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Our Guests in 2026
Wisdom Keepers
Ragnar is an experienced rune master, healer and wisdom keeper from Norway.
He walks the “Path of the Heart” and shares his healing power through ceremonies, workshops and retreats.
He accompanies, helps and supports us on the path of healing, so we can reconnect with our hearts, with the light and love living within us. He helps us hear our inner voice and follow our heart’s guidance with trust.
As a gifted rune master, he interprets the messages of the runes so we can find our answers and gain deeper understanding of the path we were born to walk. He senses the energies surrounding people and sees through life situations in a clear, extraordinary way. He listens to our stories – spoken and unspoken – and provides guidance for our inner journey.
“The runes are my dear friends, whom I surround with deep respect. They know us better than we know ourselves, and they help bring to the surface what we need to see in order to continue on the path of our lives.”
This year’s Sundeer ceremonies will be held by Ragnar together with Wieteke Brocken, a trance-healing medium from the Netherlands.
They invite us on a special journey – along the path of healing, change and transformation – where a new Rune Ceremony, a deep Healing Ceremony and a heart-opening Rose Ceremony await us…
Sharing a vision…
Some time ago, during a ceremony, I met our European ancestors in the other world…
They said they are waiting for us…
They said they miss us and long for us to reconnect with them…
They go back very far in time, and they miss hearing their songs… They miss their ceremonies…
A beautiful vision unfolded before me of how we turn to them with respect, in the ancient way…
Let them guide us in shaping our ceremonies…
Let them sing their songs through us…
Do you hear their songs? Do you feel their call in your heart?
Avelina Rogel, also known as Mama Ave, is an indigenous woman from Ecuador, belonging to the Panzaleo and Palta peoples. A spiritual leader recognized by CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) and keeper of ancestral knowledge inherited through the maternal line. Her path bridges science and the wisdom of the Earth: she is an agricultural engineer specializing in agroecology, studied ethnomedicine, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in bioethics.
Mama Ave lives and works at the intersection of spirituality, activism and healing. In her role as Yachay Mama – a wise woman who leads with her words, actions and heart – she accompanies processes of community resistance, care and regeneration, both in indigenous territories and in urban and community spaces. Her healing power encompasses the art of smoke cleansing, the feeling word, plants and deep listening.
Throughout her journey, she has woven bridges between tradition and the present, reminding us that “thinking from the heart” – corazonar – is both a political and spiritual act. Her presence at the Sundeer gathering creates an opportunity to encounter living ancestral knowledge, and to feel together the rebellious power of care, reciprocity and simple living.
An authentic South Korean shamaness, we have met her at several Sundeer gatherings. She holds very powerful healing and purification ceremonies. She arrives with several of her disciples.
Kim Jung-hee is a mudang — a traditional Korean female shaman — who carries ancient healing knowledge that has survived centuries of cultural oppression and change. Her path is based on gut ceremonies: deep healing and purification rituals that combine singing, dance, trance states and divine possession.
In recent years, Kim Jung-hee has become a returning guest of the Sundeer gathering, where she shares her deep, ancient healing together with her disciples. Those who were present experienced a powerful, precise and deeply compassionate spiritual presence. Her ceremonies initiate transformation on invisible and essential levels.
In addition to healing rites and spiritual guidance, she also leads the naerim-gut ceremony — an initiation for those called to the shamanic path. Her songs, sacred garments and living connection with Korean deities create a space where the visible and invisible worlds merge into one.
With every ceremony, she pays respect to her ancestors, her land and her calling to restore the balance of body, community and soul. Her presence at the Sundeer gathering is part of the worldwide weaving that connects living traditions in a shared circle — with respect, remembrance and offering.
Rutendo Lerato Ngara is an outstanding Wisdom Keeper from South Africa and a transdisciplinary researcher. Her work spans fields such as clinical engineering, health technology management, socio-economic development, mathematics, leadership and fashion design. In her approach, she combines science, culture, cosmology, nature and paradigmatic methods of healing.
She is the co-founder of Ancient Wisdom Africa and the Ancient Wisdom Foundation, organizations dedicated to preserving and disseminating indigenous knowledge. Rutendo works as a spiritual trainer, priestess and advisor, conducting leadership, personal development, health and wellness workshops.
Rutendo participates in the KIVA project and the Roots of the Earth initiative, global ceremonies and pilgrimages focusing on unity, diversity and generosity. Her presence at the Sundeer gathering embodies the connection with ancient African wisdom and provides inspiration for living in harmony, cooperation and respect for life.
Maria Cholbon – a representative of the Sakha people, from Yakutia (the land of permafrost with deep roots of shamanism). Discover the magic of the khomus (jaw harp). The khomus is more than music – it is the heartbeat of the Sakha people, a sacred sound carrying centuries of tradition. Every sound is unique, reflecting emotions, breath, energy and spirit. Playing the khomus is meditation, healing and celebration. It connects us with our ancestors, restores harmony, and fills life with creativity and the power of body, soul and spirit. Join us at the festival – feel the rhythm, improvise, and let the magical sound of the khomus awaken your energy, joy and inner strength.
Writer, sociologist, a professional with decades of experience in the field of public education. Cultural presenter, teacher and tradition keeper, who reads embroidery the way others read books. Magdolna is also a sweat lodge ceremony leader, seer, researcher, expert and transmitter of the Hungarian heritage of Csallóköz and Mátyusföld.
“My intuitions, visions and premonitions initiate the subject of my research. At such times, I live on multiple planes, in multiple times simultaneously. Then I collect what can be known in archives, libraries, museums, publications, books, journals and internet sources, and finally I go to the site. There, on the physical plane, I examine what is visible architecturally and archaeologically. Additionally, the site may carry further important information on an energetic level, which after the encounter either unfold into thoughts or do not… I present my findings here and there in journals (Ősi Gyökér, Dobogó), as well as in privately published books and lectures.
