Do You Want to Connect to
Ireland?
I'm here, walking this land every day, with the expertise and
the experience to facilitate your authentic connection to Ireland - our
history, our culture, our mythology, our ancestry, our native spirituality.
By being a Patron Here, you are joining a community of like
minded people, those with family and ancestral connections to Ireland, and
those who don't have bloodlines here, but feel the pull of this land
nonetheless.
You can choose your experience from a range of options each month:
supporting my weekly or bi-weekly blog posts (or choosing the topics you'd like
me to write about); share in my seanchaí stories, the intuitional
interpretation and re-telling of old Irish tales; personalised transcript and
downloadable audio files for a monthly guided journey/meditation using my
uniquely developed native, indigenous 'Journeying in the Irish Otherworld'
method; unique photography, video, or an archaeological/spiritual report
from my monthly visits to ancient sites around Ireland; invited access to a
monthly online class, webinar, or a one-to-one online consultation session; a
personalised, pre-release, signed copy of any forthcoming print books I write.
While I've been practicing a pagan path myself for over 21 years
(consciously), and I am a priestess of the old Gods of Ireland, your religious
views are your own business; this connection is for anyone who is open to
it. I'm a professional journalist, a published author, an experienced
educator and guide who has been teaching about Ireland world-wide, as well as
facilitating seekers who come to set their feet on Irish soil and fill their
senses with our stories, for the last 15 years.
I've recently moved from a professional position (Irish
heritage management and visitor/seeker guiding) in County Roscommon, to living
and working in an area that's new to me, County Waterford in the South of the
island. It's exciting! I'm exploring and learning new things about this county,
this region; creating fresh connections for myself, and I'd love to share that
journey with you... as well as travelling anywhere else on this island the path
may take us.
The pledges run from $1 to $500 per month, with tangible and
valuable rewards at each stage, so you can choose from 11 different pledge
levels with a budget that suits you, and get some of that growth and connection
at whatever level you like, now or in the future. Just pick your reward and
let's get you connected!
Patreon Rewards
$1 – Supporting the Blog
Helping me to create and
sustain my blog 'Speaking for Ireland', which has been running since April 2013
with at least 1 post per month... ideally I'd like to be posting bi-weekly or
weekly, can you help make that happen?
I'll do a personal shout out
to a Patreon Blog Supporter at the end of each blog post too - internet fame
and fabulousness could be yours!
$2 – Make the Blog Monkey
Dance
You get to choose a topic - an appropriate topic, smut monsters,
and something relevant to Ireland - for me to blog about. What have you
always to know about Ireland, past or present? (Future costs loads extra, talk
to me in private for that ;-))
I'll blog on what you want to
know about, as soon as possible - form an orderly queue now - and dedicate the
blog post to you. Plus you're helping me create and sustain my blog, and
there's a personal shout out to one of you at the end of each post... but
mostly this is about you getting to control what I'm writing. Exciting eh?
Dance, Blog Monkey, Dance!
$3 – Tales of Old Ireland
You're supporting the blog,
you get to make the blog monkey dance, AND I'll send you a wee
Irish story every month. How cool is that?!
There is a wealth of myths,
legends, fairy tales and folk stories, which I re-tell in my own style… You'll
get a story plucked from the depths of Irish myth and legend, and refreshed for
your reading pleasure; from the heroic warriors Fionn and the Fianna, to a
Goddess who cursed the men of Ulster, to an on-going battle of wits between
Celtic Queen Maeve and her rival King Conor. We'll see shape shifting sisters,
fairy folk you'll want to watch out for, fights with monsters, and wise old
women helping young maids. Sent directly to you in a personalised email message
each month.
Sure who doesn't love a good
oul story?
$4 – Go on a Journey in the Irish
Otherworld
Support the blog, make the
blog monkey dance, get yourself a story, and practice your Journeying
technique. Or rather, my uniquely developed native, indigenous 'Journeying
in the Irish Otherworld' technique. It's not like any guided meditations you've
been on before.
