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Drumming Circle for Shamanic Journeying Herstory: Kate started the Drumming circle in 1995 in Lansing Michigan. Stephanie had started a Drumming Circle in Grand Rapids, MI way back in the late 1980's, and even though she lmoved in 1996 and joined forces with Kate, the Gr. Rapids Circle still meets! For about two years we sponsored a Grand Ledge Circle as well. The Lansing circle has met continuously, meeting twice a month from 1995 until 2005, when we began meeting once a month that year. Our Lansing Circle currently meets once a month. We are going to try rotating between Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursday for 'accessibility' purposes... give various folks' schedules. We usually meet during the 2nd week of the month from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm. Upcoming Circles are usually on the first page of our website, so check there if you have any questions. We begin the circle by calling in spirits then drumming and rattling to raise energy. We do one or two journeys and close with a prayer circle. This Circle is open to anyone who knows how to journey using the technique as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Kate or Stephanie. In circles we build upon the journey skills we have and deepen our connections to our power animals and teachers.
OK...we haven't updated this section below for years.. but for what it is..here are a few entries!------ In December the last Circle of the year will be at the home of Kate and Stephanie on December 17th for our Annual Solstice Gathering. Please call to RSVP. We will begin gathering at 4 pm and will have a potluck dinner/snacks and will also have a fire ceremony in our fireplace. We hope that you will be able to join us!! Drumming Circle - October 11, 2005 Tonight there were 4 of us at Drumming Circle sitting in the warm glow of a beeswax candle. Our focus was on Goddesses and through the Goddesses to reconnect with the feminine and to journey to new places and teachers. We began by drawing a Goddess card with the intention of calling to us a Goddess who would assist us in removing any blocks that were in our way. Then we journeyed to her. For our 2nd journey we drew another card, this time of a Goddess who would love and nurture us and we journeyed to her. Kate made us copies of information on the Goddesses we had drawn so we could take the information with us. It was a fun evening of reconnecting with the feminine, spending time with good women and synchronicities. In my first journey I realized that the place in the upper world where I was visiting the Goddess was also the place where I had been in a dream the night before. Drumming Circle - September 8, 2005 Tonight there were 10 of us at Drumming Circle. Tina, our hostess, has a beautiful spot for a fire circle at her home. The land where she has her fire circle is so happy because she has done so much spiritual work there!! When we arrived Tina had a beautiful fire started. She called in the Spirits and welcomed us. We then did some drumming and rattling. Our first journey was to ask what prayers we should offer to the fire. When we came back from the journey we, one at a time, gathered up some dried herbs and/or sweetgrass and/or tobacco. We filled them with our prayers and offered them to the fire to be taken up to the Spirits to become manifest. The only sound while we were offering our prayers to the fire was the beat of the drum and the sounds of the birds all around us singing their thanks. Our next journey was to the element of fire. We gathered close to the fire, sitting and laying near it, some of us with "soft eyes" and some with our eyes closed. We journeyed into the fire, asking to merge with it and asking it to teach us. After the journey we shared our journeys with each other. We then ate some wonderful apple cookies that Tina made from the apples growing on her land and then Tina closed the circle and we offered more dried herbs to the fire. Many thanks to Tina for hosting the Circle. It was a wonderful evening!! Drumming Circle - August 25, 2005 Tonight there were 7 of us at Drumming Circle.
Drumming Circle - August 2, 2005 12 people attended Kate read from Sandy Ingerman’s August Transmutation news about the Full Moon Ceremony for this month and encouraged others to read the news on the internet and to participate on August 19th. In tonight's circle our first journey was a personal one. We did not talk after this journey but spent a bit of time in quiet to process/journal. Journey was about 18 minutes long. Second Journey. This journey was also a personal journey, with some suggestions. One of the suggestions was to ask about healing (personal, for others, for the earth). The other intention was to journey to meet ones true self. This journey was also about 18 minutes long and we did go around and share our journeys. Final Ceremony – while people were sharing journeys there were two pieces of paper going around and we wrote on the paper the names of everyone and everything we were praying for healing for. We then put the names under a picture of Green Tara and placed a beeswax candle burning on top of it. Then, in silence, we transfigured for about 5 minutes, then continues to transfigure as we began toning. Then we connected our heart lights to each of us in the circle, then to each individual in the room, then we connected our heart lights to every name on the papers, creating a web of light between ourselves and all those we know who are seeking healing. We ended the Circle with a song, learned from Barb and Frannie (original author unknown): Love-Love-Love-Love People this is your calling Love your neighbor as yourself For Spirit Loves all. For questions and/or directions, contact Stephanie at Spiritweaverst@gmail.com or call 242-3927 |
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