An excerpt from a longer interview of Eagle talking about the vision story as a prophecy keeper and relatedness of the Renewable Wisdom Trails as spoken in the oral tradition.
Announcing 100Hr Education and Training Program
Through this offering, you are invited to participate in these ways of the Keepers and continue to keep alive natures teachings in the way of the Oral Tradition. Teachings, trainings, and experiences will provide guidance for living in balance with Nature. The journey held within this program shall be exploring, healing ancestral imprints, and making lifestyle adjustments using Renewable Wisdom. The knowledge and guidelines presented will be a key to unlock access the Great Mystery and all its bounty. Our sensory perception will strive to see with new eyes and ears of all worlds of your environment. Critical thinking and critical healing will be presented through the Renewable Wisdom Trails cosmology and tradition. This program offering is the passing on of these teachings held in the bundle’s basket and ready for release to a dedicated group, willing and able, to receive in the many dynamics.
A small group (5 minimum, 8 maximum), 100-hour course offering ‘Science, Art, and Craft of Renewable Wisdom Trails’ is forming and will be starting in the Fall. There will be 50 hours of teachings and trainings in the Oral science and art, and a minimum of 50 hours self-practicing assignments or tasks of the Oral craft. The course will be delivered in the ways of the ancestors in the Oral Tradition and consist of teachings, storytelling, participation in assignments with nature out on the land, sharing, and establishing connection to ancestors through personalized herbal remedies. The program will remain in fluid motion with participants.
…read more by downloading program description and syllabus below.
Introduction to Renewable Wisdom Trails Cosmology
INTRODUCTION TO RENEWABLE WISDOM TRAILS COSMOLOGY
A Living Story
A story is meant to be living. It is passed on from generation to generation. Maintaining each portion of the story symbolizes the teaching and passed down through Oral Tradition. The passing on of a story honors our elders and ancestors. It also allows them to continue throughout time and space. The stories help to bring forward teachings within a tradition. The words have life in them and continue to live through each of us as we continue our trips around the Sun…download the creation story to read more…
Exploring Oral Tradition
Exploring Oral Tradition through Renewable Wisdom Trails
Written by Guy Gilleshammer, aka Lone Eagle Anishinaabe Métis
Renewable Wisdom Trails is an offering of vast and ancient knowledge passed from Elders in my tradition, as well as others. It is a portal into the realm of the ancestors, an alive and open space of exploration. Inside this place of long-lived wisdom is a bridge between linear ways of thinking and more intuitive forms of accessing inner knowing. What is encountered is not so much “how-to” linear teachings, but an ancestral flow of wisdom gained by keen observation and recognition of the natural world. We enter this primordial place by learning to relate the entirety of our being as part of Nature, not separate from it. Through this portal it is possible to access the wisdom at the center of one’s incarnation…and touch into and be touched by what bonds us together as a family with All Our Relations.
What has been handed down to me is essentially a responsibility to watch over the pattern of daily life and detail ceremonial observations whereby each of us can become conscious of the critically important role we play as part of Nature. The Oral Tradition I have walked with is about living in full kinship with all species contained in the natural world as part of our human experience. Our extended family of plants, animals, minerals, the land and sky, are part of our evolution on Mother Earth, and we theirs. The natural ecological cycles they co-habit can then be replenished by the trails we choose to live because we seek their permission to be part of them as they are part of us. Simple to say, but a whole other way to experience our existence on Earth.
It has taken many years to listen to and learn what renews and what doesn’t, what is toxic to one’s Spirit and what leads it to beauty. I learned to make conscious what part I play among the seasons and the elements, to realize the life force embodied in a river or a stone, or the life-giving energies in a cloud, are the same forces within a human body. I learned that it takes an unrelenting intention to live with a good heart by distinguishing between belief systems full of distortions and inner knowing, between the perpetuation of separation and the inclusiveness of ‘the everything’. Renewable Wisdom Trails defines this as the ‘wisdom of the in-between’ which gives humans the capacity to know themselves as a potent force aligned with Nature. It is dedicated to the delicate balance of cause and effect, respecting all the resources of life without human domination of one over the other.
