Tom Cowan Embracing Sovereignty Updated
EMBRACING SOVEREIGNTY
With Tom Cowan
Still Meadows Retreat Center Oregon
October 22, 23 & 24th
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Shamanism is an earth-based spirituality in which spirits of the land—animals, plants, elementals, ancestors, faeries—play dominant roles as teachers, guides, and guardians. In Celtic traditions the Spirit of the Land Herself is named Sovereignty. She is the Goddess of the Land, the foundation for all moral and political authority. Sovereignty appears in countless tales about the need to show her hospitality, embrace her, speak for her, and ultimately love her. In turn she helps a person take charge of one’s own life and direct its course.
In this workshop we explore Sovereignty’s role as the center of the Irish “medicine” or spirit wheel. We learn to perceive the Danann gods and goddesses, the animal totems, and the spiritual values and challenges in each of the five directions. Through storytelling, ritual, and shamanic journeying we create a spiritual practice of living within this sacred horizon and honoring Sovereignty as a source of wisdom, truth, and inspiration. By incorporating the powers of the five directions into our lives, centered on Sovereignty, we will better understand our responsibility to correct the imbalances in our lives and in the world we live in. Participants must have shamanic skills to work with power animals and journey into non-ordinary reality. The best “guidebook” for this workshop is Frank MacEowen’s The Celtic Way of Seeing: Meditations on the Irish Spirit Wheel
published by New World Library.
Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one's own life and the lives of others. He is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader. He has taught training programs in England, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; and most recently he was the first American shaman to teach in Slovakia.
Tom is the author of Yearning for the Wind, Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, The Pocket Guide to Shamanism, The Book of Séance, and the Way of the Saints: Prayers, Practices, and Meditations and Wending Your Way: a New Version of the Old English Rune Poem. Tom grew up in Missouri, and received a doctorate in history from St. Louis University. He taught history and humanities in Memphis during the 1970s, and moved to New York City in 1980 to pursue a career as a freelance writer. In 1983 Tom met Michael Harner from whom he learned core shamanism which continues to be Tom's primary spiritual practice. His lifelong interest in mystical traditions led him to develop ways to practice shamanism in the context of Celtic spirituality and other European-based spiritual disciplines.
From 1996-1998 Tom taught Celtic Shamanism for the Foundation. Periodically he leads tours to Ireland or Scotland to practice shamanism at sacred sites and work with the spirits of the land.
Tom is a minister in the Circle of the Sacred Earth, a church of animism dedicated to shamanic principles and practices. Today he lives in New York's Hudson River Valley where he offers training workshops, spiritual retreats, and healing sessions for groups and individuals. He is a board member for the Society for Shamanic Practitioners and has dedicated himself to a life of service practicing shamanism.
COST:
Package # 1
$850.00 includes tuition, three nights lodging, and nine gourmet meals (3 dinners, 3
breakfasts, 3 lunches). All rooms are double occupancy.
Package # 2
$750.00 includes tuition, two nights lodging (2 dinners, 2, breakfasts and 3 lunches). All rooms
double occupancy.
Package # 3
$685.00 includes tuition, three nights lodging (3 dinners, 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches). Dorm Style
Four beds in a room.
Package # 4
$585.00 included tuition, two nights lodging (2 dinners, 2 breakfasts and 3 lunches) four beds
to a room.
Package # 5
495.00 Commuter includes tuition, (2 dinners, 3 lunches), no overnight accommodations.
In the spirit of mindfulness around resources if there is anyone who lives locally and you have room for others to bunk at your house please let me know.
Limited single rooms for an extra $100.00 by request and assigned first come. If you absolutely require a single room and we can not accommodate we suggest that as a back-up you reserve accommodations elsewhere.
To reserve your space please mail your check or money order payable to Harmonic Visions LLC in the amount of $100.00 and mail to 6491 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, Oregon 97239. Any questions please don’t hesitate to call Karyn Armstrong at 503-525-2521 or karyn@harmonicvisions.com.
SCHEDULE: The program officially begins at 8:30am on the first day, Friday October 22nd and
end no later than 3:00 on the last day, Sunday October 24th. Please note the start time Friday
morning early. Plan flights accordingly.
WHERE: Still Meadow Conference & Retreat Center
16561 SE Marna Road
Damascus, Oregon 97089
For details on the retreat center go to www.stillmeadowretreat.org
GETTING THERE: You will be responsible for getting yourself to and from Still Meadows which
is located about 40 minutes from the Portland Airport. Driving directions will be sent to
participants at a later date. For those arriving by air, there is a shuttle service to Still Meadows
from the airport. We recommend Regina’s Shuttle Service at 503407-4658. Cab is also
available but could be costly, Broadway Cab 503—227-1234.
We are very excited to have this new training in Oregon. Tom Cowan is an impeccable teacher,
with a wealth of knowledge.
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