12″ Shamanic Red Deer Drum “Divine Connection”

Description

This unique Shamanic Red Deer Drum was birthed in Ceremony during on the Apple New Moon in Virgo on 15th September 2023.

Honey coloured Red Deer Hide with a subtle angel marking on the skin, is laced on a beeswaxed 12″ Ash frame and a slate coloured leather bound ring.

Finished with a slate leather wrapped Bridget’s Cross handle inset with a stunning Llanite crystal as the Heart Stone.

This drum comes with a matching slate leather leather song caller, birthed together with the drum, this is stuffed with wool from our own ‘pet’ sheep and is bound onto a hand polished Apple wood handle, harvested with gratitude from our own Apple trees on Exmoor.

The drum also has a small matching crane bag (medicine pouch), and contains personally gathered natural sacred items representative of the four elements of earth, air, fire and water and also includes a hand picked crystal – as a gift for you, and your drum. As your connection to your drum evolves these unique pouches can be filled with personal items which can be changed in and out dependent on the work you are undertaking together with your drum

This unusual, angelic shamanic red deer drum has a lovely tone to its song, a great travelling drum, it would lend itself to all healing work, especially for those connecting to the angelic realms for their work.

Listen to a recording of Divine Connection here – use headphones or speakers to hear the full range of tones.

Llanite Also known as Que Sera or Vulcanite, Llanite is a stone of compassion, understanding, peace, and harmony. It opens, activates, and heals the Heart Chakra, encourages us to open our hearts to others and heal our emotional connection to ourselves, Through its connection with the Third Eye Chakra Llanite offer us a connection to divine wisdom and insight and ias the Heart Stone for this particular drum, connection to the Angelic Realms.

The Red Deer carries the energy of a gentle powerhouse. Swift moving with a keen eye, the deer connects us to our heart energy. In Native American traditions the deer was a messenger, an animal of power, and a totem representing sensitivity, intuition and gentleness. In Celtic lore there were two aspects of the deer: the female red deer, symbolising femininity, gentleness and grace; and the male red deer, related to the sacred and to the forests, symbolising independence, purification and pride. The stag is known as the king of the forest, the protector of all other creatures. Red Deer spirit transports us gently and quickly into and out of otherworld journeys on fast moving hoofbeats.

The Ash which forms the bones of this drum is a tree associated with healing, empowerment and enchantment. In Norse mythology, the Ash is the axis mundai or the World Tree, called Yggdrasil. This is the tree which connects the middle world of our waking reality to the upper and lower worlds. When we journey with a drum made with an Ash hoop, we carry all of these strengths and powers with us between the worlds.

Apple this tree moon brings in a time of abundance and of heart centred love. Offering a powerful opportunity to tap into the energies of self-care and self-love, apple energy is generous, benevolent, and nourishing at every level and creates wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Apple also encourages the making of choices to accelerate us along our life path.

All of these energies have been woven into the drum during its birthing.

Ros Simons has been creating sacred shamanic drums for over 19 years, using personally refined techniques and practices that were handed down to her in the traditional way from teachers and mentors.

The drum-birthing process is carried out in ceremonial space, with prayers and thanks given to honour the spirit of the animal, the trees and the stones of the earth that gifted themselves to bring these sacred allies and medicine tools into being. The drum lacing is cut from the same hide as the drum head ~ weaving the spirit of the animal into the drum; the wood, the colours and any crystals incorporated into each drum are gathered through otherworld journeying and guidance from her drum guide, each drum is unique.

Your personal drum will become a guide, a healer, a teacher and a friend, that walks with you on your path, and takes you on a deep journey of other world and inner world exploration.

All of the Shamanic Drums birthed by Ros are guaranteed for two years provided you treat them with love and care and follow the included drum care instructions.

If this shamanic red deer drum has already found its keeper or you would like a Shamanic Drum similar to this, but unique and birthed especially for you, then you can order a bespoke drum to be made to your individual wishes and birthed with your own prayers and intentions. For more information please take a look at the Commissions Page.

All of the hides and frames for Ros Simons shamanic drums are sustainably and ethically sourced.

The red deer hides come from wild culled deer, a process which is necessary to maintain the health of the herds; and prior to being purchased by Ros the hides were being buried or burnt.

All the skins Ros uses in her drums have been a bi-product of another sustainable purpose (killed for food or due to environmental pressures of overpopulation) and would otherwise be wasted; no animal was ever killed just to provide skin for a drum that Ros has created. Drum making can be seen as a reparation, a way of returning some beauty and honouring to an animal whose life has already been taken. In this way we return more to the ways of our ancestors, ensuring that all of the animal is used and nothing is wasted. The spirit of the animal lives on and is reborn into the drum.

The Wood for the frames is sourced from sustainably managed forests; and the wood for the song callers is personally gathered by Ros and seasoned every year.