Welcome

Greetings from John,

HAPPY NEW WORLD! The Fifth World has just leaped into hyper drive and we are all trying to catch up! The political and social realms have metamorphed and the spiritual realm is bearing down upon us in earnest. We are being shown glimpses of futures we could make happen. Some are horrifying and some are glorious. The bummer visions are of massive earth changes sweeping up life like a great dust pile from Nature’s broom to the dust pan of history and on out to become particles and eventually the seeds of future planets.

The key to the resolution of this extreme polarity is, of course, the opposite of fear: LOVE. And that love is needed desperately by Mother Earth and her family of Sun and planets. A Mayan holy man once told me, “2012 is not the end of the world but the end of our solar system context of time. We are going from solar consciousness to galactic time. All of our precise calculations in Mayan Time Science are but stepping stones to joining the Universe. We are, after all, God’s apprentices!”

Now many of us share a compelling urge to leap into ever deeper spiritual practice. People of faith are discovering that their prayers are being answered more quickly than ever. Meditations are deeper and more fruitful. Communion with the spirit world has never been more intimate and meaningful. We can now forge partnerships with our Spirit Guides to accomplish specific tasks. When folks gather in celebration and circle up there is a tangible sense of belonging to something greater than our individual selves. What I feel, being and Aries, is a powerful spirit of pure potential. As if destiny had wrought the moment with something very specific in mind.

We must seize those opportunities which destiny is dishing out . But how do we choose a target, direction, goal or dream? When I ask that of myself the immediate response is coming from the bottom of my feet. It is our beloved Mother Earth waiting for our dreams to finish so we can awaken into the ‘real world’ again and return home to her loving embrace. We, her errant children, can no longer indulge in the luxury of misbehavior. We are now conducting our own rite of passage out of evolutionary childhood into becoming evolutionary adults. And Mother has immediate need of our responsible stewardship. Until we have restored balance and a harmonious relationship with our Mother , our personal dreams and aspirations are meaningless and only encourage chaos. So let’s get together and beeeeeeeeeee all right!!!

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Mission Statement

There is a tremendous waste of precious time and energy now among good, genuinely concerned folks. Reacting to the crumbling empire is getting us nowhere. It is definitely crumbling, or more descriptively, the dominoes are falling. There is no point in trying to ‘save’ it. It’s not savable. Let’s move on. Our purpose here at this site is to call in the visionaries. Those of us who harbor deeply held ideas of how an ideal society would look, walk, talk and celebrate this miraculous gift of life, are now called upon to express and discuss, and ultimately dance awake our deepest hearts desires.

Grandfather David Monongye, the last Hopi Prophet, said that in the Fifth World there would be one language spoken and one religion practiced. The language would come from the Heart and the religion would come from the Earth. When people live in balance with the creation nothing else will be needed. So this is the foundation stone for our collective vision. Through deep meditation, prayer, and seeking out the inner vision, we can not only describe what is coming to replace the faltering Fourth World, together we can start living it in our daily lives. This is what is meant by Dancing Awake the Fifth World. Are you ready to dance?

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AWAKENING

 

It is our time. We are awakening out of a seemingly eternal sleep. We were once awake and are returning to that state, only this time, as we wake, the doorbell is ringing. We wake on our feet on our way to meeting our new self. What an exciting time! To know there is precious treasure awaiting us on the other side of the door. All that is required is opening the door.

Whoever we bring to the door is no longer qualified to proceed further, other than opening the door. After that another persona with our name will emerge and carry on. This requires faith and courage. What will happen to the ‘old you’ when the advanced you takes control? Who will answer the phone at the office of business as usual? Will anyone recognize the change? Who benefits, and how?

The answers are hidden in a field of energy known simply as US. The old identity of ‘me’ is dissolving in our waking. It was always just a dream, anyway. The emergence into the mystery school of US develops its own character and destiny. It must proceed even though we have no clue where it is taking us. We can only hope it is going to settle in greener, more loving pastures than where we have been camping as slaves.

Welcome to the process of evolution. We are the generations of the Purification Time and we are the ones we have been waiting for. It is for us to ‘Dance Awake the Fifth World’.

