Shannon Sloan-Spice, PhD

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Dr. Shannon Sloan-Spice is an artist, mother, cultural mythologist, wellness provider, and storyteller. She earned her PhD in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she taught "The Healing Power of Creativity" in the Engaged Humanities and Creative Life M.A. program. She currently teaches at Oakton College, IL, and Vermont State University. When not teaching, she is an ecotherapist, spiritual counselor, yoga instructor, death doula, and grief support guide. She leads storytelling workshops for individuals and organizations around the country.

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Nov 1, 2025 ∙ 5 min

The Morrigan, Great Queen of Ireland

By Shannon Sloan-Spice, Ph.D. Ireland has a farming history that stretches back past 6,000 years with portal tombs, passageways, and “thin places” that honor the movement of light through the seasons. On the Celtic Wheel of the Year, there are eight sabbats, or celebrations, that help to mark the seasonal and planting cycles which fall on the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarters of those cosmic events. Every six weeks, there is new energy to work with. The Celtic New Year falls on Samhain...