Here’s my picks

What Women Want - The Ten Secrets Every Husband, Lover, or Partner Needs to Know!
Thanks Lasára Allen!
Hey guys,I know you sometimes feel mystified by what is expected of or desired from you.Here are ten secret desires that may change your life forever.

Money Grows on the Tree of Knowledge Part 2
Thanks Tracy R  Twyman
It is thus that the word “cheque” entered into the English and French languages.In the case of “cheque”, it came from the chequerboard clothe which Templar merchants and bankers used to square their accounts – to “check” their assets and liabilities.

Remembrances of Lives Past
Interest in reincarnation is on the rise, and its purveyors are not monks or theologians, but therapists.

Sensual Shaman Interview
Isis Phoenix is interviewed by Steven Otero of Sexy Spirits on Shamanism and Sexuality and the integration of dualities on the spiritual path

At Bookstore, Even Nonbuyers Regret Its End
One result of the book chain’s uncertain year may be that much of the old animosity toward Barnes & Noble, once seen by some residents as a corporate bully that helped squash small, independent bookstores, has lately been replaced with affection.

Dear Souldish Friends,

Here is my latest picks for Souldish this week.  It’s short but sweet.  For those considering attending Honoring the Divine Feminine, (which I highly recommend) please note that tickets are scarce and it’s a good idea to secure your spot well in advance.  This weekend’s highlight is Evolve Fest, another highly recommended event, it’s like no other music festival you’ve ever attended, simply sparkling and well worth the trip, camping is available on site and the music never disappoints.

Bliss and smiles,
Salma

))Souldish Featured Events((

==September 3==

EvolveFest

A weekend of Music-Yoga-Community and Creativity.  The 4th annual EVOLVE Music and Yoga Festival (www.evolvefest.com - http://bit.ly/yKc4Z) is a festive gathering for progressive, fun-loving and visionary people who wish to celebrate their creative human potential and explore ways to make life on Earth more harmonious, joyful and sustainable! The Evolve vision centers on our power to move forward as ONE family, aligning with our Planet and with all beings.Get ready- we are on the verge of something massive- we are on the edge of something profound and extraordinary in every sense!  (We can all participate in what may be the most significant event in the history of the cosmos- the birth of a new being, Universal Human. A Universal Human is one who is connected through the heart to the whole of life, attuned to the deeper intelligence of nature, and called forth irresistibly by spirit to creatively express his or her gifts in the evolution of self and the world.  Humans today are undergoing the process of emerging from a cultural cocoon/tomb of over-consumption as beings capable of co-creating a new world that is sustainable, compassionate, and life-affirming. Our present generation has the ability  to consciously evolve in ways that are magnificent beyond imaginings!)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/EVOLVEFEST/112052962010?ref=ts
http://www.evolvefest.com/

==Weekend of September 10 - 12==

Honoring the Divine Feminine

This is going to be a very special event and I highly recommend this because Allyson has put her heart and soul into this herself.

“Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.”
— Starhawk

This weekend we celebrate the gloriously diverse forms of the divine feminine - open-heartedness, fierce compassion, creativity, the courage both to love and to face the shadow. Come join in a warm, supportive, sacred circle in which we will share our goals, hopes, joys and fears as we  empower each other in our transformative journeys. We will explore how we can restore right-relationship to our mother, Gaia, the Earth, and delve into how archetypal expressions of feminine consciousness, such as Sophia, Shekhinah, and Shakti manifest themselves in our art, spirituality, activism, sex, nutrition, parenting, conscious entrepreneurship, medicine and healing.  We will dance, chant, laugh, cry, and give voice to the divine river that runs deep within each of us.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to share a few powerful days with an extraordinary group of inspiring, visionary women, including eco-heroine Julia Butterfly-Hill, psychiatrist and author of Weekends at Bellevue, Julie Holland, Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, and legendary countercultural figure “Mountain Girl” Carolyn Garcia, among many others.  Meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch) and morning yoga classes are included. As the autumnal equinox draws near, you may camp in the natural beauty of CoSM’s 40-acre property, or enjoy the comforts of a nearby hotel. This is also an excellent teaching moment to share with an adolescent, especially mothers and daughters of all ages. The sacred masculine is invited to join in celebrating the Divine Feminine.  This is an excellent teaching moment to share with an adolescent, especially mothers and daughters of all ages. The sacred masculine is invited to join in celebrating the Divine Feminine.

“God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.”
— Gloria Steinem

(all weekend beginning Friday evening, $374 includes meals)
Day Passes are available through the website
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
46 Deer Hill Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
To see the schedule and bios please refer to the CoSM website link below:
https://secure.cosm.org/np/clients/cosm/event.jsp?event=146

Facebook RSVP page:  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=124769834221895&ref=ts

Please Note:  To secure a spot, I highly recommend that you purchase your ticket early as registration is limited in order to keep this event intimate.

==Heard through the Grapevine==

Julia Butterfly Hill and Pete Seeger at CoSM…

In an unconfirmed rumor, Pete Seeger, iconic  American folk singer and conscience of the Hudson River Valley, will meet eco-artist and earth activist Julia Butterfly Hill at CoSM’s Honoring the Divine Feminine Opening Ceremony Friday, September  10th. Recently confirmed, Flordemayo, of the world renowned Thirteen Grandmother’s, will offer a blessing at that same Opening Ceremony.
Don’t miss this historic first at CoSM.

