Subject Re: 8000 Drums Message Thanks for posting that! I have a lot of deep respect for genuine indigenous traditions, but not much for flaky New Age invocations of lost tribes, lost continents, and lost extraterrestrials.
I got really suspicious of this posting because of the "prophesy" thing and because of claims that the Otomà are descendants of the Maya. They're not. The Otomà language is from an entirely different family than the Mayan languages. It's not even closely related.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomi_people
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomi_language
There are lots of good reasons for drumming and healing the environment, but I'd rather do so without promoting New Age "philosophy". One of my own pet peeves is Mayanism:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayanism
The true indigenous traditions of living Mayas are getting swamped with this nonsense. As has been true for a while, New Age gurus and "visionaries" are making big bucks while native people are still struggling just to stay alive and feed their kids. I have a feeling we're on the same page on this issue.
I got really suspicious of this posting because of the "prophesy" thing and because of claims that the Otomà are descendants of the Maya. They're not. The Otomà language is from an entirely different family than the Mayan languages. It's not even closely related.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomi_people
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomi_language
There are lots of good reasons for drumming and healing the environment, but I'd rather do so without promoting New Age "philosophy". One of my own pet peeves is Mayanism:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayanism
The true indigenous traditions of living Mayas are getting swamped with this nonsense. As has been true for a while, New Age gurus and "visionaries" are making big bucks while native people are still struggling just to stay alive and feed their kids. I have a feeling we're on the same page on this issue.
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