Indigenous Wisdom
Stone Essence
Definition:
The living wisdom of all indigenous peoples.
A practical, feet-on-the-ground, present-tense wisdom.
Anchored in the Earth, grounded in practicality, an alive,
experiential wisdom. (Made from a stone that looks like
pounamu).
(See below for details of pounamu.)
A sea essence, made from a stone found on the beach between
Paekakariki and Raumati South, on 4 September, 1999.
Over the winter and spring of 1999, from April to November, I lived
in a little house by the sea at Raumati South, on the coast north of
Wellington, New Zealand's capital city. Most days, I walked on the
beach, and this is one of the many special stones that I found on
this beach during those long walks.
This stone, especially when wet, looks very much like a piece of
pounamu, though this has not shown in the photographs on this
page (the photos are over-exposed). Pounamu, also known as
“Greenstone”, is a form of green jade found in New Zealand,
and has spiritual significance to the Mãori people of New Zealand.
There is also an essence made from pounamu.
Click here to see the details.
Main Super-Essence:
Wisdom of the Ancestors
Other Super-Essences:
Mãori Spirituality
Dream Connection
Principal Category:
Spiritual
Other
Categories:
None
Affirmation:
“I connect with the inner knowingness of my ancestors,
and my tribal roots.”
