According to Marija Gimbutas, pre-Indo-European societies lived in small-scale, family-based communities that practiced matrilineal succession and goddess-centered religion, where creation comes from the woman. She is the Divine Mother who can give life and take it away. In Irish mythology she is Danu, in Slavic mythology she is Mat Zemlya, and in other cultures she is Pachamama, Nisun, Terra Mater, Nuwa, Matres or Shakti. The same holds true for many Native American First Peoples societies that passed belongings down through the matriarchal lineage.
The Red Road is a modern Anglo-Saxon concept of the right path of life, as inspired by some of the belief found in a variety of Native American spiritual teachings. The term is used primarily in the Pan-Indian and New Age communities, and rarely among traditional Indigenous people, who have terms in their own languages for their spiritual ways. Native Americans’ spiritual teachings are diverse. There are over 500 federally recognized tribes in the US, and while some regional practices and beliefs might be similar, these cultures are highly individualized. Individual ceremonies and particular beliefs tend to be unique to the people of these diverse bands, tribes and nations. Black Elk (1863-1950), an Oglala Lakota Native American, believed he had an obligation to “help to bring my people back into the sacred hoop, that they might again walk the Red Road in a sacred manner pleasing to the powers of the universe that are one power”. However, Black Elk defined “the Red Road” as part of the larger, Medicine Wheel concept, not necessarily the same definition that others are using. Source “The Sacred Pipe”
The medicine wheel, which signifies earths boundary and all the knowledge of the universe, along with the Wheel of the year, which is an ancient Celtic calendar based on festivals that celebrate our connection with nature and its seasonal changes are our core foundation. Every culture around the world has root beginnings with mother earth worship. MaGaia's Glade is committed to walking the Red Road and honoring all cultures that share the same spiritual calling of the Mother Earth. In essence it is a blending of Pre-Indo-European and the America’s First Nations spirituality. Followers of this faith are known as "MaGaia's". Our male members shall be known as "PaGaia's", as we include all those who want to join our Glade.
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