The Wisdom of an Elder with Annie Spencer

Connection Matters Podcast

Things we talk about in this episode

• Only through filling up with joy can we be generous
• medicine wheel teachings - seeded Native American teachings
• Spirituality comes through the natural world
• Earth based spiritual trainings for women
• Martine Prechtel- Guatamala, Vermont
• Initiation - meeting with the natural world- understanding of the source of all life
• Ecopsychology
• Relationships between beings and the land and people
• Indigenous, Earthbased, deep connection with the power of life, spirituality
• Grief, broken heartedness, betrayal
• Sadness and longing and sorrow
• The grief muscle
• Why do we need an earth based connection
• How we’ve forgotten our connection to the land
• Connection is vital for us to survive
• How quickly we can regain our connection to the land
• Rites of passage - enacting with honour a movement from one stage to another
• Menopause as a rite of passage
• Steps and purpose of a rite of passage - to feed life, feed the village/community, initiate the young
• Young people today- Anxious and entitled
• Service to life
• The power of stories
• Sowing the seeds for a future beyond ourselves
• Those who can do ceremony should be doing ceremony right now
• What is an elder and true mentor
• The power of beauty is to be tempered by the wisdom of the Elder
• Everything we do in life is to prepare us to be great elders

Links mentioned in this episode

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Annies website http://www.hartwell.eu.com/

https://www.martinprechtel.com/

https://www.ecopsychology.org.uk

https://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/

Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcast

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The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionray

Biography

ANNIE SPENCER, a ceremonialist and workshop leader with an Oxford MA and a diploma in Humanistic Psychology, has been running groups and trainings for over 25 years. Having been apprenticed in a Native American tradition and studied Guatemalan Mayan teachings, Annie weaves these with the traditions of her land Britain. As a teacher, Annie opens pathways for others – illuminating their life’s journeys. Her primary interest is the renewal of ancient ceremonial forms for creating a path of beauty upon Grandmother Earth. www.hartwell.eu.com