Birthing an Ancient Future: Co-Creating a Living Web of Peace-Builders

A Sacred Architecture for Planetary Renewal

In the cradle of Earth’s dreaming—where spirals of time dance with the breath of stars and the roots of our becoming—Birthing an Ancient Future emerges as a ceremonial architecture for planetary healing and conscious evolution.


At its heart stands the Multidisciplinary Council of Peace-Builders, a sacred alliance of elders, visionaries, scientists, artists, therapists, ancestral wisdom keepers, transpersonal activists, children, and future generations—rising in unity to respond to a world in transition.

Grandmother Spider: Weaving the Sacred Web of Interbeing

Rooted in the guiding archetype of Grandmother Spider, the Council honors a mythic force revered in Hopi, Navajo, and Cherokee traditions. Grandmother Spider is known as the weaver of the world, the guardian of creativity, relationality, and the cosmic laws of life (Caduto & Bruchac, 1988; Erdoes & Ortiz, 1984).

Through this guiding symbol, the Council weaves a tapestry of Indigenous cosmologies and contemporary transpersonal frameworks, reclaiming the wisdom of interdependence in the face of planetary fragmentation

A Transdisciplinary Praxis for Sacred Action
This is more than a vision—it is a living ceremonial praxis.

Our work integrates:

  • Embodied leadership and expanded states of consciousness

  • Transpersonal psychology and sacred medicine work

  • Reciprocal intercultural dialogue

  • Practices of intimate wholeness and heart-centered peace

Together, we are co-creating a new planetary ethic grounded in respect, reciprocity, and responsibilit

Co-Creating Peace-Builder Councils Across the Earth

The Multidisciplinary Council of Peace-Builders envisions the co-creation of living sacred communities through:

  • Intimate Living Sacred Circles across cultures

  • Sacred medicine ceremonies and community rituals

  • Transpersonal retreats and holistic trainings

  • Intimate Living Sacred Circles across cultures

  • Community-Building Gatherings for collective remembrance

  • Symposia, Conferences, Publication, Education

This is not just a movement—it is a memory reawakened, a future re-membered.

It is a sacred invitation to return to the Web of Life—and to become weavers of a new reality.

Walk With Us — Join the Living Web

We invite you to walk with us—across thresholds of consciousness, into the web of becoming. Whether you are a wisdom keeper, a seeker, or a sacred activist, there is a thread here for you.


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References

Caduto, M. J., & Bruchac, J. (1988). Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing.

Erdoes, R., & Ortiz, A. (Eds.). (1984). American Indian Myths and Legends. Pantheon Books.


Currently, we prepare for the next upcoming New Year Retreat Dec 2025 - that will include the Sacred Pilgrimage tapping into the ancient wisdom of the coastal Portuguese part of the El Camino de Santiago Sacred Pilgrimage trails.

Soon the sacred veils will be lifted for the registration to our New Year Retreat Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026, North Portugal. 

Stay tuned for our announcement. 

Birthing an Ancient Future—where the ancient and the modern dance together in harmony.

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Dr. Regina U. Hess, Visionary Founder/Director

Regina U. Hess, Ph.D. (Netherlands/Portugal), is a clinical psychologist from Germany and holds a joint Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology (USA/UK). Regina is the visionary founder/director of Birthing an Ancient Future - Multidisciplinary Psychedelic Council, bridging ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychedelic science, a globalinitiative offering events, retreats, and different educational programs ‘Stewards of a New Earth.’ Regina is a faculty at international universities such as the Alef Trust, UK, and transpersonal educational institutes and is an independent researcher. Dr. Regina U. Hess is on the Board of Directors of the EUROTAS Global Transpersonal Network and the International Transpersonal Association.

Email: drreginahess@birthinganancientfuture.com

Webpages: www.birthinganancientfuture.com

https://independent.academia.edu/DrReginaUHess

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