I recommend to move this thread to the fraud section: Lyberth is not only selling seminars, healing sessions etc, he is selling ceremonies. These ceremonies are not Inuit, but ndn: sweatlodge and vision quest.
Part I
Meanwhile, Lyberth has taken on the name of Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq on his website, and this name is also used by several sites promoting him and his workshops and seminars. „Angakkorsuaq“ is supposed to translate as „great shaman“.
But perhaps we should start off with who the great shame-on really is. His real-life name is Jens Lyberth, he was born in Greenland. In 1975, he migrated to Canada, where he still lives.
There is diverging information regarding his date of birth: either 1949, 1948, or 1947. His publishers say he was born 1949:
http://www.randomhouse.de/author/author.jsp?per=390571 Here is a curriculum vitae for Lyberth dating back to 1978 when he took a position in Canada:
http://www.ebenhopson.com/album/index.htm There is a photo of Lyberth from 1978, too:
http://www.ebenhopson.com/album/10.jpg Despite his claims of having been born into a family of traditional healers, Lyberth is a member of the Bahai religion. This site lists members in Canada, and there is a photo of member Angaangaq Lyberth and wife from Ottawa:
http://skyriver.ca/bahai/bnorth/canada/bcanada.htm Lyberth's website,
www.icewisdom.com , is available in several languages: English, French, German, and Portuguese; the Dutch and Greenland Inuit versions are not available. There are interesting differences between the English version and the others:
First the English language version:
http://www.icewisdom.com/angaangaq/ Angaangaq is a keynote speaker at international conferences on climate change, environmental and indigenous issues, and he participates in peace and spiritual vigils with the United Nations, speaking on panels for the United Nation Environmental Protection Agency, the Panel on Religion and Spirituality, and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as the Panel for UNESCO's Oceans, Fishers and Hunters. He is associated with the United Religions Initiative in alliance with the United Nations, the Club of Budapest International, The Masters Group, the Earth Restorations Corps, and serves on the special advisory council to the Jane Goodall Institute.
Angaangaq’s work is acclaimed in promoting interracial and intercultural harmony.
The others mention far more details about which organizations allegedly list Lyberth as a member, elder etc:
Angaangaq is known internationally with indigenous communities in North and South America, Europe, and the circumpolar Arctic and honored as an elder. He is also held in high esteem as an Elder of the Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development, of the American Indian Institute Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth and of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality. He often works as a liaison to indigenous peoples. He also is an Elder for the Aboriginal Justice Learning Network, Justice Canada, and Elder Advisor for the Board of Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution.
He speaks at international conferences and symposions about environment and indigenous issues. He participates in spiritual wakes for peace with the United Nations and gives lectures in panels like the Environmental Programme of the United Nations, the Panel for Religion and Spirituality, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and the UNESCO Panel for Oceans, Fishery and Hunt. His work is held in high esteem for its support of intercultural harmony.
Angannagaq is a member of the World Wisdom Council, he is an Elder of Tribal Link Foundation Inc., and a member of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality where he works as a liaison to indigenous tribes. He is associated with the United Religions Initiative in alliance with the United Nations, the Club of Budapest International, the Masters Group, the Earth Restororations Corps, and is on the special advisory council of the Jane Goodall Institute. He is an Elder at the University of West Virginia and often speaks at small universities in North America and Europe. Especially fulfilling is his work in healing circles in small villages with indigenous peoples.
Personalities with whom Angaangaq shared the speaker's desk are, among others, Jane Goodall, Dr. Phil Lane, Co-ordinator of Four Worlds International & Four Directons, Chief Oren Lyons, Faith Keeper of the Onondaga Nation, Mercedes and Garaldo Barrios, Dr. Theo Paredes and Zulu spiritual leader Credo Mutwa. He is a close friend of Grandfather William Commanda, Elder of the Algonquin Nation and the Circle of All Nations in Ottawa, Kanada.
So what about all these impressive titles and memberships when we take a closer look at them?
A UN Environmental Protection Agency does not exist, at least not under this term, the only sites coming up when searching this agency plus Angaangaq are his own site and esoteric sites promoting events with Lyberth. The same applies to the Panel on Religion and Spirituality.
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues does exist, but their website -
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/ - does not produce any results for his name. A google search of the forum plus Lyberth's name again produces Lyberth's own site and numerous nuage sites who promote events with him. UNESCO has an awful lot of panels, among them, however, no panel on „Oceans, Fishery and Hunt“, and again the sites produced by google when adding Lyberth's name are his own and nuage sites.
http://www.uri.org/ The URI site has a search function – no results for Lyberth, or for Angaangaq.
