Meet Mara
Mystic Strategist Speaker Academic
Mara is a spiritualist, diviner, entrepreneurship professional, speaker, and academic passionate about helping people and their projects achieve their version of success.
House of SweetWaters is born out of my own personal journey in (re)claiming my identity and building a sustaining life out of my passions and interests - and continues to grow from what I’ve witnessed supporting others to do the same.
Trusted By
Research
Interests
African Traditional Religions and their role in anti-slavery resistance
Ancestral Reverence as archival research
The use of ‘juju’ in modern trafficking and support for suvivors and front line organisations dealing with it
Druidry and 16th C religion and spirituality in Britain
Spirituality & entrepreneurship: what you trade, how you trade and the importance of why
Technopaganism
To chat about any of the above please email me at mara@houseofsweetwaters.co.uk
Presentations
European Association for the Study of Religions God’s don’t die but is exhumation by archive worth it?” 2021, Pisa
Ain’t I a Woman? : The “Black Woman” in Historical and Contemporary Context “An Introduction to Maria: Black Womanhood, resistance and religion”
2021, Goldsmiths, University of London
African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association
“Exhumation by Archive”: Ancestral Elevation or Academic Grave Robbing via Colonial Knowledge Structures?, 2021, Online
National Museums Liverpool
“African Traditional Religions as resistance: What would the Ancestors do?”
2020, Online
Rights, dignity and religion: responding to ‘modern slavery’
“Securing the Unseen: Tackling ‘juju’ in modern trafficking”
2020, Sheffield. (ES/N014979/1)
Podcast
Listen in to me discussing issues of identity and intersection for National Museums Liverpool
Anti-Trafficking
Mara uses her research to empower and educate frontline workers to better support survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking where ritual has been part of the trafficking process.
If you would like this support for your organisation please drop an enquiry here.
Causes
Climate
There’s no business, on no planet.
Mara has worked alongside organisations such as Global Justice Now and Shared Future to support resident and local influence on policy, as well as education and awareness raising on issues of climate, climate justice and air quality.
Workshops
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Ritual Excel
A 6-part series for Afro/Diasporic people to connect with ancestral energies on themes of intimacy, money, community and self.
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Feeding Your Intuition
Attune to and learn new intuitive and energetic skills in this in person workshop.
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Intutitive Tarot for Teams
Have fun, test your intuitive powers and get to know your team in a way you never thought you would in this workshop for teams.
About my faith
In November 2020, I wrote my own headline and decided I would be a podcast guest on Arlan Hamilton’s podcast by Nov 2022. At the time, I was thinking of Your First Million assuming I’d be heavy into tech by that point. Over the years we spoke, met briefly, and then what I’d written came true.
Listen to me chat about my faith with her below.
Entrepreneurship
Proud to have been a fellow & member of entrepreneurial communities like
And in a work capacity to have mentored and supported entrepreneurs to win grants, be accepted onto accelerator programmes and do more in their businesses than they thought possible.
To discuss how best I can support you please email mara@houseofsweetwaters.co.uk