Gaia: Queer Mythos, Stories, Evolving a New Paradigm of being Gay - EVENTS

CREATIVE SPARK - An Expressive Arts Group for Queer Men

http://nickypickles.gaia.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:36:54 GMT

Dear Brothers,
Please send this along to anyone else you think might be interested.
Thanks,
Nick

CREATIVE SPARK - An Expressive Arts Group for Queer Men

Are you feeling stuck? What's getting in your way?

Shine a light on those obstacles with a CREATIVE SPARK!

This group for queer men, will give you a new perspective
on the things which are impeding the flow in your life.

We will use expressive arts, mindfulness and connection with our bodies to ignite the creative spark.
By quieting the mind and listening to the body, we allow our inner knowledge to express itself fully.
The act of creative expression gives your brain a chance to rest and allows the deeper parts of you
to emerge with answers which resonate with you most.

This group is for queer men who:

• Feel lost or stuck in their life

• Struggle in relationship

• Have writers/artists block

• Want to explore their creativity

• Feel disconnected from their body

• Want to explore bigger life questions

We will meet for 8 consecutive Fridays (Excluding July 3rd).

Dates: Fridays - June 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14

Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: New Perspectives Center for Counseling

5026 Geary Blvd. @ 14th Avenue

Cost: $30/session or $200 if paid in full by first session.

Commitment to all 8 sessions is required. Space is limited to 7 members.

Please contact Nick at 835-2117 for a free intake appointment.

Nick Venegoni is a queer artist, healer and guide. He holds a BFA in
Graphic Design from the California College of the Arts, and an MA in
Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral
Studies. Nick is available for work with indivivual clients.
Learn more at www.HolisticTherapySF. com

Journey to the Queer Totem - A Free Workshop for Queer Men

http://nickypickles.gaia.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:30:40 GMT

Journey
to the inner realms, the queer realms. Meet your guides and dance with
spirit animals to find your power and your medicine. Reclaim your queer
totem and honor its presence in your life.

A totem is any entity
that watches over or assists a group of people, such as a family, clan
or tribe. Some people choose to adopt a personal spirit/animal helper,
which has special meaning to them, and refer to this as a totem.

In
this workshop we will take a meditative journey to the queer spirit
realm - to explore and to find inspiration. Then you will create a
totem to take home in honor of your journey.
(No previous experience necessary in such journey work or artistic creation.)

Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Place: Studio space centrally located in San Francisco
(Address will be given at time of registration confirmation)
Cost: FREE! Registration is REQUIRED - SPACE IS LIMITED.
To Register: Please call 415-835-2117
Leave your name and phone number. I will return your call to confirm your registration.

Nick
Venegoni is a queer artist, healer and guide. He holds a BFA in Graphic
Design from the California College of the Arts, and an MA in Counseling
Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Nick has
practiced earth based spirituality and shamanism over the last five
years, and is a Reiki 2 practitioner. He takes joy in listening to the
wind and finds spirit in all that surrounds us.

Finding the Path of Your Sacred Muse - San Francisco group

http://nickypickles.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:51:31 GMT

Finding the Path of Your Sacred Muse The path to creative or spiritual inspirations can be shrouded by fears or worries of the unknown. Join a supportive group of fellow seekers as we explore the divine through our creative expression, as a birthright and an embodied knowing. All levels of artistic experience and all spiritual beliefs are welcome and honored. This group will meet eight Saturdays, July 12th - August 30th from 10 am - 11:45 am at New Perspectives Center for Counseling $25 per session ($200 total). Participants will commit to all meetings. $100 deposit due at first meeting. Contact either facilitator to set up an initial intake. Sarah - 415.835.2175 Nick - 415.835.2117 Group Facilitators: Sarah Pilgrim, (M.A., MFT Trainee - Supervised by Katie Cofer, M.A., MFC 35856) has a BA in English Literature from Sonoma State University and an MA from CIIS in Expressive Arts Therapy. Sarah has used the arts for healing and expression since childhood, and believes in the transcendent function of creativity. Sarah draws insight from many spiritual teachers and has a daily meditation practice. Nick Venegoni, (M.A., MFT Intern, IMF 55226 - Supervised by Michael Baugh, LCSW, LC9324) has a BFA in graphic design from the California College of the Arts, and continues to use artistic expression whenever possible. Nick has a daily spiritual practice and has been studying earth based spirituality for the last six years. He holds an M.A. in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS. New Perspectives Center for Counseling www.sfnewperspectives.org 5026 Geary St., San Francisco, CA

