jessica ullevålseter

artist activist musician healer

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World Water day 22. march This is the 5th year we gather for world water day and equinox. On all saints day 2. november 2025 we gathered by KHIO waterfall to connect with wild salmon who was present and spawning and the idea of the invisible world and eco-sorrow through the day of all saints. On world water day, we climb once again down from waterfall and walk towards the sea. The walk is led and organised by Jessica Ullevålseter, with appeal from Holistisk Forbund, The Church of Nowray, Universoty of Oslo/IFI, artist Katharina Skaar Lisa, tao priestess and artist Sangye Janling Duan, Oslo Elveforum, Arctic Shaman Circle, Vannets Fremtid.

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Os-Lo All Saints

Interreligious and crossdishiplinary performativ ritual All Saints’ Day 2025 ; We sent our deepest desires for Oslo Fjord with river-mother, our wishing well - so she can carry justice, health and an intention for personhood rights for Oslo fjord ;

equality for nature and simbiosis ; a self realisation for human through seeing herself in her greatest mirror and teacher .

participants:

MC Jessica Ullevålseter (artist) katarina skaar Lisa (artist) noaidi (Sami shaman) Eirik Myrhaug priest Knut Rygh Sahumadoras - Humitos Sagrados “women who carries herbs and medicine “

Film by Jørgen Hålien

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All Saints Day; riverprayer, Akerselva, vår Ønskebrønn-

a performance, a cross religious and interdisciplinary meeting, held between artists Jessica Ullevålseter and Katarina Skaar Lisa, priest Eirik Myrhaug and noaidi /sami shaman Eirik Myrhaug. With the presence of "Sahumadoras", women who carry incense and herbs, an ancient latin american tradition. We were accompanied by a wonderful group of people and we created the circle together. We embodied water, listened, sung and spoke to and with water. Thank you DNK, Arktisk Sjamansirkel, Oslo Kommune , alle som deltok.

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"Ritual as activism" workshop at Confluence of European Waterbodies. I taught a workshop on the protocol of ritual and how and why it can work as activism. At Begren aan Zee, Netherlands , september 2025. https://water-bodies.eu/

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Økouka Oslo Okotber 2025

takk til Økouka og Oslo Kommune

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Økouka Oslo 2025 We gathered by river and joined in symbiosis with her. We drunk water , we sung - we moved, streams , rivers- to the sea. I collaborated with priest Knut Rygh and river Akerselva. We were joined by several groups of people. Thank you Oslo Kommune and Økouka Oslo .

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River Baptism June 2025, Akerselva (Khio) with Pamela Hiley, Norsk Taiji Center Within "Degrowth festival" I baptized people to the river. We created a bodyprayer and a mantra that led them to their own personalized union with river. I gave everyone present permission to copy the ritual-performance so they can continue the work of bonding with other water bodies.

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Small Mysteries Series #1: Summer Solstice 2023

"Small mysteries series" is a platform where I invite external people to interact with river and share their praxis and belief system. This time we were in collaboration with Lone Beathe Ebeltoft (Founder Sjamanistisk Forbund and Naturfolk). We invited people to a river-meditation on summer solstice 2023.

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Small mysteries Series #3 All Saints Day 2024 "Small mysteries series" is a platform where I invite external people to interact with river and share their praxis and belief system. This was 6th year in a row working formally with All Saints Day and Ecogrief. This year I collaborated with a group of women in Oslo, "Humitos Sagrados" - who works with incense as a way of healing. They blessed Akerselva with sweet herbs. The scent touches all, freed from ideology or stigma. It was a beautiful act and very efficient.

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Confluence of Waters, Venice october 2024. Embassy of the North Sea and GARN made Confluence of Waters, with representatives from many european rivers; artists and activists. Together with lawyers from GARN (Global Alliance for Rights of Nature) we reimagine law- personhood and equality for water. I created a reinactment of the ancient rite "a marriage of the sweet and salt water" . This old pagan ritual claimed dominance over the sea, translated as peace with the ocean that could easily flood the Venice lagoon. The ritual has been apropriated in powermechanism and shaped part of the ruling class. We did the ritual with an indigenous elder who has dedicated his life to the lagoon. He married the lagoon in a promise to set her free.

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22. march 2024: World Water Day I create a walk from the sea at Sukkerbiten to KHIO, the waterfall, where the salmon spawn. In collaboration with noaidi (sami shaman) Eirik Myrhaug, elder Jane Folseth (DK), prost Marit Bunholt (Den norske Kirke) , Helge Braathen (Oslo Elveforum, Alnaelvas venner) , Dariusz Woydyga (Artist, working with trash from river) ecosophs Odin Lysaker and Martin Lee Muller and many more. We co create a walk along the river with performances and rituals as a manifest and awareness of the lifeline the river provides. After this we discussed personhoodrights fro river at KHIO (arts faculty)

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3-8 october: Confluence of Waters; Embassy of the North Sea, GARN, European Bodies of Water - meet in an artistic and creative imaginary of law to play out a fictive trial for Venice Lagoon- to investigate how it could be- if water had equality. I will be MC with Erena Rhose Maori elder.

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Naturen er vår neste!

Velkommen til inspirasjonssamling for Grønn kirke, torsdag 14. mars

Bisepegårdens årlige Grønne Møte.

Jeg har jobbet med å invitere "polene" inn i sirkelen. En pol til det animistiske verdensbildet er Kirken. Vi har allerede stått med presten og vannet i mange år. Jeg ble ivitert til bispegården for å fortelle denne nye lovtypen: likehet til naturen som rettsubjekt.

I mange år har vi stått ved elva. Sunget, bundet og brent oss til og for henne. Sirkel arbeid for meg handler om å forstå at vi er systemer som åpner seg mot andre systemer som åpner seg mot andre systemer; et aquatisk system av åpenhet- sirkelens religion er inkludering.

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solstice podcast- the priest, the noaidi, the activist and the artists, myself- discuss personhoos rights and ritual activism , concerning Akerselva, the river of Oslo.

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Confluence of European Water Bodies - Embassy of the North Sea

For Spanish, click here From September 22 – 24, 2023, the first Confluence of European Water Bodies will take place at the Mar Menor in Murc

I am in collaboration with Embassy of the North Sea

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Os-Lo Personrettigheter

Utreding av lov som gir Akerselva og hennes kretsløp personrettigheter-likestilt mennesket, bedrift, organisasjon. Advokatfirma Firma Whal-L

I am gathering a crowdfunding ; 155 000NOK to write a new law that gives nature equality- specifically- the river of Os-Lo, with its fjord and its lake (Oslos drinking source) Personhoodrights means that this water cycle would be seen as a subject of law, with its guardians/representations (like a child or organization) 2. On all-saints day, november 5th ; a multireligious ritual with the water- to strengthen the pact with River.

OS:LO 〜 Rituale for Akerselvas personrettigheter

Event by Jessie Jack Ullevålseter and Caroline Hargreaves on Sunday, November 5 20236 posts in the discussion.

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Sarrahka indigenous festival Eidsfoss Norway june 2023 opening performance, closing ritual podcast and workshop Water rituals, personhood rights for nature below: with Jonas Kittelsen (Exctinction Rebellion Youth Norway) Pero Inge Oestmoen (Naturvernforbundet) and journalist Inger Synneve Barth