GUIDE TO ENCHANTMENTS AND CULTURE

PITIRRE’S GUIDE TO ENCHANTMENTS AND CULTURE

BENEDICTION
May all those who read this be contacted by and embraced by the deity or deities of the ancestral root culture that they are to be a part of. We wish for your re-connection, growth, and development; may you all become self autonomous, fully masculine, and whole.

INTRO

     Growing up, have you been told that there's no such thing as magic? Have enchantments been portrayed you as nothing but myth? 
     Have you also been told that you have to break your back and sweat your tail off for everything you have? Basically, you have been programmed that the only key to survival is to play the empire. Well, beating yourself against the wall and having money is actually not the answer to your troubles at all. Although the dollar bill is helpful in certain situations, it's not going to buy you connection to the real deities. The deeper question is...where exactly do enchantments come from? The two are deeply intertwined. How also does one go about possessing these mysterious talents? Although it might seem complicated, the answer is quite simple. It all begins with finding your actual/ original culture(s).  
     Indigenous cultures that have effective enchantments have several features and traits in common. A quick review of these attributes reveals some basics of successful enchantments. This is what we need to explore.  
First, think of the concept of 'Rock, River, Grain.' Where were your ancestors from? Which rivers or seas did they sail? What food did they eat? Other questions to consider are: What songs did they sing? What languages did they speak? Which Gods did they pray to? 
     Also, at what point did they go into empire? When did monotheism take over their very essence? When did the enchantments start to deteriorate? When did the love of a deity(ies) turn into fear and consumption? At what point in time did they get contaminated, especially to the point where the enchantments were less and less effective? At which point did they give up enchantments for technology and domestication? Overall, when and why did they lose their original culture of tens of thousands of years. When did masculine culture get feminized and consumptive? 
There are also other aspects to look at: Which integral traits still exist, even though they must remain partially hidden by the cheap veneer of empire? What songs are still sung that have traces of a culture's original history? What are their normal day to day interactions and activities that reveal part of their traditional mysterious past? What philosophies of a culture are still applied? One could start from these points.  
     To find all this out requires time and effort & careful active thorough research on your part (especially when it comes to avoiding misinformation) Also, no one can tell you where & how to connect. This is an entirely personal process. Anything but this autonomous sequencing is insincere and will only result in disconnection, misery, and destruction.      
     When did the psuedo-cultures of monotheism replace the beauty and everyday principals of indigenous life and culture? When do false cults and deities replace living functioning heritages? When and why does a God become castrated into a Goddess who can only exist by consuming its followers? Although there are different stories and timelines for every county and continent, a lot of damage was done worldwide during the arrogant Eurasitrash “Age of Exploration”. 
     The goal is to help heal the damage by inspiring people to trace their traditional indigenous culture and live by it. The closer one connects to his original roots, the easier and complete one’s life will be. This also applies to connection and understanding. These questions should be raised. What are you really supposed to be doing? What signals have you chosen to ignore or didn't quite understand? 
     Well, now you know better: the choice is yours. He who takes the challenge will discover in reality, the cultural enchantment is not only magic- it's a way of life.
     The imperial reign is almost at an end and its imperial torch will soon be extinguished. You are going to need this for what comes next. It all begins with the concept of 'Rock, River, Grain' and ends within you.

GETTING STARTED

     Do you feel that you live a hard life? If so, have you ever took the time to figure out why life is so difficult? Do you ever wonder why the complications come in the first place? There are many questions to consider that tie in.  
The first aspect to look at in this confusion is being rooted. I'm not just talking about having a place to live, a job, and friends. How close are you when it comes to where your ancestors practiced their tribal rituals? Are you really connecting to the soil you're standing on? How close are you to your homeland's original tribal ways? How far are you from the culture that pre-dated monotheism? This includes your belief system.  
     What are the people around you doing? Are they stuck in the box of only approved pop-culture with no meaning? Are they constantly demanding things and draining you? Also, are you spending less and less time with your male friends? Depending on the individual's situations, there are multiple levels one should look at, which contribute to the perturbation of one's mind.  
     There are other related questions to consider as well. Has the domestication of marriage taken precedence over the weaving of you and your male friends? How much time do you really spend with them? Are you being eaten alive? Are you not as expressive and loquacious as you once were? Who are you surrounding yourself by? There are many categories to look at which only you could figure out.  
     One more thing: When you are sharing time and space with your male friends, are you weaving correctly with them? For example, do you play affectionately, or is everything just formal and businesslike? Are you being controlled and consumed by a domineering wife or possessive girlfriend? Do you need her permission and approval to spend time with your male friends or things you like to do? Do you think clearly and energetic like you used to?  
Also, what do you do for a living? Do you do anything useful, or are you just pushing paper around? Would what you are doing contribute well to a traditional society or are you contributing to the empire? Making a lot of money and having the best medical benefits aren't the most important things. Watch not for how much money you make, but for more how connected you feel. You don't have to suffer-just be... and lay your burden down. Your life will be better for it. 
     Are you really happy with life or do you have a hollowness hunger that constantly needs to be fulfilled? How reliant are you on doctors, dentists, psychiatrists, etc...? Have you ever tried healing methods within your real culture? Or psychological healing within your circle of friends, rather than blowing thousands of dollars to people who really don't care? People unwittingly choose to run to allopaths, thinking they have all the answers, not realizing that these medical professionals are just that, businessmen who have the goal of making money, sometime even while robbing their patients blind.  
     One might find inner fulfillment and enlightenment by being connected to a real culture rather than living a life of imperial pop culture with no rooted indigenous connection. When that is all one knows, there is little connection other than the music one listens to, the movies one watches, and the drinking one does. Temporary entertainment will not help you in the long run. This can all easily change, like starting to expand your musical tastes. It is quite possible to go about your everyday life and be rooted too. There's at least a stable connection within and that would be a beginning on fixing oneself. It would be a great start on reversing the chaos and confusion in your mind.  
The 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and most of the 2000's are over. Massive change is coming and it would be wise to adapt.. Shifting gears would be most advisable. When the false comfort of the plastic imperial culture is no longer available for your entertainment, to numb your body, mind, and soul- what will you do then? Don't wait until the last minute to attempt to get yourself rooted...start now! Stop living off the fat of the traumas of your childhood and quit playing victim. This is not a valid excuse to not learn your cultural history and work on yourself. Stop blaming others and look within you. Have you stopped and wondered how artificial your life really is? Do you have the desire to make it real again? 
     With the upcoming changeover, it would be most advisable to be attached to a real culture. At this point, monotheism - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahai, etc. will not suffice. They did not go far back enough; their heritage is only of violent oppression and insanity. 
     Other imperial attempts at culture- Vedic, Buddhist, and their Eurasian ilk are just as plastic and are just as useless. You'll need to get rooted on a real heritage culture that has existed for longer than the imperial control paradigms masquerading as cultures. Otherwise, you are really going to feel it. Anybody who is not attached to a real culture and who does not understand what's really going on is going down with the ship. At least being attached to a real culture, you will be protected and embraced. I know that embracing only worthless pop culture and monotheism doesn't necessarily make one a bad individual. Being a nice person, however, isn't enough to survive this transfer from the imperial fantasy to tribal reality. 
     Now that you know better, you all have a choice to make. There's something else out there and that something is real.. It's something that you probably weren't taught, but it's time to learn to rearrange and readjust your wiring and break your imperial habits and addictions. I cannot police you nor force you to make any decisions that you don't want to do, but just pass information. Adapt to a real, non-imperial culture (not pop-culture or monotheism) with these principals: 1) Faith, 2) No Fear, 3) Communication/careful listening, 4) creation, 5) Guiarq-Quebey-Tequiarq, 6) Discipline and self-responsibility, and 7) Valor. 
     The true deities from the real cultures are always with us whether we realize it or not. Most of us choose not to be embraced and probably don't want to hear it. We don't want to do magic or embrace a real culture, but we will for example, go to Iraq to 'fight for our country.' 
     There's a difference between being brave and valorous, and committing unnecessary suicide (that benefits only the imperial overlords). If one was to give their life for something, it shouldn't be for the Bush regime nor any corporate or religious American war. The overall picture is that they are unconnected, wrongly programmed, overly macho, and are warping head-first into a running train. Simultaneously, our beloved soldiers have the misguided notion that they are doing the right thing. ('Patriotism doesn't require thinking.') It is also questionable if all of this even registers. The deities don't abandon people; people abandon the deities or choose not to notice in the first place.  
     Regardless of what your belief system is, the real deities know who everyone is. You may not have a clue who they are, but they know you, your potential, and what you're truly all about and what steps you have taken towards connecting with them. They have a complete comprehension of what's in your heart and mind. Also, they know if you know any better (ethics and morals), and your level of responsibility. The question is: Do you ever wonder who that deity is or who your ancestors are or who they connected to back then? The Eurasian monotheistic monsters even stated 'Thou shall put no other Gods before me.' They even knew and acknowledged others besides their parasite existed.  
     The longer one waits to rewiring his warped programming from the empire, the more engraved that imperial mind becomes. If late, it's possible, but more difficult to rearrange and adapt, so start as soon as possible. There still is time left.. Just deal with the fact that you've been lied to, understanding of how and why, and move on. Understanding is the key to it all. You must learn, instill, and act upon a new paradigm, and set yourself free.  
Although there is an ever expanding list of what people are supposed to be doing, that's for the individual to find out on his own. Are you closer or farther from where you are supposed to be? The ease of one's life is really determined by that.. Don't look at it as anything bad and a loss, look at the change as liberation. Take the time to learn about your true culture(s) and remember not to look back. Empire is the problem, not the solution.

