ROWAN NEW MOON MAGAZINE JANUARY 2010

ROWAN NEW MOON MAGAZINE
NEW MOON MAGAZINEJANUARY 2010© The Arthurian School
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Teach your children
what we have taught our children-
that the Earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the Earth
befalls the sons and daughters of Earth.
If men spit upon the ground
they spit upon themselves.

This we know.
The Earth does not belong to us;
we belong to the Earth.
This we know.
All things are connected
like the blood which unites one family.
All things are connected.

Whatever befalls the Earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth.
We did not weave the web of life;
We are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web,
we do to ourselves…..

CHIEF SEATTLE


Hi everyone!

2010, A POWERFUL OR A CHAOTIC YEAR?

In the wake of the huge earthquake in Haiti that has been described as a massive humanitarian disaster, the question can only be asked: will this earth event that happened so close to the beginning of the year – as happened at the time of the Tsunami – set the tone for some more natural disasters and potential chaotic happenings that will come in 2010?

The choice is ours, really - as always.

Either we take this as a warning that things need to move more rapidly along, or we can wait for things to just stay the same, with us desperately holding onto the comfort zone.

The choice is ours- and what used to take hours, now only takes minutes, what used to take minutes, now only need seconds to change, and so it goes on.

We are caught up in motions of tremendous change and we can only but flow with it and make the decision to create change consciously, or otherwise the change will happen anyway- and with much more serious consequences…

We are in the midst of huge extremes and so it is now all about keeping BALANCE, BALANCE, BALANCE.

What is balance?

It is the ability to stay centred, a bit like being in the centre of the eye of a storm- where everything is moving so fast that destruction can happen in a second, but being safely held within the core of where everything comes from.

This requires the ability to follow the rhythm of the storm- to know where to move to because we are part of it and we are totally connected. It is staying within the protection and guidance of your Hearts- but this is the great heart of the Cosmos- where there is no place for self indulgence, selfishness, security or control.

The new moon started this cycle in the sign of Aquarius- and as we move more and more into the Aquarian age of brother and sisterhood with a more detached and aware way of being, we are evolving to a great level of Love.

Not just love for humanity, but love for all.

This is a time where we start rolling up our sleeves and say what can I do? Why am I here at this time on the planet? What is the greater plan for my life here?

And guess what- it is not about me and it is not about you. It is about us now- together. To help where is a time of need, to reach out to those who have nothing. To make a difference by knowing that wherever and whatever we are, we can always do something.

As much as you love your family, now it is time to think of the greater family- to really take on board that all of life is part of you. Now it is time to stop dreaming and indulging in what you think you can or possibly can’t do. It is time to move away from the personal to the universal where we think big and know we are part of everything.

It is the only way to survive.

The time for personal childishness and the pre-occupation with how we can be secure and comfortable is over. We are asked to be grown up and responsible- and to flow!

I was touched to see children sleeping amongst the dead bodies after the Haiti earthquake. How can we not be called to do something in action? When I watched the untiring diligence of the sniffer dogs amongst the ruins- how can I still agonise about my place in the world? Surely I need to see that my only place here is to help too?

People need us, the animal kingdoms need us, the Earth needs us! Whatever we do is important, it is paving the way to this new world that is happening and we need to take a step forward. Feel it in the heart, because it is already there- like a seed that has been planted and is now ready to grow. Feel the impatience of having had to wait for too long…

Pray for the people of Haiti- find a way of helping your neighbour, send love each day to the Earth – if only for a moment! as you walk on it with your feet. You don’t need to have anything - you just need to open your heart and know that you are playing a vital role in awakening a new consciousness that is based on a new understanding of everything- that we are interconnected, that we are part of the stars, infinity, beyond, whatever you want to call it.

Call it back into your being, breathe the light that is flooding into the planet at this time. This is a time of some somber happenings but also some amazing opportunities to move forward, forgive and let it all be over - it is a time of great change and we are all part of it.

Be with it now.

COSMIC EVENTS HAPPENING

As you have been reading everywhere, we have been going through a powerful process of preparing for this year of 2010.

On 16th December we had an exceptionally powerful new moon, on the 21st December we had the Solstice with the Sun at its zenith/lowest critical point, on the 31st we had a Blue Full Moon (meaning that there are two full moons in the same month) with a lunar eclipse and a few days ago on the 15th January we had a total solar eclipse and New Moon in Aquarius.
Coinciding with that, political instability seems to be the very important item on the world agenda, with governments grappling with decisions made in the past and transparency becoming the order of the day.

And so an issue that is affecting all of us is the ghostly memory of consequences caused by past mistakes and failures.

It may be worth pondering on which mistakes or failures you have had in your life that holds you back or stops you from trying something new. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE IT!

To honestly look at some of the consequences that we have created through such mistakes and to realise we can be free from it – all we need do is learn and say we are truly sorry! We are only human after all.

I was touched to watch a documentary program about an American prison guard at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp who decided to get in touch with two ex UK prisoners (released without ever being charged) on Face book. He flew over to the UK to see them and to say he is sorry- sorry what happened and what he did during that time. It was incredible to watch the wonder of the truth being spoken between them and the past becoming undone.

As Anne from the Netherlands reminded me recently:

“If we see life as a maze, every mistake is a not-necessary detour and a waste of time. If life is a labyrinth, every mistake is a part of the way we go and we may learn something from it!”

To see life as a labyrinth and that we are here to learn - what an amazing opportunity!

During this time of intense and accelerated happenings, we can only become more and more conscious of how we all affect the Earth and our world, and so my wish for you during this coming month is expressed by the wishes for 2010 of my friend, Michaela and the short channelling by Tania from Cape Town:

May we come closer to
creating an
environmentally sustainable,
socially just
and
spiritually fulfilling
human presence
on this beautiful blessed Earth

-Michaela

“Here is a Spiritual Compass of life for all of you! The compass is to guide you over, under or around any obstacles that will try and stand in your way during your spiritual growth, path and visions. Your compass is like a flowing river that may not stop and become stagnant. If you stop moving and cannot see the way around,

Ask for assistance from the Divine Masters and they will point your compass in the direction best suited for your present life obstacle.

Go now and set your course for 2010 and start moving...

2010 will have many new changes and challenges for the Universe and mankind as we know it, but with vision, guidance and belief we will be able to assist those in need of assistance around us and flow past all challenges we set for ourselves along the way. “
Tania

With blessings of Love Elizabeth
SACRED EARTH RETREATS
THE ARTHURIAN SCHOOL
PRINGLE BAYwww.arthurianschool.com
info@arthurianschool.comtelephone: (0027) 28 273 8277 international 028 273 8277 localmobile: (0027) 783716343 international 0783716343 local“Revitalise and Enlighten your Life with the Moon”

WHALE STORIES

I have two incredible whale stories that I would like to share with you this month. The first was sent to me by my friend Pia Carter who lives in Switzerland and the second one is from Allison Scott from Cape Town about her experience with a whale called Piscasso on the coast of Canada.

What really touches me is that we are all able to do something from the heart with animals and how they respond so incredibly powerfully to any positive action taken by us as humans. It just makes me want to weep with joy and gratitude!

The Whale Said "Thank You"
If you read a recent front page story of the SF Chronicle,you would have read about a female humpback whalethat had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of trapsthat caused her to struggle to stay afloat.She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body,her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help.Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her.They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time,and nudged them, pushed them gently around...she was thanking them.Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes werefollowing him the whole time, and he will never be the same.May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate?to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled?from the things that are binding you.And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit

Pia Carter - SWITZERLAND
Hi Elizabeth,

Here are those pics of Picasso. Please let me know if you can view them okay. I have been battling to compress the pics to send them to you because the size I have them at is 3.35MB each.

“Elizabeth had given me a crystal to throw into the Alaskan waters from the whales in SA to the whales in Canada while I was on an Alaskan cruise in July 2009. I went on a whale watching trip in Juneau Alaska and that was when I threw the crystal into the water. I asked for a sign that it had been received. The attached pics show what happened within 30 secs thereafter (note: the whale PICASSO leaped out of the water and virtually landed onto the boat!). Luckily for me, someone had their camera focussed in the right place. I was still not sure if that was a sign because that is the same behaviour we see in Hermanus (South Africa), but then the Naturalist on the boat said that that was very unusual behaviour in the waters where we were. Then I knew that was a massive sign. The gentleman kindly gave me the pics to give to Elizabeth to remember such a special moment.

Kind regards.
Allison

(ps you can see the beautiful pictures attached)

Allison Scott

THE ROWAN MOON CYCLE OF JANUARYalso called in the Celtic tradition the White Waking Moon and (appropriately for all of you in the Northern Hemisphere who have had so much snow!) the Snow Moon…. The New Moon started on the 16th January (after the dark moon on the 15th January) in the sign of Aquarius and the Full Moon will be on the 30th January in the sign of Leo.

FESTIVALS DURING THIS ROWAN MOON MONTH

The important Wiccan and Druid festival of IMBOLC is celebrated on the 1st February. This festival celebrates fertility and the growing light in the Northern Hemisphere and is dedicated to the Celtic Goddess Brid or Brigit: known as power of the new moon, spring of the year, the flowing sea, Great Moon Mother, patroness of poetry, making and healing. IMBOLC is a time of light emerging from the winter darkness and is celebrated by lighting candles and dancing, telling stories and poetry- by drawing on the inspiration of the dark winter months. Look at what you want to achieve during the year and ask Brid’s help in making this happen. As a tradition, a statue of the goddess Brid was carried down to water on IMBOLC.

St Agnes Day is celebrated in the Christian tradition on 21st January and it is believed that on the eve of St Agnes Day it is a night for dreaming deeply and truly, because St Agnes appeared clearly in a dream to her parents that night after she had been martyred.

25th January is known as the Welsh Valentine’s Day when St Dwynwen, the patron saint of love who consoles unhappy lovers! That day is also traditionally celebrated as Burns Night, the presumed birthday of the great Scottish poet Bobby Burns.

On the 27th January it is the Memorial Day of the Holocaust, remembering the many Jewish people that died in the concentration camps of the Second World War.

On the 30th January is the full moon, celebrated in Northern Tailand and Laos as Maghapuja Full Moon. Prayers are said in processions with lamps, candles or torches with ringing bells and chants. Scarlet cloths are distributed to recall the time when the Buddha gave his monks the rules by which they should live in community.

The 6th February is celebrated as Waitangi Day in New Zealand when in 1840 the treaty of Waitangi was signed as the founding document for the country, supposed to guarantee the Maori rights to their land.

WHAT ARE THE PLANETS UP TO THIS MONTH?
The planet to watch this coming lunar cycle is a particularly bright red Mars. On 29th January, Mars is opposite the sun in the sky and shines brightly all night. On the 30th January the Full Moon passes well to the south of the bright red planet.

The new crescent moon is nearby Jupiter on the 17&18th January. Jupiter shines brightly in the western evening sky after sunset, but by the end of the lunar month it is hard to see in the twilight as it moves around towards the back of the Sun.

Saturn rises in the mid-late evening and shines brightly in the constellation of Virgo. The Moon is nearby on 2nd February.

Venus is out of view on the far side of the Sun, but Mercury is easily visible in the dawn sky if viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. On the 27th January Mercury reaches furthest (24 degrees) from the Sun in the morning sky. Because of the low angle of the ecliptic path of Mercury, it will be hard to see Mercury from the Northern Hemisphere this coming lunar month.

MOON WEBSITES OF THE MONTH

1. For those of you who also feel strongly about the negative effects of fireworks on animals:

http://www.petitiononline.com/sos911/petition-sign.html

(thanks to Belinda McGeorge!)

2. Look at these most amazingly beautiful photographs of the galaxies/stars taken from the Hubble Space Telescope – it is time to get to know our neighbours!!

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent_1.html

(thanks to Maxine O connor/Jill Dennis passing it on)


MEDITATION PRACTICES

Here is a meditation below that will help you to stay grounded and balanced during the next phase of intense change during 2010.

