We are delighted to announce the speakers at this year’s Annual Conference, “Myth in the Landscape” on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November 2019.
Saturday 23 November 2019:
Peter Dawkins – “The Great Myths and Landscape of Britain”
Angela Shaw - “Tales of the White Horse”
Isabelle Kingston – “Vale of Pewsey and Ancient History”
Peter Knight and Sue Wallace – “Albion Dreamtime”
Sunday 24 November 2019:
Susan Raven – “Communicating and Co-Creating with the Elemental Kingdom”
Andreas Kornevall – “Walking Between the Worlds”
There will also be more interactive elements to the weekend like last year, including river pilgrimage and creating a mandala.
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Speaker Biographies:
Peter and Sarah Dawkins co-direct the Zoence Academy & Mystery School and are founder members of the Gatekeeper Trust. Peter is a philosopher, author, lecturer, visionary, geomancer and a Baconian and Shakespearean scholar. Sarah organises pilgrimages and workshops within the Zoence Academy. One of Sarah's special interests and expertise is Paneurhythmy, a form of dance-yoga, and the wisdom behind it. www.zoence.co.uk
Angela Shaw (MA Art & Environment Falmouth) is an artist who works in collaboration with nature and subtle energies, connecting people to place through community and collaborative projects. These have included a 12 mile light sculpture in the land around St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall and a collective exhibition in Guildford Cathedral. www.angelashaw.org
Isabelle Kingston is an internationally known Spiritual Teacher, Medium and Healer. Much of her life’s work has involved using her abilities to connect into the consciousness and life force on the planet and into landscapes. As a native of Wiltshire, she works quietly with the Sacred Sites, known and unknown. Combining her psychic powers and archaeological knowledge, she has taught many to experience, connect and heal environments at a deep and spiritual level.
Peter Knight and Sue Wallace run Stone Seeker tours together. Peter is well known for his inspirational dowsing and shamanic workshops, lectures and field trips. He founded the annual Convention of Archaeology and Earth Mysteries. Sue brings a lifetime of experience of dowsing, drumming, and chanting. She has a deep relationship with the Earth, connecting intuitively, often through chant and song. www.stoneseeker.net
Susan Raven is a long time student of Anthroposophy and has worked with the methods and exercises prescribed by Rudolf Steiner for seeing into the super-sensible realms. She is the author of the popular book Nature Spirits: The Remembrance: A guide to the Elemental Kingdom. Susan presents workshops which offer a practical methodology for communicating with the realm of Nature Spirits and Elementals. Susan is also a singer-songwriter whose songs have featured on the BBC and local radio. www.susanraven.com
Andreas Kornevall is a storyteller, writer, mythographer and ecologist. He has done live storytelling for BBC radio and worked with the archaeological society Sussex Past to revive the ancient Pagan Anglo-Saxon Creation Myth. He works with the National Trust in restorying the landscape of the South Downs, as well as delivering lectures on Norse myth in universities across the UK. He directs the Earth Restoration Service Charity and is the co-founder of the Life Cairn – a memorial for human caused extinctions. www.andreaskornevall.com
Andrew Clark worked for nearly 30 years as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the NHS before retiring in 2017. Since 1990, he has participated in many pilgrimages and retreats led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins, and has also co-led pilgrimages with the Gatekeeper Trust. He has sung in choirs for many years and feels increasingly called to use heart-centred singing and sounding as a way to develop our heart consciousness.