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Our 13th Illuminator - Kristin Raphaela Otti
Shaman, Artist & Storyteller

If you are interested in watching my Illuminator Series video, send me an e-mail for a private link.
Green Tent Circle Illuminator Series
Kristin Raphaela Otti was born and raised in the Lavant Valley in Southern Austria, Carinthia. She is a shaman, storyteller, artist and drawer, a student eternal, who never stops learning and pursuing new paths, using the playful approach of a trickster to the ways of old, initiating change. Being a teacher and change manager by trade, she loves analyzing old structures, tearing them down and from the ensuing chaos of creation, dreams a new path into being.

​Kristin is a firekeeper, tending to the fires of winter in the hearts of those, who wish to embark on a journey deep within themselves and reignite their dreams. Our lives have become rituals, our dreams routines, our hearts are frozen, encased in ice, yet there is an ember within our hearts, a spark, that, no matter, how deep and harsh the winter in our lives is, no matter, what we have experienced, cannot be extinguished – winterfire, hope eternal. It is the energy we can feel in every being, every plant, before they burst into bloom again, it is our pure essence, our fire, our dream. She works individually, in her way, no healing ceremony is the same, for there are no rituals to be held, but lives to be celebrated, beautiful hearts to be seen and unique dreams to be dreamt.

​​A shaman’s task is to guide you, while you are embarking on a journey deep within your very core, your heart. Each and every single one of us, without exception, is a unique gift to this world, to all of creation. Each and every single heart bears healing within, a seed of light, waiting to be seen, to take root, to grow and to come into full bloom. A shaman takes you by the hand, guiding you through your shadows, so you can recognize your uniqueness and your incredible beauty, see yourself with bright and clear eyes, love yourself and know yourself for the gift you are. A shaman is there to guide you through storytelling, teaching and bringing back the ceremonies into your life, for your life is a ceremony and not a ritual, a gift to both you and to this world.
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Kristin draws and paints the spirits, the fire, she sees within the hearts of those she meets on her path and walks with as a guide, mentor and teacher. She draws the energies of the white animal spirits, the light within us, our gift to this world, our potential.

​Kristin draws and paints the spirits, the fire, she sees within the hearts of those she meets on her path and walks with as a guide, mentor and teacher. She draws the energies of the white animal spirits, the light within us, our gift to this world, our potential, born during the nights, we have experienced in our lives. Each and every spirit animal is unique, a bearer of healing wisdom, a mentor, companion and guide on our path, who speaks from the heart.

She is currently working on two projects, building “LearnToBloom” and “Winterfire”, organizations aiming to empower people to turn from victim into healer, daring to dream a new life and a new world into being.​
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Kristin's Winterfire Blog on GTC
Animal Wisdom Speaks on GTC


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"Inuki the Guardian watching over the Rose being born in the Darkest of Nights", white pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2023)

For more information on the Green Tent Circle go to

Green Tent Circle
Official Statement regarding the Green Tent Circle (GTC) and WOYA 
 
As a result of the actions taken by the Green Tent Circle (GTC) and WOYA after me having asked to respect my copyright regarding my stories and art, as well as to honor my request not to hand out my Illuminator Series video and to not publish it on any platform and me reminding the members of the Green Tent Circle present, when I had outlined a global storytelling event I had planned on Winterfire in collaboration with the Green Tent Circle, of my ownership of the idea and outlined concept, and the subsequent actions taken after me having opened up about neurodiversity, I have ended all collaboration with the Green Tent Circle and WOYA effective immediately. 
 
Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) focuses on cultural rights and scientific advancement, it says:
 
§ 1 Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
 
§ 2 Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.


The Green Tent Circle has since taken down my Illuminator Series webpage, all pages linked to Animal Wisdom Speaks and the collaboration between the Green Tent Circle and Animal Wisdom Speaks, my personal blog as well as all pages linked to the three storytelling events I have organized for the Green Tent Circle. 
 
