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Love, Magic, Miracles Conference Day 1
2 October 2012
Walking with a feeling of excitement and expectancy, light from the full moon overhead
illuminating the path, I make my way to the Universal Hall.
Tonight is the opening ceremony of the Love, Magic,
Miracles conference and all in the community have been invited to attend.
For the conference participants it has been a full day already: registering, settling in and
meeting with their home groups. I enquire of the young woman sitting next to me, What are
these home groups? Lucky explains they are groups of about 12 people each and offer a
space for sharing, support and a familiar face, something important with a conference this
size. Lucky, who has travelled up from Cornwall, is one of 144 participants coming from 23
countries, and like many others who raised their hands when the question was asked, she ishere for the first time. Her enthusiasm is infectious and I find myself smiling inside and out.
Findhorn Community co-founder Dorothy Maclean lighting the candle
Light, love and magic
Two huge floral displays in autumnal reds, oranges and yellows grace the front of the Hall,
with those rich colours echoed in the flowers surrounding the conference candle. This candle,
made especially for the occasion by our island community on Erraid, in the colours of white,pink, golden yellow and blue, is lit by our beloved Dorothy Maclean to open the conference.
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Seeing those colours, I sense the magic the divinity that has already begun manifesting in
and around this conference.
After a moment of silence as is the Findhorn tradition the presenters each in their own
time come forward to light a small candle from the centre candle and offer a blessing for the
conference. Love, magic, miracles, grace and radiance are all brought in with the hope thatthey will be generated within the conference, in each one of us, and then sent out into the
world with the recognition that we are one community, one family of humanity.
We share this earth with all life and tonight a blessing is offered for the thrival of the
honeybee, a creature with whom our own destiny is intricately woven.
Harvest of miracles
Michael Hawkins and Antonio Palmieri share with us that tonight is the harvest of two years
of hard work, inspired by the quality of love that Eileen Caddy radiated, that Peter Caddy put
into action and that Dorothy Maclean recognised as the greatest power on earth. In
recognition of how Eileen used to say that the essence of the Findhorn Community is to bringheaven down on earth and to learn to do everything with love, Michael and Antonio wish us
all one heavenly week before handing over to Barbara Swetina and Francois Monnet.
Barbara and Francois desire for tonight is to help
create external beauty, knowing this is a reflection of our inner beauty. Francois takes us on a
little journey as he reveals from beneath three large strips of vibrant silk fabric laid on the
Hall floor a huge red and turquoise print. Twelve years ago at the Angels conference held here
at Findhorn, Francois and a Polish artist created a papercut of the Tree of Life, in the tradition
of the New Year of the Tree celebrated in the small villages of Poland. This papercut was then
taken to peace conferences all over the world. As one would imagine, after being unfolded
and folded again and again, the papercut started to wear out and eventually was replaced with
the print we see before us on the floor.
The Tree of Life represents the universe, and the human being. Using this physical
representation on the floor, we are invited to one by one place a small candle somewhere on
the tree, offering a blessing as we do. It is pointed out that this is the first action of the
conference that we are taking together and I am moved to tears as I witness this beautiful
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ritual. Accompanied by the etheric sounds of Barbara on harp
and Herewood Gabriel on singing bowls and thumb piano, a gentle stream of blessings come
into the tree and into the world.
Holding in our minds the image of building a temple, we end this first evening together by
singing a Russian Kyrie Eleison, a sacred chant, with the intention of transforming ourselves
and our world.
As I go out into the night, Id like to leave you with the ancient Celtic blessing from the
Hebrides that Phillip Newell offered as his blessing:
May the grace of the love of the moon be thine,
May the grace of the love of the stars be thine,
May the grace of the love of the waters be thine,
In the name of the word of all life.
Sandra Mitchell
Love, Magic, Miracles Conference Day 2
2 October 2012
Sitting in the audience of the Universal Hall I was filled with anticipation, combined with
appreciation for simply being here, as Michael Hawkins led us in a moment of silence tobegin the day. Jay Ramsay then recited a beautiful poem, Olympians, which touched upon
spontaneous interventions of spirit, accompanied by the gentle drumming of Herewood
Gabriel that deepened the impact of Jays words.
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a reminder of the tools in my toolbox. Im sure I was not alone in believing, trusting, knowing
that more love in the world is possible, that we all have our role to play, amidst the
challenges.
We must celebrate a last supper with our ego, again and again and again
The fifth principle introduced the importance of love and forgiveness, which Robert described
as, An angel you pray to when you need a miracle. It is an act of grace that sets us free, a
shift in perception from fear to love. Which led naturally into the final principle, love and
our destiny, and a quote from Erich Fromm that love is, The only sane and satisfactory
answer to the problem of human existence.
The ripple effect
Are we willing to truly love enough? How can we overcome separateness? How can we
achieve union? I felt these questions would be ever present throughout the week and askedmyself, How can I be more loving and is that enough? The impact of one person loving
more and the ripple effect was captured brilliantly in a short video clip that Robert shared. It
began as a message from one Israeli, to the people of Iran, a message of love, that grew from
people to people, nation to nation, and in those few minutes I felt inspired that this conference
is real and practical and offers the potential for global change.
The decision to be the presence love is the most powerfulinfluence you can have in any situation in your life and in the world. Robert received a
standing ovation and I contemplated his words as the Hall emptied for the traditional tea
break.
Weaving magic
When people returned we each received colourful shapes of paper at the door. The melodic
sounds of the flute played by Barbara Swetina welcomed us back, creating the space for Judy
McAllister to lead us in sacred ritual.
The invitation was to be light and playful, combined with a sense of respect, as together we
worked with five primary streams love, magic, miracles, ancestors and future generations.
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These five horizontal alters lay upon the floor, to become vertical anchor points for the
energies invested in them.
Judy described the ingredients to weave our magic spell and guided us through a meditation,
connecting with the time when we said yes to being here, in this centre of love and light on
the planet. We were asked to turn our attention to the quality of love, however we understoodit, then to moments of magic, and the presence of miracles. Finally we turned our attention to
those who will come after us, the future generations, as they face the world we leave behind
us, and to the ancestors.
Which of these banners would you like to contribute to? Judy
asked. We wrote our messages and steadily streamed down to the floor to pin our offerings to
the fabric, as Herewood played the wooden zylophone. I felt a sense of pride in our
community, in the detail and effort that had clearly taken place behind the scenes.
