A global idealistic project with focus on peace and healing of Mother Earth,
started in Oslo, Norway, Saturday the 21.th. of October 2006.
The initiation ceremony took place in front of the Norwegian Parliament.
Because of a very late permission from The Parliament we could not inform the public about where the ceremony was to take place until the day before. About 120 people participated.

The World Drum carries a feather of an eagle, a little purse of leather filled with power objects and a silver medallion made as a wolfs paw in the back.

The ceremony focused on healing of Mother Earth and that changes must startwithin each and one of us. The World Drum, along with many other drums, created a forceful and energetic atmosphere. The participants contributed to start an awakening fire, a fire that is intended to give warmth and force to the increasing number of people in the world who think that humanity demonstrates greed and a terrible disrespect of Mother Earth that is a threat to humankind, nature and life as we know it.

This first ceremony of The World Drum, was a initiation ceremony. The World Drum is a symbol of life and that all parts in the web of life are connected together. From the first drumbeat Mother Earth responded with cleansing rain.All participants filled The World Drum with love and force, and with a prayer that we all must co-operate to keep a living earth in balance between nature and mankind. Humanity is close to destroying the web of life, it has started to come undone and the consequences will be catastrophic.

A strongly increasing critical mass will not any longer sit still and see that our common place of living is to be destroyed and exploited of resources because money and power is decisive in all matters. We are all human beings, without regard to race, religion or political conviction, and we all live on the same planet, Mother Earth. We are all depending on Mother Earth to continue our existence.

This critical mass will no longer tolerate that our descendants will have to take over a
planet in such a condition that existence of the human race will end. It is critical now,
and we must stop. We cannot keep on seeing everything in the perspective of the ego.
Instead we must seek a deeper truth and think in terms of the ONE, as the web of life
really are.

Birger Mikkelsen, Drummaker