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As someone who works with the souls of the living and the dead. I have always found it unforgivable that the accused were denied funerary rites and what was left of their charred remains were likely thrown on the local midden. At that time in history, most would have believed that without the observance of death customs, their soul would not ascend to heaven. It came to me in the dreamtime, that like the Bean Chaoite of old, I should lament and keen to sing home the souls from the witchcraft trials who had not crossed over. Since then, I have become a Witch Anum Cara. I have a devotional practice to the dead and hold rituals of remembrance while singing their earthbound souls home to the otherworld.

 

Until now, I have only offered this powerful course as an in-person workshop but there is so much healing needed around this 'original  wound' of the burning times. Hence, I have decided to offer it as an online workshop. Along with a monthly keening circle for those who have taken part in the workshop and want to be a Witch Anum Cara.

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At this unique one-day workshop we will come together to begin to heal the invisible legacy of the burning times. We will aim to release this ancestral trauma, through the weaving of ancestral wisdom in the form of ritual reclaiming and the unsung sounds of grief. In community, we will fill our hollow bones with the old song ways of lamenting and keening. Like the Bean Chaointe, our voices will create a bridge to the spirit world, so the accused witches can join their ancestors in the otherworld. 

 

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OUTLINE FOR THE  WORKSHOP

The persecution of women as witches 

The ancestral wounds of the burning times

Honouring Bride as the mother of keening

Folklore of the banshee as a death messenger

The sacred role of the Bean Chaointe

The traditions of lament

The ritual act of keening

Becoming a Witch Anum Cara

Devotional practice 

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COSTS

£95 and £75 concession. 

 

TIME AND DATE

10:00 till 4:00

To be announced

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ON THE DAY

You will need a bowl of water

A ball of red wool

A scarf to cover your head

Basic art materials 

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I am honoured to perform death rites and sing home the souls of the accused witches. Get in touch if you would like to learn these forgotten practices. There is much work to be done and the Cailleach is calling……..