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Dragon Quest Journey into the Shining Realms with Tira Brandon-Evans to meet your dragons, form alliances with these great spirits, and make Otherworld friends. |
A Blessing Between Us Discover the ancient art of Celtic blessing—draw the worlds of spirit and matter together to make and mend, help and heal. |
Dec. 15, 2004
The Society of Celtic Shamans is pleased to announce changes to the Oak Grove study group. The Oak Grove is no longer an informal study group but is, instead, the SCS Ogham Masters' Program. This is a one year—twelve month—program. The lessons include source texts from the Middle Ages, Classical sources, information on and analysis of Ogham inscribed stones, modern theories of the Oghams, analysis of the Celtic Tree Calendar and comparison to other possible Celtic or Ogham based calendars, and in depth study of some of the Oghams—including the Bird Ogham, Herb Ogham, and so forth.
The Oak Grove Ogham Masters' Program is designed to give you a deeper understanding of the Oghams and also give you the tools you need to continue your own research and study in years to come. This is not an easy program. While we do delve into the personal spiritual aspects of the Oghams the program is more scholarly in nature than many offered on-line. If you don't like learning new things this is not the program for you. If you enjoy programs that basically rehash everything you learn in popular books about the Tree Calendar and divination using the Oghams, you will not like this program. The Tree Calendar and the Ogham divination are addressed in the Oak Grove Ogham Masters' Program but they are not at the centre of what you will be learning. If you like those one-size-fits-all, become-a-druid-in-ten-easy-lessons programs you will not enjoy this program. If you like to learn and grow, to stretch your mind and spirit it is likely this program will suit you.
The tuition for the year's study is $99.00. A certificate of completion is issued upon successful completion of the program. Everyone completing the program will be entitled to call themselves Ogham Masters and use the letters O.M. after their names. Successful completion of the first year of the Oak Grove Ogham Masters Program counts as a pre-requisite credit towards admission in the Faery Shamans Apprenticeship Program.
To learn more about the Oak Grove Ogham Masters' Program, click here.
Oct. 15, 16, & 17, 2004
Sept. 17, 18, & 19, 2004
The Twelve Journeys Program contains twelve journeys of initiation. These journeys are meant to be taken once a month for twelve months – twelve initiations in one year.
What is initiation? Initiation is beginning. It is the first step into the rest of your life.
Faery Shamanism is an initiatory path – a path of discovery. When we walk through the glimmering forests and shining meadows of Faerie we do not follow any road map. You are engaged in your own journey of exploration. As we journey into the Shining Realms we meet the Sidhe, the High and Lordly Ones, the Fair Folk who dwell in those bright lands. We meet beasts and birds and other creatures who inhabit these realms. We meet the Green Folk who inspirit tree and herb and seed. With some of these we may establish connections, alliances, friendships. When we win the friendship of the Fae they are often willing to teach us the things we need to know to help us accomplish the great work of the shaman. The great work of the shaman is to make and mend, to help and heal.
We acquire the skills, tools, knowledge, and wisdom we need through initiation.
These initiations take place in the Shining Country or Inworlds, which some call the Faery Realm. Your initiators are the Shining Folk who dwell there.
In the Twelve Journeys Program you will follow the horse, the wren, the bee, the salmon, the boar, and seven other animal guides into the Shining Country. There you will meet the Great Mare Mother, the High Druid, the Lady Smith, the Prince of Tides, the Greenman, and seven more of the Shining Folk who will offer you gifts and initiate you into their mysteries.
The Twelve Journeys Program is based on the book Through the Unremembered Gate and in addition to the $99.00 program tuition you must purchase a copy of the book from Elder Grove Press.
You may engage in these journeys of initiation on your own or you may wish to enroll in the Twelve Journeys Program offered by the Society of Celtic Shamans.
Click here to register for the Twelve Journeys Program.
Click here to purchase Through the Unremembered Gate.
The path before you is one filled with beauty, wonder, and power. Enjoy the journey.
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TIRA BRANDON-EVANS Will Be Leading Two Workshops THE MAIDEN CRONE & THE HORRIBLE HAG At The WISE WOMAN WEEKEND Sept. 12, 13 & 14, 2003 Naramata, BC, Canada |
Tira Brandon-Evans is Founder and Moderator of the Society of Celtic Shamans, an editor and the publisher of Earthsongs, a Chartered Herbalist, and a Faery Shaman. Author of many books, her articles have appeared in Spirithumter; Body, Mind, Spirit; Earthsongs and other magazines. Tira facilitates workshops, teaches, initiates and cares.
TIRA'S WORKSHOPS AT WISE WOMAN WEEKEND
SEPT. 12, 13, & 14, 2003
OTHER WISE WOMAN WEEKEND EVENTS
You Will Want To Attend
BLESSING & SHARING
TO REGISTER
Wise Woman Weekend is FOR WOMEN ONLY
To REGISTER ON-LINE click here.
WISE WOMAN WEEKEND FEES
ADULTS 64 yrs. OR LESS (All Fees Are In CANADIAN DOLLARS)
If you register on or before AUGUST 15 the rates are:
If you register AUGUST 16 - SEPT 11 the rates are:
If you register SEPT 12 & ON-SITE the rates are:
ADULTS 65 yrs. OR MORE
If you register on or before AUGUST 15 the rates are:
If you register AUGUST 16 - SEPT 11 the rates are:
If you register SEPT 12 & ON-SITE the rates are:
MEALS vary in price from 6 meals package of $60.50 to individual meals on-site starting at around $8.00. Click here to visit the Wise Woman Weekend website for full details, or telephone the numbers above.