Click Here the visit the official Honoring the Divine Feminine event page

))Other Awesome Events((

==Monday, August 30==

When Your Awakening Becomes A Crisis

With Kevin Sachs.  Do you feel like you’re losing your mind? Are you losing your grip on reality or acting in strange ways? Do you have spontaneous spiritual experiences and not know why? Are you suddenly overwhelmed by powerful energies and emotions? Have you had a life-transforming experience or do you have a spiritual practice and now feel like you’re losing your sanity? Do others tell you something is wrong with you and yet you know something deeper is happening? You may be in the throes of a psycho-spiritual crisis or Spiritual Emergency.  This talk is for anyone whose awakening has become a crisis or for anyone who knows someone like this. We will discuss what Spiritual Emergency is and why it happens, different types of Spiritual Emergency, how to determine whether a set of “symptoms” should be treated as a Spiritual Emergency or as a psychological dysfunction. We will also talk about modalities for working with Spiritual Emergency, what kind of support you might need and more. A Spiritual Emergency can be a powerful initiation and a call to a more expanded life, and in this talk we discuss how to use such an event to facilitate powerful psycho-spiritual transformation.  Kevin Sachs PhD has been on a spiritual path for 38 years. He has a private practice in New York City where he offers ongoing personal and emotional support for people who do spiritual practice, support in preparing for and integrating deep, transformative inner experiences, and support for people undergoing psychospiritual crisis. Kevin is an advanced student of Holotropic Breathwork™ at Grof Transpersonal Training. He is also studying to certify as a Focusing Professional with Ann Weiser Cornell and Jane Bell and studies shamanism with Jan Edl Stein and Kenn Day. He spent many years studying Siddha Yoga Meditation with Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. Kevin offers individual sessions in New York City or by phone.

(7 - 9p, Admission: $10 in advance; $15 at the door)
Meta Center New York, 214 West 29th Street, 16th Fl.

To register in advance, please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/807004773
Kevin can be reached by calling 646-415-6721 or emailing SafeJourneysHome@gmail.com.

==Also on Monday==

Fearless Waves

Tiggrr’s Awesome 5 Rhythms Certification Class…

If you’re not familiar with the 5Rhythms: The 5Rhythms are a practice which celebrates our own bodies, whatever shape they’re in, as our spiritual path.  By name, the 5Rhythms are: Flowing, Stacatto, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness. The rhythms follow one after the next, in waves.  We practice the Rhythms by getting downright down and righteous on the dancefloor.   For this series I’ve crafted musical sets which will carry us through the waves, with a focus each week on a different rhythm using a different style of music. There will be exercises, demonstration, and instruction, but the focus will be on moving, on moving beyond resistance, beyond the terrain of mind, out of our heads and certainly beyond these words, and being danced.  All are welcome. You don’t have to be a Dancer or know anything about the 5Rhythms to attend. Just arrive on time dressed to sweat, with a bottle of water and a willingness to come into your body.  This series is part of my 5Rhythms certification program and there will be no charge. Donations to Solstice studio, however, will be gladly accepted.  I Hope to see you there.  With Gratitude, Mz Meaghan Fearless

4 Mondays: August 30th, Sept 13th, Sept 20th, Sept 27th.

(9p, $ask)
Solstice STudio
66-68 West 39th St @ 6th Ave. 3rd Fl.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137401642969556

==Tuesday, August 31==

Tiny Dangerous Fun

Come out to the land of porches and tall trees this summer for an evening of big-top risks in the well air-conditioned basement of a bar/flowershop. Each month a handful of clowns, burlesque performers, puppeteers, acrobats, and musicians perform their ballyhoo in the bar’s bowels for 35 or so lucky patrons who got there in time to get a seat. For the audience goer who wants it intimate and hilarious, Tiny Dangerous Fun will knock your socks off.

MCs: John Leo and Audrey Crabtree, with Shara Ashley Zeiger, Exhotic Other (from Brown Girls Burlesque), Barbara Ann Michaels, Ora Fruchter and Christopher Scheer, Erickson Huertas, Helen Nesteruk and Marina Mezzogiorno, and Laura Cossa.

(8p; $10)
Sycamore Bar
1118 Cortelyou Road, at Westminster Road, Brooklyn
Q train to Cortelyou station
sycamorebrooklyn.com
johnleo.net/news

=Wednesday, September 1==

Energetics of Food:  How Our Food Becomes Us

At the Interdependence Project, guest workshop with Lara Adler .   Join special guest teacher Robert Chodo Campbell for meditation, teaching and discussion exploring the topic of generosity, a key practice in the Buddhist Path.  We will discuss the fear that surrounds both giving and receiving and offer practices that empower the individual and communities.  How do we determine the quality of our food? Is it price? It is slick packaging or special presentation? Is it home-cooked or from a fancy restaurant? How might the ways in which our food is grown or raised influence us as individuals? Which foods are the most nourishing to our spirits, and which ones may contribute to feelings of helplessness, depression and anxiety? Which foods are grounding and focusing, and which foods impart light, flexible energy?  In this workshop, we’ll discuss the inherent qualities of the foods we eat, along with how the ways in which they are grown, raised, harvested, and prepared, might impact and influence our mental, physical, and emotional health. We’ll cover practical ways in which you can shop for foods that positively contribute to your health and well-being and which are abundant in positive energy. You’ll learn to apply the fundamentals of food energetics to your daily life, allowing for more balanced physical, mental, and emotional states.  Lara Adler is a Holistic Health Coach, specializing in conscious, ethical eating and helping individuals bridge the gap between belief systems and practical day to day life. She guides clients through a journey of self-discovery, teaching them to heal themselves through whole foods and healthy living.

