Hello I’m Benjamin Selby a Sacred Celebrant of Avalon, Shamanic Practitioner and founder of Green Man Ceremonies, offering events, seasonal ceremonies for communities in the East Midlands and bespoke ceremonial rites of passage, including Funerals, Grief work, Celtic Handfastings and Naming Ceremonies.
From my very earliest years I have always known the importance of a close relationship with the land and how love and respect of nature should be a part of everyday life. My personal mission statement is ‘making the ordinary sacred’
I have explored many pathways to faith including Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Druidry and I am fascinated with other faiths and cultures.
I have a deep interest in Celtic Christianity, which I see as a blend of our native nature based religions and Christianity, this led me to become involved in local ministry, taking services, leading children and youth work and leading charity events. This eventually led me to put myself forward for Ordination training, where I trained at Oxford as an Anglian Priest.
My ministry was in Nottingham and included taking services, officiating at weddings, funerals and baptisms. It was a fantastic time in my life and although I valued the heritage it never quite sat right with me so eventually, after much contemplation, I decided that Christian ministry wasn’t for me and that I should continue my exploration on a more open spiritual pathway.
My exploration into the old faiths led me to Glastonbury town, known as the ancient Isle of Avalon and this is where I reunited with the Sacred feminine in all of her forms of Goddess. This call led me to apply to train with the Priestesses of Avalon to become a Sacred Celebrant.
This training was one of the most transforming times of my life. I became aware that my call is to walk a winding path alongside others as they explore their own spirit paths and to allow the blend of cultures and beliefs to happen in our own time.
My worldview is wide and I accept people as people regardless of beliefs, culture or gender. I seek to celebrate the Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine in my own life and the world.
My call is to create beautiful ceremonies for beautiful people as they seek a way to bring the sacred into the ordinary.