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Celtic Shamanism: A Year-Long Journey around the Celtic Wheel

Traveller's Joy Posted on October 24, 2020 by Heather HolmJuly 24, 2021

An online journey around the Celtic Year.

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Posted in Events, homepage, Shamanic Practice | Tagged Celtic shamanism, Shamanic training, shamanism
Graves Island, NS 2015

The Journey Continues after the Session

Traveller's Joy Posted on April 17, 2017 by Heather HolmApril 17, 2017

For those of us who do shamanic work, it’s important to have self care between the sessions. After the session it would be helpful to drink extra water for 4 days to keep you in the flow of the energy. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Moving Mandala, Shamanic Practice | Tagged shamanic journey
Sacred garden

Shamanic Permaculture

Traveller's Joy Posted on April 16, 2017 by Heather HolmApril 16, 2017

Permaculture and the Sacred Pioneer and Visionary, Starhawk, was at the Turtle Island Bioregional Gathering in Mexico that I attended in 1996; she was teaching spontaneous ritual at the time. In fact, so much spontaneity happened during that exciting meeting … Continue reading →

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Posted in Experiential notes, Shamanic Practice | Tagged bioregionalism, EarthSea, ecovillage, permaculture, permaculture design certificate, Phil Ferraro, Spiral Dance, Starhawk, Turtle Island
dragon sculpture

The Dragon as an Ally

Traveller's Joy Posted on April 15, 2017 by Heather HolmApril 15, 2017

When we think of primal energy and matter, the dragon is one of the most universal images that comes to mind. It has long been associated with the elements and revered in the East, while feared in the West. In … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged ally, dragon archetype, landscape, shamanism

Calling In a Container

Traveller's Joy Posted on March 28, 2017 by Heather HolmMarch 28, 2017

Calling in a Container: When you are doing intentional shamanic work it is wise to call in the cardinal directions or to form a similar energetic container to assure that the helping spirits “hear” your intention and so that you … Continue reading →

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Posted in Experiential notes, Moving Mandala, Shamanic Practice | Tagged archetypes, calling in, circle, container, four directions, healing, invocation, mandala, medicine, setting intention, spiritual practice

Altars as spring awakens

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 14, 2017 by Heather HolmFebruary 14, 2017

Photos of altars at our house in the season of Brigid and the first hint of spring.

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged altars, ancestors, Brigid, goddess, Imbolc, water, winter

Brigit and the Dragon

Traveller's Joy Posted on September 28, 2016 by Heather HolmSeptember 28, 2016

Who would have thought I would live to see our friend John Storm’s spirit journey of Imbolc, 2002, manifested and embodied ON EARTH over fourteen years later!! During the recent September Celtic Shamanism workshop in New Brunswick, we followed the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged altars, Celtic shamanism, Nancy Sherwood, nature, sacred dance, shamanic dance, shamanism, water
Shamanic drum

Moving Journeys

Traveller's Joy Posted on April 15, 2016 by Heather HolmApril 15, 2016

or: Why I don’t journey like the Harner model and why I don’t care! by David Sherwood There is a full moon drumming group in Eastern Ontario that was born from the EarthSea lineage. I have been participating since it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Experiential notes, Shamanic Practice | Tagged dance, drumming, Gurdjieff, Hollow Bone, intuition, journeying, Lucie Brunet, meditation, Michael Harner, moon, movement, present moment, sacred dance, shamanic journey, shamanism, spiritual practice
book cover, Feeding Your Demons

Feeding My Demons, Spring Equinox 2015

Traveller's Joy Posted on March 21, 2015 by Heather HolmMarch 21, 2015

Last night was one where I faced one of my self-loathing demons again and again while lying in bed. I have been willing to work with compassion toward them, and when Feeding Your Demons jumped off the shelf a few years … Continue reading →

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Posted in Experiential notes, Nancy Sherwood, Shamanic Practice | Tagged Buddhism, Feeding Your Demons