I also would like to share with you the following practical suggestions from astrologer Maurice Fernancez:

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS:Understand this is an opportunity to reinvent ourselves in a better way.Understand there will be a price to pay, something may need to go.If you lose something or someone, understand this is the sign of these times, use a crisis to venture into new horizons and create something new.Understand this is an adventure and risk must be taken.Understand that this is not a time when we can expect security---we are in transition.Listen to your inner truth, make you life truly happen now.Take care of your immune system: avoid bad diets in general...they render you vulnerable to opportunistic viruses.Support your friends and family, we all shall need one another for support during this transition time.Cultivate your spiritual practice: this is also important for your immune system.Do your best to do good: whatever you seed now will have effect now and later.There is probably more than can be said and explained, but you get the point... An incredible opportunity is arising, now and throughout 2010...this type of cycle has not happened in recent history. We can expect a certain level of destruction to occur---that is the price to pay...but the prospect of experiencing an awakening and creating a better future is now within reach. We are now in the midst of a revolution---a cultural, social, and political revolution. On a personal level, it is a conceptual, emotional, and or spiritual revolution...truly, it is in the making!I wish you the very best and infinite blessings during this time and beyond! May you be guided and manifest the highest of your potential...With love,MauriceRide the beautiful river of life... embracing opportunities that come your way... ever grateful... ever fluid... being present in the moment... happy... at one with all life! Blessed be xxA Look into the Coming Cycleby Maurice Fernandez (evolutionary astrologer)
(with thanks to Tracy who forwarded)

VORTEX MEDITATION TO GROUND

Relax your body and start to focus on your breath- gently breathing in and breathing out- breathing in, and breathing out –

Feel your whole body starting to become more relaxed and open, feeling safe and protected by the light of a bright silver New Moon.

Now become aware of the soles of your feet and imagine sending a silent prayer of blessing to the Earth through your feet.

Feel the feet extending this blessing deep down into the ground until it reaches the very core of the Earth and everything connected to her.

Now start to feel how the Earth responds and starts to send her own blessing to you as you feel the rhythm of her breath coming up through the feet- in and out, in and out –

Slowly feel how the rhythm of your breathing and the rhythm of the Earth begin to synchronise and become connected. And you start to feel that you are moving in unison with the Earth through your feet and through your whole body.

Now imagine seeing or feeling a spark of energy deep within the Earth. Imagine any colour that comes to you- it may be a deep blue or purple, red or green, whatever comes into your mind spontaneously. If you cannot imagine this, just decide to hold the intention of one colour that you like.

Now imagine this energy deep in the Earth expanding and starting to spiral up, as if in a vortex of light and colour.

You can also imagine a beautiful sound- but the sound is so light that you cannot physically hear it- it is just like an intention or picture in your mind.

Feel how the vortex of the Earth energy that is spiralling up starts to surround your body- like an envelope that grows around your feet, up the legs to the knees, then further up to the thighs and up to the hips. Still spiralling up around the wait, up to the torso, the arms, the navel, the breasts, the chest, the shoulders.

Feel the spiralling energy reaching your neck and also become aware of the back of your neck where the spine reaches the skull. Now it is reaching up around the ears, over the eyes, around the head and finally it is totally surrounding your body.

Feel the spin of the energy around your body and as it is moving around you, it is clearing away any old lower frequency energies that no longer serve you.

You may even feel or imagine a gently sizzling around the body of energies being transmuted into balance and grounding.

And imagine that all the energies that are being disconnected and transmuted, fall like compost down to your feet and become nourishing food for the new to grow.

Feel you body become soft and even lighter, and that it has a subtle light green colour- just like a newly planted tree in the springtime.

Now feel the roots of this tree that you are, growing strongly into the Earth and how the Earth is reaching up to receive this new blessing and connection.

Feel your feet expanding - it is as if they are more capable of holding you balanced in this physical world- and so that you can become more fully aware in the present.

Now imagine the most beautiful flowers softly floating down from the silver New Moon- the colours are varied and there are different shaped flowers that keep on raining down on you- giving fragrance to your life and your body as you stand grounded below.

And you can hear the gentle movement of water nearby- the ebbing of the sea, or maybe a waterfall, or a flowing river that is calm and connected to everything around it.

Imagine this water flowing over your feet as it rejuvenates your body and feel how your body becomes whole and relaxed.

Stay in this place of healing for as long as you like- you may even want to look at the rays of the Moon and the stars in the night sky.

And when you are ready to return, bring yourself back to the present, knowing that you have received the blissful healing of Mother Earth, and the healing of the New Moon.

You may want to drink some water and put on some music.
Feel the connection with your soul.


UPCOMING SACRED EARTH RETREATS
In tune with the theme of being of service to the planet and being part of the weaving of the new web of life, I have been guided to take a group to do some Earth ascension work at the Great Pyramid of Giza in March during the time of the Spring Equinox in Egypt.

Those of you who are interested, please let me know! We will be working with sound and crystals and light to awaken and align our bodies to the new vibrations of the Earth. We will also be spending time at the temples of Upper Egypt and wonderful sailing on the Nile waters - an incredible privilege to evolve and become whole!

Here are the details:

SACRED EARTH RETREATS©
For the love of the Earth
THE GREAT PYRAMID
ANCIENT EGYPT
COSMIC HEART ASCENSION JOURNEY
8-22 MARCH 2010
(the Fool- Tarot)

Join me on an ascension journey to the Great Pyramid and the ancient Temples of Egypt
during this very important time of the
2010 Spring Equinox!

20th March 2010 is the first of two Cosmic Triggers that will bring a crystalline shift and reformation in energy. This means that for the first time we will be able to raise our consciousness to connect with the very advanced vibrations of the Cosmic Heart that were accessible only during the times of Lemuria and golden Atlantis.

And so, to make the most of this amazing opportunity, we will be learning how to raise our vibration with light, crystals and sound on a healing journey through the Valley of the Kings and Queens and the temples of Ancient Egypt - culminating in an Ascension Ceremony on 20th March, the Spring Equinox at the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is undeniably an incredible portal of light that goes far beyond being a place or even a dimension - it is a Portal of Connection and Ascension. But that aspect of the Pyramid can only be accessed in its full power when working from the Cosmic Heart.

So come and celebrate with us the awaking of your Cosmic Heart during this special time in the wonderful land of Ancient Egypt!

Herewith a list of some of the Sacred Sites that we will be visiting on our ascension journey:Sphinx, the Pyramids, Memphis-
Kom Ombo: temples of Sobek and Horus
Philae: temple of Isis-
Edfu: temple of Horus-
Luxor: west bank- valley of the Kings, valley of the Queens, AMENHOTEP III TEMPLE,
Dendara- temple of Hathor Luxor: east bank- temple of Luxor- and temple of Karnak-

Elizabeth Bardin
SACRED EARTH RETREATS©
Notes:
The trip will be facilitated by Elizabeth Bardin from Pringle Bay South Africa – a psychic channel who has for over 5 years lead Sacred Site retreats and journeys in the UK and Machu Picchu, Peru. She works with a Master Lemurian and Atlantean Crystal on her retreats and is committed to sharing her unique knowledge to help participants discover and use their psychic gifts when working with the Earth and find a deeper spiritual connection with Sacred Nature.

It is time to find out how you can make a positive contribution
and create - FOR ALL- a better future!

The group will be kept to a limited number so as to ensure that everyone receives the necessary energetic, emotional and physical support they need.

WELCOME TO EGYPT AND THE PYRAMID OF GIZA

ASCENSION JOURNEY EGYPT ITINERARY
(finalised details to be confirmed)

8th MARCH MONDAY

Arrive Cairo
Free day to rest and settle in
Evening:
First group meeting and Crystal Sound Activation (meditation)

Overnight Cairo
Breakfast and dinner included

9TH MARCH TUESDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Introductory visit to the PYRAMIDS and SPHINX!
Afternoon:
Visiting Memphis and its treasures

Overnight Cairo
Breakfast and dinner included

10TH MARCH WEDNESDAY

Morning:
Travelling to ASWAN
Afternoon:
Cosmic Heart sound workshop (to share the group’s experiences at the Pyramids and Sphinx the day before)

Overnight ASWAN
Breakfast and dinner included

11TH MARCH THURSDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Visit to the beautiful feminine TEMPLE OF ISIS- PHILAE
Afternoon:
Cosmic Heart sound workshop (working with the feminine mother energy)

Overnight ASWAN
Breakfast and dinner included

12TH MARCH FRIDAY

Sail to EDFU
Morning:
Preparation workshop for visit to Horus Temple in the afternoon
Afternoon:
Visit to HORUS TEMPLE- sound ceremony-the Eye of Horus

Overnight sail to LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

13TH MARCH SATURDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation to see the exquisite sunrise that Luxor is so famous for!
Cosmic heart workshop to celebrate our special time in LUXOR
Late afternoon:
Sunset Felucca ride on the Nile
At night:
Visit to LUXOR TEMPLE with its star chambers and beautiful row of Sphinxes

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

14TH MARCH SUNDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Visit to the incredible VALLEY OF THE KINGS!
Afternoon:
Cosmic Heart sound workshop to share experiences and anchor the energies of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

15TH MARCH MONDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Visit to the VALLEY OF THE QUEENS
Afternoon:
Resting and integrating

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

16TH MARCH TUESDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Visit to AMENHOTEP III TEMPLE and DENDARA - TEMPLE OF HATHOR
Afternoon:
Cosmic Heart sound workshop to share our experiences as a group in the temples

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

17TH MARCH WEDNESDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation (optional)
Visit to the huge complex of KARNAK TEMPLE (with special group ceremonies to help us experience how the energies change in the different parts of the Temple)
Afternoon:
Cosmic Heart sound workshop to bring everything together that we have experienced so far

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

18TH MARCH THURSDAY

Free day to explore LUXOR and its wonderful markets!

Overnight LUXOR
Breakfast and dinner included

19TH MARCH FRIDAY

Travelling back to CAIRO
Afternoon:
Preparation for EQUINOX and return visit to GREAT PYRAMID

Overnight Cairo
Breakfast and dinner included

20TH MARCH SATURDAY

Morning:
Early morning meditation and visit to GREAT PYRAMID
*COSMIC HEART ACTIVATION***
Afternoon:
Final sharing and integration of journey
Evening:
Celebratory meal together!

Overnight Cairo
Breakfast and dinner included

21ST MARCH SUNDAY

Free day for final shopping and return to home country
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
What is included in your trip
International flights to and from South AfricaAll internal travel and, where applicable, flights, airport taxes and chargesTransfers to and from Cairo & Aswan, Luxor, applicable airports and Nile boatTravel agent representative at airports/boat/hotels on arrival and departure Transportation to all sites in fully air conditioned coachAll site entrance fees according to above scheduleAccommodation in 5 star hotels (x 2 sharing)Half board meals as statedEgyptology Tour Guide to all sitesSpecialist group leader (Elizabeth Bardin) for energy work at Pyramids and TemplesCosmic Heart Sound Workshops with supporting meditations, Early Morning Nile Meditation Entries to Great Pyramid complex with Cosmic Heart Activation on second visitClosing dinner party with Egyptian dancing
What is not included in your trip
Visas (South Africans to apply before leaving for Egypt) Travel & holiday insuranceDrinks and tippingItems of a personal natureTransportation outside the scheduleMeals outside the scheduleSite entrance fees outside the schedule
Pricing – (to be adjusted in the event of an extreme fluctuation in exchange rate before booking is confirmed)
ZAR19000 (South African currency and this includes the international flight)
$1900 (US this does not include the international flights to and from Egypt)
£1171(UK this does not include the international flights to and from Egypt)

Deposit: 25% to secure a place Balance: payable 1month before departure

I also have two trips scheduled for Peru for 2010:

SACRED EARTH RETREATS©
For the love of the Earth- building a New Future.
MACHU PICCHU
PERU
2010 COSMIC HEART AWAKENING JOURNEYS:
Learning how to communicate with Cosmic Nature.
15-26 JUNE 2010
(the Empress- Tarot)
and
24 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2010
(the Magician- Tarot)

What is so special about the trips in 2010?
The dates chosen above are given to me under guidance to make sure that the trip will happen at the most auspicious and spiritually awakening times of that year and be most beneficial for the group and the planet. The two trips scheduled for 2010 have these special features:

June trip:
Our trip starts with the new moon (12th June) and we will end the retreat by the time of the full moon (26th June). It is also during the very important earth festival of Winter Solstice in Peru (24th June). This day is celebrated as the Inti Raymi festival held each year at the Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuaman in the Inca capital city of CUSCO- celebrated by the people of the Inca as the Festival of the Sun in honour of the God of the Sun and symbolizes the eternal consecration of marriage between the Sun and human beings. Under the Inca empire the festival lasted 9 days attracting people from all over the Inca Empire and it is now the second largest festival in Latin America with an expected 200 000 people congregating in Cusco!

