The Irish Centre for Shamanic Studies was set up by Martin Duffy to promote and research traditional and contemporary Shamanism and it is part of the Oaktree Charitable Trust based at Dunderry Park.
Shamanism is an ancient spiritual system dating back over 50,000 years. This tradition forms the roots of all healing and spiritual models.
We can all trace our shamanic ancestry back through time, whether it be through Celtic, European, American or Aboriginal origins. A Shaman is an individual who can through various techniques such as drumming, dancing and dreaming change their state of consciousness and journey outside time to the nonordinary realms of magic and mystery. The Shaman travels beyond the "matrix" of ordinary reality to contact the spirit world to seek healing, knowledge and power to help the individual and the community.
Many people are feeling disenchanted with the way of the world at this time of turmoil and uncertainty. We seem to have lost the ways of the soul in the pursuit of materialism. From a shamanic perspective all life is interconnected, everything has spirit and soul, we are not alone in the great scheme of things. We are all part of the unfolding evolution of creation.
Shamanic practice and techniques helps reconnect us to ourselves, each other and to the great mystery that we are all a part of.
The Centre is based at Dunderry Park in the historic Boyne Valley, close to the sacred sites of Tara, Newgrange, Sliabh na Cailleach and Uísneacht.
