Filmmaker and energy healer Sas Carey brings the mysterious world of shamanism to life in her documentary film "Ceremony", which she will share and discuss on Thursday, March 9 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol. This free event is hosted by the One World Library Project.
Ceremony witnesses the spiritual journey and practice of a shaman in northern Mongolia. The documentary revolves around a specific ceremony by Steppe dwellers of Darhad ethnicity and taiga-dwelling Dukha reindeer herders, both of whom continue shamanic traditions. Elder shamans share their wisdom and discuss their lineage as bearers of the “shaman disease,” including their initial resistance to assuming this powerful role and the dangers of not accepting the call. While connected to the ancestor’s spirit, the shamans fill the role of doctor, spiritual adviser, and healers in a land where the nearest doctor can be eight hours away by reindeer and horse.
Footage for the documentary, released in 2015, was taken over a twenty-year period and includes intimate glimpses of the geographical and cultural environment.
Sas Carey, the film’s director, is an energy healer, nurse, and spiritual adviser. She has spent time in Mongola annually for the past twenty-two years following the nomadic practice of Dukha people and documenting their lore and heart songs. She has explored traditional Mongolian medicine, served as a health educator for the United Nations Development Programme (1997), and founded and directs Nomadicare a nonprofit supporting sustainability and cultural survival of nomadic people.
For more information on this event or about the One World Library Project, contact the Lawrence Memorial Library at 453-2366 or go to www.OneWorldLibraryProject.org or the One World Library Project Facebook page.
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