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Lios Dana Dolphin Spirit Gate
 Lios Dana, (pronounced LIS DAWNA) is Irish for Fort of the Bold Warrior Artists and has been a Holistic Center for retreats and workshops forover twenty-five years.
Look out to sea and you will see
the dolphins' playful healing presence, our totem spirit. A sacred land, a sacred ocean. This stunning home overlooking Inch Beach, made famous in the filming of Ryan's Daughter, is available for large group rentals and as a workshop venue. With holy well, standing stone, and faerie fort, you can connect deeply with the land while you walk the hills and beaches.Self catering, fully equipped, and sleeps up to 16, it is perfect for weddings and family reunions.www.liosdanalodge.com ~ liosdana@eircom.net for more details on rentals.
Or for information on our holistic spiritual course schedule and transformational shamanic world journeys check out ~ www.DolphinSpiritGate.com ~ DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com
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Books by Dr. Eve Bruce
now in eBook format
Shaman, M.D.: A Plastic Surgeon's Remarkable Journey into the World of Shapeshifting
by Eve Bruce M.D. by Destiny Books
Paperback ~ Release Date: 2002-01-01
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $7.69
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Shamanism: The Book of Journeys
by Robert Levy and
Dr. Eve Bruce ~ O Books
Paperback
List Price: $22.95
Our Price: $15.61
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The Art of Michael Travers
Michael's work is displayed in galleries in Dingle, Killarney and Tralee. Drawing inspiration from the rugged seascape of his home in County Kerry, his oils can be found in collections internationally.
"He experiments with a whole new range of surface effects in which he explores the refraction of light on sea and sand and shore. There is a deeper sense of an organic force or energy, released by the hidden harmonies of the environment." |
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Greetings!
Ah
the strawberries!
the courgettes
(translation - zucchini)
ah
the rocket
(translation - arugula)
The time of first fruits.
First harvest.
The summer here
has been
dark and rainy.
Little
sun.
The tomatoes still green.
And all is green.
A good color.
Heart color.
Color of Nature
and vibrant
growth.
Happy Lughnasadh all
with sun
or
rain...
In Love,
Eve and Michael
Lios Dana
Inch Annascaul,
Tralee,
County Kerry
Ireland
DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com
011-353-66-915-8223
Walk in Beauty with Dr Eve Bruce on Facebook
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Lughnasadh
Last of the Four Fire Festivals
Lughnasadh (pronounced Loo-NAH-sa) is named for the Celtic God Lugh, King of the Tuatha de Danann, whose phallus of light pierces the Mother Earth bringing forth the fruits of that union.
 This is the time of First Fruits. Historically, the first sheath of grain harvested was blessed and buried at a height on a hill or mountain. In some areas, and over time, this was baked on a fire of protective Rowan, protection being invoked for this year's harvest and for next year's seeds by walking sunwise around the fire and/or home and fields (the core of the customs continued through the ages, even as they varied widely by location and time as well as prevailing beliefs in that they were syncretized into the rituals of Christian Ireland and Britain).
Around this time - from the Summer Solstice to Lughnasadh at the many Pattern festivals - the water source of each township is ritually blessed in gratitude. For an example, people gather at Brigid's Well in County Clare on August Eve (July 31st or for Christians the nearest Saturday night) and spend the night. In the morning rather than going to Church, the gathered will pray and perform ancient rituals, whether the elaborately orchestrated Christian rituals with set prayers while walking sunwise around the various spots at the water source, or the redreamed Pagan Celtic based rituals.
Just as Lughnasadh is thought to signify the marriage of the Sun Lugh to the Earth Mother, in times past it was a time when handfast marriages were arranged and commited ritually between a couple willing to commit to a year together. At the end of the year, if compatibile, the commitment could be made more permanent. If, however, it was thought by the couple that it was best to separate, there was no shame either for them or for any child coming of the union.
A time of feasting, of games, of fun.
A time to climb to higher ground.
A time to bless the water sources.
A time to make a commitment for the coming year.
This August Eve, harvest some fruits and vegetables.
Create a delicious meal to share with others with joyful playing and dancing. Share the harvest with close friends and strangers - with those who have and those who are hungry.
As you harvest, so shall you harvest next year.
Harvest the seeds for your next year's reaping, whether seeds from plants to be sown in the spring, or the seeds of your relationships and your imaginings to be cared for and brought to fruition over time.
 Remember the waters, take time to visit your water personal and communal water source and your wild waterways. Hold a water ritual and bless the waters, and all the waters. For the waters of all time and space are one. This is made clear in the oft quoted statement that we drink Cleopatra's bathwater. Feel the waters on your fingers and lips knowing that all beings past present and future have held these same waters within and without. Commit to ensuring that the waters of one are available for all, and remember the many areas with little or no waters, and those with too much waters.