I regularly hold Sweat Lodge ceremonies and, on the occasion of the New Moon, traditionally known as “újság” (news), drum and song-accompanied ceremonies.
The turning points of human life often bring days full of questions and uncertainty. For those who turn to me at such times, I help with moving forward based on the “messages” of Tarot cards, when it is granted.
I have come to know many sacred places of my closer homeland, the northern part of the Carpathian Basin — the still-visible crystal buds of the heritage left by our ancestors who once lived here. I regularly share my knowledge with those interested through one- or multi-day trips. Through all of this, I strive to help those who turn to me, to adhere most closely to our traditions and pass them on authentically.”
My name is Helene Lindmark, I am indigenous to Sápmi — the land of the Sámi peoples living in the northern parts of Sweden, Finland and Russia. For many years, I have mentored young Sámi people and represented our people worldwide, speaking with the voice of Mother Earth, carrying the ancient wisdom held by our land.
As a wise elder, grandmother and keeper of Mother Earth’s voice, I serve an ancient culture that lives in deep communion with nature — with fire, water, earth and soul. My Sámi heritage comes from both parents with Sámi lineages, complemented by Finnish and Russian ancestry.
I recently completed the first part of the FIMI global leadership school for indigenous women, and I strongly believe in the healthcare self-determination rights of Sámi communities, especially in light of the “Green Transition.” I was born with a gift, and at the midpoint of my life, I walk this path with full commitment, carrying ancient knowledge through teachings, rituals and sharing.
My spiritual journey began in Liikavaara — a village south of Gällivare in Swedish Sápmi, which has now been destroyed by mining. As a child, nature and the elders brought me visions, wisdom and a rich inner world. My return home in the late nineties revealed everything I had previously left behind. My father asked: “Helene, what are you searching for? You are not your certificates, you are your roots.” This is where my true journey began.
She has five children and one grandchild. She worked for many years in social work, care and psychiatric trauma treatment. She participates in various organizations: Shamish Wisdom Forum, Seeds, Earth Mother Mission, Water Rights Community, COP26 Indigenous Delegation, and UN+50 Stockholm — as Mother Earth’s spokesperson, grandmother and community representative.
Her message: “Let us unite in our hearts, honor our gifts, walk together as children of Mother Earth — praying, standing strong together, so our world can become one voice.”
Condor Woman, Keeper of the Ancient Prayer
Carola Esparza comes from Chile, born at the foot of the Andes. In her body, Mapuche roots and mestizo heritage merge in a living way — as the fruit of the meeting and conflicts of worlds. For more than twenty years, she has walked her path with deep spiritual commitment, guided by the memory of the Earth, the listening of the heart and the calling of her feminine lineage.
For 25 years she has maintained a close relationship with Mapuche grandmother Rosa Huenufill, whom she has accompanied in numerous ceremonies, and from whom she learned the sacred ways of asking permission, giving thanks and humble, presence-filled prayer.
Her healing power is expressed through song, silence, circles, fire, water and the word. She accompanies individual and community processes from the vision of embodied prayer — a path where spirituality lives in the body, in community and in everyday life. She has shared her prayer at many gatherings and spiritual festivals across Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where she was invited as a wisdom keeper in KIVA – The Call of the Wisdom Keepers ceremonies.
Through the vision of the condor — symbol of the South, the heart and the spirit — Carola weaves bridges between peoples and traditions, reminding us that the sacred lives in simplicity, in deep listening and in returning to our roots.
Mongolian shamaness. She holds ceremonies and heals. She is coming to Sundeer for the second time.
I am a Wolf Woman, my parents’ daughter, my children’s mother, my husband’s wife and future grandmother of my grandchildren, the creator of Asszonyképző© (Women’s Training), the Seven Gates© Method and the Lampás Kártya© (Lantern Card). I am a sweat lodge leader, songwriter, singer, and my best-known song is “A Woman’s Strength.” My vocation and life purpose is to be a midwife of womanhood, through songs, workshops, retreats — all guided by the traditions learned from my female ancestors and by the knowledge I have gathered and discovered. At Sundeer, I will lead a mixed (women’s and men’s) sweat lodge, give a presentation and accompany the introduction of a new, separate area providing space for menstruating (Moon-time) women.
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Tena Koutou Katoa, nga mihi Aroha — A Māori greeting of love to all of you. Traditionally raised by his beloved grandmother Te Wharehau, Toroa Aperahama is a New Zealand Māori elder (Pakeke), jade, bone and wood carver (Kai Whakaiiro), and Haka teacher (Kai Haka). Throughout his life, he has worked directly with the Tupuna (ancestors), walking on both sides of the physical and spiritual world (Te Taha Tinana – Te Taha Wairua). Toroa was also trained by his grandmother in traditional ancient healing, before the “discovery” of herbal healing, based on sounds. Speaking/singing in his ancient language activates the healing energies. He shares his tribal upbringing and principles by telling the stories passed down by his grandmother and the village elders about his ancestors’ journeys, heroic deeds, history, myths, legends etc. Toroa believes that by sharing his Māori culture and traditions, he not only introduces people to his traditions but also leads those he meets here in Europe back to their own ancient cultures, helping them reclaim their identity as Tangata Whenua / People of the Land, which knows no man-made borders. Over the years, he has mentored many people in understanding and helped them connect with their physical and spiritual sides within today’s way of life.
She comes to us from North America, from the Sicangu people of the Lakota Nation, to share her wisdom.