In a sense, we are all ‘mixed blood’ and as such, have the capacity to be advocates of change upholding the love of creation in our ancestry. I see this ultimately as a transcultural journey. However, colonization and convention have brutally diminished this capacity for too long. Our origins are not just human origins, but the origins of the movement of the very energy of life itself. Identification with strictly mental ways of understanding has caused so much separation. Perhaps no time in human history has it been as crucial to realize our kinship with Nature than now. The disastrous disconnection from Nature can be seen all around us: overt pollution of air, water and land; obliteration of rain forests; the attack on natural systems of human health; large scale genocide of the animal world and their habitats. Without an embodied connection to Nature, humanity has created a powerful story lodged in some sort of unbalanced, archetypal model of domination, of ‘power over’.
Renewable Wisdom Trails represents the intention of Oral Tradition: to more appropriately observe our unfolding through living stories passed on that reveal layers of meaning which bask in Nature’s Way. It is expansive, inclusive and supportive of Nature’s Commons. Many are yearning to see more deeply into the inter-relatedness of ‘the everything’, to sit in the mystery of one’s inner and outer cosmos and peer into the incarnation of one’s human life beyond facts and figures and the acceptable norms. We see this as true medicine.
The groundwork being presented offers an embodied experience of natural laws and rhythms. There exists a range of access to Renewable Wisdom Trails as a means of passing on knowledge, both orally and in written interpretations. The written knowledge is as follows:
*A Lineage Library delineating Renewable Trails Cosmology;
*Research consisting of internal round table discussions and with other explorers of Nature’s Commons;
*The use of a Turtle Shell Petroform that utilizes a Twenty County system based on the ten toes and ten fingers of the human species. This helps to create passages between dehumanizing, rigid belief systems and a more personal authentication of inner knowing.
This is nested in Braided Traditions (www.braidedtraditions.com), which acts as the custodian of records. Sue “Dreamweaver” Spielman, a long-time apprentice, friend and colleague who has walked these trails with me, is the main knowledge keeper of this Natural Science of Oral Teachings. We intend to seek funding for publication of an Open Source Library as well as any other materials that provide a clear basis for residing in a living, foundational creation story….which is what Oral Tradition ultimately represents. The range of activities we offer can take the form of being part of a circle; participating in ceremony; roundtable discussions, ongoing teaching courses, etc. The main dedication of these activities is to support access to your incarnational journey by integrating this wisdom into your lifestyle, and/or deepening into further exploration. It is a fluid wisdom, in constant adaptation to the extraordinary movement in our world. If a requirement exists in walking these Trails, it is to have the intent to come back – again and again – to one’s natural state, the very essence of renewable wisdom.
We invite you to take the time to absorb our Creation Story (attached), and allow your spirit to open to the wisdom trails that acknowledge the teachings within my tradition.
All Our Relations~~~+
Guy “Eagle” Gilleshammer
Silver City, New Mexico
April 2021
Solstice Greetings 2020
On behalf of our colleagues at braided traditions we are releasing the attached creation story and twinning history teaching guideline. We are also sending a big hug for all your participation in raising awareness of the fragileness of the lives that exist on our home planet earth!
The documents have been developing for nearly 800 years marked by the winter solstice 2020 and supporting histories of 7th fire prophecy (784 years) and planet conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn (800 years). Predictions of the meaning are varied however one stands out. That one is that awareness of Earth’s fragile ecosystem must be addressed immediately.
If we can be of service please contact us. For others the releases of these teachings can provide bullet point educational and transformation events to break down closed imprinting that limit clear communication with the spirits of Nature’s Commons.
Enjoy!
From the folks contributing to the braided traditions
Letter from Mom
March 18, 2020
My Dearest Child,
I’m writing to you because, as always, your Mother is worried about you. I’m hoping that you’re safe, healthy, and still have the abundance of life in front of you; Just as I have always wished for all my kids. I’m also writing to let you know how your elderly mom is feeling and what I’ve had to do to cope with the current situation going on around the world.
I have literally given everything to you, and I do love you, but the time has come that you need to start acting like a responsible person. It might seem like I’m sending some tough love at you right now, but it is not just for your own good, but for all my children. I’ve been trying to knock some sense into you for years (decades) now about this utter denial of yours to show how your actions affect me. Your ongoing crazy spring break partying and behaviors needs to come to an end. Your gaslighting must stop. I’m not sure what this meme thing is, but I’ll look it up on my AOL account later. I know my sweet child, you thought your old mom was just being out of touch, and you ignored me when I keep telling you I’ve been hurting. I’ve been sharing with you my teachings all along. I was trying to let you learn on your own, and like most teenagers, you were sure you knew it all. So, I’ve had to take some drastic steps, which I can clearly see if causing much heartache. I needed to put you in your room so you can get some much needed quite time and reflect on what is important, not just what you think you’re entitled too. Call it a collective timeout if you want, but it is the only way that I was able to get your attention.