(7 - 9p, $20 ; $17 IDP Full Members; $13 IDP Sustaining Members)
The Interdependence Project NYC
302 Bowery
http://theidproject.org/events/2010/09/01/energetics-food-how-our-food-becomes-us

==Friday, September 3 - Monday, September 6==

Working with Your Enemies: Finding Freedom from Hostility & Fear

With Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman.  An enemy, whether within (in the shape of a habitual, painful mind state) or without (as someone for whom we steadily feel antipathy or fear) marks the edge between limited lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity and the potential boundlessness of these qualities. In exoteric Buddhism, “the enemy” is personified by “Mara” the devil, whom Buddha overcomes through the skillful application of wisdom and compassion.  In this workshop we will consider how Mara is dealt with in the Holy Teachings of Vimalakirti as well as how Mara is viewed in other Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings. We will explore inner and outer enemies, look at the fear, anger, and anguish generated by being stuck in a mode of “us” and “them”, and focus on the liberation we are capable of. There will be periods of dialogue, discourse, question and answer, and meditation practice.  Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America’s leading spiritual teachers and authors, and has been a student of Buddhism since 1971, leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon’s latest book is The Force of Kindness, published by Sounds True. She is also the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications; and co-author with Joseph Goldstein of Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio), from Sounds True. For more information about Sharon, please visit: www.sharonsalzberg.com  Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World, published by Atria Books/Beyond Words.  Tibet House and Insight Members receive a 10% discount on tuition.  Limited partial scholarships available—call Michael Burbank at 845-688-6897 ext.7513 for more information.

Tuition – $425 (per person);  $383 (THUS members)
Three-Day Accommodations – Arrive Friday, depart Monday. Fee includes housing and gourmet vegetarian meals.
Event Info: http://www.tibethouse.us/nyoc-cal/view/101928/111
Site Info: http://www.menla.org/

==Saturday, September 4==

Positive Pressure 2

Come out and shake those booties for the one and only Mayur next Saturday along with all the other amazing artists at Positive Pressure 2 at National Underground.

We’re returning to take the next step…

(Midnight-late, $5)
National Underground
159 East Houston St. between Allen & Eldridge

==Saturday, September 11==

Pirate Adventure on the High Seas

Presented by Gemini & Scorpio

Join us as we raise the massive square-rigged sails of New York’s only Tall Ship for a surreal dance party on the high seas. Rebuilt from original plans borrowed from the National Archives, the 160-foot Clipper City, with its masts rising 135′ off the deck, is a faithful replica of the clipper ships that plied America’s waters more than a century ago. Expect wild music to delight your ears, colorful costumes to delight your eyes, full cash bar to delight your gullet, and plenty of surprises to delight your soul. Find yourself face to face with the Statue of Liberty with a cocktail in one hand, a dance partner in the other, and towering sails soaring above. Dress: pirate, of course!

100 cruise tickets available for advance presale, 25 more at the door, first come, first served. We highly recommend buying your tickets early.

Aboard tall ship Clipper City, Pier 17, South St Seaport, 21+
11:30pm - 2:30am boat party w/cruise, $30 adv/$40 dock (limited tix)
Official site: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125007
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119983424720665
Taste of last cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3AvHJgtA1o
==Saturday, September 4==

Stranded III: The Forbidden City

Party by  Balktick and Winkel.  This is a clandestine metropolis of dynastic grandeur and libertine attractions. Dare you enter the Forbidden City and risk leaving the mundane world behind for good? Winkel & Balktick events are community projects that are created by a group of artists, volunteers and other merrymakers. If you like what you’ve seen or expect from us, we welcome you to join our ranks. We are seeking art projects, performances, music, general volunteers and event/theater/film production professionals. RSVP and questions to info at wandbnyc. [G&S note: “stranded” as in, not at Burning Man. So this dynamic duo creates a replacement celebration in NYC. Can’t recommend enough. In fact, volunteer.]

(At a palatial warehouse in Brooklyn, lineup, pricing and details at link below.)
http://www.wandbnyc.com

==Wednesday, September 15==

The Transition Movement – From Oil Dependence to Community Resilience

Bring others with you to hear an informative and inspirational talk by Michael Brownlee, who was instrumental in bringing the Transition movement to the United States from England, and who is co-founder of the first Transition Initiative in the U.S., in Boulder, CO.

