In our upcoming November on-line sacred art class we will explore how we can connect with our ancestors and use various forms of creative expression to honour them. I will introduce the Old Norse custom of the Álfablót and Dísablót (dedicated offering ceremonies) to the ancestors and also introduce some key principles from the field of Ancestral Healing work.
Please consider joining us! And if you do, your ancestors will be joining us too!
(This class is also a good starting point for people who wish to explore Seidr)
When people do an introduction workshop in making sacred art with me, they often bring many fears and limiting beliefs:
"I can't draw to save my life!"
"The one time I tried to draw a horse it looked like a cat...."
"My teacher/parent told me I can't paint to save my life!"
I invite you to release all those limiting beliefs in this class. Please sign up for my classes for the sheer joy, healing benefit and personal empowerment involved in making art!
Imelda
BRIEF BIO
Imelda Almqvist is an international teacher of Sacred Art and Seidr/Old Norse Traditions (the ancestral wisdom teachings of Northern Europe). She has published three books: Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit for Life (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages) in 2016, Sacred Art: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where Art Meets Shamanism) in 2019 and Medicine of the Imagination - Dwelling in possibility (an impassioned plea for fearless imagination) in 2020. She has presented her work on both The Shift Network and Sounds True. She appears in a TV program, titled Ice Age Shaman, made for the Smithsonian Museum, in the series Mystic Britain, talking about Neolithic arctic deer shamanism. She is currently finishing up her fourth book, about the pre-Christian spirituality of The Netherlands and Low Countries. She has already started her fifth book: about the runes of the Futhark/Uthark. Her response to the 2020 pandemic is starting an on-line school here on Teachable called Pregnant Hag Teachings, to make more of her work available on-line.
My second book makes a great companion and workbook for all sacred art classes:
SACRED ART: A HOLLOW BONE FOR SPIRIT
"Making Sacred Art means stepping outside the realm of ego-led consciousness to become a hollow bone for spirit, so art becomes as mystery school process. When we connect to Divine forces greater than ourselves, creative blocks do not exist and healing occurs naturally"
In this book I explain things in more detail (than webinars allow) and every chapter ends with a thought-provoking (even mind-bending) activity!
This book tells the story of Sacred Art across cultures, continents and historical periods and makes a plea for sacred art to once again take its rightful place in our perception.
The greatest piece of art we will ever make is our own life!
If you complete all chapter activities, you will have an art portfolio by the time you finish reading this book!