Mind Body and Soul revised and better than ever.

http://alton.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:06:59 GMT

Join our monthly 3-part series for the gay and bisexual man seeking greater awareness, healing and control over mind, body and soul. All events take place at The Vilage at Ed Gould Plaza 1125 N. Mccadden Place. LA, CA 90038

Every Friday
Kundalini Yoga
with Eric Morris
7:30-9:pm

Saturday April 19th
Relationships 101
Workshop with John Buse
7:30-9pm

Thursday April 24th
Synergy of Sex and Soul
with Shane Bruce
7:00-8:30pm

Admission Free. Reservations required. Email: acarswell@lagaycenter.org
Giveaways: $10 starbucks card (1st event)
Movie Tickets (2nd event)
$50.00 Target Card (3rd event)

FEB POETRY RETREAT IN THE WOODS--UPDATED

http://wiselittleraccoon.gaia.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:12:29 GMT

wiselittleraccoon.gaia.com
Presents a

POETRY RETREAT IN THE WOODS

Feb 23-24, 2008
Heathcote Community Conference Center
Nestled between Baltimore, MD & York, PA

Feb 23 10 am to 6 pm
Feb 24 10 am to 6 pm

**FREE READING & OPEN MIC Feb 22, 7:30 pm**

This weekend workshop will explore economy in poetry, and the art of “show, don’t tell,” giving the reader or audience our thoughts through imagery.

Join us in Heathcote Community’s historic mill for a weekend of reading, writing, playing and performing. Bring your old favorites and works in progress for our critique sessions!

Join us for two days of experiential intensive, with critique sessions, writing periods and visceral workshops on finding fresh images, economy of language, show/don’t tell, writing from instinct and rewriting with detachment.

This weekend is for any writer who wants to take her/his poetry to the next level, especially for publication or performance. Who is your audience? What are your goals--Are you trying to communicate specific ideas or hone poetic craft? Do you get quagmired in or avoid rewrites? Come to the woods and dance poetically outside of your comfort zone!

I minimize lectures and work more as facilitator. Poetry is like film--There are endless genres and audiences. Your own approach is not wrong. But let me take you on a challenging ride to the unexpected image that guards the core of your poem!

Rustic, communal lodging for participants will be provided in the workshop space. Bring your own bedding. Meals are vegan/vegetarian and organic, provided in Heathcote Community’s popular kitchen and dining room.

Registration will be limited to 10 participants.

Please mail this form to:
Poetry Retreat in the Woods
Heathcote Community
21300 Heathcote Road Freeland, MD 21053

Optionally, include up to 3 samples of your poetry.

FEES

workshop                    $100        $100
lodging
Fri nite                    $10        _____
Sat nite                    $10        _____
Sun nite                    $10        _____
meals
Fri dinner                    $5        _____
Sat breakfast                $2        _____
Sat lunch                    $3        _____
Sat dinner                    $5        _____
Sun breakfast                $2        _____
Sun lunch                    $3        _____
Sun dinner                $5        _____
airport transportation
arriving                    $20        _____
departing                    $20        _____

                    YOUR TOTAL    _____

Please make checks payable to

CURIO COAST PRODUCTIONS,
or pay via paypal, to
curiocoastREMOVE@comcast.net.

