Visions of a Dreamer’s incomparable wisdom

an interview with ‘tsanti Maria Yraceburu Dreamer of Quero Tlish Diyan by Joe Montoya

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So many of the indigenous traditions of earth place great reverence in the teachings of Dreamers, Seers, or Oracles. The guidance of the individuals is an intricate part of life grounded in alignment with earth cycles. The primary function of these individuals is to speak on behalf of Earth Mother and Spirit, or whatever name one might call the higher power.

The Quero Tlish Diyan ‘tsanti is a tradition of the South American Inkan Q’ero and North American Quero Apache. Through lightning strike or snake bite, the consciousness of the designated individual is opened to multidimensional realities, and merges with all-seeing ancestral forces in order to guide the general populous to higher life and thought form. Maria Yraceburu is a 13th generation diiyin - Holy One - and initiated ‘tsanti and lightning healer.

Maria speaks about her lineage and youth…

Power and Passion

'My grandpa was an Apache Holy One. During the Apache Wars of the late 1800s his parents took their family into the Sierra Madre Mountains of Old Mexico, originally fleeing the reservation with Geronimo. My great grandmother was a healer and the apprentice of her uncle Nochaydelklinne, the Dreamer who foretold this time in history. From their isolated village in Bavispe they worked hard to stay alive and teach my grandfather and his three brothers the peaceful way of Earth.

'Now, I know Apaches aren’t normally equated with peace, but our Quero roots and peaceful ways are documented in the journals of some of the first Spanish Missionaries that came into the southwest. Our ancestors would go to great lengths to keep the peace before entering conflict, and this is also documented history in the records of the United States Army in its dealings with Cochise. In the beginning of conflict with the Spanish, the Apaches quickly took on the role of protectors of other tribes. The assistance the Apache afforded the Pueblo Nations in the great Revolt of 1680 is historical fact, and an action that kept the Spanish out of the Santa Fe - Four Corners area for nearly 20 years that followed.

'My grandpa learned these old ways in the traditional Passing of Power rituals of our lineage. He became a Snake Clan priest in the early 1900s. He often would tell us stories about life before his mother was killed by the Mexican Army in 1924. He went into a Place of Shadow for six years following that, where he lost his faith in our ways and the prophecies. When my dad was born and my grandma died, it was another trauma/blessing event that snapped him back into focus. In the 1930s he moved his four sons back to the United States and lived on the Mescalero Reservation with relatives for a while.

'Here's why...'

Continue on to Part 2 - 'Life as Maria sees it'

Joe Montoya currently lives in the White Mountains of his beloved Arizona with is wife, Apache elder, Sally Montoya, where he is a wilderness guide and Snake Clan priest. Together they work to share the message of Yraceburu EarthWisdom and Sisters of Honua with the world.

Maria Yraceburu can be reached through Yraceburu EarthWisdom. http://www.yraceburu.org

Images: Naylin Lage, Maria with Naylin Lage, Maria in Big Sur filming with Sacred Mysteries Productions

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