THE GODS ARE NOT VENDING MACHINES

     When embracing a deity of an indigenous culture, one must approach it like a growing relationship. Think of the terms brother, lover, lord, and friend. This is how you correctly approach the Gods, not in fear and trepidation rushed by the imperial religions.  
     People tend to look at the deities as vending machines. This is a common misconception, especially among people who are new at this. Once seeing that the deities are real, one might think he can do as he pleases and have the arrogant feelings of invincibility and power. All he has to do is press the magic button and “walla” , the job is done. In time he will learn that this is hardly the case, especially after being knocked around and/or not always getting what he wanted or exactly what he asked for.  
     Another common mistake is when one interacts with the deities only when in dire need. It could range from fulfilling a materialistic desire to solving a problem. Are you paying attention to the deity only when you want something? Although offerings are required in certain rituals, the deity is by no means a 'Rent-a-God.' Like a true brother, friend, or lover, the connection between humans and Gods is not one-dimensional, or one-way. Continuing interaction, praise, worship, meditation, and simply being in each other's presence are all required in good times and bad. 
     If you make a prayer request and it works, there was probably a good reason behind it, and it was within reason. On the other hand, if one didn't get what he wanted: 1) It probably wasn't supposed to happen, 2) The request wasn't worded correctly, 3) Sometimes, one is supposed to do the work himself, 4) There were probably other factors that one wasn't aware of (or didn't pay attention to in the first place), 5) One could be just plain impatient and have a need for instant gratification. 
     Do enchantments work? No question. (Sometimes even beyond one's expectations) When one discovers this, their zeal can get it to the point where it's abusive and extremely demanding. Not only is it unwise to give orders to the deities, you are meant to serve the deity's will, not the other way around. If any request is granted, it is under the deity's terms, not yours. The individual is not the deciding factor of the outcome, nor should he look at himself as one. This is where imperial spin-offs masquerading as tribal- like Wicca or 'The Secret' go wrong. They allow infantile desire to drive their goals and promote that the practitioner tells the cosmos and the deities how things are supposed to go, all with minimal personal responsibility requirements. 
     The deities could also possibly be at work without you realizing it. One should look for subtle hints that the invocation is in progress. There are times when people could be used as temporary puppets to give clues. They could even use a zombie to get the message across. It could be as little as overhearing a sentence which had nothing to do with you, but can ring a bell on what's happening or the steps one needs to completing the task. One should use his best judgment between a coincidence and a real message. 
     Animals and birds could be used by the deity to send information. This includes warnings, answers, laughter, anger, lecturing, etc. As strange as this would sound to the 'ordinary person (read: programmed imperial slave)', it's about being connected outside of their limited imperial world. The reality is that there is more out there then programmed people would care to hear. What one should learn is that there are different messengers than humans, power, and money.  
     What should be done besides 'pressing the button' are continuous devotion and prayer cycles. At least once a day, you should be making offerings for greetings and acknowledgement of the deity's existence. Prayer and meditation in this vein are also helpful. Keeping this dialogue going on a daily basis would be beneficial in your personal connection to the deity. If prayer was done regularly, a good portion of the trouble probably wouldn't happen in the first place. The object is to not let things get that far. One also has the responsibility to keep self disciplines and make the correct choices. The Gods are not responsible for someone who keeps choosing to do the wrong thing. 
     Embrace the deity in love and the rest will follow. Keep the deity(ies) in your thoughts. One of the main goals is not to forget who the deities are. To build a strong connection is basically proving your love and devotion to the deity. It is a bond that has to be tended, taken care of, and worked at. Having a running alter would make a world of difference.  
     Another core example of this includes researching your culture which revolved around your deity(ies). Since the book market has been contaminated with so much misinformation, it is your job to filter out which is real and fraudulent. Although historical research can be quite difficult and stressful, it can be quite rewarding as well. At times it could be easy and other times, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. With enough prayer and offerings, however, you will find a way.  
     One clue is feeling the situation out. Are you feeling this disgusting heavy energy with the information you are reading or does it feel right? This is one method suggested of filtering information for someone who doesn't have this knowledge or someone competent enough to teach the individual. Also, are you feeling that it's tiring or extremely difficult to absorb that information? It's advisable to feel, not overly think. Over rationalization is not the answer. The information that you are supposed to know can also come in pieces at a time. It's mainly an awareness factor. In some books, pictures can say more than the misinformation of words. Many books have great photographs of artifacts that can provide essential and profound information, yet the captions and accompanying text is drivel and useless.  
     Enchantments involve being rooted and connected, and living to serve the common good. It's up to you to find out where that non-monotheistic connection is and go from there. When starting out, however, don't expect to immediately be given the magic bag. This requires doing your own homework, not someone else doing it for you. Each main indigenous culture has a different set of deities and a different set of rules, as well as a language to learn.  
Getting more rooted and experienced in a culture leads to better understanding of what one should and shouldn't ask for. Age and experience can also play a big factor in this. The question is- what exactly is your motive? Is it to help the common good or is it personal desire or vendetta? Are you the only one benefiting or are you helping someone else? There nothing wrong with making prayer requests as long as it's for good self-less benefit, instead of fulfilling one's own hollowness hunger. You would be better off asking to be protected and provided for. It will be done the way the deity(ies) want to.

