Michael Brown, author of ‘The Presence Process’ and ‘Alchemy of the Heart’ spoke about the Huichol Indians, their customs and traditions. Michael who lived in Arizona in the United States for 10 years, gave the club members an unusual and deep insight into the Huichol’s relationship with the earth, their belief systems and their wonderful ’hands on’ development of both the mental and physical upbringing of their children to the child’s eventual maturity to becoming an adult. The Huichol Indians live mostly in the southern part of Mexico.
An interesting aspect was the Huichol’s 7 year structure of the child’s development and the similarities of the celebrations of these structures to those of the western world.
The Aberdeen Garden Club meeting was extremely well attended and enjoyed by all.
Article By: Joan Tinker