Elemental Divination and Counsel

Elemental Divination and Counsel Jon Rousseau Elemental Divination and Counsel

Jon uses a form of cowrie shell divination that originates from the Dagara culture in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

This system of divining is rooted in a lineage that is thousands of years old. Jon was introduced to and taught this technology by initiated elder and shaman Malidoma Some'. Jon worked with Dr. Some' beginning in 2006 when he participated in his first 2 year Indigenous African Spiritual Technologies (IAST) training. Over the following 15 years, Jon continued to work with and assist elder Malidoma

with teaching other students in the IAST trainings, co-facilitate community rituals such as a 5 day Grief Ritual and help lead a Jouney to Africa in Burkina Faso in 2018. Following a one year formal apprenticeship, Jon eventually received elder Malidoma's direct blessing to carry this indigenous technology and community rituals to the larger community. Elemental Divination uses shells, stones, bones, and other objects on a cloth that serve as messengers of Spirit. Jon employs the guidance of his Ancestors and specific medicine spirits to provide clear and relevant information for the seeker. The scope of this work includes nature-based ritual, energy attunement, emotional release, inner journeys, shrine building and talismanic medicine for healing and protection. Readings can offer insights into many aspects of one's life including original purpose, personal "medicine," relationships, work, health, and money. Along with an increased awareness of internal and external obstacles and confirmation of latent ideas or intuitions, divinations also provide "prescriptions" as part of an action-based approach to personal healing and fully engaging in the life you came here to live. Prescriptions serve a wide variety of purposes including personal cleansing and purification, recalibration and protection, release of old imprints, energetic balancing, increasing abundance and removing blockages to the flow in one's spiritual path. An old idea says that each of us arrives here with a specific gift. Likewise, we are also wounded in a very particular way. Wounds to the soul can block the threads of genius trying to make their way out into the world. Understanding the unique nature of both our gift and wound opens the way for our personal medicine to flow in greater proportions. If you are feeling the need to uncover and activate innate gifts to live your soul's purpose, to shift your energetic constitution in order to live more harmoniously, reconcile inner conflicts and splits, or access Ancestral support then Elemental Divination can assist you. Readings can be done in-abstensia (long distance) as well.

08/06/2025

It's been a long while since I have posted on this page. I have been through many "fires" and changes in this life since my last posting and feel deep gratitude for that mysterious Grace, presence of family, long lasting friends who have my back, whispers of mentors and teachers who are now ancestors, the magical and grounding presence of Nature, opportunites to laugh at myself and remember I am okay, the power of story, the deep grief that asks to be expressed without judgment and appreciation of the subtle beauty in the world. There is so much more to acknowledge and I give thanks to it ALL. I sincerely trust that all is well AND I need to be the best version of myself on all levels in order to make it through what is happening and what is coming. Humanity is moving from one epoch or age and being birthed into another. I think it is safe to assume that these transitions are never comfortable nor easy. It can be scary and painful. However, I beleive that the more we feed our connection to "the world behind the world" or our soul connection to Creator, the more we can integrate the difficult challenges of our time into a more authentic expression of ourselves and inner purpose. Frequency is changing, a new song is finding its way into the field of being, connection to the REAL, the True Flame is readily available, if we have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.

08/05/2025
The Great Mother never abandons her children, Never betrays her children and will ALWAYS welcome us back in her arms of ...
08/13/2024

The Great Mother never abandons her children, Never betrays her children and will ALWAYS welcome us back in her arms of unconditional love when we remember who we are in the family of things and the web of life.

01/06/2022

"If you are looking only for shadows you will see only shadows; to see Spirit you must revert to your spiritual sight."
—Malidoma Patrice Some

10/15/2020

'Why not go out on a limb, isn't that where all the fruit is.'
anonymous

10/14/2020

Initiatory events are those that Mark a man or a woman's life forever, that pull a person deeper into life than they would normally choose to go. Initiatory events are those that Define who a person is, or cause some power to erupt from them, or strip everything from them until all that is left is their essential self.
Michael Meade

10/14/2020

"Human beings are not born, they are made."
Stephen Jenkinson

10/14/2020
10/14/2020
01/02/2020
End of Fall greetings to everyone. I'll be in South Florida (West Palm area) offering divinations from December 20th to...
12/17/2016

End of Fall greetings to everyone. I'll be in South Florida (West Palm area) offering divinations from December 20th to early January. You can contact me by phone or email. Go to www.elementaldivination.com for more information. Blessings.

