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'''Jens Lyberth''', full name '''Jens Simeon Lyberth''', is a Greenland Inuit living in Ottawa, Canada who claims to be a traditional shaman and sells seminars and ceremonies in various countries, first using the name of '''Angaangaq Lyberth''' but meanwhile changed to '''Angaangaq Angakkorsuak'''. He was born in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland November 2, 1947.<ref>http://www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=912 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
'''Jens Lyberth''', full name '''Jens Simeon Lyberth''', is a Greenland Inuit living in Ottawa, Canada who claims to be a traditional shaman and sells seminars and ceremonies in various countries, first using the name of '''Angaangaq Lyberth''' but meanwhile changed to '''Angaangaq Angakkorsuak'''. He was born in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland November 2, 1947.<ref>www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=912 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
According to his own account, the name translates to "The Man Who Looks Like his Uncle". However, Lyberth recently seeks participance in indigenous events in the USA using the moniker "Uncle" without mentioning his real-life or his alleged "shamanic" name.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref> His regular target is the Newage market in various European countries and the USA which provide affluent participants. Advertisements for his seminars and 'healing circles', with a few exceptions, are published by internet platforms and magazines aiming at a Newage clientele.
According to his own account, the name translates to "The Man Who Looks Like his Uncle". However, Lyberth recently seeks participance in indigenous events in the USA using the moniker "Uncle" without mentioning his real-life or his alleged "shamanic" name.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref> His regular target is the Newage market in various European countries and the USA which provide affluent participants. Advertisements for his seminars and 'healing circles', with a few exceptions, are published by internet platforms and magazines aiming at a Newage clientele.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Lyberth is an Inuit born in Greenland. There is diverging information regarding the year of his birth; his publishers Random House e.g. say he was born in 1947<ref>http://www.randomhouse.de/Autor/Angaangaq_-_der_Schamane_aus_Groenland/p390571.rhd accessed 29/12/2013</ref>, others mention the year as 1949<ref>http://www.buch.de/buch/18688/503_schmelzt_das_eis_in_euren_herzen.html accessed 29/12/2013</ref>. He moved to Canada during the 1970ies, presumably in 1975, where he seems to have been involved with the early Inuit Circumpolar Conferences<ref>http://www.ebenhopson.com/album/index.htm accessed 29/12/2013</ref>, active as a speaker,<ref>http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/solr?query=ID:27351&start=0&rows=10&mode=results accessed 29/12/2013</ref> and seems to have held a job with Inuit Taparisat [Brotherhood].<ref>http://walterslipchenko.com/pdf/FINAL%20REPORT%20WITH%20ATTACHMENTS_a.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Lyberth is an Inuit born in Greenland. There is diverging information regarding the year of his birth; his publishers Random House e.g. say he was born in 1947<ref>http://www.randomhouse.de/Autor/Angaangaq_-_der_Schamane_aus_Groenland/p390571.rhd accessed 29/12/2013</ref>, others mention the year as 1949<ref>http://www.buch.de/buch/18688/503_schmelzt_das_eis_in_euren_herzen.html accessed 29/12/2013</ref>. He moved to Canada during the 1970ies, presumably in 1975, where he seems to have been involved with the early Inuit Circumpolar Conferences<ref>http://www.ebenhopson.com/album/index.htm accessed 29/12/2013</ref>, active as a speaker,<ref>http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/solr?query=ID:27351&start=0&rows=10&mode=results accessed 29/12/2013</ref> and seems to have held a job with Inuit Taparisat [Brotherhood].<ref>http://walterslipchenko.com/pdf/FINAL%20REPORT%20WITH%20ATTACHMENTS_a.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Both Lyberth and his wife are members of the Bahai denomination.<ref>http://skyriver.ca/bahai/bnorth/canada/bcanada.htm accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Both Lyberth and his wife are members of the Bahai denomination.<ref>http://skyriver.ca/bahai/bnorth/canada/bcanada.htm accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
==Acitivities as a shaman==
==Acitivities as a shaman==
Lyberth claims to have been trained as a shaman by his grandmother.<ref> accessed</ref> He describes his grandmother, and sometimes also his mother, as having been healers.<ref>http://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/assets/AHFNuluaqInuitHealing_e.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Lyberth claims to have been trained as a shaman by his grandmother.<ref> accessed</ref> He describes his grandmother, and sometimes also his mother, as having been healers.<ref>http://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/assets/AHFNuluaqInuitHealing_e.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Offering treatment for indigenous survivors of residential schools, who were often victims of sexual abuse and physical violence during their time at school, was a lucrative market at that time, as the Canadian government had installed an Aboriginal Health Fund to provide monies for such treatment. The Fund finished operations in 2010. Further Newage providers operating with monies from this fund e.g. were [[Psychology of Vision]] and [[Ngystle Society]]. However, no respective qualification as a psychologist or in trauma treatment can be established for Lyberth.