Now our source of guidance and inspiration lives inside us. We can call upon It anytime and receive immediate response. This Fifth World Energy slipped up on us and took most of us by surprise. Since then it has been increasing and we have taken it into our hearts mostly unconsciously. The waking up is the knowing it is present and beginning to realize we must get in the driver’s seat and steer.

Unlike the past, which allowed us to live under the illusion that we were each unique and separate, this new energy requires us to be US, Terrans, Family, Tribe, etc. Our survival depends on love, cooperation, collaboration and self sacrifice. Welcome to the Fifth World. Are you ready to dance with us? Frankly, it’s the only game in town where everybody is a winner.

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The Fifth World Defined

 

The Fifth World is either the present world, or the next world, in several Native American beliefs which center around a cyclical understanding of time. According to both Native American Hopi mythology and Maya mythology, the current world we inhabit is the “Fourth World.” In both belief systems, time is cyclical, and the end of one world is the beginning of the next. For the Hopi, the end of the fourth world is marked by the arrival of Pahana, or the lost “White Brother.” The Maya calendar charts out this progression through astrology, concluding that the current, fourth world will end sometime near the December solstice in 2012 (dates vary based on interpretation).

The Aztecs held similar beliefs, but they believed we are currently in the fifth world, and that it is the sixth world that is to arrive next.

The coming Fifth World (where our present World is presented as the Fourth) is said to arrive following a cycle in Nature affecting our entire Solar System, where our Earth births an Egg (Mystery Egg, Hidden Egg) and then moves “up” within our system to reach its crowning place. All of the Earth’s life is then said to be “raised” to its perfected-eternal form. Some tribes refer to this period of change as “Purification Time.” During this period of Purification, Time is said to change where we must choose between the natural Time we have now upon our Earth (meant for us) and an unnatural Time structure which removes us from Nature and our opportunity to reach the Fifth World. It is told that everyone will have to choose between the two Time frames– one leading to the Fifth World with our Earth, and the other (which will be very alluring, deceiving many) which will remove us from our Earth, taking us to oblivion.

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Fifth World Apprenticeship

Perhaps I am so appreciative of this form of education because I have apprenticed with so many masters throughout my life. I am, in fact, still an apprentice at the age of 67. I seem to attract great teachers. I have never been one to go out in search of them,They just seem to find me. Anyway, I would like to share some of my insights which developed from my learning experiences.Apprenticeship is the oldest form of learning. It is so effective that most of creation is dependant upon parental and collective guidance for survival, and evolution. Seldom in the biological world does any species enter this world knowing how to feed itself. It’s up to the adults to impart this knowledge, always by example. A modern theory of evolution states that the sole function of life is to generate and pass on information. Consciousness is the only eternal reality. Everything else is impermanent, therefore an illusion.So now we are entering an entirely new cycle of evolution. You might ask, “so why do we need to remember our past experience if we are about to experience a new reality”? That is a very valid question and one which must be answered before we can proceed into our new experience. My answer is that we must learn how to learn, no matter where we go next. The unbroken transmission from the learned to the unlearned is a natural obligation of having a life. Learning is the process of interpreting our reality. Without the process there would be no need for experience. And even a rock has consciousness. We know because it knows how to be a rock. It follows all the laws of rock ness, in the context of The Law we all must follow, the Law of Nature.

What is being offered in this transitional time is vision. Vision can only be interpreted from experience. That which we have been until now provides the perspective for what we are becoming. That is what qualifies us to inherit the Fifth World. ‘Without Attachment Remember to Remember’ should become the watchword of the future.

Discernment is the act of choosing based on three aspects. The first is a complete investigation of the options. Do your perceptual homework. The second is thorough survey of your choice options using your heart as the evaluator. Which ones sing with the charge of greatest growth and health for you? Which will most plausibly reach your chosen goal? When you have one or two (or three) possibilities in hand, relax and then ask God to lead you to your goal, in whatever way He chooses best.

