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What is the Grail to you?!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Grail stands as a beacon of hope and wholeness in the midst of the Wasteland created by modern Western materialism.\u00a0 The potency of this symbol beckoning us back to living in harmony with both ourselves and the land around us is a myth very much of our time.\u00a0 It speaks directly to wholeness and connection and reminds us that to bring the Wasteland back to fertility and lush abundance we must return to the Source that nourishes it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our modern Society and education systems gives us few really useful tools to take with us on the great journey of Life.\u00a0 We need knowledge and understandings that we can directly apply to the challenges and traumas we face, that enable us to emerge empowered and strong, not weak and victimised. The Lost Wisdom of the Grail telesummit brings together a wide variety of Wisdom Keepers who are working to help humanity overcome the challenges it currently faces and envision a future where all are valued and flourish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

– Saira Salmon, https:\/\/www.sairasalmon.com\/<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently I received an invitation to be one of the speakers on a Telesummit in May 2018, titled <\/span><\/span>The Lost Wisdom of the Grail,<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> (https:\/\/www.sairasalmon.com\/grail\/<\/a>) hosted by Saira Salmon. She has organised this summit from a strong personal connection to the Grail teachings and Grail mythology. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saira’s question to me was: “How and where does the concept of the Grail appear\u00a0in your<\/i> shamanic work and classes?”\u00a0This was a very\u00a0exciting question to engage with!\u00a0\u00a0My immediate response was to request\u00a0a dream on this\u00a0subject from my spirit team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span>The dream that came was about \u201cthe wounded masculine\u201d \u2013 linking it to the Arthurian tale of The Fisher King. In the dream I had to make my way to this wounded male figure (first I could not even see if it was a toddler or grown man). When I got there I realized that he was my father\/son\/husband\/male friends all in one. The dream was asking me to reflect on where I need to heal my inner masculine (born a woman) to arrive at a healthier relationship of masculine and feminine in our world. (The external world is always an expression of our internal world!)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Over the centuries many scholars and mystics have arrived at different definitions of what the Holy Grail is or was. For me personally the crucial question is: what is the Holy Grail to you?! <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nFor me, first and last, the Grail is\u00a0a CRUCIBLE \u2013\u00a0a sacred container of transformation and transmutation \u2013 the big question is: are we willing to make ourselves a crucible (sacred chalice or Holy Grail)?!
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\nFor much of 2016 and 2017 I was working intensely with a mysterious figure who called herself The Poison Mother.\u00a0 She came to me in Sweden and became one of my key allies over time. I made an art video about our work together by the same name:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Poison Mother<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n