The banners were raised like masts on a ship against the five columns of the Hall, the group
energy interwoven in our hopes, dreams and intentions for the week, to the exquisite sound of
Sheila Pettit playing the harp and singing The Circle of Angels. The unifying power of music
felt strong, reflecting the essence of the morning and the healing light of love.
To create a more upbeat energy to help propel everyone to lunch, Barbara led us into a three-
part harmony, We are the ones weve been waiting for This is the time and this is the hour,
all together we have the power. With smiles, hugs, dancing and applause, the morning
reached its conclusion and I left the Hall humming with inspiration.
The power of love Philip Newell
The evening presentation by Philip Newell, Love Force The Greening Power of the Soul,
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Antonio explains that these are five altars one each
for love, magic, miracles, the future generations and our ancestors to which the hopes,
dreams and blessings of those participating in the conference have been offered.
After the customary moment of silence, the primal sound of a didgeridoo takes us deep into
wild nature, deep into the earth, deep into our hearts. Thank you, Craig Gibsone for thegrounding resonance I experience listening to the music you create.
God is within, and in all things. Through elevating the rational we have forgotten this,
bringing humanity to the current crisis situation we face. At the opening ceremony, Caroline
Myss spoke of her hope that during this week a type of grace would be generated that in turn
would generate the type of miracles that we so desperately need now. This morning, Caroline
talks about miracles.
Struck by sacred lightning Caroline Myss
One of the pillars of Carolines work is her background in classical mysticism. She recognises
as an inherent archetype in the human being a fundamental cord of awe and the desire to be
struck by sacred lightning, to hear God call our name. Yet as Caroline points out, we fear
this the most and experience a push-pull between the ego and the soul.
Intrigued by the mystical life of saints, who had
managed to pierce through the portal into the soul and radiate an illumination that the ego was
unable to produce, Caroline looked to what was common amongst these men and women that
might be clues for us living now to follow.
Many of the saints, especially those with whom we may be more familiar Francis of Assisi,
Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross lived before the Age of Reason. They were alive at a time
when miracles were common, as was seeing angels and visions. These saints lived in a God-
centred world and hadnt separated themselves from the laws of nature as we have. They lived
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congruently, standing in the truth, no longer
able to betray their own integrity.
A me-centred world
Caroline speaks of how today we live in a me-centred world, where the expectation is that
God should serve us. This attitude of entitlement approaching difficulties as if theyshouldnt have happened to us is one of two ways through which we block miracles from
happening in our lives. The other way is when we take our pain and suffering and abuse
others with it, attempting to make them feel bad for us.
It is at this point that Caroline offers to us a prayer she uses. Feeling the power of the words
she used, I share them here:
Lord, take me deep down into my own darkness so I can understand why I do what I do to
others with the pain and suffering you gave me to deal with.
Using the story of Jesus life as she sees it, Caroline suggests that what Jesus lived on the
outside is what we must go through on the inside in order to touch compassion. We become a
miracle when we allow grace to run through us in service to another person.
Miracles of healing occur when the laws of nature bend for us. More than once this morning
Caroline highlights that the laws of nature are in us. We dont reach a level of consciousness;
we become that level of consciousness. This is what the saints did, and it is in the lives of
people who opened themselves to becoming, that miracles occurred.
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We end our morning together by going on a journey,
encouraged by Francois, to the Singing Chamber located out behind the Universal Hall. What
we experience here is the beginning of the magical transformation of willow branches into a
bird that will continue throughout every afternoon, the bird becoming an integral part of the
completion ceremony on Friday morning.
Before we leave the Singing Chamber, our large group offers a blessing to this labour of loveconceived by Ian Turnbull, and completed only just yesterday.
The Universal Hall became ever more colourful this evening as people streamed in to fill the
seats and hear the presentation by Andrew Harvey. It took a few moments for Michael and
Antonio to quiet the audience for the traditional time of silence. Barbara then stepped into the
centre and spoke of the full day with all the input were receiving. Lets begin with a zesty,
Caribbean song, Halleluia, in praise of life, came her invitation.
Those in the community familiar with the song formed
a curve in the centre of the Hall and Barbara led the men in harmony, before guiding the
women into higher notes. The sense of joy as people sang and danced created an uplifting
tempo for the evening.
Caroline Myss then had the pleasure of introducing Andrew Harvey, one of her best friends
for quite some time, I watched how he suffered through the birth of his vision, she said.
Witnessing what its like to be called to represent a vision that will challenge people to move
forward in a world thats on fire.
Andrew Harvey turns the heat up
From the moment Andrew stepped into the centre, he commanded the stage like a
Shakespearian actor in the throes of passion and for two hours didnt stop for a single pause.
The heat was turned up high and we sat in a simmering cauldron of ideas and intellect.
In the opening ceremony of Saturday evening Andrew had expressed his wish, That we allwake up a commitment to put love into action, now before the world is destroyed. This was
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the absolute theme of his talk on Monday night, expressed with relentless fervour, the mind of
Oxford academia merged with the heart of a mystic.
If Robert Holden was yin, Andrew Harvey was yang.
The force of his passion was apparent when he recited Rumi, Loves horse will carry you
home. One of the couplets he asked us to remember captures the energy of his presentation,
Mount the stallion of love and do not fear the path Loves stallion knows the way exactly.
For me certainly it was a wild ride in the Hall, forging ahead into the unknown, beingchallenged, inspired, awakened into the fire.
I believe three things in this moment in life that are all inter-related, Andrew said. We all
know the human race is in a massive, menacing evolutionary crisis affecting the future of
humanity and nature; there is a great death of the environment, corporate fascism is
dominating the world and the new age is willing people to sleep when people need to be alive
and active; as a result of this a massive birth is also taking place, the largest movement of civil
reaction with two million NGOs on the planet.
Not all of us here are with the birth, he continued. Were fragmented, disorganised and
time for the human race is running out. Rise to the challenge with the magnificence of soulson fire with love for God and the world, came the passionate call to action, which Andrew
defines as Sacred Activism.
If you marry a deep, spiritual understanding of the universe with radical, wise action, a holy
force is born that turns terror into grace.
