Jorge 'Nopaltzin' Guadarrama and Jorge 'Kokopelli' Guadarrama make numerous appearances at nuage congresses etc with persons you'll find in the Fraud and Research Needed categories here. They seem to be active in Europe only, with seminars etc offered in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Consequently, the vast majority of websites coming up are Swiss, Austrian, and German.
Their website is run from Switzerland -
http://www.nopalli.orgNopalli is an organisation founded by the two Guadarramas, and several sites mention they are gathering money to build a school for children in Mexico.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/langer_frank/newsletter11.htmWORLD CONFERENCE OF ETHNOTHERAPIES
October 7-9, 2005 at Munich University, Germany
"Traditional rituals of the Aztecs:
Mother Earth, which message do our roots have?
The Aztecs, also called Mexicas, were one of the most important peoples in precolumbian Mexico. In this workshop, two representantatives of his high culture show the rituals of their people whic are alive still today. Mythologies are being passed on about the indigenous, spiritual heritage of the Aztecs as well as visions of this people about the future in our modern world.
Beating with mother earth's heartbeat:
With Aztec rhythms and the sound of the medicine drum, travels into other states of consciousness will be done to cleanse the energy body and to release the daily blockades. You may bring your own drum.
Prayer to earth:
Rituals to cleanse the energy body or the aura take a special place to get rid of negative energies which are the cause for fatigue, sadness, or disease. With such a ritual, one can, according to Aztec opinion, cleanse cosmic energy, submit prayers or thanks or find answers to important questions. It is a living prayer to earth when we lift ourselves to the universal height of being.
Nopaltzin, Kokopelli, anthroplogists, dancers, and drummers of the Aztecs, Mexico"
This is a Swiss site announcing a seminar with the Guadarramas:
http://www.lebenskraft.ch/Referenten2008.htm"Lecturers:
Kokopelli Jorge &
Jorge Nopaltzin Guadarrama, Mexiko
www.nopalli.chBorn in Mexico City in 1975. Left his family when young and grew up in the North of Mexico. He studied anthropology at the National School of Anthropology and History. Kokopelli wants to spread the treasure of wisdom of Aztec culture worldwide.
The two Mexicans offer building your own ritual drum.
Additional costs approx Swiss Francs 350.00"
A c.v. for Jorge Sr I found at another site:
http://www.event-konzerte.org/Stars/Nopali.htm"Jorge Nopaltzin Guadarrama (Mexiko)
Jorge Nopaltzin, born in Mexico in 1935, belongs to the ancient Aztec culture. For all his life, he has practiced Aztec traditions, rituals, and dance ceremonies. He received his knowledge from Teocally, a traditional school of the Aztecs. He wishes to pass on the ancient knowledge of his people. With his son Kokopelli, he founded the not-for-profit "Nopalli - Institute for Spreading the Aztec culture". This association has been founded with the intention of spreading the knowledge of Aztec culture in various countries. Presently, the Institute Nopalli A.C. works on a project in Mexico City. They are building a school for streetkids in a poor neighbourhood."
While several sites mention Jorge Sr was born in 1935, other sites claim he was born in 1945.
Another Swiss site announcing events with the Guadarramas with a few more persons researched here:
http://www.psi-tage.ch/kongress_programm_samstag.html"Main Programme Saturday, November 11, 2006
Healing Differently
Time: 2.30 pm - 4 pm workshops
[...] Silverbird: The healing power of music, dance, and song - Insights into Indian art of healing
Dr. Fabio Alberto Ramirez: Shamanic rituals of the aboriginal peoples of the Amazon
Jorge A. Kokopelli Guadarrama/Jorge Nopaltzin Guadarrama : Voyage to inner harmony: traditional Aztec dancing
6.30 pm - 7.10 - 4 workshops
Jorge A. Kokopelli Guadarrama/Jorge Nopaltzin Guadarrama: The Aztec way of healing
For centuries, Mexican indigenas have practiced the ritual to cleanse the energy body. The two healers, father and son, will explain "why we do this healing and which special place this ceremony has got to get rid of negative influence." According to Aztec view, energy from cosmos is used to "heal diseases, to give prayers and thanks to the ancestors or find answers to important questions". This ceremony is meant to enable the audience "to explore the spiritual path of knowledge and growth and to find inner peace and harmony."
http://www.jemanja.ch/index.php?id=00006.00034Jemanja - School to Accompany in Death and Mourning
Jemanja GmbH [the German abbreviation for Ltd.]