August trip:
August is known as the best time to go to Peru because of the weather (it has summer rainfall so in August one is assured that it does not rain and although it is cool at night, the days are sunny and warm). During this time of our trip we will have a full moon (24th August) at the beginning of our trip and a new moon on 8th September (new beginnings) as we return from Peru.

South African Retreat Cost: R9440 (including flights and spending money around R23-25 000 in total)
UK Retreat Cost: £785 (including flights and spending money around £1800 in total)
Please email me for full details of the itinerary programme for Peru and you can also look at more information on my website.THE ARTHURIAN SCHOOLPRINGLE BAYwww.arthurianschool.cominfo@arthurianschool.comtelephone: (0027) 28 273 8277 international 028 273 8277 localmobile: (0027) 783716343 international 0783716343 localThis magazine’s stated intention is to be for the Highest Good of All, and to harm no one.“Revitalise and Enlighten your Life with the Moon”______________________________________________________________________

EGYPT CRYSTAL EARTH SOUND JOURNEY 8-22 MARCH 2010

SACRED EARTH RETREATS
For the love of the Earth
THE GREAT PYRAMID
ANCIENT EGYPT
CRYSTAL EARTH SOUND JOURNEY
8-22 MARCH 2010
(the Fool- Tarot)



Join me on a journey to the Great Pyramid and the Sacred Temples of Egypt during this very important time of the 2010 Spring Equinox.

20th March 2010 is the first of two Cosmic Triggers that will bring a crystalline shift and reformation in energy. This means that we will be able to connect more fully with very advanced and high love vibrations of the Cosmic Heart that were accessible only during the times of Lemuria and golden Atlantis.

To access these high incoming frequencies of ascension, working with crystals (as was done during the times of Lemuria and Atlantis) becomes more and more important and so on this journey we will be learning how to work with light, crystals and sound on our journey through the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the temples of Lower Egypt - culminating in an Ascension ceremony on 20th March, the Spring Equinox at the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Visiting and working at sacred sites of the world with a positive intention of the Heart has many benefits both for the participants and the Earth. It is an amazing opportunity to tune into something quite different and unique and is something that will greatly accelerate your life.

Much has been said about the Great Pyramid of Giza, but it is undeniably an incredible portal of light that goes far beyond being a place or even a dimension - it is a portal of connection and ascension. But that aspect of the Pyramid can only be accessed in its full power when working from the place of the Cosmic Heart.

Some of you may have some vague memory of the Cosmic Heart, or some of you may not feel anything but just a pull or inclination to come to Egypt. Whatever it is, follow the call! It is a trigger for something much bigger that has already been happening inside of you.

Egypt holds the history of how it is possible to embody the divine into human form - look at their magnificent sculptures! And through the use of sound that was done so effectively in all ceremonies of the land, we can journey back and find a living heritage from the Cosmic Heart that was once linked to the Cosmos and our ancient connection to the Stars - an important step for the future for our planet.

Come and celebrate the awaking of your Cosmic Heart in the ancient land of Egypt!

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU.

Blessings
Elizabeth

Note

The trip will be facilitated by Elizabeth Bardin from Pringle Bay South Africa – a psychic channel who has for many years lead sacred site retreats and journeys to Peru and elsewhere. She does earth connection work with a Master Lemurian Crystal (and other crystals) and shares a deep commitment to the Earth and her own evolutionary path.

Email me at the address below for full details of the cost and itinerary. The group will be kept to a limited number so as to ensure that everyone receives the necessary energetic, emotional and physical support they need.

WELCOME TO EGYPT AND THE PYRAMID OF GIZA
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PERU 2010 SACRED HEART AWAKENING JOURNEYS

SACRED EARTH RETREATS
For the love of the Earth- building a New Future.
MACHU PICCHU
PERU
2010 COSMIC HEART AWAKENING JOURNEYS:
Learning how to communicate with Cosmic Nature.
15-26 JUNE 2010
(the Empress- Tarot)
and
24 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2010
(the Magician- Tarot)
With grateful thanks for helping to bring more light, wisdom and purpose into our journeys. Experiencing Peru with you has been an amazing experience. ANNIE P from South Africa (October 2008)
The authenticity, depth of experience and unexpected personal evolution
I experienced was value beyond money or words.
And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for facilitating it all and giving me
courage to break through to new and blissful territory – HELEN C from the UK (August 2009)

The Sacred Valley of Machu Picchu PERU holds some of the most feminine and important energies for our planet. It has a simplicity and gentleness of the Heart that one cannot truly understand - until one has been there.

This amazing feeling of peace and connection to the Cosmic Heart comes from an ancient heritage born in Peru where the indigenous people have always understood and communicated with the more subtle energies of Mother Nature. Being in tune with these cosmic energies of Pachamama - as they affectionately call her - they have always treated the Earth as a living energetic being that creates life for them and their children.

But even more than that. Peru has the wonder of Machu Picchu.

Many are intrigued about why so many people are drawn to visit the lost city of Machu Picchu at this time in our world.

Built as a place that is literally “above the clouds,” it is said that its purpose was to commune with the gods from above, a sacred place where humans and the cosmic gods of Nature could safely meet without any interference.

The concept of building a city of the size and magnitude of Machu Picchu even now seems ridiculous. Yet this was done painstakingly and with the most incredible amount of patience and aptitude. The people of Machu Picchu knew what they were doing- they had a master plan that was so brilliantly conceived that we now need to find the same to build and create our own safe and sustainable world for the future!

When you look at Machu Picchu, its ultimate genius is that of working with the hazards of water. High up on the top of a mountain, dealing safely with the force of the elements and most importantly rain, had to be a priority. And so structures were conceived and taken from ancient civilisations of the past that made sure that there was incredible security in the face of heavy cloud bursts, earth quakes, torrential rain- for this was after all a place of the Gods and with it came the raw elemental forces of nature! And so even today you will never see a puddle of water at Machu Picchu- it has incredible drainage, and a system of conducting water that ensures that these channels of water still function and create safety with water to this day. Stones were built in an inherent pyramid structure using bedrock and so the entire city is still standing in very much the way it was built - after hundreds and hundreds of years in the most daunting of locations.

In a modern world where the focus and a more cosmic awareness of water is becoming so very important: its preservation for the future and also the real risk of floodings that have been happening all over the world; small islands disappearing into the sea and landmasses shrinking at an alarming rate that is not often enough spoken about even in the media: Machu Picchu holds a vital key to our future.

And this unique ability to work with water at Machu Picchu extends to elsewhere in the Sacred Valley below. Everywhere you look there is water! Waterfalls cascading down from the pure white snow on the magestic Andes Mountains, the gentle hum of the waters of the mighty Urubamba River that winds its way through the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu, the ancient INCA waterways that are still functional and used by the local people on their farms and in the small villages – it does not matter - wherever you look there is water!

And with the water comes the most beautiful natural landscape, magestic peaks of mountains and fields filled with fresh produce and a busy cultivation of the land.

Many follow the INCA trail along the Valley leading to Machu Picchu to soak up this wholeness in the landscape - making with each step a mindful exchange with cosmic nature that only knows one law – the law of always both giving and receiving to create perfect balance and harmony between human and nature.

Come with me to the land of the INCAS! And do you know, the history of this area of MACHU PICCHU goes much further back than that. There are elements of cosmic star connections to Atlantis, ancient Egypt and even the Maya to explore.

This is the place to experience a higher communication with nature than you have ever known before. This is a place where you can link into a cosmic knowledge of the Earth that can help you to also build a safe and secure future in our world- by truly understanding what was achieved here so very long ago.

All you need to do, is open your heart and come to listen to the VOICE OF PACHAMAMA! She will teach you how to live in harmony by linking into that higher cosmic consciousness of Love for Nature - so reverently remembered in Peru. And with that you can spread the light of this LOVE and its true understanding to a world that is so much in need for it now. And build a new future!

We will be visiting the traditional villages and ancient nature temples and ruins of the area of the Sacred Valley of MACHU PICCHU to help you open your heart more to yourself and the world. After the retreat journey, you will also have an opportunity to experience the sacred plant medicines of Peru in a San Pedro or Ayahuaska ceremony.

“Many have come to Peru not quite knowing why, but all have returned knowing that it was meant to be - something that transformed their lives and old ideas and limitations to a new freedom and power – and having a deep knowing that it is possible to once again have a living relationship with the Earth.”

Elizabeth
SACRED EARTH RETREATS
THE ARTHURIAN SCHOOL
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Suggested Pre- itinerary

13 June/22 August (Sunday)
Fly to Peru and overnight in Lima (capital of Peru that is on the Pacific Ocean)

14 June/23 August (Monday)
Fly the short distance (45 mins) between Lima and Cusco (the INCA capital that is inland and where the retreat starts the next day)
Day of resting because of high altitude and jet lag (many time changes)!
Overnight in Cusco

SCHEDULED PROGRAMME FOR COSMIC HEART JOURNEY

Day One (Tuesday)
15 June /24 August (Tuesday)

First meeting of the group and meditation to open your Cosmic Heart connection
*Sacred visit to Santo Dominingo monastery that was built over Koricancha temple, the most important Temple of the Sun of the Inca
*Gentle walk through the old city of Cusco
Resting to further acclimatise to altitude and prepare for next day early journey to Machu Picchu Pueblo

Overnight in Cusco

Day Two (Wednesday)
16 June/25 August

Early Breakfast
Transfer for train to MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO (doing the picturesque train journey through the mountains leading to Machu Picchu Pueblo, the little village just below MACHU PICCHU where you can see the landscape changing from cultivated land to Cloud Forest with its tropical plants and waterfalls- this is the area along which the INCA trail goes)
Free day to explore MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO and its colourful markets
*Group meeting and important preparation for visit to MACHU PICCHU, citadel above the clouds!

Overnight MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO

Day Three (Thursday)
17 June/26 August

Early morning start (4am!) to be first in line to catch the first bus to MACHU PICCHU
*Greeting the sunrise at MACHU PICCHU! Special ceremony at the TEMPLE OF THE SUN
*Special ceremony at the INTIHUATANA STONE (a cosmic portal) to help you open your cosmic connection to the Earth
Exploring the city of MACHU PICCHU with its amazing awareness of nature and architecture- a life changing experience!

Overnight MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO

Day Four (Friday)
18 June/27 August

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Visit to hot springs (Aguas Calientes)
*Day of integration (group meeting to discuss and work with experiences)

(OPTIONAL: For those who are energetic and want to experience something similar to the INCA TRAIL, you can return to MACHU PICCHU to climb HUAYNA PICCHU PEAK and you will then need an extra approx $56- it is well worth the climb with magnificent views of the city of MACHU PICCHU and the surrounding valleys and mountains from the top of HUAYNA PICCHU PEAK –it takes 2-3 hours of quite steep climbing on steps up the mountain which is very similar to some of the climbs on the Inca trail but more spectacular 360 degree views)

Overnight MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO

Day Five (Saturday)
19 June/28 August

Early Breakfast
Transfer back by train to OLLANTAYTAMBO (a very beautiful rural village with spectacular Inca ruins)
Check into hostal where we will be staying.
Free day to explore OLLANTAYTAMBO
*Optional visit to charity for women and children

Overnight OLLANTAYTAMBO

Day Six (Sunday)
20 June/29 August

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Visiting spectacular OLLANTAYTAMBO INCA RUINS AND TEMPLES
*Group meeting to discuss and integrate experiences

Overnight in OLLANTAYTAMBO

Day Seven (Monday)
21 June/30 August

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Visiting the amazing circles of MORAY (a place that is very connected to the Stars/Cosmos and where it is said experimentation with plants took place)
*Doing Cosmic Heart meditation ceremony

Transfer to PISAC (another small traditional Inca village where we will be staying for the next few days)
Overnight PISAC

Day Eight (Tuesday)
22 June/31 August

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Cosmic Heart Workshop (exploring how to communicate with cosmic nature - the way it was done by the Incas and their more ancient ancestors- the Lemurians and Atlanteans – also working with crystals!)

