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| Upcoming
Programs/Events |
Healing
Camp with Eliot Cowan
• October 17-21, 2008
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Arrive October 16th
PSM
Practitioner Training Course
• April 8-14, 2009
Click
here for a full calendar with complete description and programs
costs.
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Spirit Medicine Courses and Events In Other Locations |
For
a list of PSM offerings at the Blue Deer Center, please see
the Upcoming Programs & Events section above. For more
information on Plant Spirit Medicine, please visit the PSM
website: www.plantspiritmedicine.org.
Animal Totem Class
with Eliot Cowan
July 8-11, 2008
Kinnersley, Herefordshire England
Contact: Andrew Cox herballiance@aol.com
Healing Days with Eliot Cowan
August 9-12, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC
Contact: alisongayek@gmail.com
Introduction to Plant Spirit Medicine
October 25, 2008
Portland, OR
Contact: Beth Patterson psminfo@bluedeer.org
Plant Spirit Medicine Course with Eliot Cowan and Alison Gayek
Beginning February 2009
Portland, OR area
Contact: Trish Bielsky psminfo@bluedeer.org
For more information regarding these courses and other
upcoming events, contact Trish Bielsky at psminfo@bluedeer.org
or call her at 845 586 3225 ext. 2.
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Notes
From the Center
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by
Patrick O'Rourke
It seems as if I am always talking about the amazing things
going on at the BDC. I am constantly amazed at just how
amazed I am. But this story I am about to tell stretches
the amazing category to the limits.
Read
the whole article. |
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Fundraising
Corner
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In
the Continuum
by Peter Brown
I was back at the Blue Deer Center, recently having made
the trek across land, air and water to Come Home. It was
not just any homecoming though; it was a chance to be
with the Center in my new role as Fundraising Director.
It was an opportunity to be home with a new perspective
on what is possible. It also was a time when many others
had come home for a special celebration.
Read
the whole article. |
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Blue
Deer Center Receives Substantial Gift
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The
Blue Deer Center recently learned that we are the recipient
of a grant from the Maine Community Foundation. This gift
is a welcome response to our efforts at making the Center
a Contemporary Home for ancestral traditions and a land
that many of the groups and associations involved in the
greater community with the BDC.
Read
the whole article. |
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Fireball
Raffle Winners
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This
year’s Fireball was a great success. If you were
there, you were in luck. If not, you can always plan to
be with us next year in mid-June 2009. One did not have
to be in attendance to enter the Raffles, nor to win.
In fact 2 of the 3 winners were not present!
Read
the whole article. |
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Program
Spotlight
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Healing
Camp with Eliot Cowan
Blue Deer Center, October 17-21, 2008
After
he had discovered Plant Spirit Medicine and been practicing
it for several years, Eliot Cowan found himself in a waiting
room reading an article about the Huichol Indians. Feeling
as if an electrical charge had passed through his body, Eliot
immediately knew he had to go and find out about these people.
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After several years building relationship with Huichol shamans
he was introduced to the late Guadalupe Gonzalez, who became
his teacher. At that point, Eliot embarked upon a rigorous
12-year apprenticeship learning the healing traditions of
the Huichols.
As he brought this healing back to his people, Eliot found
its benefits could best be supported by a "healing camp"
where the stress patterns of daily life are temporarily left
behind. The camp creates a special sacred space which offers
the opportunity to reconnect with ourselves, with others and
with the natural world.
Healing camp is five days of traditional Huichol healing sessions
with Eliot Cowan. Participation is limited to 15 people. The
healing work is enhanced by activities that promote peace,
joy, and connection with nature.
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Cost:
2,000 |
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Registration
deadline: October 3, 2008 |
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To
register online, click
here. |
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For
more information about healing camp, please contact Trish
Bielsky: psminfo@bluedeer.org
or call 805-967-7853. |
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