Walk closer to the root
Welcome to the teaching portal and home of the Legasea Library.
For the spiritual warriors, scholarly mystics, culture alchemists x illusion dissolutionists
The artists,
The artists,
The artists,
The shadow archivists
:: The multidimensional shapeshifters who breathe Time through this paradigm in order to keep worlding the next one.
Here is a space of exploration, experimentation
we return to the root for our creative power,—
our ancestral healing
Welcome to the journey.
Current Teachings
Rootseed space affirms that the dark is Life. The beginning.
When Rootwalker Teaches ::
“This class gave me space to feel emotions I didn’t know I had.”
“You helped me see experiences. I didn’t know before this that feeling overwhelmed could be a good thing; that I could feel overwhelmed and have a different relationship to it.”
“I heard my ancestors and I felt that they want—they wanted me.”
“Thank you for allowing us into your process.”
instagram ::
“@jillianrootwalker is a favorite sacred word weaver.”
“@jillianrootwalker’s words are a balm for this world we are living in now.”
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(More) OFFICIAL BIO
Jillian Rootwalker is a multidimensional artist, performer, trailblazer, and teacher making uncharted paths in the field of performance/theater/dramatic storytelling and in the realm of ancestral healing practice as a devoted shamanic student of the afro-indigenous tradition of Ubungoma. Her work breathes with, as, and through a dynamic process of bridging the gap between the ancestral and spiritual, the archival, the dramaturgical, and the artistic practice of Life as a divination.
Guided by the teachings of her Ancestors, Jillian’s extensive resume includes many “firsts” and inaugurals, breaking ceilings with her pen, and reflecting her joys and challenges as a servant of the ancient-future.
Jillian has taught and spoken at:
Harvard University The New School The University of Michigan
Columbia University The University of Washington Brooklyn College
Wheaton College Sarah Lawrence College Fordham University
American University and York College
She has performed in basements, bars, open fields, numerous sanctuaries, and infamous venues such as Joe’s Pub, Park Avenue Armory and Lenox Lounge.
Her artistic work includes the award-winning play, Sarah’s Salt., the uncategorizable award-winning Songs of Speculation, and her critically-acclaimed work(ing) and epic tribute to her Ancestors, SKiNFOLK: An American Show, forthcoming from 53rd State Press.
Her work has been featured in Vulture/New York Magazine and received rave reviews in The NY TIMES.
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A Personal P.S. If you want to nerd out a little more (and I love you for it), you can read the cover letter that helped me earn my place as a finalist for a teaching job at Harvard. It describes my teaching style and beliefs in my unique Ivy League mystic style, so if you’d be into that tea, grab a cup of tea (lol) x enjoy.
The root is where the Ancestors sit.
–Makhosi Himi Gogo Thule Ngane
Elder, Teacher, Sangoma Priestess, Co-Founder of The Makhosi Foundation
