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Workshop he's doing in Germany.
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Pablo Russell and Christian Raetsch will make an appearance at the following event:

World Conference of Ethnotherapies 2006 – Concepts for Future Oct 7-8, 2006 at Munich University, Germany

The conference is organized by an Institute for Ethno-Medicine, situated in Munich.

(Translator's note: The institute is an „e.V.“, i.e. comparable to US  c500something (tax exempt, donations tax deductible). As an „e.V.“,
their finances will be revised by the state regularly and their principles must meet certain requirements (e.g. the „e.V.“ means to educate the
broad public re whatever, aims at the promotion of better understanding between different nations and cultures etc). This grants them a partly
state recognized status, however, whether the education they offer is utter bs will not be examined except if they happen to get reported to
the police. Authorities will only control finances regularly, and the mission statement when applying for the „e.V.“ status, and they have to
send in copies of the minutes of annual/bi-annual general meetings of members.)

The info about the conference is to be found (German language) at:
http.//www.institut-ethnomed.de/weltkonf06.html

The aim of this conference, which apparently has had predecessors, is to give the audience an overview about traditional healing and the
different concepts of healing of various peoples; they say they invited authentic traditional healers and teachers from all over the world.

Another aim of this conference is to enable contacts and meetings among traditional healers, shamans, open-minded scientists and persons
applying modern therapy methods.

The institute says that healers and shamans appearing in this conference are experienced and honoured experts and personalities in their
respective cultures. Since their indigenous guests, however, often think, decide, and act in different dimensions, they ask participants to be prepared for changes in the programme.

In translation (texts to be found at above URL in German language):

„Pablo Russell, Blackfoot medicine man, Canada....
Following a vision he received during a vision quest at Chief Mountain – the holy mountain of the Blackfoot Indians -, he continued his work in Europe from 1997 in order to bring us the „gift of the buffalo medicine“. Meanwhile he has given speeches, done seminars, workshops and
sweat lodges in many European countries. In November 1999, he organized a conference and Pow Wow together with Four Winds Association in
Lausanne/Switzerland with aborigines, pygmies, Siberian shamans, Crow, Cheyenne, and Lakota with the aim of uniting peoples close to nature resp their representatives in an initiative to save Mother Earth.

Workshop 1
The Medicine Wheel – Aid and Healing through the Holy Circle

The term „the circle“ is a possibility to express that all things are related. This is a perspective in which one's own experience of the physical world, the world of events, of emotions, of thoughts and of
relationships is being acknowledged. The Indians called this circle of life the „Medicine Wheel“.

With the medicine wheel, Pablo Russell will give deep insights into the understanding of life and enables practical counseling. He talks about
several different stages in the life of human beings (birth, youth, grownup, old age) by showing these on the medicine wheel as well as the development and deeper meaning of love, belief, trust, and sharing within these different stages of life. Participants of this workshop will learn how to integrate this knowledge into their own life and start the path of healing – a healing taking place on all four levels, the physical, the emotional, the mental, and the spiritual levels.(Translator's note:
each workshop is to last 90 minutes.)

I lived in Peru a while. That is what the curranderos do there. Curranderos are not usually a secret thing though, they even have signs for their services in the high street.
There are a hell of a lot of fakes though. Most of them have big fat bellys - from their strict fasts in the jungle (=;

Hi edu,
all i can say is,
imagine someone running workshops on -
"the path of the physiotherapist" or "the long way of the dental hygenist" or etc etc
it would be equally riduculous and out of its cultural context, but comparable.

Dear users of this forum,
As you can see, I put up my full name to be authentic in what I am saying.
I have been allowed to visit the sundance ceremonies of Morris Crow Spreading Wings,
native name, Last Tail Feathers, for the last 7
years, working as a helper first and as chief
fireman for the last 4 years.
Due to this generosity of the sundanceleader
I was allowed to share prayers of this holy
ceremony.
Within the last 8 years I was allowed to invite
Morris Crow and Pablo Russell to Europe for
sharing the native wisdom with the white people.
I can only say in a humble way, that I have
experienced nothing but clear teachings about the
soulsearch of mankind from both people.
Mr. Russell is known for sharing, not selling the  natvive ideas to people of all colours of  mankind.
He has worked for the Glenbow Museum in Calgary,
teaching about the native culture, be rewarded
with the Dr. Crowshoe award for teaching more
then 30.000 school students, he has been a
presenter at the ethnofair in munich in 2005
and I can furnish everyone , who is interested
with referenceletters from all over the world.
Mr. Russel is an active sundanceleader at the
yearly Morris Crow sundance and he has been
with the sundance for 20 years.
So , if there is someone, without a name , that
would like to talk about these things, I would like to ask everyone in an open way to call me up
at 0049-40-222555 and I will give them, whatever
is needed to strengthen the truth about this
whole topic.
I can only say , that I have the highest respect
for the native culture and I have traveled to Mount
Sinai/Egypt   with Morris Crow Spreading Wings to
pray  for world peace  and there were people from
all different religions,Muslims,Beduins,Christians,
Buddhists and we all prayed together in peace.
Maybe you should think about these things, before
you judge over people.

