Nimue and the Black Heart of Innocence

"How beautiful and lascivious the black hearted innocence of
children and animals." Victor Anderson quoting the Dogon peoples.

Holy Nimue
Dark Darling of the Starry Magics
With you we laugh, cry, play, sing
And have our being
Holy Nimue
White One
lascivious keeper of the Black Heart
Untainted by shame, fear or guilt
In you we see our True Nature.

by
Karina


She is the Dark Daughter. Fierce and wild, unashamed and certainly
uncivilized. Nimue has much to teach us about innocence,
wonderment, Self-ishness and compassion. She embodies a purity
that, to the outer culture, seems anything but! As content singing
naked in the garden as she is smashing bugs or stirring storms, she
requires we proudly lay claim to the parts of ourselves we have
denied and covered over with shame, fear and guilt. Fearless,
shameless, without remorse, Nimue is both beautiful and terrible.
She pulls the pulsing, shining Black Heart from her pocket where
she's kept it hidden with frogs, bits of sand, some burrs, a
bluebird feather and other treasures collected on her tromp through
the woods. She holds it out to you, asking, "Wanna play?"

Nimue has deep mysteries to reveal to us. There is profound
healing leading to tremendous power to be had here! Together, we will
carefully create a container for this work by building altars,
cleansing and charging the space, aligning our Triple Souls and
making Kala for that which stands in the way of this Work. We will
feed the Guardian of the group mind as well as make appropriate
offerings for exploring this path safely.

Through Soul Alignment and Kala, coupled with discussion, poetry,
movement, Pentacle work, guided meditation, trance, journaling,
partnered and group exercises, song, ecstatic dance and play, we
will invoke a state of BlackHearted Innocence and celebrate our true
nature.

By the end of this weekend intensive, students will have developed a
deeper, personal, working realtionship with Nimue as well as having
reclaimed apsect of our own wildly innocent nature. Students will
take with them practices to continue deepening this important
relationship as well as tools for discerning and developing our own
Black Hearted Innocence.

It is suggested that workshop participants have experience with some
foundational Feri practices, specifically, Three-Soul Alignment and
the Kala Rite. Other important skills include grounding, a sense of
self-responsibility, respect for the group mind as well as for
individual participants. It There is a materials list for this
class. Space is limited. Early Registration not only helps us
organize this Intensive, but also assures your place.

September 27 -28th. Details: Workshop will run from 10 a.m.m - 8
p.m. on Saturday 9/27 and from 10 a.m. until around 2:30 p.m. in
Shepardstown, West Virginia on Sunday. Lunch both days is Brown Bag.
Dinner Saturday is an organized potluck (details as we approach the
date) Coolers will be available for food storage. A list of hotels
and B&B's will be made available.

Intensive Fee: Sliding Scale $110-$145 per person. Please email
Swansister at swanstar@verizon.net to register.