Caitlín Matthews to Iceland
Mardöll - association of women's cultural heritage
Proudly presents
THE BRIGHT KNOWLEDGE
THE ROOTS OF CELTIC SHAMANISM
With Caitlín Matthews
Húsabakkaskóla, Svarfaðardal, Iceland
July 15th - 17th 2009
An Irish triad speaks of the ‘three candles that illumine every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.' This shamanic course, for students whose journeying is firmly established, explores the roots of Celtic Shamanism through these three candles of truth, nature and knowledge. Together they create the glé fiosa or ‘the Bright Knowledge' by which we lead our lives.
The shamanic traditions of the Celtic peoples have been well researched by Caitlín who has translated texts and discovered ancestral shamanic skills, finding their practical and contemporary uses. These links to our ancestral wisdom can be gained by listening to the truth of our allies, the spirits of nature and the innate knowledge of the ancestral worlds, all of which enhance our learning.
Students will learn how to work with the auguries of nature, the bardic prophetic methods of the Three Illuminations, the nature of the soul and the healing of the Celtic soul song. We will also seek the wisdom of the land through a ritual of shamanic embodiment.
Silver Branch
Caitlín Matthews is the author of over fifty books, including Celtic Spirit, Celtic Devotional, Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom and Singing the Soul Back Home. She is internationally renowned for her research into the Celtic and ancestral traditions. Caitlín has a shamanic practice in Oxford, dealing with soul-sickness and ancestral fragmentation. See http://www.hallowquest.org.uk/ for events, courses and forthcoming books.
For further information please contact Valgerður at vanadis@vanadis.is
or tel +354 895 3319
Húsabakki in Svarfaðardalur