I am an ethnographer, cultural anthropologist, teacher, songwriter, poet, and the founding director of the Ősforrás (Primal Source) Spiritual Workshop. I began the practical exploration of the shamanic (táltos) tradition in 1991. Since the autumn of 1997, I have been teaching this knowledge under the name ŐSFORRÁS SPIRITUAL WORKSHOP. I traveled to the United States five times (every year between 1996-2000) and once to Canada (2016), where I learned about the contemporary life of indigenous peoples on and off various Indian reservations. I participated in sweat lodge ceremonies (also in Hungary since 1983), and was taught to lead them after fulfilling the requirements. I danced through the Sun Dance Ceremony four times with Lakota people, and twenty times at home. I traveled to India three times and countless times to Central Asia. Our music-making with friends and the NIMRÓD Ensemble, founded in 2002, has been released in nine musical and one prose album. In March 2004, my first poetry collection “Star Falcon” was published (Szenzár Publishing), followed by the second volume “On the Wagon of the Great Bear” (Püski Publishing) in late 2007, and in 2020 my collected poems and lyrics volume “I Was Waiting for You.”
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I gained my first spiritual experiences and realizations exactly 45 years ago. During my art teaching studies in Leipzig, I met two significant Indian yoga and Hindu teachers (Manjit Singh Gill and Vanas Narayana Rao), who taught me for three years.
Exactly 35 years ago, during a trip to America, I met Lakota healer Leonard Crow Dog. He introduced me to the world of spiritual, traditional Indian ceremonies. From that time on, I accompanied the healers (shamans) Devalon Small Legs (Blackfoot), Bruce Starlight (Tsuut’ina) and Hwiemtun (Cowichan) for years. They taught me their traditions, songs, ceremonies and the Indian way of thinking. I followed what they call the “Red Road.” This meant not only participation in countless sweat lodge ceremonies but also vision quests and participation in sun dances.
After five years of active “training,” I received my first initiation authorizing me to lead sweat lodges.
Through Bruce Starlight and Devalon Small Legs, after four days of dancing in the Blackfoot tradition, I received another initiation enabling me to lead vision quest ceremonies.
During many travels in different countries, I met people on a spiritual path whose tradition is Roma culture. I found my authenticity in spiritual work through them.
My meeting with Sólyomfi-Nagy Zoltán 25 years ago greatly deepened my knowledge and spiritual work. It is a great honor for me to have participated eight times in the sun dance held according to Hungarian traditions, which he led.
Encounters and experiences in India, my ancestors’ homeland, which I first reached seven years ago, deeply rooted me in new spiritual dimensions. Another journey to this country, to the Great Maha Kali Puja ceremony, led me to a special Kali priestess who introduced me to the knowledge, understanding and practices of the Kali ceremony, and connected me through an initiation. Through this, I also lead Maha Kali ceremonies as well as the associated trance and healing ceremonies.
From Winnipeg with Métis Blackfoot and Cree ancestry, currently living in Quebec; a recognized cultural leader and multidisciplinary artist. A member of the Midewiwin Medicine Society, Sun Dancer, and sweat lodge leader.
Iskwe, mother, aunt, from the Muskowekwan First Nation of the Saulteaux and Sioux communities living in Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan. She currently lives near Montreal, having been adopted in the province of Quebec during the 60s Scoop era. She works as a victim services coordinator at the Tiohtià:ke / Montreal First Peoples Justice Centre, and previously worked as a cultural advisor at the federal women’s institution in Joliette, Quebec. In these positions, she supports indigenous women incarcerated in federal and provincial institutions during their healing and reintegration processes.
She has more than 15 years of experience collaborating with indigenous organizations and communities as an intervention worker. She conducts workshops on indigenous culture and awareness, including all forms of violence. She is a board member of the First Nation and Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of Quebec, and was recently elected vice-president of Resilience Montreal, where she works with homeless people and the most vulnerable populations of the urban environment. She also collaborates with the Philippe Pinel Psychiatric Hospital on implementing cultural safety in the healthcare system.
Teachers - Speakers - Musicians
I was born in Buenos Aires, I live in Berlin. I teach because I love to dance, because dance is probably the only thing that has kept me whole and happy in life, and I want to share this with others.
I started teaching and working with children in Argentina-Buenos Aires. I have twenty years of experience teaching dance therapy-based rehabilitation. Since 2014, I have been the director of the RT biodanza school in Berlin, where I carry on the legacy of Rolando Toro. My teaching stems from the understanding that our moving selves are shaped in, with and through cultural forces, histories and nature. Biodanza – “Ars Magna” The Art of Healing. Most of us suffer from civilizational overload in these modern times.
Modern lifestyle repeatedly causes frightening thoughts and feelings within us, which turn into stress (tensions and dissociations) in our bodies. This vicious cycle in which we are all stuck weakens and destroys life. Biodanza is a system of emotional integration and organic renewal that invites us to transform our lifestyle and recognize our healing potential.
On the other hand, it also invites us to take responsibility for our health. In Biodanza, dance and loving encounters are sources of integration, healing and growth. At this gathering, we recognize the healing power of dance and music, as well as our possibilities to create a healthy lifestyle that multiplies life and love.
I was born in Brazil, grew up in Chile, and have now found my home in Hungary with my partner. My path was never a pre-written script — more like an improvised dance between cultures, languages and the landscapes of the soul. I don’t fully belong anywhere — and therein lies my freedom.
I studied sociology, but it was truly the body, the earth, ceremonies and human encounters that taught me how to live. Biodanza arrived quietly and became one of the central axes of my life: dancing for remembrance, for healing, to return to my center. I work with the body because it holds deep memories that words cannot tell.
Mayan and Toltec wisdom is my compass. Fire, drum, silence and the tribe inspire me. I don’t seek absolute truths — rather real, transformative spaces of connection.
Today I organize gatherings like Sundeer, where different people come together to remember what truly matters. My goal is simple and radical: to create spaces where we can be ourselves — free, alive, without masks.
Lóki György is one of Hungary’s best known and most respected falconers, who keeps alive and passes on the ancient tradition of spiritual falconry. He lives in Somogysimonyi, where he cares for dozens of birds of prey in harmony with nature. His practice draws from a deep connection with birds, the earth and ancestral knowledge that links humans with the animal world.
