Simple Ceremonies and Rituals Part 2 of 2 with Scott Alexander King

Session Description: When we hear the word 'ceremony', the term 'pomp and ceremony' often comes to mind, or a process that's both time consuming and rich in detail and tradition. It is the same with the word 'ritual'; a word that often invokes negative thought, superstition, and indoctrinated belief associated with dark magic, sacrifice, and dancing naked in the moonlight. The truth is, singing 'happy birthday', while blowing out candles and offering gifts to celebrate someone's birth is a ceremony, while making tea for a grieving or sickly friend is a form of ritual. During this workshop, Scott will discuss: The Power of Prayer Prayers of smoke, pipe prayers, tobacco prayers, prayer flags, prayer ties, and clooties How to create an altar or sacred space Offering thanks and showing gratitude The practise of burning and releasing The art of smudging using herbs and feathers, essential oils, incense, or resins Presenter Bio: Scott Alexander King is a retired schoolteacher, international author, spiritual teacher, public speaker, psychic medium, practitioner of Earth Medicine, and Zoomancer. Having spent almost two years training daily under a medicine elder, and with 14 published works to his name, all centred on animal symbolism, totemism and spirit animals, Scott calls his path ANIMAL DREAMING – a shamanic path that directly draws upon the wisdom, symbolism and medicine ways of animals. Scott believes the Earth is our Mother and we are her children. Like any mother, she wants us to grow, heal and unite as a people. She speaks to us every day. She speaks to us in a symbolic tongue; a tongue we a people have long forgotten and no longer understand. That language is older than words and is presented to us symbolically in the form of animals. The animals each have a message to impart, and we need to look once again to their medicine ways and integrate their wisdom into our lives. The animals do not make mistakes. Spirit does not make mistakes. If we heed the medicine ways of the animals, we too will forget how to make mistakes. The ancients knew this ancient language. And we are being urged to remember it. When we open ourselves to the guidance of Animal Teachers, we receive confirmation of our innate strengths and the medicine we need to heal life’s sorrows. When we experience interdependence with all life, we find our own honoured place in Creation.