Deep Gaia

and the Ecstatic Path

May 12th -17th. — $675

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The Ojibwe elder, Sun Bear, said that those who are best suited to survive these Earth changes will be the ones who are in community with the whole circle of life.

THE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE …

The Ecstatic Path is a centuries old journey taken by ecstatics and poets, wanderers and plant people and those with unnamed inklings ...

It is a journey for those with soul hunger and for those who sense changes needed but are not sure how to make them.

The patterns, habits of being and ways of thinking we have been using are not sophisticated enough to help us navigate the profound changes Earth and all of its inhabitants including human beings are experiencing.

We will teach the skills and ways of life necessary for traveling the path of Deep Gaia and the Ecstatic and for navigating the paradigm shifts we are currently experiencing—they can no longer be separate.

Our work together

An internal medicine bag of skills and practices will be crafted to enable each of us to take our place in the death rites of a dying culture and the midwifing of an emergent one.

~ depth perception, working with the imaginal realm

~ perceive and navigate metaphysical background

~ experiencing the touch of the world upon your heart

~ opening the doors of perception

… Enter the Dreaming

Held on private land in the Gila National Forest NM, there is deep & ancient medicine in these canyons, forests and mountains. The spirits who live here are palpable. Learn with us skills and practices to sensitize your heart to the touch of the world. Join us for this immersive workshop May 12-17th

Meet your teachers

Julie McIntyre is an Earth Mystic, contemplative, herbalist, author, mentor and teacher. Her work is shaped and informed by plants, the Invisibles that surround us, the ancestors and Genus loci. For the last four years she has been mentored and reshaped by Grief. Julie has worked with the medicine wheel, vision quests, sacred Pipe and sweat lodges to facilitate closer human bonding with the Earth and ecological reclamation of the soul. Julie directed a ceremonial program for Native men in a medium security prison in Wisconsin. She is the author of Sex and the Intelligence of the Heart: Nature, Intimacy and Sexual Energy and nearly completed, The Confluence of Gaia, Plant Medicine and the Human Soul.

Seán Pádraig Ó Donoghue is a poet, an herbalist, and a priest of the Feri and Crossroads traditions. His wildly neurodivergent mind draws on science, history, deep ecology, Irish and Norse mythic traditions, and his own direct relationships with plants, ancestors, and land spirits to weave a vision of personal, cultural, and ecological healing. He is the author of Courting the Wild Queen and The Silver Branch and the Otherworld.

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Logistics

Where you will be

The location of the workshop is on private land in the Upper Mimbres, Lake Roberts and Sapillo creek area within the Gila National Forest and borders the Gila Wilderness. The Aldo Leopold wilderness area is nearby.

At 6,000 feet above sea level, this is high desert region. The land sits between canyons and is populated by communities of Ponderosa Pine, Juniper, Oak, Cottonwood trees.

Southwest New Mexico and much of the southwest is in a drought. May typically has low humidity. The sun is intense at this elevation and season. Hydration is paramount.

Nearby are the Gila Hot springs, Faywood Hot springs, & numerous trails.

The Lake Roberts Store is very near host location, and Silver City is one hour drive.

Space is very limited to a small, intimate group
Registration materials will be sent after deposit is paid

Price & Dates

$675 is the price for this workshop.

Students arrive 3pm May 12th and leave the afternoon of May 17th.

Teaching days are May 13th-May 16th, and are immersive.

This includes: