'Power' Medicine Drum

Drums crafted from horse hide possess a unique essence unmatched by others. I am uncertain whether it's the horse's strong sense of duty or its sheer power that imparts this quality, but there a holding horse Drums that feel unique to them. 

This is a big drum.  Both in size and sound.  Held by an 18 inch Oak ring when this one sounds it’s as though it’s calling to all of everything to listen.   They remind me of a thousand hooves galloping over desert lands, or the sound of Mother Earth's heart beat when we can quieten ourselves and our worlds enough to hear it.   

The drum is birthed from the lower neck, still holding faint marks of where the mane once flowed.

Their aliveness & this forwarding moving energy is encapsulated in this drum.

In Celtic traditions, horses were revered as sacred beings that could bridge the connection between humans and the spirit world. The mythology of these lands is rich with tales of horses, and nothing pleases me more than to wander the deepest Welsh mountains, observing the wild horses that roam freely. Their untamed spirit echoes through the land.

For me, the horse embodies strength, power, and determination, coupled with freedom, confidence, and grace. They navigate the balance between service and independence, aiding us in overcoming obstacles and advancing on our path.

Woven into the handle is a stone of Dalmatian Jasper.  Dalmation jasper weaves in support and stability with its strong grounding energies associated with the Root Chakra.  It can help us to connect to the spirit world. our inner childs and our soul gifts.   It also brings in protective energies and offers introspection.  

The drum frame is a big 18 inch oak frame. who I walked the circle of 13 oak trees with before I birthed this drum.   When I walk the boundaries here I often sense these Oaken elders are deep in council and holding and balancing the membranes between Human and More than Human Kin.    That sense of holding is powerfully felt in this drum and will help hold solid ground for those journeys to the other realms. 

Oaks are stepped in Folklore & Myth.  They are said to hold tremendous healing powers, which some say can bring the greatest healing simply by walking around an Oak tree and wishing the illness to be carried off by the first bird that fly’s from its branches. 

In Cornwall it was said a nail driven into an oak cured toothache, while in Wales, rubbing the oak with the palm of your left hand on Midsummer’s Day kept you healthy all year. 

Oaks are said to give a special virtue to other plants that grew upon its trunk or branches, such as the mistletoe and polypody fern. The herbalist Gerard said, ‘that which growth on the bodies of olde Okes is preferred before the rest: in steede of this most do use that which is found under the Okes….’

 Oaks continues to weave symbolise Strength, protection, steadfastness.into this drum - it gives me such shivers.

It’s a drum for action and a big drum for big work.  Whether that Is gathering people, or moving those difficult bits that linger and cling.