Pilgrimage 2010 now accepting registrations
This years pilgrimage is set for 1st - 11th October. Join us for 10 magical, fun filled and transformative days in Connemara, the heart of west Ireland.
Registration now open!
Parliament of World Religion
On December 3 - 9 the Parliament of World Religion convenes in Melbourne. Together with Celtic Harpist and Spiritual Director Cath Connelly, I will be presenting on the 5th December. I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in such an event as this. There are 650 speakers from many varied spiritual backgrounds, along with over 70 exhibits highlighting causes, initiatives and issues as well as emerging artists. It is sure to be a life changing event for all participants as well as attendees.
Cath and myself are privileged to present The Art of Celtic Spirituality. During this dynamic session we will share spiritual insights of the Irish and Scottish ancestors through music, story telling, prayer and ritual. We will draw from the Sean Nós tradition of west Ireland and the traditions of the Celtic Church as we weave an experience of the living spiritual pathway of our ancestors. This rich spiritual and cultural legacy is an ancient continuous wisdom that is available, alive and more vitally relevant than ever in our modern day.
Pilgrimage 2009 is full!
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Pilgrimage is full. Our 2010 Pilgrimage will take place from 29 September - 11 October and we are now accepting registrations..
Pilgrimage 2009 now accepting registrations
This years pilgrimage is set for 30th September - 12th October. Join us for 12 magical, fun filled and transformative days in Connemara, the heart of west Ireland.
Registration now open!
Check out the new slideshow on our 2009 pilgrimage page. These wonderful pictures were taken by Bonnie Jenkins, artistic photographer and participant in our October 2008 pilgrimage.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have!
Climate change or climate disaster?
“The world has very little time”
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chief Rajendra Pachauri at last weeks climate conference in Copenhagen after new findings were presented. (1)
The notion of global climate change has taken on a new meaning for many people in the state of Victoria after our recent extreme temperatures (day and night) and devastating wildfires where losses far outweigh other catastrophic fires in our history, Ash Wednesday and Black Friday.
I have yet to talk to someone in Victoria who was not touched by these fires last month.
Solstice
“I will not be clapped in a hood
Nor a cage, nor alight on a wrist,
Now I have learnt to be proud
Hovering over the wood
in the broken mist
Or tumbling cloud.”
Rebirth of the Hawk, W.B. Yeats
My recent reflections have led me to contemplate the messages I received about 2008. The strongest message was that we were in a time of openings. I feel, like the Rebirth of the Hawk, that we no longer wear blinkers - the hood is off. We know what it is like to live in captivity of the heart and soul - going against the flow of nature. We know now that it is time for change, to take off the shackles of pollution, of unconscious living - of disconnection from our natures. With the recovery of this awareness our wings are free - to fly and soar and know the clouds, the mists, the forests, the oceans. There is no going back.
Earth Hour
Something I notice when travelling is how much light pollution we have and how it impacts our view of the night sky - or lack of - in densely populated areas. In fact, even in country areas where small towns have street lights it impacts how much we can see. In the recent journal entry “GLOBE, our night sky,” you can read about the ongoing project, GLOBE, which measures the level of this pollution and demonstrates how we are blocking our view to the rest of creation. In 2008 GLOBE received measurements from 62 countries.
A major change has occurred in the human story this year as more than 50% of Earth’s population now live in cities.
October pilgrimage in full preparation!
With just under 2 months until our epic adventure to Connemara we only have a couple of spaces available. Follow the link to read more!
Globe - our night sky
Continuing to Create Community
An exciting aspect of the internet is that we can participate in different kinds of communities that are working to make a difference and to educate - and best of all, through these web based communities we get to interact with people from all over the world. Here is something we can be involved in that is fun and will connect you with an ageless activity - linking you to your most ancient ancestors. It is also an important project in awareness on a personal and global level. In my last journal entry I wrote about the night sky here in the southern hemisphere.
Whilst researching for current solar activity as we move into the most powerful solar cycle in human history, I discovered GLOBE At NIGHT.
Winter solstice
For the first time in many years I am home for winter solstice. I love this time of year and when the sky is clear here in the south the stars are a spectacular blaze of white light. This year we have had the full moon - so the focus of night light has been the highlighting of the moon against the wild black storm clouds over a very powerful Southern Ocean.
Vandana Shiva
Whenever we go to Santa Barbara there are always amazing things happening. This April’s visit was no exception. 
We arrived to learn that Vandana Shiva was in town and giving free lectures sponsored by Santa Barbara University. I was given one of her books last year; Staying Alive, Women, Ecology & Development
This journal entry is my experience of the lecture and I have tried to be true to Vandana’s voice. I believe she raises vitally important issues that we must address. The content of the lecture emphasised the importance of community as the way through these issues. The importance and power of community is one of the corner stones of my work. I also believe that it is the way into a positive future.
Sinead O’Connor
Last Tuesday evening, 25th March, I went with 3 dear friends to Melbourne to see Sinéad O’Connor perform at the Palais. What an incredible evening!
Time of new beginnings
We all know that we are facing daunting challenges and that it is not going to be easy. To be in our power it is vital that we honour our passion and allow the voice of our heart to guide us. 2007 was a year of great transformation for me personally and so there have been changes that have naturally occurred in my vision.
Live each day as if it were your last, learn as if you will live forever.
Ghandi
This year I have decided to focus my work in Ireland and Australia for the foreseeable future. I will however, continue to visit my regular communities, as well as some new ones, including south England in May this year, and offer special one day and/or evening events. If you are drawn to work with me on deeper levels I encourage you wholeheartedly to join me in Ireland for one or more of the pilgrimages and retreats I am offering in West Ireland. A land that is still steeped in primal energy and ways of old, a land where people have lived, loved, danced, prayed and mourned, where they have walked and talked and sung the land, for over 6,000 years. A place where the landscape is a treasure trove of wonderous, personal, breathtaking sacred places. A mythical landscape where we will spend rich time out of time visioning and connecting with the possibilities that await us through our imagination and creative expression.
Irish Independent
We have had some great publicity in the Irish Independent. Thank you!
Galway - The Aran Islands
Did you ever see the classic black and white film, Man of Aran? Made in 1934, this documentary, which has been criticized for being emotionless, does show a way of life that was disappearing. These tough islands of stone and cliffs, towering waves and barren rock, harboured a traditional lifestyle that was as extreme and full of hardship as much as it was courageous and filled with the stuff myths grow out of. The cinematography is sensational with amazing footage of enormous crashing waves and storm swept ocean, rugged cliffs and boats launched in perilous seas and we meet these resilient island people who created earth from sand and seaweed so they could grow food. The fishermen would often put out to sea in unbelievable conditions in their traditional boats, the curragh.
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