Regarding neurodiversity, keep Article 1 and 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in mind:
 
Article 1

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

Article 2
 
„Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.“

 
As a smearing campaign is presently run against me trying to tarnish my reputation take note of the following: 

I can prove to a full extend that I have indeed been an Illuminator in the Green Tent Circle. All e-mails regarding this have been archived and saved. I am in possession of the original Illuminator Series video. I have also organized the 19th Illuminator Series "Angaangaq" while working on a project in Germany and can prove it via e-mails sent and the original video as I was the one working on the sound files afterwards and I am clearly being named as the organizer by Green Tent Circle Founder Ann Smith.
 
I can also prove via e-mails saved that I organized three storytelling events and everything regarding the collaboration with Animal Wisdom Speaks, 
 
Furthermore, I can prove that I have worked on the Green Tent Circle website for free for more than a year, organized Glad Tidings and brought in ideas and concepts. 
 
Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) says:
 
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”
 

As a result of the way the Green Tent Circle is handling my request to honour my ideas and my copyright and the Green Tent Circle taking my work off the website making it seem as if I had not done the above, I distance myself completely from the circle and its founder Ann Smith. 
 
As a result of how WOYA on whose Board of Advisors I had served is handling neurodiversity, I have since stepped down as a member of its Board of Advisors and I have ended all collaboration. 
 
Kristin Raphaela Otti 
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PatG ยง 20 (1) & (2) are the the way. The inventor has to be named, it has to happen, the invention cannot be claimed as theirs by anyone getting them as an inheritance and even not wanting to be named as the inventor does not change that. The law - the Austrian that is - clearly states: The inventor has to be named.

​This is a screenshot taken by me of an E-mail I had written to the Green Tent Circle members after a meeting where I had mentioned plans for a global storytelling event. I told them that it would be a co-operation between Winterfeuer, the GTC and others yet to be contacted. I later told Judi Snell of WOYA about it as well and asked her not to speak about it to others until I gave my express permission. 

It is my idea and my concept. Me insisting of it being a co-operation was met with anger by member of the Green Tent Circle.

I also asked them in no uncertain terms not to share the idea or to forward the e-mail and my concepts to anyone.