Work exchange & potluck available. Email any questions.

About the Facilitator:

    Wren is Artist-in-Residence at Heathcote Center. Her poems have appeared in The Baltimore Review, Digges’ Choice, The Baltimore Women’s TImes, The Green Revolution and the anthology Blood and Tears. She received a Young Authors Award in Poetry from The Courier Journal. She is a founding member of Baltimore’s Sunday Salon critique group. She wrote a stage play from her poetry, This Is How She Steps on Snakes, which she performed in Baltimore and at Towson University. The journal Grub Street awarded her first prize for slam poetry.
    Wren Tuatha is principally a screenwriter, under the banner Curio Coast Productions. She wrote the feature scripts Bacca Blooms, Strands of Emily, This Is How She Steps on Snakes and My Second Simone. She is currently developing feature film scripts for collaboration with Rattle the Cage and others. She studied poetry, as well as Electronic Media and Film at Towson University and education at the University of Louisville. Her short films, “Totems of a Road-Colored Goat” and “Sparrow, Like Everyone,” are poem treatments.

    Her poems and projects can be viewed at:

http://wiselittleraccoon.gaia.com/

Mind, Body, and Soul

http://alton.gaia.com — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:58:07 GMT

Hi guys,

Mind, Body, and Soul has been a great success. Just wanted to give you all a heads up on our next one coming up in 2 weeks.

Please check out our event coming up on August 25th. I have posted it on the events calendar.

Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046

2:00pm- 5:00pm

An exploration of the male self and sexuality through yoga, discussion and

meditation. Designed as a monthly retreat for the gay/bisexual man seeking greater awareness, healing and control over his mind, body, soul and sexual being.

Thanks,

Alton

Rituals of Goddess Spirituality - Class in SF, CA

http://nickypickles.gaia.com — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:20:46 GMT

Rituals of Goddess Spirituality An introduction to the Third Road Tradition of Goddess Spirituality and Witchcraft Safely, slowly and gently we travel into realms of power and self-fulfillment. This class is a complete spiritual training unto itself and introduces seekers to the foundational rites, practices and methods of the Third Road tradition of Goddess Spirituality and Witchcraft. Class is facilitated by Thom Fowler, an initiate of the Third Road and founder of The Third Road Sanctuary of the Goddess – a pagan congregation. Thom is a published author with a lifelong interest in the occult and a practicing Witch since the late ‘80s. In 2001 Thom was initiated into the Third Road by Francesca De Grandis, founder of the Third Road and author of Be A Goddess and Goddess Initiation. Rituals of Goddess Spirituality is suitable for all levels of experience. The Third Road is an ecstatic spiritual path with roots in the Anderson Feri tradition that draws from direct inspiration as well as traditional Witchcraft and Shamanic practices. The full Third Road training consists of two introductory semesters and three advanced semesters. The Third Road is an initiatory path. In this 11 week, 12 session class we will: • Clear blocks to happiness, joy and service • Develop and deepen our relationship to The Goddess and nature • Learn and practice Magic • Acquire new tools for self-empowerment and self-discovery • Experience ourselves as Deity • Begin, or continue, the process of making the Witch • Learn the rites and stories of the Third Road path • And embrace the unique challenges of our lives Class begins on Tuesday, June 5 and ends Tuesday, August 21st. Please also reserve Saturday, August 11 from 2 – 4:50 pm as a make-up day in case a class needs to be rescheduled. There will be no class on Tuesday, June 26th. Located in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, class meets Tuesdays 7:15 – 9:50 pm with one additional Saturday class to be determined. Please arrive no earlier than 7pm. Class will begin promptly at 7:15pm. Cost is $250.00. A non-refundable deposit of $75.00 is due at registration. Some scholarship or work-trade may be available. Enrollment is limited to five seekers. A brief phone interview is required for new students. Contact Thom at 415-931-2734 or queerboy@retina.net to register.

