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- The Business Response to Climate Change: how corporations and businesses should adapt to the need for sustainability and climate stability, Wed 2 Apr, London
- Seeking Inner Harmony through Music, Wed 9-Sun 13 Apr, Holy Island by Arran, Scotland
- From Orient to Occident: Lady Alchimia's Royal Progress Through Metalical Time, Fri 11 Apr, Oxford
- Some Secret Place: Exploring Pagan Spirituality & Ritual, Fri 11 Apr, London
- The Belenus Festival, Sat 12 Apr, Brighton
- What are orbs? What are their significance?, Tue 15 Apr, Glastonbury, Somerset
- Awen Group Book Launch, Wed 16 Apr, Bath
- Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality', Wed 16-Sat 19 Apr, LSE, London
- Supernatural Scary Poe Tales: A Night of Stories to Shiver By, Thu 17 Apr, London
- Stav course: Rune lore and mythology, Sat 19 Apr, North Curry, near Taunton, Somerset
- Pagan Federation Wessex Conference, Sat 19 Apr, Glastonbury, Somerset
- The isle is full of music, Sun 20 Apr, Oxford
- Ritual of Protection, Sun 20 Apr, Hill of Tara, Ireland
- The Spear of Destiny: Politics and the Esoteric Orders, Wed 23 Apr, London
- The isle is full of music, Thu 24 Apr, Birmingham
- The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague, Fri 25 Apr, Oxford
- Drum Making Workshop, Sat 26 Apr, West Sussex
- Shamanism Conference - 'Ancient Wisdom, Modern Vision', Sat 26-Sun 27 Apr, Glastonbury, Somerset
- Esoteric Soul Healing - One Year Training Course 2008-9, beginning Sat 26-Sun 27 Apr, Glastonbury, Somerset
- Beltane Druid Retreat, Sat 26 Apr-Sat 3 May, Ynys Enlli, Gogledd Cymru / Bardsey Island, North Wales
- Tuatha De Bridget Beltane Festival, Sun 27 Apr, Glasgow, Scotland
- Ogham - Wisdom of the Wildwood, Sun 27 Apr, Vigo, Kent
- The Gorsedd of Rhiannon, Sun 27 Apr, The White Horse, Uffington, Oxon/Berks border
- Arthur Machen and the Occult: Madness, Magic and Mystics on the Streets of London, Tue 29 Apr, London
Wednesday 2 April 2008
THE BUSINESS RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: how corporations and businesses should adapt to the need for sustainability and climate stability
Cecil Sharpe House, 2 Regents Park Road, Camden, London NW1 7AY
Presented by Resurgence and Friends of the Earth
With Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group; Tessa Tennant, co-founder of the UK Social Investment Forum; Nick Robins of Hendersons International Investors and Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth.
There are four talks in this series. The other three are on Wed 19 Sep and Wed 7 Nov 2007, and Wed 16 Jan 2008.
All four events take place from 6.30pm at Cecil Sharpe House, 2 Regents Park Road, Camden, London NW1 7AY
Tickets on the door: £15.00 per person per event. £50.00 for all four events. Concessions: £10.00 per event, £30.00 for all four.
Restaurant and bar facilities are available. Accessible for the disabled.
RSVP: Email peterlang [at] resurgence [dot] org( Peter Lang), Resurgence Events Director or 020 8809 2391.
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Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 April 2008
SEEKING INNER HARMONY THROUGH MUSIC
Holy Island by Arran, Scotland
With Clement Jewitt, Bmus, PhD, composer, writer & improviser
The object of this course is to open our hearts to our souls' purposes through making improvised music together. Performing skill is not required. What matters is what comes
from the heart. Just being there, silent but fully present, will be honoured. Bring an instrument and/or your voice, and something important to you to share with the group if you wish, which might be an object, a dance or song you can teach us, a poem, or anything else. Some mainly ethnic percussion and other instruments will be provided.
We will work at truly listening to each other through a variety of exercises and enjoyable frameworks for improvisation. We may use poems to improvise to, or dream images, or just by allowing what comes. Collective decision making will be of the essence, but there will be no pressure in that or other directions. There will be time to explore the beautiful and peaceful island and to join the regular meditations, both being a definite part of the entire experience.