Offering treatment for indigenous survivors of residential schools, who were often victims of sexual abuse and physical violence during their time at school, was a lucrative market at that time, as the Canadian government had installed an Aboriginal Health Fund to provide monies for such treatment. The Fund finished operations in 2010. Further Newage providers operating with monies from this fund e.g. were [[Psychology of Vision]] and [[Ngystle Society]]. However, no respective qualification as a psychologist or in trauma treatment can be established for Lyberth.
Lyberth is often portrayed not only as a representative or elder for the Greenland Inuit, but as an elder „for the Native Communities of the Circumpolar Artic, North and South America and Europe“.<ref>http://www.internationalfunders.org/documents/IFIPConferenceReport2010.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref> <ref>http://www.vol.at/elders-federation-of-greenland-laedt-zum-austausch-ueber-klimaschutz-strategien/news-20090318-04274425 accessed 12/01/2014</ref> As one basic prerequisite in indigenous communities for recognising an individual as an elder is the profound knowledge of history and traditions, it is quite evident that Lyberth will not be in a position to have such profound knowledge for the circumpolar Arctic, let alone for South America and Europe on top of that. Such claims therefore have to be viewed as a mere sales pitch emphasising an alleged position and importance.
Lyberth is often portrayed not only as a representative or elder for the Greenland Inuit, but as an elder „for the Native Communities of the Circumpolar Artic, North and South America and Europe“.<ref>www.internationalfunders.org/documents/IFIPConferenceReport2010.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref> <ref>www.vol.at/elders-federation-of-greenland-laedt-zum-austausch-ueber-klimaschutz-strategien/news-20090318-04274425 accessed 12/01/2014</ref> As one basic prerequisite in indigenous communities for recognising an individual as an elder is the profound knowledge of history and traditions, it is quite evident that Lyberth will not be in a position to have such profound knowledge for the circumpolar Arctic, let alone for South America and Europe on top of that. Such claims therefore have to be viewed as a mere sales pitch emphasising an alleged position and importance.
A so-called „Institute for Theological Zoology“ in Germany even describes Lyberth as „the UN representative of Eskimos“ and invited him for their founding ceremony.<ref>http://www.theologische-zoologie.de/schirmherrin/besuch-zur-eroeffnung-dezember-2009/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
A so-called „Institute for Theological Zoology“ in Germany even describes Lyberth as „the UN representative of Eskimos“ and invited him for their founding ceremony.<ref>www.theologische-zoologie.de/schirmherrin/besuch-zur-eroeffnung-dezember-2009/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
===Ceremonies Appropriated and Invented===
===Ceremonies Appropriated and Invented===
Lyberth sells a variety of ceremonies which either do not belong to Inuit culture or have been invented by him for his Western clientele. Among these appropriated ceremonies are the sweatlodge and the Vision Quest, which are both unknown among the Inuit but are practiced by various Native American peoples. A twelve-day Vision Quest in Greenland advertised by Lyberth in 2011 was priced at € 2,690/US$ 3,870, airfares excluded.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Lyberth sells a variety of ceremonies which either do not belong to Inuit culture or have been invented by him for his Western clientele. Among these appropriated ceremonies are the sweatlodge and the Vision Quest, which are both unknown among the Inuit but are practiced by various Native American peoples. A twelve-day Vision Quest in Greenland advertised by Lyberth in 2011 was priced at € 2,690/US$ 3,870, airfares excluded.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
====Indigenous ceremonies appropriated====
====Indigenous ceremonies appropriated====
On his website, Lyberth presently (2014) e.g. announces a three-day sweatlodge seminar in Bavaria, Germany from July 25-27, 2014:<br>
On his website, Lyberth presently (2014) e.g. announces a three-day sweatlodge seminar in Bavaria, Germany from July 25-27, 2014:<br>
''"Three-day Sweatlodge Seminar<br>
''"Three-day Sweatlodge Seminar<br>
''During these days, Angaangaq will guide us through one of the most important and most sacred ceremonies of the indigenous peoples of America, Greenland, and Siberia. His teachings as well as the practical preparations of the lodge will provide us again with a link to nature, the elements, our ancestors, ourselves...