Sure, it might seem scary at first to be in your artificially sustained room, but I know you have everything you need. When you were a baby, I’ve wiped your ass enough times with enough things, to know that you will not run out of toilet paper. Remember that time the whole family went camping and needed to use the leaves from the trees? Sure, it was funny, your Aunt Birch laughed so hard and told that story for years…but it worked! You’ll have air to breathe, enough food to keep you nourished, and water to drink. Try to remember that I’m always here even if you can’t see me as you find your way in the dark.
Remember the time you got lost in the mall and got panicked and scared cause you couldn’t find me? Well, it’s the same panic you’re feeling now. Make sure you do what I taught you then…stay put, and the compassion of a nice person or just your own actions will bring you back to me. You will find me again. I have learned through my years that we all need to help each other, or be the one that needs the help, at one point or another. I needed the help and just today, I was brought fresh air, less pollution, cleaner water and some beautiful spring flowers. All this bounty came from just a couple of weeks of my children being forced to stop grabbing my resources for their play factories.
My children, all my children, I can only hope that you see the error of your ways and that you can’t keep taking more than you give back. I’m running out of time to be able to replenish my resources for you. I will always be here to take care of you, how can I not? You were birthed from me and will always be a part of me.
I have no judgement of my children, only justice.
Well, it’s time for me to go deep clean my house; some chores never change. I couldn’t find any more hand sanitizer at the store, so I called your cousin, the Sun, and he’ll be here shortly.
Be well my child, don’t forget to give your Mother some love.
Eternally yours,
Mother Nature
P.S Don’t forget to send your brother Spring a card; It’s his birthday in a few days.
Gatherings by the Lakes Moon
The yearly gathering will be taking place in August. For more details or to register, click here
2019 Monthly Community Conference Calls
Winter’s Robe Series
Renewable Wisdom Trails Community Outreach
The upcoming outreach is in honor of the many keepers of earth’s history before organized social systems and laws became necessary. One such person was an elder keeper and personal friend. She recently crossed to another existence. Her name was Grandmother Shanidi Crosby. These teachings and writings are being guided to the public by her hands and blessings. Please be respectful of the privileges that knowledge includes. It is in her words that she said “we are always learning”.
The Winter’s Robe series in our continuing community call outreaches will be focused on the exploration of the Trail of Existence using the cosmology of the Renewable Wisdom Trails. Calls take place once a month for two and a half hours. Each call includes an introduction, selected teaching, and group discussion. The calls are recorded and provided to those that participate.
Using traditional environmental knowledge (TEK), order is maintained by guiding environmental laws, disciplines, and principles illuminated by each species relationship to the great mystery of Nature. This is a key distinction of the Renewable Wisdom Trails, in that it is not being organized or driven by economics, commerce, cognitive or other forms of human-focused participation. Some might find the lack of policies and specific participation requests unsettling, there is no advancement of any agenda. It is left up to each individual to find the self-discovery and internal motivation along the journey. This will be reflected to each participant by the additions, subtractions, and outer relatedness present and revealed in their everyday lives. This is how the mystery of engagement evolves, opens, and presents itself though not just the human world, but all of the worlds.
The Renewable Wisdom Trials is a living cosmology and continues to emerge with the involvement of each participant. Participation opens the ancient disciplines, ethics, principles, and accountability to nature as a whole system and the existence of human interdependence. The Renewable Wisdom Trails cosmology is alive all around us.
If you would like to participant in this upcoming series of teachings and learning for a complete experience on the Trail of Existence (and whatever else is navigated), contact to arrange for additional information on how to participate.
OPEN INVITATIONAL CONFERENCE
3-part series on “Renewable Wisdom Trails” beginning with Trail of Existence
6 – 8:30 PM Mountain Standard Time – January 02, February 06, March 06 2019
Cost: $40 per conference
Contact: Please contact Dreamweaver on the contact page with any questions or for further details for the dial-in and paypal information
Educational Research and Releases of Knowledge preparing potentials of Dreaming a Sustainable Future
2018 Monthly Conference Call Teachings
Greetings all!
