Our last outing as the Shamanic Street Preachers this summer was at the fantastic Shambala Festival 2012, which turned out to be a colourful and imaginative weekend – it was such a friendly festival, everyone was smiling and the atmosphere and general ambiance was really happy… The beautiful grounds at Kelmarsh Country Estate, a huge … Continue reading
Last weekend Guerrilla Archaeology braved the rain and mud (oh the mud) to bring our tent to the Green Man Festival, set in the gorgeous Glanusk Park in the shadow of Crug Hwyel Iron Age hillfort. This was our second visit to the festival, and this time we brought the shamanic theme that had been … Continue reading
Listen to this interview with Dr Henry Droselda – our shaman recorded at Secret Garden Party. Henry describes his five years living in Papua New Guinea, discusses the role that animals play in Shamanism, and his encounter with a grouse that later ended up on his Shaman Tree. There is a later interview with Dr David Luke … Continue reading
Our brakes failed on our way to SGP setting the tone for a non-stop weekend of shamanism. With our lovely yurt as a base, we invited one and all to come and talk about past, present and future shamans. We conversed with around 1000 people, inviting them to channel their inner shaman via drumming … Continue reading
We hope you have been enjoying Ffion’s writings on Shamans through time. Now come and meet us at the Secret Garden Party this weekend. You can hear Henry Droselda, a shaman, in conversation with Ffion at 4pm on Friday and Sunday and 6pm on Saturday. Come and experience shamanic transformations through disguise, identity your childhood ‘tribe’, create art, … Continue reading
My Day of Archaeology post will feature one project in particular: my involvement in a new creative engagement project which sees a group of like-minded Cardiff based archaeologists, artists and scientists bring the past alive at festivals! This is quite a new thing for archaeologists in Wales, and perhaps the UK, and I believe there’s … Continue reading
Our experimental archaeologist Ian Dennis has been working on creating replicas of Mesolithic deer headdresses which you can wear as part of your shamanic disguise!
Come and re-create a shamanic ritual! Participants will be lead through the process of creating music and movement, inspired by shamanic practices performance and transformation.
This year we will be taking the Shamanic Street Preachers out to meet the public, performing at a range of exciting festivals across Britain. Prepare to wonder at the richness of human societies in the past, follow in the footsteps of ancestors and explore your wild side! The Shamanic Street Preachers draw on thousands of years … Continue reading
This week we took delivery of seven deer skulls we will be using to recreate the Star Carr head-dresses. The originals are twenty-one adult red deer skull with antlers altered to be worn as head-dresses. They all date to the Early Mesolithic, about 9,500 years old, and were discovered at the site in the Vale of Pickering, North … Continue reading
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