Celtic Women Institute
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There is an ancient teaching among Native Americans and Celtic Peoples: "If you know who you are and you know where you come from, then you can go into the future and you know what to do." Join us and take the path into the path so you can move more deeply into the future with a stronger sense of self and heritage.
When: These two sets of six classes will be held on Wednesdays 7-9:30 PM in Burlington, Vermont.
Where: The first class on June 12th will meet in Studio B at the North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, VT.
Registration: Send an email to Gael at [email protected] with name, address, phone number, and number of participants or call Gael for more information at 605-877-2826.
Cost: $120. per course of six classes or if you register for both classes at once, the cost is $200. (a savings of $40.)
Registration is limited to encourage active participation and the classes are activity based. So register early! Classes may be repeated in the fall and winter so if you do not get into this one, try later.
The Coordinator and instructor for the Spring & Summer Celtic Women Institute is Dr. Gael Kains, Celtic Scholar, Educator, and Conservation Biologist. Gael is a Gael (the tribe of Scots & Irish Gaelic speakers). Her ancestor, Chief of Clan MacMillan in 1802, came to Glengarry, Ontario, leading the largest immigration of Scottish Highalnders that Canada ever had. There they established a community of Gaels who farmed the land and kept the culture and Gaelic language alive. Gael has inherited many important documents from her ancestors that serve as primary documents in the preservation of Canadian pioneer and native history. She is interested in sharing ancient and modern aspects of the Celtic peoples with participants in order to uplift those aspects that need to be remembered and preserved, for the benefit of building stronger communities.
She is active in Clan MacMillan and is a member of the clan's Community of the Tonsured Servant, that serves those in distress, crisis and trauma. She also is a member of Clans Cameron, Gray and Douglas. For thirty years she has been an adopted member of the traditional Lakota Sioux family of Charlotte Black Elk on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and maintains a home there. She has been observing the similarities between her culture and Lakota culture and shares her insights in these classes. Recently she moved to Vermont yet spends part of each year on the reservation as well.
Dr. Kains has studied Celtic Studies at Harvard University, the Gaelic College of Nova Scotia, the Caledonian Society of NYC, and in Glengarry, Ontario. She is a retired professor of environmental studies and science education and has taught at Columbia University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and SUNY at Stony Brook. Aspects of this course will examine the Celtic contribution to an earth-based lifestyle and spirituality. The hope is that people of the Celtic Diaspora will be ablle to reclaim some of their heritage and how that informs their own personal histories, understanding that cultural continuity has importance to one's identity and future path. Dr. Kains will incorporate some of her research on the ancient Bear Religion, of Europe and North America, into these courses.
Celtic Women - Then & Now
Who Are the Celts, Where Did they Come From & Why Does It Matter?
July 10, 2013
Celtic History
July 10, 2013
Sacred Sound: Bagpipes, Chanting, Poetry, Fiddling
Music is indeed the flower of tCeltic People!
July 17, 2013
The Celtic Spirit and the Land
July 24, 2013
Celtic Music & Culture
July 17, 2013
Celtic Spiritual History & Ritualism
July 24, 2013
Celtic Symbolism from Paganism
July 24, 2013
The Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario Canada
First Weekend of August each year
This year August 2-4, 2013.
Gathering of the Clans, Gaelic Choir, Massed Bands, MacCulloch Highland Dancers and more!
This is the largest gathering of Celtic people in the world!
Seven Celtic Nations flag
The Seven Nations
August 7, 2013
Scotland
August 7, 2013
Ireland
August 7, 2013
Wales
August 7, 2013
Galicic (Spain)
August 7, 2013
Cornwall
August 7, 2013
Isle of Man
August 7, 2013
Brittany
August 7, 2013
Celtic Homes & Traditions of the Home
August 14, 2013
Celtic Foods & Cooking
August 14, 2013
Druids and Life Under the Brehon Laws
August 21, 2013
Fairy Belief , Caves & the Underworld
The Sidhe (fairies), the Goddesses and Gods in their Guises.
August 21, 2013
Celtic Environmentalism & Nationalism
August 28, 2013
Herbalism & Medicines from the Celtic Lands
September 4, 2013
Celtic Sacred Sites, Sacred Lands & the Brooch of Tara
September 11, 2013
Domens & the Ancestors
September 11, 2013
Standing Stones, Stone Circles, Earth Energies, Earth Stars and the
Ogham Script of the Druids. Learn to Read and Write in the Ogham Script!
September 11, 2013
The Celtic Bear Religion: Ancient & Modern
September 18, 2013
The Celtic Women Warrior Tradition
September 18, 2013
Knights Templar and Other Legends
September 25, 2013
Celtic Travelers and Pilgrimmages
September 25, 2013
Celtic People in the Fur Trade and the Historic
Relationship with First Nations Peoples
Seotember 25, 2013
Sacred Geometry, Fibonacci Numbers & Celtic Designs
October 2, 2013
Tartans, Clans, Clan Centres and Chiefs.
Geneologies and Finding your Celtic Clan Members.
There is a Continuity of Cultre and we will explore some of those aspects in your own family.
October 2, 2013