{"id":18903,"date":"2018-11-01T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=19510"},"modified":"2018-10-29T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T22:23:05","slug":"eleven-elders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/11\/01\/eleven-elders\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven Elders"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog is based on a dream I had in Sweden, on the night of Sunday October 28<\/i>th<\/i><\/sup> in 2018. The Big Bear Mother in the night sky (asterism Ursa Major) observed the spiritual darkness cloaking` Earth and decided to send down her seven lights as falling (or shooting) stars. I decided to type up this dream as a blog honouring the lives of the people who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Eleven Elders<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Big Bear Mother in the Night Sky<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watches<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Children starve in Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Suffering inhumane violations in Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Child prostitutes in Sri Lanka<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She sees Eleven Elders shot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the Tree of Life Synagogue<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Pittsburgh<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She tells her daughter<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Little She Bear<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To stay on watch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But she sends her own Seven Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Down to Earth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shooting stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Falling stars honouring the Fallen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighting other lights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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They take the shape of Snow Flakes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blanketing the cold shivering Earth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Like an infant seeking comfort<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As The World Tree shudders<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And quakes in grief<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the wounding of her child<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Tree of Life<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Seven Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seven Lights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of the seven-branched<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Golden candelabra<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Are lit<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Tabernacle:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Menorah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Hammered out of<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A single chunk of gold)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For eleven nights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A ferociously protective<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Divine Bear Mother<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lends her lights to earthlings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seven lights burn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In spiritual darkness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Guiding souls Home<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And awakening the Elder<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Others<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imelda Almqvist, K\u00e4rrshagen, Sweden 29 October 2018<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Imelda Almqvist<\/b> 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)<\/i>\u00a0was published by Moon Books in 2016 and her second book\u00a0Sacred <\/i>a<\/i>rt: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where <\/i>a<\/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\u201cMedicine of the Imagination\u201d<\/i>\u00a0and has started her fourth book “Evolving Gods: The Sacred Marriage of Tradition and Innovation”<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=imelda+almqvist<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

(YouTube channel: interviews, presentations and art videos)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This blog is based on a dream I had in Sweden, on the night of Sunday October 28th in 2018. The Big Bear Mother in the night sky (asterism Ursa Major) observed the spiritual darkness cloaking` Earth and decided to send down her seven lights as falling (or shooting) stars. I decided to type up this dream as a blog honouring the lives of the people who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.     Eleven Elders The Big Bear Mother in the Night Sky Watches Children starve in Yemen Suffering inhumane violations in Syria Child prostitutes in Sri Lanka She sees Eleven Elders shot At the Tree of Life Synagogue In Pittsburgh   She tells her daughter Little She Bear To stay on watch But she sends her own Seven Stars Down to Earth Shooting stars Falling stars honouring the Fallen Lighting other lights   They take the shape of Snow Flakes Blanketing the cold shivering Earth Like an infant seeking comfort As The World Tree shudders And quakes in grief Over the wounding of her child The Tree of Life   Seven Stars Seven Lights Of the seven-branched Golden candelabra Are lit In the Tabernacle: The Menorah (Hammered out of A single chunk of gold)   For eleven nights A ferociously protective Divine Bear Mother Lends her lights to earthlings Seven lights burn In spiritual darkness Guiding souls Home And awakening the Elder In Others   Imelda Almqvist, K\u00e4rrshagen, Sweden 29 October 2018   *** 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 “Evolving Gods: The Sacred Marriage of Tradition and Innovation” 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)<\/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-18903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18903","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=18903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}