With decades of experience, he regularly holds demonstrations and tells stories about the spiritual and cultural heritage of falconry. As the founder of the Golden Falcon’s Nest, he is committed to passing on this living tradition — not merely as a technique, but as a way of life that requires personal presence and connection.
At the Sundeer gathering, György brings us the medicine of the falcon — reminding us that we are all part of the web of life, and that it is worth walking this path with awareness, precision and respect.
Szilágyi Áron is a board member of the International Jew’s Harp Society, chief organizer of the Hungarian Jew’s Harp Festivals and a member of the program committee of the International Jew’s Harp Congress. He is the director of the Leskowsky Musical Instrument Museum, unique in Hungary. Áron plays the jaw harp as a solo artist, plays in and manages the Zoord bands and various music projects, holds workshops worldwide and organizes world music festivals and events. The long story short… Szilágyi Áron was born in 1977 as the first son of Szilágyi Zoltán, Hungary’s only jaw harp player. He could already play the instrument at three years old, but began seriously pursuing it at 16. Áron has been an active member of the international JH movement since 1997 and a regular guest at international festivals. At these festivals, the various styles and playing techniques of other virtuoso players deeply inspired him. He received deep inspiration from the spiritual JH music of Yakut Spiridon Shishigin and the extravagant Swiss Anton Bruhin.
Áron has participated in all international jaw harp festivals and congresses since 1998. He was the chief organizer of the 6th International Jew’s Harp Festival in Kecskemét. Since 1999, he has been an active supporter and producer of fusion world music. He created Hungary’s first electronic world music band, Navrang. In 2006, he founded the Airtist, a jaw harp-beatbox-didgeridoo trio that became known worldwide for its unique sound. In 2015, he created the Zoord band, which blends traditional Hungarian music with powerful, trance-like jaw harp grooves. This project has toured three continents. Áron maintains good relationships with festival organizers, cultural diplomats and event managers in numerous countries. His unique, modern, dynamic yet colorful playing style, which incorporates and respects ancestral heritage, has brought thousands of people closer to the jaw harp. His playing can be heard on more than 30 albums, he has collaborated in theatrical productions, composed ballet music, played mega-shows in arenas, and is frequently seen on various television programs. He has also produced three solo albums. His December mini-festival, Global Vibes, has become the annual jaw harp celebration in Hungary and some countries abroad.
In addition to running the Musical Instrument Museum and managing music projects, Áron operates an online jaw harp shop, writes a jaw harp blog, gives presentations in schools and creates educational videos. Szilágyi Áron is a dedicated advocate of the jaw harp and the jaw harp movement. He believes this instrument brings more harmony and peace to people’s lives, and therefore as many people as possible should play and know it. All his seemingly diverse activities serve this purpose.
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Until my retirement, I was the senior museologist of the Europe Collection at the Museum of Ethnography. For decades, my research area has been the pre-Christian belief system of Finno-Ugric peoples and the examination of associated ceremonies. I began my fieldwork among our linguistic relatives in 1989
and participated in 16 expeditions until 2008. I visited the Mari (Cheremis) once, the Udmurts (Votyaks) 7 times, the Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks) 7 times, and the Northern Khanty once. During my fieldwork, I primarily researched the traces of pre-Christian religion of the studied peoples, the associated
ceremonies and customs, and conducted studies of change. It was a very defining experience for me when in the early 1990s, after a three- to four-hour helicopter ride, I went back 500-600 years in history and reached a small Northwestern Siberian settlement where at that time there was nothing else but tents, hunter-fisher communities, and families living according to the faith of their ancestors. Their sacral leader was the shaman. Today these families have multiple off-road vehicles, mobile phone networks and computers. Why does one continue doing this work for decades? On one hand, one wants to realize the scientific vision with which one started on this path. On the other hand, I would like to give back a little of the many good things, of the much help that they gave me, and help carry their story to Europe and the wider world. Whether these are the Siberian Khanty or the Udmurts living in the European part –
with whom there are also places and families to whom I am bound by very deep, close friendships. Now this is becoming easier, because nowadays they also have internet, young people chat with each other on Facebook in their mother tongue, or they can post news, events and photos on the internet and Facebook that reach anywhere in moments. When I started this career, none of
this worked yet. And not least, I feel it is a kind of mission to help preserve and sustain the language, traditions and culture of the small Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia.
With my activity at Sundeer, I hope to contribute to the realization of this goal.
My name is Vitalii Sigiletov, I am a Russian citizen of Eastern Khanty (Ostyak) nationality. I was born in 1993 in Nizhnevartovsk, Northwestern Siberia, located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. I spent my childhood and teenage years in a small Eastern Khanty community, alongside my grandfather (Sigiletov Prokhor), who was a great knower, a person of special abilities, and the sacral leader of the Vakh Khanty spiritual world. Among us, the Khanty language, ancient traditions, folk customs and ceremonies are still alive. I learned the finest details of this sacral world, inherited it through my father, and now respectfully use this knowledge. Part of my family still lives according to the traditional way of life, as hunters, fishermen and gatherers. I had the honor of participating twice in one of the most sacred ceremonies of the Ob-Ugric peoples — the Bear Feast (2015, 2016, Kazym River). Before my arrival in Hungary, between 2012 and 2016, I studied at the Yugra State University in Khanty-Mansiysk, where I received a bachelor’s degree in environmental protection. I have been permanently residing in Hungary since 2016. For one year from September 2016 to September 2017, I studied Hungarian language and Hungarology through the Balassi scholarship program. From September 2017 to winter 2021, I was a student at the Budapest Business School, where I participated in the Hungarian tourism-hospitality bachelor’s program. In 2021, I passed the advanced-level Hungarian language exam. I received much help from my Hungarian acquaintances, thanks to whom I better understood the characteristics of Hungarian culture and soul, whose roots are similar to mine. At Sundeer, we work together in close spiritual-soul intertwining with Szabó Ildikó. Through this, by comparing our cultures, rites, customs and ceremonies and through their deeper exploration, we discover the existing knowledge and experiences of our ancestors and peoples in new ways. Transferring all of this to every area of life and the everyday lives of modern people. I currently work at the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, under the direction of the Uralistics Research Group, with Schmidt Éva’s ethnolinguocultural material. I use the knowledge received from my ancestors here in Hungary as well, and pass it on to the best of my abilities.
