Healing the Celtic Soul: Remembering the Land’s Voice and the Ancestral Wound

Beneath Ireland’s beauty lies an ancient grief — the trauma of famine, colonization, and disconnection from the sacred land once regarded as a living being. In this powerful conversation, Celtic shamanism practitioner Jane Burns reveals how those wounds still echo in the collective Celtic psyche … and how remembering our original relationship with the land can begin to heal them.In Part 2 of this conversation, we explore:* The story of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Lia Fáil — the Stone of Destiny that “cried out” for the rightful king.* The ancient ceremony of “marrying the land,” where rulers vowed complete service to the Earth’s well-being.* How Amergin’s poetic invocation calmed the sea and opened Ireland’s shores through devotion, not conquest.* The ancestral trauma carried through generations after British rule and the Great Famine.* How reconnecting with Goddess Sovereignty helps us restore balance between people and planet today.Jane reminds us that mythology is memory — not metaphor — and that the land itself still remembers its covenants. To honor those memories is to awaken the part of us that knows how to live in right relationship once again.Visit Jane’s website at journeystothesoul.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Her book Fear of Our Father, co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime movie, Monster in the Family.Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2019, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing.

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