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Explore Celtic Spirituality in all-age Community

Come join me at the new monthly Explore Celtic Spirituality series on the island!

Here are the details of our first offering:
Explore Celtic Spirituality (meets 2nd Sundays)
Date/Time: February 11, 2018 — 4pm to 5pm
Place: Church of the Holy Spirit
15420 Vashon Hwy. (Just south of the Vashon Community Care Center on the east side of the highway. Look for the bell tower)

We will celebrate the “fire in the heart” of St. Bridget of Kildare with a gathering in the labyrinth, music and poetry, the weaving of Bridget’s crosses in the ancient Irish tradition from fresh Vashon rushes and share vegan milk and bread while we listen to tales of Bridget’s love for her fellow travelers and enjoy a generous sense of community in her presence. People of all ages and spiritual backgrounds welcome!

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Radio Show – Episode 32 – Veil Between the Worlds – November 5, 2017

With light moving into darkness, and life releasing into death, the shift to late Autumn heralds the Ancestor time of year. On today’s show, we enjoy music ripe with mystery and magic in celebration of when the “Veil Between the Worlds” is thin.

12:01: Slainte Mhath – Silver Spear
12:04: Loreena McKennitt – All Souls Night (Live at the Alhambra)
12:11: Harper Tasche – Voices on the Wind
12:14: Cara Dillon – She Moved Through the Fair
12:19: Kate Rusby – Ghost
12:27: Gretchen Yanover – Myth
12:31: Ann Heymann – Lamentation of Youths
12:33: Fiona Hunter – Maccrimmon’s Lament
12:39: Afro Celt Sound System – Release
12:47: Jane Valencia – Cum Essem Parvulus
12:50: Spookytree (Deb Knodel & Jane Valencia) – Lochaber No More
12:51: Lydia Violet – Lullaby
12:56: Don McLean – Babylon

Listen to the Forest Halls Celtic here

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For You Who Love Selkie Legend – Encore!

For the next two weeks, my radio show Forest Halls Celtic will air “Selkie.” Catch it on demand here.

The legends of the Selkie – remarkable people who are seals in the sea and humans on land – are haunting, often sad, and strangely compelling. In this show we take a deep dive into the music and magic of the Selkie with tales and songs arising from the coasts and islands of Scotland and Ireland, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands, as well as some contemporary expressions. Enjoy!

12:00: Spookytree – Lochaber No More
12:02: Carolyn Allan, Jenny Keldie, Phil Cunningham – The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry
12:05: Kim Robertson – The Selkie
12:08: Heather Dale – The Maiden and the Selkie
12:16: Jean Redpath – The Song Of The Seals
12:20: Patrick Ball – The Seal
12:23: Mason Daring and the Secret of Roan Inish – The Roan Inish Theme
12:25: Mason Daring and the Secret of Roan Inish – Fiona Explores
12:30: Seamus Byrne – Ocean Surf
12:37: Anne Roos – The Mermaid’s Tears
12:43: Mary McLaughlin – Sealwoman-Yundah
12:47: Knodel and Valencia – The Fisherman’s Song for Attracting Seals
12:55: Tori Amos – Selkie

Listen to the latest episode on demand

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