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“My worldview and approach is animistic. At the level of my calling, I am a spiritual leader, shamanic healer — I have received initiations for this, my Nahuatl name is CIHUACUAUHTLI — but in worldly life, I am a teacher and service provider.”
My greatest teacher is Life, my deepest initiator is Death. My birth chart predestined me as a spiritual leader Cihuacuauhtli, a path into which Death’s Great Mystery initiated me in 2011 with the Animi mission: The Animi Beauty System®, Animi Soul Cosmetics® — a paradigm-shifting professional cosmetics reform: touch therapy, beauty care through the connections of skin and soul, based on my collected qualifications (teaching, individual psychology, mental hygiene diplomas, master examination, etc.), from my shamanic, animistic worldview, part of which I learned from my Maya/Aztec and Inca descendant masters in this lifetime, and much of which my ancient being communicates in conscious dreams, through animi songs, poems, visions, teachings, and ceremonies. Life swept me to the banks of the Danube, where I live as the sacral guardian of the water element with my partner, with whom we hold singing-touch therapy animi ceremonies in the spirit of love, so that people may move into their hearts and feel comfortable in their skin. At Sundeer, we will hold a Soul-Cleansing Animi Sacred Onion Ceremony.
Founder of the Arvisura Theater, pioneer of drumming and spiritual teacher.
Somogyi István, “Karak,” originally graduated as a chemistry-biology teacher from ELTE Faculty of Science. In the 1980s and ’90s, he was the founder and leader for two decades of the Arvisura Theater — a pioneering alternative theater company that belonged to the forefront of Hungarian performing arts at the time. Their productions, such as The Master and Margarita or A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ran for more than ten years and won awards at numerous international festivals.
In 1986, he first encountered Michael Harner’s shamanic methods, which had a profound impact on his spiritual path. In the early ’90s, he created Hungary’s first drumming circle, taking a key role in reviving pre-Christian, ancient spiritual traditions. His sacred songs have been sung by multiple generations since, as a living, inherited song tradition.
Karak has continued to walk the spiritual paths as a “scout” ever since. He shares his knowledge and experiences through meditation camps, teachings and ceremonies. In his work, drumming, singing, movement and presence unite — as an experiential gateway to expanding consciousness and the power of the heart.
In 1997, I began working with healing due to a serious illness for which conventional medicine offered no cure. Through spirit healing — psychotronics — I regained my health, and since then I have dedicated my life to this healing method, which was taught to me by Vilmos Csontos. Since 2010, I have been teaching and healing in Horgos and Ludas, Serbia. We regularly organize pilgrimages to sacred places in the Carpathian Basin. My goal is to protect and heal Mother Earth and her children.
I am Tordas Krisztián, the southern Great Plains representative of the Tengri community. I came into contact with the Hungarian ancestral tradition through Sólyomfi-Nagy Zoltán, which I have been learning and living since 2006 in the southern Great Plains. As a ceremony leader and keeper of Hungarian táltos and shamanic traditions, I consider it important that we experience, nurture and pass on to our descendants the pure source entrusted to us by our Ancestors, with a pure soul. Three years ago, I brought to life the Seven Directions Spiritual Community, whose purpose is the cultivation of Hungarian organic culture. I currently live in Canada. Blessings.
Zoe Christina Solaris is an astrognostic ceremony leader and transmission-based spiritualist who, invoking the blessings of heavenly benefactors, helps people fulfill their divine calling. She has Hungarian and Essene roots, is a Harvard fellow in Divinity, as well as an anthropologist and human rights advocate. She is the founder of the Omegaverse, an ecosystem-conscious group seeking to make the world a better place. She is the channel of the Omega Codex astrognostic star system, and a trained Kabbalist who guides people to the Tree of Life in memory of its God’s and the Earth’s eternal covenant. She loves horses and works in an indigenous community on the west coast of Canada. She is grateful to bring her great-grandmother’s coffee ceremony to the festival. Coffee dissolves and liberates unnecessary suffering, and reformats our lives toward learning through love, with a strong foundation of benevolence. www.omegaverse.earth
Ceremony Leader, Drum Circle Facilitator and Keeper of the Wonder Deer Tradition
Szedresi Attila leads community ceremonies and drum circles in Hetényegyháza, where he founded the Wonder Deer Drum Circle. These gatherings create sacred space through rhythm, song and mindful presence. For Attila, the drum’s heartbeat connects with the heartbeat of the Earth — quieting the mind and opening the soul.
His ceremonies unite the power of presence, rhythm and connection, creating circles of healing and remembrance. The shared vibration harmonizes body and soul, inviting participants on a deep inner journey. Drawing from the spirit of the Wonder Deer, Attila is a respected representative of contemporary Hungarian sacred traditions.
At the Sundeer gathering, he will lead a sweat lodge ceremony, holding space for purification, intention and communal prayer. His earth-centered wisdom and heartfelt leadership provide a powerful yet gentle presence for the community.
Juhász Csilla is an experienced yoga teacher who is dedicated to supporting the harmonization of body, mind and soul through the ancient practices of yoga. She has years of experience in various yoga traditions and has particularly deepened her knowledge in Hatha yoga, Yin yoga and conscious breathing techniques. Csilla provides attentive, personalized guidance for both beginners and advanced practitioners, helping them find inner balance and peace.
At the Sundeer gathering, Csilla leads the morning yoga classes every day, designed to awaken the body, promote contemplation and deepen presence throughout the day. Her practices are gentle yet effective, supporting participants’ physical and spiritual renewal and harmonious connection with nature and the community.
