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We wish to offer you the opportunity to join our monthly Celtic Wisdom Talks Podcast open to all, inclusive and free. At Slí An Chroí this is our way to gift you the powerful Celtic wisdom of esteemed peers and colleagues.
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EP. 6 Billie Dean
Billie Dean is an impassioned animal advocate and activist, known especially for her dedication to wild horses. As a filmmaker and writer, she draws on her deep spiritual connection with shamanism and faery druid wisdom to craft stories that inspire compassion and environmental harmony.
Billie is the author of The Fae Elders Guide to the Higher Dimensions, a divination deck and book, and her signature work, Secret Animal Business, both of which reflect her unique insight into the spiritual dimensions of animal life and the unseen realms of nature.
Billie is seventh generation Irish from the wilds of Connemara, in the West of Ireland. She now lives in the Australian outback near Braidwood in the vicinity of Canberra. With her husband Andrew Einspruch and daughter Tamsin, they run a charitiable large Animal Sanctuary called the Deep Peace Trust deeppeacetrust.com. The donation page is here: https://deeppeacetrust.
Finding Joy and This Sacred Earth are available to stream at wildpureheart.com. Find out more about Billie at billiedean.com and YouTube.com/wildpureheart.
EP. 5 Danu Forest
Danu Forest is a traditional bean feasa or wisewoman. She lives in Glastonbury, England and has both Irish and British lineage. With over 30 years’ experience in the Celtic traditions, Danu frequently leads ceremonies and rituals particularly for the 8 Celtic Festivals. Born with the second sight she is a natural seer working closely with the spirits of the land and its ancestral and Otherworldly intelligences as well as plant and tree spirits.
Noted for her scholarship as well as her intuitive and practical experience, Danu is the author of several books including ‘Wild Magic’, ‘Celtic Tree Magic’ (Llewellyn) and her new oracle deck, ‘Celtic Goddesses Witches and Queens’ (Schiffer).
Danu holds an MA in Celtic studies specialising in the Otherworld. She is currently a PhD student researching the Celtic Fairy Faith. Danu lives with her husband Dan Goodfellow and son Gwion in Glastonbury, England.
EP. 4 Philip Carr-Gomm
Philip Carr-Gomm is a psychologist and author of over 20 books, many about Druidry. He was leader of the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids for 32 years.
Having worked for the Synthesis Institute, now he is involved in the work of the ACER psychedelic integration programme and the Sophrology Institute.
Philip is an author in the fields of psychology and Druidry. His latest book ‘The Gift of the Night’ offers a programme to improve sleep, drawing on both sleep science and spiritual teachings.
In recent years Philip has pursued his interest in spiritual practices by training to be a teacher of Yoga Nidra and Mindfulness Meditation. He has created an online school, The Art of Living Well, to offer courses that combine psychological and spiritual understanding.
He lives in the wide open landscape of the South Downs in Sussex, England, with his wife Stephanie. His website is www.philipcarr-gomm.com
EP. 3 Colum Stapleton
Colum, writer and documentary film maker, designed & built Brú Moytura Gyreum Ecolodge, an acoustic perfect round wooden retreat and workshop space overlooking Lough Arrow aligned with the natural sunset of the Solstice.
He revived the ancient tradition of the Annals documenting the stories and history of life in Ireland and abroad which dates back to the Middle Ages. His innovation and vision crosses many multimedia forms and here he talks to Karen about how he and his partner are evolving this old tradition with a contemporary twist.
Colum’s work as a documentary writer and director includes Teamhair/Tara 2008 for TG4 on the mythic nature of this sacred site, Trick of the Light 2005 an Irish/Norwegian co production on UFO’s in the Hessalan valley, Empire of Juramidam 2004, an anthropological journey to the Amazon and the evolution of a community that fuses Christianity with plant medicine, Tell Me Captain Strange 2001 RTE/IFB on UFO’s in Ireland, Holy Hi-Jacker – seeking the third secret of Fatima 1998 1996 RTE/IFB/SBS Australia and Sai Baba – Strange Avatar IFB/FA Berlin/RTE/Arts Council of Ireland.
