A few years ago, a Norwegian healer called "White cougar" had a
vision from Mother Earth speaking of the damage being done to her and
her children by the carelessness and greed of humanity. She asked him
to send a Drum out to circulate in the World, as her heartbeat,
carrying her call for humanity to change, for the benefit of all.

He contacted a Sami Medicine Man and Drum Maker, Birger Mikkelsen,
who resonated to this vision and created a special drum which became
known as "The World Drum" and has been circulating around spiritual
groups in the world for the past 2 years.

The vision of the World Drum is to bind people together across
borders, distance, race, and religion in common struggle for the
Earth. The World Drum was created from a spiritual viewpoint of life.
It is made in the traditional style of the Sami (indigenous natives
of Norway, formerly called Lapps or Laplanders), which is very
similar to Native American Indian frame-drum style, and is 18 inches
in diameter, hand held and covered with an unusually beautiful
reindeer hide and also displayed on a very beautiful reindeer skin.

The World Drum was consecrated in a ceremony in front of the
Norwegian Parliament in October of 2006. The World Drum was part of
the official celebration of the Sami National Day in Gratangen,
Norway. In July, 2008, the World Drum was presented in the halls of
Canadian Parliament in Ottawa by the indigenous Metis First Nation.
See the initial travel route at http://www.theworlddrum.com

You can hear the drum ACTUALLY BEING PLAYED here:
http://www.druidry.co.uk/theworlddrum.html

And see pictures of it here:
http://www.manataka.org/page1427.html

The drum was brought to the UK by British druids in Spring 2008 and
used for ceremonies at Dragon Hill and Avebury.
Read more here: http://www.druidry.co.uk/forum/post250.html

Last week the drum came (via Canada) to our UK Shamanic Practitioners
Conference at Gaunts House in Dorset. It certainly has a very special
feel to it, and is such a wonderful gesture from the initiators.

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Other items in this newsletter...

* "How To Heal Toxic Thoughts" [ARTICLE]
* FREE online video to find your current "power animal"
* "Trance Dancing" [ARTICLE]
* The "World Drum" [NEWS REPORT]
* Practical Mysticism Course [Cambridge]
* Shamanic Healing: online resources list


"Walk in Beauty!"

Mike