''During these days, Angaangaq will guide us through one of the most important and most sacred ceremonies of the indigenous peoples of America, Greenland, and Siberia. His teachings as well as the practical preparations of the lodge will provide us again with a link to nature, the elements, our ancestors, ourselves...
''“The Sweatlodge is the womb of Mother Earth. There, you can be who you are. I am not the shaman there, there I am me.... me – naked, innocent, powerless. I return home. And when I finally leave the lodge, I am reborn. I walk upright and powerful like the creator made me.“''<ref>http:de.icewisdom.com/?cat=6 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
''“The Sweatlodge is the womb of Mother Earth. There, you can be who you are. I am not the shaman there, there I am me.... me – naked, innocent, powerless. I return home. And when I finally leave the lodge, I am reborn. I walk upright and powerful like the creator made me.“''<ref>de.icewisdom.com/?cat=6 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Although advertised as a "Spiritual Journey with Angaangaq", a 2010 advertisement announces participants will do a Vision Quest:<br>
Although advertised as a "Spiritual Journey with Angaangaq", a 2010 advertisement announces participants will do a Vision Quest:<br>
''"You will spend four days and nights fasting and in silence at your place in the wildnernes. There you will begin your way home - to your heart. Spiritual walking tours will take you around Long Lake across mountain ranges and plains and to the inland ice."''<ref>http://www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=957 accessed 12/01/2014</ref><br>
''"You will spend four days and nights fasting and in silence at your place in the wildnernes. There you will begin your way home - to your heart. Spiritual walking tours will take you around Long Lake across mountain ranges and plains and to the inland ice."''<ref>www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=957 accessed 12/01/2014</ref><br>
The Vision Quest is another ceremony unknown among the Inuit, but practiced by various indigenous nations on the American mainland. It must therefore be doubted that Lyberth is knowledgeable enough to ensure that participants will not be harmed when left alone without food and water for four days on their own, in particular in an arctic climate, although Lyberth seems to offer these quests during summer months only.
The Vision Quest is another ceremony unknown among the Inuit, but practiced by various indigenous nations on the American mainland. It must therefore be doubted that Lyberth is knowledgeable enough to ensure that participants will not be harmed when left alone without food and water for four days on their own, in particular in an arctic climate, although Lyberth seems to offer these quests during summer months only.
====Invented ceremonies====
====Invented ceremonies====
Among the alleged ceremonies apparently invented by Lyberth is a "Shamanic Spiritual Walk" organised in 2011. The eight-day event was charged at € 1,950/US$ 2,800 per participant, again excluding airfares.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Among the alleged ceremonies apparently invented by Lyberth is a "Shamanic Spiritual Walk" organised in 2011. The eight-day event was charged at € 1,950/US$ 2,800 per participant, again excluding airfares.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1833.msg36286#msg36286 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Another invention announced at Lyberth's site is a „Shamanic Dogsled Journey“ which took place from March 3-13, 2014. As of January 2014, there were no details given on his site except for a note that more detailed information was to follow.<ref>http:de.icewisdom.com/?cat=6 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Another invention announced at Lyberth's site is a „Shamanic Dogsled Journey“ which took place from March 3-13, 2014. As of January 2014, there were no details given on his site except for a note that more detailed information was to follow.<ref>de.icewisdom.com/?cat=6 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Lyberth further sells intensives and so-called longtime circles, presumably to increase customer loyalty. These events are promoted with a Newage phrasing:<br>
Lyberth further sells intensives and so-called longtime circles, presumably to increase customer loyalty. These events are promoted with a Newage phrasing:<br>
''"In these three-day seminars, Angaangaq introduces us to his work as a healer, medicine man, and shaman. While he plaits the energy of the group with his stories and chants to a powerful, beautiful, and healing circle, the ice in the heart of participants starts melting. We start to see our world with different eyes, our hearts eventually open to the beauty in us and around us. Our attention for ourselves and for others is growings – personal transformation is happening.“''<ref>http://de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
''"In these three-day seminars, Angaangaq introduces us to his work as a healer, medicine man, and shaman. While he plaits the energy of the group with his stories and chants to a powerful, beautiful, and healing circle, the ice in the heart of participants starts melting. We start to see our world with different eyes, our hearts eventually open to the beauty in us and around us. Our attention for ourselves and for others is growings – personal transformation is happening.“''<ref>de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
The longtime circles apparently cover a span of three years during which participants are said to „walk side by side with Angaangaq and our consciousness grows beyond all our imagination“.
