Sep 28-30, 2007
Join us for this journey to the heart of the spiritual mysteries of ancient Britain and Ireland. Using songs, chants, prayers, and invocations in the Celtic languages, we will explore the power of sacred words, which were traditionally woven into the intertwining branches of Celtic myths, legends, and wisdom texts. Discover the potential of sacred places (nemeton) in the landscape and in the Inner World. Connect with the wisdom of plants, animals, stones, and symbols of power.
Through guided meditations and shamanic journeys, we will work deeply with the Aes Sidhe or Fairy Folk, honour the Ancestors, and visit the Well of Nechtan, the source of Divine Wisdom. We will focus on the power of ancestral memory and the spiral of time and use the transformational energies of chants, postures, breathwork, and visualization to connect with the Celtic ideals of truth, honour, courage, wisdom, and inspiration,
By tapping into the magic and lore of the Sacred Tree of Knowledge, we honour the wisdom keepers of the past and bring their ways forward in time, as each person answers a calling to become a fer dána or ingen dána, a man or woman of spiritual skill and enlightenment.
Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha is a Celtic priestess, writer, and bard of Scottish, Irish, and Welsh ancestry and a direct descendant of Clan MacLeod, long recorded in ancient tradition to have connections with (and blood of) the Sidhe or Fairy Folk. She has studied Celtic languages and mythology through Harvard University and has presented work at the University of Edinburgh, University College Cork, Smith College, and the Harvard Study Group on Ancient Magic and Religion. Sharynne is a Faculty Member of the Celtic Institute of North America, a professional singer and musician (The Moors, Trouz Bras, and Devandaurae), and the author of two books on ancient myth and religion. Her work is inspired by Irish and Welsh ritual and wisdom texts, Scottish folk magic, Celtic shamanic practices, her Pictish lineage, and the guidance of her ancestors.