Testimonials

I believe that Jonina Lynn Kirton is uniquely skilled to weave together a book both profound and accessible, to satiate the cultural hunger for Sacred Circles: Women Reclaiming Ritual.

Jonina herself is both grounded and fluid: rooted in respect for Ancestral wisdom and alive to emotional and spiritual interplay, and thus is a natural Group Facilitator. Not only that, but she has the writing talent to bear witness to both inner and outer worlds, and maintain the Ritual frequency where they overlap. It is just a part of who she is: Jonina never strays so far into the mundane as to lose its sacred dimension, nor does she abstract herself into sacred realms to the point of losing her humanity.  By modeling this harmonized state, she can restore other women to their own capacity to gather in Circles which are living, open to both Deep Mystery and Great Spirit: potential and the power to manifest it. Her sense of aesthetics & sacred space, and how these radiate out into the world, are another piece of her reverencing Creation and teaching our vital place therein.

With the world in flux, the need to gather in Sacred Circle increases and such a book is radically needed, with Jonina Lynn Kirton the woman to write it!
Author, DEEP CINEMA: Film as Shamanic Initiation

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Jonina Lynn Kirton is an able guide in assisting us—men and women alike—in navigating the many currents and eddies of modern life. Hers is a wisdom that has been formed in the crucible of relationships, motherhood, and careers. The places where we each live, where we call home—with all the demands and challenges, and, as Jonina reminds us, opportunities—is exactly where we so many of us can use a little friendly guidance now and then. Being pulled in so many different directions—and sometimes all at once!—it can be a gift to be reminded of that which is truly important in life by someone who has been there. Jonina Lynn Kirton has reminded me, and I am confident she can help you reclaim the wisdom that is yours as well.

~ David Jon Peckinpaugh
Author, Buddha & Shakespeare: Eastern Dharma, Western Drama

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I am excited by Jonina’s book project and proposal both in terms of the subject and in terms of how she is approaching writing this book. I have been a manuscript consultant for authors and emerging writers for almost 25 years and have learned to spot a promising manuscript when I see it.

Jonina brings the following qualities to this book project: a distinct, engaging voice; a clear and effective sense of how to structure the manuscript; and to me, most crucially, a humbleness about, awe of, and deep commitment for her subject.

I believe in this book and in this writer and am confident that many, many readers will too.

~ Betsy Warland, Director of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio
Author of 12 books including Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing released in 2010

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I wish I had known of Jonina’s sacred circle techniques back when I was teaching. Although not designed for classroom use, her uses of ritual as a means of building support and encouraging meaningful interactions are brilliant.

I also found them very helpful both in my personal and writing life. I was particularly surprised to discover that although I don’t consider myself very spiritual, I do build shrines (loosely defined) to commemorate and facilitate major turning points in my life. Now that I’m aware of it, I do it more often and have also extended it to the creation of small shrines marking the turning points of my novel’s characters. Much more fun to develop than timelines, and every bit as helpful.

~ Dr. Antonia Levi: Retired professor of Japanese history and popular culture.
Publications include Samurai from Outer Space and Boys’ Love Manga.

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Jonina Kirton is one of the most powerful writers and facilitators I have come across in my years of running writing groups and spiritual events. She is a wordsmith extraordinaire, and her poetry is so well crafted and profound that it goes straight to the core of your very being. As a facilitator, she has a unique ability to engage writers with inspiring, purposeful processes that allow them to blossom with confidence and creativity. My writing group members have always responded to Jonina’s presentations and facilitation with renewed enthusiasm for their writing and deep gratitude for having learned do-able techniques to take them to the next level. Thank you Jonina!

Karen McGregor
Bestselling Author of The Madonna Code: Mysteries of the Divine Feminine Unveiled
www.DivineYou.ca

 

 
 
 

 

 

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