Clement has facilitated such workshops in the last decade in
England, Ireland and Wales.
For booking, costs and travel information contact Holy Island Reception: 01770 601 100 reception [at] holyisland [dot] org( Email)
Website
If you want further detail on the nature of what we will be doing, contact Clement on 0121 766 5449 1219cj [at] phonecoop [dot] coop( Email)
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Friday 11 April 2008
FROM ORIENT TO OCCIDENT: Lady Alchimia's Royal Progress Through Metalical Time
NOA Community Centre (Ferry Centre), Summertown, Oxford
Dr Marie Angelo for the Jupiter Trust - 7:30pm
A striking engraving of 1693 depicts the Royal or Hermetick Art of transformation in person. From commentator Stanislas Klossowski de Rola we learn that:
'...The hair of Lady Alchimia is Fire. Her eyes are Sun and Moon, the twin principles - Mercury and Sulphur - of the work. Her breath is Air and the influx carried in the shape of rays of Light. The three stars on her forehead are the three works, and the milk flowing from her generous breasts is Lac Virginis, the Virgin's Milk which nourishes the Stone...'
Who is this mysterious lady? Where does she come from? How did she find her way through Egypt, China, Greece, and Arabia to arrive promptly in Latin Europe on 11th February 1144? What Medieval and Renaissance events have shaped her thus? This evening we will accompany her awhile along "the Way and the Level Road" in search of that light.
Dr Marie Angelo runs the MA in Transpersonal Arts and Practice at the University of Chichester, leading a pathway of Transformative Studies that takes the dazzling illuminations of a Renaissance alchemical masterwork as its guide. Her background in Archetypal Depth Psychology, Arys and Humanities rests upon the Arts of Cosmos and Tradition. Her article "Splendor Solis: Inviting the Image to Teach" appeared in the Art and Image issue of Harvest 2005, and forms the basis of a forthcoming book on the Alchemical art of seeing. MA Programme are on the University website. Marie can be contacted by m.angelo [at] hermetika [dot] org( email).
£6.00 (Friends: £3.00)
For further information see Jupiter Trust Website.
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Friday 11 April 2008
SOME SECRET PLACE: Exploring Pagan Spirituality & Ritual
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Peter Mahoney and Friends
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5 payable at time of booking.
These are beginner's pagan ritual evenings, perfect for those starting out on the pagan path, or as solitary witches. Some Secret Place is made up of some talk, some small group discussion on devotion, ceremony, spirituality, and relationship with deity. Most of all, though, it is experiential. It's about doing and feeling rather than theorising. We hope that people who come along will deepen their personal relationship with the pagan gods. This is for people who have done some reading on witchcraft, Wicca and/or paganism, and who are familiar with at least its general theological tenets. We assume you are pagan and want to practice it, but we don't presume you are experienced.
Group size is small - we don't take more than 17 people for the evening. The organisers want this to be a gentle, intimate and thoughtful experience. You can come once, come regularly, or come intermittently - whatever suits you best.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Saturday 12 April 2008
THE BELENUS FESTIVAL
Brighton Unitarian Church and The King & Queen pub, Brighton
The Pagan Federation South East District conference 'The Belenus Festival' will be held in Brighton on Saturday 12th April 10am - 6.45pm, at two venues close to each other in the heart of Brighton - Brighton Unitarian Church and The King & Queen pub. Both venues are about 10mins walk from Brighton BR, and close to the Lanes and the Pier/Seafront. The event will have a wide mixture of talks and performances, and is aimed at Pagans of all paths. There will also be a good Pagan Market of 25 stalls. The Druid Network will be having an information stall at this event. Details of the
event can be got from the Pagan Federation South East Website.
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Tuesday 15 April 2008
WHAT ARE ORBS? What are their significance?
Beckets Inn, High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset
Glastonbury Under the Stars Pagan Gathering is a monthly event, happening
3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm.
15th April Amanda Gazidis, What are orbs? What are their significance?
Please contact Morgan on 01458 835518 for further information.
