{"id":18828,"date":"2018-11-01T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=19433"},"modified":"2018-10-29T22:55:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T03:55:55","slug":"the-ancestors-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-the-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/11\/01\/the-ancestors-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-the-living\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancestors Walk in The Footsteps of the Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19434\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ancestors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">For today a reminder that we will be Ancestors for a much longer &#8220;time&#8221; (Outside Time) than our lifespan on Earth. Perhaps life on earth is a training for becoming a wise or compassionate ancestor? Let&#8217;s make personal and global decisions that we can be proud of once we join our Ancestors!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">Some tribal peoples (especially in Siberia) believed that the Ancestors literally walk in the footsteps of the living, in an &#8220;upside down realm&#8221;. If this is so &#8211; our every footstep affects them and pulls on them&#8230;. just as they in turn can influence every move we make (if we let them).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">As I am publishing a book about Sacred <\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">rt soon I might try to reinstate the Painting of the Day posts on Facebook (for the days I can manage this anyway).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\">My new book can now be pre-ordered on Amazon:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Sacred-Art-Hollow-Spirit-Shamanism\/dp\/1789040388\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539074638&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=imelda+almqvist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><b>Sacred <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><b>a<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><b>rt: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><b>a<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><b>rt Meets Shamanism)<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Imelda Almqvist<\/b> is an international teacher of shamanism and sacred art.\u00a0Her book\u00a0<i>Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit For Life (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages)<\/i>\u00a0was published by Moon Books in 2016 and her second book\u00a0<i>Sacred <\/i><i>a<\/i><i>rt: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where <\/i><i>a<\/i><i>rt Meets Shamanism)<\/i>\u00a0will be published in March 2019.\u00a0 She was a presenter on the Shamanism Global Summit\u00a0in both 2016 and 2017 and is a presenter on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True. She divides her time between the UK, Sweden and the US. She is currently in the editing stages of her third book\u00a0<i>\u201cMedicine of the Imagination\u201d<\/i>\u00a0and has started her fourth book <i>&#8220;Evolving Gods: The Sacred Marriage of Tradition and Innovation&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(website)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(blog)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>(YouTube channel: interviews, presentations and art videos)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1785353683\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1785353683&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=bfd3fc78dd28d5eb6847fa380e2400a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Born Shamans &#8211; A Spiritual Toolkit for Life: Using Shamanism Creatively with Young People of All Ages on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CHOAvW\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17829\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Natural.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For today a reminder that we will be Ancestors for a much longer &#8220;time&#8221; (Outside Time) than our lifespan on Earth. Perhaps life on earth is a training for becoming a wise or compassionate ancestor? Let&#8217;s make personal and global decisions that we can be proud of once we join our Ancestors! Some tribal peoples (especially in Siberia) believed that the Ancestors literally walk in the footsteps of the living, in an &#8220;upside down realm&#8221;. If this is so &#8211; our every footstep affects them and pulls on them&#8230;. just as they in turn can influence every move we make (if we let them). As I am publishing a book about Sacred art soon I might try to reinstate the Painting of the Day posts on Facebook (for the days I can manage this anyway). \u00a0 My new book can now be pre-ordered on Amazon: Sacred art: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where art Meets Shamanism) *** 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 and her second book\u00a0Sacred art: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where art Meets Shamanism)\u00a0will be published in March 2019.\u00a0 She was a presenter on the Shamanism Global Summit\u00a0in both 2016 and 2017 and is a presenter on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True. She divides her time between the UK, Sweden and the US. She is currently in the editing stages of her third book\u00a0\u201cMedicine of the Imagination\u201d\u00a0and has started her fourth book &#8220;Evolving Gods: The Sacred Marriage of Tradition and Innovation&#8221; www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk\u00a0\u00a0(website) https:\/\/imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com\/\u00a0\u00a0(blog) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist (YouTube channel: interviews, presentations and art videos) Natural Born Shamans &#8211; A Spiritual Toolkit for Life: Using Shamanism Creatively with Young People of All Ages on Amazon &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18828","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=18828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}