THE EARTH CHOSE YOU — Indigenous Wisdom for a World in Crisis
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Ann-Peggy Hjerte Divine and Māori elder Erena Rhose discuss Indigenous wisdom and our connection to the Earth in a world in crisis.
What if we stopped asking where we belong… …and started asking where the Earth has already chosen us to belong? In this profound episode of the Divine Design Podcast, Ann-Peggy welcomes Erena Rhose, a Māori elder from Aotearoa (New Zealand) now living in Sweden, for a conversation that reaches far beyond culture, spirituality and environmental awareness. Together they explore one of humanity's oldest truths: We are not separate from the Earth. We are the Earth becoming conscious of itself. Erena shares the extraordinary story of being initiated into Mother Earth at just six years old, after surviving a drowning accident. Guided by her granduncle, she spent three days buried in the earth as part of a sacred healing ceremony—an experience that shaped her entire life and awakened a lifelong relationship with nature. Ann-Peggy shares her own Earth initiation in 2017 and how this experience became a foundation for her ceremonies, retreats and understanding of human transformation. Together they explore how Indigenous wisdom and modern spiritual understanding meet in a shared language of reverence, belonging and unconditional love. In this conversation we explore: • Why every human…
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