He offered a user-friendly definition for people that dont want to be frightened too much. If
you marry a deep, spiritual understanding of the universe with radical, wise action a holyforce is born that turns terror into grace. Andrew spoke of people who exemplify his point:
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Lech Walesa, Desmond Tutu, Nelson
Mandela, the Dalai Lama, describing their lives of wisdom and love. We have no excuse not
to know, he said. Diligence and discipline create magic and miracles.
Andrew then gave a second, deeper definition, relating to what is really trying to take place.
The birth of a holy new kind of human being, a conscious divine being. This is the
evolutionary leap that has to happen. The previous levels of consciousness are unable to deal
with the destructive systems in place.
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Passion for God and justice
In a vision that has been central to his life ever since, Andrew described the fire of divine
humanity that is born from the fusion between the passion of the mystic for God, with the
passion of the activist for justice. A series of mystical experiences possessed him to keep
asking questions and he shared a humourous tale about interviewing the Dalai Lama in 1989,
the year the Tibetan spiritual leader won the Nobel Peace Prize.
I was overwhelmed by his presence, Andrew recalled. At the end of the interview I
couldnt get out of my chair. The Dalai Lama said kindly, I have to go now, I need to
collect the Nobel Peace Prize. For a moment they were breast to breast as they said goodbye
and Andrew grabbed this rare opportunity, blurting out, What is the meaning of life? His
dry wit in the retelling of the tale prompted a great roar of laughter in the Hall. The Dalai
Lama became calm and quiet and expressed words that forever changed the meaning of the
path for Andrew, To embody the transcendent.
There is just one question. How in this lifetime do we embody the transcendent? Andrewasked, as he proceeded to speak about his great love for one of the most important mystics of
our time, Father Bede Griffiths. Please plunge in if you havent heard of him, he
encouraged, mentioning Thomas Merton in the same breath. Father Bede gave me the map.
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One of the things bringing forth my joy as I attend this
conference is the many moments of laughter we have shared together thus far, beginning with
Michael and Antonios magic act during the opening ceremony. A sketch to introduce our
next speaker, in which Beverley ACourt and Francois Monnet show us their version of the
art of geomancy, has us all doubled over in our seats.
Geomancy is of course part of the life work of Marko Pogachnik, a man who 42 years ago
was inspired by what he experienced here at Findhorn the connecting of the worlds of
divinity with the worlds of nature and who later came back to spend 10 years of his life
sharing his work with the community. At the end of this month Marko is to be honoured by
the UNESCO World Heritage Centre as an Artist for Peace. A warm round of applause for
him greets this announcement.
That the crisis situation we face is the result of our
worshiping of the rational mind and the forsaking of the soulful heart is a theme that is
presenting itself again and again during this conference. Marko believes that as well as being
blocked by our rationality, our learned looking away God in the sky, the sun as the centre
is also how we are causing destruction.
Look inwards to see the earth Marko Pogachnik
He believes we must instead look inwards to the molten centre of the earth, for there we will
find the body of Gaia, an essence the likes of which can only be contained in such a fiery ball.
Marko encourages us to relate from our own centre to the inner earth as the centre of all life.
To turn ourselves upside down, the crown chakra becoming the root, and to honour the pull of
gravity as the love of Gaia which holds all beings in their place.
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What makes it possible for us to go to Gaia from the centre
of ourselves is that we are beings of three hearts: the ruby crystal which is the heart of Gaia;
the elemental heart, located at the end of our breastbone, which defines us as members of the
devic world; and the spiritual heart, found at the centre of our chest.
Marko speaks about cycles of collaboration with Gaia, referring to Lemuria, Atlantis and
today, making it very clear that our role is to be co-creators with Gaia. She has a wish to see
her own creation and to develop it further. He gives as an example how Gaia creates the
mountains and we in turn create the temples and cathedrals and cities. Marko emphasises that
it is wrong to see ourselves as destroyers, but to recognise that if we stay on the level of
consciousness we are currently on, we destroy more than we create.
Gaia is an autonomous being not our mother
In order for evolution to continue, we must step into adulthood and accept the responsibility
that comes with that role. Marko sees that Gaia doesnt want to be a mother anymore. She is
an autonomous being, taking her part in evolution by pushing out those systems that are nolonger needed. The old structures are being broken down through ecological disasters and the
new structures, which already exist, wait until we are able to perceive them.
Our primary spiritual task is to help the planet move forward,
and to do this we need to be grounded, holistic and loving human beings.
Marko finished his presentation by leading us in a meditation to connect with our Gaia heart
so that we might change our relationship to our planet and to Gaia. The energy that was
created in the Hall by all of us was of such beauty that at the end of the session, Marko asked
for us not to clap as that would destroy what we had created.
I left the Hall and walked through The Park wrapped in the warmth of Gaia's love.
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The lights of the Hall were gently dimmed and the sound of Barbara playing the harp floated
softly through the air. After a few moments of silence Antonio introduced David Spangler,
An extraordinary man, with great presence. As soon as Davids smiling face appeared on
the giant screen via video link I felt great warmth for him and a deep respect for his
contribution to Findhorn since the early 70s.
David Spangler electronic avatar
Its wonderful to be with you like this, to show up as an electronic avatar, his welcoming
words were greeted with laughter. Thank you for the opportunity to take part in the
conference and for the privilege of addressing you. I was struck by his humility; it felt such a
privilege to be in the Hall listening to him!
The theme of Davids presentation was Everyday
Magic and The Power of Partnership, and the conversation immediately touched upon the
magic and miracles at work, making this moment happen. I come from an unusual
direction, he began. The idea of boundaries can be a good thing, to express our uniqueness
where co-creativity can take place. However, some boundaries can also limit us. Conceptual,
not physical, boundaries are created by the way we think, how we analyse and name the world
to grasp its complexity.
He invited us to approach the concepts of magic and miracles in ways that liberate their
potential. When we talk about ourselves its common to identify with our various parts
mind, body, emotions, soul. Depending on the depth of our thinking, our tradition, or
everyday experience, these words have certain meanings for us.
What is not always clear is how these parts interrelate, we think of a hierarchy of different
parts rather than a single, whole life. David shared a sweet story to illustrate his point. The
caterpillar was asked by the beetle, Wow, you have a lot of legs how do you co-ordinate
them all? The caterpillar lay in a ditch and thought about it, and then couldnt run any more.