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Wednesday 16 April 2008
AWEN GROUP BOOK LAUNCH
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14-15 John St, Bath - 6:30pm
Awen authors Anthony Nanson (Exotic Excursions), Mary Palmer (Iona) and Richard Selby (The Fifth Quarter) will be launching their new titles with readings, and author Q&A.
Free entry. Arrive early for wine and nibbles!
Tel: Awen 01225 33 11 55 or books [at] mrbsemporium [dot] com( Email).
Website.
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Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 April 2008
TWENTY YEARS AND MORE: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality'
London School of Economics
An International Conference organised by INFORM and CESNUR in association with ISORECEA
On 1st January 1988, Inform (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements, website) opened its doors to the public for the purpose of providing information that is as objective, reliable and up-to-date as possible about minority religions. Later that same year, CESNUR (the Centre for Studies on New Religions, website) was established by a group of European and North American scholars with the similar aim of contributing to our knowledge and understanding of minority religions. Five years later, following the collapse of communism, scholars studying religion in post-socialist Europe founded ISORECEA (The International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Europe Association), which has held regular meetings resulting in a number of publications concerning religion in the region.
As part of their twentieth anniversary celebrations, these networks are jointly organising this conference in order to assess the changes that have taken place over the past two decades, survey the current situation, and consider the fate of religious and spiritual groups in an increasingly multi-cultural world.
The Registration Desk will be open from 11:30am on Wednesday 16th April in Room D202 Clement House. A field visit to the Swaminarayan Temple is arranged at 2:00pm for those who wish to attend. The welcome lecture then begins at 5:00pm with a Welcome and Introduction by Eileen Barker and guest speaker Graham James, The Right Revd Bishop of Norwich. On the Thursday, Friday and Saturday there are parallel sessions with talks from over 200 researchers and academics from nearly 40 different countries. There is also a Medieval Banquet arranged for Friday night, with a 3 course meal, unlimited wine, and dancing by torch-light. The Conference will officially end on the evening of Saturday 19th (with further visits being arranged for Sunday 20th).
Participants will be responsible for arranging their own accommodation and are recommended to book in advance. A list of possible places is available at the ‘Conference 2008 Accommodation List’ on the Inform website.
To register for the Conference please see the CESNUR website. The Medieval Banquet can also be booked and paid for at the CESNUR website.
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Thursday 17 April 2008
SUPERNATURAL SCARY POE TALES: A Night of Stories to Shiver By
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Dedwydd Jones and Michael David
7.15 for 7.30 pm start. £5.00 in advance.
Magical experiences, indeed spirit hauntings, can be induced by a good ghost or horror story. This is a night where you can prove that to yourself again, listening by candle-light to tales by that master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Your necromancers are two engaging reader-performers, Mike David and Dedwydd Jones. They will be performing complete readings of The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Oval Portrait,as well as Annabel Lee, 'Alone', other poems and extracts from Poe’s letters. The readings are interwoven with short narrative passages from Jones’ novel about Poe, The Raven Man.
Who are these two gentlemen? Here they are in their own words. Dedwydd Jones is a man of a certain ripish age who has been writing journalism, poetry and plays for longer than some people tarry on this globe; he is something of a bete noir to the Welsh Arts Establishment, being a renegade and republican and despiser of all things petty or mediocre. He also has several novels and short story collections in print. Mike David is not quite so ripe as Mr Jones, but has been acting, writing, directing and teaching for the best part of thirty years. He has written and performed in plays about WB Yeats and Robert Louis Stevenson and currently polishing off The Barbed-Wire Actor, about Antonin Artaud.
Treadwell’s provides the red wine, moody setting and candle light. Let the horrors be summoned on this night.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Saturday 19 April 2008
STAV COURSE: Rune lore and mythology
The Pavilion, North Curry, near Taunton, Somerset
Instructor: Graham Butcher.
Time: 11.30am to 6pm
Cost: £25 (I&F Members £20)
Theme, Rune lore and mythology and using the runes for gaining greater self-knowledge and awareness of our wyrd.
FFI see Website
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Saturday 19 April 2008
PAGAN FEDERATION WESSEX CONFERENCE
Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset
The stalls this year will include Capall Bann Publishing, Occult Fetish, Green Man Books, Wolf & Moon Crafts, Nightstar Flutes, Damh the Bard, Ancient Instruments, Steve Patterson (Cornish wood carvings & other craft goods).
