Heart of the Hearth, Course no 501
Friday, 14 Dec 2012 - Sunday, 16 Dec 2012
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Ari Berk |
Coming Home to Our World
This midwinter course helps us develop a better relationship with the hearth-wights, ancestors and guardians who support the hearth of every home. The hearth-wights support us with welcome, joy and rest: when we nourish them, we nourish our whole household. We will explore what makes us at home in the world so that, from the Temple of Hestia to Kenneth Graham’s House of the Perfect Eaves, we will learn how to keep the hearth sacred in times of unrest. Work includes meeting the hearth guardians and ancestors, the courtesies of the hearth, making a hearth token, meditations, and a ritual entitled Guardians of the Hearth Flame. We invite you to cleanse and bless your hearth for a peaceful solstice!
John & Caitlín Matthews & special guest Ari Berk.
Single £286 – shared £256 – non-res £216
Tutor Information:
Berk, Ari is a poet, folklorist, visual artist, and a scholar of comparative myth, literature & iconography. As Professor of English at Central Michigan University, he teaches folklore, mythology, American Indian studies, and medieval literature. He is the author of Hobgoblins, Mermaids and Death Watch, first of the Undertaken trilogy. He lives in Michigan www.ariberk.com
Matthews, Caitlín, singer, international teacher, writer and shaman, has served the Western Mysteries for many years as priestess and initiator. She is the author of over 50 books and several CDs that are readily available and has published original research into the shamanic and ancestral traditions of Britain and Ireland. www.hallowquest.org.uk
Matthews, John is an author, folklorist and screenwriter. He has written over a hundred books (many with his wife Caitlín Matthews) and several screenplays. Recent titles include The Winter Solstice, Storyworld and Wildwood Tarot
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