The longtime circles apparently cover a span of three years during which participants are said to „walk side by side with Angaangaq and our consciousness grows beyond all our imagination“.
Longtime programmes apparently cover a span of three years and are said to aim at „participants who are prepared to gain access to a new level of consciousness. The three-year programme implies a definite intent and dedication, and a deep commitment to oneself and one's own growth."<ref>http://de.icewisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131217_Flyer6seitig_HeartSpirits_web.pdf aufgerufen 15.01.2014</ref> These programmes exist in Europe and North America with participants meeting three times per year. Both the European and the North American circle have their own e-mail address on a server „icewisdom.com“.<ref>http://de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Longtime programmes apparently cover a span of three years and are said to aim at „participants who are prepared to gain access to a new level of consciousness. The three-year programme implies a definite intent and dedication, and a deep commitment to oneself and one's own growth."<ref>de.icewisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131217_Flyer6seitig_HeartSpirits_web.pdf aufgerufen 15.01.2014</ref> These programmes exist in Europe and North America with participants meeting three times per year. Both the European and the North American circle have their own e-mail address on a server „icewisdom.com“.<ref>de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Another circle is called „Wisdom Keepers“ consisting "''of all those who walked together in the longtime circle. Teachings which are beyond our everyday reality will integrate us into the subtle natter of the universe. This circle meets once per year for several days on different continents''“.<ref> http://de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref> A flyer published on Lyberth's website mentions a further "HeartSpirits Circle", a three-year programme, advertised as ''supporting us in our healing". The three-year course comprises three annual meetings which take five days each at an annual cost of € 2,280 per participant.<ref>http://de.icewisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131217_Flyer6seitig_HeartSpirits_web.pdf accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
Another circle is called „Wisdom Keepers“ consisting "''of all those who walked together in the longtime circle. Teachings which are beyond our everyday reality will integrate us into the subtle natter of the universe. This circle meets once per year for several days on different continents''“.<ref>de.icewisdom.com/?cat=18 accessed 15/01/2014</ref> A flyer published on Lyberth's website mentions a further "HeartSpirits Circle", a three-year programme, advertised as ''supporting us in our healing". The three-year course comprises three annual meetings which take five days each at an annual cost of € 2,280 per participant.<ref>de.icewisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131217_Flyer6seitig_HeartSpirits_web.pdf accessed 15/01/2014</ref>
===Cooperation with Organisations and Persons===
===Cooperation with Organisations and Persons===
Likewise, he maintains to be a member of the Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development which was founded by Phil Lane Jr, himself a Bahai like Lyberth, who is indigenous but viewed rather controversially by indigenous persons in the USA and Canada.
Likewise, he maintains to be a member of the Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development which was founded by Phil Lane Jr, himself a Bahai like Lyberth, who is indigenous but viewed rather controversially by indigenous persons in the USA and Canada.
The Basler Psi Verein who have organised events with Lyberth before, announces a workshop with Lyberth for their 2014 congress.<ref>http://www.bpv.ch/content/referenten/Angaangaq.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
The Basler Psi Verein who have organised events with Lyberth before, announces a workshop with Lyberth for their 2014 congress.<ref>www.bpv.ch/content/referenten/Angaangaq.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
====Cooperation not verifiable====
====Cooperation not verifiable====
====Support from respectable organisations====
====Support from respectable organisations====
Unfortunately, Lyberth also sees support from respectable organisations, like e.g. the Alfred-Wegener-Institute whose Head of the Climate Science Research Division did a question and answer session with Lyberth for pupils in the town of Bremerhaven in 2009.<ref>http://www.awi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/News/Print_Products/PDF/Brochures/Die_polare_Perspektive.pdf p. 32f., accessed 12/01/2014</ref> He was also invited to provide a lecture by DGPPN (German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapay, Psychosomatic Medicine and Neurology) at their 2011 meeting.<ref>http://www.dgppn.de/fileadmin/congress/Downloads_2011/DGPPN_2011_Kongressprogramm_final.pdf p. accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Lyberth seems to have been announced as a specialist in trauma and addiction therapy working mainly with indigenous persons.<ref>http://slideplayer.de/slide/192/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref> More support came from Polarwelten; their site still carries 10 articles on Lyberth, various of his seminars and events with him<ref>http://www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=889 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>, although they commented a 2009 event organised by Lyberth: ''"Unfortunately, the 2009 meeting was more of a Newage meeting of wealthy Middle European and American guests [...]"''.<ref>http://www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=889 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