Storytelling is the timeless process of passing it on. The story, whatever the story, is about ‘us’. The story (experience) of the Fourth World is a profoundly revealing saga of misunderstanding ourselves. It is the ultimate fable because it contains a ‘moral’ soon to be determined: the survival of the human race. Future generations cannot afford to ignore this legacy. If they do, no evolution will be accomplished. History, not understood, will repeat itself. This time around the cycle of cycles our ignorance will be fatal to the species. Our ‘getting it’ in time is the crucial factor. Now there’s a story to tell! But what if there is no story teller left alive?

The good news is, never before in human evolution has our purpose been more accessible. What is being revealed to our spiritual essence in these days is nothing less than enlightenment. As the Buddhists tell us, until the last sentient being is enlightened we will all be mired in this self made illusion known as samsara. Samsara is the karmic condition which brings us back to the starting point of birth after birth after birth. The longer it takes us to ‘get it’ the more we will suffer. It is so essential that we ‘get it’ that many already enlightened beings have for millennia choosen to be reborn just to help us ‘get it’. The Bodhisatvas know that the journey back to our oneness with the Creation is the purpose of all life. When we realize that we cannot be separate from the Creator, we will eventually become creators of universes, ourselves.

APPRENTICESHIP UPDATED

Whereas the original model of apprenticeship was the father to son, mother to daughter, daughter to aunt, etc., our present need for another, deeper level is challenging our creative response. . As this new dispensation of focalized spiritual energy intensifies, our response should be gratefully accepting and practicing with the gift. Our collective spontaneous cognition is urging us to circle the wagons. Hopi elders always urged , “The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves and be good to each other and don’t look outside yourself for the leader.”. Together we can live the grace our hearts’ desire. We can effect outcomes through prayer. We can protect ourselves from disease, dangers, elemental disasters, insanity, and much more.

This prophetic mandate, now has become common sense. The elders also said that anything we choose to do must have the participation and approval of four generations. That means that we behave like a healthy family. And in this particular time, we take the whole family to school. This school is a mystery school. It is our collective responsibility is to understand the ‘moral of the fable’ of the Fourth World. Within that understanding is our liberation from that world. Then we will share the same vision of the Fifth World. When we all carry the vision, including the children, we will have built our ark We will have fulfilled our unbroken duty to our ancestors, and created seeds for the fertile soils of the next paradigm.

Today’s parents are being gifted with angels. These bright lights are superhuman seeds already. The Indigo Children phenomena is now recognized as a global one. These babies have come batteries included! I believe that their powers include abilities of very clear discernment. They are our guides. They have the instructions, the maps and intuition. What they still require is the story of the Fourth World. They must understand the gravity of the moral this fable leads to. Then they can guide and walk with us side by side whole heartedly.

The advent of the computer and the coverage and speed of information is now a useful vehicle for formulating the vision as we go. First, our research into the historic, scientific, political, and environmental aspects of the fable must be assembled. Then the cultural/social aspects of our story need to be assembled and examined in order to flesh out the picture. Accessing the particular information we need to teach and learn will be aided by electronics. What we are building is the new myth which our great great great grandchildren will tell their grandchildren. Each generation has its own experience, so we are integrating four interpretations of the data in our generation’s contribution. This is the way all our ancestors created their chapters to the story. I guess we should stick to what works. Respect will well serve us now.

I call this apprenticeship because we are all teachers and all students at the same time. We share knowledge of our skills as we build our ark together. With our minds focused on the goal of learning what the Fourth World has to teach us, we will be qualified to vision the Fifth World with clear determination to make it so. This is what I call Dancing Awake the Fifth World.

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Hopi Prophecy

The Balance of Life As caretakers of life we affect the balance of nature to such a degree that our own actions determine whether the great cycles of nature bring prosperity or disaster. Our present world is the unfoldment of pattern we set in motion. Our divergence from the natural balance is traced to a point preceding the existence of our present physical form. Once we were able to appear and disappear at will, but through our own arrogance we took our procreative powers for granted and neglected the plan of the creator. As a consequence we became stuck in our physical form, dominated by a continual struggle between our left and right sides, the left being wise but clumsy, and the right being clever and powerful but unwise, forgetful of our original purpose.The Cycle of WorldsThis suicidal split was to govern the entire course of our history through world after world. As life resources diminished in accord with the cycles of nature, we would try to better our situation through our own inventions, believing that any mistakes could be corrected through further inventions. In our cleverness, most of us would lose sight of our original purpose, become involved in a world of our own design, and ultimately oppose the order of the universe itself, becoming the mindless enemy of the few who would still hold the key to survival.

