Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found

‘Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found’ is a film version of a live-stage dance, music, and song performance by some of Scotland’s most talented young artists in which the acclaimed writer John Philip Newell tells the story of Celtic Spirituality and its love of Earth through the lens of the Western Isles of Scotland. It includes the suffering of the Highland Clearances in which tens of thousands of Scots were cleared from their ancestral lands, an injustice that has been perpetrated repeatedly against native peoples throughout the world with the consequent loss of the native wisdom which we so urgently need to recover today for the healing of humanity’s relationship with Earth.

The film is shown as part of our Celtic Wisdom 2 retreat and as part of our Iona Pilgrimage weeks. It can also be made available for showing in churches and community gatherings. Please contact Earth & Soul for further information by emailing us at info@earthandsoul.org.

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• Scriptwriter & Storyteller - John Philip Newell 

• Choreography & Artistic Direction - Shane Shambhu 

• Music Direction & Vocals - Mischa Macpherson 

• Bharatanatyam Dancer - Kirsten Newell 

• Narration: Alison Newell and Iain Louden

• Musicians -  Ankna Arockiam (IndianVocals), Hardeep Deerhe (Tabla), 
  Alistair Iain Paterson (Harmonium), Charlie Stewart (Fiddle)

Throughout the performance, composer and Gaelic singer Mischa Macpherson weaves her music around the compelling performance of Bharatanatyam dancer Kirsten Newell, achieving what has never been attempted before - a memory of the forgotten influence of India on the Celtic soul. Hebridean Treasure moves through tragedy to portray the recovery of spiritual vision for the ecological crises of today with beauty, pathos, and hope.