GOLD Beautiful, rare, precious gold. It has the power to drive us mad with desire. It drove the Spanish conquistadors to kill off nearly the entire native population of Mexico, Central, and South America. A visit to our adventuring son and daughter-in-law in  beautiful coastal Colombia made me look a bit more closely at this mystical substance. The Momas are the Shaman priests of the Kogi, members of the Tairona culture that controlled the Colombian Sierra Nevadas and the coast of Colombia long before the Spanish arrived. They remain alive and well, despite our best efforts, and have much to teach their “little brothers”. One of their teachings that caught my heart and imagination is about gold. They know that gold is an excellent conductor—but not just for heat and electricity. The Momas use it to journey between the worlds and bring back both practical and spiritual knowledge for their people. It seems that all the indigenous people of South America understood this and prized… Read More »