BEGINNINGS

     When first embracing an indigenous culture, one might wonder where to begin. There are certain methods that can be suggested, but the process is entirely an individual path. This should be done after doing some research during which the basic cultural parameters and proper deity names are found. Try to find an active practitioner of the culture who can teach you, especially if you are just beginning.  
     If you are searching  for which cultural paradigm you should be connected to and practicing, one suggested method is writing a request on a piece of paper that you want the indigenous culture you are supposed to be part of to be of identified; and request a connection to that indigenous culture as well. If you already know your connection, write the deity's name, being specific as possible. Burn the piece of paper with your signature, along with a small offering that is combustible or a foodstuff of the tradition. Afterwards, pray for understanding and look for signals. Your request will be answered. Be open to the answer, it may take many forms.  
     In your prayers, ask to be relieved from empire and explain that you are ready to walk away from whatever imperial monotheistic religion you were raised in. Do not go back to synagogue, church, mosque, or whatever imperial place of worship, for any reason whatsoever, especially for any reason pertaining to their fear mongering control patterns. Remember, it's either indigenous culture or empire- you cannot do both. There is an old Matouac saying-'You cannot dance in two canoes at the same time.
     Although the religion itself is sometimes easier to exit, altering one's internal and mental wiring and programming from his former monotheistic faith and control programming is a process which requires strength and work on the individual's part. Healing the damage and bad programming is not an easy path. This would affect a lot of the enchantments you would try as well. Remember, once you get this started, this is not a part time thing. This is to be taken seriously. It is a lifelong process that requires self-discipline and deep dedication.  
     Another suggested method of starting a connection and conversation with your deity would be from the element of fire. Having an altar with a sacred fire running can mean a whole world of difference. This can range from a bonfire to a simple candle or oil lamp. When given the proper songs and prayers under the deity's name, observance would be in effect. It would even be acceptable to do one big prayer and leave the fire burning for days on end. The sacred fire is an active lifeline of a running altar. To light the candle, sing into the fire and pray.  
     Once it becomes a regular practice, however, it would be inadvisable to stop. It should be continual and used to cultivate a relationship with your deity. Although one's connection to the deity would still be there without it, one might find himself surrounded by more obstacles on all levels. It would require more prayer, awareness, concentration, and possibly getting knocked around. The importance of a running alter cannot be stressed enough. There are some indigenous cultures that don't require one, but it would better to have in the long run. It not only changes the energy patterns, but helps the ease of one's life. Being a step in the right direction, a running alter demonstrates acknowledgment of the deity's existence other than only when in need.  
     Keep trying until something opens up. You will never be ignored. Resigning your effort after the first or second attempt is not the solution. The deities will know how truly serious you are. By doing some of the footwork yourself, that will be a good step proving your interest, love, and dedication. Learn the songs, the language(s), the philosophy, the disciplines, the ceramics and pottery (at least what distinguished them- What makes this culture unique and identifiable?), and the real history. The deity's presence could range from dreams to subtle signs. Just go with the flow, follow instructions, and pay close attention to the signals given. There is not a universal way to say what happens because it's entirely and individual path in which one begins. Meanwhile, take the time to explore yourself within.  
     It's possible that a mentor within the culture can suddenly come into your life. If a one within your culture is not provided, another way would be to approach one rooted in another indigenous culture. That person can help invoke that your deity finds you. He would ask his deity to get in touch with the one that you are supposed to embrace. That would be anther effective way to get started.  
     A beginner must keep in mind to not fall back into the paralyzing fear of an uber-omniscent parental figure as the deity. Taino culture teaches that the gods are to be treated like 'brothers, lovers, lords, and friends.', and Norse culture teaches to try and be as much as an equal to the gods as possible, and be valorous at all times. Any deity you have to kneel in front of quaking in fear; and any god who demands you go out and kill for it is a demon, and unworthy of your time. Treat the deities as you would a good friend or close family member, and you will be on solid safe ground.
     In order to begin this lifelong process, one has to truly want the connection. One cannot just be along for the ride. The more real and truthful one is with himself, the more likely it will go forward and be successful. If this is being only done to test out the waters, this will either backfire drastically or nothing will go at all. (It's also possible the person's life can also end up changing anyway.) Only the deity(s) will know the real truth behind the actions taken.  
     Keep in mind that this is also not the "Culture-of-the-Month' club." Although one might be of mixed ancestry, sticking to one culture is crucial. Which one seems most right for you? Where do you best connect? Also, which culture are you SUPPOSED to be practicing? These  
three questions are all related. 
     Also, please keep in mind that blood quantum isn't always the deciding factor, as culture is not carried on a genome; it is from spirit connection and experience. It is amazingly possible that one could adopt to a true culture outside his ancestry as well. The deities of one culture can mark someone from another origin. One reason could be that they are very good friends with one from that culture and fro whatever reason feel a connection. That goes to show that the deities have their own system of individual selection. When this adoption takes place, the devotee must go by the same rules and disciplines like anyone else practicing. (There are also times one might discover at a later date that he has related ancestry of traced far back enough) In that case, the community of that culture will recognize you as 'one of them.' 
     Knowing where to being, however, is not always easy. Reading the passage of the City of Tulan might help give an understanding (in the mythology section) Although it is an English translation of the Taino book called the 'Amatl Turey'  One might find it inspiring  in finding the indigenous culture  he is  supposed  to be part of. One must keep  in mind that the aim isn't to covert to Taino, but to allow one to find his own cultural path. It mainly discusses how people from all over the world were given their different deities and cultures and forgot them in time. Although we don't know what all the original cultures exactly were, my goal in these essays is to help inspire people to bring people back closest to a culture in which the deities are real. (Not some consumptive Goddess who drains her followers) In these upcoming changing times, this will be needed to survive and heal the damage.

