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Blessings of abundance, joy and harmony during the summer lull of 2012. After a busy springtime of classes, workshops and special events, the summertime is upon us. This year, we, like many of you are looking forward to the slower pace of our "off" season time. It's time to reflect, study, go inside and outside for renewal and rejuvenation. While there are fewer events listed here this time of year, be sure to hold the dates for some of the special ones due to be celebrated later in the calendar. See below for those dates and events. SUMMER EVENTS Summer Solstice It's the longest day of the year! On June 20th, the growing season is in full flower. The moon is dark. The summer solstice is a solar day when the sun reaches its northern zenith. The Sun then begins its long descent to the dark days of winter. Yet this day, it's at the peak of power. Everyone, men, women, children are invited to join in this sacred ritual which will be celebrated in ceremony at Siesta Key Beach. CEREMONY
dancing, crystal bowls, and the invocation of blessings for humanity on this powerful 2012 Summer Solstice. A ritual fire will burn in the center of the circle. The ceremonial circle will be near The Tree - just south of the volleyball courts on the beach. It's suggested you come early as parking may be an issue. WHAT TO BRING Please bring chairs, drums, crystals or tokens you wish to place on the altar. Consider any names you'd like to be included in the ritual fire burning of the Reiki Box. Bring good intentions and a joyous heart. This is a sacred ceremony - please do NOT bring alcohol or drugs. CONTACT - MORE INFO Contact: Zan Benham 941-922-7839 or zan@woman-spirit.com Coming Events: DATES TO REMEMBER in 2012 Jun 20 Summer Solstice Sep 22 Autumnal Equinox Dec 12 Sands of the world Mandala (see below) Dec 21 Winter Solstice Collecting Sands! Sands of the World Mandala
every imagination. It's time to take a more reasoned approach to the date. Let us state that 2012 is simply the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar cycle and the beginning of the next one that ends in the year 7,138 A.D. With 2012 representing the end of a 3,114 year cycle, its importance is magnified. Many on earth today are beginning to awaken in consciousness. There is a growing sense of universal cooperation and the recognition of global inter-dependence. As the next cycle starts, we must set in place the seeds of universal harmony, universal compassion and universal good will. The date 12.12.12, the last double-digit repetitive date of this century, presents itself for that focus. For the past three years, travelers have gone all around the world. They have visited holy temples, mosques and churches and brought a relic from that location. They have gone to places like Machu Picchu in Peru, Angor Wat in Cambodia, the Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, Kivas in New Mexico, and holy shrines in Tibet and India. They returned with earth and sacred objects from lands far and wide. All of those bags of sand, earth, and stones will be assembled in a holy Sands of the World Mandala on 12.12.12. In a sacred ceremony and assembly, the sands will create an Earth Mandala that will be blessed and sealed with the intentions of all those who help to assemble it. At the end of the ceremony, the sands will be taken to the Gulf to be released with all the blessings that came from afar, sent back a thousand times over. If you are traveling between now and September 2012 and you visit a holy or sacred site, please return with a baggie of sand representing that place you've visited. Send an email to jo@starsoundings.com so it can be picked up. WOMEN’S MEDITATION NEWS & CALENDAR Women's Meditation Group
meditation group has grown to more than 400 women, meeting twice a month on the Friday closest to the New and Full moons. As we celebrate our sixth anniversary and enter our seventh year, our meditations continue for the purpose of holding the highest vision for planetary and human healing. The 2011 season sped by at an incredible pace as if the stars themselves added fuel to fire us into 2012 and the birth of a new and more gracious human consciousness. The Women's Meditations once again saw an increase in attendance with many new faces finding the group for the first time. With meditation leaders from different spiritual centers bringing variety and choice to our gatherings, we honor the richness and diversity of the world's many spiritual paths. We hope you'll continue to join us at Rising Tide Spiritual Center as we celebrate the inner life and hold the vision for the highest good of planet earth and her inhabitants! The doors open and smudging begins at 6:30 pm preparing us to enter sacred space. Please arrive in time for the smudging as the doors are closed and locked at 7pm when we enter into the silence. street. May 18* - New Moon - Peaceful Soul - Patricia Cockerill * After summer hiatus, meditations will return in the fall |
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Copyright 2012 Jo Mooy
Last Updated on 01/22/12
Last Updated on 01/22/12
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