Defining the word Tribe

    We are an association of people who have chosen to affiliate under
    the spiritual banner of Toteg Tribe, a modern spiritual and religious
    movement based upon the natural worldview and/or shamanic
    visionary experiences of our members.

    Like indigenous cultures all over the globe, we do not separate our
    spirituality from our families, our societies, or the land on which we
    live. Therefore, as members of the Tribe, we give our devotion to
    the Earth Mother and the Sky Father and to Their Children, the
    Spirits of our lands and our peoples; and pay due respect to our
    ancestors without whom we would not be.  

    Since we are not ancient Celts, Romans, Teutons, Egyptians, or
    members of any other long-dead culture, we do not import the
    pantheons of those peoples into our Tribal beliefs and practices.
    Likewise, since we are not American Indians (or any other
    indigenous culture) we neither import nor lay claim to the customs or
    cosmology of those various peoples.  

    We have no interest in convincing or converting people to our
    movement, but instead are interested in attracting, and associating
    with, others who have already discovered that they are willing to
    listen and learn from themselves and the world.  We are building, by
    the principle of attraction, a spiritual community based on
    sameness, on shared difference that has a point of coming together
    -- a kind of magnetism of ideas and spirit.

    Our basic principles and ideals are expressed in the tenets that we
    have adopted. Please read these; they will give you a greater
    understanding of Toteg Tribe.

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