In 2004, an interesting alliance formed at the Dalai Lama Center in New York: The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. These spiritual medicine women and activists of their communities came together from Native American, Mexican, Nepalese, Tibetan, and African cultures in order to share their experience and help to restore balance in our world.
Now with 889 years of experience between themselves, the Grandmothers believe in the prophecies of their individual cultures which claim that an age of purification is upon us, and that all who turn to the spiritual as opposed to the material, will be cleansed. Curiously, they also believe that some of their individual prophecies brought them together.
This special council meets twice a year, whereupon the Grandmothers carry out a 7 day prayer vigil – each wearing their own traditional dress and carrying out their own prayers and ceremonies. Moreover, the work of this alliance has inspired the creation of “little circles of Grandmothers around the world.” (Source Wikipedia)
Below is the trailer for the film entitled For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak. It was directed by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Carole Hart, and it follows the charismatic Grandmothers as they meet and travel around the world.