7p
http://genesisfarm.org/program.taf?_function=chron

==Thursday-Sunday, September 16-19==

Introduction to Transition

This program provides a comprehensive overview of the Transition model for decreasing oil dependency and building local resilience – its premises and practices, along with an experiential introduction to the “head, heart, and hands” of Transition.

Genesis farm
http://genesisfarm.org/program.taf?_function=chron

==Thursday, September 30==

Sweeping the Dust

A Book Party at Jivamukti Yoga School NYC

SDavid and Sharonharon Gannon, David Life, davidlifenamaste Lantern Books  & the Entire Jivamukti Community  Invite you to celebrate the book release of Sweeping the Dust  by our dear Jivamukti Yoga teacher Ruth Lauer-Manenti with Foreword by Sharon Gannon,  co-founder of the JivamuktiYoga method

(6:30pm to 9)

Jivamukti Yoga School will celebrate the launch of the second book of Ruth Lauer Manenti’s, titled Sweeping the Dustpublished by Lantern Books.
For many years at the Jivamukti Yoga School in New York City and throughout the country, popular and highly regarded yoga teacher Ruth Lauer-Manenti (affectionately known as “Lady Ruth”) has been offering her students “dharma talks” stories from her life that accompany her classes and represent the yogic commitments to ahimsa (non- violence), compassion, and service. The teachings she gives are simplistic, yet poignant and memorable.  In Sweeping the Dust, you’ll find over forty of these talks, which are accompanied by a reading from classic Hindu scripture, and composed with humor and sensitivity. Sweeping the Dust is the perfect gift for the aspiring yogin and any spiritual seeker wanting to live with thoughtfulness and integrity. - Shri Brahamanda

“Ruth embodies yoga. She’s an artist, a living spirit, someone who walks the talk, the real thing. As a teacher, she goes far beyond the asanas to connect mind, body, and spirit and bring out the smile inside. To have her words of wisdom by your side is truly a unique and special gift.”  -Donna Karan, Founder, Urban Zen

“Ruth’s stories reveal the teacher in each passing day, the magician in each
sunrise and sunset, and the wisdom of a smile and a wink. Ruth is like
Sakshi, the witness to all the comings and goings of life, who provides the
detachment of liberated living.”  -David Life, co-founder, Jivamukti Yoga

Delicious hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided.

(6:30p – 9p , Free Public Event )
The Jivamuktea Café
841 Broadway, 4th Fl
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com

The 1960s Redux: In our new age of apocalypse, is the consciousness revolution back on?
“I wished fervently that I could have lived through that heady period, when it seemed as if the collective cranium of Western and global civilization was primed to erupt in a psychedelic expansion into new realms of thought, experience, and being that would inevitably lead to new patterns of social, political, religious, and cultural arrangement”

Death of the ‘McMansion’: Era of Huge Homes Is Over
Well, count 2010 as the year the last nail was hammered into the McCoffin: In its latest report on home-buying trends, real-estate site Trulia declares: “The McMansion Era Is Over.”

Real Gurus “Couldn’t care less”
Dzongsar Rinpoche candidly discusses what it takes to fulfill his role as guru and explains why the greatest challenge, East or West, is to have the courage to completely disengage from public opinion and attain “a genuine indifference.”

Clandestine cuisine
The economic slump hit the restaurant business hard: diners cut back, and investors practically stopped putting money into startups. In London, that led to a boom in “pop-up” dining — places where top-notch chefs temporarily took over alternative spaces, from friends’ apartments to greasy spoons to construction sites. This is fine dining’s equivalent to the speakeasy

In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV
It is a fantasy shared by many Americans: dropping cable television and its fat monthly bills and turning instead to the wide-open frontier of Internet video. Some are finding that the reality is not that simple.

Here’s my picks

Money Grows on the Tree of Knowledge: Part 1
Thanks Tracy R Twyman  In a way, money itself is like this. It is intrinsically a Faustian, Promethean symbol of man’s rebellion against God in his quest for more knowledge of the world and control of his surroundings.

The American: New Norman Mailer documentary
Thanks Richard Metzger
Norman Mailer claimed he was “imprisoned with a vision” which would “settle for nothing less than making a revolution in the consciousness of our time.”  Unfortunately for Mailer, he was far too good a writer to ever do that.

The Book is Dead! Long Live the Book
Did you hear that Barnes & Noble is up for sale? It foretells a future where the book of yesterday and today will look very different from the book of tomorrow.
SEX EDUCATORS DOWN– It’s Your Turn To Stand Up For Sexual Freedom
Susan Crain Bakos  asks “Is Facebook Censoring Sex Educators”?
What’s Up With Twentysomethings? In A Word, Economics
Anya Kamenetz College costs 1000% more money than it did 30 years ago, yet it’s required for most living-wage jobs. Young people work longer hours while they’re in school, so it takes them longer to finish.  Getting married, let alone starting a family, is difficult, even inadvisable, when you’re not financially stable.

Here’s my picks
Secret Confessions of a high-priced Call Girl
She entertained some of the most powerful men in the world.
She fulfilled their deepest erotic fantasies.What do you suppose high-priced call girls think about in bed?

