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Ghost Horse and his crew “were doing acid and sending people out on their vision quests while they were tripping on LSD.

In time, a Helper handed me a paper cup with a tea-brown liquid. I asked what it was. “Medicine,” he said. “Drink it.”

For over 30 years, Betsy Bergstrom has taught spirit-based mystery traditions and healing. Raised by her animist mother of Coastal Salish tradition, Betsy focuses on remembering that the world is alive and much of what we encounter in nature has a consciousness of its own.

 Her heritage also reaches back in to Viking Scandinavia and Clan Macdonald in Scotland and in more contemporary times into the Forest Finn or Skogfinnene tradition in Sweden. She has been lovingly encouraged by her teachers in Nordic, Swedish, Scottish, Finnish, Nepali and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, to share her insight, techniques and experiences. This is the foundation from which Spirit-Wise was launched.

In later years, following ancestral threads, she has become one of the premier teachers of Norse Seidr in the United States, bringing the practice from England and Denmark.

Mind-Rooms, from Swedish folkloric tradition, are adapted to modern life and support our dreams to become reality.

Sovereignty for Self

Join Betsy Bergstrom in an exploration of Sovereignty for the Self with guided imagery and  journey. Dive into this 4.5 hour pre-recorded workshop and look at the contemporary meaning of Sovereignty as the right to be self governing and look farther back into the past to its more ancient origins. What does sovereignty entail?  Who are the Guardians of Sovereignty?

She also acknowledges the complex legacy of Buck Ghost Horse, who played a significant role in her early ceremonial life. While he was a powerful and transformative teacher, it has since come to light that he was not of Lakota ancestry as once believed. Sarah holds both the real impact of his teachings and the responsibility to walk in truth, honoring the lineages he claimed with greater care and clarity now.

Throughout the 1990s, Sarah and Vicki experienced countless unforgettable moments with Wallace Black Elk, whom they embraced as a member of their Sundance family, known as Sungleska Oyate.