Welcome to this
YEARLONG COWRY SHELL DIVINATION
CERTIFICATION TRAINING
a program designed to bring you up to date on the interpretation of symbols and elemental geomancy. This program comprises four sessions. Each session is a milestone on the journey to mastery of this skill.
~Conversation with the Other World~
The Art of Cowry Shell Divination
Are you intuitive? Do you trust your instinct and gut feelings? Do you have vivid dreams that sometimes wake you up in the middle of the night; or informative visions during the day? Do you sometimes feel the energy of people around you? An affirmative to any of these questions signals a diviner in you. We are happy to invite you to join in a yearlong certification training in
The ART of COWRY SHELL DIVINATION.
Cowry Shell Divination- as brought to us by West African Dagara Elder Malidoma Somé is an effective tool for tackling the crisis of the human psyche in modern time. Divination clarifies the meaning of the soul’s quest and shed light to the obstacles to overcome on the way to successful living. In other words, divination does not just tell you what is going on in your life; it tells you what you need to do in order to flow into your gifts and fulfill your purpose. Divination provides a positive spin on human challenges by emphasizing gifts and purpose.
Welcome to this yearlong divination certification training, a program designed to bring you up to date on the interpretation of symbols and elemental geomancy. This program comprises four sessions. Each session is a milestone on the journey to mastery of this skill.
SESSION 1: Understanding the elementals. We will study the cosmology under which this type of cowry shell divination operates. We will identify all the symbols pertinent to interpretation, and select our spirit shells to work with. We will also make the divination cloth, the piece of fabric that will serve as the support for spreading the elements that speak the hidden message. During our time together, we will ritually connect deeply with the Medicine of the Earth and affirm our deep rootedness in this powerful healing work.
SESSION 2: Understanding the symbol and its position on the cloth. This will be the first opportunity to extract meaning based on global positioning. The actual divining step is in effect when we know what a symbol says on the basis of where it is. In this session we will do map out a many interpretive direction as time allows and perform the first collective divination. During our time together, we will ritually connect with the Medicine of the Water and cleanse away all that is no longer of service to us with respect to our purpose and the gift that we are here to deliver.
SESSION 3: The art of prescription. Divination and ritual healing. Upon verification that we have mastered the art of telling what anything in the spread means, we will dive into the big challenge of what to do in order to improve, change, transmute or dissolve. This means, addressing issues that have become clear with a corresponding ritual initiatives. Divination is not fulfilled unless there is a way to deal with the discovery that divination made possible. During our time together, we will ritually connect with the Medicine of the Fire and connect ever deeper with the Ancestors and the Otherworld whose support with guide us forward on this journey.
SESSION 4: This session will be when we must implore the ancestors and all spirit allies to walk with us from here on, as we go into the world to offer divination. We will ritualistically consecrate the tools of divination. We will discuss the relationship between the environment and the issues brought to divination. The vibration of the environment where people live comes with its own challenges. Therefore in different areas, people exhibit different symptoms.
Elder Malidoma Somé
January 30, 1956 – December 9, 2021
Bridging this World with the Ancestors/Otherworld
~bringing Indigenous Wisdom & Technology to Modern-day Issues~
During his final months, Elder Malidoma expressed his desire for this medicine work to continue to move forward. He passed this baton of continuity to Elder Theresa Sykes Brittany who has taught by his side since 2004. Elder Theresa is grateful to continue to share the wisdom of the origin that Elder Malidoma so generously shared.
The Sacred Container for these radical rituals with be guarded by the Dagara Shrines that were installed on the land by Elder Malidoma Somé and Elder Theresa Sykes Brittany.
Elder Theresa and a support staff team that was chosen by Elder Malidoma Somé will be of service to you as the guides through this epic connecting time and ritual intensive.
**Each onsite session will include an experiential indigenous radical ritual for the future diviner. This provides personal experience with healing through African spirit technologies which, in effect, will deepen the cowry shell diviner’s ability to confidently prescribe certain healing prescriptions during the divining process.
Tuition: $5,600.00 for the year-long certification training
Lodging & Meals: Price is based on your preference for Lodging & Meals. Options for lodging include camping onsite, twin size blow up beds indoors, or private rooms indoors with “real” beds. You may enjoy the meals that are prepared onsite or bring your own food along.
Venue: Brittany’s Mountain Retreat~ located amidst the beautiful blue-ridge mountains near Asheville, NC and guarded by the Dagara Shrines that Elder Malidoma and Elder Theresa installed with the Spirits of the Land.
DATES of Intensive Training :
2022: September 22-25 & December 1-4 2023: April 6-9. & July 13-16
**In addition, there will be 4 one-hour “live” Zoom Meetings between the onsite sessions and homework/practice sessions between sessions.
For Additional Details/Registration Packet: e-mail info@AncestralEvents.com
REGISTRATION is due at your earliest convenience as there are preparations to be made upon your behalf. (Fees will vary based on date when application is turned in. Please see Application for details and savings for early-bird registration.)