[COPY] When Women Ruled the World
A book from Peninsula peasant
“When the grandmothers voice is heard the earth will be healed.” Hopi Elders
4 Grandmothers Wisdom
Initial printing 2020
Peninsula Peasant
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Preface
Life in the woods during winter leaves one with plenty of sitting around time. To pass the 8 hours 30 minutes of muted daylight I picked up a book about ancient cultures one day and became intrigued.
How did these ancient people survive a brutal winter environment? What was life like? What did they eat? And where did grandmother and grandfather fit into the equation? Hanging out online I discovered a few records that suggest some groups lived to a ripe old age. Proof by carbon dating old bones, in some cases, lived longer than we do today. Interestingly, I even uncovered very, very old records of an occasional matriarchal society.
“Ancient matriarchies are not just a reversal of patriarchies, with women ruling over men- as the usual misinterpretation would have you believe. Matriarchies are mother-centered societies. They are based on maternal values; for mothers and for those who are not mothers, for women and men alike.
Within matriarchal cultures, such as those in Greece even today, equality means more than just a leveling of differences. Natural differences between the genders and the generations are respected and honored, but they never serve to create hierarchies, as is common in patriarchy. The genders and generations each have their own dignity, and through complementary equality, where great care is taken to provide balance. This applies to the balance genders among generations, and between humans and nature. Maternal values as ethical principles pervade in areas of a matriarchal society. This creates an attitude of care-taking, nurturing, and peacemaking.” Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth
Native American elders pass down their knowledge.
Russel Means talks about women and matriarchy To understand this one needs to watch this 7 minute chat with Russel. For the men listening Russel briefly mentions monthly purification of women. He gets it. Humans are the only species on the planet that does this.
Now ancient stories, older than the Bible, the Koran and other religious writings have given us glimpses into a very different world in human history on this planet. Another such tale comes from a very, very ancient Native American story passed down from generation to generation by story telling elders.
One young man, Robert Morning Sky listened intently to his Hopi grandfathers stories about their human distant ancestors. What he soon discovered was that the women of his ancestors were revered as “Women of Fire.” The first women, as they were called, were the peacemakers, the head of household, the decision makers, the government, the caretakers, the healers, literally in charge of life and death.
Russell Means and Pearls last interview part one
Part two Powerful!
Life was good in these ancient times, and when a woman chose a man for her mate, he was given honor because he had knowledge and skills too. He would protect his family and now had status. The first men were honored as the community and family support, the fixer, the hunter, the defender, the lover, and the teacher. Together the first woman and the first man became a team, a unique partnership, this union would elevate her and her family.
Somewhere in history, however, man became quite jealous and envious of her skills as a peacemaker, head of household, and community leader. He rallied other men and they vowed to take such important power from the women and so began the destruction of matriarchal societies, and peace on earth, the ancient Hopi story goes.
As I dove into the stories and histories of other cultures over the years I discover that primitive memories of our ancient sisters are still ambiguously caressing the DNA in every woman alive today. Primitive whispers breathe life into the soul of millions of years into the future, they are us. The battle for balance rages on in this day and time, as a collective we are struggling to find that light. But now, twenty five years into the new millennium, busy women bathed in a 5G world are too frazzled to remember or even pay attention to who we are as humans, or even who we are as a woman. Much of the knowledge of who we are has been taken away, stolen, and has changed our story. Even the words that we use today have changed their meaning. This is very much evident in the writings and symbolism explained by the late Jordan Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell spent his life uncovering how white western culture, in particular, has been sacrificed for the greed of a few. All by design. You take away history and traditions of a people and they forget who they are. And least we forget that western societies burned women at the stake for having knowledge of herbs and plants as medicine used primarily to take care of her family and community. This knowledge rendered the hierarchy of the church impotent. They wouldn’t stand for that.
Grandmothers are beneficial to survival
“We were working with a small data set,” explains Dr. Kristen Hawkes, “but we could see that the amount of foraging a woman was doing was a good predictor of the weight gains of her kids in ancient societies. Little kids would try to dig, but they were little bitty and there’s no way they could acquire those foods at the rate they needed to grow. Their mother foraged to feed them, but when she had a new baby, she paid special attention to the newborn; so then the food link for the weaned kids was their grandmothers.