OTHER METHODS OF CONNECTING AND ROOTING FOR THE SEEKER

     Listen to music. What touches you spirit? Do you feel a strong connection to the music? Are you in anyway touched by it?? Music can make the cultural connection as well- what rhythms and sound does your soul groove to?  There can be traditional “world music"  that you can feel no connection to at all,  but it might move someone else, and deeply change his life.  
     If you truly think that you fit somewhere, one method of proof would be to make a pilgrimage to the homeland of the culture. Do you feel a strong connection to the land and places there? While one should not his interaction with the locals, don't allow negativity and mishaps to taint the love for what he is doing with the culture of the land. After all, the world itself is not a bad place, it's the people that sometimes make it difficult.  
     Visit museums. Have you walked past an artwork or an artifact that got you attention and touched you in some way, a sight that made your heart splash? Did it suddenly get your attention? Gave you goosebumps? If so, there is a potential connection. So, what hits your switch?  
     If you truly think you belong somewhere that you really don't, delve into it and watch how fast you get spit out. That could be another method of how to get started on the culture where you belong.  
     Other points to look at are: Are the people of the culture of your choice practicing it correctly and actually following the culture the way they are supposed to? Or did they spin it out of context? Watch out for cultural rape, frauds, phonies, posers, charlatans, and greedy, cultish political power structures. If a group is not practicing the culture correctly, perhaps they are not teachers for you. It doesn't matter if they have blood from that culture-anyone can read a few books and hang out a shingle claiming something.  
     If you are truly unsure where to begin, one can start by first writing this prayer cycle on a piece of paper (then burning it), then daily reciting to the fire. 'May whatever culture I'm supposed to be apart of, and whichever deity I'm supposed to serve, find me. Please break my imperial connections and grant me liberation from empire.'