Damh the Bard is a modern-day Bard whose spirituality, and love of folk tradition, is expressed through his music, storytelling and poetry. Drawing on the Bardic traditions his performances are both entertaining and educational, weaving a tapestry of myth, peace, and anthems that speak directly to the heart, but never without a good splash of humour. Damh is a musical storyteller who works within the world of myth that cannot be proved; where the Faerie really do dance on Midsummer's Eve, where the trees talk, and the Hollow Hills take you into the realms of Annwn. Where the Goddess rides her horse, guiding you to magic, and the Horned God of old calls us from the shadows of the Greenwood. So relax, and let the music take you there.
Dr. Owen Davies took his first degree in history at Cardiff University, and then went on to do a history PhD at the University of Lancaster. His main field of research is on the history of witchcraft and magic, particularly from the eighteenth century onwards. His new book is Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard and his other books include Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History; Witchcraft, Magic & Culture 1736-1951; A People Bewitched: Witchcraft & Magic in Nineteenth Century Somerset.
Emma Restall Orr is a spiritual teacher and priestess with, arguably, the highest profile of any Druid in the world today. She is a spokesperson for Druidry in the media as head of the international Druid Network, Chief of the Order of the Yew, and former Joint Chief of the British Druid Order. She teaches courses worldwide, and lectures at universities and conferences on Druidry, environmentalism, healing, and women's spirituality. Emma has appeared in numerous press features, on TV and radio, in national, regional and specialist media all over the world over the last ten years.
Janet Farrar & Gavin Bone are practising Wiccans and authors of books on Paganism, Magick and Witchcraft. Prior to Stewart’s death on February 7th 2000, Janet and Stewart have been publishing their work since 1971, and are recognised as experts on Witchcraft and the Occult. Gavin joined them in 1993 and has worked with them on numerous books up until Stewart’s death. Janet and Stewart were initiated by Alex and Maxine Sanders in 1970 whilst still resident in London and Gavin was initiated into Seax-Wicca (1986) by a coven he belonged to in his home town of Portsmouth. Janet actually went along to get her friend “out of this weird cult” and ended up staying. They live in the Republic of Ireland, in a small cottage with an influx of field mice, eight lazy cats and a goat called Fanny. They run a progressive coven in Ireland called Coven Na Callaighe and have links with several covens in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Their latest publication Progressive Witchcraft will be on sale at the Conference and we are hoping we might be able to persuade them to have a book signing.
The Dolmen first began back in the early 1990’s as a bunch of musicians able to knock out a few tunes at the local covens get togethers but by 1994 they were travelling up and down the motorways of England to pagan events of all sizes.
With five albums under their belt the un-relentless energy and quality of pagan music still haunts and enchants their audiences all over the world. Their latest album ‘Songs from the Cauldron’ was recorded as a tribute to those Witches that lost their lives in the Burning Times. It receives continuous air play on the American Pagan Radio and stands to be one of their biggest selling albums to date. The other albums available are Dolmen Folk, Dolmenation, Spirit of the Land, Undefeated. Hopefully, all of these will be available at the Conference. These days The Dolmen are in great demand but they have never forgotten their roots and always put pagan events first. We are extremely lucky to get them and I’m sure it will be a fantastic night!
Wolfshead and Vixen Morris
The address to write to for tickets is PF Wessex Conference, House of the Old Ways, 76 Balch Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2BX
The ticket prices are for the Whole event PF members £12.00 (Non-members £15.00), Daytime only PF members £8.00 (Non-members £10.00), Evening only PF members £7.00 (Non-members £8.00)
For further information see website.
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Sunday 20 and Thursday 24 April 2008
…the isle is full of music…
Sun 20 Apr: Holywell Music Room, Holywell St, Oxford, OX1 3SE
Thu 24 Apr: Arena Foyer, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, B3 3HG
Wendy Nieper, soprano, Kirsten Johnson, piano, and Christopher Britton, flute, play works by Raymond Head, celebrating his 60th birthday (Première: Star Dance in Night Sky - solo flute) & Clement Jewitt (Premières: The Harvest Bride, and other songs).
