Celebrating in Liberia – Our 2nd ETV and 4th Peace Hut is Accomplished! Story and Pictures by Harper M. Karmon The Liberian Peace Hut is a round shaped structure set aside as a traditional place where people meet in the local areas of the Country. In the past, the Peace Huts provided a place for communities to […]
South Coast Australia Aboriginal Dreamtime Earth Treasure Vase Pilgrimage with Ben Manbulloo Emery March 16 – 24, 2018 ETV burial on the Equinox If you were ever interested in experiencing Aboriginal Culture and learning directly from the Elders this trip is your chance. Benjamin Manbulloo is opening doors for us and bridging worlds. Through him […]
To begin at the beginning, the first Full Moon Meditation I was able to join was the one in which Dahr Jamail told of his journey to bring an Earth Treasure Vase to Utqia?vik, Alaska. It was wonderful to hear about what he saw and experienced and why he decided to place a vase there. […]
Nepal Pilgrimage; Coming Home to Gaia We arrived in Kathmandu just in time for the full moon and the festivities celebrating the birth of Buddha, known as Buddha Jayanti. The Great Stupa of Bodhanath was specially decorated and people came from all over to make prayers and offerings during these holy days – which continued […]
Hanford ETV is Accomplished For two years, Laura Feldman has diligently stewarded an ETV dedicated to healing the Hanford Nuclear site. On Oct 28th this vase was finally buried along the shores of the Colombia River in close proximity to the B Reactor. In 2015 our friend Laura Feldman, requested an ETV for the Hanford Nuclear […]
ETV steward, Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author whose forthcoming book, “The End of Ice”, is a personal, visceral report from the front lines of some of the places where abrupt climate change is happening the fastest, is taking the ETV to Barrow, Alaska, is a place known as “ground zero” for scientists studying climate […]
The Kimberley ETV is one of four 2nd generation Earth Treasure Vases that were given to Jeremy Ball and the Australian ETV Mob after the burial of the last of the original ETVs on the ancestral lands of Aunty Margaret Katherine in Jawyon Country, Northern Territory, Australia, in 2013. Magi and Eva participated in that pilgrimage, then […]
From Leslie Meehan: Leslie Meehan with the Santa Cruz Mountain ETV and friends. The Santa Cruz Mountains / Silicon Valley Earth Treasure Vase was planted in the Earth on October’s full moon during a powerful rainstorm. California is suffering from a drought, yet an unseasonal rain began to fall as we gathered for the closing […]
In June, Gaiafield Project co-founders, David Nicol and Leslie Meehan came to Santa Fe to initiate the Wise USA ETV with Cynthia. Following a beautiful ceremony at Open Way Sangha, the vase was driven across country to Wichita, Kansas, where we were hosted by Pam Bjork and her wonderful community. Here is the story: From […]
During my three months in retreat, the answer to some deeply held prayers was realized when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented itself to place one of our ETVs inside the Great Stupa at Boudnath!! The great Stupa is a powerful repository of blessings for the world and due to earthquake damage is currently “open” for […]
Buried October 27, 2015, on the Full Moon at Sundown Once upon a time, Cynthia Jurs traveled to East Asia with a question: How can I contribute to healing the Earth? She was given an unusual answer by a Tibetan lama, literally an elder living in a cave á la the fairy tales. He said: […]
ABOUT THE CANADA ETV, IN THE WORDS OF ELIZABETH CHRISTINE: At the end of May, I am returning to Ontario with the intention of burying the first Earth Treasure Vase of our lineage in Canadian soil – at the same time as the vase at Gabarnmung will also be buried. Upon receiving this vase, I […]
June 16-17 New Moon at Gabarnmung: As mentioned, Cynthia will be traveling to Australia for the third time to participate in the burial of the first of the 2nd generation ETVs at the sacred site Gabarnmung at the invitation of Jawoyn elder (her “mumma”) Auntie Margaret Katherine. Few people beyond the archeologists studying the site have ever […]
It is done! The final Earth Treasure Vase was buried in Australia on the June 2013 full moon by Cynthia and a group of pilgrims. Now, the global mandala is complete and transmitting our most heartfelt prayers, songs and dreams throughout the Earth for her protection and healing. Cynthia shares her account of the […]