Unfortunately, Lyberth also sees support from respectable organisations, like e.g. the Alfred-Wegener-Institute whose Head of the Climate Science Research Division did a question and answer session with Lyberth for pupils in the town of Bremerhaven in 2009.<ref>http://www.awi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/News/Print_Products/PDF/Brochures/Die_polare_Perspektive.pdf p. 32f., accessed 12/01/2014</ref> He was also invited to provide a lecture by DGPPN (German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapay, Psychosomatic Medicine and Neurology) at their 2011 meeting.<ref>http://www.dgppn.de/fileadmin/congress/Downloads_2011/DGPPN_2011_Kongressprogramm_final.pdf p. accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Lyberth seems to have been announced as a specialist in trauma and addiction therapy working mainly with indigenous persons.<ref>http://slideplayer.de/slide/192/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref> More support came from Polarwelten; their site still carries 10 articles on Lyberth, various of his seminars and events with him<ref>www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=889 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>, although they commented a 2009 event organised by Lyberth: ''"Unfortunately, the 2009 meeting was more of a Newage meeting of wealthy Middle European and American guests [...]"''.<ref>www.polarwelten.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=889 accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
It must be pointed out, however, that such support took place in 2009 and 2010; all of the above organisations have since apparently stopped cooperating with Lyberth, although they did not distance themselves from Lyberth and his activities.
It must be pointed out, however, that such support took place in 2009 and 2010; all of the above organisations have since apparently stopped cooperating with Lyberth, although they did not distance themselves from Lyberth and his activities.
===Acitivites at Newage Congresses, Fairs, and Institutes===
===Acitivites at Newage Congresses, Fairs, and Institutes===
The Munich based "Institute of Ethno-Medicine" list Lyberth as a lecturer, besides established Newage figures like Pedro Guerra Gonzales (who keeps an [[Ayahuasca]] retreat near Iquitos/Peru and is a member of [[Karin Tag]]'s Council of World Elders), Stanley Krippner, Fabio Alberto Ramirez, Pablo Russel, Wolf-Dieter Storl, Holger Kalweit.<ref>http://www.studentenfortbildung.de/de_fortbildung/de_referenten/de_referenten.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Despite their name giving the impression of a universitarian institute, they seem to be a for-profit business, as they e.g. publish a VAT Registration Number.<ref>http://www.institut-infomed.de/impressum.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> In 2013, they changed their name to "InfoMed - Institute of Holistic Medicine".<ref>http://www.institut-infomed.de/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
The Munich based "Institute of Ethno-Medicine" list Lyberth as a lecturer, besides established Newage figures like Pedro Guerra Gonzales (who keeps an [[Ayahuasca]] retreat near Iquitos/Peru and is a member of [[Karin Tag]]'s Council of World Elders), Stanley Krippner, Fabio Alberto Ramirez, Pablo Russel, Wolf-Dieter Storl, Holger Kalweit.<ref>www.studentenfortbildung.de/de_fortbildung/de_referenten/de_referenten.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Despite their name giving the impression of a universitarian institute, they seem to be a for-profit business, as they e.g. publish a VAT Registration Number.<ref>www.institut-infomed.de/impressum.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> In 2013, they changed their name to "InfoMed - Institute of Holistic Medicine".<ref>www.institut-infomed.de/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
In August 2014, Lyberth will participate in the annual "Pacha-Mama Camp" in Bavaria/Germany, again as one of several alleged shamans and healers.<ref>http://www.institut-infomed.de/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
In August 2014, Lyberth will participate in the annual "Pacha-Mama Camp" in Bavaria/Germany, again as one of several alleged shamans and healers.<ref>www.institut-infomed.de/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
In 2011, Lyberth participated in the 18th "Rainbow Spirit Festival" where he held a lecture.<ref>https://www.jetzt-tv.net/index.php?id=angaangaq accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
In 2011, Lyberth participated in the 18th "Rainbow Spirit Festival" where he held a lecture.<ref>www.jetzt-tv.net/index.php?id=angaangaq accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
===Film Festivals===
===Film Festivals===
A US director, Kara Rhodes, produced a film on Lyberth which is promoted on various festivals, one of them the "Indian Inuit - North American Film Festival" which takes place bi-annually in the town of Stuttgart, Germany. For the 2014 programme, Lyberth not only presented this film, but did an official "opening ceremony". A second film shown also promoting Lyberth was done by German film makers.<ref>http://www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com/2014_guest_angaangaq-angakkorsuaq.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Although there are renowned persons and institutions among festival organisers, like e.g. the ethnological Linden-Museum, there seems to be a growing influence by Newagers on the choice of films and guests.
