ANCIENT WAYS – TIMELESS PRACTICES
One year course in cross-cultural Shamanism

This course will embrace a rich variety of healing methods and ceremonial practices. It should be seen as an undertaking requiring commitment and a willingness to confront issues on what will be a powerful personal journey.

The aim is for each participant to awaken their own personal gifts and talents allowing them to merge with the healing methods and knowledge the course will provide. Confidence will rise as individuals, challenged by personal limitations, begin to emerge as independent workers of the ancient ways dancing their dreams and empowered to act.

By undertaking this journey as a group, we will tap the dynamic energy of community effort, ever increasing the quality and depth of working within the realms of spirit.

The course is limited to 12 participants and will consist of four six-day residential gatherings at Anam Cara with a programme of supervised practice to be undertaken at home.

The course will cover the following main subjects:

The Garden of Soul

This healing method establishes direct communication between the individual and their illness/condition, nurturing a deep and intimate relationship where transformation can take place.

Extraction Medicine

The ancient healing art of ‘extracting spiritual intrusions’ from a person’s body and energy field will be introduced in a safe way for both client and practitioner.

Soul Retrieval

‘Soul loss’ occurs mainly through experiencing trauma. We will explore in detail the causes of soul loss, how to retrieve lost soul parts, and the effects of a soul retrieval on a client.

Soul Release and Death as our Ally

Part of our journey together will be dealing with the issues of death. This includes the method of "soul release" (also known as "psychopomp"), helping earth bound spirits to cross over to the lands of light.

The Tribal Self

Practices are introduced to explore our origin as we journey back in time to our most ancient ancestors and the teachings they carry for us today.

Eco-Shamanism

To complement the spiritual aspects we will expand our understanding of the natural environment through the application of a range of bush skills employed both for ceremonial and practical purposes.

The Art of Shamanic Counterpractice

This practice is used to expand one’s consciousness by experiencing shifts in one’s perception, i.e. through exploring the consciousness of a specific animal or transforming perception to experience the energy of wind, sun, or rain.

Mask of Power

We operate in the world through an infinite number of personas that represent our beauty or that cover aspects that we wish to hide. The use of masks allows us to study our souls both within the sacred Dreamtime and within our everyday reality.

Ceremony, Ritual, Sacred Rites of Passage, Group Healing Work, Healing Dances & Teachings of the Medicine Wheel will be employed as essential tools throughout the duration of the course.

The course starts in November 2008 and concludes in October 2009 (dates below).

For details of application to this course, please contact Anam Cara.

Cost: £1050, fully residential 12 Participants

The cost includes all tuition, most materials and supervision of work undertaken at home.

The gatherings start on Tuesday evening and finish on Sunday afternoon:

18-23 November 2008
24-29 March 2009
21-26 July 2009
20-25 October 2009