2010 Suppressed Histories Events visual presentations by Max Dashu Previous events European Premieres May 28-30 Conference The Living Goddess: Political Dimension of Feminist Spirituality Hambacher Schloss near Frankfurt, GERMANY Saturday, 17:50 (5:50 pm) Max Dashu presents Rebel Shamans: Indigenous Women Confront Empire Priestesses, diviners and medicine women stand out as leaders of aboriginal liberation movements against conquest, empire, and cultural colonization. Spiritual spheres of power have been a crucial staging area for women’s political leadership, challenging systems of domination on many levels. Female liberators in Tunisia, Peru, Netherlands, Chiapas, Jamaica, Haiti, Somalia, California, Zimbabwe, New Mexico, Uganda, China, Sonora, and Senegal. ITALIA Tesori Sconosciuti delle Donne Un insieme di esempi internazionali tratti dagli Archivi di Storie Soppresse: le antiche statuette femminili, i seni! l’arte rupestre, mondi sconosciuti indigeni, donne sciamane e guaritrici, dee, il mondo lesbico, le società matriarcali ed egalitarie, e anche i patriarcati, la conquista e le donne audaci liberatrici. Questa vasta indagine ha lo scopo di mostrare sia preziose eredità che alla maggior parte di noi non sono mai state insegnate, sia questioni difficili come schiavitù, asservimento nel matrimonio, genocidio e violenza contro le donne, contro cui stiamo lottando ancora oggi. (For English version scroll down) June 1, 17:30 (5:30 pm) Casa Internazionale delle Donne Via della Lungara 19 (Trastevere) Roma and June 3 20:30 (8:30 pm) Associazione Armonie, Via Emilia Levante, 138 40139 Bologna AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Women's Treasures from the Suppressed Histories Archives An international sampler from the Suppressed Histories Archives: ancient figurines, breasts! rock art, unknown worlds, medicine women and shamans, goddesses, neolithic Grandmother Stones, lesbiana, egalitarian mother-right societies, patriarchies, conquest, and female liberators. June 12 (place and time to be announced) Sunday, June 13, 12:00 to 18:00 (=12 noon to 6:00 pm) TWO SHOWS: Vereniging Ons Suriname Sisaynatural: Zeeburgerdijk 19 1093 SK Amsterdam (Amsterdam Oost) African Style A survey of robes, ornaments, hairstyles, headwraps, and body art of the Fulani, Nuba, ¡Xhosa, Zulu, Afar, Igbo, Amazigh, Namibians, Ethiopians, Somalis, Tunisians, Mangbetu, Senegalese, BaKuba, and lots more.   Treasures of African Women From Nubia to Mali to South Africa, ancient and modern: queens, priestesses, warriors, drummers, musicians, dancers, artists, healers and liberators. Saharan rock art, predynastic Egyptian ceramics, Ethiopian monuments, Nok ceramics, Kasai velvets. Matrilineal clan mothers, ancestor statues, African influences abroad, and much more. For updates and more information about these events, contact Janine at SisayNatural <info@sisay.eu>   ::: Online course ::: Coming this summer ::: Woman Shaman Drummers, dreamers, diviners. Oracles, seers, and prophets. Medicine women, healers, curanderas, and herbalists. Women who invoke spirit. Rainmakers. Ecstatic dancers, shapeshifters, sky-goers. A comprehensive global view of female spiritual powers, from chant and sacramental dance to shamanic flight. Woman is by nature a shaman, says a Chukchee proverb in northeastern Siberia, and many ethnic traditions say that the first shaman was female. Explore the worldwide visual record of female shamans, from ancient times to the present. We'll look at Saharan and South African rock art, Greek ceramic paintings, Aztec manuscripts, Chinese bronzes, clay sculptures from ancient Ecuador and Iraq, soapstone sculptures from Alaska and ivory from Greenland, and modern photographs from all over the world. And we'll discuss cosmology, sacred objects, psychic technologies, culturally specific and transculturally universal symbols, meanings and experiences. You can subscribe month to month, open-ended. More info here. "I'm a woman who looks toward the inside... I'm a woman who knows how to swim in the sacred..." ---Maria Sabina, Mazatec curandera, Mexico October 4-7, 2010 :: New Mexico Wilderness Camp Grandmothers Summit with Apache diiyin Maria Yraceburu, Maria Teresa Valenzuela, Selena Water Eagle, Yolanda Martinez, Melinda Allec, Max Dashu and more At the core of our Annual Grandmothers Summit Celebrating Turtle Island is a basic yet sophisticated understanding of the primary functions and power of women as representatives of the planet we call Earth Mother. Grandmothers and Wisdom Keepers from traditionals all over the world will be in attendence at this retreat to share teaching in a tranquil environment that is perfect for the re-establishment of feminine principles. The true uniqueness of this retreat is due to the meeting of ancient ways the Four Corners of Earth. Knowledge will be shared and feminine principles for the future pursued in the pristine mountains of northeastern New Mexico. Living in a traditional camp setting, enjoying the beauty of the land and the teachngs of those that come together with something to say that is very relevant in the here and now. The way of Women and this moment in history hold a rare opportunity for all. Our Grandmothers and WisdomKeepers bring with them years of personal practice and experience in their fields. Humor and practical teaching combined with special life in a completely feminine camp are healing in themselves. Yraceburu EarthWisdom's Sisters of Honua Project is honored to host this retreat, providing you with the opportunity to hear our Women's Legacy and participate in circles of discussion concerning our future. Whether listening to stories around a campfire accompanied by the calls of owls or collecting wisdom from ancient trees, it will be an experience that will remain in your heart. This event is hosted by Sisters of Honua. More information here.   Spiritual Heritages of Ancient Europe is on hiatus but will resume in 2011 Snake women of Crete, Gaul and Yorkshire, the Pythia of Delphi, Hygeia and Bona Dea and Sirona. African Circe and Medea of Colchis. The Black Doves from Egypt at Dodona. Sibyls of Cumae and Albunea. What about Danu? and the river goddesses, sacred hot springs, groves, and rock sanctuaries. We retrace what can be reconstructed of goddess reverence, sacred dance, chant, and female rituals; women as seers, healers, and priestessses. We also track an interwoven strand: patriarchy and the demotion and repression of women's power. This first course centers on ancient southern and western Europe, surveying archaeology, the written record, legal codes, art, linguistic evidence, and folklore. We'll use images and excerpts from my forthcoming book Secret History of the Witches, Vol I, with lots of discussion. Read more about the upcoming course Spiritual Heritages of Ancient Europe and see an introductory video describing what we'll be covering in this course   Home | Catalog | Articles | Email query