The Spiral Way: Celtic Spirituality and the Creative Imagination

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Celtic spirituality is a spiral way, one that honors non-linear consciousness, follows nature’s rhythms closely, listens to dreams, learns through story, and cultivates a more expansive imagination. This form of early Christianity that developed was woven through with more ancient practices and traditions from both Druidic and megalithic time periods. For many who have European roots, there is a strong draw to a path that is indigenous to one’s ancestors. For others, the call is to a way that honors Earth wisdom alongside human wisdom and the presence of the Otherworld just beyond the surface of everyday appearances.

Join us for this online retreat while we gather at what the Celts considered to be an especially thin time of year, where the veil between heaven and earth was especially permeable.

Christine will engage us in story, poetry, music, gentle movement, writing explorations, meditation and contemplative practice, calling on saints and ancestors for support, as well as opportunities to share in large and small groups to help move us into this threshold way of thinking and being in the world which is more organic and intuitive. She will draw on stories and practices from both the Christian and pre-Christian traditions in ways that make them accessible to people of any belief or practice. No previous writing experience is necessary.

**This is a Previously Recorded Course**

Course Content

The Spiral Way: Course Materials
The Spiral Way: Session 1
The Spiral Way: Session 2
The Spiral Way: Session 3
The Spiral Way: Session 4