Though evolution never marches in a straight line, it isn’t a stretch to see that grandmothers’ contribution has been profound. They have not been teachers so much as doers, with the youngsters naturally joining in—the original “learning by doing” principle.” Dr. Hawkes point out that “along the way grandmothers became transmitters of culture and tradition, storytellers and historians, nurturing the voracious social appetite that, in this telling, evolved as a consequence of ancestral grand mothering.”
So now you see that deep within our DNA is that gnawing at the male and feminine collective soul to once again take the lead, but this is a sentient revolution. It’s that ostentatious tickle you feel, to bring balance back to our collective societies. As if a soft breeze brushes her wispy fingers against your cheek. Your ancient ancestors are calling your name. I see it happening everywhere with young families today. They are motivated to elevate their modern family. The awakening has begun, I couldn’t be more excited! Welcome dear grand daughter.
With love from our ancient grandmothers everywhere.
Chapter one
Natural Law of healing.
The human touch cures faster than medicine and is much more enduring.
Never allow yourself to be sucked in by someone elses energy.
Do no harm.
When using herbal remedies give at least three days of treatment to work its magic. If after three days of care there is no change in the illness, injury or condition, change the treatment or care protocol.
During an illness, you would find it beneficial to limit drinks to an acid such as grape, apple or cranberry. Acid juices thins the body fluids helping to keep things moving. Alkaline fluids (vegetable juices) thus thickening body fluids impeding circulation. Never sweeten fruits with sugar. Use ripe for sweetness.
Herbs and plants have the ability to work with the chemistry of the body allowing the body a natural healing process which is not an instant cure generally, but over time. Pharmaceuticals force the body into a change thus masking symptoms.
3 basic principles of health
You are automatically healthy by design, and sick only by default.
You don’t catch a disease; you earn it, as it stems from crud in the blood from being drunk on junk.
You get well by what comes out of you not by what goes into you. In essence, health is as much based on getting rid of toxins and substances as it is based on optimizing your nutrition.
The Medicine Wheel
The four grandmothers in these pages are North, South, East and West in as much as they teach us to live a more natural existence.
The medicine wheel is a circle, round, robust and full of feminine energy. Feminine energy is comforting, soft, nurturing, nourishing, and receiving. The spokes of the wheel are that of male energy, fierce, directed, strong, protecting and giving.
From here the wheel is divided into 4 quarters each representing a season. Native Indians gave their wheel colors most closely corresponding to the seasons.
Note to readers; After an Ancestry and 23 & Me DNA tests, I can honestly say I have positively no Native American ancestry. The matriarchal societies that I encountered during my research were of an Indian nature. (Subject to change with added research) I appreciate these peoples’ legacy, history, culture and their attentiveness to the natural world. I live in the woods after all. Bears and other beasts stroll through my yard every now and then. I once found myself face to face with a Bobcat while taking a walk one evening. We exchanged a few pleasantries and then he simply meandered off into the woods. There was a message there, it was an extraordinary encounter.
Michigans Upper Peninsula has several groups of Native Americans. From what I have observed their youth are falling victim to the pressure of social media conditioning and overzealous bureaucratic governmental pressures. They are loosing the desire to continue their natural way of life as a culture that has existed for millennia. That which makes all of us unique is systematically being absorbed into a homogenized slurry of monotonous sameness by corporations and governmental agencies. Their system will direct humans into a mind controlled, total surveillance and with no autonomy sci-fi future.
If this subject draws you in, check out a couple of books by Mary Summer Rain. Earthway and Phoenix Rising. I think you can still find them on Amazon. She wrote several books, but these were my favorites.
Next up in Chapter two; The Spirit of Spring. It is represented by the color yellow and comes from the east. It is the light and the newness of life and new beginnings. Spring chases away the darkness and dormancy of winter.
Summer Magic and the Wee Folks
Here’s to adventure. . .