Celtic Times Workshops
Mary offers workshops on many themes and topics but especially on Celtic spirituality.
The heritage we have from the Celtic and other tribal nations of Europe has all but been forgotten. Those of us of European descent have identified with the Roman and Greek traditions, mythologies and customs that together with the Western Christian Tradition have given rise to Western society as we know it. We see the inbalance it has given rise to and seek new ways to be with the Earth and each other.The Celtic and other tribal cultures are very much part of our heritage , a part we have put aside for a too long.
In the workshops on Celtic Times, Mary seeks to explore the viewpoint of the Celtic world, through its stories, legal traditions and spirituality. She explores new models of how we can be in this world, as men and women of today, with our children, the earth, as leaders and human beings and reminds us that there is a pathway to wholeness that is ours from ancient times.
Celtic Sexuality and Relationships
The Brehon laws are the Ancient law system of the Celts. Originally an Oral Tradition, they were written down in Ireland in the 7th-11th centuries and give us an insight in to the unique worldview of the Celtic peoples. This workshop draws on ancient manuscripts and explores the marriage and divorce laws and the relationships between men and women in Celtic times. It contrasts the assumptions about relationships and sexuality that were present in Celtic society and those that hold today.
Queenship and Warriorship
A story and deep Imagery workshop that explores feminine leadership during Celtic times. Celtic women were queens and warriors, judges, landowners and druids. No position in society was barred to them .Hear the stories, from Maeve, the Irish warrior queen & Grainne the 16th pirate queen, to the Morrigan, the war goddess & others. You are invited to find the queen and warrior in yourself, through journeys and story.
The Celtic New Year
The Celtic peoples were the first to celebrate Halloween/Samhain. This was the time of their New Year. Listen to the Stories of Samhain from the Celtic tradition, the days when the gates to the Otherworld opened and crossing between the worlds was possible. and the New Year began in Darkness and moved towards the light. Explore the richness of this time through myth, story and deep imagery and the discover the crossing place within.
Leadership, Power and Community
The People of Celtic Europe had a model of leadership very different to the one that operates today. It was intimately linked with their sense of community and their own intrinsic sense of self worth.This workshop explores leadership as we know and experience it and contrasts leadership as the Celtic peoples envisioned it. It reminds each of us of our own power and how we may use it.