Weapons of Mass Deception
Washington, 1952: How the CIA created the flying saucer craze

Max Headroom predicted my job, 20 years before it existed
The entire 80s cyberpunk Max Headroom TV series is available today on DVD, and one of the pleasures of rewatching the series is discovering how many things it got right about the future.
Rogue JetBlue flight attendant hailed as working-class hero
And as is the case with anyone who stumbles upon sudden infamy in the digital age, Slater has been the subject of much discussion in the past 24 hours or so. To many, he’s a working-class hero in the mold of the fed-up Peter Gibbons from the Mike Judge cult movie hit Office Space.
Ergo, the Ego
In the latest episode we discuss the Ego, ergo the name of this episode, and we explore some of the issues surrounding it with prominent occult author and musician Lon Milo DuQuette as well as talk about his new book titled Low Magick: It’s All In Your Head … You Just Have No Idea How Big Your Head Is.

Greetings New Yorkers,

Looking for something interesting to do this month?  Check out this weeks Souldish picks. If you are a Reggae lover, be sure to check out Roots & Dub On The River Cruise.   In September, CoSM is holding a quite special weekend retreat/celebration, Honoring the Divine Feminine.  If you love gardens, come take a walk with Kiana Love at the Walt Shamel Garden Art Show.  Next weekend, Joey Levine will hold is Earth Spirit walk which I highly recommend if you are a nature lover.  Psytrance lovers, Tekno Feel Ya is coming to NYC this weekend.  There is much more to be found in this weeks newsletter.  Enjoy!

xoxo,

Salma

Please send events to:  salma@souldish.com.

))Souldish Featured Events((

==Sunday August 29==

Roots & Dub On The River 4 Ethiopia

A Nyc Boat Cruise For The Jrdc Shashamane School Presented by Ital Productions

Come join Ital Productions & Rocks Off Cruises aboard the Half Moon for a Concert Experience on the Waters of the Beautiful NYC Harbor. Roots & Dub on the River 4 Ethiopia is going to be a Sunday Afternoon Boat Concert Cruise with Incredible Music for a Great Cause. Foundation Artist Ranking Joe will be on board, along with 2 of the Best Roots Reggae Bands in the Universe, out of the Virgin Islands(Bambu Station) & Washington DC(The I*ternals). We also have 3 Diverse & Talented DJ’s, Heavy Roots & Dub Selector Livity International, East Coast/West Coast Collective I&I Vibration’s Jr. Castro, & DJ dakynd. Proceeds from this Event will go directly to the Blessed JRDC Shashamane School in Ethiopia. All Tribes Welcome. Come enjoy some Roots & Dub Reggae on the River & help support Ethiopia in late August.  More Info on how to get your Tickets and Info on the JRDC Shashamane School Below.

Boat Boards @ 1:30 Sharp!

Cruise 2:30pm- 5:30 Pm

Skyport Marina, Manhattan Nyc

East 23rd St. & F.D.R. Dr.

6 & L Subway

http://www.rocksoff.com/shows/584

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2186505&pl=rocksoff

http://www.shashamane.org/

==September 10-12==

Honoring the Divine Feminine

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.”

— Starhawk

This weekend we celebrate the gloriously diverse forms of the divine feminine - open-heartedness, fierce compassion, creativity, the courage both to love and to face the shadow. Come join in a warm, supportive, sacred circle in which we will share our goals, hopes, joys and fears as we empower each other in our transformative journeys. We will explore how we can restore right-relationship to our mother, Gaia, the Earth, and delve into how archetypal expressions of feminine consciousness, such as Sophia, Shekhinah, and Shakti manifest themselves in our art, spirituality, activism, sex, nutrition, parenting, conscious entrepreneurship, medicine and healing. We will dance, chant, laugh, cry, and give voice to the divine river that runs deep within each of us.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to share a few powerful days with an extraordinary group of inspiring, visionary women, including eco-heroine Julia Butterfly-Hill, psychiatrist and author of Weekends at Bellevue, Julie Holland, Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, and legendary counter cultural figure “Mountain Girl” Carolyn Garcia, among many others.

Meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch) and morning yoga classes are included. As the autumnal equinox draws near, you may camp in the natural beauty of CoSM’s 40-acre property, or enjoy the comforts of a nearby hotel. This is also an excellent teaching moment to share with an adolescent, especially mothers and daughters of all ages. The sacred masculine is invited to join in celebrating the Divine Feminine.

“God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.”

— Gloria Steinem

$375 Includes all workshops, activities, meals, facilities, camping Friday & Saturday nights.

$300 Includes all workshops, activities, meals, facilities, sleeping offsite.

(Contact CoSM for hotel recommendations)

After August 21:

$425 Includes all workshops, activities, meals, facilities, camping Friday & Saturday nights.

$350 Includes all workshops, activities, meals, facilities, sleeping offsite.

For information: www.cosm.org

Contact: HDF@cosm.org

Phone: 845.297.2323

46 Deer Hill Road

Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Please email workshops@cosm.org with any food allergies you may have.

