About the Course
Prerequisite: having participated in Shawn’s Three Seeds of Ecological Spirituality and Kything classes. Class size will be limited to 10 participants, and this workshop will not be recorded.
The third of a trilogy of workshops. You've encountered the three seeds of ecological spirituality, and you've learned how to kythe. Now it is time to learn how to create small rituals to engage with your more-than-human neighbours on a regular basis, as a way to practice your own unique form of "green priestcraft". In this workshop we will be considering elements of timing, materials, words, actions, and intentionality, as we learn to create small acts of blessing and healing for ourselves, our kin, and the wider Creation.
This is the final of our trilogy of workshops, growing Creation-care into Creation-prayer: prayer with, for, and as Creation. Prerequisite: having participated in Shawn’s Three Seeds of Ecological Spirituality and Kything classes. Class size will be limited to 10 participants, and this workshop will not be recorded.
Interested in learning more about ecological spirituality? Shawn is offering this series again through Spirit River Community: October 6, November 3, and December 1.
Photo credit: Photo by Egor Komarov on Unsplash
Your Instructor
Shawn Sanford Beck, M.Div.
Shawn Sanford Beck is the founder of GreenSpirit Chaplaincy nested at Grosvenor Park United Church (Treaty Six, Saskatoon), and is also a spiritual exploration guide in the Lifelong Learning Pathway at St. Andrew's College. He has been involved with eco-spirituality and green theology for the past two decades. From urban full moon ceremonies, to off-grid earthen prayer, to extensive work with druidic and other creation-centric traditions, Shawn has sown the seeds of eco-spiritual practice wherever he goes! You can check out some of Shawn's writing:
https://ecosophian.wordpress.com/about/
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/christian-alternative-books/our-books/christian-animism https://darcyblahut.ca/prairie_rune.html
Find out more about the GreenSpirit Chaplaincy over here: https://linktr.ee/greenpriest,
or here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1179111710515132