Overnight in PISAC

Day Nine (Wednesday)
23rd June/1 September

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Nature trail to visit PISAC RUINS (the most powerful and interesting ruins after Machu Picchu)- approx 2 hours
Taxi down /hiking back for those who still feel energetic!
*Group meeting to share and integrate experiences

Overnight in PISAC

Day Ten (Thursday)
24th June/2nd September

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Visiting and exploring the wonder of the waterways at TAMPUMACHAY
* this is also the day of WINTER EQUINOX and the INTI RAYMI FESTIVAL celebrated each year by the descendants of the INCA and if you are happy to face the crowds we visit Cusco after our time at TAMPUMACHAY to look at the processions! A special time to be in Peru! (Note: the entrance ticket for the whole day is in the region of $100 if you feel like spending the whole day there -JUNE TRIP)

“On the day of the festival, the enactors gather in Koricancha (Temple of the Sun) in Cusco wearing traditional Inca dress - an array of feathers, embroidered capes and hat and the Inca in his golden headdress and arm cuffs. Carrying rainbow flags, bombo drums, sampoña panpipes and quena flutes, with the emperor on his throne, the procession moves to Auqaypata (Plaza Mayor) then uphill to Sacsayhuaman. An elaborate display of ritualistic dance and chanting takes place, culminating in the Inca's final call, before the folkloric music begins.” http://events.frommers.com

Day Eleven (Friday)
25th June/3rd September

Early morning meditation (optional)
Breakfast
*Group Workshop to end SACRED HEART JOURNEY
*Inca despacho ceremony with shaman to bless all the participants after the Sacred Heart Journey

Overnight in PISAC

Suggested post itinerary:

26th June/4th September (Saturday)
SAN PEDRO/AYAHUASKA SACRED PLANT MEDICINE CEREMONY (Optional)

Overnight PISAC

27th June/5th September (Sunday)
Breakfast
Visiting the PISAC MARKET (the most famous market in Peru that happens on a Sunday when the mountain people come down to trade their food and produce). Traditional carpets and colourful fabrics and crystals and other Peruvian wares are also for sale. Something quite extraordinary!

Overnight in PISAC

28th June/6th September (Monday)
Breakfast
Transfer by bus back to Cusco
Last day of sight seeing Cusco

Overnight CUSCO

29th June/7th September (Tuesday)

fly from Cusco back to Lima (capital of Peru) to catch connecting flights

Notes:

What makes this journey so special?

Please note this is not a tourist journey. Most tour operators do two or more sites and villages in a day which leaves very little time than just to have a walk around and take some photographs. On this trip you will see the most important sites and areas related to the Machu Picchu Sacred Valley, but you will more importantly also be able to be quiet and experience the special atmosphere of each place at times that are most beneficial. You can only feel the profound effect of a sacred place when you are able to go within, be still and become more than an ordinary tourist. Such an experience can have a life changing effect on you.

Preparation is done before we visit a site so that you are able to energetically tune into the site with a positive intention and it is not uncommon for participants to have past life memories surface that help to awaken them spiritually.

After each visit to a sacred place, we will have the opportunity to share our experiences as a group and also work with integrating these gifts we receive from the special places we visit so as to make it a spiritual journey in the true sense of the word.

We will also be learning how to work with our awareness of the cosmic unseen forces of nature and so be able to tune into the energy worlds of Peru that the South American shamans are so famous for!

For those of you who are interested, we will also be visiting a charity for homeless and abused women and children while we are in Peru. Participants are encouraged to go with an intention to enjoy the trip, but also contribute something to the Earth, Peru, the local people and the animals. This is part of living from the Heart!

Please note that nothing on the scheduled programme is compulsory- it there to help and assist you to have a spiritual experience of Peru, but it is up to you as to how and when you want to join in. Having said that, I would encourage you to do take part in as much as you can, because very often it is by taking yourself out of your comfort zone that magic happens!

What is so special about the trips in 2010?
The dates chosen above are given to me under guidance to make sure that the trip will happen at the most auspicious and spiritually awakening times of that year and be most beneficial for the group and the planet. The two trips scheduled for 2010 have these special features:

June trip:
Our trip starts with the new moon (12th June) and we will end the retreat by the time of the full moon (26th June). It is also during the very important earth festival of Winter Solstice in Peru (24th June). This day is celebrated as the Inti Raymi festival held each year at the Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuaman in the Inca capital city of CUSCO- celebrated by the people of the Inca as the Festival of the Sun in honour of the God of the Sun and symbolizes the eternal consecration of marriage between the Sun and human beings. Under the Inca empire the festival lasted 9 days attracting people from all over the Inca Empire and it is now the second largest festival in Latin America with an expected 200 000 people congregating in Cusco!

August trip:
August is known as the best time to go to Peru because of the weather (it has summer rainfall so in August one is assured that it does not rain and although it is cool at night, the days are sunny and warm). During this time of our trip we will have a full moon (24th August) at the beginning of our trip and a new moon on 8th September (new beginnings) as we return from Peru.

Why should I not do the INCA TRAIL instead?

The INCA trail is very famous and with reason because of Peru’s beautiful nature! But you need to think about it carefully and find out what exactly is your intention to travel. If you are an avid and very enthusiastic walker who enjoys nature but really don’t want to experience much more than the scenic part of Peru, then I would definitely say doing the Trail is for you. Make sure you are very fit, especially if you don’t live at high altitude. Peru takes a different fitness because of the high mountains you climb on the trail and also if it is in winter it is freezing in the tents offered on the trails.

The train journey we take to Machu Picchu Pueblo follows the path of the Inca trail along the Urubamba river so you will have definitely see some of the amazing views of the trail on our journey there.

Very importantly, the INCA trail packages only take you a short visit to Machu Picchu – normally a morning/afternoon and by the time you get there you are exhausted and not often in the mood for climbing a lot of steps and exploring! The trail is therefore not going to give anything but a rushed and tourist experience (with the usual tour guide) of Machu Picchu - a missed opportunity to be at one of the most famous Sacred Sites in the world.

I am interested in ancient civilisations and nature and so the retreat trip is structured to give you both- to experience and get the benefit of tuning into nature on a different level as those ancient civilisations did through meditation and ceremony, and still see and walk a lot in nature. You can also do additional hiking on the trip if you want to- the retreat caters for people with ages from 30-70 and so ,for example, if we go and see one of the ruins in the area, you have an option of hiking down a trail instead of catching the bus back to where we are staying. And you are able to climb the famous Huyna Picchu peak at Machu Picchu if you feel up to it.

Most people see themselves as beyond camping and therefore the trip is planned with the luxury of a clean and warm bed!

The prices of the Trail (usually 3-5 days) vary but many have found that when they add on all the extras of accommodation, transport and meals etc outside the trail, it is not really such a cheap option as they originally thought. But see what works for you!

What do I need to know about food?
All breakfasts are included in the retreat. It is normally a simple continental breakfast with fresh fruit juice, fruit, bread and coffee/tea. Occasionally it also has some added extras such as cheese, cereal etc.

Lunch and supper are not included in the overall costing of the retreat. This is to keep the cost of the trip flexible and make it easy for each person individually to decide what they would like to eat and also how much they want to spend on food. For some people it is a priority, whereas others they would prefer to have more simple meals and spend their money on buying souveniers etc. So instead of prepaying for meals you may not like or want to have, you have the choice and you will be given ample suggestions as to where to find good local food on our visit. Most of the food in the Sacred Valley is fresh and grown locally with fantastic salads and products such as quinoa soup etc. You can also try the local meat varieties such as Alpacha. There are a range of types of food available (from fast food to traditional) and also in terms of budget. - so from experience over the years with groups, making your own choice is best and keeps it simple and enjoyable! You are able to experiment with the type of restaurants and even if on occasion don’t feel like eating out in a restaurant,, some of the accommodation offer facilities for preparing your own meal from fresh produce in the local markets. This can be an interesting, authentic and enjoyable aspect of your visit to Peru.

Budget on about $10-20 as an average cost per day for meals and eating out.

Currencies
The local currency in Peru is SOLES and there are about 2.8 SOLES to 1 US DOLLAR.

What is the accommodation like?
The Sacred Valley is not an area where you will find 5 star luxury hotels easily and as the SACRED EARTH RETREATS are planned to make it affordable to most people on a budget (without having to do camping or backpacking!), the rooms are simple but still enjoyable and in tune with the general atmosphere of Peru. Most accommodation establishments that call themselves hotels or hostals are really simple hotels that provide fair and basic accommodation. The accommodation chosen on this trip is clean, has an interesting and scenic aspect to it and also hot water- not a given even in some of the more expensive hostals! Be prepared to have your basic needs met, but nothing luxurious. Accommodation in Peru countryside vary quite a lot and so it is important to know through experience which ones offer what they say on the internet!

How do we travel?
We travel as a group together in an air conditioned micro bus for most of the way. It is only possible to go to Machu Picchu Pueblo (the village just below Machu Picchu) by train and so we will be catching a train on our way there.

Entrance fees
There are different options regarding the type of tickets that are available depending on what you want to do in Peru, but all entrance tickets are included in the price of the trip so you don’t need to worry about which ones are best suited to your needs and are the most economical.

What do I need to know about weather?
June and August are winter months, and it can be cool in the evenings. We will not be camping so you don’t need to worry about very warm clothes and also there will be no rain because it is the dry season especially in August. When packing it is best to bring layers that you can put on and take off. You will be given more information about what to pack etc closer to the trip.

Machu Picchu is high altitude but part of the Cloud forest, so the weather is mild, but you will need sun hats and sunscreen for the Inca Sun!

Do I have to worry about altitude sickness?

It is an important aspect to think about and to do some preparation for before the trip.

If you have a history of strokes or very high blood pressure you will not be able to take the high altitude pills that you can take if you are in fact not able to cope with the altitude when you are in Peru. There are certain simple procedures that can be followed to help you adjust and it is advisable for you to arrive a day or two before the retreat starts, to make sure that you are rested and over any side effects of having to adjust to the high altitude of Peru. Cusco the main capital is the highest altitude you will be at and since that is at the beginning of the trip, it is important to rest the day you arrive and if possible even sleep! Machu Picchu is lower than Cusco so once you have adjusted to the altitude in Cusco you will be fine for the rest of the trip.

Altitude sickness is unpredictable and although it will be good for you to become fit and trim before the trip, it does not necessarily mean you will not be affected. Often it affects younger and more fit persons more than if you are older and not so fit!

On some level the altitude is symbolic of ascending also in your body and so at the end of the trip you will find that not only are you emotionally and mentally a lot sharper, your body will also be more efficient because it has learnt to use oxygen more efficiently. In all the years that I have taken groups to Peru (over three years now at least 2/3 times per year) I have not had anyone who has had serious complications, although often I have made sure that people stay in bed the first day they arrive and just sleep because of the first symptoms they have of altitude sickness.

Also, many people complain about having stomach upsets in Peru because of the different conditions with water. It is recommended that you only drink bottled water and there are other measures that you can take to make sure you get over any complaint quickly. Very often it is a way for the body to detox, but it need not ruin your trip and also when you are with a group you have the comfort of knowing that you are supported and that if you need any medical attention is easy to find for you.

What is the Ayahuaska/San pedro ceremony with a Peruvian Shaman?
Some of you may have read about these on the internet, and there are many different accounts of the working of these sacred healing plants that have been used by the Peruvian and South American shamans for thousands of years.

It is a completely safe experience and I only use a very skilled and trustworthy shaman that works from the Heart and is able to lead the ceremony for the group. I have done these ceremonies many times and cannot begin to explain the positive benefits it has had in my life. However, one has to be ready for the experience and so it is done at the end of our trip when you will have had a lot of time to prepare energetically for a shamanic journey with the plant.

Please let me know if you need more information about this and you don’t need to decide before the trip if you want to do the ceremony. You can decide when we are in Peru and you will have an opportunity to discuss any questions and concerns with the shaman.

