DREAMING for SAP Rising USA! 2

This class follows on from the The DREAMING of SAP Rising USA! on Tuesday 24th May. In the first class we explore how we all dream the world into being and how we dream intentionally as a group, accessing a larger collective dream. As this course has a strong Mystery School aspect we set a strong intention to dream together for two weeks, keeping a dream journal. During this second class we invite everyone to return to share their dreams: what is being brought to our attention? What themes and commonalities have appeared? We discuss how oneiric work (dream work) is tradtionally used in shamanic communities. Our focus is NOT on interpreting dreams but on mirroring dreams: a sharing in non-judgmental space, where only the dreamer can understand the multiple layers of meaning in a dream - but others offer a sacred mirror though the telling of their own dreams. All welcome! Even if you missed the first class - this will be a very interesting and innovative class!

�SAP RISING!� at Pendle Hill, outside Philadelphia, PA

With Imelda Almqvist assisted by Susan Rossi

DATES
31 January � 4 February, 2017
19 � 23 September 2017
6 � 10 February 2018
11 � 15 September 2018

Introduction

The Sacred Art Practitioner Training is a four-module training taking us to the magical and mysterious place where art meets shamanism.

This course does not assume or require previous training in art or a high level of artistic skill and competence. It does require a sincere willingness to engage with worlds seen and unseen using the creative process.

Our work together does not require an exclusive focus on painting and drawing either. On the London courses we have had musicians, sculptors, songwriters, poets, dancers and so forth. We encourage a very wide spectrum of creative expression. Just to give an example: during the course we will carve our own runes, make ourselves a bear suit, dance, create a dream incubation chamber and create unique backdrops and sacred tools for powerful personalized ceremonies.

This course does not assume or require previous training in shamanism either but some experience of energy work or working in close partnership with spirit allies is extremely helpful. What we do ask for is an open heart and open mind as well as a willingness to form a personal relationship with helping spirits and Divine beings from all realms.

Shamanism is not a religion, but a way of being in a balanced and harmonious relationship with all sentient beings, our ancestors and descendants as well the spirits of place and processes and �deep dreaming� held in the land. Our work will encompass both �The Great Above�, �The Great Below� and �The Great Within� as well as �every day reality� and so embrace all worlds and realms.

This is a course open to both men and women where we will actively work with the balancing between masculine and feminine our world needs to badly. This means that we will focus on connecting with the sacred expressions of the Feminine and Masculine, both within ourselves and in the world outside us. We observe that great stress, tension and many power struggles currently occur between distorted (or wounded) manifestations of those same cosmic forces. The time has come to balance them and assist the Earth in her paradigm shift!

This unique course offers a series of four sacred art intensives with a strong ceremonial aspect where we pass through a cycle of Symbolic Death, Dream Incubation, Rebirth and Joyful Creation from a place of complete alignment with our soul path and personal talents.

One of Imelda�s London graduates summed the process up like this:

�Thank you for creating this safe and sacred container, for us to birth and manifest our sacred dreams so we can leave this training, ready ourselves to create powerful containers for others to birth their sacred dreams and creative projects�.

At graduation you will receive a signed certificate stating that you have completed the Sacred Art Practitioner Training with Imelda Almqvist. It is my experience here in the UK that when people are looking to commission someone who works in the field of sacred art, they like the reassurance of knowing someone has done rigorous training, is committed to a personal Code of Ethics and has a good working relationship with colleagues and others in the same field.

You will also be invited to stay involved in Imelda�s larger global �network of sacred artists�.