Special Guests:

Julia Butterfly Hill became the most internationally recognizable figure in environmental activism when she brought attention to the plight of one of the world’s last remaining ancient forests by climbing 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree and refused to come down for over two years.www.juliabutterfly.com

Rebecca Hoffberger is the Founder & Director of the American Visionary Art Museum, America’s official national museum for visionary and outsider art, located in Baltimore Maryland. www.avam.org

Elizabeth Lesser is the Co-Founder and Senior Adviser of Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the United States focusing on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity. She is the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and A Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure. eomega.org

Julie Holland, psychiatrist and author of best-selling autobiography, Weekends at Bellevue: Nine years on the NIght Shift at the Psych ER. Julie’s topic for the weekend is the title of her next book, Moody Bitches. www.moodybitches.com/

Sheri Winston’s mission it is to transform our cultures attitudes about sex. She is a medical professional, a sexuality educator and author of Women’s Anatomy of Arousal. intimateartscenter.com

Carolyn Garcia, known as Mountain Girl, is a former Merry Prankster, wife of the late Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and first hand historian of the Magic Bus of the late 60’s and all of its riders. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Adams

Annie Oak is the founder of the Women’s Visionary Congress, an annual event in Northern California featuring visionary healers, scholars, activists and artists who explore the leading edge of consciousness and sustainable social change. She will speak on the reverent use of psychedelics and the power and awareness acquired during menopause. visionarycongress.org

Mary Rockwood Lane, R.N., Ph.D. is a bee priestess, artist, author and nursing professor. She is the founder / director of the Arts in Medicine program at the University of Florida Medical School and teaches Creativity & Spirituality in Healthcare. maryrockwoodlane.com

Parashakti, dancer, yogini and spiritual seeker and community leader, originated the powerful, life-changing Dance of Liberation¨, which integrates shamanic journeying, hands-on healing, drumming, global music, sweat lodges and fasting to dissolve all barriers to a joyful life. parashakti.org

Kiana Love is a healer and educator who began Be Wild Woman, and community committed to the feminine inner wisdom, from the abandon and joy of a child to the ferociousness of a protective mother, through events that include herbal gardening, women’s circles, and celebrations. bewildwoman.com

HuDost is a commanding experimental Indie World Rock group. The diverse musical styles of core musicians, Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines, weave a seamless tapestry that cultivates that nameless longing that abides somewhere in our hearts. hudost.com

Kate Raudenbush, artist and winner of five Burning Man commissions for interactive sculptures, works with themes of social commentary, history and mythology. Kate shapes enveloping interactive environments utilizing laser-cut steel, acrylic, wood, mirror, sound and light. Her sculpture, “Altered States,” graces a meadow at CoSM. kateraudenbush.com

Janet Morgan, internationally exhibited artist and dancer, paints supreme beings as part of her Gods and Goddesses Project. Morgan paints historic deities and also invents her own, like the God of Safe Sex and the Goddess of Disgusting Jobs. With over 175 paintings in the series, these large watercolors, bold and raw, haunting and serene, are a celebration of the sacred for the 21st century. janetmorgan.net

Allyson Grey, artist, writer and editor, is co-founder of CoSM the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, the wife and partner of internationally renowned artist, Alex Grey, and mother of film actress Zena Grey. allysongrey.com

Susan Buck, award-winning journalist and businesswoman, has been documenting CoSM since 2006, and taken an active role in all aspects of general management and event production. susanbuck.net

Barbara Biziou provides women with empowerment tools and rituals for moving through life’s passages . She is the renowned author of The Joy of Ritual and an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker. www.joyofritual.com

RSVP:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124769834221895&ref=ts

))Other Events((

==Thursday, August 12==

International Body Music Festival

The International Body Music Festival will have a special performance at Lincoln Center.  Clap, Slap, Step and Sing: The International Body Music Festival Concert Lincoln Center, New York City August 12, 2010  From the tundra to the tropics, people can’t resist the urge to snap, clap, step, holler, and sing artful music. This universal resonator—our bodies—and its myriad global sounds ignite audiences of the International Body Music Festival in Concert at Lincoln Center, August 12, 2010. Body music old and new will be unleashed by Oakland, CA’s Slammin All-Body Band, Brazilian ensemble Barbatuques, Inuit Throatsingers Celina Kalluk and Lucie Idlout and African-American Hambone artist Derique McGee.  It’s music you can see, dance you can hear.  It’s the oldest music on the planet, and brand new.  Produced by Oakland-based Crosspulse (www.crosspulse.com), the International Body Music Festival is the first gathering of its kind anywhere, an unprecedented concert program of four distinct Body Music styles from throughout the Americas, including an explosive collaboration between Slammin All-Body Band and Barbatuques.  Beyond the compelling history, musical variety, and physical artistry of body music, “It’s really about being human. It’s a very visceral connection with all these different people. We’re all playing our bodies,” Terry reflects. “I’m excited about all these styles going on around the world, and I’d like more people to see them and enjoy them. It’s a reminder of our humanity on a very basic level.”