Go into the world looking more deeply for magic and miracles. Become more connected and
learn how to be a loving partner with the subtle worlds.
There is an organic wholeness to things we do naturally, he explained. If we overanalyse it
we lose the felt sense of that wholeness. We need to enter into a state of awareness that is free
of naming, free of concepts, and feel beyond them.
Miracles are a natural process
He spoke of the wonderment and spaciousness of miracles, saying, We hunger for thisnatural state of who we really are. Daily life builds up a sense of constraint, a loss of mystery
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that we intuitively know we are connected to. Magic and miracles are taken into the territory
of extraordinary and we overlook them in the ordinary world.
There is a tendency to think that miracles transcend natural law
and cannot be explained, rather than recognising them as emergent phenomena, an
unexpected process of a completely natural process, such as a newborn coming into the world.
Our conceptual boundaries isolate magic and miracles.
Davids words were infused with such clarity I had a sense that parenting his four children,
with his wife Julie, which he describes as his primary spiritual practice, had simplified his
teaching in a way that made his understanding accessible for all, more so than his earlier work
and I felt incredibly grateful for this.
Go into the world looking more deeply for magic and miracles. Become more connected and
learn how to be a loving partner with the subtle worlds, he encouraged us. There is no
healing power, what exists instead are healing relationships and the power of love. The most
fundamental aspect he shared is that everything is alive and sentient a living presence.
Our task is to connect in a loving way with this living
presence. How can we do this if we have no natural affinity? David then shared with us a
series of steps to help us love unconditionally: A simple acknowledgement of whats there;Respect and the right of the other to exist; Appreciation for this presence in my life; Liking
the other through learning more; Loving and the holding of the other, seeking to enhance
connectedness. We need to recognise how deep the threads of partnership go and the
profound collaboration of beingness.
Everyday magic is an energetic, loving place. Every day is another opportunity for our love
to reach out, connect, engage and enhance the natural unfoldment, David said as his talk
reached its conclusion. The more we align with that, the more we enter into the willing
empowerment of life around us.
Our everyday experiences hold natural magic Thomas MooreContinuing with the theme of magic, our speaker for this evening is Thomas Moore, perhaps
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known more for his books and talks on caring for the soul. Tonight he delivers an
enlightening and often humourous presentation on what he terms natural magic, revealing the
deep connection that exists between living a soulful life and living
a life of magic.
But before we enter the world of magic, miracles are once again brought to our attention asSheila Pettit shares with us a song that came to her when she asked John of God for healing.
Sheilas voice is that of an angel, and with the words of her song
she invites us to listen to the silence within the temple of your soul.
Thomas gives us his definition of natural magic, using the words ordinary and unexpected. It
is to be found in our everyday experiences and in the material things with which we interact.
Thomas illustrates this through the story of how he chose the topic for his doctoral thesis,
introducing at the same time a particular form of magic which he calls book magic. Youknow, its the magic that happens when just the book you need at a certain time in your life
appears from the most unlikely place.
Language and words also have magic. Thomas explains that our words have within them a
daemon (spirit) power that we can feel, and reminds us of how when we need to express
something painful or difficult, we often find ourselves seeking for the right words. He also
points to the importance of recognising when words are more than rational by relating the
story of how, beyond all reason, he was not offered tenure at the university where he was
working. He heard the angel in the voice of his department head and knew this was fate
talking to him. He didnt fight the decision and his life went in a direction he could have never
imagined. Thomas inspires us with the words, I never looked back.
Thomas points out that music too has magic, something that I think we have all felt at one
point or another during this conference, given all the beautiful music that has been shared
with us.
Thomas suggests that part of living in a soulful world is to read it. Here he gives the examples
of using tea leaves or an obsidian mirror to receive information. His experience of the mirror
is that through it a whole world opens up to him. His intuition is ablaze and when a question
is asked the answers immediately come. He also gives the example of going to a clients
house and reading whats there in terms of colours, feelings, the type of furnishings, in orderto help the client move forward in life.
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Thomas then shares with us some images to illustrate
natural magic and its connection to soul. One of these images is of a medallion, created for a
15th century Italian magician named Pico della Mirandola, which has as a description of his
life the Three Graces of beauty, love and pleasure. Thomas points out that soul likes pleasure,
and he elicits laughter from the audience when he expresses how much he likes pleasure.
As a finish to the session, Thomas offers the music of his daughters chanting. Listening to
her voice is a sublime experience, a gift that is indeed magical.
I join those around me in honouring Thomas with a standing ovation.
Sandra Mitchell & Christine Lines
Love, Magic, Miracles Conference Day 5
6 October 2012
On Wednesday morning, day five of our conference, we began with our customary moment ofsilence and Antonio invited us to honour the five pillars of future generations, ancestors,
miracles, magic and love.
Michael then began his introduction of Dr Ervin Laszlo, a philosopher of science and systems
theorist, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He underscores the importance of
developing a holistic perspective on the world and humanity, an outlook he refers to as
quantum consciousness.
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As we all looked at the screen Dr Lazlo magically
appeared before us! He had originally planned to join us in person, however due to an
unexpected health issue which his doctor felt needed immediate rest, we were able to connect
with him via video link instead. What was the title so I know what Im talking about? asked
Dr Lazlo to the laughter of the audience.
The Akasha the New Worldview for living in the New Age, replied Iain Davidson, who
was in the Hall as our technical magician for the morning. There is a revolution in science
and evolution in consciousness, Dr Lazlo responded. Science is progressing beyond what
most sciences recognise. The scientific paradigm is constantly being upgraded, new
discoveries become an anomaly, unexplained in respect to the old.
A paradigm shift is on the horizon. We reached a critical point 100 years ago and about 50
years ago a more holistic picture began to emerge. What is happening now? Why isnt the oldparadigm suitable anymore?
The universe is instantly connected Ervin Laszlo
Things cannot be confined to one place and time, he said. This dimension is non local, all
quantum is entangled. We are dealing with a universe that is instantly interconnected,
however the connection is not always apparent. In the typical consciousness of the Western
world, these connections are repressed or considered esoteric.
Information received in the brain is not limited to here and now. It could have originated
anywhere in the world at any time.
The quality of our video connection varied as Dr Lazlo was linking in from the countryside of
Hungary and I sometimes strained to follow his every word. Here was the founder of general
evolution theory, an author of over 70 books, talking about science, (a subject that I have
never been able to comprehend), and his words resonated from a spiritual perspective.
