GATEWAY TO THE MYSTERY
March 26-28, 2010
Greenkill Retreat Center
300 Big Pond Rd.
Huguenot, NY
COSTS:
$455 - includes onsite lodging, meals, weekend program
$490 - dorm upgrade
$275 - commuter
Deposit - $250
Check back for
future East Coast dates
May 21-23, 2010
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Retreat Center
Petaluma, California
COSTS:
$599 - includes onsite lodging, meals, weekend program
$699 - single room
$499 - commuter
Deposit - $250
Check back for
future West Coast dates
Check-in begins 3PM
on the first day, followed
by dinner at approximately
6PM and the first session at
7:30PM. The program ends after
lunch, approximately 1:30PM,
on the last day.
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The Sage's Path
Jean Houston's Mystery School is a 26-year-long exploration of wisdom, creativity, mythology, science, magic, and joy, designed to uncover the infinite treasure house within each human, and to practice skillful means in order to bring the deep gifts of that treasure into the world with grace, effectiveness and power. To continue that quest, beginning in 2010 we offer the Passages Programs, in which critical transitions in life are honored through ceremony and a deeper awareness of what it is to live as a sacred human.
Ceremony as a Gateway to the Mystery
One of the most poignant human hungers is the need for ceremony and ritual. In its elemental form, this need is located in the deepest, oldest part of our brains. Spiritual ceremonies, especially when personalized, open up new dimensions of the mind, spirit and heart and can create surprising, beneficial results. Learn the secrets of effective ceremony as practiced by the masters of many traditions. Rituals of meaning, depth and beauty are needed now individually and collectively as we seek new ways of contributing to our own welfare and the well-being of all that we cherish.
In this weekend program, you will:
- Learn the hidden aspects of ceremony and how it can help you align with creative forces.
- Discover how to utilize the seven powerful spiritual principles of ritual.
- Realize the latest mind/body/brain research about the need for ritual.
- Experience a variety of rituals from celebratory to those impacting even past experiences.
- Meet the Sacred Essence of ritual that strengthens and guides you.
- Share the fascinating consistencies about ceremonies held all around the world.
- Use the genius and practice of ritual as a way to illumine life transitions.
- Discover what is on the other side of ritual as one agrees to new life, new capacity and new ways of being.
- Understand why ritual is essential to our humanity.
Offered as one session of this year's West Coast Mystery School series and as a special, additional session on the East Coast, this weekend is a rich and potent exploration of our timeless roots in ritual, and the power these rites can have in the present. This weekend course may be taken alone, as part of the larger Mystery School series or as preparation for the week-long Initiation of the Sage.
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