far its believed that the celts replaced the beaker people in the uk, with some notable experts who disagree, as they are want to do, but I was using reductio ad absurdum to point out that the homo sapiens replaced, and in some cases intermingled with, the Neanderthals and Denisovans who were already in Europe and Asia thereby making them "none native". Your argument is a purist one, the truth of ethnicity, culture and genetics is much more nuanced, which was my original point.
10:40 No. Ceremony and cereal have different entomological origins. Please double check obvious statements before reading them like facts. Thank you.
late 14c., cerymonye, "a religious observance, a solemn rite," from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome.
1832, "grass yielding edible grain and cultivated for food," originally an adjective (1818) "having to do with edible grain," from French céréale (16c., "of Ceres;" 18c. in grain sense), from Latin Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres, Italic goddess of agriculture, from PIE *ker-es-, from root *ker- (2) "to grow." The application to breakfast food cereal made from grain is American English, 1899.
I'll find where I got this information from 😌🙏🏼
Being nice isn’t hard 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
I wasn't trying to be mean. I find Stella Marie's videos interesting and curious to see what else she comes up with next, BUT you have to check your sources, especially if you are going public. When I heard her say that cereal and ceremony came from the same source, it didn't quite ring true, so I checked. 🤷♀
Without "colonization" there never would have been Celts and much else. The "indigenous" people of the world might still be living without wheels or agriculture...including the indigenous people of Europe...maybe you'd prefer to live as a hunter gather...give it a try or get a grip.
@S.J.L I pity you.
@@hollyb7142 You have no meaningful critique, only daddy issues.
@@hollyb7142 You do know the Celts were major colonizers in Europe and even Anatolia don't you? Or maybe you're just another empty hat.
@@S.J.L you may not know that the inuit are not the original people to live in their arctic home, and that to be indigenous does not mean original or migratory or anything else that you imply. Plenty of indigenous peoples have been using wheels and agriculture for thousands of years. It also doesn't mean that indigenous people are immune of critique. We can still acknowledge what is harmful or oppressive about a cultural system without saying that it itself is evil, or that the people are not indigenous. Many indigenous cultures dont fit within this definition you have chosen, because to be indigenous isn't to be original, it is to be integral. To form culture around longevity from inside bounded space. To become family with earth and to mourn each soul you put to rest. This stuff is messy, and unlearning colonial culture is a generational process. its true that most white people will not be indigenous within their own lifetime, but they can do what they can to reduce the harm done to the world. To quote Robin Wall Kimmerer, an actual indigenous person,
"I wonder if much that ails our society stems from the fact that we have allowed ourselves to be cut off from that love of, and from, the land. It is medicine for broken land and empty hearts...
People ask me what is one thing i would recommend to restore relationship between land and people. My answer is almost always, 'plant a garden.'" (Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer, 126
I can see into your heart farther than you can, poor soul. I can see that you carry guilt like wet blankets on your shoulders. Shame consumes you, so it is easier to carry on through life numb than to collapse under the weight of grief. But remember that grief is love held away from its source. when will you come to see that wheels, steel, war and agriculture are not the fundamental root of modern madness and destruction because generational trauma is.
at the very least, please feel the pain of the people you have hurt, starting with yourself.
@@HBCrigs We're all indigenous to the planet earth. That literally what the Greek word "human" means. If were going with the out of Africa theory, which I do, then everyone who left Lake Victoria in Africa colonized somewhere.
So, of course, the Eskimos weren't from North America, they were the last wave of the original "colonizers" of the Americas. The Bantu, of cultural origin around Niger, colonized almost all of Sub Sahran Africa, displacing, killing or culturally integrating the previous, less advanced, cultures, essentially mirroring Steppe cultural, aka Indo European or Aryan, expansion but without horses.
The Indo Europeans, A.K.A., Iranians, Indo Aryans, Arya, Persians or Scythians in the East and Center of Eurasia and Scythians, Celts, Germanics, Balto Slavics, Romans and Greeks, etc. in the West, stemming from the Proto Indo Europeans of the Pontiac Caspian Steppe, either invented wheels, the oldest ones are found in Poland, or certainly invented the first highly functional wheels and spoked wheels, chariots and other inventions related to their pioneering domestication of the horse. This innovation was as important or more important than the agricultural revolution. This technology spread via them and proxies across all of Eurasia and into North Africa.
People, who for various reasons, mostly geography and a lack of horses, were not in contact with this innovation did not develop at the same rate. That includes the Bantu, who independently developed agriculture and iron working and all of the people of the Americas, including advanced civilizations like the Inca, who had only llamas to work with on rocky terrain. Those are just the facts. Understanding them helps one understand why people from Sub Saharan Africa and the Americas were less advanced by the time of the age of exploration and cross continental contact.
At this point, whoever you are, you almost definitely have some Steppe ancestry and if you can read this or have ever ridden on anything then you are at least partly culturally "Indo European." Half of the world, in many distantly related major sub cultures, speaks a language related back to these Steppe "colonizers."
ALL of human history is, largely, the history of cultural groups competing and cooperating for land and resources. Various Native American cultural groups were displacing different and related cultures and colonizing different places for millennia long before those magnificent Spanish bastards showed up with superior technology. The Spanish themselves had been colonized and oppressed for centuries by Muslim invaders from North Africa before they were able to reconquer their ancestral lands in, wait for it, 1492. One of the most telling stories is that Cortez had only five hundred Spaniards when he overthrew the Aztecs, the rest were armies of other Central American cultures that had been oppressed, enslaved and treated like commodities by the Aztecs for centuries. The Spanish weren't saints, because no one is, but they were a step up both materially and culturally and those people knew it. I am proud of my ancestors.
At least in the past people were generally colonized and conquered by more advanced cultures with something to offer. Either that or their culture had become decadent and degraded and left itself vulnerable to surges by less sophisticated but more vital cultures or some combination of a variety of such factors. Check out a summary of J.D. Unwin's "Sex & Culture. The West is currently being colonized by inferior cultures via the direction of a corporatist managerial class that cares nothing for people or culture but simply wants total global control. It's divide and conquer, the oldest tyrants play in the book. Save the passive aggressive bullshit for your mamma and don't take your daddy issues out on the world. The world has enough problems with such infantile Oedipal shit.
People either have geographical barriers, resources and a strong enough culture and society to defend itself or they get conquered and colonized, cold fact. This was the case, is the case and will be the state of reality. If you don't like that then your quarrel is not with me but with ultimate reality, "Brahman."
I trust content creators more than I do historians. Just sayin.
Um…. That’s not something to brag about 😅 She just added a disclaimer, that’s all.
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