E8: Imelda Almqvist & the Teachings of the Pregnant Hag
This weeks conversation with teacher of Seiðr (Nordic Shamanism) & artist, Imelda Almqvist, focuses on how the Norse Cosmology presents another 'way' for women, Imelda's school in Sweden & the birth of her new online school, how her journey to a Nordic 'homecoming' began, reclaiming the 'witch' word and the healing therein, and Imelda's new book, 'Medicine of the imagination, Dwelling in Possibility'... a manual to how we can bring lasting change to the world! And last but not least how Seiðr reaches gender equality ✨ As a thank you, if you'd like to treat Rachel to a cup of coffee, you can do so here! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rachelgo LINKS Find Imelda's fab FREE webinar at her new online school at https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com Imelda's website http://www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk/ The link to her book on Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Medicine-Imagination-Dwelling-Possibility-Impassioned/dp/1789044324 You can find my weekly class Ascension runes at https://www.facebook.com/ascensionrunes or a playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWkPT7Qj2V_mW4PQt8o3BG6zOuJZNUK-n aswell as the Seiðr Witch Apprentice FB page here https://www.facebook.com/seidrwitch & my Seiðr page here https://www.rachelgoodwin.dk/seidr/ The chant used at the beginning and end of each episode is 'Ka Liko Pua Kukui' https://youtu.be/DVU6zB59DKw In the Hawaiian language, the word kukui means 'enlightened'. The kukui nut tree is a symbol of enlightenment, wisdom, protection and peace for the Hawaiians and said to contain subtle energy known in Hawaii as “ki”. I learnt this chant from Nonna Beamers book 'Na Mele Huna', and practised for many months. She describes it as 'a gentle nature chant alluding to love... A flower representing a sweetheart is a common love symbol in Hawaiian poetry'. In my own practice I experienced a deeper meaning - of the attraction of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine to each other, the love that is experienced when they come together and the wish within all of us for returning to this state of oneness once again. Practising this sacred chant (in my experience) helps move us towards internal union by integrating our own divine masculine and feminine and brings us into greater balance. I believe also (again through my own experience and illuminations that I received) that it can help us attract a partner that we long for, through the sacred expression of these energies in the chant. Although this is obviously not directly a Sarah (daughter of the Magdalene and Yeshua) chant, it is a representation of Sarah's archetypal energy of integration and expression of the Sacred Marriage. See more of Rachel & Sarah's work at https://www.rachelgoodwin.dk/