A US director, Kara Rhodes, produced a film on Lyberth which is promoted on various festivals, one of them the "Indian Inuit - North American Film Festival" which takes place bi-annually in the town of Stuttgart, Germany. For the 2014 programme, Lyberth not only presented this film, but did an official "opening ceremony". A second film shown also promoting Lyberth was done by German film makers.<ref>www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com/2014_guest_angaangaq-angakkorsuaq.html accessed 12/01/2014</ref> Although there are renowned persons and institutions among festival organisers, like e.g. the ethnological Linden-Museum, there seems to be a growing influence by Newagers on the choice of films and guests.
Lyberth will also promote these films at the Cosmic-Cine Film Festival taing place in Switzerland and Germany in April 2014.<ref>http://www.cosmic-cine.com/festival-programm/referenten accessed 12/03/2014</ref>
Lyberth will also promote these films at the Cosmic-Cine Film Festival taing place in Switzerland and Germany in April 2014.<ref>www.cosmic-cine.com/festival-programm/referenten accessed 12/03/2014</ref>
===Card Set===
===Card Set===
Apparently Lyberth issued a set of so-called "Ceremonial Cards" which is promoted by a longtime US supporter. Although the promotional text claims the cards were to be used by the Greenland Inuit, they are at the same time said to be aimed at a ''"general audience of people ready to embark on inner climate change in order to address the changing climate of our planet"''.<ref>http://www.theceremonycards.com/donation%20flyer.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref> The flyer informs about the plan to publish the card set as a book on the US market and also arrange a German translation. To this end, the author Jane English means to attract funding in the way of donations, and informs that checks are to be issued to her personally. As she warns prospective donors that donations are not tax-deductible, a non-profit to cover these operations apparently has not been obtained.
Apparently Lyberth issued a set of so-called "Ceremonial Cards" which is promoted by a longtime US supporter. Although the promotional text claims the cards were to be used by the Greenland Inuit, they are at the same time said to be aimed at a ''"general audience of people ready to embark on inner climate change in order to address the changing climate of our planet"''.<ref>www.theceremonycards.com/donation%20flyer.pdf accessed 12/01/2014</ref> The flyer informs about the plan to publish the card set as a book on the US market and also arrange a German translation. To this end, the author Jane English means to attract funding in the way of donations, and informs that checks are to be issued to her personally. As she warns prospective donors that donations are not tax-deductible, a non-profit status to cover these operations apparently has not been obtained.
===Wikipedia Presence===
===Wikipedia Presence===
===Miscellanea===
===Miscellanea===
An account of Lyberth's appearance in Berlin mentions he claimed to have received a proposal for marriage by none other than Brigitte Bardot, with him refusing for the reason Bardot was a vegetarian.<ref>http://www.bitterlemmer.net/wp/tag/angaangaq/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref> The alleged proposal does not sound very likely, since Bardot since long is married to Bernard d'Ormale, a member and former advisor of extremist right Front Nationale resp. their former chairman Jean-Marie Le Pen, and e.g. in 2012 supported the FN candidate for presidency. Bardot also happens to take a very anti-Muslim and general anti-immigrant stand, and in her 2003 book, she condemned mixed marriages. She received four fines from French courts for comments inciting racial hatred.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot#Politics_and_legal_issues accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
An account of Lyberth's appearance in Berlin mentions he claimed to have received a proposal for marriage by none other than Brigitte Bardot, with him refusing for the reason Bardot was a vegetarian.<ref>www.bitterlemmer.net/wp/tag/angaangaq/ accessed 12/01/2014</ref> The alleged proposal does not sound very likely, since Bardot since long is married to Bernard d'Ormale, a member and former advisor of extremist right Front Nationale resp. their former chairman Jean-Marie Le Pen, and e.g. in 2012 supported the FN candidate for presidency. Bardot also happens to take a very anti-Muslim and general anti-immigrant stand, and in her 2003 book, she condemned mixed marriages. She received four fines from French courts for comments inciting racial hatred.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot#Politics_and_legal_issues accessed 12/01/2014</ref>
==References==
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