Dear Annika,

first of all I would like to apologize , if I have left the impression, that I am special, because I have been in the reserve a couple of times. I am not.
I am just a visitor of these ceremonies and I am
thankful , that the native community is allowing me,
to get an idea how to life in harmony with mother earth.
It is a blessing , that these people open their culture to the white people, even though, they have been treated so badly in the past.
I think , that mankind should stick together to change the present situation on this planet.
About the selling:
I have learned about the native culture, that
" what comes around goes around" and that in the old days, the tribe always took care of their elders
or the people who were doing ceremonies, by giving them meat, blankets,tobacco or even horses,
due to the fact , that they were not allowed to go
hunting or into warfare. So there seemed to be an exchange of material things.
These days , there is a need too, to cover expenses
for airfares, accomodation, food etc. and to help the
lecturers.
But I can assure you from my personal experience,
that nobody will be excluded from sweats for money. I can invite you anytime to share a sweat
without any donation at all. In all the sweats, I have experienced , children, elderly people or people without money, were sweating for free.

Another thing, that I have learned is , that no
native person would gossip about their fellow
tribe members. If they have an issue with somebody, they stand up, say their name and
clear it up in a personal attempt.
If you have experienced something different by hearing things, I would like to suggest, to go to the
sundance and talk to the tribemembers, to get
an eye to eye information.
Maybe that would help to get real information.

It could be, that I  have misunderstood the whole
thing, but in common sense I would always see
somebody myself in person, before I get upset with this person and even if a feel dislike for them , I would accept, that this person might not serve my personal needs, but maybe he could help others
to find peace with themselves, so we can make this
world a better place.

As I said earlier, I am very humble to help
to preserve these precious teachings from the north
american culture, because if I look around , I feel
it is needed for all of us .

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.

No native person would gossip about another?? Hahahaha! That is funny! Yes, we do gossip about people. We are human beings with the same foibles as anyone else. And the fact that this man's own family is willing to denounce him says buckets.


Annika, is this the same guy who abandoned a wife and children to shack up with one of his euro groupies? If so, why would ANYONE want to learn from someone like that?? Someone so dishonorable as that would have very little respect among traditional people in my experience.

Hi J.J.

But I can assure you from my personal experience,
that nobody will be excluded from sweats for money.

That´s good, maybe you should add that on the invitations, because people actually think they have to pay!

I can invite you anytime to share a sweat
without any donation at all.

Thanks but no thanks. Native ceremonies are for a Native community and should be conducted by an authentic ceremony leader. Also, I don´t have any need to participate in ceremonies. The best way for me to show respect for them is to stay away.

Another thing, that I have learned is , that no
native person would gossip about their fellow
tribe members. If they have an issue with somebody, they stand up, say their name and
clear it up in a personal attempt.

A..hmm...oooookey...? NO Native person? You know them ALL?! C´mon, Swedes gossip, Germans gossip, Natives gossip...

If you have experienced something different by hearing things, I would like to suggest, to go to the
sundance and talk to the tribemembers, to get
an eye to eye information.
 Maybe that would help to get real information.

I HAVE got real information already, thanks.  Or did you mean that your information is the only "real" one?

personal needs, but maybe he could help others
to find peace with themselves, so we can make this
world a better place.

Well, you know, helping non-Natives to feel better about themselves while thousands (probably) of Natives feel offended...well...I am not quite sure how that contribute to "people sticking together to change the present situation..."?

So why the need to appropriate sacred ceremonies? There are SO much that can be done in our own cultures to make the world a better place. Like, to start with, show respect for others, help the old and the sick, raise money for a good cause, do something for your community, show respect to Mother Earth...  That is ALL it takes.

Annika