In several previous worlds the majority have advanced their technology in this way, even beyond what we know today. The consequent violations against nature and fellow humans caused severe imbalances which were resolved in the form of war, social disintegration and natural catastrophe. As each world reached the brink of annihilation, there remained a small minority who had managed to live in nearly complete accord with the infinite plan, as implied in the name, Hopi. Toward the final stages they would find themselves beset with signs of disintegration within, as well as enticing offers and severe threats from without, aimed toward forcing them to join the rest of the world.

Our Present World

Our common ancestors were among the small group who miraculously emerged from the last world as it reached its destruction, though they too were tainted with corruption. The seeds of the crisis we face today were brought with us when we first set foot in this world. Upon reaching our present world, our ancestors set out on a long migration to meet the Great Spirit in the form of Maasauu, the caretaker of this land and all that lives upon it. They followed a special pattern, however a very serious omen made a separate journey necessary, in order to balance the extreme disorder anticipated for the later days.

The True White Brother

A Hopi of light complexion, now known as the “true white brother,” left the group and travelled in the direction of rising sun, taking with him a stone tablet which matches a similar tablet held by one of those who went on to meet Maasauu at a place called Oraibi, where the present Hopi villages were established according to his instructions.

The Hopi anticipated the arrival of a race of lightskinned people from the east, predicting many of their inventions , which would serve as signs indicating certain stages in the unfoldment of the pattern the Hopi had studied from antiquity. It was clearly foreseen that the visitors, in their cleverness, might lose sight of their original purpose, in which case they would be very dangerous. Still the Hopi were to watch for one who has not left the spiritual path, and carries the actual stone tablet.

The Swastika and the Sun

Through countless centuries the Hopi have recalled in their ceremonies the previous worlds, our emergence to the present world, and our purpose in coming here. Periodically they have renewed their vow with Maasauu to live the simple, humble way of life he laid out for them, and to preserve the balance of nature for the sake of all living things. The knowledge of world events has been handed down in secret religious societies who keep watch as each stage unfolds.

The leaders watched especially for a series of three world-shaking events, accompanied by the appearance of certain symbols that describe the primordial forces that govern all life, from the sprouting of a seed to global movements such as weather, earthquakes, migrations and wars.

The gourd rattle is a key symbol. A gourd signifies seed force. The shaking of the gourd rattle in ceremonies means the stirring of life forces. On the rattle are drawn the ancient symbols of swastika, showing the spirals of force sprouting from a seed in four directions, surrounded by a ring of red fire, showing the encircling penetration of the sun’s warmth which causes the seed to sprout and grow.

The first two world-shaking events would involve the forces portrayed by the swastika and the sun. Out of the violence and destruction of the first, the strongest elements would emerge with still greater force to produce the second event. When the actual symbols appeared it would be clear that this stage of the prophecy was being fulfilled.

The Gourd Full of Ashes

Eventually a “gourd full of ashes” would be invented, which if dropped from the sky would boil the oceans and burn the land, causing nothing to grow there for many years. This would be the signal for a certain Hopi to bring out his teachings in order to warn the world that the third and final event would happen soon, and that it could bring an end to all life unless people correct themselves and their leaders in time.

Hopi leaders now believe the first two events were the first and second world wars, and the “gourd full of ashes” is the atomic bomb. After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, teachings formerly kept secret were compared and released to the world. The details presented here are part of those teachings.

The Day of Purification

The final stage, called the ” great day of purification, ” has also been described as a “mystery egg,” in which the forces of the swastika and the sun, plus a third force symbolized by the color red, culminate either in total rebirth, or total annihilation – we don’t yet know which, but the choice is ours. War and natural catastrophe may be involved. The degree of violence will be determined by the degree of inequity caused among the peoples of the world and in the balance of nature. In this crisis, rich and poor will be forced to struggle as equals to survive.