Spiritual Social Events

http://alton.gaia.com — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:51:41 GMT

Hi all, I'm glad to be a part of this new website. I recently saw a post to have gay spirituality dating events and can happily say that I have been putting social events together in the Los Angeles area with spirituality in mind. This weekend we have a new one in addition to our Yoga and Yogurt, and One Key Away Dating events. The new one is called Mind, Body, and Soul. Here are the details. Come join us for an explicit, and open exploration of the male self and sexuality through yoga, discussion and meditation. Designed as a monthly retreat for the gay/bisexual man seeking greater awareness, healing and control over his mind, body, soul and sexual being. This Saturday January 20, 2007 10AM-2PM Plummer Park 8300 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069

Winter Soltice Faery Gathering at Starland..

http://aaoo.gaia.com — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:07:22 GMT

Go to our web page, http://www.starlandretreat.com and click on the winter solstice gathering link.

Peace and Love,

AAOO(Sean)

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:51:00 GMT

will tell you who the other faeries are off the pod. not wanting to make my personal connections overly public. we have talked about some of them already and you know one.

when i say join the faeries i guess that is not exactly what i mean, although i did on some level mean mingling in the sanctuaries and such as joining, which i am not sure if that is a direction that i would want to go. especially after word from one recently about an issue of having a car window broken recently by someone who seemed to be unhappy about things. sometimes it seems like it could be a messy community to be involved in on a number of levels and i tend to prefer less distortion in my communities.

moderate faerie. hrm. i am radical, just in other ways i think.

i am busily reading about culture and american culture and thinking a lot about that and then the other cultural influences. looking into details about the history of the world or different areas. not that i plan to read it all by any means, but just going through details here and there and assembling some sort of inner puzzle and looking for different roots and connections.

-d

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://deepwoodsart.gaia.com — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:58:00 GMT

ahahaha, is "joining" the right word for the radical faeries...tee heehehehe
and ya know at burningman someone asked me are their moderate faeries,....of course!

i don't see it as something to join, more as to experiment enjoy and engage with as one wishes.....

alas, i'm doing this puppet theatre project, so the gay storytelling seems the interesting way to go... and to keep it in a mythological /faerie tale mode of story...perhaps at first....

ah yes, the wondrous willow mind....
is urs to play with anytime....
peace,
cwc

PS who are those other faeries, we're so different....

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:10:32 GMT

my head is spinning as well and been making some further radical faerie connections lately, and that seems to be talking to me for some reason. not so much to join them as to perhaps glean from the experiences and understand some of the dynamics there.

some interesting conversations anticipated next week. glad your head is spinning wonderous willow.

om...
d

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://deepwoodsart.gaia.com — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:18:21 GMT

this is all so interesting and inspiring !!!
hm, well, i've been thinking of approaching the folks at axiom mystery school/the prophets conference to invite them to explore hosting a queer storytelling/myth/healing/sacred people workshop/gathering event .....
they seem to have an interesting take on spirit and matter... and maybe this is something that would intrigue them.

keep this up folks, my head is spinning with ideas, and this winter i will focus on a few...

all my best,
the willow wonder

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:51:34 GMT

i think it could be cool to do a uu church storytelling festival or a festival sponsored by mcc church, and that sort of thing, given that they are groups that are focused on inclusiveness.

i like the idea of gay griots, but i also like an idea of an environment that is specifically set up to be gay friendly and inclusive and inclusive of various cultures as well.

plenty of zaadzsters for example are gay friendly. i would love to see events done in ways that are welcoming for people where we are there to hear housewife stories and indian people stories, and southwest stories, etc... to be together in an environment where we know our buttons will be pushed at times, but we are there to learn, share, grow, and develop, and some idea and control of what buttons are being pushed is allowed and the timing. for example, if there were a number of rooms set up for the event, say 3 rooms and 10 storytellers at different times throughout the day (some could be on 3 times each) then a wife who wanted to sit in on gay stories could do so, while a husband heard mountain man stories, and that sort of thing. gay people could go listen to different things, some of which could be gay related and some not.

