CANCELLATION POLICY FOR ALL COURSES
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic we live in an ever-changing and uncertain world. As a one-woman-operation I admit freely that I struggle with keeping my website up-to-date, while constantly also adjusting courses and course descriptions to make them relevant and in line with e.g. travel restrictions. You will always find the most up-to-date information in my newsletter (which goes out roughly every other month, email me if you wish to subscribe). I do website updates as and when my schedule allows, but I am on the move a lot! For 2023 I have committed to regularly updating both my Teaching Schedule and the complete list of on-line courses and recordings, so people can download those straight from any page of my website. My sincere apologies if you visit a webpage here that I have not had time to update yet! Expressions of interest and requests or brainwaves are always welcome. Drop me an email on imelda dot almqvist at gmail dot com. Imelda (24 November 2022)
From 2023 this course will be offered as a series of 3 on-line webinars only.
INTRO TO MAKING SACRED ART COURSE
This course is a prerequisite for attending longer Sacred Art Retreats (such as The Temple Priestess, Changing the Weave, The Sacred Marriage or The Poison Mother).
This workshop introduces ways of making sacred art and invites people to start making their own sacred art. This course does not require great skills in drawing and painting, only an open heart and sincere willingness to engage in making spirit-led art. People are invited to bring their own materials and not necessarily focus (only) on painting and drawing. In past workshops we have also had people dancing, writing poems, carving wood and doing pyrography, writing songs and playing the piano and so forth!
In 2023 this course will run in both London UK (6 - 10 March) and Wisconsin (28 September - 1 October) in Wisconsin, US.
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION FORM UK
Seiðr is a Norse form of shamanism or working closely with spirit through trance prophecy and oracular work, rune carving, magical chants and songs, sitting out on grave mounds, shape shifting, berserking, blota (making offerings) reading/writing poetry and knowledge competitions as practiced in the Viking Age and described in the Icelandic sagas (or Eddas).
Please note that this course is a prerequisite for anyone wishing to apply for the advanced Seiðmaðr & Seiðkona program at my Forest School in Sweden!
The new program starts in September 2023! A full syllabus is now available on request!
9 - 12 December 2019
4-day sacred art retreat in London (non-residential)
In this sacred art retreat we will develop a personal relationship with the Norns (or Norse "Fates") and work with the threads of fate and destiny. The red thread of spiritual enquiry running through this retreat is: is it possible to Change the Weave, to alter our personal destiny and the destiny of other people, through shamanic work?!
(The prerequisite is having attended the 2-day Introduction to Making Sacred Art workshop. Please note that to preserve the quality of the work and sacred space held for all participants I can NOT let in people who have not done the Intro course! No point emailing me about that!)
Not currently scheduled in either Europe or the US
Prerequisite is having completed the 2 day Making Sacred Art Course
In the year 2016 a mysterious female figure visited me in a dream - it was The Poison Mother, an ancient Mistress of Transmutation.It took me a year and a day to fully absorb and "unwrap" her message: to be a crucible for the mutation of poisons in our world. This film maps my journey of discovery and shares her invitation with others!
Please watch the art video before signing up, to see if this material calls you... this work is not for the faint-hearted!
Not currently scheduled in either London or Philadelphia but I am open to expressions of interest
4 -Day Intensive for shamanic practitioners, exploring all aspects of one-to-one sessions and group work with children and teenagers (we also cover working with spirit children and the effect of miscarriages and dead children on the ancestral field), includes 3 evenings of work.
This essentially is a specialist course for people who already working as shamanic practitioners. I will accept people currently enrolled in a shamanic practitioner training or people who have covered all areas of shamanic work in stand-alone modules.
Event in the process being organised by two of my students: Lyn Hill and Katharine Lucy Haworth, where we explore threads in The Web of Wyrd and The Weave that link modern witches to the witches of Lancashire who died in the Witch Trials.
We will look at the figure of the Volva or the Norse Witch and her daughters in the 21st century. Why does witch craft continue to inspire such fear? What did we lose collectively when we demonised our witches, herbalists and medicine men/women?!
Not currently scheduled in either Europe or the US
Please watch the art video (on the right) first to see if working with these themes on the level of deep soul alchemy speaks to you!
The prerequisite is having completed the 2 day introduction to sacred art course!
This retreat is non-residential and you remain responsible for your own meals (plenty of shops and cafes just around the corner!) and accommodation
Delays have occurred due to the pandemic and the current cohort graduates in the Autumn of 2022.
New dates have not yet been set but will be announced in the Autumn of 2022.
For more detailed information please see the dedicated web page on this site!
ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
#1 The Völva, the Vitki & Trolldom
#2 Soul Craft and Ancestral Land
#3 Menglöð's Medicine & Botekonst
#4 The Wild Hunt and the Mead of Poetry
Currently being visioned into being and we are in the process of researching different venues/locations as well. This course will follow the same curriculum as my Seiðmaðr & Seiðkona 2 year program in Sweden 2019 - 2020
VIKING BLOOD Seidhmadhr & Seidhkona US program
For more information and expression of interest please contact Susan Rossi: msrossi@comcast.net
We also invite you to join the US-focused Facebook group set up for this program:
THE WILD HUNT
A 5-day sacred art intensive/retreat
12 - 16 November 2019, US (East Coast)
For registration please contact Susan Rossi on msrossi@comcast.net
We will explore how the forces of Creation are engaged in a cosmic dance with the forces of destruction (and how the forces of destruction are ultimately in service to Creation). Destruction is also a large part of the creative process: to create we need to be able to self-edit and decide what we leave out. A similar thing happens in a human life: through (what we perceive as) loss space is created for new beginnings.
A 4-day sacred art intensive/retreat
n this unique offering we intend to bring together the sacred teachings of astrology and ancient Norse rune lore to take a journey of self-discovery around our natal (or birth) chart.
Both are blueprints for Creation.
Both map cosmic forces that shape our lives, our personality and our reality.
Join our magical mystery tour!
Not currently scheduled in either Europe or the US
At the moment I have no plans to run this material as a 2 year program in either London or Philadelphia.
For now the intention is offer both existing material and new material as stand-alone 4-5 day sacred art retreats, on both continents.
My newsletter is unfailingly the most up-to-date source for new courses and retreats as I always announce courses to my current audience before I get around to creating listings on this website.
Expression of interest are welcome - I keep a book where I track interest in specific courses and I take that information into account when I plan my academic year! Thanks!
Not currently scheduled in either Europe or the US
The Time Travelers "graduated" in July 2017!
By now these young people are so spiritually aware and eloquent that the plan is for them to become shamanic teachers in their own right! In reality this means that they will do projects as a Focus Group or Spiritual Task Force - but I will no longer run sessions as I have been doing for 5 years.
The Time Travelers presented a stunning film titled The Human Family on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True in January 2018.They have also worked with me on my presentations for the Shamanism Global Summit in 2016 and 2017.
I see my own key task now as supporting and preparing others as they step into this work. I am thrilled to see how many people are starting shamanic initiatives for young people, all over the world! Please check out (and join!) this Closed Facebook Group:
Where we focus on building a spiritual toolkit for issues that arise in school. families and everyday life. This group ran until girls entered their exam period.
This program is currently not running but all classes have been recorded and remain available on the Learnitlive platform, for more information: