{"id":16605,"date":"2018-03-01T01:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17263"},"modified":"2018-02-25T23:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T04:03:56","slug":"book-review-the-magic-circle-shamanic-ceremonies-for-the-child-and-the-child-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/03\/01\/book-review-the-magic-circle-shamanic-ceremonies-for-the-child-and-the-child-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – The Magic Circle: Shamanic Ceremonies for the Child and the Child Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE MAGIC CIRCLE<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shamanic Ceremonies for the Child and the Child Within<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A year ago I wrote a brief review of this book on Amazon<\/a> but in this review I will expand on what I wrote in February 2017: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/b>This is an amazing source book for families, schools, grandparents and youth leaders in different capacities. It offers a breath-taking range of ideas and ceremonies – ranging from fast and simple to more complex. These ceremonies can help children and young people navigate life transitions and events. From losing a loved one, taking courage, the magic of our own body, the weather, animals, ancestral sleuthing and so forth the possibilities are endless and very inspiring! The future of our Earth depends on young people staying attuned to the Web of Life and honoring all different life forms. This book is a must have for anyone raising such children or hoping to raise such children one day! It has given me ideas for the children and teenagers I myself work with!”<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This book was co-authored by a team of three people: Ann Dickie, Jennifer Engracio and Katherine Inksetter. As parent, shamanic teacher and author of a book about shamanic parenting it always makes my heart sing to find high quality resources about shamanism for families, teachers and youth leaders! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially this book provides ceremonies for every conceivable occasion, following the Medicine Wheel (starting in the Center: the Land of Void and from there moving South, than West and so forth).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All this material has been tried and tested extensively and a lot of reflection has gone into the way that activities are introduced and structured. This is important because it reduces the risk of misunderstandings or things “going wrong”. – Having said that: when proper preparations are made, things going “wrong” usually means that the spirits are playing with us and getting creative. In a sense you cannot go “wrong” in ceremony when you work from the heart! – Still, some people feel a little nervous about using shamanism with children, which is understandable, so using properly tested material takes some of that anxiety away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The authors also point out – very correctly! – that any deep <\/span>spiritual<\/span> work or personal growth work will flush out issues needing attention. As a shamanic teacher just want to echo how true this is but, I will also say how those things are ultimately the ingredients of life-changing adventures, they open portals and rewire us on the level of soul. Don’t let that put you off.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Working your way through the whole book can certainly be done but it is a big commitment. It might be better to use the book intuitively – do what calls out to you or what resonates with an issue your child (or grandchild, or youth group etc.) is facing right now. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Medicine Wheel is a wheel in a very literal sense: one could start anywhere and a journey will unfold. Wheels per definition do not have a beginning or end.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another good thing about this book is that it includes a suggested age range for every activity. If you are going to be working with younger or older children – no problem, but you may need to simplify things a little or add some complexity. Any parent or teacher (or person who spends time around children) will do this very naturally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ceremony is a key-concept in shamanism because it opens the door to our soul and allows us to step outside time. Powerful work is done in the place where the spirits, ancestors and sacred dreams of our collective reside. Healing occurs naturally when we perform ceremonies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This book gives <\/span>families<\/span> tools and high quality activities. Following those encourages children to stay tuned and – most importantly – to keep the connection to their own spirit allies alive and strong as they grow older and face the challenges life will throw at human being<\/span>s<\/span>. I truly believe that this is one of the greatest gifts we can give a child.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This book encourages creativity, time spent outdoors, connecting to ancestors, knowing that (as my eldest son once put it when he was just four years old) that <\/span>“everything is medicine”<\/i><\/span> – or can be, when used or embraced the right way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I invite you to take this journey around the Medicine Wheel and discover what your own calling and unique medicine is – so you can fully embody and birth this in our world. – Our world in great turmoil and transition (paradigm shift) needs every person alive right now to activate their divinely granted talents and medicine. If we all do that – our world can change overnight!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Ann, Jennifer and Katherine for this magical book!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially a book like this is spiritual dynamite (and the authors may quote me on that!)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Imelda Almqvist, 22 February 2018, London UK<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

For Book’s Website<\/a> Click Image<\/strong><\/p>\n

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***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Imelda Almqvist<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> is an international teacher of shamanism and <\/span><\/span><\/span>SACRED ART<\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0Her book\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit For Life (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0was published by Moon Books in 2016.\u00a0 She is a presenter on the Shamanism Global Summit\u00a0 2017 as well as on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True. She divides her time between the UK, Sweden and the US. Her second book\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SACRED ART<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>, A Hollow Bone for Spirit : Where A<\/span><\/span><\/span>RT<\/span><\/span><\/span> Meets Shamanism will be published in the Autumn of 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Amazon Information Click Image<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0 (website)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0 (blog)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>(Youtube channel: interviews, presentations and art videos)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/affiliate.soundstrue.com\/aff_c?offer_id=124&aff_id=2260&url_id=86<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>(Year of Ceremony)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE MAGIC CIRCLE Shamanic Ceremonies for the Child and the Child Within A year ago I wrote a brief review of this book on Amazon but in this review I will expand on what I wrote in February 2017: “This is an amazing source book for families, schools, grandparents and youth leaders in different capacities. It offers a breath-taking range of ideas and ceremonies – ranging from fast and simple to more complex. These ceremonies can help children and young people navigate life transitions and events. From losing a loved one, taking courage, the magic of our own body, the weather, animals, ancestral sleuthing and so forth the possibilities are endless and very inspiring! The future of our Earth depends on young people staying attuned to the Web of Life and honoring all different life forms. This book is a must have for anyone raising such children or hoping to raise such children one day! It has given me ideas for the children and teenagers I myself work with!” This book was co-authored by a team of three people: Ann Dickie, Jennifer Engracio and Katherine Inksetter. As parent, shamanic teacher and author of a book about shamanic parenting it always makes my heart sing to find high quality resources about shamanism for families, teachers and youth leaders! Essentially this book provides ceremonies for every conceivable occasion, following the Medicine Wheel (starting in the Center: the Land of Void and from there moving South, than West and so forth). All this material has been tried and tested extensively and a lot of reflection has gone into the way that activities are introduced and structured. This is important because it reduces the risk of misunderstandings or things “going wrong”. – Having said that: when proper preparations are made, things going “wrong” usually means that the spirits are playing with us and getting creative. In a sense you cannot go “wrong” in ceremony when you work from the heart! – Still, some people feel a little nervous about using shamanism with children, which is understandable, so using properly tested material takes some of that anxiety away. The authors also point out – very correctly! – that any deep spiritual work or personal growth work will flush out issues needing attention. As a shamanic teacher just want to echo how true this is but, I will also say how those things are ultimately the ingredients of life-changing adventures, they open portals and rewire us on the level of soul. Don’t let that put you off. Working your way through the whole book can certainly be done but it is a big commitment. It might be better to use the book intuitively – do what calls out to you or what resonates with an issue your child (or grandchild, or youth group etc.) is facing right now. The Medicine Wheel is a wheel in a very literal sense: one could start anywhere and a journey will unfold. Wheels per definition do not have a beginning or end. Another good thing about this book is that it includes a suggested age range for every activity. If you are going to be working with younger or older children – no problem, but you may need to simplify things a little or add some complexity. Any parent or teacher (or person who spends time around children) will do this very naturally. Ceremony is a key-concept in shamanism because it opens the door to our soul and allows us to step outside time. Powerful work is done in the place where the spirits, ancestors and sacred dreams of our collective reside. Healing occurs naturally when we perform ceremonies. This book gives families tools and high quality activities. Following those encourages children to stay tuned and – most importantly – to keep the connection to their own spirit allies alive and strong as they grow older and face the challenges life will throw at human beings. I truly believe that this is one of the greatest gifts we can give a child. This book encourages creativity, time spent outdoors, connecting to ancestors, knowing that (as my eldest son once put it when he was just four years old) that “everything is medicine” – or can be, when used or embraced the right way. I invite you to take this journey around the Medicine Wheel and discover what your own calling and unique medicine is – so you can fully embody and birth this in our world. – Our world in great turmoil and transition (paradigm shift) needs every person alive right now to activate their divinely granted talents and medicine. If we all do that – our world can change overnight! Thank you Ann, Jennifer and Katherine for this magical book! Essentially a book like this is spiritual dynamite (and the authors may quote me on that!) Imelda Almqvist, 22 February 2018, London UK For Book’s Website Click Image *** About the Author: Imelda Almqvist is an international teacher of shamanism and SACRED ART.\u00a0Her book\u00a0Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit For Life (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages)\u00a0was published by Moon Books in 2016.\u00a0 She is a presenter on the Shamanism Global Summit\u00a0 2017 as well as on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True. She divides her time between the UK, Sweden and the US. Her second book\u00a0SACRED ART, A Hollow Bone for Spirit : Where ART Meets Shamanism will be published in the Autumn of 2018. For Amazon Information Click Image www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk\u00a0 (website) https:\/\/imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com\/\u00a0 (blog) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist\u00a0\u00a0(Youtube channel: interviews, presentations and art videos) http:\/\/affiliate.soundstrue.com\/aff_c?offer_id=124&aff_id=2260&url_id=86\u00a0\u00a0(Year of Ceremony)  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}