maybe a queer storytelling festival could be done at some point and/or mixed in with courses, music, etc... for a queer consciousness festival. i love the idea of a quality drag queen experience. love the idea of shaneequa sings gospel between stories.

at the storytelilng festival, the black guy would tell african stories and they were often up beat and inspirational in a non-confrontational way, while the black woman would talk more about african american stories of racism and pain. her tent was less full the times that i saw, well, it seemed fuller in some points, and less full in other points. i think that it was just more confrontational for people to listen to and work with.

many of the more humorous storytellers seemed to be more full, partly because they were more kid friendly probably and many of the families came with kids for part of it.

as i think about it, smaller sort of events could be organized and run in different ways i think that could be interesting. would love to go to something that has willow performing for example, and then shaneequa singing and/or doing this or that. then awen doing his thing, etc...

and then maybe a panel discussion of this or that, and done in a way that things are unplugged for the most part. perhaps with microphones, but otherwise, no electric guitars and keyboards and such, and no films other than maybe a screen to be viewed from a distance for those who may need to see this or that, but to minimize the tech involved. this festival was in tents outside which were open on the sides, but had a flap behind the speakers, so it was outside and yet covered and contained in ways so we were not burnt by the sun and overly hot in the sun. also there were fans to cool it down if it got too hot and that sort of thing.

maybe something in that direction could unfold. this festival has evolved from something that was done in a family field to something that is done in a 5 tent local, plus a music tent, plus a tent for merchandise, etc... and where they have permanent fixtures set up in its own park and shuttle buses for people to get from parking lots in the nearby city up to the event itself since there is not adequate parking at the locale itself. all makes for a very nice communal experience.

perhaps something like this could be organized at a radical faerie sanctuary at some point for gay specific things and then maybe networked among churches for example in locales with different churches that people could flow between. just thoughts flowing around that seem worth exploring in a group discussion here..

-d

Re: Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://shaneequajackson.gaia.com — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:01:54 GMT

It sounds like a great experience! The art of storytelling is the oldest tradition in the world. For millenias, it was the only means of communicating information to one another and passing down culture through the generations. All of the great religions and spiritual traditions began this way, and almost every facet of our culture is in someway or another derived from this ancient art.
Back in college we had this little group called "Gay Griots". Griots are African storytellers who are responsible for passing on traditions and ancestral knoweldge to the community. I developed this little group after having been inspired by another university group called "Voices of Color", which provided an open-mic setting for students who wished to share music, poetry, essays, etc., within a racially diverse environment. As much as I enjoyed "Voices of Color", I couldn't help but notice that I was the only gay person who ever attended, and certainly the only drag queen to ever perform there! While most people generally liked me, many others felt uncomfortable by my presence. Whenever I shared a poem or story, I couldn't help but notice the nervous chuckling and even blatant disrespect from audience members.
So I decided to organize "Gay Griots' which would operate in much the same style but in a glbt-friendly environment. For a semester we met once a week, but due to the apparent lack of interest by students, we decided to meet only once a month. While a small number of individuals participated on a regular basis, we generally had no more than five to ten people attend at a time. For this reason, the university would not allow us to use the auditorium anymore, and so we disbanded the group altogether.
I have often wanted to re-kindle the "Gay Griots" and get an active group started back up. But where I live, I would have to be both the griot and the audience! I really miss that group, though. We had a blast! Generally, we had all the people sit around a big circle on the stage, and the one who was telling the story would sit in the center. There were no rules, no rehearsals, no taboos- everyone was free to contribute whatever they liked. Some people would sing or play an instrument, some would recite monologues or tell stories, and many others would simply free-style. It was anamazing experience, and one that I wish I were able to share once again with others.