ANIMAL TOTEMS

     Aside from seeking your pre-monotheistic culture and deity(s), finding your animal totem and working with it is also a big factor in breaking from empire. Weaving with nature correctly requires first finding the animal you most relate to. 
     Whether one wants to believe, everyone has an animal totem. This ranges from all kind of people: imperial to tribal, rich to poor, good to bad, famous to nobodies, old to young, executives to laborers, etc. No individual of the world's population is left out. Does one believe or even know is the question. Just like finding your cultures and deity(s), were you ever informed about this or is this perhaps totally new information? Were you programmed in empire so deeply that this is difficult for you to believe? I would encourage all those still skeptical to ponder these points, which deal with the direct interface with the environment and other life forms outside of yourself. For those of you who are able and willing to take the journey, we now raise questions in working with you animal totem. 
For those who are clueless and have no idea, it would be best to view these questions. Is it fin, feather, or fur; or perhaps wing, flipper, or paw? Are you an air, land, or sea creature? (or any of the combo)Are you reptile, amphibian, mammal, bird, fish, or invertebrate? Do you best connect to a sea, ocean, river, lake, pond, or sometimes even puddle? Do you walk best in the soil of the forest, rocks of the mountains, grass of the field, flats of the plains, dunes and rocks of the sea, or sand of the desert? Which of the combination are you most connected to?      What part of nature do you best feel in yourself? What ideas come in your head when you encounter that bird, fish, or animal? Do you feel that you relate in some way or are you just indifferent? Do you feel that there's a connection to that animal you seen or encountered? Do you suddenly feel like that species of nature? If one was to add a question to the first essay (Rock, River, Grain), it should be: 'How did the ancestors connect to nature? How did one work with the medicine of his animal totem? What kinds of enchantments were done and how did they approach communication? Did one weave with the actual animal or animal spirits? To get an even more accurate identity of your totem, trace back to the continent and country of your ancestors. Somewhere there lies the exact answer. This is deeply tied in with working your deity (s) and finding your real culture. Until then, work with the species that is currently provided where you are. 
     Every totem (Fin, Feather, fur; wing, flipper, paw) carries it's unique medicine. The question is, however, which one is right for you? Which one correctly weaves with you? 
     Do you have any physical features of a certain totem? What physiognomy (facial features) and somatotype (body structures), and range in motion do you have in common? What are the similar characteristics and traits of your personality? Are you aggressive or do you like to hide under a rock? How do you react in certain situations? What are your neural reflexes? These questions are all woven together in determining the identity of your totem? 
     Other questions to consider are...does the species of your totem exist today? If so, how abundant is it in the world? Or are they extinct in this day and age? In that case, having a fossil would be helpful (or perhaps working with the closest to that species) If, for example, your exact totem is mastodon or mammoth, working with elephant would probably be the solution. Fossils (bones and teeth) would also be a good beginning into tapping into the energy and connecting. Wearing a fossil pendant around your neck would prove beneficial, so would meditation with a feather if it's a bird. Relics of your totem would prove most beneficial even if the species is alive today. When you've found a totem that best fits you, ask for its medicine. 
     Images of certain totems, like plastic toys, would also be a good beginning. It would at least give one a visualization of his totem's imagery. Although it's just a toy, think of the imagination it would be capturing. Carrying coins and owning stuffed animals, wood carvings and photographs of your totem would also be of great benefit. Watching nature programs on the Discovery Channel and YOUTUBE would come to aid of great factual understanding of the interactions of one's totem encounters on a daily basis in the wild. 
     Back when it was more practical, some indigenous cultures would send one on his own isolated in the woods or other wilderness to learn on his own to connect to the natural environment. This included communicating to the wildlife (totem or not). Whether it was for protection or weaving, one would learn the songs of the animal(s). Every man's quest is an individual pathway. This also included bonding with your totem, and learning more about it. The ultimate goal wasn't just to imitate the totem, but when needed to become the totem. 
     Totems that you see develop in movement, or sound, and their compassion for respect and relation to everything around them. It's seeing through the eyes of the creature of the land, therefore becoming the creature of the land. Developing a totem is not mimicry. Its aspects and natural personality connect your relation to the natural culture and heritage around you. Anything in modern society, such as TV, we do to mimic things from an artificial environment. This is how a real culture would avoid or fail to become a sanitary building when it was once a beautiful marsh. 
People tend to forget about the land underneath the concrete. Just like when one would watch a squirrel cross the street. Is the squirrel really racing to get away from the cars out of fear or is it using its natural medicine to be one with the environment. Do they see things differently than we care to imagine? Perhaps much more clear than one would care to notice nor admit? 
     To accomplish being one with your totem: learn the songs, sounds, frequency waves, the behavior patterns, the dances, the biology, the environmental interactions, the mind frame, and whatever else. 
     Although a level of concentration is required, being mechanical about it isn't the answer. Envision yourself being free and nothing else matters. Although the factual information and understanding can come in time, learning to weave properly and connect correctly can range from minutes to years to figure out. It's entirely up to the individual. You can have the parts to build a car, but the trick is learning how to drive it. The synchronization of these stated is the ticket to achieving the goal of understanding. 
     Knowing your totem, you could dream the animal. Going to sleep plating as the totem would help make one active in working with his totem. This way you are living the animal in dreamtime. For example, one can go to sleep and prowl around as a bob-cat. This is tied-in with shape shifting. 
     Although the contamination of empire over the years put a stop to this, totems and weaving with nature is another major part of being attached to an indigenous culture. Certain countries, religions, and whatever no longer bring up this very topic. By literally ignoring that very aspect, they are missing a big part of the enchantments. Another category is that they trap animal spirits in bottles. This is a weak and limited way of doing things. Not only is it limited and restricted, but very parasitic and cruel. Nature should be weaved with, not used as a battery pack for selfish gain. One might also think that owning a pet, visiting a farm, taking a trip to the zoo or aquarium is the easiest answer to connecting with the animal totem. Although it would be a start, one will never get the full benefit of weaving with his totem unless he witnesses its actual interactions in the wild. By visiting it's natural habitat, that is when only one could understand how it connects with the land. Video series would also be beneficial. Being held behind a glass cage makes the process limited. On the other hand, while rain forests and ponds are currently being knocked down and developed over, the cage is a safe resort. This is what makes it quite difficult in this day and age. 
     Another factor is many imperial laws stopping one from spending many nights out in the forest or other areas. This also limits the animal itself from correctly weaving with it's environment. A turtle or frog, for example, has much more enchanted potential when it is out in the wild and have a pond to go to. Although it has a better chance of being eaten by a predator, it can accomplish so much more in its natural ecosystem. That goes for any animal in it's natural environment that is not developed over. There's something special and magical about every species of life on the planet. Just picture the great possibilities on this planet without the development man has imposed. One could only imagine the enchanted potentials, and having a better look and connection to the Earth's land. Beneath the plastered world probably lies a great depth of nature no scientist ever stumbled upon. Although biological and behavioral facts could fill up libraries, a complete and true understanding will never occur without observing your animal totem past the veneer of empire. 
     What one can do to look past these limitations in modern society, however, is to use what he has. The first step into weaving correctly with your environment is to clear your road before you cross it. Get rid of your bad wiring and panic. Treat the animal with love. If you have fear, the animal will attack, especially if it is a dangerous one. It's like walking past a police precinct. Showing you are nervous and full of fear will most likely result in suspicion. If you walk past the police precinct like they are anybody else, they'll probably leave you alone. It's all about really weaving with your ecosystem. 
     There were several instances in the 1980's in zoos where polar bears got shot. Prospect park zoo in Brooklyn, New York was one of them. An abused polar bear in a really bad New York City zoo attacked a pair of kids under questionable circumstances. The kids were swimming in the swamp hole exhibit moat with the polar bear. The polar bear killed the kid because he was throwing rocks at it. There's speculation also that the polar bear tried pulling the kid out of the muck in the moat, possibly to save him. The bears were in a 100 year old zoo exhibit, with no water, in a blazing hot urban summer. Instead the bear (Lucy) was shot because it was misinterpreted that it was attacking the boy, who had gone to swim with the 'polo bears.' This is all from the programming of empire. Had animals been viewed differently by humans, the polar bear and the kid would both probably have been alive today. If it had been a more traditional indigenous society, all factors involved: the living conditions, the prospective/ and behavior of the kids, and the cops treating it like it was a game hunt. To top it all off, at the precinct they still have the polar bears head stuffed and mounted on the wall. 
     In modern day society and through the veneer of empire, the uses of animal totems are still applied in certain places. Those who apply traditional cultures would make totems apart of them and their everyday life. For example, if an image of a fox appears, that would be taken as a sign that a friend with that totem is trying to get in touch. Seeing certain animals can also be taken as warning signs. It depends on what one is thinking and the situation at hand. Another example is that if you see a skunk, it could be a sign that there's an upcoming situation telling you to be bold. Having good jittery eyesight would be a sign of blackbird medicine. The possibility with these creatures is infinite. 
     If one doesn't understand his totem animal, then he doesn't understand himself. Psychology, which is used in many societies today, doesn't work. The rest of Europe and Asia and most of Africa no longer have it. In the Americas, the coastals, but the inlanders don't. Confucianism is one of the points, for example when China cut itself off from its natural way of being connected, including Daoism, animism, ancestor worship, and laws of nature. After the Confucian way formed, they were very well on the road to empire. They had known to weave with the wild at some point in the past, and had deliberately stopped it so they could master social control. Those who stopped using animal totems have severely limited themselves. 
     Cave paintings are another method of finding out and connecting to totems. Instead of weaving with the environment correctly, cultures around the world have become contaminated with politics and consumption. Some of them, especially monotheistic ones, weren't real cultures to begin with. 
     Consumerism and objectification in place of weaving is part of what brought this major part of indigenous life to a severe limitation as well as deterioration of the practiced cultures 100's of thousands of years. This has brought severe limitation of individual identity and self-comprehension within ancient cultures as well. Just like every human being has a different personality, every individual animal has a different personality as well. This is also something that is probably not looked at. This includes variant approaches to gathering food, responses to situations, the friendliness, how they weave with humans, the slight structural differences, and overall understanding of the world. In reality, they have differences among each other not far off from the personalities of mankind. 
     As the empire is collapsing, it would be best to achieve self-actualization, especially in the aspect of understanding your animal totem. Work with it, become it, and weave with the land. This will be highly beneficial when the concrete of empire is no longer around. It all starts with Fin, Feather, Fur (or wing, flipper, or paw) and shape shifts from you.

     A great book to look at would be: Ted Andrews’ “Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small. Llewellyn Worldwide, MN, 1993.

