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Reviews"Teaching within the Celtic traditions myself, I was already following Amantha Murphy as a sister-priestess, but mostly in spoken form or online. Therefore, finding her new book felt as a significant synchronicity. Working in these traditions, we often reclaim the old ways, and Amantha does this beautifully and firmly grounded in her own Irish-Celtic heritage and Irish Shamanic tradition. With bringing in the new title of the Seabhean, Amantha offers a powerful introduction in how to walk this ancient pathway into our modern times. Through these very comprehensible teachings, she offers old and new ways of interconnectedness with Mother Earth, which is definitely what we all need in these times!" --Marion Brigantia van Eupen, co-organizer of The Goddess Conference, tutor of the Brighde-Brigantia trainings
SynopsisAmantha Murphy combines story, ritual, energy teaching, and the insights gathered from the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears. "The seabhean (pronounced 'sha-van') is the Irish female shaman, healer and seer, the woman who walks between the worlds." What if we didn't have to look to other traditions for our spiritual practice? What if we could connect to the roots of our own ancestors' rituals? Amantha Murphy was schooled in the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears. In The Way of the Seabhean , she brings to life shamanic practices from the Irish tradition, combining story, ritual, energy teaching, and the insights gathered from her own shamanic journeying. At its core lies the pre-Celtic understanding of the Tree of Life and the Wheel of the Year, containing the seasonal turning points such as Samhain and Imbolc, their attendant festivals and the role and powers of long-suppressed Irish goddesses. Along with the better-known goddesses, Medb, Brigid, Áine, and the Cailleach, we also meet a pantheon that includes Tailtiú, Boann, Macha, and Tlachtga. These goddesses are archetypes, aspects of ourselves, which can help us to understand and embrace our many facets. Amantha's shamanic teaching in Ireland, the US, and Canada has already opened The Way of the Seabhean to an eager audience., Amantha Murphy combines story, ritual, energy teaching, and the insights gathered from the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears. "The seabhean (pronounced 'sha-van') is the Irish female shaman, healer and seer, the woman who walks between the worlds." What if we didn't have to look to other traditions for our spiritual practice? What if we could connect to the roots of our own ancestors' rituals? Amantha Murphy was schooled in the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears. In The Way of the Seabhean , she brings to life shamanic practices from the Irish tradition, combining story, ritual, energy teaching, and the insights gathered from her own shamanic journeying. At its core lies the pre-Celtic understanding of the Tree of Life and the Wheel of the Year, containing the seasonal turning points such as Samhain and Imbolc, their attendant festivals and the role and powers of long-suppressed Irish goddesses. Along with the better-known goddesses, Medb, Brigid, Áine, and the Cailleach, we also meet a pantheon that includes Tailtiú, Boann, Macha, and Tlachtga. These goddesses are archetypes, aspects of ourselves, which can help us to understandand embrace our many facets. Amantha's shamanic teaching in Ireland, the US, and Canada has already opened The Way of the Seabhean to an eager audience., "The seabhean (pronounced 'sha-van') is the Irish female shaman, healer and seer, the woman who walks between the worlds." What if we didn't have to look to other traditions for our spiritual practice? What if we could connect to the roots of our own ancestors' rituals? Amantha Murphy was schooled in the ancient and hidden lore of wise women and healers, rooted in the Irish landscape and guarded over the years by her female forebears. In The Way of the Seabhean, she brings to life shamanic practices from the Irish tradition, combining story, ritual, energy teaching and the insights gathered from her own shamanic journeying. At its core lies the pre-Celtic understanding of the Tree of Life and the Wheel of the Year, containing the seasonal turning points such as Samhain and Imbolc, their attendant festivals and the role and powers of long-suppressed Irish goddesses. Along with the better-known goddesses, Medb, Brigid, Áine and the Cailleach, we also meet a pantheon that includes Tailtiú, Boann, Macha, Tlachtga. These goddesses are archetypes, aspects of ourselves, which can help us to understand and embrace our many facets. Amantha's shamanic teaching in Ireland, the US and Canada has already opened the Way of the Seabhean to an eager audience.