Welcome to Soul Medicine
A vision for healing and transformation nourished by the worlds of homeopathy, shamanism and tantra. Soul Medicine is about providing safe and confidential spaces for individuals and groups facing major life and health challenges; a place where each person is supported in their journey to health, wholeness and spiritual emergence.
Declan Hammond is a homeopath, transpersonal therapist and shamanic practitioner, co-founder and former director of The Irish School of Homeopathy. His life and work has been a passionate search for the most effective healing tools for himself and his patients. This journey has taken him all over the globe studying Eastern and Western approaches to healing, tantra yoga and traditional shamanic practices. Declan has developed a unique synthesis of these ancient and modern healing techniques and works with individuals and groups to empower deep personal growth and spiritual development.
His passion is working with people challenged by non-ordinary states of consciousness, who are undergoing Spiritual Emergency/Psychosis type experiences. He has a particular interest in drug harm reduction and plant medicine integration work. Declan has also been a member of the Kosmicare Medical Team at Boom Festival in Portugal and is a co-founder and director of the Irish festival welfare organisation, Psycare Ireland.
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The Compassionate Search for the Lost Soul
The Compassionate Search for the Lost Soul
The search for the lost soul: Addiction is rife in all parts of society. Some of these addictions are more socially acceptable than others. Every culture has its prejudices for and against certain substances and behaviours: Addicts everywhere are condemned for their refusal…
Healing And Transformation Through Cancer
Healing And Transformation Through Cancer
Being willing to stay in the presence of death, one’s own death, while we journey with our cancer patients, keeps the mind focused on the important parts of the journey ahead. It is the ultimate companion and one that keeps everything else in proportion.
Death – The Final Frontier
Death – The Final Frontier
My first encounters with dying patients were nervous, uncertain affairs. Unsure of my role as a homeopath and the needs of my patients, I let myself be guided by the demands of family members who wanted me to “do something” or by the requests of medical staff for “gentle medication”. I noticed that my responses to these demands were often clouded…
The Death Of A Child – A Parent’s Choice For Life
The Death Of A Child – A Parent’s Choice For Life
When I finally returned to my homeopathic practice, I found that my experiences had blessed me with a new level of understanding and empathy for my patients. Not surprisingly, many new patients came to me dealing with the awful heartbreak of the loss of a child. These died through miscarriage…
Embracing the Sacred Masculine
Embracing the Sacred Masculine
The development of conventional male role models, associated with the suppression of feelings and a tendency to aggression and violence, is illustrated with three case histories. The patients are suffering from anxiety, depression or addiction and they report their experience of violence, shame, guilt, self-hate and fear of failure. During treatment with potentised…
Kosmicare – A Safe Place for Difficult Experiences
Kosmicare – A Safe Place for Difficult Experiences
My time with Kosmicare has been one of the most inspiring experiences of my professional life. My skills and abilities were well appreciated and used. Treating so many guests, who were prepared to trust and explore…
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