In Lee Penn's: False Dawn. The United Religions Initiative, Globalism, and the Quest for a One-World-Religion, Lyberth is listed in Chapter 5: Among the Nations: The Non-Christian Supporters of the URI (p. 108). The only alliance of URI with the United Nations I could establish is an annual Prayer Day in which URI participated. Lists of participants are published, and quite apparently, everbody and their brother will be accepted, there are numerous nuage groups and organisations, and even several Scientology organisations.
Club of Budapest:
Lyberth is listed as a 'creative member' with the CoB – and so is e.g. the fake Aztec shame-on Xokonoshtletl whom we researched before.
Further info on the CoB:
http://www.esowatch.com/ge/index.php?title=Club_of_Budapest Club of Budapest is the name of an internationally active organisation with a few national branches. In the past, several fake universities and dubious educational facilities showed up in the environment of CoB who later either disappeared or were in a very much prolonged phase of founding. There is also a strinkingly high number of New Age adherents among the members of CoB, and many New Agers/esoterics refer to these persons.
An article critical of CoB appeared in German magazine Der Spiegel which described the club as a cluster of elitist esoterics, and it further described the „Planet Life University“ as an 'interstellar pseudo university without a legal basis'.
World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality
http://globalspirit.org/ They list Lyberth as a member. WCGCS is another organization founded by the Club of Budapest, and in fact has the same president.
The Tribal Link Foundation's site suggests it is indeed a charity organization, but their site does not mention Lyberth at all, nor do they mention having any elders.
The Four Worlds Institute and its chairperson Phil Lane (who happens to have seen a promotion to 'hereditary chief' meanwhile) have been mentioned at NAFPS before, and not in a positive way.
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2731.0 It is quite interesting that both Lane Jr and Lyberth happen to live in Canada, and happen to be Bahai.
American Indian Institute Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth
http://www.twocircles.org/uncle_Tohono_Chul_event.html The Institute situated in Bozeman, Montana advertizes one event with Lyberth:
Hold the Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 6pm
Greenland Eskimo Elder Angaangaq
"The Man Who Looks Like His Uncle"
is coming to Tucson!!
Tohono Chul Park Performance Garden
7366 N. Paseo del Norte (520) 742 6455
[...]
Tuesday evening, May 1, 2007
Dinner and reception with Uncle starting at 6pm.
This event is free to the first 150 respondents,
Donations to American Indian Institute are most appreciated.
Reservations: Secure your invitation by e-mail. Click on this link:
American Indian Institute
Limitations: This event is limited to 150 people, so respond immediately of
your intention to attend.
University of West Virginia:
http://www.wvu.edu/~nas/elderinresidence.html The UWV site produces two results for Lyberth:
Elder-in-Residence Program
An important part of WVU’s Native American Studies Program is the tradition of bringing distinguished Native American leaders to campus to lecture and interact with our students and fellow community members (see “Legacy of Distinction”). Many of these honorable guests have been involved in our Peace Tree ceremonies. However, in the past several years, with generous support from the Carolyn Reyer Endowment for Native American Studies, the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, and others, a formalized Elder-in-Residence program has flourished through the participation of these outstanding individuals:
2006 Dr. Henrietta Mann, Ph.D. ( Cheyenne), public lecture, “Is Nothing Sacred? Native American Views on Reverence and Connection”
2005 Chief Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations – Iroquois Confederacy, public lecture, “Cowboys and Indians: Will it Ever End? Ask Mother Earth”
2004 LaDonna Harris, (Comanche), public lecture, “Indigeneity: Indigenous Leadership in the Face of Global Change”
2003 Peterson Zah, former Chairman and Tribal President of the Navajo Nation, public lecture, “ Winds of Change in Indian Country”
2002 Angaangaq Lyberth, (Inuk), public lecture, “Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man”
It is rather unfortunate that Lyberth gets mentioned with persons like Dr. Mann.
Otherwise, Lyberth seems to have made an appearance in one literature course at UWV in 2002:
http://www.as.wvu.edu/clcold/knowledgebase/dept_syllabi/ehigh212-W03.html COURSE SCHEDULE: ENGL 212
1. January 15-17
Tues.: intro. to class
discuss syllabus
Thurs.: "That was the Summer of Mockingbirds" by David Brendan Hopes (hand-out) "Practice and the Passion" by Elizabeth Ogilve
3 gifts that writers have
importance of concrete description
begin journal work
2. January 22 - 24
Tues.: from A Writer's Life by Eudora Welty (hand-out)
where do stories come from?