Sunday April 20th at 5.30pm. Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Tickets £10/£8 from Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont St, OX1 2LW, 01865 305305, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm or by
ticketsoxford [at] oxfordplayhouse [dot] com( Email) or from Website or on the door.
Thursday April 24th at 7.30pm. Arena Foyer, Birmingham Conservatoire
Tickets £10/£8 from Birmingham Box Office, Central Library, Chamberlain Sq, B3 3HQ, 0121 303 2323 or from Website or on the door.
About us at Website.
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Sunday 20 April 2008
RITUAL OF PROTECTION
Hill of Tara, Ireland
The next "Ritual of Protection" for and on Tara will be on the Full Moon on Sunday 20th of April, the day after the Sun has entered Taurus. We will start our Full Moon Ceremony by 8ish and finish by ten (approx.) when we may share the "The Celtic Goddess Dreaming", which is a suggested visualisation located in the high valley of Tara see website. Dress in layers and meet on the gravel patch beside the Rath of the Synods at 8pm. We will use our native Celtic Irish language during this ceremony with explanations in English. All are welcome to attend this free and open ritual ceremony on and for Tara.
Website
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Wednesday 23 April 2008
THE SPEAR OF DESTINY: Politics and the Esoteric Orders:
Lecture V in the Western Hermeticism Series
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
James North
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5
This talk re-examines the traditions of St. George, the legends of King Arthur and the Grail myths. It uses this as background to an overview of “esoteric politics” from the Knights Templar to the “Magical Battle of Britain”, well-known to students of esotericism. There will also be readings from Shakespeare, who was born and died on St.George’s Day.
James North studied the history of philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Warburg Institute. His interests include renaissance hermeticism, Elizabethan literature and cryptography. He is editor of the Francis Bacon Society’s website, and its journal Baconiana. He is currently an intelligence analyst, and his previous career involved music and theatre in odd combinations.
All the lectures in this series stand alone, and may fruitfully be attended without having attended any of the preceding evenings.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Friday 25 April 2008
THE MERCURIAL EMPEROR: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague
NOA Community Centre (Ferry Centre), Summertown, Oxford
Dr Peter Marshall for the Jupiter Trust - 7:30pm
In this illustrated talk, Peter Marshall will explore the extraordinary galaxy of great minds that gathered at the court of Rudolf II in Prague at the turn of the seventeenth century, attracted by his generous patronage and the spirit of free enquiry. They included such luminaries as the alchemist Sendivogius, the magus John Dee, the astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, the philosopher Giordano Bruno and the artist Arcimboldo. Together they formed the stepping-stone from the medieval world view to the modern.
Like Faust, Rudolf was prepared to risk all in the pursuit of the occult arts and the Philosopher's Stone. The New Hermes Trismegistus, as he was known, paid more attention to the stars than to the affairs of State. In his Chambers of Curiosities, he amassed one of the greatest collections of natural and scientific wonders. But he also had to face the Ottoman Empire, growing religious discord and an ambitious younger brother. As a result he lost his empire and nearly his sanity, but he helped turn Prague into a sparkling crucible of alchemy, astronomy and magic and enabled the city to enjoy a golden age of peace and creativity before Europe was engulfed in the Thirty Years' War.
Dr Peter Marshall is the author of The Philosopher's Stone, World Astrology and The Mercurial Emperor (published in hardback as The Theatre of the World). He has written fifteen books, which are being translated into fourteen different languages. See also his website.
£6.00 (Friends: £3.00)
For further information see Jupiter Trust Website.
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Saturday 26 April 2008
DRUM MAKING WORKSHOP
Morgans Wood, West Sussex
The workshop lasts all day, in which you will create your own 15” native red deer skin drum, drum beater & incense to bless the new spirit that you have crafted.
Max. two students per workshop.
£135 which includes all your materials.
More information can be found on Website.
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Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 April 2008
SHAMANISM CONFERENCE - 'Ancient Wisdom, Modern Vision'
Glastonbury, Somerset
Speakers: Brain Bates, Paul Devereux, Ross Heaven & Leo Rutherford.