As I write, it has been a little over 3 weeks since I returned from England, and still I wake every morning having dreamt of the crop circles and the sacred geometry of those “temporary temples.” These mysterious creations cannot easily be explained and have entered my psyche, effecting me deeply. Like the palaces of […]
In April 2012, Alliance for the Earth buried the 27th Earth Treasure Vase in the Itombwe Forest of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with the guidance and support of the Pygmy people. Nowhere on Earth are the issues that we must face, heal and transform as graphic as they are in the DRC. We, […]
This Winter Solstice we brought our 26th Earth Treasure Vase to Maui as an offering for the restoration of balance and harmony among all beings. Our global mandala is now being activated by planting the remaining five vases (out of the thirty we started with) in sacred places that are like key acupuncture points for […]
On October 31, 2011, we entrusted the 25th Earth Treasure Vase to Leslie Temple Thurston and Brad Laughlin, co-founders of Corelight, who became our good friends and collaborators during the ETV project pilgrimage to South Africa in May 2011. At that time, we planted an Earth Treasure Vase at the rim of the Blyde River […]
2.4 million years ago, human life evolved in Africa. In the ancient African teachings it is said that we come from the stars. It is also said that the reappearance of the sacred white lions in Timbavati, South Africa, heralds a time when reconnection to our ancient roots will help to guide our way forward… […]
The first vase for Africa was buried in Liberia, West Africa on the winter solstice 2009. We returned to Liberia in March 2011 to water the seeds of peace. To learn more about our second journey to Liberia and watch the companion video, please click here. The seeds we first planted in 2009 have now […]
The Elder Brothers in the high Sierras of Colombia were in possession of an ETV that was buried in secret by the leader of the Tayrona peoples, Ramon Gil, in 2009. Gil is both Kogi and Wiwa, as well as a Mama. We have been inspired by the Tayrona peoples since 1992 when a book by […]
In August 2008, we journeyed to the Arctic Circle in Alaska to direct our prayers to “The Sacred Place Where Life Began,” the ancestral homeland of the Gwitch’in people. We went there to bury the 20th Earth Treasure Vase and were hosted by former Gwitch’in Tribal Chief, Evon Peter and his family. Today, oil and […]
In 2004 a Treasure Vase was buried near the source of the Amazon River by Vijali Hamilton. Vijali is a sculptor, artist, writer and filmmaker. Her World Wheel Project has taken her to many places around the world where she engages with communities using art and activism to inspire a vision of peace. I have […]
In late winter/early spring of 2004, a small group of us made a pilgrimage along the upper reaches of the Ganges with the intention of burying a Treasure Vase as close to the spiritual source of the Ganges (at or near Gangotri) as we could get that time of year. We had already been in […]
Like many cities across the world, East Oakland is the home of gang violence and high crime. Activist Claire Greens Felder directed the MLK Freedom Center located in the MLK Regional Shoreline Park in East Oakland. The center’s work focuses on empowering youth to stand for change and become leaders in their community. The vase […]
Biosphere 2 was an architectural wonder built in the Arizona desert to contain the living eco-systems of Earth’s biosphere inside a structure that would model a living, breathing, life-enhancing support system to the world. The crew who built Biosphere 2, lived inside it, and demonstrated how the biosphere was a delicate living system, needing care […]
After 9/11 a Treasure Vase was taken to New York City by Wendy Johnson who also stewarded a Treasure Vase for us to the Headwaters Forest in Northern California. Wendy worked with the members of the Village Zendo to fill and seal the vase and a location in the wild land belonging to the Cloisters was […]
Interview with artist & activist, Mayumi Oda about the Earth Treasure Vase she took to Hiroshima: Mayumi Oda is an artist who is known to many as the “Matisse of Japan” and has done extensive work with female goddess imagery. Born to a Buddhist family in Japan in 1941, Mayumi studied fine arts and traditional […]
Our friend, Irit, a woman working with Israeli and Palestine youth to build peace in the region received a vase and buried it with heartfelt prayers in the village of Ein Kerem, a location she chose because of its shared connection to both Israel and Palestine. There is a sacred spring there where she buried […]
