http://www.african-shaman.com Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Sinamandla Kunye "- Together we are Strong Many people ask me "how can it be that a white man is a Sangoma?" I then reply "we all have red blood, and we all have ancestors".  I normally then ask people if it is okay for black people to ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/beyond-black-white-ubuntu/ This article appeared in the South African Daily News 25 Feb 2010 It features John working as a traditional Sangoma on a South African farm helping to bring healing after domestic upheaval. JOHN Lockley is a sangoma. He is one of the few white men in South Africa to be initiated ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/sangoma-lockley-is-a-healing-connector/ As 2010 opens, and starts to flow like a gentle river with ever increasing speed towards the sea I would like to make a special blessing for our Elders, the old people in our community and our Ancestors who have passed on. A few months ago I had the good fortune ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/a-sangoma-blessing-for-2010/ Updating traditional Xhosa knowledge – During this time John works & studies alongside his Xhosa teacher.  This includes traditional ceremonies honouring Xhosa ancestors.  The whole township community is invited to take part in these festivities. All donations received by John go towards supporting these traditional ceremonies. John ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/south-africa-0910/ A weekend dedicated to helping Shamanic practitioner's go deeper with their practice. This will include the traditional 'Ubuntu' Sangoma recipe of: Heartbeat Meditation Xhosa Songs, dance & trance rhythms Blessing Ceremony using medicinal plants Ancestral re-connection work with indoor & outdoor ceremony A time to find one another in community. Also to discuss challenges with one's ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/shamanic-practitioners-workshop/ John appeared as a live studio guest on BBC Radio 4 'Saturday Live' with Fi Glover on the 5th September 2009. Listen to the full interview here: BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live - 5th Sept 2009 Alternatively you can listen to the whole show on the BBC Radio 4 website. http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/bbc-radio-4/ The theme of this workshop is 'Ancestral Celebration' & Grace.  It is a special workshop because it will include closing Pip's 'Kraal', as Pip will be moving home. The Kraal is an ancient ancestral structure based on the Xhosa & Zulu spirituality in South Africa. It was opened by John, and ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/ancestral-celebration/ A welcome to the first Ubuntu Newsletter, this month's news and upcoming events. PDF: Ubuntu News September 2009 http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/ubuntu-news-september-2009/ I enjoyed the dancing, it felt as if I was totally on my own in a mist.  When John played the drum I could see and feel images of my ancestors passing before me. The singing and clapping gave me so much energy that even when my hands felt tired, I ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/deepening-ubuntu-workshop/ It is a very special and unique experience to be taught by someone trained in a living, breathing, intact medicine tradition.  You bring the teachings to us with dignity and integrity and have inspired me to want to connect deeply with my own ancestral lines.  You also show us your ... http://www.african-shaman.com/index.php/373/