Category Archives: Culture

On Climate Change

September 25, 2019Culture, Healing, Indigenous Science, Valuescosmology, earth, healing, indigenous, nature, space/time, survival, visionValerie Ringland

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Dear Greta,

I admire your fire and passion, and your courage to take on so much of the world’s attention. Whether this attention be loving, ambivalent, …

Earthly nourishment

September 17, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Sciencechild, earth, Earth Ethos, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, integrity, power, survivalValerie Ringland

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All Law-breaking comes from that first evil thought, “I am greater-than,” that original sin of placing yourself above the land or above other people.

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The …

Earth Ethos child development

August 30, 2019Culture, Indigenous Science, Relationships, Valueschild, culture, discipline, Earth Ethos, exercise, healing, identity, indigenous, multiculturalism, philosophy, relationshipsValerie Ringland

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Some studies of newborns suggest that humans’ most fundamental need is to be part of a culture, to engage with their social environment and try to make …

Anglo-Celtic Australian identity

July 18, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healingcolonialism, culture, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, multiculturalism, relationships, tribe, wholenessValerie Ringland

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One of the hardest things about being an Anglo-Celtic Australian is not having a culture that gives deep meaning, context, and guidance to the struggles of my …

Altars, Shrines & Power Objects

May 31, 2019Culture, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillsaltar, ancestral healing, cosmology, culture, earth, exercise, identity, power, relationships, wholenessValerie Ringland

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I am delighted to hear from people having success working with ancestral altars and have been asked to write more generally about altar and shrine practices. I will …

Existential Wounds

May 17, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healingcolonialism, culture, exercise, identity, indigenous, justice, multiculturalism, nature, wholenessValerie Ringland

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Existential wounds seem to occur more often for those of us with multi-cultural, immigrant, and colonial heritage. When we are (or our ancestors were) forcibly moved, …

Healing & Cultural Appropriation

April 28, 2019Culture, Healing, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, Valuescosmology, culture, Earth Ethos, healing, identity, indigenous, multiculturalism, relationships, tribe, wholenessValerie Ringland

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In the previous post I wrote about how complex it is to honour multiple cultural identities, ground ourselves where we are now and honour the ancestors of …

Multiculturalism & Cultural Appropriation

April 19, 2019Culture, Healing, Relationships, Spiritual Skillsancestral healing, colonialism, exercise, identity, interconnected, multiculturalism, relationships, survival, wholenessValerie Ringland

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You may have grown up, like me, steeped in multiculturalism in your home and city, eating foods from all over the world, making friends with others of …

Cultural Shadows & Reflections

March 22, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healingabundance, ancestral healing, colonialism, community, culture, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, interconnected, nature, philosophy, relationships, survival, tribe, vision, wholenessValerie Ringland

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Our lives are an endless series of resolving tensions, or reconciling polarities. We navigate this process based on stories, beliefs, and spiritual tools we’ve learned, which differ …

The Red Road

March 14, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillscosmology, exercise, flow, grounding, indigenous, medicine wheel, philosophy, red road, wholenessValerie Ringland

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The concept of the Red Road comes from Westerner’s attempting to understand the way indigenous cultures of North America structure their lives and see the world, though …