August 12th –

7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Center NYC

132 W 65th St

http://www.visitingdc.com/new-york/lincoln-center-address.asp

==Thursday, August 12==

Spacecraft

Is this what they mean my dog days of summer? I get so hot that I get cranky. I also get cranky when I don’t make enough time in my life for making things. Very cranky. Especially with all these delicious projects in my plans: finish cute denim skirt, knit socks for winter, knit back to school sweater, make meditation “altar”, not to mention all the fun food things I dream of with all this gorgeous produce busting out all around me. Cranky & hot, but I still can’t wait to craft with you.  I can’t sing the praises of Spacaecraft  enough: friendly open beautiful space, tons of supplies, great creative spirit. Spacecraft is a big open space with a huge table to spread out around. They have lots of supplies and materials for sale in case you forget something, and they have a backyard.  This will be our usual casual drop-in meeting, come any time, or for any part of the time, bring a project you would like to work on, or just come check out what everyone else is up to. Bring snacks, friends, kids, anything that inspires or fuels your creativity.  Can’t wait to see you Thursday!  Your Humble Servant, The Very Esteemed Callie Janoff

(6p-9p, donation)

Spacecraft

355 Bedford Ave., BK

http://www.diyideas.com/blogs/teamdiyblog/tag/spacecraft/

http://www.spacecraftbrooklyn.com/

==Friday, August 13==

Morley, Imani Uzuri, DJ Rekha and more …

Morley has an angelic voice and her music is uplifting and beautiful.   You may be smitten too.  Highly recommended.

(7p – 9:30p, $10)

Le Poisson Rouge

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=fe#!/event.php?eid=132453276797490

==Saturday August 14==

Tekno Feel Ya

The summer is hot and the parties are flowing!  Next weekend Surreal Estate kick it off with a Friday the 13th THREE floor extravaganza.  Featuring a Chillout Hookah Lounge, Rowdy Rooftop, and 3D Lair where our very own Electrik will be playing the latest in Progressive Psy and Full On…plus many more including a special treat from Victor the fire fanatic.  See below for full details.  The fun continues Saturday night as a new collective embark on their journey… tekno•feel•ya: an after party for Disorient’s Boom Boat and Bacteria Records Third Ear Training 2.1.  Only 5 minutes away from where the Boom Boat pulls ashore, a new exploration of Psychedelic Techno commences in the heart of Lower Manhattan.   Featuring:Friar Tuck, Gavin, Third Ear…and many more.  There will be air conditioning.

21+ w/ID

(8pm-late, Free before 10pm, $5 after)

RSVP for Exact Location @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143533842341935

==Saturday, August 14==

Wild healing art herb walk at the Walt Shamel Garden Art Show

Experience, see, create art in the wild woman corner & herb garden.  Join us for a fun, creative  Brooklyn community event straddling the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights & Bed-Stuy & Crown Heights.  Kiana Love, founder of Be Wild Woman is delighted to partner for the second year with the Walt Shamel Community Garden cultivating a Women’s Healing Herb Garden and offering herb walks & healing circles.  http://www.pr.com/press-release/173323.  Featuring: Wild Woman’s Healing Art Herb Walk with Kiana Love of Be Wild Woman 12-1pm.  Explore mother natures healing art.  Discover the natural wild beauty s of common weeds & herbs.  Learn how to unlock your creativity and heal your life with natures abundant gifts.  Use natures inspiration to create your own healing art in the be wild woman healing art station.  This women centered walk welcomes all ages & genders.  Be Wild Woman’s Healing Art Corner; Be inspired by womens wild natural art.  Embark on a wild herb walk & take in natures art.  Set your healing intention & create your own wild art.  Let your womagination run wild.  1-7   Bands, Artists, Food, Live Sculpture.

Walt Shamel Comunity Garden Annual Art Show

1095 Dean between Franklin & Bedford

==Saturday, August 14==

Solar Panel Workshop – Make a Solar Panel

From Wyldon Fishman at NYSES – New York Solar Energy Society.  Teach the teachers. Train the trainers. This is a terrific program to bring into the upper grades.  The next “Make a Solar Panel” workshop will be on Saturday, August 14, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. This is a great opportunity to fully understand the simplicity of making a solar panel. Each participant solders several of the Evergreen string ribbon chips together forming the chain. All the soldered chains or strings are surrounded by a “bus” to pick up the charged electrons and bring them around to the two wires that come out of the back of the panel. What takes us a day, a skilled worker completes in one hour working in the method developed by Dr. Richard Komp at Grupo Fenix, Nicaragua, and taught by him in remote areas in India, Africa, Central America and, soon, Peru.  Our instructor, John Burke, has assisted Rich and furthers the mission begun at the Maine Solar Energy Association. Join us at NYSES, 5270 Sycamore Avenue, Bronx, NY. Cost: $95.00 includes lunch and plenty of refreshments. The panel we finish is contributed to an educational organization.  Please pass this invitation along to your friends and post it to the science departments. Students understanding the basic principles can go on to make the alkaline battery recharger, cars, etc.

Sign up today at www.nyses.org with PayPal or call the office (917 974 4606) to reserve your space.

