My name is Eamon Willow Davies and I come to this animistic lens and healing work through my Celtic and Germanic roots, my paternal lineage having primarily immigrated from Wales and Scotland and my maternal lineage primarily from Prussia (present-day Germany/Austria) and Ireland. I am a depth creature at heart and have been consciously and actively honing the skills of the weaver for the past two decades as I continue to integrate and evolve the archetypes of the warrior, mystic, artist and healer within me into the reality that is Calon y Ddraig today.
As many of the European folk healing paths are no longer in-tact traditions, having been systematically demonized and severed as a result of the colonization of Europe by the Church and other patriarchal forces, my journey in re-connecting with this lost wisdom, like for so many others, has been quite labyrinthine. The warrior in me was first cultivated many years ago through nine years of active duty service in the Navy; the mystic in me through nearly five years of pre-ministerial coursework and staff service at Unity Church of the Hills here in Austin; and the artist and healer in me through almost 15 years as a former clinical social worker and dance/movement therapy alternate route student and as an ongoing student of the shamanic arts under the mentorship of Karen Hutchins in Sandra Ingerman’s teaching lineage.
Each of these threads became part of the archetypal foundation on which I now stand as an animistic practitioner honoring the beingness in all things and deeply committed to helping others reconnect with their authentic voice, truth and path through engaged embodiment and the reclamation of the gifts of sensitive receptivity and discernment. It is in unearthing and owning these gifts that we again become able to hear, see, feel and respond to the deep healing and re-balancing work that the Earth and all of her beings – past, present & future – are so fervently calling us to do at this crucial time in our history as a species.
Podcast interview on “Beyond the Illusion”
For more about my journey and the work with the ancestors that I am so passionate about, please check out my recent podcast interview (recorded under my previous name and Shamanic Practice) on Tim Howe and Tianna Roser’s “Beyond the Illusion” podcast:
https://www.beyondtheillusionpodcast.com/episodes/s3-ep-4-opening-to-ancestors-with-heather-davies