Csilla believes that yoga is not merely physical movement but a way of life and path toward awareness that connects us with ourselves and the universe.
A prominent figure of Hungarian folk music and cultural heritage guardian
Csoóri Sándor is one of Hungary’s most recognized folk musicians and folk music researchers, who is dedicated to the preservation and renewal of Hungarian folk music traditions. As a founding member of the legendary Muzsikás Ensemble, he has played a defining role in bringing traditional Hungarian folk music to international audiences with authentic performance and deep conviction.
In addition to Muzsikás, he founded the Young Muzsikás, an initiative focused on educating and mentoring the next generation of folk musicians, thereby ensuring the survival of Hungarian musical heritage.
For decades, he has been engaged not only as a performer but also as a researcher of the spiritual content and rhythm of Hungarian folk music. He deeply examines the cultural stories and ancient wisdom inherent in musical traditions, and has published numerous books on the subject. Combining his scientific and personal experiences, he is a respected and influential figure in the folk music and spiritual communities.
At the Sundeer event, Csoóri Sándor is a living bridge between tradition and contemporary spiritual practice — his music resonates deeply with collective memory and sacred connection.
Sharon’s ancestors come from Germany, Croatia — where her mother was born in a concentration camp during World War II — and England. As a first-generation Australian, she returned to her heritage to serve the European people.
Sharon embodies the ancient energies of Avalon, bringing peace, balance and harmony to everyone she meets, and to the planet itself. She collaborates with elders and wisdom keepers around the world who share the same mission — the transmission of ancient knowledge.
Sharon has carried this wisdom throughout her life, born outside her ancestors’ land to preserve the purity of this knowledge until the right moment. Her soul essence resonates with the energies of Avalon, and her deep connection with the fairy realm — the elemental kingdom, the Lady of the Lake and the cosmic energies of creation — reminds us of the greater purpose we serve as humans on this planet.
Achieving unity through understanding, respect and appreciation for all beings is the essence of the Avalon way. Sharon’s mission is to help everyone remember their true self and their purpose here on Earth. Through numerous lectures and workshops across Europe, she shares the ancient stories of Avalon — of a time when humanity had not yet walked the Earth — emphasizing that we are all interconnected on Mother Earth. In Avalon, only the energy of the soul is recognized. Sharon is here to help us recall who we truly are and the meaning of our existence on this spinning rock we call Earth.
Barát Zsolt István is a researcher, singer-musician, songwriter and poet.
From childhood, his interest in martial arts, esoteric experiences, history, folklore and the transcendent led him to the knowledge and traditions of the shamanistic worldview, of which he became a practitioner. During his philosophy studies, he gained deeper knowledge of Eastern religious systems, later participated in several retreats at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, and during 10 trips to Nepal, he studied local tribal shamanism, particularly the Magar shamanism of the Himalayas. He researches Hungarian traditions throughout the Carpathian Basin and studies the nomadic cultures of Asia. He is the founder and director of the Hungarian Four Ancestors’ Path School (2008) and the Norwegian Fire Elements School (2013), has led singing groups for 15 years, and as a composer, lyricist and performer has created four music albums. He is the founder of the Hungarian bands Kündü, Banjiji, 5LM, Drahun and the Norwegian band Huld. Since 2013, he has been studying the early medieval Scandinavian mythological worldview, ancient and contemporary shamanism and Nordic shamanism. He is an honorary member, ceremony leader and advisor of the Norwegian Shaman Association.
Slovenian flute maker, musician, teacher.
Sound and Silence – At Sundeer, sound and silence become a path of presence. In recent years, I have dedicated myself to making and playing North American-style Native American flutes — these simple instruments teach patience, deep attention and connection to something greater than ourselves.
I craft each flute with careful attention: seeking the balance of wood, form and sound. Each one has its own character. This path — between technical precision and subtle intuition — is what inspires me again and again.
I don’t feel the sound of the flute as if it comes from me — more as if it flows through me. A bridge between the inner and outer world.
This instrument is extraordinarily easy to learn. No musical background is needed — just an open heart and the intention of true attention. In this simplicity lies a quiet teaching: perhaps life too can be simpler than we often make it.
At Sundeer, I share my relationship with the flute, with breathing and with conscious perception of sound — as a path leading back to the present. I warmly invite you: listen — not just to the sounds, but to yourself as well.
Sweat lodge leader, dancer of the Hungarian Sun Dance
Gaál Zoltán’s story is one of deep inner transformation. In his youth, he became involved in crime, but at 18, his life took a radical turn when he discovered mind control methods. Later, he completed a Reiki course and joined Villás Béla’s spiritual school, but did not find his place there. Through the guidance of Sólyomfi-Nagy Zoltán, he first encountered the shamanic world, which deeply touched him.
Over the years, he became a sweat lodge leader and actively participated in the Hungarian Sun Dance. Nature-based spirituality took an increasingly deeper role in his life, and he also established his own community. Recently, he realized he wanted to spend more time with his family, so he holds ceremonies less frequently and focuses more on family life.
At the Sundeer gathering, Zoltán will hold a powerful sweat lodge ceremony, leading the circle with deep experience and an open heart.
He expresses his intention thus:
“My intention is the flourishing of collective consciousness. Connecting individual perspectives, bringing inner pearls to the surface.”
At their family ceremonies, mother, father and children form a circle as equals, healing each other together through song. At the Sundeer gathering, Zoltán invites us into this unity, simplicity and deep reconnection.
Colombian teacher, ceremony leader.
Children’s Companion, Temazcal Leader and Earth-Based Healer
Healing is born from care, attention and the threads we weave with others and with life. Sandra was born in Chile and has lived in Berlin for more than twenty years. She is a mother, and for 18 years has been accompanying children as a Tagesmutter, with deep respect, love and presence.
