Drum Making Ceremony

The drum making ceremony is a richly fulfilling experience which will meet you at whatever stage of life you are at. People of all ages craft their drums and weave their personal ‘medicine gifts’ into this ancient tool of power.

This is a Wisdom Journey. Over two days we move around the Medicine Wheel and the Four Fires of Knowing. Aligning with their fascinating teachings to help us become more peaceful, joyful, prosperous, and loving people.

We are learning through this process how to hold ourselves, family, friends, and community in the right way - loving, stable, and balanced. And to cultivate more gratitude and reciprocity in our actions.

You will experience spiritual energies and higher guidance which will be carried forward into your life after the ceremony. Many people regard the drum-making ceremony as an initiatory rite of passage, ushering in a higher timeline or new chapter.

Ceremony is a sacred container - outside ordinary reality - where we share company with unseen powers and helping spirits, dedicated to the intention we set. All the support you require will be there for you.

A mushroom with a reddish-brown cap and a white, fluffy top, lying on green grass with a large green leaf nearby.
A worn octagonal table with a dirty surface, placed on a gray blanket with a towel and some miscellaneous items nearby.

12 sided – The Solar Drum

Aligning with the 12 suns of the year, solar wisdom is initiatory, illuminating, masculine, dynamic, and a guide to channeling our personal power.

8 sided – The Heaven & Earth Drum

As above so below - the principle of cause & effect, personal responsibility, manifestation, creating harmony.

Your frame is handmade by Bastian especially for you. In this process, the frame is associated with the Ancestors and spiritual lineages carried by your Soul throughout time.

 Drum makers get to choose the shape of their frame, the animal they wish to work with, and any decorative features such as colouring to the skin and back lacing design. Drum’s made with Bastian are one of a kind.

A round, flat object resembling a top view of a rock or a mushroom cap, placed on green grass with small plants around it.
A tree with a large, circular, mirror-like surface on the ground reflecting the sky and surrounding trees.
A large, flat, circular stone with a slightly irregular shape, on the ground surrounded by dry leaves and small twigs.
Decorative mirror with a bronze-colored, feather-duster-like frame leaning against green bushes in a garden.
A large, irregularly shaped stone or ceramic slab with a rough, cracked surface, placed on a striped fabric background.

18 sided – Trinity Drum

Wholeness, Oneness, Union. The Seat of Soul, Eternity. The Circle of Life.

16 sided – The Wisdom Drum

Empowering inner wisdom, intuition, and access to ancestral knowledges.

Fusing ancient and contemporary wisdom.

13 sided – The Luna Drum

Aligning with the 13 moons of the year, lunar wisdom is mystical, transformational, feminine, and a powerful door to deep inner spaces often hidden.

9 sided – The Alchemy Drum

Aligning with alchemy & transformation. Chaos & change. Death & Rebirth. With a hint of Rebellion.

7 sided – The Path Drum

Aligning with the 7 Sacred Directions. Finding one’s Path and contribution to the World. Being of service. Soul Direction.