Tribe.net. Local Connections Swan http://feri.tribe.net/thread/8d7f9a87-3a38-4caf-886c-6a081111ebe1#112e8582-3fc9-4b04-b0a0-0b28614f7e70 2008-06-17T14:16:14Z 2008-06-17T14:16:14Z

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.

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