About Us
Sacred Earth Activism
Sacred Earth Activism C.I.C. was formed in response to hearing the call for profound change and transformation that needs to take place if we want to live sustainable, humane and fulfilled lives, infused with a sense of connection to earth and the sacred.
The sickness of society is a sickness of separation, greed and profound inequality on every level. We therefore believe that this process of transformation needs to lead from separation to conectedness, from fragmentation to wholeness, from the thriving of the few to the thriving of all life on this beautiful planet.
We believe that if we want to envisage and birth the new, we need to remember our connectedness to all things, ground ourselves in our relationship with the Earth, listen to the call of the sacred and bring that through us for positive change.
Sacred Earth Activism therefore works with the intent of bringing the sacred and earth-centered spiritual actively into the web of change through supporting, co-ordinating and initiating movements, protests, resistance initiatives, projects and change-makers.
Our focus is on ecological movements in the widest sense, as well as initiatives which work towards connecting communities, people and institutions with earth, nature and the sacred.
Sacred Earth Activism Founders
Christa Mackinnon is a psychologist, therapist, medicine woman, shamanic teacher, author and speaker. Previously working internationally for over 25 years as a complex trauma specialist, and lecturing at various universities, she shifted her focus to ancient wisdom teachings, apprenticing to indigenous shamans in South America and learning from contemporary shamanic teachers in North America, Europe and Asia.
Christa is the author of three books, combining the ancient shamanic with the contemporary therapeutic. Her books include the ground breaking ‘Shamanism and Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice’ and the bestselling ‘Shamanism: Awaken and Develop the Shamanic Force Within’. She also speaks and writes widely about both subjects.
Christa founded the training organisation ‘Bridging the Worlds’ and is the co-founder of ‘Women Weaving Change’, which trains Modern Medicine Woman, and works with female change-makers. She is a member of Treesisters, works with Extinction Rebellion on community level and is involved in the wider Women’s movement. All her work and sacred activism are firmly focused on contributing to the necessary expansion of consciousness and an overall shift in paradigm.
Jonathan Weekes is an experienced spiritual teacher, ceremonialist and sacred activist. He has shared his work all around the UK, connecting people with the land through ceremony and sacred practice. Influenced by training contemporary shamanic practice and Druidry, as well as learning from indigenous teachers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Jonathan believes that healing our connection to the land, to the ancestors and to the sacred will be fundamental in bringing about the change needed in the world.
Jonathan has supported different movements and campaigns, holding ceremony and weaving spiritual practice into direct action, including Extinction Rebellion UK, the anti-fracking movement, Stonehenge, and numerous River campaigns, and has spoken about the importance of sacred activism in our efforts for change at numerous conferences and gatherings including Glastonbury Festival and British Pilgrimage Gathering.
Sacred Earth Activism Team
Sacred Earth Activism is formed by a growing collective of people committed to weaving our connection to the sacred into the web of change movements to build more sustainable, spiritually connected futures for us all.
John “Crow” Mackinnon
John Crow Mackinnon is the founder and director of Shamanic Voyages, a non-profit organization that offers travel programs and world-wide retreats to locations where shamanism is still relevant in the culture, including annual programs in the Amazon.
Crow is also active within a number of organizations including the Shamans Directory, serving as an Ambassador, the Wabanaki Alliance, which works for recognition and social justice for the original peoples where he now resides, and the Pachamama Alliance, where he serves as moderator for their Game Changer Intensive program.
Besides his therapeutic professional background, he has had long experience working with shamans in the Andes and the Peruvian Amazon, has completed advanced training with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is a Harner Shamanic Counselor as well as a certified psychedelic integration coach. Website
Crow is a team member of the international branch of Sacred Earth Activism.
Kate Dineen
Kate is a UK shamanic teacher, healer, ceremonialist, Rites of Passage ritualist, sacred activist, Nusta Paqo, Warrior Sage wisdom-keeper and Accelerated Evolution coach
Trained and initiated by Q'ero masters, Kate has taken her teacher Dona Maria Apaza's advice and transposed the gifts of indigenous wisdom gracefully onto the local lands of her birth, the sacred isles of the UK. Kate has spent many years exploring our Pagan history and applying an embodied understanding of natural spirituality in the context of our ancestor's spiritual outlook. As a healer and teacher she helps people to get to the heart of the problem, to release what's heavy, to reconnect with nature and to embrace their own inner power.
Kate is a well known and highly regarded ceremonialist who leads regular fire ceremonies and creates bespoke ceremonies for life-change transitions, bereavement, rights of passage, weddings etc as well as for various organisations in the change movement such as Ecocide for Polly Higgins, Sacred Severn, River Blessings, Monica Feria-Tinta (A Barrister for the Earth book launch) XR, Centre for Peaceful Solutions. Website
Jon Nash
Jon is a writer and playwright, theatre maker, director and facilitator whose work explores our relationship with the natural world, community and underrepresented voices.
He is a Druid and member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and the Druid Network and currently training to be a Celebrant. He has led wellness circles, rituals and seasonal ceremonies for Care Nest Plymouth, Plymouth Community Pride and other local projects and co-leads spiritual walks on Dartmoor.
Environmental campaigning has been a huge part of his life since he was a teenager and he is delighted to be able to combine activism with the sacred as a steering group member and host of the regular gatherings.
Marieluise Niehus
Marie is a poet and writer, following the path of druidry and shamanism. Marieluise is a senior University invigilator, has been active in Feminist Fusion, a community art organisation within the Women's movement, and is a community gardener. She is also a member of The Work That Reconnects, and has offered workshops and ceremonies online and offline.
Cath Everett
Cath is a journalist, editor, copy and content writer, with a focus on sustainable business. This remit covers not just the environment but also people issues, such as diversity, equity and inclusion, mental health, and leadership skills. She is also an Earth Witch, writes poetry, and practices Reiki, Reiki Crystal and Reiki Drum, particularly in a land healing context.
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