We are about to embark on a new, pilot format for the next three Wednesday conference calls–July 11, August 13, and September 12, from 6 to 8pm MDT. These monthly calls are open for anyone interested in the Renewable Wisdom Trails, no prior experience necessary.
The new pilot format will follow this discussion forum for the next few months, with the opening and closing ‘flow through’ new folks will quickly find room to express themselves in an already strong circle. In this new format, we’ll begin promptly at 6pm, so please plan to call in to the conference five minutes earlier.
6-7:30
- Eagle will open with a mini-review of our previous conference topic and a summary of the evening’s teaching.
- We will go around the circle with a simple sharing our name, location, and why we’re on the call. We will not be doing ‘check-ins’ as we have in the past.
- The teaching for the evening
- Talking Circle with Eagle, a time for comments and questions
7:30-8pm
- Open discussion moderated by a volunteer for the evening
Eagle’s teaching on July 11th will continue to expand the Encoding/Decoding process, especially within the framework of our 6th protocol, Participation in the Dance. He also has a ceremony from the Renewable Wisdom Trails knowledge bundle that he would like to share with us — more about that on the 11th! From 7:30 to 8pm on July 11th Dreamweaver will be our moderator. If you would like to volunteer to lead in August or September, please contact Eagle soon!
There are two intentions for new this open forum. One is to give each participant an opportunity to answer the questions that others pose. In this way we can each begin to take on the responsibility of formulating and sharing what we have been integrating from these teachings. The second is to encourage new participants to join our circle.
Cost: $25 each class, including the class recording.
Please contact Dreamweaver on the contact page with any questions or for further details for the dial-in and paypal information.
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Open invitation to all interested in participating in the ongoing Renewable Wisdom Trails monthly conference call. These are community gathering/teachings.
Calls take place once a month, about 2 hours long, and have folks joining in from all around the country. International dialin information is also available.
The exchange is $25 per call.
Info for upcoming June call:
Agenda: Introductions in a Talking Stick Format that includes a check-in sharing about weaving knowledge into daily living
Teaching: Summer season’s growing of Imprinting properties; encoding and decoding
When: June 13th 2018, 6 to 8 PM Mountain Time
Please contact Dreamweaver on the contact page with any questions or for further details for the dial-in and paypal information.
We look forward to sharing with everyone on the call.
Course Offerings Jan 2018
We’re excited to be offering both course 01 – Seeding of the Dream, and course 02 – Fire in the Womb starting in January 2018. Both will be offered through teleconference calls to be inclusive of all participants, where ever you are located.
Our ancestors help us to reclaim ancient knowledge and wisdom, much of which has been forgotten in contemporary times. Using the science, art, and craft of the Renewable Wisdom Trails library, we will be exploring and discovering our connection to the natural worlds by awakening and bringing this forgotten wisdom forward. It is lived through the oral teachings and a conscious lifestyle. This reclaiming is needed to bring the balance back to Mother Earth, as she once knew it.
Seeding of the Dream, the introduction and orientation course, will be using firsthand observation, experience, and the teachings of the Renewable Wisdom Trails, as the first of an ongoing series and prepares each student with the solid foundation necessary for any of the further courses.
During these powerful phone conferences, you’ll discover:
- Our role as humans within the Renewable Wisdom Trails Cosmology
- Protocols and guidelines in alignment with nature
- How symbols and experiences are archived within our body and consciousness
- Ways of bringing consciousness to our sensory surroundings and our capacity of this awareness
- A keen sense of community, and how we create that global connection with all species
For more information or to register, visit the Upcoming Events page.
Fire in the Womb, the second course, will make a pass through the Renewable Wisdom Trail’s Twinning Cosmology with special emphasis on the fires of Stars and Suns designated by the numbers 11/1. We will gather seeds (intentions) and plant the qualities of awareness and presence. These qualities are characterized by the consciousness inside and outside a body. Where the first course is an introductory orientation to the Renewable Wisdom Trails Cosmology with a focus on the Zero and twinning numbers and qualities, Course 2 takes the class into the study and work of how to discover the whole cosmology within each section of the Turtle’s Shell.
For more information or to register, visit the Upcoming Events page.