Connection

AUTUMN 2018 -

On a misty day you can see forever
If you close your eyes and
Listen to the sound of the clouds
Caressing the mountain’s face
Then there are no secrets
To be kept away from anyone
You only have to listen

This year has been a time of deepening for us. A time not so much about the new or finding more, but being deeper with where we are. Peeling off the layers, letting them fall away and allowing them to enrich us.

Shamanic practice is a kind of spiritual archeology. On every cou…

WINTER SOLSTICE 2018 -

Often in everyday life we find ourselves under pressure or caught up in a rush, trying to reach a destination, achieve a result, or find an answer. Both time and space are entities many people feel they do not have enough of - but Time is an elastic magical creature and we can work shamanically with it. Consciously deciding to make more space and take more time are strong intentions and essential tools of a spiritual practice. We can slow down and come into ourselves, we…

AUTUMN 2019 -

When teaching, we often hear ourselves say: “The Circle is my Home.” We have come to feel the truth of this more and more. The feeling of sitting together, around a center, sharing intention, touches the heart and soul. In the Circle we see people begin to heal and become more themselves. We see them open to the Spirits and to new possibilities. In a Circle, we don’t all have to be the same. We don’t have to be anyone else but ourselves. We learn from each other’s experiences and…

EARLY SPRING 2020 -

In shamanic practice, ceremony is used in a wide variety of ways. Sometimes we hold big healing ceremonies or ceremonies to honour a special place or time of year.  They are also used for big life events that mark important communal thresholds – births, coming of age, separations, marriages, deaths. But they can also be with us in small, intimate, regular rituals. We can make a ceremony out of everyday actions such as making food, drinking a glass of water, opening a door, l…

LATE SPRING 2020 -

As we move into the next phase of this special time, it can be helpful to consider – after all you have experienced these weeks, where are you now? What has changed? What do you want to leave behind? What do you want to bring with you? What is your deepest wish for what we are about to step into as we cross the coming thresholds?

As many countries begin to open up, it can be tempting to “go back to normality”, even in small ways in our daily lives. When we are tired or worn …

AUTUMN 2020 -

As we go through Harvest days, this is a deep time to reflect on where we are. For many of us, it has not been an easy year, and it may feel like there is still a long way to go. But simply waiting for it to be over will not bring real change. There is no choice now but change. We cannot go back, we have to be where we are. Open our eyes and open hearts to the new beginnings that are waiting.

Even if you don’t know what it is, is there a way you can welcome the new growing out of…

FORÅR 2019 - af ANNETTE HØST

Udtrykket KULTUREL APPROPRIATION er ret nyt, og hvis du ikke kender det, er du ikke alene. Men udtrykkets indhold har været aktuelt for dig og mig, for alle slags shaman-lærlinge, animister, spirituelt søgende - i årtier! Fordi vilkårene for os (eller de fleste af jer, der læser dette) har været, at vi har måttet lære og låne af andre kulturer, når vi ikke har haft en egen, kendt tradition at bygge på. Men de kulturer vi har lånt og lært rituelle former fra, er tit …

EFTERÅR 2019 - af ANNETTE HØST

Der er i tiden megen diskussion om køn. Om ”hun”, ”han” og alt derimellem og derudover. Hvad har de shamanistiske traditioner at byde på af indsigter og erfaringer i dette emne? Shamanen, eller den troldkyndige,  er én, der i sit virke rejser frit mellem verdenerne. Én der overskrider – ja, nu og da opløser – grænserne mellem steder, tider, arter – og køn. Det findes der mange beretninger om fra ”klassiske” shaman-traditioner; beretninger om at blive ét med til si…