I teach this method of
exploring yourself, your experiences, and the Irish Otherworld in workshops all
over the world. When you join this reward, you will receive a 'Basic
Introduction Package', with a brief guide to get you started, which includes
introductory written and audio journey files for you to download and keep.
Then, every month I'll send you a written copy of a journey for you to practice
and work through - you can learn it off, audio record it yourself and follow it
through, or work with a friend to guide and follow the pathways to and through
the Irish Otherworld.
It's a new skill set to learn
or practice each month, with sound Jungian psychological influence guiding the
deep indigenous Irish roots, that'll change how you de-stress yourself from
everyday cares, and/or Journey with an authentic Irish method and technique
that connects you firmly to ancient spiritual tradition.
$5 – Take a Journey with Me!
Do I need to go through all
the previous benefits again? Ok... support the blog, make the blog monkey
dance, get yourself a story, practice your Journeying technique. Got it? Choose
this reward and you have got all that, but you'll also get an audio recording
of me guiding you on these journeys.
For this reward, you'll get
all the great Patreon Prizes above, with the addition of a downloadable MP3
audio file, so you'll have a useful (and hopefully pleasant, with the Irish
accent an' all) guide, to bring you on the Journey each month.
This $5 per month is a great
way for you who are completely new to authentic Irish spiritual practice, or
those of you who want to begin this stage of your connection gently and with an
easily digestible amount of work/engagement balance.
$10 – Picturing the Ancient Sites
of Ireland
All of the above (I don't need
to go through them all again, right?!), plus a set of 5 new pictures from an
ancient site I visit each month, and a link to a website with information about
the site - a resource that I've checked and approved, but not necessarily
written myself.
Yes, they will mostly be spiritual, often sacred, though occasionally cultural sites and monuments. Not always well known ones, and not always the same ones... but I do have some favourite places that I re-visit through the seasons so you can watch as they shift and change with each cycle.
Yes, they will mostly be spiritual, often sacred, though occasionally cultural sites and monuments. Not always well known ones, and not always the same ones... but I do have some favourite places that I re-visit through the seasons so you can watch as they shift and change with each cycle.
This is where you begin to
share my journey of connection into a new region of this island, see it through
my eyes as I explore new places, or deepen connections with sites I know and
love. I'm excited to share that with you!
$15 – Experiencing the Ancient
Sites of Ireland
All of the above, with a set
of 5 new pictures each month, and the experience of walking around the site
with me as your guide - I'll share video and audio footage so you can see, and
hear the site right in front of you, and get a sense of what it's like to be
there with me as I explore and learn, sharing my connection with you.
I have worked for 10 years as
a professional tour guide to Ireland's sacred sites and monuments, and 20 years
as a priestess of the old gods. Plus I'm funny as f*ck. It'll be great sure!
$20 – Understanding the
Ancient Sites of Ireland
And again, all of the above!
(Support the blog, have your say in blog content, get a personalised tale of
old Ireland each month, receive transcription and audio files for that month's
guided Journey, with a set of 5 pictures (one of 'em may include me... I'm
letting you know that now so you're prepared for my mug in at least one of your
lovely site pics. And it'll most likely have to be a selfie, because who'd be
mad enough over here to traipse round old sites with me every month and take my
pictures?) and a guided video experience of the sites. That's a lot, now that I
lay it all out like that!
For this reward, you ALSO get
yourself a Personalised Report,
researched and written by me. You'll get the heads up a few days before I
travel as to where I'm going (I'll also consider requests for specific
locations with this reward - bonus!), and the link to a basic info website
about the place... you get to send me comments or questions or requests for
specific information or focus during the site visit. Basically, you get to have
an input in the type of experience we have at each site, each month.
In the Report you'll receive
after the site visit, you'll see an in depth look at each place - the
archaeology, the history and folklore, a sample of the plants and animals that
can be found there (information about them, I mean, come on like I'm not gonna
mail you a badger or anything like that), and a section on my spiritual
experience and personal gnosis on the place. And the really fun part is
there'll also be a bit at the end with a suggestion for practical exercises you
can do (spiritual/magical, not physical exercise because frankly, I've enough
to be worrying about with my own levels of unfitness, without having to take on
all yours too, right?). You will be absolutely welcome to email me afterwards
with your completed exercises, your feedback or experiences of the Journeying,
any questions you might have based on that month's working... and I'll even
email you back!
