A guiding principle for La Ceiba Milenaria por Laura González Carranza In the modern world, we tend to understand and address reality through standardized parameters. These parameters are generally established by larger structures and applied to almost every aspect of our lives: to the food we consume and to the ways in which we attempt […]
A few weeks ago, we planted seeds from several fruits and vegetables, including radishes. Some of the seeds had been purchased from stores selling chemical agricultural supplies, while others came from seeds left over from crops we had previously grown. All of them were planted without any distinction. Yes, it is a bad season for
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by Laura González Carranza At this moment in history, humanity is going through an unprecedented crisis: climate change. A scenario that is only beginning to reveal the consequences of all the devastation caused largely by human factors. There are debates around this issue, about how much we are responsible and how much what is happening
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by Laura González Carranza The rupture between humanity and the Whole did not occur suddenly, nor can it be understood as the result of a single historical event. Rather, it has been constructed progressively through political, economic, spiritual, and cultural processes that reorganized human existence according to the logic of the coloniality of power. These
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From here in Ecuador — this beautiful and complex territory that, through the many turns of history, eventually came to be known as Ecuador — it becomes possible to reflect upon a broader Latin American reality that has deeply shaped the way we understand life, society, and our relationship with the Whole (a concept we
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by Laura González Carranza A long time ago, our ancestors maintained a deep and sacred relationship with the stars, the planets, the mountains, the water, the living plants, and nature. Everything was considered as a Whole. This way of relating to the world was profoundly different from the one we experience today. For them, each
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I’m not sure whether the concerns of life weigh on you as much as they do on me. But if they do, I invite you to listen to these words. I invite you to reflect on what today seems irrelevant, what appears to be a matter already overcome according to the modern world. According to
Letter No. 1. If you are interested in the relationship between people and nature… Read More »
Revitalization of Kichwa in the Yumbada of Tumbaco (Tola Chica Tres) Master’s degree holder Christian Valencia obtained competitive funding from the National Institute of Cultural Heritage, which was used to restore the ritual of the Rogativa (supplication) to the sacred Huila tree on Mount Ilaló in 2025. This ritual “was the most important for the
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Here we present a list of the videos we have created on YouTube, so you can explore all the topics we have covered. Gloria María Salguero, and the search for the sacred. Part. 1. Date: May 19, 2026. Watch it in English, here! Watch in Spanish, here! Richard Lunnis: Duality has underpinned the ritual architecture of Salango
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