The connections meet our brain but dont reach our consciousness. What we see, we often
dont believe. If we dont believe, then we tend not to see or cannot conceptualise the
evidence. He introduced the fact that our brains can pick up information from the world and
emit information they are both receiver and transmitter, this contrasts with the moreclassical perspective that the brain is a receiver through the senses.
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Information received in the brain is not limited to
here and now. It could have originated anywhere in the world at any time, it is part of the
quantum level of the information field. We have the ability to pick up on the immediate,
spontaneous level.
The ancient Indian seers had a deeper dimension, 34000 years ago, the Akasha dimension.
This is a holographic field where everything is simultaneous. What does this mean for our
time? In the background a brilliant series of slides were displayed as Dr Lazlo spoke, which
helped deepen my understanding of the challenges we face in this era.
The evolution of complex forms
The first slide explained that a fundamental change in human societies follows the logic of the
evolution of complex systems. Its principal phases and features are (1) increasing instability
producing intensifying crises, leading to (2) a crisis that is no longer reversible; (3) this crisis
triggers a rapid change in society of which the outcome is not determined in advance. It can
lead to (4) breakdown and chaos, or (5) to breakthrough to a new world of higher complexity,
greater information content, and a more evolved structure and form of organisation.
The breakdown is marked by conflict and
confrontation, economic, political and cultural polarisation, escalating violence and war
leading to chaos. The breakthrough still has conflict, however the response is dialogue, which
leads to the spreading of peace and ecology movements, global institutional change, more
cooperative lifestyles and government structures, and a more sustainable future.
There are four main stages in the evolution of society: mythos based on sacred narrative;
theos based on belief and intuition; logos based on the empirical; and holos a holistic world
view where we perceive the connections and allow our intuitive connection with the world.
This is the new paradigm which is needed to establish coherence and is marked by a strong
sense of seeking harmony.
Dr Lazlo finished his talk by explaining the sixteen hallmarks of an evolved consciousness
and I had a deep sense that here in the conference, here in the community, amidst all the
activism taking place in the world, we are engaged in the world shift and moving from a
fragmentary to a planetary, holistic consciousness.
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Playful spirits
We waved and applauded Dr Lazlo as he disappeared from the screen and Barbara invited us
to end the session singing rolling Oms or Amens. Sounds gently erupted around the Hall and
she then said, You might want to open your eyes. My attention was drawn to the skylight
above as sheer fabrics began to float down, seemingly by magic. Three nymph-like young
women, all barefoot, danced underneath as more colours caressed down upon them. There
was a playful spirit as they wove them through the audience, draping the fabrics over heads,
around shoulders, clustering people together in connection.
Transformation is already happening, said Barbara as she began to play the piano
accordion. The music became faster and faster, we began to clap, the nymphs enticed people
onto the floor for an informal Scottish jig accompanied by yelps and squeals of joy, and
shades of green, orange, blue, purple and pink, sixteen different colours which Francois
explained would be part of the celebration on Friday.
There was an extended tea break for the signing of the new book, Messages from God, by our
only remaining co-founder Dorothy Maclean. A steady flow of people lined up for a
handwritten message, accompanied by a beaming smile. I overheard Dorothy say to one
person, God comes first and those three words seemed to capture her very essence.
Life is a pilgrimage Geoff Dalglish
South African Geoff Dalglish gave the final presentation of the morning called Life is a
Pilgrimage and shared a stunning slideshow. It began with a quote by the Peace Pilgrim,
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Mildred Norman, an American pacifist who walked across the United States for 28 years,
Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.
We are all walking our own paths, Geoff began, and its our choice whether to be
conscious or unconscious. Living on the edge has been my passion, adrenalin my drug of
choice. I was a news reporter, war correspondent, race and rally driver, 44 instructor andoverland expedition guide. My life was all about cars and speed and its funny to be standing
here now.
Along the way, Geoff has driven over two million kilometres, often at speeds over 250km/h
and spent much of his life on aircraft. I had a huge carbon footprint, he admitted. If
everyone lived the way I did, wed be trashing the planet much faster than we already are. I
knew something had to change.
Geoff came to Findhorn and joined the month long Findhorn Ecovillage Experience
programme. This was one in a series of inspirations that marked his transition from petrolhead
to pilgrim and he now walks as Earth Pilgrim Africa with the message of treading lightly andlovingly upon the earth. He began his own pilgrimage last year on the sacred Isle of Iona and
has so far walked 7000km.
When I wrote my book, Lost and Found*, lots
bubbled up, it has been an incredible journey with so much pain. The slideshow will introduce
you to some of the people, landscapes and events that have shaped and inspired me.
The poignant image of a single footprint in the sand begins our visual journey. We
accompany Geoff into the high Himalayas, on his trek to the base camp of Everest, mother
goddess of the world. I had led the first overland expedition from China to South Africa, and
afterwards just had to walk to connect my feet with the earth. For 16 days I didnt see a single
wheel, neither bike nor wheelbarrow.
Why would God give me Ferraris?
Geoff had held the belief, Why would God give me Ferraris, Porsches and 4x4s to play with,
if She expected me to walk? We see a photo of him in the Ferrari F40, in the 80s the fastest
car on the planet, and then in a 44 in Namibia amongst the worlds tallest dunes. He
witnessed and photographed the racing fatality of a grand prix driver he much admired and
eventually his love affair with the car was over and he turned his attention to walking long
distance instead.
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He met two friends, David and Braam, who ran the Great
Wall of China, the mind-blowing achievement of the equivalent of 98 marathons in 98 days.
Later he arranged for them to run 90km on the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, starting from
his prison cell on Robben Island, to raise money for a childrens charity offering surgery for
facial disfigurements.
A photo of a young African girl with a disfigured cleft is displayed on the big screen. Im
really squeamish with blood, but I spent 11 hours in surgery with little Zama and other
children. After the operation they handed her a mirror and this changed her life in an instant.
Soon she was tucking all the other children into bed, reassuring them their operation would be
fine. My life then became about service, rather than just me, me, me.
The photographic journey took us to the melting snowcaps of Mount Kilimanjaro, and on a
Timbuktu expedition that included the Grand Mosque that is the largest mud building in
Africa. Along the way we witnessed the rape of the rainforests and the decimation of wildlife.
