Summer Reflections
On this full moon I give thanks for a beautiful and bountiful
summer. My drum and I have travelled around the country, connecting with friends
old and new, gathering people in circles to dance, sing and share stories of
healing, returning and reawakening.
Now it is so good to be home! I love travelling –
but I also love returning home after an intensive period of storytelling,
performance and teaching. Looking back at these past few weeks, I feel a deep sense
of gratitude, awe and love. Life is truly magical.
This summer I met a butterfly one day while out
walking on a wildflower meadow on the beautiful grounds of Mundekulla Retreat Center in southern Sweden. The butterfly reminded me that I have come out on
the other side of the cocoon. I am soaring! Years of path-finding have come to
an end. I have found my path.
I say I’m a storyteller, writer and ethnologist –
but really I am a gatherer of bones, like old Bone Woman in her cave, gathering
the bones and singing them to life, preserving that which is at risk of being
lost to the world. There is much work to be done. Much has been lost, forgotten
and suppressed in a culture that has lost touch with its roots, its bones and
its old ways of knowing. And yet the earth remembers. The mountains sing. The
woods still breathe of magic, of ancient wisdom, of mythlines reaching far back
in time and into the future, weaving us all into the palms of their hands.
Nature whispers to those who listen.
This is my work. To
gather the bones and sing them to life. To gather people around the fire
for the kind of music that drums your soul wide awake and the kind of storytelling
that bring you back to your bones, your roots, your origins, your magic, your
wild instincts and intuitive ways of knowing. To listen to the whispers of
Great Grandmother Earth as she guides me forward on this path.
This is my path, my gift to the world – and I walk
this path and share this gift with all my heart and all my love for the earth,
the ancestors and future generations.
Now I look forward to diving into my writing cave
throughout the coming autumn and winter, working on my upcoming book. I won’t
be a complete hermit however! On Saturday the 28th of September I
will be holding a full-day moon lodge for women in Järna, Sweden, together with
the priestess and women’s circle leader Camilla Måne. Camilla and I will also
be holding a rewilding women’s weekend in Stjärnsund, Sweden on the 8 –
10th of November. Both these events are in Swedish but if you are interested in
taking part in our women’s circles and gatherings in English please let us know
by sending me an email at sagoheim@gmail.com.
If there is enough interest, we will look into planning a future event in
English.
This summer, Camilla and I had a pre-release concert
for our new album Invocation at the Shine Sister Festival at Mundekulla. The
album is a collection of drum songs and chants in both Swedish and English. The
official release date is on the full moon 14th of September!
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Mundekulla Retreat Center, Sweden
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Wild Moon Sisters, Camilla Måne and Stina Gray, pre-release concert at Shine Sister Festival, Mundekulla
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Candlelit storytelling night in the old cafe, Mundekulla
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Shine Sister Festival team - Camilla Måne, Anne Solveig, Ellika Lindén and Stina Gray
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Shine Sister Festival team - Anne Solveig, Katinka Soetens, Stina Gray
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Shine Sister Festival 2019 Mundekulla - all the sisters shining!
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Circle dances at Circle Way Camp, Mundekulla
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Storytelling workshop at Circle Way Camp, Mundekulla
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Storytelling retreat in Valbo, Sweden |
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