[...]
8400 Winterthur
Their staff lists the Guadarramas:
"Jorge Nopaltzin Guadarrama
Born 1945 in Mexico, belongs to the ancient Aztec culture. He has practiced Aztec traditions, rituals and dance ceremonies for all his life. He received his knowledge from Teocally, a traditional Aztec school.
Jorge A. Kokopelli Guadarrama"
Another Swiss site by a lady offering her services as an animal therapist as well as a therapist for humans:
http://www.schmidli-claudia.ch/9237.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
Her c.v.:
"I, born 1970, grew up with dogs, cats, rabbits, geese, goats, sheep, ponies, cows, and many more animals (like two crows who have been living in the high pear trees for years already) on a small farm and have worked with animals for all my life as they have worked with me. From childhood on I learned much about healing plants which I gather myself when needed.
[...]
Since 2003, I work as a self-employed therapist for animals and humans."
Schmidli lists her creds startin in 1993, with trainings done in muscle therapy, Shiatsu, energy assesment with J. Cohn/USA etc.
"2004 Diploma as Shamanic Life Adviser II, AS
2006 Intensive Training / dipl. meditations - teacher (strength, staying power meditation) with Milton, VE
from 2007 Training with my Indian brother Kokopelli and his father Nopaltzin"
Another Swiss site:
www.imsonnenbuehl.com/info/kokopelli.pdf They offer a workshop with 'Kokopelli' Guadarrama whom they describe as:
"ethnologist and anthropologist from the tradition of Aztec curanderos and he prefers to work with traditional rituals". They mention he founded the Nopalli Institute with his father in 2000.
The workshop is announced for "Aug 30/31" and will comprise "sweatlodge and private session: aura cleansing (smudging according to Aztec tradition and/or Ollin-Obsidian massage)".
www.ruecken-therapie.ch/JacquelineSeminare20070613c.pdf Another ad for 'Ollin-Obsidian Massage', this time with a price tag:
"Ollin-Obsidian Massage
Jorge Kokopelli Guadarrama
Sat/sun Oct 6/7 - 9 am to 5 pm
Fee: Swiss Francs 290.00"
This is a German site by someone claiming to have taught by the Guadarramas and others. Her list of qualifications/teachers sounds rather 'impressive':
http://www.indianhealing.de/uebermich.html"# Diplomain Indian Balance
# leech therapy
# Shiatsu and Lomo Lomi Nui
# Akupressur
# Aqua therapy and Aqua Fitness Instructor
# trained in Indian Healing and Atlantis Healing
# Channeling
# Contacts to Beyond
# Tarot
# at this point in time in training as an Atlantian magician
# Reincarnation therapy
# trained in animal communication
# trained at the medicine wheel and in chakra cleansing by Crow medicine man Grandfather LittleCrow and with the Aztecs Nopaltzin and Kokopelli - aura smudging
trained by the tribal leader of the Assiniboine L.L. Lewis, healing songs of the Assiniboine
and trained in sundance, with halfbreed Hunting Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne in Indian meditation"
The following is a Swiss portal usually listing commercial business:
http://www.hotfrog.ch/Firmen/Nopalli-Institut-zur-Verbreitung-der-aztekischen-Kultur"Nopalli - Institut zur Verbreitung der aztekischen Kultur
Firmeneigentümer [company owner]
Schlössliweg 1
4114 Hofstetten SO
Solothurn
Tel: +41 79 708 09 67
Web: Nicht verfügbar [not available]
E-Mail: Nicht verfügbar [not available]
This is what they say about themselves
http://www.bpv.ch/content/texte/diverse-nopalli.html"NOPALLI - Association for Aztec Culture
The Institute to Spread Aztec Culture, NOPALLI A.C. made it its task to show people in Europe some of their wonderful culture and with this they work against the loss of their ancient knowledge. It is recognized as a not-for-profit in Mexico, supporting Mexican children to give them a better future. The economical situation in Mexico unfortunately is so bad that many children have to do badly paid jobs in order to help support their families. This especially effects children of the so-called indigenous peoples whose parents receive especially bad wages. These parents cannot pay for school books, notebooks, for fares to school and the school uniforms. Therefore, the children stay at home and have to work when reaching kindergarten age. A good education would help these children to break out of the vicious circle of poverty and secure a better future for their families. We want to introduce our projects in short:
Building a school for streetkids
Everything started with this project. NOPALLI A.C., with donated money, was able to buy a site in Mexico City on which a school for streetkids is meant to be built now. In this school children will learn e.g. to create Indian crafts items, in order to offer them an additional possibility to find work later on. There are myriads of children in Mexico who live on the streets without their parents and who secure their survival with more or less legal ways. Often these children are not wanted at home, since the meagre income of the parents does not allow feeding another child. Thus they vegegate in the exhaust fumes of the capital city without any perspectives for a future. Once the school is finished, we can offer these children a home and an education. The new Mexican government under President Vicente Fox means to solve the problem of streetkids and has promised to support us. Unfortunately, there is not enough money, so we are grateful for donations.