International and local flights
In order to get to Cusco (the ancient capital of the INCAS where the trip starts) you need to first fly to the international airport of Peru in LIMA(the capital) and then you catch a short flight of about 45 minutes to CUSCO inland. Most flights between LIMA and CUSCO leave very early morning(from about 4am!) until about mid afternoon. Then there are no more flights available, so you need to check how your international flight connects from LIMA. If you fly, for example, from South Africa, you can catch a flight with MALAYSIAN airlines( it flies via Johannesburg and then Cape Town)- or SAA from Johannesburg- to BUENOS AIRES and then there is a connecting flight from BUENOS AIRES to LIMA. That arrives late at night in Lima so it will be necessary to stay over in Lima one night and catch a domestic flight from Lima to Cusco the next morning. Likewise if you fly back, the international flight from Lima to Buenos Aires leaves in the morning so you need to be in Lima the night before because you will not be able to fly from Cusco in time to catch that international flight from Lima to Buenos Aires.

For those of you who fly from the UK or elsewhere in Europe or the Middle East, it is advisable to fly via Madrid and if via New York please give yourself a lot of time for the connection from New York to Lima. New York has a reputation for huge delays through customs.

Ok so if I am interested in going to Peru with the group, how much is this all going to cost?

COST OF SCHEDULED PROGRAMME:

US DOLLARS: $1180
STERLING POUND: £785
SOUTH AFRICAN RAND: R9844

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We have lost our connection to our Mother.

And what are we going to do about it?

When we are in our hearts, nothing needs to be done to bring about the only change that can heal this wound – because when we are in our heart, everything happens automatically and with Grace.

But to reach our hearts, as every indigenous tribe and ancient civilisation have always - and still through the legacies they left behind tell us, we must first remember who our Divine Mother really is.

Our Mother is alive and very much conscious- much more conscious than our twenty first century industrialized civilisation understands.

Our Earth is not a rock. She has a name and believe me- she knows each one of our names!

Look at the exquisite beauty of a flower and allow yourself to feel how its sheer power touches you, and you will also know that our Mother is always talking to us. You - the individual who is so much more than what you will ever know beyond this place of illusion. By listening to your soul, you can become more aware of her and what she has to say to YOU- no! not the person next to you! YOU – the person who is infinitely unique and special and wonderful.

AT the moment we are being taken back to a place of healing- such deep healing that we cannot possibly understand. But we can all feel it happening inside of us. It is as if there is another world, a new world deep inside of us evolving. Listen to your inner song of Love, where your heart reaches you. It is different for each one of us- perhaps it is the simple smile of a stranger, or the unexpected laugh of a child, the colours of a beautiful sunset- or maybe just the gleaming colour of a red traffic light that is silently shining its spark of light into the dark. It is everywhere. We are surrounded by beauty if only we can see it.

Another word for healing is transformation. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed into a different form. And so we are the transformers that can reconnect the grid of rainbow consciousness into our physical world.

Our Mother is conscious and her spirit is behind everything we experience in our worlds. Will we honour her too? Or have we just forgotten for so long that we no longer know how?

Maybe the children can teach us how...

SO THAT WE CAN LEARN HOW TO LISTEN WITH AN OPEN HEART.

Machu Picchu is still standing. The Sphinx and pyramids are still there. Beautiful Kauai island is still clouded in mists holding the life force of Lemuria. Moorea Island still has its exquisite heart shaped form. There are so many reminders that our Mother has kept for us- waiting for us to wake up and take stock of our lives. WHAT ARE WE LIVING FOR?

What is the true purpose of our life? Why are we here?
Surely to celebrate Life. To celebrate our Divine Mother. To find balance within ourselves so that we may come home to ourselves.

To be real, here and now – and assist with the beginning of a new cycle of life for her dear body called planet Earth.

Our task now as we navigate our way through this physical reality is to establish the purpose and direction of our Soul. With our earthly bodies we are trillions and billions of cells, held within the womb of “time” we call Earth, growing and gestating just like an unborn child in the womb.

And like in every child’s journey of growing up, we have all experienced a huge loss in our lives through the devastation of our connection to our Divine Mother and this has left us feeling depleted and destroyed. Deep sorrow is held within our cellular memory and it is difficult to stop re- playing this devastation in our lives until we become aware that it is there and that the loss was only one aspect of our experience as human beings here.

But through the exquisite beauty of our Soul we can now start to remember and weave magic, gathering to us the memory of the love of our Divine Mother and all that ever sustained us through the energy of Grace.

Many of these secrets have been held in our blood and that is why the monthly periods of women have always been so important.

Old civilisations understood the power of blood connecting us to Mother Earth and held sacred rituals symbolically revitalising the connection between a tribe and the Earth. It was a great honour to take part in such a holy ceremony and had nothing whatsoever to do with blood sacrifice. This was an invigorating experience where everyone benefited.

The elemental kingdoms are the messengers of our Mother and at this time all of these kingdoms are beckoning us to come closer to her. They have incredible power to heal and restore our bodies and our souls.

So much conditioning has happened to make us feel afraid or avoid the elements in nature! Yet surely the best way to cure a cold is to go for a walk outside! We are taught to rely on drugs to help us, when everything we need is already there in nature. We just need to remember how to engage it more into our lives.

The crystal kingdom is accelerating our evolution on this planet as ancient streams of Lemuria and Atlantis are coming closer and closer to our awakened consciousness and the grid of Oneness gains power. The old is falling away and we are starting to glimpse a clarity of vision and purpose that is all- inspiring.

There is maturity in our actions as we start to take responsibility for all in our world and we move forward in unison with each other.

Our Mother sings a new song of freedom- she knows that we are truly coming home.

We are the Rainbow people….


With blessings of Love
Elizabeth
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“Revitalise and Enlighten your Life with the Moon”

THE MOON CYCLE OF SEPTEMBER
called the Apple Moon, the Still Green Moon and the Harvest Moon in the Celtic tradition

The new moon started on 20th August in the sign of Virgo and the full moon was on the 4th September in the sign of Pisces.

The full moon held some intense energies and also helped to clear some confusion and bring clarity. Some of you may have felt quite emotional or “fuzzy” as Pisces blurs boundaries and can create illusion. The full moon also helped to connect us to ancient pasts where water had a strong influence such as Atlantis.

There was a purification of the blood (water) and I am guided that it is good to use Epsom Salts in your bath for this moon cycle until dark moon (18th September).

FESTIVALS DURING THIS MOON MONTH

The Islamic festival of Ramadan started on 22nd August. It is a holy month with the celebration of reconciliation, forgiveness and purification and spiritual training and -because of fasting - being aware of what it is to be hungry.

On the 23rd August it was the celebration of the birth of the elephant headed god Ganesha, son of Shiva. Full of wisdom, Ganesha is the remover of obstacles and finder of logical solutions. In the Hindu tradition prayers are offered to him before any new undertaking.

On the 15th September it is Respect for the Aged Day in Japan (called “Keiro no Hi”)

The pagan Equinox Dark Moon is celebrated on Friday 18th September which is also the last Friday of Ramadan.

The very important festival of Equinox- autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere falls on the 22nd September and this is within the next new moon cycle of the Vine Moon.

WHAT ARE THE PLANETS UP TO THIS MONTH?
Viewed from the northern hemisphere, the new crescent Moon would have been difficult to see because it was well south of the ecliptic, and the ecliptic itself made only a shallow angle with the horizon.

On 16&17th August the planet Mercury passed south of the planet Saturn with Venus, the morning star, moving further away from Mother Earth at the moment. Mars, in contrast, is moving away from the Sun and out into the darker eastern night sky.

In the early hours of 13&14th September, the waning Moon is near Mars and on 16th September it is nearing Venus in the morning sky. On 17th September Saturn passes just to the north of the Sun over on the far side.

EGYPTIAN BIRTH SIGNS

At the moment we are in the sign of THOTH (29 August-27 September).

The Ibis-headed god Thoth was the lord of the Moon. He was the lord of time and the god of learning and imagination, presiding over scribes and knowledge. Consequently one of the chief characteristics of anyone born during this time is to constantly question the world around them.

During this time those of you born under this sign should be aware that you are at your most self-critical and may be inclined to accept defeat too readily. Take care not to make your relationships suffer because of over self-recrimination.

MOON PERSONS OF THE MONTH

1. I have always been a big fan of Jose Arguelles. I remember sitting in Lazaris workshop in the early nineties and the person next to me talking about Jose’s book The Mayan Factor and immediately I just knew that I had to read it. What he had so say, was fascinating even in those days.

Now as we approach 2012 only two years away, I am acutely aware of how the ancient civilisations left clues and help for us to cope during the end of this cycle so that we can evolve as a humanity to something beyond our wildest dreams.

Some people tell me of some calamities yet to occur, but something deep inside of me stubbornly refuses to give it any power - that part of me just knows that we have all the tools to make this shift happen and for a new world to emerge that is good and based on Love.

I recently re-read Living Through the Closing of the Cycle, A Survival Guide for the road to 2012 by Jose and would like to share some of it with you. It certainly inspired me and helped to re-align me with some fundamental truths (my emphasis):

“…..there are two corollary premises …... one is that by changing the calendar we can at least attune ourselves with the natural order of reality once again, and so effect a mind shift that places us back in the nurturing bosom of Mother Nature. And the second is that because it is the end times, the Closing of the Cycle, this is a profoundly spiritual moment.

This means that the most important thing you can do in preparing for the Closing of the Cycle is to take care of your soul.

In fact the whole meaning of the Closing of the Cycle is that within this brief period of time lies the opportunity for a major spiritual awakening among all humankind.

Let’s understand why. First of all: What is the Closing of the Cycle?
The Closing of the Cycle is a cosmic event, a rare passage in the aeon. The aeon is the impossibly immense cycle containing all the other cycles, and is itself but a fractal of a divine thought moment. The smallest cycle that is closing then is the Great Cycle of history, a span of 5125 years from Babylon to Baghdad. It is also the conclusion to a 26,000 year cycle - a precession of the zodiac or Platonic (Pleiadian) Great Year. And it is the ending of a cycle of 104,000 years. A lot has happened in that time, not just on our little planet but throughout the solar system and our entire galaxy.

We have all been called. We have all chosen to be here for this grand finale. But we may not know it and it’s not always easy. Yet it is the greatest opportunity that our souls could possibly imagine. In fact, it is our soul that has called us here because this is also the time for the perfection of the human soul. That’s why we made the choice to be here now. Nonetheless, having taken birth here, because of the chaotic circumstances of the end times, as the closing of the cycle is also known, we don’t often remember that we have chosen to be here and why. The fact that there is so much going on is owing to the quantity of karmic inertia stored up over those 104,000 years. Yes, karmic inertia.

As you get toward the end of the cycle the quantity of karma increases. This is a factor in the increase in human population. As the population increases - it has doubled in the past 40 years - there is more to take care of, life becomes more complex and there is less time for the finer, spiritual matters. Ignorance increases. Yes, people in general become more ignorant, for instance, about things like karma, and that in turn increases the amount of karma created. When you have so much karma - unconscious effects of past actions - it begins to become inert, ossified in the institutional complexity of industrial life.

As we get closer to the end of the cycle, the karma increases in its inertia. This inertia is experienced as a kind of clunky, difficult to maneuver density. Red tape, grid lock, terrorism, longer lines, more rules, less flexibility, more machines, less manners and so forth. By the time you are as close as we are now to the end of the cycle, it appears that we are all stuck, trapped in a great morass known as karmic gridlock.

Of course from within the matrix of the karmic gridlock we can’t see the Other Side. We can’t see that the karmic gridlock and inertia of the human world is being matched by an acceleration of dazzling new possibilities in the multidimensional universe in which we are actually immersed. You see, the karmic gridlock is truly just a mental phantom, a by-product of bad timing sensibility and consequent artificial reality constructs.

But it seems so real, you might say. And, karmically it is. You just can’t walk away from karma.

You have to understand that we all created this world the way it is today. So we must learn how to un-create it, but intelligently, with compassion and infinitely skilful means - so we don’t perpetuate anymore of that bad karma. Because, you see, the only real survival is spiritual survival. The Road to 2012 is humanity’s path to spiritual survival.

