Celtic & Earth Wisdom Around the Fire

Celtic & Earth Wisdom

Around the Fire

FREE Live 90-Minute Gathering

An online gathering of songs & stories to transition us into the dark time of year

Tuesday, November 4th

10:30am PT / 6:30pm GMT

During this liminal time in the wheel of the year we are being beckoned to connect more deeply with our inner worlds and the ancestral realms.

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Honouring the Darkening Days

At Samhain, we gather in reverence for the wheel’s turning and cross the threshold into the sacred dark.

This is a significant time of year in the Celtic wheel of the year, called by different names throughout these lands, such as: Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve, Oie Houney, and Calan Gaeaf.

In this call, you’ll receive elder wisdom, songs, lore, and teachings — a taste of the goodness that’s to come in our upcoming 4-month course, Voices of Celtic Wisdom.

Returning for its third season, Voices of Celtic Wisdom is a rich gathering of 35+ guest teachers and includes access to an online community space, PLUS a crafting package shipped to your door.

What’s Included

We know that song and story have the power to awaken ancient memory, and be a balm for our human challenges.

Our prayer is that this call will do just that.

90-minute live online gathering with 4 guest teachers from the upcoming 4-month course, "Voices of Celtic Wisdom"
Songs & stories from the Celtic isles to connect us to our roots
Collaborative Samhain ritual to usher us into the Celtic new year
LIVE attendees automatically entered into giveaway to win free "Voices of Celtic Wisdom" registration + crafting package ($695+ VALUE!)

Our Guest Teachers

SEABHEANN 'WISE WOMEN' WISDOM

Phyllida Anam-Áire

Phyllida Anam Áire is an 82 year old Irish grandmother. She comes from an ancestral line of deep trauma. After boarding school in the 60s, Phyllida trained in Montessori, and then entered a convent. Her study in Theology and doctrine taught her a lot; not about God, but about dysfunctional patriarchal indoctrination.

Having finished her studies in humanistic psychology, Phyllida trained and worked for ten years with Elisabeth Kübler -Ross MD. After ten years working with Celtic Consciousness in Germany, she moved to Edinburgh to be with her son and grandchildren. Phyllida still shares her “Teachings from the Cauldron”, which is a combination of humanistic psychology and Spiritual wisdom.

DRUID LORE

Chris Park

Chris Park is a Druid and artist immersed and versed in the lore and wisdom traditions of the Isles of Britain and Europe.

He lives in a luxurious hedge with a wayward family surrounded by beehives on organic farmland in the Vale of the White Horse, U.K. There he researches and teaches old ways and new, incorporating experimental archaeology, woodland crafts and organic architecture.

A prolific beekeeper, he teaches skep making, skep-beekeeping, mead making and apitherapy, lecturing to beekeeping associations and other societies upon related subjects. Often seen extolling the virtues of honeybee medicines.

He is of Welsh, English and Scottish heritage, with over twenty five years experience of druidry, cunning-folk and craft practices, and has been an active member of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids since 1997. He hosts ceremonies and gatherings in a sacred grove at home. With different hats on he is a professional storyteller, a musician, celebrant and ceremonial piper.

IRISH ANCESTRAL WISDOM

Aoife Lowden

Aoife Lowden is a guide and facilitator of courses, ceremonies & gatherings which aim to support in building relationship rooted in land-based ancestral wisdom & community.

Aoife creates spaces rooted in wild & ancient wisdom, whilst allowing the space for our emerging culture to come through & evolve. She is passionate about reviving our endangered indigenous cultural practices, such as that of the Teine Eiginn, (Neid fire) and Teach Allais (Sweat House).

Aoife’s work has for the most part been held in her homeland of Ireland, however she has recently moved to the Scottish Highlands where she lives and works as part of a land-based centre & community project (The Sheiling Project/Collective).

SCOTTISH STORYTELLING

Dougie Mackay

Dougie is a native Highland storyteller with a passion for tracking key aspects of ancestral cultures through mythology, lore and story. A professional storyteller for over 12 years, he has been mentored by some of Scotland’s finest seanachies, seeking modern applications for these timeless tales.

His recent show ‘Animate Lands’ allowed a deep dive into the Fianna cycle, gleaning aspects of the older animistic culture once thriving on these islands. It was described as ‘a fresh and joyful take on Celtic lore and Scotland’s landscape’. In his “Myth as Medicine” course, he explores a cycle of northern myths with a group of students, tracking the treasure within each tale and offering exercises to journey with each story and touch the medicine within.

Meet Your Guides

COURSE CO-WEAVER

Lana Lanaia

Lana is a musician, and facilitator of retreats, ritual & healing spaces. She lives in the Scottish Highlands, and her lineage is woven through many lands.

Lana has been studying and working with earth wisdom traditions & sound healing for over 25 years. She has a deep love for these holy Isles of Albion, her ancient places & wisdom. She has spent many years journeying to sacred sites, living in wild places, questing and communing with the land, sea & sky.

Lana’s work, through retreats, ritual, and sound, is an invitation to return to wholeness, to reawaken the songlines of the soul, and to enter into deep communion with the Earth as a living, breathing being.

COURSE CO-HOST

Sarah Long

Sarah is a Druid, holder of ritual and ceremony, artist and poet. She has been exploring Druidry and celebrating the wheel of the year for over 30 years, and carries a deep devotion and reverence for Mother Earth.

She weaves her magic in the mundane through organic gardening and her love of plants and the divine feminine. She has spent many years pilgrimaging to sacred sites, holding space around the fire and loves to share stories, songs and chants.

Sarah creates warm and welcoming spaces, allowing people to feel at ease and encouraging their own inspiration to flow. She has a generous spirit and a great gift of offering blessings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this an online offering or in-person?

This offering is happening online through Zoom, with teachers joining us from different countires.

What if I can't attend live? Will the call be recorded?

Yes. The live call will be recorded, and a recording will be shared with all who have pre-registered. Only those who come to the live call on November 4th will be entered into the giveaway.

When will the giveaway winner be announced?

The giveaway winner will be announced near the end of the live call on November 4th.

You're Invited...

Whatever your lineage, we invite you to discover the ancestral wisdom of these sacred isles.

Register below to join us for this FREE gathering on November 4th, where we have gathered a lively bunch of teachers sharing ancestral wisdom, songs & stories from the WISE isles – Wales, Ireland, Scotland & England.

May this bring nourishment and inspiration to carry with you into your Winter dreaming.