That it will be very violent is now almost taken for granted among traditional Hopi, but man may still lessen the violence by correcting his treatment of nature and fellow man. Ancient spiritually-based communities, such as the Hopi, must especially be preserved and not forced to abandon their wise way of life and the natural resources they have vowed to protect.

The Fate of Mankind

The Hopi play a key role in the survival of the human race, through their vital communion with the unseen forces that hold nature in balance, as an example of a practical alternative to the suicidal man-made system, and as a fulcrum of world events. The pattern is simple. “The whole world will shake and turn red and turn against those who are hindering the Hopi.”

The man-made system now destroying Hopi is deeply involved in similar violations throughout the world. The devastating reversal predicted in the prophecies is part of the natural order. If those who thrive from that system, its money and its laws, can manage to stop it from destroying Hopi, then many may be able to survive the day of purification and enter a new age of peace. But if no one is left to continue the Hopi Way, then the hope for such an age is in vain.

The forces we must face are formidable, but the only alternative is annihilation. Still the man-made system cannot be corrected by any means that requires one’s will to be forced upon another, for that is the source of the problem. If people are to correct themselves and their leaders, the gulf between the two must disappear. To accomplish this one can only rely on the energy of truth itself.

The approach, which is the foundation of the Hopi way of life, is the greatest challenge a mortal can face. Few are likely to accept it. But once peace is established on this basis, and our original way of life is allowed to flourish, we will be able to use our inventive capacity wisely, to encourage rather than threaten life, and benefit everyone rather than giving advantage to a few at the expense of others. Concern for all living things will far surpass personal concerns, bringing greater happiness than could formerly be realized. Then all living things shall enjoy lasting harmony.

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Written by Thomas V. Tarbet, Jr., and reviewed by a traditional messenger. All rights concerning this publication are reserved by the author, with the exception that it may be copied or transmitted by any means, provided nothing is added or deleted, and provided it is not sold.
IF YOU VALUE THE DESTINY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS MORE THAN PERSONAL WELFARE, PLEASE MAKE SURVIVAL OF THE HOPI WAY YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN, AND LET THE SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF THEIR PLIGHT AT THE HANDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD BE YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GREATEST PLEASURE.
For Further Information
Hopi contacts: Techqua Ikachi Publications
Box 174, Hotevilla, AZ. 86030

Thomas Banyaca, Interpreter
Box 112, Oraibi, AZ. 86039
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PS: Thomas Banyacya also had a poignant sense of humor. When he visited Santa Barbara in January 1990 for the Rainbow Uprising Campaign events, while talking to some young people, he observed “I think those people in the United States Government made some mistakes, and a mistake in spelling on their dollar bill. When the white people came they went everywhere digging up the earth to find gold. On the dollar bill it says ‘In God We Trust’ but I think that they misspelled that and they left the ‘l’ out of ‘In Gold We Trust’”.

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Thomas Banyacya, Hopi Interpreter

Thomas Banyacya offered to the Global Peace Walk to carry his written messages including especially the Hopi Declaration of Peace

On February 6, 1999, the world lost one of its leading messengers, for nonviolence and the spiritual reawakening necessary to change the course of human history off of the path towards total destruction and onto the path towards true peace and harmony among all life, with the passing of 89 year old Hopi Prophecy spokesman Thomas Banyacya. A sunrise memorial service organized by the International Indian Treaty Council will be held at 6:30AM in San Francisco on Sunday, February 28, 1999, at the top of Bernal Hill at the south end of Folsom Street. Details at 415-641-4482.

Inspired by the great Hopi Elder Yukiuma whom he regarded as “The Hopi Gandhi”, Banyacya spent seven years in prison in the 1940′s because of his steadfast conscientious objection to registering for military service. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was seen by the Hopi spiritual leaders as a fulfillment of their ancient prophecies about “the gourd of ashes falling on the Earth two times”, in December of 1948, those leaders from the various Hopi villages and religious societies met for the first time in history to compare their previously secret knowledge as per their ancient instructions handed down through the generations. Banyacya was commissioned at that meeting to bring to the outside world the Message of Peace and the warnings for humanity revealed at this meeting. For the rest of his life he firmly held true to this commitment, despite hardships and criticisms, and traveled widely to carry their message and in the process helped to inspire the revival of the traditional Indigenous American cultures over the past decades. Devoting himself totally to this mission, he still lived a simple lifestyle and he and his family survived as best they could in the traditional ways with some help from the minimal donations of people who supported his work.