Her path led from conscious parenting through the healing power of flowers to the transformative warmth of the temazcal. She learned from teachers of the Andes, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Blackfoot Indian traditions, deepening her sacred connection and rituals with the elements and the Earth.
At the Sundeer gathering, she will lead a family temazcal: a gently held sweat lodge ceremony where children and their parents or caregivers can together experience the warmth and healing presence of the fire. For her, healing is singing, playing, hugging — and returning to the feeling of unity, together.
Sandra’s work is guided by ancient wisdom and deep respect for all forms of life — always remembering that healing is a return to the body, the Earth, memory and love.
Bodrogi Róbert – world traveler, tour guide, healer
Róbert will hold a sound healing ceremony, which is the shamanic approach to the ancient Hungarian method of sound healing. He will also accompany the morning yoga classes with Native American flutes.
On his maternal side, he comes from a shamanic tradition. The lineage was interrupted for several generations, but eventually revived.
He pursued his life and studies intensively in many parts of the world — 10 years in the USA (mainly Boulder, Colorado), 3.5 years in Chile, more than 10 years in Mexico and Guatemala, one and a half years in France, many years in Norway on the Lofoten Islands. He also visited India, New Zealand, Fiji, Korea, Peru, Canada, Morocco, Sweden and numerous European countries.
Studies and masters:
– He studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture in Boulder, under Taoist master Pao Ruseto Huang Chin, who personally initiated him into the path of healing and asked him to promise never to stop healing people.
– He was invited to India by Ricardo Bravo, a mystic, shaman and spiritual teacher, where he received a dharma initiation and a 4-year training to become a diksha giver.
– He later returned to India, where he studied Ayurvedic medicine and panchakarma therapy at P.V.A. Ayurvedic Hospital (Kannur, India).
– He further trained in multiple healing modalities: Yumeiho massage, Tui Na massage, chiropractic, Prana Nadi, Tibetan energy healing.
Sound healing and ceremonies:
– He has been working with sound healing since 2000, which has since become his main activity.
– In 2002, Ricardo Bravo initiated him into the sweat lodge ceremony in the Chilean Andes, which he led for 15 years.
– His ceremonial instruments were received from shamans and healers, such as White Cloud (Vancouver Island) and Annie Fuller (California).
– He makes shamanic drums and Native American flutes.
Connection with nature:
Róbert has a deep connection with nature and its spirits. As a professional tour guide, he has led various expeditions by sea kayak, canoe and hiking in wild regions of the world. He also serves as a spiritual guide to help people reconnect with nature and its spirits. He has been rock climbing for more than 35 years and has led expeditions in many parts of the world.
Aloha,
As an introduction, let me quote from a famous Hawaiian healer: Aunty Margaret Machado
“Lomilomi is prayer work. Every touch is prayer — the quiet conversation of heart, hand and soul with the source of life.”
For nearly 22 years, I have been actively working with various massage therapies, and for the past 12 years, Hawaiian temple-style lomilomi and bodywork has become my primary vocation and heart’s calling.
The ancient Hawaiians turned to this sacred ritual at the gates of defining life stages and during times of illness, so that through LomiLomi they could reconnect with the wisdom of their ancestors and their true self, thereby initiating the self-healing processes of body and soul.
It is a great honor for me that through the trust of my teacher, Witold Stanislaw Kucharczyk — who learned and received authorization to teach from Susan Pa’iniu Floyd, Auntie Maile Napoleon, Maka’ala Yates and Haleaka Ioani Pule — I have been given the opportunity to teach the 1st and 2nd levels of integrated lomilomi, thus passing on this deeply transformative knowledge to those who feel called to this path.
If you would like to come to me for a treatment during the Sundeer gathering, please take a quiet moment and ask yourself:
“Do I feel with all my heart and soul that LomiLomi can help me now?”
If your answer is a definite YES, I welcome you with love. Appointments are available in limited numbers, please arrive on time!
Alongside my husband Andreas Jackisch Veshengo, I am present in the Kali and Maha Devi ceremonies he leads, as well as in individual healing-cleansing ceremonies, as a mediator of feminine energies, a helping and protective energy-space holder. During his teachings and individual consultations, I assist with translation and smoother communication.
Ceramicist, expert on early Carpathian Basin ceramics
Szabó Éva is a dedicated ceramicist specializing in the traditional ceramic-making techniques of the Carpathian Basin, with deep knowledge of the forms and styles of the region’s earliest historical ceramics. Her work combines archaeological research and artistic practice, aiming to connect the legacy of our ancestors with contemporary creativity.
She actively participates in exhibitions and workshops where she shares her knowledge of ancient clay-forming and decorating methods, contributing to the transmission of cultural heritage and the renewal of craft traditions. She collaborates with scientific institutions and museums, supporting the documentation and restoration of valuable artifacts, thereby enriching the understanding of the region’s material and cultural history.
Through her works, Éva invites us to rediscover the richness of ceramic heritage, creating a dialogue between past and present that still strengthens our cultural and artistic identity today.
Nagy János Afronauta is one of the freest-voiced travelers of the Hungarian underground — his music is simultaneously cosmic and deeply human. African rhythms, psychedelic grooves and contemporary electronic textures blend with improvisational energy, making every concert unrepeatable.
On stage, ritual and liberation meet: dance, trance, smiles and communal vibration. Afronauta doesn’t represent a style but a state — where the body moves, the mind lets go, and the present moment becomes a celebration.
If you love music that knows no boundaries, that is simultaneously instinctive and cosmic, then Nagy János Afronauta’s concert is for you.
Topor Ágnes Sunny is a trained Labyrinth Walk leader, a member of the Labyrinth Society, within the framework of which she leads labyrinth walks on multiple occasions.
Musician, music teacher, a pillar member of the Shaman Retro Band.
Keresztes Barna is a Hungarian musician, music teacher and a defining member of the Shaman Retro Band. He has more than four decades of musical experience and has been teaching guitar for more than 20 years, as well as other instruments such as bass guitar, mandolin, ukulele and bouzouki.
