Creation Stories for Challenging Times

Our world is highly chaotic and there is a lot of stress. In overwhelming times, people over the millennia have returned to their creation stories to become recentered. This workshop will revisit a variety of creation myths from around the world, including Egyptian, Celtic, and Native American. After lunch (fee), we will discuss how mandalas have served as a universal means of collective and personal centering. Materials will be provided for those who wish to create a mandala that reflects their own creation mythology.

Facilitators:

Kendrick Norris is a Jungian Analyst and president of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology. A board member of the Dudley Foundation, Kendrick is also Pastor Emeritus of First Congregational Church, Guilford.

Shoran Waupatukuay Piper is the Clan Mother for the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe based in Trumbull, Connecticut where they maintain a small State recognized Reservation. The Paugussett Tribe also has another reservation on land in Colchester Connecticut. As Clan Mother, Shoran is the Tribal Head Leader for the Paugussett, she is also a Medicine Woman, Spiritualist, and author of the book Red Road. Shoran is also a spokesperson for Indigenous Rights, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and Two Spirit Gender People.

Jim Powers is a founding member of the Dudley Foundation and remains on the board. A retired teacher, archaeologist, researcher, and author, Jim has studied and teaches about Ancient Celtic Spirituality.