January 28, 2012 10:00am - January 29, 2012 5:00pm
NYSC is proud to present—
A Weekend Retreat with
Tom Cowan, Celtic Shamanism—
A Taliesin Retreat:
Remembering the Ancient Wisdom
January 28th & 29th, 2012 • 10:00am to 5:00pm
Please know that these wisdom teachings are being offered for the FIRST-TIME in the US! Sign-up early for our limited enrollment retreat.
Please know that these wisdom teachings are being offered for the FIRST-TIME in the US! Sign-up early for our limited enrollment retreat.
ONLY 4 SPACES LEFT!
“I am old, I am young. I remember the ancient Wisdom.” —Taliesin
In this retreat we explore the life, poetry, and visionary experiences of Taliesin, the early Welsh poet, seer, mystic, and what today we would call shaman.
Initiated into the mysteries from Ceridwen’s cauldron and womb, his wave-tossed journey at sea as a small babe, and his visits to the “Region of the Summer Stars,” Taliesin left poems and pieces of poems to tantalize those who would come after him. His words speak of the inner life of plants, animals, landscapes, and elements. His vast, comprehensive knowledge of cosmic mysteries found expression in images and phrases that continue to haunt us. He fully understood the Celtic saying, “All things are connected by a thread of poetry.”
We will use stories and poetry to encounter this ancient vision-keeper and wisdom-speaker, and through shamanic journeying we will more fully understand the Celtic tradition of the shaman-poet that can enrich our own spiritual lives and our shamanic practice.
Participants will experience—
• Understanding of who Taliesin was/is
• Appreciation of Taliesin's influence on the world of poetry and Celtic Shamanism
• Valuable insights into the importance of the poet as seer and shaman in the Celtic world
• Skills to incorporate poetry into your shamanic practice
• Understanding of who Taliesin was/is
• Appreciation of Taliesin's influence on the world of poetry and Celtic Shamanism
• Valuable insights into the importance of the poet as seer and shaman in the Celtic world
• Skills to incorporate poetry into your shamanic practice
Participants must know how to journey into non-ordinary realities and work with power animals or helping spirits. Bring drums, rattles, notebooks, etc.
Weekend Retreat Cost: $275
These wisdom teachings are offered for the first-time in the US.
Please sign-up early, it will fill up quickly!
Please sign-up early, it will fill up quickly!
Limited enrollment space available.
LOCATION: META Center NY, 214 West 29th Street, 16th Floor, NY NY 10001
Please contact NYSC for more information and to register:
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BIO
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 Seance, 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.
Tom continues to study with Harner's Foundation for Shamanic Studies and other teachers of shamanism and spirituality. 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.
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