Love for the natural world shone through in Geoffs slideshow. Ive always felt totally
connected in nature and find peace there, he said. Three years ago, 50 pilot whales beached
near his Cape Town home. He was involved in helping to guide them back out to sea but they
kept coming back. I contacted the animal communicator Anna Breytenbach for help. She
said they had swum through pollution and many of them had been poisoned. They had chosen
to die on the beach together to make a statement.
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Geoff also spoke about his love affair with elephants
and a charge that was the most frightening experience of his life. Hiding behind a tree, I tried
to communicate telepathically that I was not there to harm them. If I survived I vowed to
dedicate the rest of my life to Gaia.
He began his pilgrimage on the 7th July 2011 to honour the life of Peace Pilgrim who had
died exactly 30 years earlier. There are times when Im walking that every step is a prayerand a blessing. Ive realised that the luminosity of first light is love itself and feels to me like
an early morning hug from God herself. Or a gentle caress from an infinitely loving Creator.
(*You can find more information on Geoff from his website, and his book fromFindhorn
PressorAmazon.)
Christine Lines
Love, Magic, Miracles Conference Day 6
7 October 2012
As I approached the Hall this morning I could already hear the buzz of conversation and
laughter inside. Choosing my seat, I noticed the chairs were arranged to create a circular
space, around the candle in the middle, drawing us closer together.
The audience came to a natural quiet and Antonio introduced David Harrison and Vera
Bohlen who were holding the session, Harmonic Temple, saying, They have a resonance in
heart and being that is beyond words.
David invited everyone to stand for a warm up. When
we sing, our bodies are our instruments, he explained. We shook our feet, wobbled our
knees, hulad our hips, gave our hands a good old shake, flapped the elbows, wriggled our
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shoulders and loosened our lips with a brrrrrr sound. With feet shoulder width apart and hands
on our bellies we took a few deep breaths to ground our bodies and open our voices.
Our first harmony was a two-part setting of the words shalom, peace in Hebrew, and salam
peace in Arabic. "They have a beautiful flavour if we alternate and sing them together." I
noticed the men were sitting in one half of the circle and the women in the other, as David ledthe male voices, before Vera invited the female voices to accompany them.
Sing out as if a prayer to the world Harmonic Temple
As the sounds and voices merged I felt bathed in love and tenderness, with a beautiful sense
of cultures meeting in peace. Sing out as if a prayer to the world. My eyes were moist and
in the silence afterwards we could almost hear the song continuing in the universe.
Singing is the most immediate connection to spirit I
know, through singing we can move beyond the mind and into oneness, David said.
Nickomo Clarke created Harmonic Temple chants. The words come from different sacred
texts and traditions, and the melodies often come to him in nature. In the harmonies we can
hear the angels sing with us.
They introduced our second chant, the Tibetan mantra for compassion, Om Mani Padme
Hung. To paraphrase Thomas Merton, Its not about achieving a new state of compassion,
instead its about returning to our natural state.
We were to build up the chant in four parts, eventually singing it like a prayer wheel spinning
around continuously. It is a prayer going into our hearts and out into the world. With each
turn of the wheel we send our prayers to liberate the suffering, with each turn we become ourmore loving, authentic selves.
People gravitated towards the centre of the Hall to sing, a few walked in a circle symbolising
the turning of the wheel, others stood with hands outstretched or palms resting on their hearts.
The loving devotion was tangible in the air as the repetition of the chant moved into different
layers of sound.
Our final chant of the morning was the Sanskrit word Namaste. I honour the place in you
where the entire universe resides. I honour the place in you of love, light, truth and peace. I
honour the place within you where if you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me,
there is only one of us. The sounds of soprano, bass, alto and tenor came in one by one,
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Taking back my power
Her first husband died in a car accident with another woman. It was a huge experience to go
through that still affects me even though Ive worked through a lot. Sylvia learnt how to
meditate and joined various courses. I thought Id done a lot of healing when I met my
second husband. It was a very dependent relationship and I realised it was easier to betray
myself rather than him. The cancer gave me the courage to leave. I had lost my self and
leaving was a big step in taking back my power, a huge part of my cancer journey.
Sylvia spoke of the incredible support she received from her sister and the unconditional love
of her two sons and the fun they had along the way. She was determined to heal emotionally
before having medical intervention. You name it, I tried it, she said. I followed my
guidance all along, through books, dreams and my inner voice. However she continued to go
downhill and Tjitze recognised what was happening, Youve handed over your power.
She realised the decision to have the operation was the attitude of you fix me, rather than the
more co-creative attitude of complementary therapy. It took her a long time to get her power
back. Sylvia remembered being close to death when a meditation tape helped her face her
biggest fear, death itself. After facing it through visualising the different stages she felt
incredibly peaceful. I really surrendered, it was a big turning point.
The operation itself had nothing to do with curing her from cancer. The medical team
discovered there was no trace of cancer in the remains of the tumor they removed, Sylvia
said. I was clear before the operation that nearly killed me which was an absolute miracle
and my oncologist and medical team said they were gobsmacked!
Sylvia described having cancer here at Findhorn as another miracle, with so much support in
the community. One of my wonderful friends asked, How are you going to celebrate when
you're better? It was incredible to set the intention. I imagined playing golf again which I've
always associated with having fun.
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Life is a miracle
Six years later she describes life as quite remarkable and the learning continues. I still
sometimes lose my way, but now its easier to get back on track. Its wonderful that I can now
give back to others. It was a huge miracle to walk the Camino de Santiago recently and I live
with the most wonderful man, our great relationship is a reflection of where I am.
Her closing words, before the audience were invited to share their personal journey with
cancer, were a gift to us all. What I heard on the mountain I now understand. The voice said
to me, Just living and radiating who I am is a gift. Not because Ive come through cancer,
this applies to every single human on the planet, just by being born. Life itself is a miracle.
We all need to radiate who we are. We are love.
National Poets Day Jay Ramsay
Tonights session is Poetry and The Greater Love with Jay Ramsay, a leading and influential
poet in the transformation of consciousness, and Herewood Gabriel, an artist-musician who
Jay describes as a great friend and fellow 5Rhythms dancer. The Hall has a more intimate
feel to it this evening, with the lights down low and the
mellow sounds of piano and guitar creating a relaxed atmosphere. Several rows of chairs have
been set up down on the floor, facing the front of the Hall where conga drums, a ballaphon(African xylophone), singing bowls, a rainstick and an Indian Shruti Box (drone instrument)
await. I sense this is going to be a very different kind of evening.