A member of the GTC told me to delete the old e-mails, so "Old energies can go and I can release the past.". If I had, I could not prove what has been done to me now.
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Screenshot of my Illuminator webpage on the Green Tent Circle website. I was indeed the 13th Illuminator in the Series.
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Screenshot of my Illuminator webpage on the Green Tent Circle website. I was indeed the 13th Illuminator in the Series.
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Screenshot of the info page for the launch of Everyone can do something for Mother Earth.
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  • News
  • Animal Wisdom Speaks
    • Dedication
    • Dare to Become the Hope
    • A Growth Mindset >
      • The Art of Change
    • Mission & Vision >
      • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ​Article 27
      • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ​Article 2
      • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ​Article 12
      • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ​Article 18
      • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ​Article 19
    • A Living Organism >
      • We Are One
      • History >
        • History
        • Logo & Branding
      • Milestones >
        • Dare to Become the Hope
        • UN Summit of the Future 2024 - Action Days Official Side Event
        • UN FFD4 Multi-Stakeholder Hearing - Official Side Event
        • Official Statement Regarding the End of the Collaboration with the Green Tent Circle (GTC) and WOYA
  • Circle of Spirits
    • About the Circle of Spirits >
      • The Circle of Spirits
      • The Founder
      • Copyright
      • The Stories You Tell
      • Framing
      • On Inventions
      • Knowing the Messenger
      • Never Play with A Soul - Zero Tolerance of Mobbing, Bullying and Gossip
    • The Circle of Spirits >
      • Kristin Raphaela Otti >
        • Council of Spirits
        • Every Horizon is a New Beginning
      • Sabine Rieser >
        • Guardians
      • Johannes Milchram
  • Storytelling
    • About the Craft >
      • Not on Pure Talent Alone >
        • Mind the Gap!
        • On Make-up and Perfumes
      • Plotting the Plot >
        • A Twist in the Myth
        • Putting on a Frame
      • How to Weave a Narrative >
        • In the Beginning Was...
        • The End is Nigh >
          • On Responding and Reacting
          • Rage Quit or Reactive Abuse?
      • Character Development >
        • Making an Entrance
        • Character Creation >
          • Main Characters and NPCs
          • Friends, Frenemies and Foes
          • When The Monkeys are Flying in Oz
          • The Fellowship of the Circle
          • On World Tendencies
        • The Archetypes
      • The Art of Creating a Dialogue
    • Blogs >
      • English >
        • Animal Wisdom Speaks
        • Storytelling
      • Kalaallisut
      • German >
        • Die Weisheit der Tiergeister
        • Erzählungen
  • Events
    • International Events >
      • Animal Wisdom Speaks - December Month of the Bellbird
      • Official Statement Regarding the End of the Collaboration with the Green Tent Circle and WOYA
      • UN FFD4 Multi-Stakeholder Hearing - Official Side Event
      • UN Summit of the Future 2024 - Action Days Official Side Event
      • Green Tent Circle Illuminator Series 13
      • Past International Events >
        • 2026 - Animal Spirit of the Month
        • 2025 - Animal Spirit of the Month >
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - November Month of the Snake
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - October Month of the Toucan
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - September Month of the Squirrel
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - July & August Months of the Swan
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - June Month of the Butterfly
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - May Month of the Fox
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - April Month of the Rook
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - March Month of the Crow
          • Animal Wisdom Speaks - February Month of the Puffin
        • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks >
          • Official Statement Regarding the End of the Collaboration with the Green Tent Circle and WOYA
          • GTC AWS 2025 >
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - January Month of the Polar Bear
          • GTC AWS 2024 >
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - December Month of the Parrot
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - November Month of the Peacock
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - October Month of the Jerboa
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - September Month of the Dove
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - August Month of the Deer
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - Summer of the Flycatchers
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - May Month of the Lion
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - April Month of the Bear
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - March Month of the Whale
            • GTC Animal Wisdom Speaks - February Month of the Eagle
        • GTC Storytelling >
          • Official Statement Regarding the End of the Collaboration with the Green Tent Circle (GTC) and WOYA
          • GTC Storytelling & Fire Ceremony May 2024
          • GTC Storytelling & Earth Ceremony April 2024
          • GTC Storytelling & Water Ceremony March 20-23
  • Projects
    • Storytelling in Visual Arts >
      • Dedication to Artur Hanzer
      • Spirit Animal Art >
        • Artists >
          • Kristin Raphaela Otti >
            • Spirit Animal Art
            • Illustrations & Character Design
          • Sabine Rieser >
            • Guardians
            • Wildart Guardians
      • Metal Craft >
        • Artists >
          • Paul Otti >
            • Metal Craft
            • Art Shows
            • Collaborations
            • A Master of his Craft
      • Shamanic Tools
      • A Deck of Cards
    • Collecting Fairy Tales, Songs and Stories of Wisdom >
      • Dedication to Sven Hakon Rossel
      • Folkeviser
    • Storytelling in Change Management >
      • Dedication to Helga Dohr
      • Shamanic Storytelling in Change Management
      • Shamanic Storytelling in Organizational Design
      • Shamanic Storytelling in Organizational Culture Development
      • Shamanic Storytelling in Leadership
    • Shamanic Journeying in Change Management >
      • On Being Prepared or Embracing Your Vices
      • On Triaging or Being the First Responder
      • On Team Building or Assessing the Situation
      • On Leaving a Project or Not Jumping Headfirst into The Fire
      • To Live and Let Live or The Art of Iaido
    • A Twist in The Myth >
      • Dedication to Rune Palm
      • Smoke and Mirrors >
        • On Narcissus - At Home in his Heart
        • On Lucifer - The Whistleblower
        • On King Midas - Turning Gold into Shit
        • On Oedipus Rex - Love Changes Everything
        • On Loki - The Agent of Change
        • On Medusa - Jealousy and Envy
        • On Prometheus - Reigniting the Fires
        • On Hagen from Troneg - Time and Narrative
        • On the White Raven - Mistaken Identity
    • The Tongues of Old and New >
      • Dedication to Helmut Birkhan and Karl Pölz
    • Digital Storytelling >
      • Dedication to Johannes Milchram
    • The Sound of Music >
      • Dedication To BORG Wolfsberg
    • Traditions and Ceremonies from around the World
  • Impressum