Support of existing schools
The vast majority of schools in the vicinity of Mexico City are so-called 'escuelas rurales'. These rural schools are in an incredible state judged by European standards. Classes often take place outside, without desks, books, materials, a teacher's desk. Most of the children in our sponsorship programme are in such schools. Some representatives of these schools have approached us asking for financial or material aid to be able to buy at least what is most necessary.
If you are in a position to help, we will be glad to pass on our financial or material help. Your support goes to the projects only, since NOPALLI A.C. covers all administrational costs.
Contact via: nopalli@hotmail.com or
www.nopalli.org"
[My note: the link to
www.nopalli-org is broken]
Since this not-for-profit was founded eight years ago, certainly some physical result of their efforts should be around by now. However, as far as I can see, the site does not mention any school actually has been built nor do they publish any photos etc of such a school, nor of any other 'escuela rural' they support(ed).
As to their idea to teach the streetkids how to produce Indian craft to find a job, I do wonder whether the Guadarramas are probably planning to start selling such items....
It is also to be noted that, when googling Nopalli A.C., the results showing up are pretty scarce - and there is only one in Spanish language among them. Seems the 'Institute' is widely unknown in the country it was founded in (A.C. should be the Spanish legal form of a non-profit association) which says something about its activities and achievements.
This is again a Swiss site reporting an event organized by a school for the benefit of Nopalli A.C. in 2006:
http://angeladigiorgio.ch/14710.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
"Children Painting
This was an event done by children in Wetzikon for the benefit of Nopalli A.C. Institute, Mexico, who supports streetkids in Mexico City, builds a school, educates and aids children, especially indigenous children whose parents lack financial means. Kokopelli Guadarrama is an Aztec and studied anthropology and history in Mexico. Together with his father Nopaltzin, he founded the Nopalli group which intends to introduce the vast treasure of wisdom of Aztec culture to us Europeans (cf also
www.nopalli.ch )
Together with the children, we painted pictures, did handicrafts, played and told stories.
On November 18, 2006, we opened the exhibition at Wetzikon hospital where these pictures are shown and get sold and auctioned. The entire money taken in was given to Institut Nopalli A.C.Mexico. Thanks to all who helped and made it possible!"
This is another report about an event organized by the Guadarramas in order to raise money for a school in Mexico, this time, however, the school is said to intend teaching ancient techniques of building, producing stuff, and on the customs of 'the Indians':
http://www.youthtoday.info/website/print/012002.htm(The article with photos is about mid-page)
"Indians at Primary School in Hangard - by Daniel B....
June 8, 2002
The Indian group Nopalli visited Hangard Primary School. The group comes from Mexico originally and, here in Germany, visited Nopalli e.V., an association which demonstrates Indian rituals and customs and has its seat in the town of St. Wendel.
Students were shown dances and ritual clothes of the Indians [sic]. Background of this is a funds/donation rising of Nopalli group to build a school in Mexico where the ancient techniques of building, producing items, and the customs of the Indians can be learned anew [sic].
Further information please obtain from Nopalli e.V., tel. 06854 - [...]"
This Nopalli e.V. is no longer existant; there was no trace of it to be found online except for this article. The abbreviation e.V., as an aside, means the association is state-registered as a not-for-profit. For this, they have to meet certain criteria, plus their book-keeping is under some control.
