Reflecting on 2024
Dear Friends,
This year has been one of growth, transformation, and deepening of my work. With a focus on accessibility and expanding resources, I’m proud to share the offerings and initiatives launched in 2024:
2024 Program Offerings:
Animist/Shamanic Journeywork Sessions: A new offering to support those exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Ancestral Lineage Healing and Ceremony: Providing sacred space to honor and heal ancestral connections.
Downloadable Trancework Sessions: Released 12 sessions, many of them free, making healing tools more widely available.
Medicine Ceremony Support: Began offering preparation and integration sessions to help individuals process ceremonial experiences.
Scottish Gaelic Resources: Shared accessible and often free tools for learning Gàidhlig, supporting cultural reclamation and connection.
Monarch Maintenance Membership: Introduced a membership model to provide ongoing, affordable support and resources.
Living Zen Podcast Relaunch: Reignited this platform to bridge my past Zen work with my current offerings.
Insight Timer Publishing: Began sharing guided practices to reach a broader audience.
Trance-Jam Office Hours: Offered open sessions for exploration, connection, and transformation.
Group Trancework Sessions: Created community-centered opportunities for shared healing and journeying.
Wheel of the Year Exploration: Began offering practices and celebrations to honor the Four Quarters and Cross-Quarter Days.
Financial Accessibility: Launched a low-cost + Pay What You Can financial model to ensure more people can access this work. This shift towards a more accessible and reciprocal model has allowed more individuals to engage with transformative practices, while aligning my work with values of community and equity.
Looking Ahead to 2025
As I reflect on this past year, I’m excited to share what’s emerging for the year ahead. My focus in 2025 will be on creating foundational resources and deeper opportunities for those seeking meaningful spiritual and ceremonial growth.
Early 2025
Ceremonial Foundations and Formation
I’ve seen an increasing need for safe, grounded guidance as individuals explore Animist and Traditional spiritual practices. While many leap into powerful ceremonies or experiences, preparation and resourcing are often overlooked, leading to overwhelm or unintended harm.
This program will focus on equipping participants with essential skills to navigate these explorations safely and intentionally—like learning to sail before heading into open waters. Topics include:
Ceremonial Safety
The importance of a strong, clear, and safe container (theory and practice).
The power of the spoken word: invocations, incantations, oaths, vows, agreements, and contracts.
Discernment and Allyship
Working with others—both human and other-than-human.
Cultivating discernment and choosing relationships wisely.
Theory and practice for building strong, safe alliances.
Creating Basic Ceremony
Practical skills and foundational knowledge to create meaningful ceremony for oneself and with others.
Autumn 2025
Liberation from Curses, Spiritual Attachments, Ancestral Burdens, and Possession
This program will offer a comprehensive introduction to addressing complex challenges to wholeness and wellbeing. Rooted in a practical, grounded approach, the course will explore frameworks for liberation and healing.
Details of this offering are still under development, and participants will need to apply to ensure readiness for this work.
End-of-Year Reflection and Gratitude
The shift to a gift economy has allowed more people to access transformative work—a change I believe in deeply. However, it’s also a shift that has required faith, balance, and sacrifice on my part. I’ve tried to make as much as I possibly can available for free, and this year - I’ve made everything I offer available for significantly less than its value.
As we close 2024, I invite those who find themselves in a place of plenty to consider making an end-of-year gift to support the continuation of this work. Your contributions help ensure that these offerings remain accessible to all who need them.
Contributions can be e-transferred (in Canada) or made internationally via paypal to redmountainwizard@shaw.ca
Thank you for being part of this journey. I look forward to continuing to serve, grow, and explore together in 2025.
With Respect,