Climb a mountain, or the highest area nearby. Climb the mountains of your mind and take in the higher perspective of where you have been in your existence and where you are headed such that, through adjustments in direction, right action will grow through the coming year to fruition.
Make a commitment for the coming year to another person, to a principle, to a task or practice. Give to this with your whole beingness, and commit that in a year you will reevaluate the wisdom of this commitment by it's fruits, making your choice whether to continue this commitment according to your best understanding of the higher good of all.
The wheel is turning,
Happy Lughnasadh All
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ONLINE SHAMANIC APPRENTICESHIP
With Claicha Zamora, Eve Bruce and Rob Murphy BEGINNING SOON
Contact Eve at DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com
or Rob at Rob.D.Murphy@gmail.com for details
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 African Wisdom School
with Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
March 8 - 15, 2013
South Africa
What if you had the opportunity to sit in the home of a prophet, holy man, artist, storyteller, Seer, wisdom keeper, healer ~ Zulu Shaman Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa is just such a man. Aging, he no longer travels outside of South Africa, but people come and call from all over the world to sit with him and to avail of his wisdom and sight. People who have reached out for the opportunity to do this include the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Princess Diana of Great Britain.
 Spend one week with this living legend in his home in South Africa. Listen to his insight and wisdom. Ask questions. See sacred objects. Explore the messages from the stars. Immersion in the Sacred Knowledge of Africa with this Zulu Holy Man will break open your world to new possibilties ~
$3000
($200 nonrefundable deposit to book space.)
(Note: Price does not include round trip airfare to Johannesberg)
 Not to be missed! This unprecedented and rare opportunity will not be available for very long. This great Zulu Sanusi, high holy man, prophet, protector of the Zulu peoples and Keeper of Zulu knowledge has invited us to be with him as he imparts knowledge from the stars, previously only divulged to initiates after many years of strenuous testing, now to be shared with the few who are called to him before he departs this life on Earth.
While at his home, meet with this world renowned healer, prophet, artist and story-teller. Hear of his phenomenal successes with Cancer and AIDS. Baba Credo imparts deep cosmic knowledge concerning the ways of the universe from his home in Africa, the birthplace of mankind, and from the songs of the stars.
Known worldwide for his communication with the star peoples (see "Passport to the Cosmos" by John Mack), this high holy man will gift us with his insights.
 "This wisdom of Africa surfacing today begins with Nelson Mandela and Credo Mutwa - Mutwa's mythology complements Mandela's political journey. There is medicine for the soul here. Credo Mutwa talks without fear and without pretense about our relationships to each other, about the natural world, about what some people call the supernatural, and about beings from other places among the stars, making the most amazing things seem commonplace. One feels his wonderful humanity and the genius of his people in these stories." -- Luisah Teish author of "Jamabalaya" and "Carnival of the Spirit".
"Credo Mutwa was to prove to be a very successful sangoma (Zulu shaman), and eventually was elevated to the rank of High Sanusi like the Indian sannyasin, a holy man who has taken vows. In this way he came to be the leader of over 500 other traditional healers. 'They look upon me as their father figure,' was how he put it, 'and come to me whenever they have forgotten some aspect of traditional healing. When I was made into a sanusi, I took a vow never to reveal my knowledge, never to tell people about my profession or about sacred artifacts like this one, and many others that I am entrusted with. But I feel that this vow is a hindrance, and some years ago I decided to break it. The result of this is that many people have ostracized me and many people have bitterly blamed me for what I have done.'
"Credo Mutwa very much believes in the value of tradition, but also affirms that we live in changing times. The traditions are to be kept, but their influence is to be made open to a larger audience than the faithful among the Zulu people." Stephen Larsen, editor of "Song of the Stars - The Lore of a Zulu Shaman"; author of "The Shaman's Doorway" and "A Fire in the Mind: The Life and Times of Jospeh Campbell".
Suggested reading:
by Credo Mutwa and Stephen Larsen
by Credo Mutwa
*Includes workshop, lodging, land transport and meals. Does not include international airfare. There may be an additional pick-up fee for those making their own travel arrangements
For more information contact Eve Bruce at DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com.
One week optional Excursion for Game Viewing, San Bushman Cave Art, World Heritage Site preceding visit to Credo Mutwa~ March 1 - 8 $2500
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 THE HEALING JOURNEY:
THE WATERS AND THE FOREST
in Amazonas Brazil
with Claicha Zamora, Eve Bruce and Rob Murphy
March 29 - April 7, 2013 $2520 ($500 nonrefundable deposit to hold space)
Combining indigenous knowledge with journeying on the waters of the mighty rivers of Amazonas and in the great forests, this ongoing program was created to bring people on a Healing Journey. Bringing people of widely divergent cutures and life situations together to find peace within and without.
