Taught by Barbara Neznek

Cost $50

RSVP by September 1, 2024

Prerequisite: Introduction to the Shamanic Journey or similar course

"Our ancestors, joined with One, stripped away from their egoic personas, await and offer a helping hand, but we need to reach out to them so that they can help us heal" 1  In this class we will journey to our personal, "Cave of Ancestors" to meet an ancestor who will  remind us of who we are and what we’re meant to do.  In her article "Radical Doll Making" Jude Lally states that, "our ancestors made dolls and some for the very same reason we also make dolls – to honor the great mother that birthed them and walked with them through life sustaining them through all sorts of experiences. Perhaps their dolls were a way of giving thanks to her and petitioning her to aid the sick and women giving birth. Maybe it was to ask for the return of the reindeer herds and petitioning for the rains to come or to hold all manner of hopes and thanks and rites of passage. In the end, probably like us, dolls were something to mark their personal relationship with Her and to acknowledge that we aren’t alone in this world - to recognize She who births us into being, walks with us in life and then when at last we return to her, midwife's us back to the otherworld with the promise of rebirth."2

We will create a doll to honor that Ancestor and to be used for strengthening that relationship using fiber, stones and herbs. 

1. https://meehlfoundation.org/shamanism-cave-of-ancestors/

2.https://www.pathoftheancestralmothers.com/radicaldollmaking