Andean Wisdom Path

𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐗 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐒: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝
Welcome back, brothers & sisters of our AYLLU (beloved community) of Andean Wisdom Path! Let's continue our exploration of the ways the ancestors of this land celebrated their deep spiritual connection to nature during this special time, when the Spring Equinox brings back the rain and the renewal of life.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝙁𝙀𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙔
In this festival, they honored young maidens, the fertility of Pachamama (Mother Earth) and the Feminine Principle of the Cosmos, which were all considered connected to the cycles of the moon.

𝘾𝙀𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙋𝘼𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙈𝘼
During this time, libations of the sacred fermented corn beverage we call "chicha" were reverently poured onto altars. Also, many sacred elements were offered to Pachamama, including sea shells from Mama Cocha (Mother Ocean) - carried as far as the coast of Quitos in Ecuador! In performing these offerings, the faithful supplicated to the Divinities, asking that the recently planted seeds would sprout with the arrival of the new rains.

𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙀𝘼𝙉 𝙎𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔
Even today, the people of the Andes continue their tradition of growing their own food. Many families have their own plots of potatoes and fields of corn. Traveling through the countryside during this time, you will see parents, children, aunts and uncles working together to cultivate their fields.

While life is renewing here at this time and the people have just begun to plant their crops, those of you in the Northern Hemisphere are beginning to enjoy harvesting from your gardens.

Now we would love to hear from you. How do YOU experience the blessings of Divine Feminine energy during this month of September?

𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐗 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐒: 𝐂𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐢
Happy Equinox, brothers & sisters of our AYLLU (beloved community) of Andean Wisdom Path! While those of you in the northern hemisphere are experiencing the fall equinox, with cooling temperatures and shorter days, we in the Andes of the southern hemisphere are enjoying Spring’s renewal, with longer days, warming nights and the greening of the mountains with the first rains of the season.

As anyone who has visited the great temples in the land of the Inca knows, the ancestors here were deeply attuned to the rhythms of the Earth and Sky - especially the solstices and equinoxes. So it comes as no surprise that the native people used to celebrate this powerful time in the turning of the wheel of the year.

The Inca people dedicated this month’s celebrations mostly to fertility, to the Coya (the "Sapa Inca" or Inca King's principal wife), and to honoring Mama Quilla (the Mother Moon).

During this month of September, we will highlight some of the fascinating events that took place at this time. Stay tuned! We have more to share.

Meanwhile, we would love to hear from you. What activities do you enjoy doing to celebrate the equinox at this time? What does this time of the turning of the seasons mean for you?

Happy Pachamama Month! The whole month of August is dedicated to our beloved Mother Earth here in the Andes, with many ceremonies making offerings expressing gratitude for all She gives us, and prayers for Her blessings.

Here in Cusco the municipality of San Sebastian gave a beautiful show at an impressive archeological site off the beaten path, immersed in nature away from the crowds called Inkilltambo. It started with a big cloth spread out where people were invited to make their offerings and blow their prayers in coca leaf bundles called k'intus. Young and old, modern and traditional people participated.

Then there was a colorful display of dancing and actors acting as the Inka King and Queen with their followers offering our gifts and prayers to Pachamama, with native music, all along the terraces of the ancient Inca site.

It was encouraging to see that almost everyone was a local person. The Andean Cosmovisión is still practiced by the people today, despite centuries of Spanish "extirpation" and modern Media influences.

May Pachamama shower you with Her blessings of abundance, health, love and success in fulfilling your dreams!

Happy New Year, brothers & sisters in our AYLLU (beloved community) of Andean Wisdom Path!

May you walk the path of "SUMAK KAUSAY" - path of living in love, balance, peace and harmony - in the new year! And may the blessings of the Living Cosmos flow into your lives. This beautiful phrase in Quechua means many things in our "Cosmovision", our world view:

* KAUSAY is the dynamic, animating life force that connects humans, community, and nature. In the Andean culture, we see all things as "alive".

* The Universe is made of "Kausay" and so everything in it - the Father Cosmos (Pachatayta) and his sun, moon, and stars - the Mother Earth (Pachamama) and her mountains, lakes, rivers, and wind - as well as plants, animals and we humans.

* The PACHA is the Universe, which merges both space and time. My ancestors believed in an interconnected cosmos where place, time, and consciousness are united as one.

•⁠ ⁠The universe is alive! And that's why in the Andes we call it the "KAUSAY PACHA" - the living cosmos.

* In Quechua, the language of my people, SUMAK could be translated as "beautiful", "divine" or "glorious".