Healing self and our relationship to other, to all our relations, such that we return to our communities with a global network of understanding and honoring our relationship with our Mother Earth, better able to steward this beautiful planet and bring peace to all her inhabitants, our brothers and sisters in life.
Achieve harmony and balance within ourselves and with nature.
 Jenny "Claicha" Zamora is an anthropologist, herbalist, Shamanic Healer and native of Peru. She is a teacher, researcher of traditional herbal medicine and conducts fieldwork with the indigenous people of South America. She also assists in the development of environmental programs and trips to the Amazon.
 Eve Bruce, MD lives in County Kerry, Ireland. For the past decade she has dedicated herself to changing the paradigm of our relationship to our Mother Earth, to our Body-Temple and to each other. She facilitates trips to learn from indigenous elders South America and Africa and Vision Quests to Walk the Bones of our Ancestors in Ireland. Brought up in Kenya, she holds a special love for the wisdom and energies of the continent from which humanity was born. Author of "Shaman MD" (Destiny Books) and "Shamanism:The Book of Journeys" (O-Books), she is also a surgeon who works with Doctors without Borders, a Shamanic Healer, a Past Life and Between Life Regressionist.
 Rob Murphy is a practicing shaman and is attuned as a master shamanic-reiki practitioner and Level 3 reiki practitioner. He has been initiated as a yatchak (shaman) into the Quichuan Path of Light tradition in by Don Esteban Tamayo in Ecuador and a shaman in the Green Path Medicine tradition of shamanism taught by the late Brazilian shaman, Ipupiara and his wife Claicha, a yatchak in the Peruvian Quechua tradition, and Dr Eve Bruce. Rob was also initiated into the Brazilian shamanic tradition of the Makunaiman (one who makes others dreams come true). Rob is the founder of the Richmond Shamanic Meetup and Drum Circle. He gives workshops and classes in shamanism for the Richmond, Virginia and NYC areas. As a graduate of Dr Linda Backman's Past Life Soul Regression and Between Life Soul Regression programs, he regularly uses the power of regression therapy as an integral part of his shamanic healing.
To register email Eve Bruce at DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com, or Rob at rob.d.murphy@gmail.com.
 "Within the natural sanctuary of the rainforest you will discover a sacred place where your deepest needs, values and passions can speak and allow Mother Earth to reach and teach you. Throughout this journey you will be recharged, enlightened and educated, ready to put your creativity to work to make a positive change in your personal activities and in the global community. By combining old traditions with modern ways we can deepen our connection to nature and to our inner peaceful self."
* Six ethnic groups live in close proximity in this area of the Amazon jungle, allowing a rare opportunity to learn and experience ancient, powerful healing techniques.
* Taruma Sanctuary is the perfect place to begin our journey. It is an refreshing detour from the routine of pre-packaged travel plans. After spending time there, we will travel through the pristine tropical jungles along the Rio Negro River, visiting local native communities along the way.
Some of the activities we have enjoyed in previous journeys:
* Practicing ancient and mystical healing arts from the rainforest tradition using local medicinal and aromatic plants and natural tools.
* Basic concepts of health and healing used in local areas by native herbalists and teachers.
* Visiting local communities and participating in sacred traditional ceremonies.
* Immersion in native community's folklore, ceremonies, storytellers, and dances.
* Walking, trekking, and camping in primary forest.
* Swimming with pink river dolphins.
* Hammock lounging therapy.
* Traditional massage with natural rainforest products.
 *Included in your trip:
Tuition, hotel accommodations in shared rooms and board, meals and accommodations, ground and river transportation where appropriate. Entrance fees for all sites within the itinerary.
Cost Does Not Include:
Airfare to and from Manaus Brazil, fees for passports and visas, arrangements for independent arrival and/or departure, additional hotel expenses due to flight cancellations or other unforeseen factors, phone calls, incidental food and beverages purchased on the road or at meal times, travel insurance. Tipping is normal, but entirely at your own discretion.
Trip Cost:
$2,520.00 USD per person (6 people minimum for trip to go)
(Does not include round trip airfare to Manaus)
(Additional fees for shamanic healings and sacred plant ceremony)
$500 nonrefundable deposit to hold your space
contact Eve at DolphinSpiritGate@gmail.com or Rob at rob.d.murphy@gmail.com.
(contact Rob if interested in installment plan payments)
Special Notes:
All participants are required to sign a liability waiver and registration form. During the trip daily activities may be modified due to weather conditions or other unforeseen factors.
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