OTHER WORLDLY GUIDANCE & EARTHEN SPIRITUALITY Providing earth-based wisdom and soul-oriented guidance for reclaiming your original purpose and assisting with the delivery of one’s personal medicine into the world. Offering divinations, ritual healing, rites of passage, talismanic medicine and other…

03/08/2016

"A person does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter is more difficult and therefore less popular."
- Carl Jung

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Elemental Divination Jon uses a form of cowrie shell divination that originates from the Dagara culture in Burkina Faso, West Africa. This system of divining is rooted in a lineage that is thousands of years old. I was introduced to and taught this technology by initiated elder and shaman Malidoma Some'. I have worked with Dr. Some' since 2007 when I participated in my first 2 year Indigenous African Spiritual Technologies (IAST) training. I have received his direct blessing to carry this technology to the larger community. Elemental Divination uses shells, stones, bones, and other objects on a cloth that serve as messengers of Spirit. Jon employs the guidance of his Ancestors and specific medicine spirits to provide clear and relevant information for the seeker. The scope of this work includes nature-based ritual, energy attunement, emotional release, inner journeys, shrine building,and talismanic medicine for healing and protection. Readings can offer insights into many aspects of one's life including original purpose, personal "medicine," relationships, work, health, and money. Along with an increased awareness of internal and external obstacles and confirmation of latent ideas or intuitions, divinations also provide "prescriptions" as part of an action-based approach to personal healing and fully engaging in the life you came here to live. Prescriptions serve a wide variety of purposes including personal cleansing and purification, recalibration and protection, release of old imprints, energetic balancing, increasing abundance and removing blockages to the flow in one's spiritual path. An old idea says that each of us arrives here with a specific gift. Likewise, we are also wounded in a very particular way. Wounds to the soul can block the threads of genius trying to make their way out into the world. Understanding the unique nature of both our gift and wound opens the way for our personal medicine to flow in greater proportions. If you are feeling the need to uncover and activate innate gifts to live your soul's purpose, to shift your energetic constitution in order to live more harmoniously, reconcile inner conflicts and splits, or access Ancestral support then Elemental Divination can assist you. Readings can be done in-abstensia (long distance) as well.Jon uses a form of cowrie shell divination that originates from the Dagara culture located in Burkina Faso, West Africa. This system of divining is rooted in a lineage that is thousands of years old. It has been within the context of working with initiated elder and shaman, Malidoma Some' that this tradition of divining has been passed down. Elemental Divination is a multi-layered system using shells, stones, bones, and other objects on a cloth that serve as messengers of Spirit. Jon employs the guidance of his Ancestors and specific medicine spirits to provide clear and relevant information for the seeker. The scope of this work also encompasses nature-based ritual, energy healing, emotional release, shamanic journey, shrine building, attunement to spirit helpers and talismanic medicine for healing, protection and prosperity. Readings can offer insights into many aspects of one's life including original purpose, personal "medicine," relationships, work, health, and money. Along with an increased awareness of internal and external obstacles and confirmation of latent ideas or intuitions, divinations also provide "prescriptions" as part of an action-based approach to personal healing and fully engaging in the life you came here to live. Prescriptions serve a wide variety of purposes including personal cleansing and purification, recalibration and protection, release of old imprints, energetic balancing, increasing abundance and removing blockages to the flow in one's spiritual path. An old idea says that each of us arrives here with a specific gift. Likewise, we are also wounded in a very particular way. Wounds to the soul can block the threads of genius trying to make their way out into the world. Understanding the unique nature of both our giftedness and wounding opens the way for our personal "medicine" to flow in greater proportions. If you are feeling the need to uncover and activate innate gifts to live your soul's purpose, to shift your energetic constitution in order to live more harmoniously, reconcile inner conflicts and splits, or access Ancestral support and spirit helpers then Elemental Divination can assist you. Readings can be done in-abstensia (long distance) as well.