Beyond his musical knowledge, Barna is deeply committed to spiritual and community music-making. He leads musical workshops and choir sessions that focus on spiritual songs and folk music, fostering a sense of unity and healing through communal singing.
As a member of the Shaman Retro Band, Barna contributes to the group’s unique blend of traditional and contemporary sounds, performing at various venues including the Sundeer festival, where he regularly gives concerts on Friday evenings.
Barna’s musical career is characterized by a commitment to preserving cultural heritage and embracing innovative expressions, making him a recognized figure in Hungary’s alternative music scene.
Ethnographer-cultural anthropologist, birth companion doula, ceremony leader
She has lived, studied and researched in numerous countries and cultural contexts. In her journeys, the commitment and thirst for knowledge of the ethnographer-cultural anthropologist connected with the perspective of the natural healing woman and the inner traveler. She is fascinated by questions of traditional values and traditional healing, the traditions and ceremonies of birth, pregnancy, the blessed state and rites of passage.
Among her teachers are Hungarian, Tibetan, Mexican and Peruvian masters and healers.
A defining station of her life was Mexico, where she worked for years with traditional midwives and ceremony leaders, accompanied home births and worked in birth centers. She was able to learn through direct transmission from Mexican healing women, and participate in the passing on of knowledge related to birth, femininity and community rites.
For nearly twenty years, she has been accompanying births and rites of passage, giving lectures, retreats, ceremonies and individual consultations. Alongside the path of shamanism and traditional healers, she follows Buddhist teachings.
At the Sundeer gathering, she will speak about the ceremonies and rites surrounding birth, delivery and the postpartum period, drawing on both Mexican and Hungarian traditional knowledge.
Wieteke Brocken (Netherlands) supports transformation and healing processes as a trance-healing medium.
In trance state, she surrenders herself to become a hollow bone for Nana Oeth (ancient universal grandmother) and other balancing energies to come through. This gift also stems from our ancient European roots, to which she is strongly connected.
She works together with Ragnar Johnsen on the “Walking the Path of the Heart” and “Path of the Hero” projects. She also shares her healing circles and private sessions.
She does all this to serve by supporting the natural flow of life energy, and to help people “come home” to themselves into their hearts, to regain balance, to remember, and to become heroes through their own hearts.
Master of sacred calligraphy, graphic artist, gastronome, inventor of the Touch Screen, author of several books, university professor.
Kovács Imre Barna is a versatile Hungarian artist active in the fields of calligraphy, graphic design, gastronomy and inventions. He is the author of several books that explore Hungarian culture and esoteric traditions. His work bridges ancient heritage and contemporary creativity, offering a unique perspective on Hungarian identity and artistic expression.
Professional musician, composer and music producer
Ran Gerson has more than 20 years of experience creating music for artists, films, television and theater.
Based in Kiryat Tivon, Israel, he has a professional studio, and is also a teacher, student, researcher and therapist who works with frequencies, sound healing and instruments from ancient cultures.
Since 2006, he has traveled the world in countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico, USA, Guatemala, Spain and others, to understand the laws of nature and the universe through music. He passes on this knowledge as an integral part of the universe for the benefit of humanity.
Since 2011, he has been working with sound therapy, which was one of the most important elements of the healing process in ancient tribal cultures. He deeply believes in the healing power of music and sound on human beings. During his research, he has uncovered evidence confirming the connection between science and the soul.
He conducts individual and group therapies, including for special needs groups.
A member of the Yishama ensemble
Yishama was founded in 2014 by Yhonatan Ale-Yahav.
The beginnings are tied to a small house in the Carmel Mountains of Israel, where Yhonatan immersed himself deeply in the world of steel and its vibrations. After two years of intensive research and experimentation, the Yishama Pantams were born — handcrafted steel instruments capable of producing healing and harmonious sounds. Since then, Yishama has become known worldwide, providing a unique musical and therapeutic experience built on the power of steel.
They will also be present at Sundeer, enriching the gathering with their enchanting sounds and healing vibrations.
Concerts
Ölvedi Gábor (Karma Pema Dorje)
Karma Pema Dorje (Ölvedi Gábor) is a singer, throat singer, percussionist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose solo mantra music project aims to manifest the infinite, open spaces and journeys experienced in meditation through music, and share them with everyone who wishes to open up and see their inner world. He loves to balance traditional instrumental and vocal techniques, sacred texts with innovative ideas. Meanwhile, he gladly incorporates the tools, instruments and perspectives of the modern world in a way that gives space to artistic freedom and imagination while respecting the cornerstones of tradition. Often as many as ten instruments sound at his concerts, from the most ancient percussion and wind instruments to modern instruments like the handpan. Sounds resonate through vocal techniques that are hundreds or even thousands of years old, thus finding their way to the hearts of most of us.
Dil Mastana belongs to the Langa performers’ community, one of Rajasthan’s most famous traditional musician groups. Their songs have preserved the purity of their ancient musical traditions. The ensemble members are outstanding artists who have performed throughout India and at numerous international festivals. They are worthy representatives of India’s rich musical heritage.
Dil Mastana participates in our Music Is Invitation program and will be a guest at one of our special evenings.
The Shaman Retro Band brings together some of Hungary’s most dedicated musicians — guardians of ancient sounds and memories.
Somogyi István Karak, Sütő Annamária Babi, Keresztes Barna, Barát István, Sólyomfi-Nagy Zoltán and Csoóri Sándor gather around a shared history and spirit.
Their music is more than performance; it is a dialogue with the past and a call to the present, blending unique Hungarian vocal traditions with timeless drum and string rhythms. Through their voices, they weave the intimate threads of identity, community and memory, inviting listeners into a space where ancient and contemporary meet.
At Sundeer, their songs become living vessels — carriers of memory, healing and cultural continuity.
Only heard at Sundeer!