First of all, in getting ourselves ready for the Closing of the Cycle we must take stock of our own life. Let’s get down to basics. We can really only do this by knowing our own mind. This is especially important in the world of karmic inertia, which is also the confusing world: What is right, what is wrong? What is good, what is bad? Must everything be sold? Who is telling me to do what and for what reason? Who am I? What am I? A lot of people may think they know their own mind, but unless you really STOP and take a good look, and then look again and again, you won’t really know your own mind. To know your mind you have to meditate. You might say that meditation was invented especially for the Closing of the Cycle, because this is the time when we need it the most!

There are lots of techniques of meditation but the surest ones are those that deal simply with looking at your own mind. These are mostly from the Buddhist tradition and they have names like shamatha-vipassana, zazen, dzogchen or simply mindfulness training. No matter what they are called, these techniques have one thing in common: sitting still, with spine erect, cross-legged on a cushion, eyes open so you don’t fall asleep or fantasize too easily. Wall-gazing, you might call it, because the point of mindfulness training is to not entertain yourself with anything more complex than an unadorned plaster wall - a hard thing to do in today’s world. So you might as well get on that cushion and face a wall. A lot of old Zen masters did it that way and they saw the light. You can too.

Yes, to make it successfully down the Road to 2012, and then on to the glories of Galactic Synchronization in 2013, you must be able to see clearly. That means sitting with your own mind and letting go of all attachments to whatever thoughts might arise! When those obsessive little buggers come up, just remember to breathe and dissolve the thought as you exhale. Of course there will be another thought, and then another one. But just keep breathing, remembering as you exhale to let the breath take that thought out with it.

Practice this 15 minutes a day. No, make it a half hour a day. Get used to it and then do it an hour a day. You will slowly begin to notice you don’t have to think if you don’t want to. Then you can ask yourself: Who is digging, churning up, and maintaining these obsessive thought patterns, anyway? Between the thoughts and the answer to the question, there is a space. This space has always been there. It is familiar. This space is the beckoning of your True Self. At first you might only glimpse it. But keep at it. It won’t go away. It’s always been there, and always will be. It is your best friend, your True Self.

And remember. What you are going through is happening to everybody in some form, or another. The confusion of the end times is endemic to everything. So there are some ground rules that might also be very helpful. We might call these ground rules, “Good Mental Manners.”

1. There is no good nor bad, no right nor wrong. No matter what happens to you, whether you are responsible or not, you have to remember: Reality is neutral, it is you yourself who put a good-bad, right-wrong spin on events. Remembering this will help keep you from beating yourself up. This does not mean you don’t take responsibility for your actions. Of course you do. Otherwise you would be creating more karma. But avoid labelling what is happening to you as either good or bad, right or wrong. It is just what is happening. Thinking bad or wrong will put you in a negative spiral. Events are stepping stones to learning. Self-acceptance and self-forgiveness are the way of the light. If we make arbitrary moral judgments about what is happening to us, we might not really see what we are supposed to learn. Even thinking you are right might be missing the point. Or, you might have broken some social rules or even civil laws in your behaviour, but those rules are arbitrary, too. There is something deeper going on in the universe and you are part of it. See if you can learn what it is.

2. Avoid polarizing! We polarize when we blame others or outside factors for what is happening to us. Or when we feel strongly in the right, we also polarize. Instead of polarizing we are meant to rise to a higher vibration. The world of the end times is in many ways the product of polarized thinking that has become stratified and institutionalized. Instead of contributing further to polarization, take that tendency in yourself and spiral it up into a higher evolutionary channel. Go super mental and instead, think: “That one whom I might deem to be my enemy or my antagonist, is really giving me the opportunity to evolve out of the lesser state of polarity to the higher state of transcendent consciousness. This is the most magnificent opportunity I have to let go of my negative thoughts and feelings. If I don’t do this now, I may miss the perfect chance to go beyond myself. When will I have this chance again?” Where there is polarity, create the harmony.

3. Always remember: This is a lesson. I am learning. Take this attitude for the following reason: We all came here to learn. The Closing of the Cycle is all about learning because we are being prepared to graduate to a new evolutionary level. So, it doesn’t matter how old or experienced you think you might be. It’s the end times and nobody but nobody has got it all sewed up. All along the watchtower, the times are changing very rapidly; the waters are churning and boiling. Whatever happens to us, no matter what it is, big or small, is happening because it is what we need to learn. If you think something is inconsequential, think again. When we really learn, we experience a true self-transformation. But you can’t learn if you think you already know the answer. You have to remain fresh. Something or someone else is trying to tell you something, and unless you relax your mind you won’t be able to hear what you are being taught.

4. Take responsibility yourself. No matter what kind of changes you are experiencing, they are all for your benefit. You are being asked to grow into a new form. Each one of us has a distinct pattern of evolutionary growth, and a unique timing as well. That is why it is not wise to hold to any rigid forms at all. And now, on the Road to 2012 your DNA is calling you into a new evolving pattern apart from everything you might once have thought yourself to be. These new patterns often manifest as disruptions in our life routine. Sometimes this is shocking and we might want to say that someone or something outside of us is responsible. No. It is a sign that the time has truly come to take responsibility yourself. It is the only way your True Self can know, grow and evolve beyond itself. When you take responsibility yourself, you are becoming your True Self. No blame on any other will ever help your True Self. Only self-acceptance, taking responsibility for all your life and actions, will allow you to find out who you are really meant to be. The mirror of the Closing of the Cycle reflects only evolutionary changes.

Yes, it is a Cosmic Event that is occurring. And we don’t very often have the big lens to see it, which is why sometimes it can get so frightening. But you really have to see that when we get to 2012, nothing in the world is going to be the same. The more we humans can get into a positive frame about this, the better it will be for everybody. Not fear, but the wholesale regeneration of love is what is called for. Whatever you are afraid of losing, give it up, and turn your fear into genuine unconditional love. “... From the galactic source, which is everywhere at once, may everything be known as the light of universal love.” When we give up our fear of losing something and let that fear turn into love, we will receive something in return of unimaginable beauty - our True Self shining through our soul.

What the end time - spiritual survival - is really all about is the perfection of the human soul. This is what all the great spiritual teachers, mystics and saints have been pointing to. It really is like, suddenly, you are faced with death. The old world and everything we have known about it is being changed by forces beyond our control. This is your last chance for a kind of deathbed conversion, only it’s an end time conversion, so you have a few years actually to prepare yourself for the end - the Closing of the Cycle. That means you can actually give up the old gracefully. The more gracefully you give up the old, the more beautiful is the new that awaits you.

But even more important, you have an opportunity to exercise your soul.

That pain and suffering you feel is just the pressure of being squeezed through the evolutionary gateway. The more you are holding on to something - memory, feeling, longing - the greater the suffering. The fact is that, we all suffer from some physical ailment or other. But psychic pain, that is something only we create and perpetrate. Yes, there are causes to grieve, or to get upset about. But once the event has passed, then that is when we must exercise the higher spiritual will and get on the super mental evolutionary express down the Road to 2012. For when the moment arrives we want to be karmically spic and span. The teaching of psychic pain due to grief or loss is to avoid being overcome by negative lower emotions - like self-pity, jealousy, resentment. Instead, we want to use the opportunity of psychic pain to expand our forgiveness, self-love and compassion.

This is exercising the higher spiritual will.

To exercise the higher spiritual will is to get tough with yourself. That means effort at avoiding lower emotions. This is the best love! The higher spiritual will is super mental in nature - it has to be. Super mental is the effort it takes to stay on the spiritual high road and not slip off. The key to higher spiritual will and the entrance into the super mental evolution is exertion. Whatever limit you have reached in whatever practice you are doing is a sign that you could get complacent - or, you could push into it a little more -and nnnghhh! There! That extra special little effort pushing you past your last limit is a super mental experience exercised by the higher spiritual will. Only you, your conscience and God can know if you are really exerting like that. However being karmically lazy just won’t help in any circumstance

As you really get into this exertion of the higher spiritual will you might notice your bad habits slowly falling away; or your desire body becoming more content with less - maybe even nothing might seem satisfactory. You are feeling more and more healthy. A natural high is beginning to overtake you. And on top of it, you are living by the synchronic order.

In your community you are a member of an Earth Family, and a new way of life with yourself, others and the Earth is in the making. Simple and ordinary, yet fantastic because it is becoming - super mental.

Welcome Home!!”

2. Another person that I resonate with and find amazing as a writer is Drunvalo Melchizedek - read his recent book Serpent of Light beyond 2012 – the Movement of the Earth’s Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light 1949 to 2013.
It is really interesting how he explains that the energy of the Earth has shifted from Tibet and India to Peru and South America and also talking about his pilgrimages for the doing of incredible Earth healing work.

MEDITATION

I thought it will be useful to include this meditation (although rather technical) for those of you who may be interested in doing it as a general practice and not just the Green Day celebration.

ADAPTED RAINBOW BRIDGE MEDITATION
José Argüelles for the Green Day celebration 2009.
(With thanks to Vera and translation by Ute Stark)

BACKGROUND
The purpose of this meditation is to create a telepathic wave of love that connect us with the centre of the Earth as well as with the bi-polar rainbow generator which holds the magnetic field of the Earth in position, as well as incorporation with all other planetary akins who join in with the same meditation. With the construction of this world-wide telepathic earth wave we create a basic communication pattern which brings the noo-sphere, the mantle sheath of the Earth still closer to its conscious manifestation. This basic pattern takes care of a power field of positive thoughts and vibrations. It keeps the resonance field of the Earth in a harmonic and peaceful state and it stabilizes it.
It is the goal of this meditation to manifest effectively the rainbow bridge of the Earth.
This day and night generator of the magnetic field of the Earth and the manifestation of the rainbow bridge is to be completed at the latest by the closure of this cycle at the winter solstice of the northern hemisphere or the summer solstice of the south in 2012.
This rainbow bridge has been announced and prophesized long ago. It will connect permanently the three-dimensional earth with the four dimensions and the higher dimensions and it will secure peace and harmony that can be destroyed no more.
To enable all people to participate in this meditation whether or not they have heard of the synchronistic order, we offer this universal form of the rainbow bridge meditation for the Green Day out of count. You can do this meditation alone or in a group at best in the morning when it is more intense; however, any other time will be right. When you are in a group, you sit in a closed circle, if possible with crossed legs.
MEDITATION
Now, begin the meditation. Take a few deep breaths, breathe in any negativity, transform it within and exhale the clear and positive and then close your eyes.
Visualize that you are in the centre of the Earth and see that huge crystal core in the form of an octahedron. Four of the triangular fields meet at the top and point to the axle of the North Pole. The four other triangular fields of the octahedron point to the axle of the South Pole. The entire octahedron crystal is enveloped with the inner membrane of the Earth and this membrane stands like a drum in resonance with the outer sheath of the Earth.
The northern part of the crystal has two white and two red fields. The southern part has two blue and two yellow fields. Now enter the crystal. In the centre of this huge crystal, you see a core of intensely pulsating white light. The northern part of the light axle is encircled by two transforming conduits where the red time atom is positioned. On the other side is the southern end of the light axle positioned by the blue time atom. The red and the blue time atoms circulate in opposite directions. The northern red time atom circulates clockwise. The southern blue time atom circulates anti-clockwise.