Banyacya felt that his life’s mission was fulfilled, after decades of unsuccessful attempts, when he was able to bring the Hopi message and spokesmen to the United Nations (the “house of mica” predicted by the Hopi prophecies) to deliver their messages in 1992 and 1993 in the context of the gathering of global indigenous leaders who came on the occasion of the United Nations designation of 1993 as the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and 1995-2004 as the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

His message was simple yet still inscrutable to the mind of “Western Civilization”, that all of the problems of modern society are rooted in an error in human thinking clouded by attachments to the world of material comforts and that to solve all of these problems we only have to reawaken spiritually to the innate human/spiritual relationship to all life as our relations, and to all people as one human race. He was convinced that the simple spiritually focused lifestyle is the only one which will survive in these times of increasing wars, violence and even natural disasters brought on by this error in human thinking. His life was an inspiration, for so very many people, to respect the ancient wisdom of the traditional indigenous cultures of our beloved Mother Earth. Decades before scientists recognized the currently evident signs of global climate change he was warning that the actions of industrial society would bring on the calamities we now see all around the world with increasingly devastating storms, earthquakes, etc. Society would be well advised to heed this widsom and take action before it is too late.

Included below is one of his landmark documents, within which is coded the essence of the traditional teachings of the message of peace, which he called “The Hopi Declaration of Peace”. If one were to meditate on its deepest significance the simplicity of the message of peace, and how to implement it, will become clearer. Also included below is a document called “The Essence of Hopi Prophecy” composed by someone in consultation with the Hopi Elders whom Banyacya represented as their traditional messenger. He taught a generalized meaning of the word Hopi, as any people who truly live as “peaceful people”.

One great tragedy of his passing is that the many documents he has produced and accumulated over the years have not yet reached general public attention, but with the capability of the internet today perhaps his wife and children will get the help that they need to bring out these teachings into this realm of modern communications. They may still be reached as Banyacya, PO Box 112, Kykotsmovi, AZ, 86034.

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THE HOPI DECLARATION OF PEACE

It is in the Power of the True Hopi People to unify the minds and spirits of all true peace seeking peoples of the earth…

“Hopi” means “Peaceful People”… and the truest and greatest power is the strength of Peace…because Peace is the Will Of The Great Spirit…

But do not think that just because the True Hopi People have been told by the Great Spirit never to take up arms… that the True Hopi People will not fight… even die for what we know to be the right way of Life.

The True Hopi People Know how to fight without killing or hurting…

The True Hopi People Know how to fight with Truth and Positive Force In The Light Of The Great Spirit…

The True Hopi People Know how to Educate by clear thoughts… good pictures… and by carefully chosen words…

The True Hopi People Know how to show to all the world’s Children the True Way of Life by setting an example… by working and communicating in a way that reaches the minds and hearts of all people who are truly seeking the methods of a simple and spiritual Life which is the only Life that will survive…

THE TRUE HOPI PEOPLE PRESERVE THE SACRED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WAY OF THE EARTH BECAUSE THE TRUE HOPI PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE EARTH IS A LIVING… GROWING PERSON… AND ALL THINGS ON IT ARE HER CHILDREN…

The True Hopi People Know how to show the Right Way of Life to all the world’s people who have ears to listen… who have eyes to see… and who have hearts to understand these things…

The True Hopi People Know how to generate enough Power to link up the forces of the Minds and Spirits of all the True Children of the Earth … and to Unify them with the Positive Force of the Great Spirit so that they may put an end to affliction and persecution in all afflicted places in this world…

THE TRUE HOPI PEOPLE DECLARE THAT HOPI POWER BE A FORCE WHICH WILL BRING ABOUT WORLD CHANGE.

Thomas Banyacya
PO Box 112
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86034

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Hopi Elders Statement