I can remember the public’s superstitious panic coming up to the year 2013. In fact, it turned out to be the best year of my life! I was in my fifties and about to meet my Soul Family at Dunderry Park, the Irish Centre for Shamanic Studies.
It was not the first time that I had been to Dunderry. My first visit was in 2011, for a one-day course on Irish Druidism. That was followed in 2012 by a residential weekend for the Foundation in Shamanism module. In 2013, I took the plunge and did the Shamanic Practitioner’s course, involving multiple residential weekends throughout the year.
Staying the weekend meant that I truly got to immerse myself in the subject, without having to jerk back to “ordinary reality” at the end of the day! One of our teachers would say on the Sunday evening: “Remember NOT to hug the petrol pump attendant, when you are filling the car on the way home because they will not understand your enlightened state!”
Each weekend module dealt with a different Shamanic theme. I started to recognise things that I had done instinctively as a child, like listening to classical music in a quiet space and allowing my imagination to fly off into other worlds and other times. Basically, that is a Shamanic Journey!
Many popular superstitions were debunked too, while others were explained so that they made sense from a spiritual perspective.
Best of all was sitting in circle with a large room full of like-minded Souls! They came from all walks of life. They were all different ages. There was a good mix of males and females, not just one gender.
My fellow attendees had so many stories of their own, which were gradually shared (when they felt safe enough) within the circle. Most were recovering from trauma of one kind or another, including abuse, and addictions caused by the resultant Soul Loss. They were incredibly brave people, who recognised that they were ready to heal themselves and to do something about it. Of course, whatever is shared within the Circle, must always stay within the Circle.
I made real life-long friends at Dunderry Park that year! Before Dunderry, I could count barely a few genuine friends, not even enough to take part in a chain-letter exercise!!! However, after Dunderry, we all agreed to stay in touch using Facebook because there were also people from overseas in our group.
I had never thought of going on to a social media platform before because I had so few connections. Now, my horizons expanded exponentially as I started to meet more people on the same wave length as myself; people who did not think I was crazy and with whom I could have deep philosophical discussions!
Yes, 2013 was the year that I discovered my Inner Goddess!
ENDS
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