importance of showing, not telling
more discussion of concrete description
guest speaker: Angaangaq Lyberth, "Oral Narratives as Wellsprings for Stories"
continue journal work
Despite Lyberth's claims, searching the site of the Jane Goodall Institute for his name produces this result:
Your search yielded no results
Lyberth further claims to be an Elder for the Aboriginal Justice Learning Network and for
Justice Canada
Searching all Canadian government sites brings up one entry for Lyberth:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/reports/r213/r213-eng.shtml#_Toc247342049 Lyberth is mentioned in the Acknowledgements part of a study:
An Examination of the Effectiveness of Tupiq: A Culturally Specific Program for Inuit Sex Offenders
2009 No R-213
Acknowledgements
This report is the result of the work and dedication of many people. Our thanks to the program's participants for taking advantage of the opportunity provided to them to make important changes in their lives, to the program's facilitators and Inuit healers and writers who are contributing in important ways towards making their communities safer and healthier: Myna Ishulutak, Pitsula Akavak, Meeka Arnakaq, Abraham Arnakaq, Moosa Akavak, Leena Evic, William Qumuaqtuq, Tina Meharrie, Kanayok Salamonie, Mary Thompson, Denise Constantineau, Tracy Qaqassiq, Angangaq Lyberth, Sylvia Mala, Leetia Kowalchuk, Nuvalinga Kingwatsiak and Okie Kunnuk. Our thanks as well to the clinical director, Dr. Dana Anderson who has provided long-standing clinical oversight and expertise and a special thanks to the administrators of Fenbrook Institution, Nancy Kinsman, Willie Gladue, Corrine Hagerman, Jim Spicer and Mike Provan who originated the project and every year renewed their support for the program through these first seven years of its implementation. We would also like to thank Jenelle Power and Brian Grant for helpful comments on earlier drafts of the report.
The Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution indeed lists Lyberth as an 'Elder Advisor' and apparently publishes an intro on Lyberth which seems to have been copied from one of the nuage sites:
http://www.cicr-icrc.ca/pages/en/people/advisor.php Elder Advisor
Angaangaq, whose name means “The Man Who Looks Like His Uncle”, is an internationally respected Inuk Elder for the Native communities of the Circumpolar Arctic, North and South America and Europe. In this capacity he facilitates community based conflict resolution, provides individual and group mediation services, and is a traditional healer specializing in culturally-based trauma recovery for adult survivors of child abuse.
Angaangaq serves on the Special Advisory Council to the Jane Goodall Institute, (appointed by Dr. Jane Goodall), is a member of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality and the American Indian Institute Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth. He is also an Elder for the Aboriginal Justice Learning Network, Justice Canada and Elder Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution where he is a graduate of the Third Party Neutral Conflict Resolution Training Program.
He is fluent in five languages including Kalaallisut (Greenland Inuktitut), Inuktitut (Canadian Inuktitut), English, Danish and Norwegian. Angaangaq is a member of the Four Worlds International Institute – Four Worlds Elders Council and President of Lyberth and Associates of Ottawa, Canada.
It does not come as all that much of a surprise that nuage sites will repeat the claim of his being an elder for „native communities of the Circumpolar Arctic, North and South America and Europe“, but to see this repeated by Canadian authorities, especially of those dealing with native Canadians, brings tears to one's eyes.
During the last years, Lyberth has been active world-wide, although he seems to have decreased activities in Brazil. He makes regular appearances in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is also active in the USA.
While at first Lyberth seemed to come to European countries for several months of the year, a recent net search showed he did lectures or seminars in almost every month of 2010 so far.
I found an interesting report from May 2, 2010:
http://diekatzelaesstdasmausennicht.over-blog.de/article-das-eis-im-herzen-schmelzen---der-schamane-angaangaq-49685371.html„Yesterday, I offhandedly attended a seminar with the shaman Angaangaq from Greenland. The seminar was booked out since long. But when I went to Angaangaq's lecture on Friday, they all of a sudden announced there were a few vacancies now. So I booked at once! […]
Thanks for the love and commitment Angaangaq gave every one of us – I believe there were some 90 participants! [...]“
Here is one price tag taken from Lyberth's website:
http://www.icewisdom.com/calendar/posters/Salzburg.pdf June 19-20, 2010
KIWA Institute, Hof near Salzburg
Seminar fee:
2 days € 290.00 including lunch
1 day € 150 including lunch
The price for a healing circle:
http://www.esoterikforum.at/forum/showthread.php?t=126859 January 19, 2010
Healing Circle 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Fee: € 45.00
And one for a two-day event:
http://www.villaunspunnen.ch/anlass.asp?AnlassNr=468 Working and Healing with Angaangaq, Eskimo elder
with Angaangaq, Dr. Elke von Linde
October 3 to October 5, 2008
[…]
Fee: CHF 310.00
For accom and food, cf price list 1
According to price list 1, accom is available in single rooms, double, three and six person rooms, prices vary from CHF 95, CHF 110, CHF 120, to CHF 135 per night.