An incredible weekend of talks exploring the timeless shamanic techniques used to achieve an altered state of consciousness (ASC) to access the spirit world for wisdom, guidance and healing - techniques such as sound, dance, sensory deprivation and the use of psychoactive plants. Plus, we've great Saturday evening entertainment lined up with Will Pimlett on Native American flute (he's going to treat us to a powersong!), a chant and drumming session conducted by Leo (if you have a drum, bring it with you and join in the fun!), and a relaxing gong bath with Pat Conlon to finish! Weekend ticket £130. For more information, please visit Website.
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Course beginning Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 April 2008
ESOTERIC SOUL HEALING - One Year Training Course 2008-9
Miracles Room, Glastonbury Experience, 2-4 High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset
With Kathy Jones
Heal Yourself, Learn how to Heal or Deepen your Understanding of the Principles and Practice of Healing.
Esoteric Soul Healing is a subtle and powerful form of energetic healing, that works with the energies of the whole person, soul, personality and physical body to help bring us back to a state of well-being and ease, from the state of dis-ease. The word 'Healing' is used in this sense of making whole, of redressing imbalances that have built up in the emotions, in the mind and in the body. 'Soul' is that part of us which is eternal, invisible, spiritual and filled with universal love, which connects us to each other and to the divine and all life. Esoteric Soul Healers learn to recognize the presence of the soul within themselves and in other people and learn how to call these powerful transforming energies in to heal themselves and their patients. 'Esoteric' means that these are skills that can only be learned through practice and experience. This is knowledge which cannot be acquired from a book, but which is learned through the application of the principles of energetic healing. It is knowledge which in the past was hidden because it was believed to be powerful and life-changing. It is now being made available to those who wish to deepen their healing skills.
This intensive training takes place over six weekends spread throughout the year. During each teaching session there will be exercises to develop both personal consciousness and healing abilities and the opportunity to practice healing and healer/patient communication skills with fellow students. In addition between weekends students must complete homework, including recorded healing sessions, in-depth case studies, reading and prepare for a test of their healing skills. Students are given a copy of Kathy’s book Chiron in Labrys:an Introduction to Esoteric Soul Healing (Ariadne Publications), which forms the foundation for the teaching on this course.
On successful completion of the training students will receive an Attendance or Practitioner Esoteric Soul Healer Certificate, depending on the level of skill acquired. The course is suitable for those who wish to heal themselves and for those who want to fully develop their healing skills and become practicing healers.
- An Introduction to Esoteric Soul Healing April 26th/27th 2008
- Developing Healing Ability June 28th/29th 2008
- Radiatory Healing August 30th/31st 2008
- Healing in the Emotional Body October 25th/26th 2008
- Healing in the Mental Body January 17th/18th 2009
- Self Healing, Conscious Dying March 7th/8th 2009
Workshop Times: Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 10am-5pm
Venue: Miracles Room, Glastonbury Experience, 2-4 High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9DU
Fees: Full fee inclusive of all six weekends in advance - £720 Instalment plan available with £20 admin. fee.
Fees payable to : Isle of Avalon Foundation, 2-4 High St., Glastonbury, Somerset. BA6 9DU. Tel 01458 833933
Website
What previous students have said about this course:
“It’s changed my life completely.”
“It’s been the most profound spiritual framework I have come across.”
“The course has provided me with the most intense and divine experience.”
“The weekends have been inspiring, educational, thought-provoking and challenging.”
“I have become a really fluid, moving person since I began the course.”
“Very, very good. It’s healing as it should be.”
“When I look back on my life I will see the course as one of the crossroads in my life”
“Brilliant, transforming.”
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Saturday 26 April to Saturday 3 May 2008
BELTANE DRUID RETREAT
Ynys Enlli, Pen Llyn, Gogledd Cymru / Bardsey Island, Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales
Spend a whole week on the magical Island of Bardsey off the coast of the Lleyn Peninsula. Facilitated by the Anglesey Druid Order, this is an opportunity to spend an idyllic week and enjoy the festivities of Beltane away from the trappings of the modern world. This is not a course or a workshop, but simply a chance to get away from it all with like minded folk. We will provide a loose structure focusing on the rites of Beltane.
