Embassy of Ancestral Wisdom

FiveLivingSchools,OneAncestralNetwork

Across England, Austria, Norway, Portugal and Germany, the Embassy of Ancestral Wisdom is building a network of land-based cultural hubs — not five separate branches, but one living organism, each site rooted in its own land while carrying a shared vision from the Yawanawá Kateyuve Centre in Brazil.

One site proves the concept; the next adapts it to different land and culture. Together they form a single school of traditions, integrating food, governance, education and spiritual life as one system.

People gathered around a fire at dusk on rural land

The Five Fires

Each location kicks off with its own inaugural gathering — the '5 Fires' — a launch sequence across summer 2026, with every Embassy formally inaugurated in turn and designed to recur yearly from that date forward.

A Shared Pattern, Locally Rooted

Cultural Hub Events
Retreats, workshops and community gatherings rooted in ancient tradition, adapted to each local land and culture.
Training Pathways
A path of learning and initiation, from local hub participation toward deeper access and, ultimately, becoming a guardian.
Partner School in the Forest
Each hub weaves in a partnership with the forest school, bringing authenticity and a living connection back to the source.
Indigenous-Led Curriculum
Wisdom keepers guide curriculum, governance and land practice — Europeans are taught to remember their own ancestral relationship to local ecosystems, not to extract from others'.

Rooted in the Forest

Every Embassy is built as a partner school to the school in the forest — a link that keeps the network authentic rather than symbolic. In parallel with each European hub, the roots of these embassies are being built in the forest itself, so that visiting the tribes and the land that hold this knowledge becomes a real, lived possibility for committed members, not just an idea.

This is the origin point: the Kateyuve Centre, a Yawanawá traditional school in Brazil, the model each European hub is built to echo and adapt.

Path through dense forest with dappled light

Yearly Gatherings

Every year, each Embassy hosts at least one gathering. At these events the network presents the activities emerging from the work, potential investment opportunities for further community support, and ways to get involved — as a member, a participant, or a donor.

Find Your Embassy

Whether you're drawn to a specific hub or simply want to be part of the wider network, there's a way in — as a member, a participant, or a supporter.