courses
One day sessions; weekends; a series of evenings.
Invited guest scholars and teachers join the House elders to lead some of the sessions.
Some are run as online study groups.
We can also present a topic at your moot, circle or meeting.
The emphasis is on sharing ideas and practice, not just lecturing at you.
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Also see our SUMMER CAMPS page and our DATES page.
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WHEN? WHERE? FRI/SAT JULY 1/2 – SUN JULY 3.
At the House.
In Celtic Ways
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Yn Nulliau y Cymry
Celtic spirituality ancient and modern.
Continuity and change with especial focus on Welsh traditions.
~ With Shan, Y Mabinogi scholar, priestess, and adopted daughter of Wales.
~ A fresh and vigorous exploration of Celtic traditions, with the main focus on Wales. A wild and wonderful mix of Y Mabinogi scholarship and storytelling, together with Celtic Darklight philosophy, Celtic artwork, Wales today, freedom politics, and a little bit of Y Cymraeg.
~ Celtic Ways does not claim to set out “the Celtic tradition.” There is no such thing. Instead we look at various doorways, and ways of seeing from the ancestral first farmers to modern Wales. The divine and the everyday, transformations and shapeshifting, Annwn, authority and who’s who around the Celtic communities. The weekend includes an evening Circle dedicated to the Elders of the Land.
 The Celts as one of the four main ancestral traditions of Europe.
Arthur, Brigid/ Ffraid and Hywel Dda: the brilliant 'Dark Ages.'
Y Mabinogi: one of the great literatures of the world. Mythos and politics.
The Conquered: from the building of House Morgain 1585 to its 20thC liberation politics. Avalon.
Renewal: Celtic communities, diaspora, shapeshifting, hope and the future.
ARRIVALS 6pm FRI early/ long distance TO final arrivals 10.30am SAT. ENDS SUN 2pm.
FEE: £27 – £30 including all meals and overnight stays Fri/ Sat. comfy couches.
Full payment £27 or 3 X £10 instalments. If £27 is very difficult please ask about workfee. Pay by Paypal, bank transfer, or cheque. Double guestroom ( if free) add £10 a night.
Please email Shan AT housemorgain.co.uk or phone 01633 853953 to enquire, or begin booking.
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You can use the workfee system to cut the cost of going on a course.
Just ask.
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Y MABINOGI The core ancestral literature of Britain and Wales.
There are eleven prose stories written down in the late 11thC, with a far older oral tradition.
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Y Mabinogi origins may date back as far as the 'Iron Age' or ancient Celtic societies. A twelfth story, the Hanes Taliesin, was added later but not included in modern collections.
A series of in-depth seminars looking at the stories as human psychological plots; as magico-spiritual mythos; and as political propaganda, Each seminar includes a Storytelling.
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FREEDOM & POWER
What it says.
About some of the great historical struggles for freedom.
Why is it becoming harder to be free? Is it?
What has money got to do with it?
The Grail Question.
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Decoding socialism, liberalism, feminism, the market economy.
Critique: Spiritual and Magical traditions which teach freedom.
Tools of freedom: Personal assertiveness. Political Economy. Deep Psychology. Active Meditation.
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WHEN? WHERE? SAT/SUN MAY 29/30 - MON 30
(2 days of the Bank holiday weekend) At the House.
CIRCLEWORK! |
Pioneered by Shan in 1985 this is the famous solidly practical and freedom loving approach to ritual work, which also teaches Darklight philosophy.
A practical and philosophical review of the classic ritual Circle. The approach is deeply down to earth, without fuss, without speechifying. Power and gentleness, working realistically through the body.
FOR solitaries, the community minded, leaders and activists; for beginners and veterans alike, we can all learn from each other. For all faiths and traditions. Led by Shan with help from her friends.
~ How to plan so that whatever happens, the magic flows powerfully and safely.
~ How to balance freedom and spontaneity with a useful minimum of rules.
~ How to work in a small or (very) large group with full, active participation.
~ Family rites. How to include children or run a children’s Circle.
~ Outdoor indoor rites compared with their different needs.
~ Your personal interests, your wisdom and your questions.
Everyone on Circlework receives a clear, concise booklet of notes to take away. From the pioneering Circlework first taught 1985 at House of the Goddess, London, but updated and matured.
The Circle is presented in seven clearly explained stages. Each stage has its job to do to make the ritual work.
There is an absolute minimum of simple rules and any equipment exists on most kitchens.
The rules give a safe, strong, practical foundation on which you can build the ritual you want in your own way. You can even break the rules, as it is explained what happens if you do, so it's your free choice,
ARRIVALS FROM 6pm SAT (early/ long distance) TO 10.30 SUN (final arrivals.). ENDS MON 30th. 2pm.
FEE: £27 – £30 including all meals and overnight stays Sat., or Sun as needed - comfy couches. Double guestroom ( if free) add £10 a night.
Full payment £27 or 3 X £10 instalments. If £27 is very difficult please ask about workfee. Pay by Paypal, bank transfer, or cheque.
All meals, snacks, drinks provided but please bring special treats for SUN evening feast (we can suggest what to bring if you’re not sure). Please tell us if you’re vegetarian.
Please email Shan AT housemorgain.co.uk or phone 01633 853953 to enquire, or begin booking.
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COMING SOON ~
CIRCLEWORK II - is about working larger rituals, or outdoor work.
CWII of key interest to leaders and coiordinators, but also for anyone who'd rather not just stand around watching - being a punter - getting bored or cold! Some of this is outlined in the standard CIRCLEWORK! weekend and in the CIRCLEWORK! booklet.
CIRCLEWORK III - is about the theories, thealogy, psychology and philosophy that underpins Circlework.
Although the focus is theory, this is clkearly explained without jargon getting in the way. Also the theories are constantly related to personal and practical experience.
MOTHERHOUSE
LEADERSHIP WITHOUT FOLLOWERS.
As a good mother nurtures her child towards independence, good leadership works towards equality. Of course so much leadership does not, but let's not throw baby out with bathwater.
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Leadership is a set of practical and emotional skills. Learning them we can all become leaders, contributing to groups, clans, networks in usefulness and honour. Each of us are better at some than others: which shows us our leadership task.
Where is hierarchy useful? and where not?
MOTHERHOUSE - LEADERSHIP WITHOUT FOLLOWERS is a special study group to develop a certain kind of leader and teacher. It aims to develops a network of learning among Eartth Traditions where students connect with different motherhouse teachers, building independence in a loose but strong web between the teachers and students both. Motherhouse teachers intersect between their own independent Centres so the motherhouse web flourishes on difference and exchange.
DOWNLOAD most of the information on this page as a document HERE
Also see our SUMMER CAMPS page
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Celtic Ways
Circlework
Thealogy
Freedom!
(Political Economy)
Motherhouse
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