Indigenous people have always honored the spirit powers that they find residing in the four directions and the sacred center of our world. This paradigm has been called the Medicine Wheel, the Celtic Arts, the Sacred Horizon, and other terms. Different cultures see this in different ways. And since there is rich variety in these perspectives, we invite participants to come prepared to share your personal, or your tradition’s, understanding of the Great Wheel. We hope this will provide a lively and informing discussion throughout the weekend.

We will also look at our soul’s entry into this life, what gifts and skills it brought, and what purpose or goal it came to achieve. Using shamanic journeying and ritual, we will explore the path of our soul as it draws strength, power, and meaning from living and traveling in the mandala of the four directions that make up the sacred horizon and center in which we live our lives.

Date: June 26 ~ 28, 2009
Location: Easton Mountain, Greenwich, NY
Workshop Info: Easton Mountain Website

Tony Allicino is Director of The Center of Alternative Health at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY. Since 1997, he has studied shamanic traditions with The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Sandra Ingerman, Tom Cowan, and indigenous shamans of North and South America, Greenland, and Norway. A Ceremonial Drummer and Singer of Sacred Dances, he has taught shamanism workshops at LaGuardia, The Open Center, Shantigar, Spirit Hollow, Kirkridge, Dawn Manor and Easton Mountain. A member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners and ShamanicTeachers.com, he is a graduate of
Sandra Ingerman's Teacher Training Program.

Tom Cowan has been a shamanic practitioner for over 20 years. He has studied with and taught for the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He is the author of Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit; Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life; and Yearning for the Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul. Tom has a doctorate in history and is a minister in the Circle of the Sacred Earth. He is on the Board of Directors of the Society for Shamanic Practitioners and on the Board of Directors of Columcille Megalithic Park near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Tom offers shamanic training workshops and spiritual retreats in North America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the British/Celtic lands of England, Ireland, and Scotland. He lives in New York's Hudson River Valley. Contact: http://www.riverdrum.com/