*mumbles* these reports and
materials may or may not lead to another book somewhere down the line, and if
they do, all of the Patrons involved at this level will have the choice to be
mentioned in the book, and maybe even experiences shared and such if it's
consensual and appropriate and maybe I won't write a book on this because
writing books is hard but if you want a practical guide to the ancient sites of
Ireland supporting this reward is a really good way to kick me up the arse to
get that sort of a thing written no promises but it would be an awesome book
and oh jeez now I want to write it please help me... *deep breath*
Right so.
$50 – Online Class, Workshop
or Webinar
You get everything already
listed, as well as an invitation for VIP access to one of my online teaching
sessions of your choice, each month.
I organise and run at least
one teaching session per month online, and some months it’s one per week. You
get to choose one, and attend, with a special thank you shout out and
acknowledgement during the class. The cost of each session for non-Patrons is between
$50 and $125 per 90 minute module, of a presentation with a Q&A session
after. You are getting your access to each session at the lowest fixed rate,
plus all of the other Patreon Prizes as a super cool bonus.
$100 - Personal, Private
One-To-One Consultation and Teaching Session Online
All
of it, all of the above. Every month you can:
- · Support the blog and Have your say in blog content
- · Get your personalised tale of old Ireland each month
- · Receive transcription and audio files for that month's guided Journey
- · Connect to Ireland with your set of 5 pictures, guided video experience, and personalised report of the ancient sites
- · Access to an online teaching session with personal feedback email afterwards
For this Patreon Prize you also
get a private one-on-one consultation and teaching session in an online forum
of your choice - I can host a private online video call/meeting, we can use
Google Hangouts, or Skype, or do a Viber video call. Whatever suits you and
your tech.
You get to connect to Ireland in all the ways listed above, get all of that content and material, the on-the-ground expertise, right along with personal access to an experienced professional to help and guide you to sort through it all each month and make sure you're on the right path, walking in the right direction, doing the best you can do for your growth and development, and deepening your connection to Ireland in ways your never thought you could.
You get to connect to Ireland in all the ways listed above, get all of that content and material, the on-the-ground expertise, right along with personal access to an experienced professional to help and guide you to sort through it all each month and make sure you're on the right path, walking in the right direction, doing the best you can do for your growth and development, and deepening your connection to Ireland in ways your never thought you could.
Well, you can. And I can help you
with that.
$500 – WRITING BOOKS IS HARD
It is. It really, really is.
Everybody thinks they have a
book in them. The vast majority of us won't ever actually sit down and do the
work... I'm sure I don't need to map out the endless years of honing the skill
and talent of the craft of writing; you, my dear Patrons, know better to think
than to think that just because a person can put words in a sentence that they
are a writer - someone who can draw a stick figure isn't automatically an
artist, right?
Then there's all the
research, and the actual time-intensive slog of writing, editing it down to
readable, reasonable content, and even the marketing of each and every book us
writers have to do these days. It's intense, truly.
If you like my books though,
and want to support me so I can write more of them (ok, so it's hard, did I
mention how HARD it is to write a book - but it's also a good thing for me to
do, I know this), you can support me as an author by choosing this reward.
There's been like *counts* 10
other rewards by now, with some pretty awesome swag, so I guess I don't need to
go through everything else you'll get. If you've read through to this point,
you're pretty into the whole idea of connecting to Ireland, so you know what
your options are here.
Supporting me writing my next
book, or books, gets you all of the other Patreon Prizes each month, plus you
get raved about in the acknowledgments section of each new book, and of course
you get a personalised, pre-release, signed copy of all forthcoming print
books I write while you're a Patron.
This reward is limited to 3
Patrons only, or my publishers will have a hissy fit about me giving away books
before the official release date.