The time atom structure itself consists of seven points; one centre point and along the central axle, one northern point above and one southern point below. Two points are on the right and two points on the left side, one point each on both sides in the upper and in the lower area between the midway to the north and between the midway to the south. The six outer points of the time atom resemble a six-pointed structure. The gravitation level of the crystal is in the form of an octahedron, radiates out horizontally from the pulsating inner kernel continuing to the four corner points where the four northern and the four southern points of the octahedron meet. The gravitation level connects these four points and they form the base points of the two pyramids opposite each other, one pyramid extending with its four triangular fields to the northern point of the octahedron and the other pyramid with its four triangular fields extending to the southern point of the octahedron.
Along this gravitation level there are in opposite positions two further time atoms, a white and a yellow one. These two gravitational time atoms are built up in the same way as the red and the blue atoms, with the exception that their axle points are adjusted to the gravitation level. They practically lie on the side so as if they would be in a right angle towards the polar time atoms.
These white and yellow time atoms turn like scooping wheels and create that way a movement to the left around the central kernel of the pulsating light. As soon as you have visualized the central core of the Earth in the shape of an octahedron with its eight triangular fields and its four time atoms with an etheric pillar of light and its two transforming conduits, then visualize as the next step that emanating from the centre of the crystal core a great multi-coloured life stream filled with plasma is beginning to stream in pulsation towards both polar directions.
Now you move from the centre of the Earth to a point in space from where you can observe the entire Earth. Multi-coloured light emanates pulsating from the north and south poles and creates the huge double rainbow bridge, by means of which the day and night generator of the magnetic field of the Earth becomes visible. Two rainbow streams connect the North Pole with the South Pole in a distance of 180 degrees from each other, while the Earth turns around its own axle; the rainbow bridge remains permanently unmovable.
As soon as you have completed this visualization take the circling Earth within the rainbow bridge and place it in your heart. Imagine the two streams of pulsating light is flowing along your spine and emanates from your head and your feet, creating a rainbow bridge around your body that holds your aura in fixed position.
Now you are at one with the Earth. The rainbow bridge becomes reality. This is the law of creation. What exists first in our imagination and what is being visualized by a sufficient number of people in a wave of love will become reality within time.

UPCOMING SACRED EARTH RETREATS

SACRED EARTH JOURNEYS AND RETREATS OF THE ARTHURIAN SCHOOL
PRINGLE BAY

I have just returned from Peru with a group that I called the “A Team” with good reason!

There were many magical moments, but surely one of the most amazing must be when we stood as a group around the INTIHUATANA STONE, the most holy of portals and described by Diana Cooper (of Angel fame) as an Ascension Portal of the planet.

As is usual, we had gone there very, very early in the morning and amid the vision of colourful waves of energy moving from the main mountain Huayna Picchu towards us as a group, the Sun’s first rays touched us in the City of Peace as it suddenly appeared over the top of the very feminine Putucusi mountain that stands to the East. As if transformed, we felt the power of Love surrounding us like a huge translucent cloud and – as if in a dream - we all simultaneously turned to face Putucusi to feel the awakening outpouring power of the feminine Earth energy that was being received in our hearts - for ourselves and for the new world.

Pachamama’s heart beat was everywhere and I have never ever seen as much beautiful white snow on the Andes mountains.

And personally I think I deserve a medal for carrying my
18 kilogram Lemurian crystal, ASTARA, with us to all the sites on the trip!

There was so much fun as a group and I would invite you to join me on one of the special pilgrimages that are planned: the first being to Egypt in November (see below) and the next two to Peru in April 2010 and September 2010. Please email me for more details if you are interested.

These journeys are truly life changing and connected to the Heart of Pachamama, Mother Earth.

It is so important, by the way, to set spiritual intentions for your life- because only then can it be co-created with your Soul. You can only be assisted if you- with your choice of free will- ask your spiritual guides for help you to manifest the physical means that are necessary for undertaking such a pilgrimage. So put it on your creation or vision board and start building the energy. You will be surprised how it manifests!! I have seen it happen time and again.

PILGRIMAGES

Many civilisations have encouraged pilgrimages. The journeys undertaken by religious pilgrims during the Middle Ages are well known and even when it became too dangerous for them to travel along the pilgrim routes, the concept of walking a labyrinth as an inner pilgrimage instead, became immensely popular- the labyrinth being a symbolic substitute for the actual journey. It was considered such an important part of life and one’s spiritual development, that much time and effort was put into the planning of such a pilgrimage even if one was only doing it by way of a sacred walk through a labyrinth.

In one of the retreats where we stay in Peru there is a beautiful labyrinth built by Gray Jeffery (hi Gray!) and it is quite an amazing experience to walk it in full view and power of the Mountain Spirits called Apu that overlook the labyrinth in that sacred valley.

When I was last in Peru I also met a really wonderful lady called Angela. She has made an in depth study of pilgrimages and also walked the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain.

You can read the very interesting information she has on her blog Awakening to Awakening: Journeys Along the Pilgrimage Road:www.mysticalroad.blogspot.com

Here are some extracts from it – I find her descriptions very apt for modern day Retreats and Pilgrimages and I am sure those of you who have attended some of the Sacred Earth Retreats can relate to much of what she says- it is certainly worth pondering about:

“I propose my own structure of the journey:Stages of the JourneyPre-pilgrimageThe SparkUndeniable KnowingPilgrimageLeaving Home BehindOn the RoadThe Experience IntensifiesArrival and/or ClimaxPost-pilgrimageThe Return Home

Phases of Inner Experience & TransformationPhase One: AwakeningThe vacation of the mind, clearing, making room for the important,yet neglected thoughts and feelings to surfaceSolitude, aloneness, anonymity, and simplicityThe unknown, place, idealism, and sacred spacePresent moment awarenessPhase Two: ExplorationAllowing the thoughts and feelings to surface, those that yearnto be heard, dealt with, and acknowledgedExploration: identity, authenticity, and idealismStruggles, obstacles, tests, and challengesPhase Three: The Point of No ReturnApproaching the climaxAuthenticityConfrontation, conflict, and realizationEnlightenment, surrender, epiphanyPhase Four: The Return HomeGoing on with lifeIntegration, reflection, change, and adaptationNew knowledge and understandingThese phases are deeply intertwined with the previously proposed stages of the journey. While the pre-pilgrimage stages, the spark and undeniable knowing, are essential in the overall process of the journey, it isn’t until the pilgrim departs that these phases of inner experience begin for most people. During the pilgrimage stage Phase One begins as the pilgrim leaves home behind and continues into the on the road stage, providing the setting for this phase of the journey to unfold. There are several elements provided by this new setting at the beginning of the journey, which include aloneness, anonymity, solitude, simplicity, the unknown, place, sacred space, and present moment awareness. These elements, which will be explored in more detail as I proceed, deliver the pilgrim into a new state of being. While the pilgrim is on the road, Phase One transitions into Phase Two, which is propelled forward by the process of inner and outer exploration, and continues as the experience intensifies, bringing a variety of struggles, obstacles, tests, and challenges. Phase Three enters toward the end of that stage of intensification, and with it come moments of confrontation, conflict, and realization, as well as enlightenment, surrender, and epiphanies, which peaks as the experience reaches the point of no return, the climax, and often the moment of arrival as well. As a result, the pilgrim receives new knowledge and understanding that are the gift of the transformation. The Post-pilgrimage stage then aligns with Phase Four as the pilgrim returns home, and begins the long process of integration, change, and adaptation, and going on with life.
These stages, phases, and elements occur in most journeys, in varying degrees, and are sometimes cyclical within a single journey as well, as the structure often occurs on both the greater level of the entire journey, as well as during smaller periods of several days, or sometimes even within a single day or a single intense experience.

Sometimes mindfulness doesn’t come naturally, and the pilgrim needs more than an intuitive encounter to begin the awakening process. As an experienced pilgrim and having already experienced the shift into present moment awareness while in India, Andrew Harvey’s companion Jean-Marc declares: “Look around you. Feel this night, its sweetness, the softness of the sand where we are walking. You’ve been running from your spirit for years. You must stop. You must sit down, shut up, open, listen, and wait. Give your soul a chance to breathe” (Harvey 16).

Shamans always begin healing ceremonies by opening sacred space. In this space we leave behind the affairs of ordinary life, the bustling world of meetings and schedules, and prepare to meet the divine. Sacred space allows us to enter our quiet inner world where healing takes place. Here the mundane cannot distract us, and every act is hallowed and deliberate ... sacred space is a healing sphere that is pure, holy, and safe. (Villoldo 136-137) Villoldo observed that without sacred space, no deeper experience of awakening or transcendence is possible.Much of our fear and pain derives from the feeling that the world is not a safe place for us. When the world is dangerous and predatory we raise our defenses. Our psychological armor goes on. Sacred space creates an environment where our defenses can be lowered, where we can explore our soft, tender underbelly. (Villoldo 137)
John Brierley captures the essence of Phase Four as he asks “Is the journey over or just beginning” (Brierley, Camino Fisterra 91)? Though the other phases may cycle repeatedly during a single journey, Phase Four begins in its fullness once the journey is complete and pilgrims return home. During this phase, as pilgrims re-enter their ordinary lives, they also enter a period of reflection, integration, change, and adaptation. Pilgrims have gained new knowledge and understanding as a result of the journey, and they return to their lives refreshed, inspired, and filled with a broader sense of perspective. Phase Four is often the most challenging step. The world expects pilgrims back, and they go back. All the demands of the world return. The reverie ends. But the degree of difficulty pilgrims experience as they return home depends on the changes that have occurred inside of them. Phase Four may continue indefinitely as pilgrims readjust to the lives they left behind and integrate the lessons of the journey.
Though at times it might seem tempting to continue the journey indefinitely, one of the primary differences between choosing the lifestyle of a wandering ascetic and choosing to make a pilgrimage is that pilgrims must return home from a pilgrimage. They can’t stay in the midst of the journey forever, or it threatens to become its own ordinary daily life. There are certainly exceptions, including Anonymous and Peace Pilgrim; however, their journeys were embraced as an ascetic lifestyle that mirrors the religious life of those people who choose to live monastically. For most people who choose to make pilgrimage journeys, returning home is a fundamental step.
There comes a time toward the end of the journey when pilgrims know that what they set out to experience has been fulfilled. Though this is sometimes a difficult realization, many times they are ready to return home and re-enter their lives once more. The Scaperlandas note this important transition: No matter how meaningful or how inspiring our pilgrimage experience has been, there is a moment when we are eager to go home. We have humbly given ourselves to God and opened ourselves to the pilgrimage experience. And now our hearts overflow ... our spirits feel renewed and strengthened in ways we can’t even name yet. We feel different, and we know at some deep level that we are different. It is time, and we know it. We are ready to go home. (Scaperlanda & Scaperlanda 200) Filled with life-changing lessons and realizations, incredible stories, and rich experiences, pilgrims return to their homes, families, and ordinary lives.Though the joy that many pilgrims feel upon being reunited with their homes and friends and families is often great, some people experience a touch of sadness, too. Maria Scaperlanda shares her feelings about this. Returning home from a pilgrimage is a bittersweet experience for me. I am aware that in many ways, I am leaving behind a better world, an ultimately more real world than my daily, “real” life. But it is a world I was allowed to dwell in temporarily - in order to experience it, not to remain in it. It was a gift meant to teach me and help me grow. (Scaperlanda & Scaperlanda 201) Often, too, it isn’t until pilgrims return to ordinary life once more that the full scope of their journey’s transformation becomes clear. Even though the journey itself enacted many changes in the pilgrim’s life, changes may continue as s/he recreates his/her life and integrates his/her new perspective. What fits this new vision will remain in the pilgrim’s life, but whatever doesn’t fit will fall away.
In ancient times, the process of integrating the lessons of pilgrimage and reintegration into ordinary life was expected to be just as slow, since returning home took as long as the journey itself. People set out on foot, and by foot they would return. Today, due to the wonders of fast, convenient transportation, pilgrims are frequently deposited back into their ordinary lives with great speed. Sometimes this is too sudden, and many people often wish for a slower transition.

ChangeChange. That’s what is at the center of everything. Philosophically, I am more than aware that everything in the world is constantly changing. Sometimes imperceptibly, occasionally in great waves. I have often embraced change inside of myself, and I believe that it is the cure for stuckness of all kinds. It is the path to growth and personal evolution. Indeed, this is the source behind my life as a pilgrim, the desire to consciously offer my life to change and learn by opening up myself to the universe, to the Divine, to Spirit.
I want to continue to be happy in my aloneness, in myself. It seems to be so much easier in a new place, another country, than at home, where my habits and patterns are reinforced. It is very easy to just go back to the way things were before, to return to normal. But things keep moving, changing, even at home. It is so much more enjoyable and easy to flow with change when there’s no sense of “the way things are,” but merely drifting form one place to another. In travelling, there’s nothing but change. But at home, things tend to feel like they aren’t changing, that they are always pretty much the same.