Storytelling Festival this past labor day

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:00:01 GMT

a recap of the storytelling festival i went to that i sent to a friend this evening and thought others may be interested in. so this is a clip from the e-mail i sent to her: the festival is done every year in utah and is called 'the timpanogos storytelling festival' for those who may be interested in attending next labor day. it is not the most gay friendly environment as it is a mormon community, but there were clearly some gay folks around at the event and it was not mormon storytellers, or at least most were not mormon, but they were more reserved in some areas than they may have been with other audiences. that said, i felt very comfortable there as a whole, although if i had been partnered and with someone, pda probably would have had people saying something and had me feel like i was more spotlighted than i cared to be.

me being me though, i certainly didn't stop myself from discussing different things about my life where relevant with friends and family around. (ie. so and so is dating so and so - both clearly guys). stuff like that i don't try to censor, although i do tend to watch my language as far as swearing and may not discuss sex with them as boldly as i would with nyc friends.

here is the recap...

i was at a storytelling festival.an initiation of sorts for me to be there. rich experience.
storytellers who sang in some cases and/or used music. a certain group shamanic/ritual element to it in some cases, especially with two black storytellers. one was male. one was female. then i loved a particular male folk singer who i thought had a good and creative energy overall. by good though i don't mean super pure and without conflict. there was
definite conflict in the man's soul and music at times. something that was a creative clashing of sorts, but a lot of love to the man.

the storytelling festival was with my aunts and some of their husbands and it was a unique experience to get with them. to hear them say they couldn't do much of that stuff when they had kids and to think how much more rich some of the kids lives would have been if the mom's were doing stuff like that at times. parenting is challenging stuff. i think
i am feeling at the moment like the world is hard for a lot of people. of course hearing stories about racism, illegal aliens, growing up with a family trying to force culture on a kid, etc… tend to make you think about life and some of the turmoil, but also stories of
friendship and community and love, family, etc… were nice to hear.

as i understand it, this is the 2nd largest storytelling festival in the country. odd. and it was in tents in this special park created for it in the mountains locally. then there is an outdoor amphitheater where there were two larger communal experiences in the evenings with the storytellers. the festival was thursday night and then all day and eve friday and saturday. family environment. no drinking. no cigarettes (except at a nearby park outside the grounds). which made it nice in that it was less aggressive/grungy than some experiences can be when there is a LOT of that going on.

very fascinating to experience the grace and humanity of the different storytellers. although it is a mormon community, the storytellers were not mormon, and it didn't have an overall 'mormon' feel. there was an irish woman with a thick irish accent. a native american storyteller whose energy i liked somewhat, but didn't love her stories. then the two black storytellers who told different personal stories and then stories from africa and african american life. the guy was very into audience participation and played a drum at one point and then a traditional african instrument through different parts of it.

i followed mainly the one folk singer/storyteller who i guess is fairly popular in the folk world. a number of artists have recorded his work. some songs it seems 6-7 people have done. very quirky and creative, yet really human as well. he played a dulcimer which is a fun string
instrument, as well as a guitar at different points.

hard to imagine travelling and performing like that and being around so many different groups for one's life.

i think the folk element of it gave me a sense of some tradition in this country worth having. something with soul in this country, like john denver. i am so hard on this country and i think part of that is that we have gotten away from our soul and i forget that some of it was ever there in the first place. has me think about looking further into the soul of this country in different areas.

in addition to the storytelling there were music performers at various points and one
was a guy named matt harding who did a song called 'big city' that you can hear at www.mattharding.com and is about a boy who goes to new york city and his struggle with the city and how it wounds him in various ways. definitely spoke to me given my experience. funnily enough, it is about a guy who moved from orem, utah to the city and his struggles with the overall culture of the city (a friend of his perhaps? him? i don't know).

the folk singer by the way is named david massengill and his site is www.davidmassengill.com and his site has a couple songs in the 'recordings/mp3' section which you may enjoy just sampling through if you have the capability at some point. one is 'my name joe' and another is 'home must be a special place' or something similar.