We have a light-hearted start as Michael introduces Jay with the help of a poem Michael
hastily wrote upon learning that today is National Poets Day. We all enjoy a good laugh
together and then sit back as Jay and Herewood approach the stage, Jay on djembe and
Herewood on Native American flute. The sound is haunting, yet soothing at the same time.
Jays poetry walks on the ground of mysticism and vision, and he cites as his influences the
English Romantic tradition of Wordsworth and Shelley, the sacred tradition of Rumi and
Gibran and a long study of alchemy. He tells us that his sense of language is that it needs toserve the great transparency of our time.
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From conditional to unconditional love
Though Jay also writes political poems, he has specially chosen tonights poems to be
stepping stones from conditional to unconditional love. He speaks of love as a great mystery,
and the poems as being about what love does with us. To illustrate this, Jay quotes Rumi as
translated by Andrew Harvey:
Blood must flow he said
For the garden to flower
And the heart that loves me
A wound without a shield.
Inviting us to close our eyes while we listen, Jay begins to recite while Herewood creates a
soundscape appropriate to the feel of each poem.
Through the four sections of poetry and music to accompany
each poem, we are taken on a rollercoaster ride of human emotion: the longing for the
authentic self, for the other, for a connection to something greater than ourselves; the pain and
suffering of separation; the joy that comes from being accepted as we are. The themes of
loving ourselves, empathy, being open, living in the unknown, serving one another, and faith
and trust are all explored.
Each poem has a power all its own and together they reach into my soul, touching me as an
individual and connecting me to all of humanity.
Id like to share with you a few of the lines that in particular penetrate through to my inner
sanctum:
The pearl we are has to be cracked open to become the pearl.
If you havent learned to praise and dance, your inner being stays closed like a door.
Only the heart can see who we are; only the heart can see true gold.
All this time a rose secretly has been opening in you.
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The last poem is simply called Lullaby and through it
Jay reminds us that in this time we are held by something greater than ourselves. The music
that follows is an invitation to us all to praise and dance and we joyfully accept, stomping
feet and clapping hands keeping time to the rhythm that Jay and Herewood create with the
rainstick and ballophon.
The clapping in time with the music turns into a standing ovation for these two men who have
created an evening that can truly be described as being filled with a greater love.
Christine Lines & Sandra Mitchell
Love, Magic, Miracles Conference Day 7
9 October 2012
We entered into the richness of the final day with a few moments of silence. Becky and Niko,
young musicians in the community, then performed a beautiful rendition of I Dreamed a
Dream by The New Troubadours, a group formed here by David Spangler in the early 70s.
Niko played the wooden flute while Becky strummed
the ukulele and sang the lyrics that reached out to us all, Where the trees stand in silence yet
singing their song I know what a wonderful world it will be, when we each learn the part
that we play.
The song was greeted with delight, before Dorothy Maclean gave a warm introduction to the
talk of the morning offered by Judy McAllister: Myth and Reality, Legend and Legacy. Judy
has a vast and deep inner connection with herself and with Findhorn, over many decades,
said Dorothy. She has a quiet and clear wisdom, and is a great friend and support to me.
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Findhorn is Gaias response Judy McAllister
To have Dorothy introduce me is a privilege and a pleasure, said Judy. Its Friday, the end
of a long, full week. Id like to thank all of you for telling me about your miracles. I did
indeed lose count. She began her talk by saying it was not to be a history lesson, as that has
been recorded many times, rather an attempt to draw out some of the threads.
Having arrived in the community 35 years ago, we were blessed to hear Judys insights and
perspective on the past. On my travels people would always ask questions. The word
Findhorn is recognised all over the word and its a privilege to live in and be part of a global
phenomenon.
I think Findhorn was one of the many responses that grew out of the soul of Gaia in response
to the challenges and despair over the future.
Almost fifty years ago to the day, the world saw the publication of Silent Spring, written byRachel Carson, a book widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement. We
faced a nuclear threat through the Cuban missile crisis and the very soul of the planet was
under threat. These events occurred around the anniversary of the sudden firing of Peter and
Eileen Caddy from their positions of managing The Trossachs Hotel.
Dorothy, Peter, Eileen and the boys realised they had only one place to go their small
caravan on the Findhorn peninsula. There are many stories of these three individuals and Peter
embellished many of them to make a point, however, the truth is worthy of a legend in itself.
Judy knew all three of them well and through her innate curiosity asked many questions,
wanting to know what had really happened.
Life with God at the centre
All three had consented to living life with God at the centre. They had each spent nearly ten
years honing their connection to that divine source, with love as the common thread. The clear
inner voice of Eileen, the telepathic guidance of Dorothy and the intuitive sense of Peter all
led to the community we know today.
Years ago in one of Judys meditations, she was asked to reflect upon the scream from the
soul of humanity. I think Findhorn was one of the many responses that grew out of the soul
of Gaia in response to the challenges and despair over the future.
Judy shared a five-minute slideshow of then and now which we contemplated together insilence. The landscape was sandy, barren and windswept. Slowly the area transformed into a
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green and vibrant Garden of Eden. What struck me most were the trees that have grown up
over the years. The show ended with the provocative caption, and weve only just begun
There are two main principles involved, the first that we can all have a direct and personal
connection with the divine. Getting people to talk to God again, and listen, we seem to be
doing pretty well. The second, co-creation with the intelligence of nature, seems to need somemore work. What happens if we all believe the subtle realms want to co-operate with us?
she asked. Not if only, but what if? To act from this place, day-by-day, moment-by-moment.
This is the essence of Findhorn, a centre of incarnation.
The invitation is extended to us all
We can choose an active co-creative relationship with nature
The nature beings have emphasised one message over and over again, We have to approach
them, explained Judy. Were the ones gifted with free will and can choose to engage. Theytell us that we have no idea who we really are, magnificent human beings, the peak of
evolution on the planet. It is time to step into our potential; were on the verge of becoming
Gaian human beings working in equal partnership with nature in conscious co-creation. The
subtle, invisible realms require us to stand in our largesse so they can meet us. This is the
creative partnership that will make miracles, as we currently understand them, ordinary.
