Fire on The Mountain (Part 5)

Fire on the Mountain: A Gathering of Shamans INTRODUCTION; This is a documentary about the connection between consciouness and nature, as embodied in the spiritual traditions of Indigenous Peoples, whose ecological metaphors of the sacred are so relevant to the modern world. We shot the project in 1997 at an historic 10-day gathering of shamans from five continents, who travelled to Karma Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre in the Val Saint Hugon in Savoy, in the French Alps, to discuss their concerns with H.H. the Dalai Lama and high-level representatives of the world's religions. This documentary embodies the wish of these Indigenous People - all traditional wisdom-keepers, shamans and medicine-women - who requested us to communicate their message to the world. The film was co-executive produced by Michael O'Callaghan, President of Global Vision Corporation in London, and Sheldon Rochlin, President of Mystic Fire Video in New York. It was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack in Toronto, Canada. A producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) since 1980, his many documentaries include "Heart of Tibet: An Intimate Portrait of the Dalai Lama", and "Four Noble Truths" (narrated by Richard Gere). The video can be purchased by online mailorder from Mystic Fire Video at www.mysticfire.com PARTICIPANTS There were 40 representatives of various faiths and traditions, approximately half of whom were from Indigenous cultures. The latter were accompanied by intepreters and anthropologists to help translate and explain their traditions and rituals. Each of the principal delegates performed a sacred ritual or ceremony which we were invited to film. A. INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS TAKING PART ON THE MEETING: ASIA: Lopoeun Trinley Nyima Rimpoche Chief Instructor, Menri Monastery (Bön tradition), Dolangi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Yeche Namgyal Nyima RimpocheOfficial translator of Bön manuscripts, Menri Monastery, Dolangi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bernard FreonA Bön specialist, official representative of Menri Monastery in France. NORTH AMERICA: Aurelio Diaz Tekpankalli Purepecha, Spiritual Chief of the Native American Church of Itzachilatlan. President of the Condor and Eagle Confederation. Chief Jeffrey Hubbel Onondaga Nation. Grandmother Anna Haala Tlingit Nation. President of the Alaska Native Cultural Heritage Association. Sparky Shooting Star Cherokee Nation. Morgan Eagle Bear Apache Nation. Grandmother Sarah Smith Mohawk Nation. SOUTH AMERICA: Hilario Chiriap Shuar shaman of the Upper Amazon tropical rainforest, from Ecuador. Alexis Naranjo Interpreter. Ecuadorian author and poet. Shuar expert. Phillippe Descola Ethnologist. Student of Levi-Strauss. Spent three years living with the Shuar. Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études et Sciences Sociales (Paris). Author, "Les Lances du Crépuscule". AUSTRALIA: Dick Leichlener President of the Papunya Council. Tim Johnson Translator, conceptual artist. EUROPE: Fallyk Kantchyyr-Ool President, Tuva Society of Shamans. Albert Kouvezine Harmonic chord singer. Ekaterina Krynkina Interpreter from the Republic of Tuva. Nadia Stepanova Shaman from the Buryat Republic. President, Siberian Shamans Association AFRICA: Monte Wambile Of royal lineage, faith-keeper of the Rendille camel-herding pastoralists in the Kaisut Desert in Kenya, said to be the "Holders of the Stick of God". Orotare Wambile Interpreter for Monte Wambile. Mrs. Roumeguere-Eberhard Honorary Research Director, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Majeobaje African Chief in 1996. Initiated into the Tsonga girls in Khomba and with the Venda Princesses at Domba in South Africa. Rendille specialist. Daagbo Hounoun Houna Supreme Chief of the Voudon tradition, from Benin. Christian Hounoun Assistant to Daagbo Hounoun Houna. B. WORLD FAITHS TAKING PART ON THE MEETING: CATHOLIC CHURCH, PROTESTANT CHURCH, ORTHODOX CHURCH, JUDAISM, ISLAM, HINDUISM, BUDDHISM