EP. 2 Melanie Lynch
Melanie, Founder and Creator of Herstory – a multi-disciplinary storytelling platform that illuminates and celebrates female role-models through pioneering education and art programmes. Melanie, the key innovator who championed the Brigid’s Day national holiday in Ireland talks to Karen about how the archetypal energies of this powerful Celtic Goddess and Matron Saint of Ireland informs her life and work.
Melanie is an award-winning creative with a passion for justice, equality and storytelling. With degree in Mathematics & Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, she took a detour to art college, leading to a career working on iconic global brands and NGOs in advertising agencies in London and Paris. A career break in Kenya sparked a new career direction to apply her creativity and dynamism for the good of humanity.
In 2016 she founded Herstory, spearheading Herstory on RTÉ -the first comprehensive women’s storytelling platform on Ireland’s national broadcaster; Blazing a Trail – the first women’s exhibition to tour the Irish Embassy network worldwide; and the campaign to make Brigid’s Day Ireland’s first national holiday named after a woman.
EP. 1 Dr Liam MacGabhann
Liam,
Líam has been a health practitioner for 35 years, with 15 years in traditional therapeutic roles as mental health nurse, counsellor and therapist; “I came to realise that these approaches were limited on their own in how they could help people heal from significant life challenges. This led to an exploration of and training and practice in Reiki, Shamanism, Tai Chi, Mindfulness and Body Work. It was inevitable that I ended up embracing family constellations work as an all-encompassing holistic approach to healing at the individual and systemic levels.”
Líam lives in the Wicklow hills with his partner Siobhán Madden and their young daughter Ayla.
EP. 1 Dr Liam MacGabhann
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EP. 2 Melanie Lynch
Melanie, Founder and Creator of Herstory – a multi-disciplinary storytelling platform that illuminates and celebrates female role-models through pioneering education and art programmes. Melanie, the key innovator who championed the Brigid’s Day national holiday in Ireland talks to Karen about how the archetypal energies of this powerful Celtic Goddess and Matron Saint of Ireland informs her life and work.
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Liam,
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EP. 5 Danu Forest
Danu, Author and Teacher and a traditional Celtic wisewoman – her many books include the best selling Celtic Tree Magic and The Druid Shaman. Danu’s courses and consultations in Druidry and Celtic Shamanism weave hedge witchcraft, faerie and tree lore with the Earth mysteries. Her fascinating talk with Karen reveals a special time they shared at the Hill of Uisneach, in the heart of Ireland, at the Celtic Festival of Bealtaine.
EP. 6 Avril Stanley
Avril is the founder and creative director of the arts and music festival Body & Soul, Ballinlough, Westmeath which has been an annual event since 2004, first as part of Electric Picnic, and then independently. She talks to John about the influences of her powerful Celtic roots growing up between Galway and Ontario, Canada and why she specificially chose Summer Solstice as the anchor for her jewel in the crown of the Irish festival season.
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EP. 8 Ruairi McKiernan
Ruairi is an Irish author, social entrepreneur and campaigner on youth, community, health, and social justice issues. In 2012, he was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Michael D. Higgins. He has been named by Ashoka as one of the top 10 people leading social change in Ireland. He talks to John about how his Irish Celtic Shamanism studies informed his vital work in the world.
EP. 9 Kathy Scott
Kathy is a cultural activist and the creative director of The Trailblazery which was founded as a response to a need for deeper human connection and belonging in our world. As the founder and creator of Hedge School – an award winning Irish language and cultural project, she talks to John about how the Irish landscape and ancestors inspires her work.
EP. 10 Joann
Ruairi is an Irish author, social entrepreneur and campaigner on youth, community, health, and social justice issues. In 2012, he was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Michael D. Higgins. He has been named by Ashoka as one of the top 10 people leading social change in Ireland. He talks to John about how his Irish Celtic Shamanism studies informed his vital work in the world.
EP. 11 Dr Tom Cowan
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EP. 12 Dr Ger Moane
Ger retired as Professor Emerita University College Dublin in Women’s Studies as well as in Psychology receiving both a Fulbright and a Marie Curie award. Ger talks to Karen about how shamanism informs her work in equality and diversity, especially the LGBTQ+ community as award winning producer for Outitude, a documentary on Irish lesbian Community and her forthcoming novel on Newgrange.