QUEST FOR AUTONOMY

     Once a male has found his true culture, connection, roots, and self-understanding through working with his gods and totem(s), there lies another important topic to be looked at. Does one have his self autonomy, and if so, how much of it? This is actually tied into and greatly affects his connection to the deities, self-actualization, and overall how well one's enchantments work. This should especially be looked at if one was brought up in feminized monotheism and it's programming. Did one go through a domineering relationship, parental/authority figure, the severity of the imperial educational system, the prison system, military, or whatever else that took one's autonomy away or severely limited it? Everyone has their own story of how modern-day society has limited them and their freedom and self-actualization in their everyday lives.
     Back in the world of normal tribal societies, an individual was as an active participant in a group. The delicate balance of self and community was in effect. Although similar customs and disciplines were kept within the culture, every man was own person. The dressing designs were similar yet unique (ie. the Scandinavian Saami), and everyone had an individual way of connecting with their deities. The Hasids are a good example of how imperial people lost their self-identity. All males within the groups have the same beards and dress exactly alike. Where is their sense of individualism? Insectoid rote following and conforming renders a society without the dynamic growth edge provided by individualism. The ant-colony society may seem more stable short term, but it is static and will be stuck, and eventually rot and die. Powerful individual identity is not only good for the self, it benefits the culture as a whole, too.
     Money is also another big factor which contributes to loss of self-autonomy. In this day and age, it would be difficult to survive without it. People in tribal societies got around by bartering, trading, growing their own gardens, and hunting for their own food, and making their own goods. Now that there's supermarkets, shopping malls, restaurants, etc., there is no need for such effort. People have forgotten the very basics of existence. This is where schedules and imperial jobs come in: People have been trained to develop this fear over the years that if they lose their job, the will be homeless, starve, and suffer. Although it's probably true nowadays, this has given power to the overlords and got people in some submissive situations where it's awful risky to speak his mind. If they have no money, they can't buy "life's necessities", and since they have forgotten how to make things, they are indeed trapped. This is especially the case if one has to pay child support, has to support a family, and/or pay rent. Through fear and submission in this deteriorating economy, and deliberate miseducation of crafting, it has become quite difficult.
     We also all have been falsely trained, to believe that our self-worth is attached to manufactured material goods used as commodities by empire. Our social skills are now based on what kind of car we have, what kind of suit we wear, and how large our plasma television or backyard grill is. Our definitions of our self-worth are entirely based on useless products of empire.
     Now, more than ever, people are afraid to risk all of this. Sometimes, they agree to be enslaved just to stay stable. Having a place to live would be more comfortable than living on the street, out of a car, or couch surfing. We are taught that we will lose our friends if we don't have the newest, most popular brand of appliance or entertainment and that we will be outcast, ostracized, and alone if we don't conform. So, one would find it more safe to have a steady flowing income when it's guaranteed he won't starve, and be in the 'in-set' who have the new gizmo, and let the surrender his autonomy away. Otherwise, it would be an uncomfortable situation and his imperial status would plummet. Therefore, the reflex stimulus is non-conformity equals loss of economy could mean loss of status, and "autonomy" in the imperial system. All of this is simply an illusion.
     A true self-autonomous individual, however, would never be bought off to sacrifice his ideals and values. An example of this is Nelson Rockefeller's contribution to altering history in textbooks through money. The 'archaeologists' and writers were paid off to write false or distorted information. The school textbooks on EEUU Northeastern Native history were a lot different before 1970. This especially goes for any history in which Native tribes in the way of empire were mentioned. A lot of blackmailing and money can do a lot of distortion over the course of years, and especially giving out PhDs without earning them. The question is how well does one truly know his history? Is the writer being brought off, blackmailed, or is he just a puppet for a bigger agenda? Why were some tribes taken out of existence (Owasco), while others were entirely fabricated out of nothing (Lenni-Lenape and Stockbridge Munsee-Mohicans)? What is the threat for people knowing the truth, and what they were about? Why should anyone in power care, and what threat does an old indigenous culture pose on the reigning powers? One of the threats are the enchantments of the original cultures. The modern imperial technology has failed miserably. If that fact was ever widely understood, there would be a threat to the empire's very control. Any viable option to the imperial society and it's control must be forbidden and destroyed rapidly. In today's blinding society, many are currently who the true bad guys are the "official historians" (ie. Shirley Dunn, Napoleon Chagnon, Jacques Lizot, Laurence Hauptman, or David Osterreicher), or those who know better and just don't care. Just because there's some jackass with a degree, a typewriter, a shot-gun, and a big sack of money, it doesn't mean the information is real.
     There are also people who define themselves by money. This would include Wall Street brokers, investors, or people who are just consumed and controlled by their own stupidity and blind greed. The Madoff scandal is one example in which people defined themselves by the worthless imperial currency. He was caught having stolen more than 50 billion dollars (found so far) over the years. People fell for this fraudulent investment scheme, which was based on trust amongst members of the Jewish community. There were people who have committed suicide over what this man did. Their goal was to get more more out of it. Instead, they lost everything that they worked many years for. Was it wrong what he did? No question. This, however, also says a lot about the people who participated in this program. People should look at this as a lesson on the victims' end too. Not only is it about teaching people about dishonesty and it's consequences by using the defining of oneself by money, the eternal imperial quest of  "must have more." If the victim was truly self-autonomous, he would pick up the pieces of his life and move on, let alone would have never gotten involved in the first place. Instead of the joke 'Made-off with the money,' it should be 'Made off with the automoney' - (autonomy- just switch the n and m). In their mind, he made off with what they defined themselves as, what made them feel important and free. The fact that one has to take his own life over money is not autonomy at all. One should live free from these imperial burdens and be happy that he is alive. No matter how difficult, life is good, especially when you live in the penthouse furnished with hookers, right Bernie?--
     They were a slave to the money or value of it. This also goes for any of of the imperial casino-banking games, the stock market, commodities exchange, mutual funds, mortgages, whatever kind of "investments" can "reap a bigger profit." It's all shit, it's all a lie. Only a nation of greedy fools would cause and go through economic destruction and depression twice in less than 70 years, caused by the same exact behaviors.