And for a seminar in Germany:
http://www.sandkrughof.de/seminare/kurs.php?id=780 „Time: week 37, Sept 16 to Sept 19
Start: Thursday, Sept 16 4 p.n., end: Sunday, Sept 19, 1 p.m.
Fee: € 350, accom & food: € 174.“
Lyberth apparently is also supported by frauds like Manataka, at least he wrote a letter to their editor expressing his thanks for their support:
http://www.manataka.org/page1042.html#LETTERS_TO_THE_EDITOR...0 To Friends Around The World From Greenland
Greetings Manataka,
I am sending you my deep felt gratitude for all the support we have received this past year.
In July 2009 an age old prophecy - so old, no one knows the time - has been fulfilled, thanks to the many beautiful contributions from every part of our Mother Earth. Atsaarsuaq Hansiina kindled the Sacred Fire not only at Aasivik in Greenland, but in hearts across the world.
Many prayed, many sent love, many offered financial support, many sent Sacred Ashes, many sent letters of support, many held Sacred Fire Ceremonies in their own communities, many came and worked in the camp, many helped in the organization, many chanted and sang songs, many are writing articles, many are giving talks, others are writing books.
Let me express again to all of you, heartfelt gratitude for the incredible difference you made for the local people on The Top Of The World.
All of us are part of the Circle, Which Has No Beginning Nor Ending, In Which We All Belong. In unity, Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Unfortunately, Lyberth is also promoted by sites like polarwelten.de which offer lots of good and factual information on the Arctic. Unfortunately, many European readers will take their view of Lyberth for granted, and will not be able to realize their introduction is rife with stereotypes – and lies.
http://www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=912 Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Other persons – Arctic
DOB: November 2, 1957 in Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland
Comes from: Greenland, living in Canada
Profession: Shaman
Success: Speaker of Elders of the Eskimo-Kalaallit, Ambassador of the Arctic peoples
Introduction
Not much is known about his birth, childhood, and further development. Born in Greenland in the Eternal Ice under most simple conditions, studied in Copenhagen, he is an ambassador of the Arctic peoples today and tracels to many countries. He advocates peace and a traditional handling of environment and nature. As a medicineman or shaman, Angaangaq tries to promote the inner balance, the handling of traditions and nature with spiritual power. He is not very tall, but we also never judged Yoda from „Star Wars“ by his size. He is very wise, calm and considerate, with an exceptional charisma, personality, and spiritual power. A teacher and taleteller, a wanderer between worlds who is as confident in a formal suit as he is in the wilderness when hunting.
[…]
POLARWORLD organizes lectures. Angaangaq explains his view of the phenomenon of global warming. He speaks about ancient traditions and talks about ancient prophecies. Fire and Ice! His drum and his songs accompany his stories and we support his projects.
Comparing Lyberth to Yoda is a rare gem and masterpiece of racism.
Here are a few more fanstastic stories:
http://www.villaunspunnen.ch/anlass.asp?AnlassNr=468 Working and Healing with Angaangaq, Eskimo Elder
with Angaangaq, Dr Elke von Linde
October 3 – October 5, 2008
[…]
The seminar is a healing journey which will break the ice in your heart and melt it with the power of love. […] Angaangaq will initiate deep transformational processes during the workshop in intensive group and individual work. Limiting patterns of belief, emotional blocks, and anxieties will be recognized and solved. The ceremonies, healings, and teachings renew our spirit, open our hearts and help us to embrace life.[...]
For many years, Angaangaq has been working as a traditional healer. In the tradition of the Eskimo-Kalallit of West Greenland, the shaman is viewed as highest in rank. One can only become a shaman, however, when appointed by one's people. This happened 175 years ago for the last time. In January 2006, Angaangaq was appointed to serve as a shaman (Angakok) of all peoples of East Greenland. In order to get prepared for the high responsibility, he underwent a strict ritual at one of the sacred mountains in Greenland. There, at an altitude of 2,000 ms, he spent 24 hours praying, without food or water, unprotected from the wind and rain.[...]
Healing session can be booked with us. One hour including translation Euro 100.-
Emphasis minePlease do take note of the fact that the native inhabitants of Greenland belong to one people, whether they live in the East or in the West of the island. However, the majority of the population happens to live on the West coast, while only some 200 persons live on the East coast.
The intro mixes truth and fiction – what is true is that the last Angakoq was appointed some 200 years ago. Please also take note of Lyberth's claim to have done what seems to be a vision quest – which is unknown to the Inuit.
