"Rites of Passage" interview with Annie Spencer

Streaming live on the Co-Creator Radio Network (www.co-creatornetwork.com) on Tuesday, February 15, at 11 a.m. Pacific time/2 p.m. Eastern time, on her show "Why Shamanism Now?: A Practical Path to Authenticity," shaman and founder of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt welcomes Annie Spencer, founder of Hartwell Centre for Shamanic & Ceremonial Ways in the United Kingdom, who tells listeners, "Making Ceremony is a way of reminding ourselves that in fact all that we do is sacred."

Click here to view related Website: Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing

Playing With Spirit - A Guide

by David Johannes

You may drum for many reasons. Perhaps you enjoy the feeling of social togetherness when you drum in a circle. Or maybe you are a musician at heart and enjoy performing for people within a group. You might have a goal of mastering complex African polyrhythms. It may be that you simply enjoy drumming, that the rhythm moves your body and spirit in ways that not many other things do in life. Whatever the reason, becoming aware of how you play and improving your playing skills in relation to your state of mind and spirit can help you to gain more from your experience. In this article I will share some of my own personal drumming wisdom which may help you in your own drum journey. Learning to master these skills may help you to grow in both drumming, and in other areas of your life.  

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Drum Making Workshop

"Making a drum is like pulling your heart together and giving birth to a new part of yourself. Since the drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth, when you play the drum with good intention, you connect with all creation through her heartbeat."

  --Judith Thompson

"Drum Making Workshop" and "Lessons of the Spirit" with Judith Thompson at Woodland Chapel, 582 High St., Salem, OR

"Lessons of the Spirit" - Friday, March 11th 7pm $25
Everyone is welcome to join for an evening of learn from Judith’s wisdom. She teaches the deep wisdom from her life of learning and connection with spirit in a loving and fun way. Come and join this enlightening experience.

"Drum Making Workshop" - Saturday, March 12th 10am - 5pm $225 all supplies included. Drums hides are elk and the frame is 16” frame. This will be the last drum making workshop Judith will be doing on the road. She has been bringing the drum to us for 16 years, this workshop will complete the 16 sided drum for her.

Money for the drum must be paid in cash by February 19th - contact Madge Peinkofer to register 503-551-0311 or homecenter2@comcast.net

Egyptian Youth Drumming in Tahrir Square

A musician performs in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people flooded into the heart of Cairo on Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. The slogan on the drum reads "Egyptian youths love their country". Photo: AP