How do we enter into an active co-creative relationship? We need to break free from the
tyranny of denial and lack of hope. If you think youre too small to make a difference youve
never been in bed with a mosquito, said Judy to the laughter of the audience. It is our choice.
Fifty years ago three adults chose to follow a certain path and made a commitment. Miracle
is not a big enough word to express the transformation that took place. It wasnt just
thousands of hands and hearts, it was a constant cooperation between our human kingdom and
the other non physical realms.
My understanding of co-creation with nature continued to
deepen and my hope soared as Judy spoke. We do ourselves and Gaia a disservice if we stop
here. Lets allow ourselves to entertain the reality that there are larger forces at work. The
subtle beings welcome our partnership. We have the creative brain and imagination; they do
what they do in joyful harmony with one another. Together we can create something entirely
new if we engage their power and energy.
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This is not a moment where God is coming to the rescue; it is about us working creatively to
find solutions and form a new sense of balance on the planet. It is a challenge and an
invitation with which we can all engage. Judy shared about her visits to Brazil last year, into
the 3% of the remaining Atlantic rainforest. Each morning she would follow the path to a
waterfall nearby the house without electricity where she was staying.
Walking in a living prayer
Walking through the forest I was almost unable to breathe. There was an overwhelming
energy of exaltation, walking through this ancient, pristine forest, Judy said. I realised I was
walking in a living prayer and I became part of that prayer. She described both laughing
hysterically at the joy and also weeping at the sheer beauty of this rarefied land as she
encountered the voice of the forest.
Sitting in meditation on the last morning she received a letter by dictation and was asked to
share this where and when she could. Taking the leaf of action from the book of our founders,
she chose to share with us these precious words.
She took a few moments to find the letter amongst her notes, as sharing it was unplanned.
Dear child of the earth, it began. We call to you from this heart of green, from tree-clad
slopes and mountain tops We call to the nature in you We call out our welcome. Will
you hear? These are brief extracts from the longer, more
beautiful letter. Will you walk silently amongst us, listening to the sounds of the forest? Will
you come with your eyes open and see the beauty? Will you come with your hearts open and
allow them to break openly fully with wonder? Will you come that you may know yourself;
that we may know each other?
The invitation is extended to us all. Will we come and enter the potentiality of partnership and
play our part? If we live a life with God at the centre, we may do strange things, find
ourselves out of sync with the norms of society. Eileen, Dorothy and Peter were way outside
the box of their time. What would it be like if we were all willing to do that? Judy asked.
She left us with an evocative question in her own heartfelt way, And what will the next 50
years bring us?
We were asked to return to the hall in silence after the break in preparation for our
completion. When we came back, Barbara was playing the harp and thoughts disappeared
from my mind as the presence of music entered my heart.
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Judy invited us to close our eyes as she led a meditation toextend our gratitude and blessings. Imagine in your lap a small bowl and into that bowl begin
to gather memories, associations, moments of magic, insights, moments of healing, of
forgiveness, and gifts of kindness.
We are all a superhero
We then imagined ourselves becoming a superhero, beginning to collapse the bowl the way
the earth collapses coal to make a diamond, transforming all the contents into a gem, and
placing all that we hold precious into our hearts. Know its within you for recall, anytime,
anyplace, Judy said. When its anchored sufficiently in yourself, gently open your eyes and
bring yourself present into this time and place.
Slowly all that we had created was gently dismantled. The five banners were lowered and a
few people from the audience removed the colourful messages that had been pinned to them
in our opening ritual. Francois had created an almost egg-shaped container from willow and
paper as a vessel for our messages to be offered up to spirit this evening in ceremonial fire.
Everyone sitting stepped into the power of the witness, silently connecting with the
invocations represented in each message.
Once again we entered into a meditative space, In honour, respect and gratitude of our
ancestors. In appreciation for the people who represent love, magic, miracles and remain
present within us, and with awareness of those who follow after us, the future generations.
Francois carried a bowl of semi-precious treasuresinto the centre of the hall, making a rustling sound reminiscent of the waves against a pebbly
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shore. The bowl, draped in silk, was delicately unwrapped and placed upon a fabric on the
floor, with tiny squares of different colours all around. Come and choose one, he said.
Make it more holy by wrapping it in colour.
Everyone in the Hall made their way down into the centre, lining up in three directions from
the bowl, as Barbara played the familiar sound of Over the Hills to Skye on the pianoaccordion. Allow the hands to hold the semi-precious stones and fabric, allowing the sense
of touch to move into a deeper level of awareness, Judy said. This is a gift from Gaia, held
by the great cosmic angel of stone than spans the galaxies. Ultimately were all made of
stardust.
We were asked to enter a relationship with the piece of stone and imprint into it our hopes,
commitments and dreams; the essence of all that we take away from here. The stone holds in
partnership with you that dream. Be aware the stone joyously accepts whatever you ask it to
carry for you. Great angels and great forces gather in these seemingly small pieces of the
earth. Then came the great element of surprise
Sacred fire of mysticism and activismKnow you have given the most precious of dreams, said Francois. Now youre going to
release your stone and offer it to someone else, as an expression of our interconnectedness.
Taking care of each other, praying for each other. I looked at my beautifully shaped stone of
deep green one last time and then released it almost ruefully to the friend next to me. I
received his small stone wrapped in bright red. Thats not a colour I would have chosen I
pondered to myself, later realising it symbolised the sacred fire of mysticism and activism that
will forever be with me as a soulful gift from this week.
As we had done in the opening ritual, we sang the song that is part of the Hopi Prophecy. We
are the ones weve been waiting for This is the time and this is the hour, all together we
have the power. The energy in the hall was even greater this time, the voices imbued withour collective belief and joy in the future of Gaia and all of humanity. Mid way through the
song we were asked to turn around in the same direction and face outward with our palms
outstretched.
Send the energy into the past, to our ancestors that it may heal, integrate and release. Move
the energy out into the world; into the community that it may continue its work. Gather grace
and miracles and move this energy out into the global network of light sustaining our world
and evolution.
There was an incredible sense of power and strength as everyone faced in one direction,preparing to move out into the world and share the richness of the week, in their lives beyond
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here. May all beings everywhere benefit from the blessing of this magical time together.
Christine Lines
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