     Another example is when people are hooked on drugs and alcohol (as mentioned in previous essays.) One might think it's okay to contaminate his body, mind, and spirit by consuming chemicals on a regular basis. He thinks that after being through growing up with strict parents that he is on his own. No one can control him now. If it's through peer pressure, it's the bad friends that he allows to prevent him from autonomy. The chemical is also controlling him. One must also be careful not to jump from one controlling factor to another. In actuality, nobody forces one to do anything. The chemical itself and the people do nothing. It's entirely the choice of the individual person who's doing it. He surrenders his autonomy willingly to the molecule, behavior, and/or outside people. The truth of the matter is that one is free one isn't. The more autonomous or rooted one is, the better his enchantments and connections work. The enchantments will render the severely limed chemicals useless. This is also why the history had to be changed.
     The addictive personality is one that has to be conquered by the individual alone. Giving up an addiction like alcohol, for example, doesn't mean the traits went away. It would still be in the person's mind or perhaps he would replace it with another substance or behavior. It is possible that it can be replaced with overeating. Instead of alcohol or drugs, the individual would then be controlled by food. The difference is that overindulgence of alcohol or drugs will potentially destroy one quicker. Food, however, will destroy one slower, piece by piece as self-inflicted obesity comes in. One's circulation will go bad, then one's legs will go. (it depends on one's body chemistry and metabolism) and the person will be immobile, and become even more obese. (Only in an imperial society with enforced plenty will there be "eating disorders" like anorexia, bulimia, and morbid obesity, neurotic "food allergies" to clearly non-toxic substances, or conceited restrictive diets like Kosher and veganism that allow the person to feel superior to others. Most people in the real, non-imperial world are happy with what they have, and what they can produce and provide from their environment.) In a matter of time, one's addiction(s) will catch up and consume him. The overall picture in any addiction is that hollowness-hunger is at work and has to be burned out of the person completely. Hollowness-hunger is strongly a non-male trait, and should never occur in a male.
     The music industry is another example of how people lost their self-autonomy. Being famous may make one rich, but at what cost? They can't always have their songs the way they want to come out? They can't always have their songs the way they want to come out. Half the time, they are being controlled like puppets by the producers. It's not as glamorous as it seems. Sleeping one's way to get far isn't exactly having control of one's life. It may get one the fame and money he's been looking for, but it'll invite other problems in as well. This includes being fed on by the fans, being bound tocontracts on terms he may not necessarily agree with or understand, and worst of all... having to live with himself, once the short shelf-life of his popularity runs out.
     In  today's imperial society, people's potential as magicians are diminished, without their choice at an early age in which they are not in control of. Imagine having that taken away before it gets a chance to sprout. Monotheism has limited men as enchanters in more ways one can count. This begins with a direct assault on his masculine core.
     Circumcision, a cruel monotheist mutilation which consists of the removal of the foreskin, is the beginning of which the enchantments are taken away. The foreskin is quite an accessory to the enchantments and self-discovery, and masculinity as well. The removal of one's foreskin not only limits one in his magical abilities, but limits him sexually as well. It allegedly is removed to prevent diseases. The reality is that the penis is actually prone to more infections and illnesses when removed because it doesn't have the extra layer of skin to protect it. When his core masculinity is taken away, it is painfully scarred as an infant , he's usually broken for life.
     Bar-Mitzvahs and confirmations also contribute to the loss of self-autonomy. The person is allegedly a man at this point, but in reality, the invocation is a marking and tethering. The Bar-Mitzvah is part of a formation of a xolotl ('shol-lot-el), which is a bottle that will trap and tether the spirit of the initiated, and therefore render the individual surrendered to entities outside of himself. A lot of the enchantments are taken away at the very beginning of xipaal. (ages 13-25) According to Taino, 'xipaal' is the age of the prime of self-discovery and to which the enchantments are of natural occurrence. A lot of the person's natural abilities are therefore confiscated by this process. The Jewish funeral is the second part along with the mourner's kaddish. The Jews call this place of the xolotls "she'eol". In reality, it WAS until recently, a small house of bottles in the underworld, also known as Xibalba. The spirit is brought out one a year when the yahrizeit is lit. The person who passed basically has a noose around his neck, and is trapped to be used as a battery for the living. So therefore, Judaism confiscates one's autonomy in both life and death. The Catholics put their own in bottles as well, through the baptism and confirmation processes, and re-enforce and boost it through the "Last Rites" blessing. They get you even if you don't go through these processes, too- non-inducted people are relegated to "Limbo", the Catholic version of She'ol. In both imperial religions, instead of passing onto the underworld's normal recycling process, the soul, is therefore preserved in darkness. The question is if one was to really understand the process, rather than what he was taught, would he really want to take part in that monotheistic faith he was brought up in? Wouldn't it be better to have a coherent choice as an adult instead of forcibly done to as a child? The strange part is, it's quite questionable if even a rabbi or priest really understands the full picture as well. In their minds, they are doing a wonderful thing.
     Another thing wrong with monotheism that takes one's autonomy away is having an intermediary like a priest or rabbi, instead of going directly to the gods themselves. This includes offerings, holiday prayer, confessions, marriages, judgment, etc.. The clergy are basically a glorified parental authority figure (Catholics call their clergy "Father"), and are like some people use religion as a weapon or for sexual or power gain, when it's allegedly spiritual guidance. This is also where they get a foothold where one can be programmed and broken at an early age. As Thomas Dykstra, a Calvinist minister and patsy apologist says:"God can only work on a broken spirit, so we must break as many as possible to help them."
     In some cases, any dissenting opinion will result in scolding, ex-communication or back in the day: lynching, ducking, impalement, being burned at the stake, decapitation, or as they did to the Norse, use economic control. They wouldn't trade with the autonomous, traditional Scandinavian kingdoms until they converted to Christianity.
That's why the Vikings were stealing- they wouldn't trade with the greedy, crooked, filthy Jews and Christians. It's basically another pyramid game and hierarchy. The Vikings openly offered valuables they had: walrus ivory, salt fish, and cheese. They enraged the greedy Christians by not giving then gold and metal, which the Vikings in Greenland didn't have and didn't want or need, outside of a little steel and copper. What happened was the Christians were offended by the Vikings self-autonomy and their active, powerful connections to their deities. Truly free trade and cultural cross-pollination was instead turned into a political game for dominance.
