Earth Speaks - Communicating with the Living Landscape
A weekend course at the International School of storytelling www.schoolofstorytelling.com
Geomancy, the art of Earth divination, explores the Earth's vital energy flow. Every landscape has a story, an 'identity', a consciousness made up of it's features and elemental life. Similar to the human body, the Earth functions through different interlacing layers namely the physical, etheric, astral and spiritual.
Just like with the human body, we can find imbalances in the energy field of the land, brought about by traumatic events in human history, distorted earth energies, mismanagement of natural resources and disrespect to the inner life of the Earth. Working with Geomancy is a powerful way to support our own healing, we begin experiencing this when we realise our connection with the living earth for what we change in the earth can bring about a similar change in ourselves. In this workshop we will develop our listening skills so we can begin to perceive with all our sensory organs the subtle layers of a place. We will begin to identify energetic features such as underground water currents, blind springs, electromagnetic patterns etc. Listening to the story of the land, we will tap into the experience of the interconnectedness of all things and re-member the art and joy of communing with all aspects of life; animals, plants and the elemental life, so that we may resume our role of responsible co-creators. Once we have experienced this connection, we will lend our voices to the land to speak and sound the stories humanity needs to hear in this time. We welcome on this journey all those who love and care for Nature and the future of The Earth, parents, teachers, walkers, environmentalists and storytellers who are searching for some good and important stories to serve. No previous experience is needed.
Location: Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX, UK
It’s a beautiful rural site surrounded by fields, meadows and woods with its own accommodation, close to the thriving village of Forest Row. It is an hour from London on the train from East Grinstead station, 45 minutes from Brighton and the coast and with Gatwick airport less than an hour away.
Coure leaders: Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Even Zur
Fore more details visit http://www.schoolofstorytelling.com