Spend a whole week on the magical Island of Bardsey off the coast of the Lleyn Peninsula. Facilitated by the Anglesey Druid Order, this is an opportunity to spend an idyllic week and enjoy the festivities of Beltane away from the trappings of the modern world. This is not a course or a workshop, but simply a chance to get away from it all with like minded folk. We will provide a loose structure focusing on the rites of Beltane.
Spend days wandering the islands magnificent coastline and mountain, exploring ancient springs, watching the wildlife. Catch up on a good book, relax with old friends and new. Celebrate Beltane in one of the most beautiful and remotest part of Wales.
Accommodation will be comfortably provided in a 19th century house. The island has no electricity.
Cost for the week to include your board and food is £150. An extra £35 for the return boat trip is payable locally.
ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT! We will be hosting two additional full week retreats during the course of the year, dates to be confirmed. If you don't manage to secure a place on this one, we can pencil you in for the others.
All enquiries to angleseydruids [at] hotmail [dot] com( Kris).
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Sunday 27 April 2008
TUATHA DE BRIDGET BELTANE FESTIVAL
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Tuatha De Bridget is an Open Druidcraft Group in Glasgow.
We meet at 1pm in the Burrell Car Park and then walk through the woods to the Ancient Earthworks Site.
After our ceremony, we walk back to the Burrell and then have a warm drink, maybe something to eat in the café and some informal chat.
Contact: siusaidhc [at] gmail [dot] com( Siusaidh) for details.
Also see Group Website
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Sunday 27 April 2008
WORKSHOP: OGHAM - WISDOM OF THE WILDWOOD
Trosley Country Park, Vigo, Kent
A full day looking at the wisdom of the wildwood, the Ogham. Working specifically with Birch, Hawthorn, Oak, Ash and Yew, you will create five ogham stave, to assist you to make a full Ogham set in your own time and find way of connecting deeply to the spirit wisdom of trees.
COST: £15 (Booking required)
CONTACT: cerdinen [at] aol [dot] com( Rob Wilson)
Website
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Sunday 27 April 2008
THE GORSEDD OF RHIANNON AND THE WHITE HORSE
Beltaine Rite
The White Horse at Uffington, near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet
Welcome to the Beltaine Meeting of the Gorsedd of Rhiannon and the White Horse (Yr Orsedd Riannon a'r March Canwelw).
We will meet in the main car park at the White Horse
around noon and then proceed to the area around Dragon Hill where the
Gorsedd will be held. (For those who are unable to manage the walk
we'll lay on cars to ferry you to the bottom of Dragon Hill.) The
format will be very much the BDO/TDN style of Gorsedd with Bardic
initiation and handfastings offered if required. Contributions for the
informal eisteddfod (songs, poems, stories) will be very welcome.
For further information contact Kestrel
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Tuesday 29 April 2008
ARTHUR MACHEN AND THE OCCULT: Madness, Magic and Mystics on the Streets of London
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Edward Gauntlett
7.15 for 7.30 pm start. £5 payable in advance.
Arthur Machen (1863-1947) is best known for his horrifying tales of the supernatural, probably most notably for that decadent "incoherent nightmare of sex", The Great God Pan; and for the mystical morale-boosting snippet "The Bowmen". But Machen was also was also a mystic, actor, journalist… and magician. Tonight Ed Gauntlett takes us into Machen’s magic, occultism, mysticism and Christian religiosity. Machen, for instance, was a long-term friend of A E Waite and was a member of the celebrated Order of the Golden Dawn. Moreover, his mystic and magical sensibility was interwoven with his feeling for London: once he arrived from his native Wales in 1880 with dreams of making it as a writer, he never really left. So deep is London in his consciousness that in his writing he transmuted London’s streets, through his imagination, into a city of visions and nightmares. His influences also include his contemporaries – Crowley, Austin Osman Spare, Kenneth Grant, whom we meet along the way in the talk, along with Machen’s thematic influences - not least the Little People, alchemy, and the Sangraal.
Ed Gauntlett is lifelong student of magic, and holds an MA in Literature, Religion and Philosophy. He has spoken at Treadwell’s last year, on Charles Williams, and is back by popular demand. Currently he is working on a study of the Secret Tradition in late 19th and early 20th century supernatural horror fiction.
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