My friend, Eagleman, Ed McGaa, Sicangu (Sioux) warrior, was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. He became a mystic after that, and that was how I met him. I had read his book, Mother Earth Spirituality and it vibrated in my heart and soul. My father was one-quarter Eastern Cherokee through his father’s side […]
Mother Earth has a painter’s palette of incredible colors available for her to use. For example, I live sixteen miles south of Sedona near what is known as the Red Rocks of Sedona which is actually sedimentary kinds of rock. Millions of years ago, this area was covered with a shallow, ancient ocean. Because the […]
For millions of years, humankind has worked with the energy of the place where they lived. They were aware that energies were created by the geography and the geology of the land. They knew water was an important part of this energy being what it is. When humans interacted with the land spirits/energy, “magic” happened […]
Have you ever wondered about the soil and rocks under the land where you walk—or where your home is built? If you haven’t, you should. Because soil and rocks contain energy. This invisible energy is absorbed by our aura and our energy field, where it is moved to the correct energy field (there are 9 […]
Petroglyphs and pictographs were created by indigenous people as a way to communicate. The photo below was taken in a relatively unknown area with these petroglyphs covering the walls. The large, squiggly image at the top is a rattlesnake. The “spikes” you see at one end of her tail represent the rattle. This particular pictograph […]
For those who have been following our blog on how to Walk the Land, Marchiene Reinstra and I closed the loop on our Verde Valley trek. We had been trying since late November, 2011, to get together to go to the last place where Grandmother Komwida and Bololokan, the Rainbow Water Snake, had directed us. […]
Copyright 2011 Eileen Nauman All Rights Reserved Many have asked me what a connection to Mother Earth means. Keep in mind I was raised in Native American traditions (Eastern Cherokee) via my father. I’m 1/8 E. Cherokee. So many people have been DISCONNECTED from Mother Earth. You see, when we’re born, our root chakra has […]
WHO ARE WE? Eileen Nauman (Ai Gvhdi Waya is here Eastern Cherokee name) is 1/8 Eastern Cherokee via her father’s side of the family. Her great-great grandmother was on the Trail of Tears and as a sixteen-year-old, escaped and ran into Kentucky, where she later married into the Gent family. We know only two things […]
WHO ARE WE? Eileen Nauman (Ai Gvhdi Waya is here Eastern Cherokee name) is 1/8 Eastern Cherokee via her father’s side of the family. Her great-great grandmother was on the Trail of Tears and as a sixteen-year-old, escaped and ran into Kentucky, where she later married into the Gent family. We know only two things […]
Copyright Marchiene Reinstra 2010 All Rights Reserved This is Eileen’s drum she made. She painted Bololokan, the Yavapai myth “rainbow snake” that lives in the Verde Valley, according to their legends and knowledge. She is a water snake and brings water to places around Mother Earth. It is her job to move the rain so […]