According to my ancestral tradition, the purpose of the spiritual life is to live the way of "SUMAK KAUSAY" - in peace, love and harmony with the living universe and everything in it. As we live in harmony, the Divine Energy that animates and creates our magnificent Universe brings us many blessings - health, happiness, abundance and loving relations.

Many blessings to you and your loved ones,
Karupureq & Flamissia

Dear brothers and sisters from the AYLLU (our beloved community), we at Andean Wisdom Path (AWP) are wishing you a lovely MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is the time when people around the world open their hearts to celebrate in the spirit of love, generosity and harmony. In the Andes we believe there is a seed of Divine Love - what we call "MUNAY" - in every heart. We are living in service to this love.

When we celebrate Christmas here in Peru, we are celebrating the birth of MUNAY within us all.

So let us bless everyone with the Christmas spirit with hearts filled with MUNAY - not only during the holidays but also throughout the whole year!

Let the MUNAY - Divine Love - flow to all the world!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

With MUNAY 💖 from our hearts to yours,
⁠Karupureq and Flamissia.

Happy Solstice dear Brothers & Sisters of Andean Wisdom Path!

This is the day of "Qhapac Inti Raymi", when the old Sun rises as the summer solstice in the south hemisphere. According to the Andean calendar, the two most important celebrations were the "Inti Raymi" (meaning the celebration of the Sun) and the "Qhapac Inti Raymi" (the grand festival of the Sun), which were celebrated during the two solstices, the first in June at the shortest day and the second today in December for the longest day here south of the equator.

Both events are associated with the dry season (June) and the rainy season (December), seasons that defined key moments for agricultural activities. My ancestors differentiated these two events as the old Sun (Inti) during "Qapac Raymi" now and the young Sun King during the "Inti Raymi' in June.

While tourists from around the world flock to Cusco for the famous "Inti Raymi'" pageant, December's summer solstice was considered more important during the Inca era. They conducted large rituals expressing gratitude to "Tayta Inti" Father Sun and the renewal of "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) because in this time of abundant rain our Pachamama makes herself beautiful in her full splendor.

Also they made sacrifices of black llamas, offered much gold and silver, and the sacred "mullo" (sea shells). They shared a big feast and drank the sacred "chicha' (beverage of fermented corn).

While both celebrations honored the two major phases in the cycle of our sun, the Andean ancestors also worshipped the principal Light, the Source of all Light and Energy, the "Illya Teqse ". The ancient ones considered the sun we see in the sky as a representation of this Primordial Light. They worshipped with dances, songs and fasting, receiving the light of the Sun barefoot!

Which title for our first introductory course to the Andean spiritual cosmology do you prefer?

1. 𝐍̃𝐚𝐰𝐩𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐚: 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦
𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑠
2. 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐐𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬
𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑
3. 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐩𝐚 𝐍̃𝐚𝐧: 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲
𝐴𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

My husband Karupureq and I are excited to partner with our beloved friend and soul sister Peggy to create a powerful healing, spiritual and mystical experience! Can't wait to welcome you in the beautiful Andes!

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Greetings Andean Wisdom Path brothers & sisters!

Just a few days ago your "Wayquey" (brother) Karupureq and "Panay" (sister) Flamissia went to an archeological site officially called "Tambo Mach'ay". A "Mach'ay" is a considered a sacred opening into the womb of the Pachamama, the places where, according to Andean mythology, we are born out of the Ukhupacha (the underworld) and into this material dimension. While the official site has niches made from megalithic stones and fountains that express the Andean cosmology and still flow today, the real "mach'ay" is located above the site, at a cave where few tourists visit. We know that this cave was considered a sacred place for ceremonial offerings, as a wall of Inca construction protects its border. Within the cave is fresh evidence of smoke from fires, and coca leaf offerings, signs that it is still in use for ceremony and reverence today.

The archeological site below the cave is filled with wonders. The niches are immense, the stone walls are constructed to perfectly fit around the large stones of the bedrock in an expression of reverence and respect for the natural landscape, and the fountains continue to flow after many centuries. Here, like in all the archeological sites, we can demonstrate evidence of construction methods made by a superior intelligence than anything humans have ever demonstrated before. Like all the magnificent and awe-inspiring mystical sites in this very special area of the world, the archeological site mistakenly called "Tambo Mach'ay" expresses an ancient cosmology that reflects our inextricable connection with a sacred and living Cosmos of Earth & Sky.

We welcome you with open arms and loving hearts to join us in Peru for a mystical tour of this and many other unforgettable sites that will elevate your spirit. Look for our website under our name, "Andean Wisdom Path" to see what mystical experience of transformation awaits you!

Sending Munay, sacred unconditional love, to all of you!
Your Brother and Sister,
Karupureq & Flamissia