     Marriage is another example of an imperially encouraged way for losing one's autonomy. Elaborating from the second essay, 'Getting Started,' people lose their sense of individualism. According to modern day society, there's something wrong with you if you are not married, or a have a girlfriend or eyeri boyfriend. The binary worker-breeder-soldier unit in some form is all that is allowed. In reality, it's actually a lot more damaging having any of these. If one is attached to a non-male in anyway, he is highly limited in his self-discovery and magic. His masculinity is also surrendered when he fulfills the worker-breeder-soldier-unit paradigm. At the same time, modern day society has one programmed thinking that his life is complete. The truth is that when a man surrenders his balls to a non-male and marries her, he life is pretty much finished. I'm not talking about living, breathing, and functioning. It's more on a magical, enchanted level of masculine awareness and experience. The longer this goes on the more oblivious he becomes and it eventually becomes part of the structure. If one thinks he can reach his potential being with a non-male, especially being married to one, he is grievously mistaken. Regardless of how wonderful then non-males in his life are, they still feed. It would help, however, if he surrounded himself by male friends. Having a male friend or lover, however, who has heavily feminine traits is almost just as bad too. Besides, if being a male is a religion, they might as well leave the synagogues, churches, mosques, etc, and be themselves.
     Whatever empire can't do through politics and guilt, they'll do through diet. Food, therefore, is another topic which contributes to the loss of self-autonomy. Shellfish, for example take minerals out of the water and bring things with them. These nutrients would include negare, salts, magnesium, iodine, chromium, calcium, selenium, copper, and zinc. Being deprived of these essential mineral content could result in submission. Less nutrients results in less free thought. Therefore, the empire will deny anything nutritious to control people. One of the kosher laws in Judaism, for example, restricts shellfish in their diet which contributes to unawareness. Food that is smoked, which keeps nutrients, is also forbidden according to kosher laws. Pigs, which are also not allowed, have very high protein content and digest easily. Pork is actually more nutritious and digestable than beef. Animals that run wild like venison and bison are actually a lot healthier than animals that are raised in a backyard or industrial farm.
     Fluoride in the drinking water is actually a neuro-toxin, which is another example of deliberate imperial interference in the decline of self-autonomy. Public water supplies are contaminated with toxic fluorine products, allegedly to "help dental health." Fluoride dissolves the myelin sheath on nerves, and act as a neuro-transmitter blocker. They also encourage and seed brain plaques to form. They also happen to be cumulatively highly carcinogenic. This is what partly results in the population just going along with the imperial programming without realizing something is wrong. Edward L. Bernays (Freud's Nephew) was the one, who invented that concept. "Drink ze vater, eet is good for you.' Aqueous Zyklon B anyone?
     There are food products that can trigger feminine traits, where masculinity is compromised. Any soy products, especially tofu, triggers the creation and elevates female hormones in the male body. One of these hormones is estrogen, processed from the phytoestrogens and ester estrogens in many healthy foods pushed by empire. Some of the Chinese, for example, put soy in their diet on a daily basis. This very food product has taken away from their once masculine culture. Ever notice how many Chinese males seem a little feminine, being quite hairless and passive? It was not always so. The Boxers (Righteous Society of Fists in Harmony) in the late 1800's were quite furry, and so masculine, they were almost scary. They didn't grow, use, or eat soy. The sad part is that in China now, males are more wanted than females. Parents in China sometimes will go as far as having the baby killed if it's a girl. Three quarters of the female population's fetuses are put in the gutter. Due to a 2-billion-plus population, they Chinese government is seriously trying to limit it's growth. Too many mouths to feed. So, there will be all these males denied their genetic masculine potential, due to a feminized imperial diet of soy. "Recyclable" water bottles and such also are a hormonal problem- the plastic is softened with phthalates, which leach into the liquids contained, and are then ingested. The phthalates not only mimic estrogens, they actually block androgen and testosterone production. This is causing problems for pubescent non-males as well. All this for a cheaper, more controllable container, that is more damaging to the environment than glass. But plastics are made from oil, as is soy fertilizer. And we gotta sell more oil somehow, right Mr. Rockefeller?
     A good fun novel dealing with this topic is Anthony Burgess 'The Wanting Seed' where the government encourages homoeroticism with the slogan 'It's Sapien to be Homo.' The breeders are kept down until they rise up in Christianity which rises back to it's roots as a cannibal cult. The government is also trying to limit it's population, much like today's Chinese. Also, much like today's feminized, soy-munching males, male hippies here have a lot of feminine traits with food keeping their diet vegan.
     The other question with food that should be raised is raised is-Who marketed what to what demographic, and why? The Jew, for, example, claimed to have invented bagels when, as a matter of fact, it was the Polish. What is also the invocation? Is it to feed the population or to control and feed into the imperial religious paradigm. Calling it Jewish food is highly imperial. Just like there is no such thing as Jewish blood, there's no such thing as Jewish food. Bagels are Northern Prussian, not Jewish. And many other people including the Mic-Mac enjoy eating good lox, as lox is made form an American fish, salmon. Just like practicing Judaism is a choice, so is eating bagels and lox, which is obviously a 20th-Century American urban tradition.  Potato pancakes, also called latkes when they are used on a Jewish holiday, were actually eaten in Peru thousands of years before before the Jews existed, since potatoes originated in Peru. (Note: Ireland didn't get potatoes until 1600...people make a common mistake saying the Irish originated potatoes.)
     To be free, one must break away from the controlling parasites of empire. The first step one should do is stop and look around at what is limiting him. Every man has a different story. Although it may take a little while, only the individual himself (as well as his totem) is free from the addiction of chemicals, behaviors, or control. He must be experiencing and practicing open guiarq, quibey, and tekquiarq and have self awareness in whatever he needs to do. Having a wife or a girlfriend, a high paying job, and going to temple or church, is not the answer. The gate to the enchanted world will open when the individual starts making permanent decisions and when his autonomy is fulfilled. It's time to make these changes, where there's no going back.     
     In these changing, challenging times, it may be difficult but it depends on how much one is able and willing to feel it in his bones. If you've read the papers lately, empire is collapsing. One has the very option of not going down with it. Nobody was born contaminated or imperial. One doesn't have to die contaminated either and may even live a bit longer if the right decisions are made. As the jug-eared, mulatto, imperial shill keeps saying: "Yes, We Can".
     There are people currently walking the Earth that really don't have the right to be breathing the air and wasting precious limited resources. The current world population is 7.4 billion (UNESCO# as the U.S. government says only 6.5 or 6.6 billion.) The world's population will probably go back down to under 2 billion by disease, famine, and whatever else is coming. It is greatly suggested to be an asset, not a consumptive leech that is living off the fat of empire. When the imperial systems all collapse, a lot of people probably wouldn't know what to do, let alone have a hard time adjusting. No one is going to do it for you. The majority of the coming die-off will clearly be those who let the empire define them, and can't fend for themselves. So much for domestication.
     In the two books, 'Chilam Balam of Utuado' and 'Chilam Balam of Chumayel' it states that by 2012:
"All the Kings shall fall, and men shall walk free again on the rounded face of the Turtle (Earth)." One must brace for impact and get his wings ready because this is not going to be an easy ride for those who still rely on empire for survival. There, however, will be glory in the end. Self-autonomy will be the key factors that get one through the change over. It's not just survival, though. It's flourishing in masculine freedom and autonomy.