JUNE 16, 2003 HEALING GROVE CLOSED FROM THE OAK GROVE: AN ANTHOLOGY
From the Oak Grove is an anthology of essays, poetry, art and discussion harvested from the members of the Oak Grove, the on-line study group of the Society of Celtic Shamans. Complied, edited and designed by Mary Pat Mann, From the Oak Grove includes personal essays, observations of the natural world, reflections on Celtic myth, and poetry, illustrated with paintings, drawings and photographs and all inspired by the Oak Grove lessons and the personal interaction among the Oak Folk. This wonderful compilation of art, poetry and wisdom will transport you into the journeys and inworld experiences of Celtic shamans.
Click here to read excerts from this book.
Due to repeated requests and enquiries, Tira Brandon-Evans has agreed to abandon her
anchorage for the weekend of April 25-27 and lead two workshops at the
"Spring Festival of Awareness" at Naramata, British Columbia. This annual
festival is arranged and managed by Issues Magazine and you will need to
contact them to register for the weekend.
August 2, 2002 - Webpage Renovations
- We are giving the webpage a facelift. As you go through the site you may find some links that don't work and some pages that are decorated in the old way. Please report dead links to the Webmistress. The work should be done in a few weeks so keep checking back to see the changes in progress.
July 30, 2002 - University of Celtic Wisdom
The Society of Celtic Shamans is pleased to announce that we have expanded our educational facilities and that the on-line University of Celtic Wisdom is now open. The first student entered the program earlier this month. To learn more about the University of Celtic Wisdom click here.
June 30, 2002 - University of Celtic Wisdom
The Society of Celtic Shamans is pleased to announce that we are expanding our educational facilities and that the on-line University of Celtic Wisdom is opening around Fall Equinox -- September 20-22.
March 1, 2002 - Elder Grove Press
The Elder Grove Press is now accepting submissions of book length fiction, non-fiction and poetry. To find out more Click Here.
Into the Light,
photograph © 2000,
Timothy C. Kelly. All Rights Reserved.
JUNE 1, 2003
Edited by Mary Pat Mann
ISBN: 0-9689135-5-5
Format: Adobe PDF
65 Pages
Excerpts: Click Here
Price: $5.00
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APRIL 25, 2003
There are a number of other workshops offered and the way the festival works
is that you register for the weekend (or for a day) and then attend as
many — or as few — of the workshops as you wish. Tira's Saturday workshop is
"Animal Allies and Guides" in which you journey into the Shining Realms to
discover your animal guides and allies. The Sunday workshop is "Dragons Are
Forever", in which you will be working with dragons.
Naramata is a beautiful place. It is on a lake in the Okanagan Valley, one
of the sunniest spots in BC. Naramata is a large retreat centre and has been
around for a long time, so a lot of good energy has sunk into the earth and
breathes in the air there — in addition to the truly magical quality of the
area on its own. There is are many meeting spaces, a labyrinth, and lots of
places to commune with nature. Click here, for a virtual tour of the Naramata Retreat Centre.
RATES:
If you register on or before March 25 the rates are:
Adults $140 (Canadian Dollars — CAD)
Seniors/Teens $115 (Canadian Dollars — CAD)
plus meals and accommodation for the weekend.
Saturday Only: Adults $95 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $80 (CAD)
Sunday Only: Adults $55 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $45 (CAD)
If you register March 26 - April 24 the rates are:
Adults $165 (CAD)
Seniors/Teens $140 (CAD)
plus food and accommodation for the weekend
Saturday Only: Adults $110 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $95 (CAD)
Sunday Only: Adults $65 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $55 (CAD)
Registration April 25th, and on site registration, rates are:
Adults $175 (CAD)
Seniors/Teens $150 (CAD)
plus food and accommodation for the weekend
Saturday Only: Adults $125 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $110 (CAD)
Sunday Only: Adults $75 (CAD) Seniors/Teens $65 (CAD)
To register by phone: 250-492-0039 or 1-888-756-9929
By fax: 250-492-5328
On line:
http://www.issuesmagazine.net/events/spring_register.html
The registration form on-line appears to apply to this year's festival —
2003 — although, as of Feb 7, 2003, the schedule of workshops and events appears to be for
2002 — evidently, as of this date, they have not yet updated the workshops schedules.
The SCS cannot register anyone. You have to contact the fetival people at these
numbers or at their website to register.
Not all details have been worked out and the cirriculum is, in any event, subject to change without notice, but as things stand right now this is what is planned:
CURRICULUM
This is a seven year university program. Scholars will need to complete four units in each year of the first six years and in the final year develop, write and defend their thesis. Upon successful completion of each year the student's achievement will be honoured with a title of dignity.
THE DIGNITIES
Each unit is $36 and you must sign up for four units in a year. Each unit takes 3 months to complete. At the end of the three months you are expected to demonstrate your mastery and understanding of the subject by writing an essay or article on the topic.
I will inform the lists -- and all those who email me to express their interest -- as these plans progress and are completed.
I think you will agree that this is very exciting and I look forward to reading your comments and suggestions.
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