Shamanism & The Moving Mandala

Traveller's Joy Posted on March 18, 2015 by Heather HolmMarch 18, 2015

This is my story: I am sharing here is because many of you have had synchronicities, visions, loss, spiritual crises, miracles, and illness, and are seeking to find a framework to put them in for understand your place in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Moving Mandala, Nancy Sherwood, Shamanic Practice | Tagged dance, initiation, landscape, Michael Harner, shamanism
Shield

Shields: Gallery

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 20, 2015 by Heather HolmFebruary 20, 2015
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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged shields
Imbolc altar

The Practice of Altar Making

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 20, 2015 by Heather HolmFebruary 20, 2015

When we have no time, no place for our sacred selves, an antidote may be to build an altar at home. By focusing on a little corner or shelf or alcove, we can open up to creating more of that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged altars
Ancestor altar

Altars: Gallery

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 20, 2015 by Heather HolmFebruary 20, 2015

Here is a gallery of altars created by various people, for various purposes and occasions. Some are personal, some are collective creations. Read The Process of Altar Making.

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged altars
Earth Dragon Altar

Dragon Altars

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 14, 2015 by Heather HolmFebruary 14, 2015
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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged altars, dragon archetype
Dragon image

Dragon Dancing

Traveller's Joy Posted on February 14, 2015 by Heather HolmFebruary 14, 2015

Arise again! These are notes coming from remembering our final circle last Saturday, a meeting that Helga and I had, and research I was doing for a pilgrimage: the body of work I have been doing for the last three … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Dance, Shamanic Practice | Tagged Albert Marshall, dragon archetype, Two-Eyed Seeing
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How the Mandala Dance Works

Traveller's Joy Posted on January 31, 2015 by Heather HolmJanuary 31, 2015

This is an update on how the Mandala Dance actually works, and why I need to write about it so that if there are untrained people present we can bring everyone along on the wave of energy. In the past, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Moving Mandala, Shamanic Practice | Tagged mandala dance, Moving Mandala, sacred dance, shamanic dance

Sovereignty of the Land: Shamanic Dance Videos

Traveller's Joy Posted on November 27, 2014 by Heather HolmApril 10, 2019

I walked on the granite and quartz hills of Achill Island, found the holy waters, and sat looking at the ocean, as if I was dissolving into the space between land, sea and sky. I moved along ancient paths and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Ireland, Shamanic Dance, Shamanic Practice, Stories of Past Tours | Tagged Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland, Patricia Creighton, sacred dance

The Water Dance

Traveller's Joy Posted on November 26, 2011 by Heather HolmNovember 26, 2011

Written by Nancy Sherwood in response to a question by a participant preparing for the 2011 Pilgrimage to Wales and Brittany. The work with water purifies us in that we have to have forgiveness and gratitude within ourselves to do it; … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged nature, spiritual practice, water

Celtic Shamanism

Traveller's Joy Posted on September 26, 2011 by Heather HolmSeptember 26, 2011

Shamanism is fundamentally a way of viewing reality and responding to that view. The shamanic practitioner works with protection of the soul, which is referred to extensively in Celtic literature as “soul shrine”. Celtic shamans accessed otherworld realms through journeying, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice | Tagged Celtic shamanism

About the Path of the Dragon

Traveller's Joy Posted on December 10, 2010 by Heather HolmApril 10, 2019

Background to the 2011 tour The Chinese first started drawing symbols for dragons 6000 years ago, so we know that that culture had a sense of what the energy of “dragon” entails in symbology, and of course the Celts were … Continue reading →

Posted in Shamanic Practice, Stories of Past Tours, Wales | Tagged dragon, water | Leave a reply

Traveller’s Joy and Soul

Traveller's Joy Posted on November 26, 2009 by Heather HolmApril 10, 2019

Traveller’s Joy has been initiated for soul healing. Pilgrimage makes it possible for the energetic parts of ourselves that have been lost through our ancestors’ displacement, or through similar dislocation experienced in our own lives, to be returned. We take … Continue reading →

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Posted in Shamanic Practice, Stories of Past Tours, Travel | Tagged sacred sites, Why travel?

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