Prophecy of the eagle and condor
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You might be wondering where Two Birds Church gets its name. The two birds are the eagle and the condor, from the prophecy of the eagle and condor. We don’t treat it as a prophecy to wait for. To us it’s a living story about a balance that lives in each of us: mind and heart, strength and compassion.
The prophecy is told among Indigenous peoples across the Americas and has been passed down through generations. Its exact origin isn’t clear. It has been shared and taken up by many Indigenous communities, North and South, and the versions differ from tribe to tribe and region to region.
The prophecy
The prophecy speaks of a time when the world is out of balance and people are cut off from the natural world. That time is pictured as the separation of the Eagle, the bird of the North, and the Condor, the bird of the South. The Eagle stands for the rational mind, technology and material things. The Condor stands for intuition, spirit and connection to the natural world.
After a long period of separation and conflict, the prophecy says, the Eagle and the Condor will come together again. Their reunion is meant to bring a time of spiritual awakening and peace, when people learn to live in harmony with the natural world and with each other.
Every version shares the same core idea: reunion and balance.
What it means today
Many people read the prophecy as a call to bring different cultures together and to honor the natural world. It names a familiar problem. Humanity has leaned hard toward material gain and technology, and lost its balance with the natural world and with each other. The reunion of the two birds is a picture of getting that balance back.
As many Indigenous peoples across the Americas work to revive their traditions and cultural practices, the eagle and condor have also become a symbol of hope for people reconnecting with their ancestral roots and with the land.
Living it day to day
The prophecy is about balance: the rational and the intuitive, the material and the spiritual, the individual and the group. Here are a few ways to bring that into your own life.
- Look at your own balance. Notice where you lean on your head and ignore your gut, or the other way round. Look at how you split your time between work and rest, and between caring for your body and caring for your feelings.
- Spend time in nature, and get to know the place you live and your part in it.
- Learn about your own cultural roots and traditions, and about the cultures of the people around you.
- Build good relationships with the people around you, and work with them toward goals that help everyone.
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Thank you. During my time left here on earth, I strive for energy balance and I believe nature is where I’ll fined it. This group will also help me in my journey to higher frequencies and dimensions. Thank you again
Great blog on the findings of the church name. It falls right in line with my views on society as a whole being lost in the modern world. It’s a shame more people are not seeing this and searching out the true meaning of their purposes within the Universe.