Pictured here is Vivian, who participated here at the school. She is playing the drum that she made during the course.
The drum is the most ancient instrument dating back thousands of years and has been the working companion of shamans, ceremonialists, healers and mystics the world over. Whether it is ceremonial work, rituals, healing work, sacred dancing, or movement between realities and worlds, the drum can be an extremely powerful ally for you. When you make a mystical drum in the right ways, you are facilitating the birth of a truly sacred object.
If you want to birth a drum, there are quite a few good quality courses available. If you want “birthing a drum with a difference”, then consider doing this course. The Mystical Drum has a unique combination of aspects that may add up to just what you are looking for, in the emergence of your drum and also in the experiences and surprises you will have along the way.
Approximately 9 months before you arrive, your drum hoop will be beginning its life, as Simon hand makes it from local wood. This process is slow, very careful, ceremonial, respectful. Your drum has the best possible start as the hoop embodies strong positive energies which will reflect in the relationship between you and the final drum.
The skin that will eventually wrap around your drum hoop, forming your birthed drum, has come from local red deer who either lived on our land, or close by. Each year, deer are counted and there are careful calculations done to try to encourage sustainable lives for the population as a whole. Deer populations are managed according to these considerations, so some are hunted and culled.
We know each of the hunters personally and we are very satisfied they are as respectful and compassionate as possible in the process. Skins (hides) are then hand processed by Simon using no chemicals or aggressive processes. The resulting hides are top quality and, more importantly, what we consider the best possible energy for your drum.
We step together onto a wide landscape of work. Your drum is birthed in an atmosphere of care, attention, slow pace, compassion and reverence. Each step of the work is allowed to come from the heart and surrounded by beautiful magic. Many people comment about how this makes a great change from our typical busy and target-driven lifestyles.
We encourage you to nurture your drum as a companion. You are shown ways to work with the drum for positive energy, healing and generation of compassionate power. You are invited to powerful and rare ceremonial work designed for healing and personal advance. You are shown transferrable skills that can benefit you in everyday life. You are guided by expert, compassionate facilitators as you are invited to a new way where you can find personal growth, self-knowledge and transformation.
During this course, you will be working with deep practices, including:
All materials and equipment is provided and included in the cost. Most of the materials are organic and locally sourced, including deer hide, wool and wood. Drum hoops are hand-made and deer skins are hand-prepared here on the farm. The red deer have been locally hunted by expert respectful people.
The course is fully residential, so accommodation and all meals are included in the price. Meals are home cooked and served to you and we can adjust for some food intolerances on request.
The course is held in English.