for this recap, i am adding the following to what i sent to my friend which is…

the black guy is named kala jojo. in the festival booklet i don't see a site for him.

the black woman is named diane ferlatte and her site is: www.dianeferlatte.com

there was a guy named andy offutt irwin whose site is www.andyirwin.com . some of his stuff is more for kids than i would necessarily go for, but some of it was very real, even with all his quirky voices. he sings some fun stuff as well and plays guitar and was big with audience participation.

beyond that was a guy my dad was really into named bill lepp. his site is: www.buck-dog.com

Re: radical faerie summer gathering

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:02:31 GMT

cool. fun time that you posted that. notice the time... 5:55 :-)

a little number magic there.

-d

radical faerie summer gathering

http://blacksand.gaia.com — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:55:55 GMT

starts on august 4 sorry for the short notice. 10 day gathering .no one turned away for lack of funds. heart circles are going to be the main event as well a full moon ritual.

at wolf creek oregon

541 866 2678

Re: Strong Waves of Astral JUJU right now.....

http://folksoul.gaia.com — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:29:19 GMT

change or die vibes? definitely around me and my circles. not sure in other circles.

one thing i notice coming down the waves are some intense framing changes with the ken wilber stuff growing bigger and bigger and the momentum it is gaining long term. his new book 'integral spirituality' hits stores this fall and what i am gathering as i read about it is that it will make some waves in consciousness circles and already is starting with the 'what is enlightenment' magazine. i am starting to refer to wilber's stuff going on as microsoft of the spiritual world, incorporating a lot of details and forming the foundation system on which others operate. may have its limitations, but also seems to be systematizing things in a way that is accelerating and unifying different folks.

kripalu yoga in massachussetts is in the process of renovating and upgrading. noticing a lot of changes and upgrading going on there. and, there is a large healing center proposed for the park city utah area (where they do sundance film festival). so there is a definite major movement there as well for this section of the usa.

the integral-ization of the universe continues with further development of the 'integral institute' and the increasing volumes of people associated with that. add to that the fact that jennifer anniston will be playing wilber's wife in a film based on his wife's death, and they will be getting mega press which will add to things further as far as national and international awareness of wilber's work.

beyond that we have chopra working on a film about the buddha, and other consciousness themed film projects. tons and tons of other consciousness focused films in the works. so as far as the mainstream is concerned here some consciousness tidal waves come.

i do think we need more consciousness focused stuff for the queer community and our own role models and am contemplating and working in my own ways on these themes. could be years yet in process though. hopefully others are well ahead of me with it.

-d

Strong Waves of Astral JUJU right now.....

http://deepwoodsart.gaia.com — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:50:33 GMT

just an fyi,

i will elaborate more if you want later,

but, have you noticed a "change or die" motif... for humaness escalate?

wonder why?

PLUTO's energy/vibration/gravitation/magnetic pulse has been very strong this year...

and just this last month it was dancing intensely with the sun/ ego/expansion/death/rebirth, and is said to rule earthquakes, and at exactly the same time it did what is called a "quincunx" to the sun, was the last indonesian 7.7 quake... hmm...

also, coming up this week, Mercury goes direct, the magician, deep thought, travel, etc...

so it's like aiming ur bowstring with a particular intention of what you want to set into motion the next few months... ok?

aim, go!

also, next monday, very strong wave with Uranus and Pluto... could be revolutionary/trickster,

so if you think you are going one way with a big change, it may go the other way, and we are being asked to take risks, and invite in the coolest gift we need on our path to Transformation ---right now---

go team!

hang on........

this all continues thru 2007... strong wave again early september when pluto magic goes direct....

we'll talk be4 then if ya want on how to source the magic rather than be walloped by it...

and in turn, radiate the energy out in this dire, dangerous, volitale, loving world...eh?

peace,

willowwonder