Hello everyone, in this episode of the podcast I am speaking with Miguel Rivera Amongst other things we talk about his early involvement with the men’s retreats with Hillman and Bly, Indigenous wisdom and culture, going back to the source, myth and stories, his encounter with traditional Native American teachings, Rites of Passage, ritual and initiation. His work with at risk youth, the poetry of Maya K’iche’ poet Humberto Ak’ábal and many other things.
Miguel Rivera, Musician, Mentor, Translator, Teacher, Supervising Sound Editor for Film and TV; mentor and retreat leader for at risk youth, veterans, first responders and civilians and poetry translator. He has 4 bilingual collections of the Guatemalan Maya K’iche’ poet Humberto Ak’abal published: “Poems I brought down from the mountain” Ally Press,U.S. 2001, “Tejiendo las huellas” Uruguay 2006, “El animalero” Guatemala 2008, “In the courtyard of the moon” Tia Chucha Press, U.S. 2021
Open up the earth with your hands. Smell its scent. Raise your face to the sky. And eat the wind.
Humberto Ak’ábal
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The Voice of the Earth with Miguel Rivera