That’s not true, it’s merely that I become stuck, accustomed to the way things often seem the same. The truth is that I forget to see, I lose my freshness, I forget to stay in the moment. “
(Awakening to Awakening: Journeys Along the Pilgrimage Road)

EGYPTIAN SOUL ALCHEMY JOURNEY10-23 NOVEMBER 2009 *
SPECIAL FEATURES

* We will be in Egypt on the auspicious date of 11/11/11
(11 November 2009)- A Powerful Sacred Time Gate

* In addition to the Egyptian Pyramids and Temples, we will also be visiting the holy Christian Monastery of St Catherine’s and Mount Sinai as part of our sacred pilgrimage of the Middle East.

RESPOND TO THE CALL OF YOUR HEART
AND JOIN US ON A PILGRIMAGE OF ANCIENT EGYPT!

There is no better place to heal your relationship with the Earth and to learn how to re-open your psychic perceptions than through visiting the sacred sites of Egypt and the Middle East. Places like the Sphinx and the Temples of the Nile and Mount Sinai still hold some of the most authentic Heart connected places on the planet.

This is a pilgrimage that is designed to help you heal the disconnection you have with the Earth and in particular, the ancient feminine energy of Egypt. Through the exquisite beauty of Egypt and the awakening of your third eye, you will be able to find greater clarify so that you can start to remember your divine life purpose and the true direction of your Soul.

The Sacred Heart

We start the journey on 10- 23 November 2009 in Cairo. Here we begin as a group to re-align our third eye with the land and there will be light activations at each of the sacred sites we visit.

Preparation starts in Cairo at the Sphinx, Pyramids and Sakkara and then the energetic tour starts at the base of the spine at Abu Simbel. We start our process of inner alchemy at the bottom section of the sacred Nile and then ascend our way up north (downstream. And as we move down the river, we will also move through our energy bodies and access the programs that are no longer serving us. Each temple we visit, through resonance of the land will align us to our innate consciousness of wisdom and unconditional love. If we surrender, this process will be aligned and easy, just like floating down the river! Each sacred temple will merge us with our own authentic blueprint, our purpose.

Here are the Sacred Sites we will be visiting as a group:

Sphinx, the Pyramids and Sakkara: preparation and star activation
Abu Simbel: base chakra- raising our consciousness- linking with the land
Philae: temple of Isis- compassion and forgiveness- opening the heart gates meditation, releasing old emotional hurts and pains
Kom Ombo: temples of Sobek and Horus- sacral chakra- releasing fear and duality integrating intuition and trust, initiation of the third eye
Edfu: temple of Horus- opening the third eye chakra- resonating with Divine truth and spiritual vision
Luxor: west bank- valley of the Kings, valley of the Queens, Colossi of Memnon- dimensional gate
Luxor: east bank- temple of Luxor- metamorphosis and temple of Karnak- working with the elements and the chakras
Dendera: temple of Hathor- sound- throat chakra- temple of healing, love and joy
-night visit with possible sound journey and sacred offering
Abydos: temple of Osiris- resurrection
St. Catherine’s Monastery: unity and integration, ascending duality
Mount Sinai: climb to watch the sunrise and re-connection of heart energies

The physical tour

10 November 2009: free time in Cairo
11 November 2009: Memphis, Sakkara, Pyramids & Sphinx
12 November 2009: Egyptian Museum, Citadel & Khan El Khalili
13 November 2009: Abu Simbel
14 November 2009: MS Nile Express, Philae temple
15 November 2009: Sail to Kom Ombo, gods Sobek and Horus Edfu Horus temple
16 November 2009: West Bank (Valley of Kings and Queens, Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi Memnon)
17 November 2009: East Bank (Karnak and Luxor Temples)
18 November 2009: Dendera and Abydos
19 November 2009: Sharm El Sheikh
20-22 November 2009: St. Catherine Monastery, Mount Sinai
23 November 2009: free time in Cairo, Check out

DETAILED ITINERARY:

10 November 2009:

Arrive at Cairo International airport

Meet & assist through immigration and customs.
Transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to the Sofitel El Gezirah.

Check in and meeting up of the group.

Resting and free time in Cairo. Cairo is a colourful bustling city, with a blend of ancient and modern, with an incredible selection of shopping, leisure, culture and nightlife. Cairo comes alive at night, which is the best time to shop, eat delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, or simply watch the world go by from a pavement cafe. You can dine in a floating restaurant on the Nile, sample an apple-flavoured shisha water pipe at a coffee-shop or even see oriental dancers and cabarets.

Overnight at Hotel

11 November 2009:

Meet our tour coordinator and Egyptologist guide in the hotel lobby and start of our guided tour to visit Memphis, Sakkara, Pyramids & Sphinx.

Memphis: at the site of Memphis, you will see the ancient capital that once stood as a flourishing metropolis during the time of the Pharaohs.

Sakkara: visit the city of Memphis and the necropolis of Sakkara. At vast Sakkara, you will see the famous Step Pyramid of King Zoser, the first freestanding stone structure in the world.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Pyramids: visit the Great Pyramids of Giza. The only present-day survivors of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Sphinx: enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx, an ancient figure shrouded in legend and mystery

Dinner at Kababgy Restaurant.
Overnight at Hotel

12 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast at hotel
Visit the Egyptian Museum, Citadel & Khan El Khalili.

Museum: our Egyptologist will escort us on a tour of 7,000 years of Egyptian history with a visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which includes the world-famous golden treasures from King Tutankhamen ‘s tomb.

Islamic Cairo: a fascinating tour of Islamic Cairo, including the beautiful and graceful Mohamed Ali Mosque and the ancient Citadel, a spectacular medieval fortress perched on a hill above the city.

Lunch at a Khan El Khalili Restaurant.

Khan El-Khalili Bazaar: a tour of the fascinating bazaar – reputed to be the largest bazaar in the Middle East. Originally founded as a watering stop for caravanserai in the 14th century, the bazaar has now grown to vast proportions.

Transfer to train station to board our sleeper train to Luxor.
Dinner: on board sleeper train.
Overnight: on board.

13 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast on board sleeper train.

Aswan: Arrive Aswan Station, meet & assist upon arrival and transfer to Aswan airport for Flight ASW/ABS.

Abu Simbel: the two temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel are each fronted by colossal statues up to 20 metres high, and are famed as the most impressive monuments remaining of Ancient Egypt in modern times. Recently the temples were threatened by the waters of Lake Nasser, and with the help of a UNESCO campaign they were cut into blocks, raised piece-by-piece, and reassembled in a new position higher up the hillside.

Transfer back to Nefirtari Hotel. Check in.
Overnight at hotel.

Optional tour: Abu Simbel sound and light show – US$ 40

14 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast at hotel.

Meet our tour coordinator & transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to Abu Simbel airport for Flight ABS/ASW. Arrive at Aswan airport, meet & assist at airport.
Transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to MS Nile Express. Embarkation.
Lunch on board.

Visit the High Dam granites quarries, Philae temple of Isis.

Afternoon tea.
Overnight in Aswan.

15 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast.
Sail to Kom Ombo.

Visit the temple shared by two gods Sobek and Horus in Kom Ombo.

Kom Ombo Temple: dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank.

Buffet lunch.
Afternoon tea.
Sail to Edfu.

Visit Horus temple in Edfu.

Edfu Temple: explore the largest and most completely preserved Pharaonic – albeit Greek-built – temple in Egypt, the extraordinary Temple of Horus at Edfu.
Cross the Essna Lock and sail to Luxor.
Overnight in Luxor.

16 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast.

Visit the West Bank - the Valley of the Kings and Queens, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir EL Bahari and the Colossi Memnon.

Valley of the Kings: a vast City of the Dead where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks, decorated richly, and filled with treasures for the afterlife by generations of Pharaohs.

Hatshepsut Temple & Colossi of Memnon: rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt’s only female Pharaoh) merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it, as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument. On the way back to the river Nile, your road passes by the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn.

Buffet Lunch.
Afternoon Tea.
Overnight in Luxor.

17 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast.
Disembarkation.

Visit East Bank (Karnak and Luxor Temples).

Karnak Temple: built over a period of two millennia by generations of Pharaohs, the 62 acre Temple of Karnak was dedicated to the God Amun. It could take days to explore all of the numerous pylons, obelisks and smaller temples within.

Luxor Temple: once connected to Karnak via the Avenue of human-headed Sphinxes, almost 3 kilometers in length.

Transfer back to Sonesta St. George Hotel.
Check in.
Overnight at hotel.

18 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast.

Visiting the temples of Dendera and Abydos.
Overnight at hotel.

19 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast.

11.00 Meet our tour coordinator & transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to Hurghada airport for Flight MS 371 HRG/SSH 1325 - 1405.

Arrive at Sharm El Sheikh Airport, meet our tour coordinator & transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to Neama Bay Hotel. Check in.
Overnight at hotel.

20 November 2009:

Visit to St. Catherine Monastery. Attend Sun Rise from Monastery.

Overnight at hotel and meals included

21 November 2009:

Climb and visit to Mount Sinai

Overnight at hotel and meals included

22 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Check out.

Meet our tour coordinator, transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to Sharm El Sheikh Airport Flight MS 308 SSH/CAI 1600 – 1700.

Arrive at Cairo Domestic airport. Transfer by A/C deluxe coach to our Cairo hotel: Helnan Shepheard Hotel. Check in.

Overnight at hotel.

23 November 2009:

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Free day.
Check out
23h00 - Meet our tour coordinator and transfer to Cairo airport.

Flight Back Home

Please note that the order of the itinerary is subject to change if necessary, or if so guided.

COST:

FLYING FROM SOUTH AFRICA –
inclusive of international return flight:
R18 999

FLYING FROM OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICA-
exclusive of international return flight:
STERLING OR DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF R14 500 at time of payment:
(£1150 / $1899 -based on current foreign exchange rates)

Costs include all events listed in the itinerary as set out above i.e.-

- Return economy class airfares on Egypt Air ex Johannesburg (INCLUDED ONLY IF FLYING FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND PAYING IN SOUTH AFRICAN RANDS - IF YOU ARE FLYING FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY QUOTES IN £ AND $ ARE BASED ON EXCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL RETURN FLIGHT TO CAIRO. PLEASE CONTACT US AND EITHER YOU CAN BOOK YOUR OWN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT OR OUR SOUTH AFRICAN TRAVEL AGENT CECELIA CAN HELP YOU TO DO SO) .
- Two round trip transfer airport/hotel/airport in Cairo.
- Round trip transfer Station/airport/cruise in Aswan.
- Transfer cruise/hotel in Luxor.
- Transfer Luxor to Hurghada.
- Full Day Memphis, Sakkara & Pyramids with Lunch.
- Full Day Egyptian Museum, Citadel & Khan El Khalili with Lunch.
- One night at Sleeper Train or Similar on H.B. basis.
- One night at Nefirtari Hotel or Similar on B.B. basis.
-Three nights at MS Nile Express Cruise on F.B. basis including sightseeing.
- One night at Sonesta St. George House Oberoi Hotel or Similar on H.B. basis.
- Three nights at Neama Bay Hotel or Similar on H.B. basis.
- Visa for South African passport holders – Other passports will be charged a rate of USD 30 each
- Tips
- Travel Insurance if flights are booked through our travel agent Cecelia
- Entrance fees for all sites
- Half board (breakfast and lunch/supper)

25 % non-refundable deposit required to secure your place on the trip.

Optional Tour:
Sound & Light Show: Abu Simbel Temple. US$ 40.00 Per Person.

The Nile cruise will be aboard the M/S Nile Express, a brand new 5 STAR superior deluxe boat. (email us for more information about this amazing boat)

It is a great privilege for us to journey with our soul family to Egypt.
We hope you will be able to join us there too!

Berto Voigt - Tamar Bezuidenhout - Elizabeth Bardin


PRINGLE BAY SACRED EARTH WEEKEND RETREATS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday
Arrival and supper
Meditation
Preparation for mandala work (to create change)

Saturday
Breakfast
THOTH card reading
Lunch
Healing time in nature and resting
Work on mandala
Supper
Meditation

Sunday
Early morning meditation
Breakfast
Session working with integration of change created
Lunch
Closing

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