The Kogi are the Indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Mountains of northern Columbia, South America. In the documentary, ‘Heart
of the World: The Elder Brother’s Warning’ filmed by the BBC in 1992, the
Kogi Mamas (The Enlightened Ones), who are charged with the spiritual
guardianship and welfare of their people and of Nature, deliver a stark
prophetic warning to the world about the destructive actions of ‘younger
brother’ (modern western people) towards the Great Mother.
What follows are transcribed excerpts from the Kogi Mama in the documentary.