New York Solar Energy Society

The solar resource network

http://www.nyses.org

5270 Sycamore Avenue, Bronx,

917 974 4606 ; wyldon1@gmail.com

==Saturday, August 14==

Gemini & Scorpio and NY Gypsy Festival

Balkan Bacchanalia on the High Seas…Join us as we raise the massive square-rigged sails of New York’s only Tall Ship for a surreal dance party on the high seas. Rebuilt from original plans borrowed from the National Archives, the 160-foot Clipper City, with its masts rising 135′ off the deck, is a faithful replica of the clipper ships that plied America’s waters more than a century ago.  DJ Joro Boro, the king of the EthnoMesh Megalophonia sound (as heard at the infamous Bulgarian Bar, on KEXP radio, and at numerous underground parties), spins alongside special guest from Germany, DJ KK, mastermind of the Balkan Express and Favela Blast parties in Cologne.  Expect wild music to delight your ears, colorful costumes to delight your eyes, full cash bar to delight your gullet, and plenty of surprises to delight your soul. Find yourself face to face with the Statue of Liberty with a cocktail in one hand, a dance partner in the other, and towering sails soaring above. Dress: gypsy fabulous (though we’re taking it easy on costumes this time).  100 cruise tickets available for advance presale, 25 more at the door, first come, first served. We highly recommend buying your tickets early. Rain Date: Sunday, Aug 15 at 9:30pm.

21+

[11:30pm boarding, 11:45pm-2am boat party w/cruise, $30 adv/$40 dock (limited tix)]

Aboard tall ship Clipper City,
Pier 17, South St Seaport,

Official site: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html

Tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119199

FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108356192548440

Taste of last cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3AvHJgtA1o

==Sunday, August 15==

Camp Beaverton: Camp for Wayward Girls (a burning man camp fundraiser)

Hosted by Maggie C.  Hi NYC Burners -AbbySugar here, Assistant Mayor for Camp Beaverton, the queer women/lesbian/trans/gender-variant camp on Playa. We’re having two huge fundraising events in the next week, and I want to invite the whole NYC Burner Community to come out and party with us! Even though we’re a women’s focused camp, everyone and anyone (of all genders and sexual orientations) are always invited to come visit us on Playa and join our community and events during the Burn and outside of , with all donations going towards Camp Beaverton.  What: Fundraiser event, featuring music, a raffle, kissing booth, and more.  Camp Beaverton: Camp for Wayward Girls hosts a safe space, workshops, events, and a queer oasis for women and trans people of all sexual orientations (straight included!) on Playa, including our now legendary Strap-on-a-Thon. Since we are a relatively new camp, we need to purchase all our equipment for a shade structure, dome, kitchen area, generator, sound and lighting equipment for the Burn. Please come to our fundraiser.  We have a Kickstarter page up! Visit our page to learn more about the camp, who we are, our history, and to DONATE! :) Even if you can’t make it to our Fundraiser in NYC, thank you so much for a donation through Kickstarter.  If you are a Wayward Woman or trans/gender-variant person attending Burning Man and would like to learn more about us and/or camp with us, you can email me directly or go to the website, find us on FB, and on Google Groups.  Please donate if you can, or come to our Fundraiser on August 15th, and pass this message along.  Love and Dust - AbbySugar xx

Stiletto Girl Party, Maritime Hotel Cabanas

88 9th Avenue (At 17th Street)

When: 15 August 2010, 3 pm - midnight!!

http://www.campbeaverton.org

))Upcoming((

==Sunday, August, 22==

Earth Spirit Walk

Connect with the Earth Through Shamanic Ceremony.  Hiking Along the Palisades Ridgeline Overlooking the Hudson River.  Harmonize with the Cycles, Rhythms, and Energies of the Earth.  Explore the Wisdom, Power and Magic of Nature.  Rejuvenate your spirit.  Exercise your body and quiet your mind.  Restore balance and energy flow.  Explore shamanic ceremony and practices.  Develop tools for relaxation and inner guidance.  Transcend the stresses of everyday life.  Gather with like-minded community. Treat yourself to an adventure in nature.  Join us at a powerspot on a plateau overlooking the magnificent Hudson River where we will participate in shamanic ceremony and meditative journeying to restore inner balance, deepen our connection with the natural world, enhance our intuitive awareness of the invisible, and elevate personal power for transformation and healing.  Walk includes a short, steep hike.  We will be taking breaks for teaching, sharing, and experiential exercises.   Joey Levine is a leader of the New York Shamanic Circle and founder of DreamLab, a workshop inspiring people to live life in a fully alive state of joy, peace and well-being.

Please bring water, a snack, and a journal.  Registration required.

(1p – 5p, $60)

Beautiful Rockland County, NY (near Nyack)

Approximately 45 minutes from NYC by car.

Carpools & public transport available including rides from

Tarrytown MetroNorth Train Station.

Directions to gathering provided on registration.

Contact:  Joey Levine (917) 548-7073

Email:    earthspirit@optonline.net

==Wednesday, August 25==

Wild Rooted Woman  Program

Transform Your Body into A Wild Sanctuary during this 9 Week Tele-Journey.  Are you uncomfortable with your body? Do you feel vulnerable.  Is it hard to feel safe or at ease in your body.  Do you wish it would just do what it is supposed to do, ie., let you sleep..be thinner..more attractive…stop hurting?  Would you like to….awaken to pleasure, feel nourished, supported, loved, sexy?  Let go of pain fear & self doubt?…Love your body?  When I discovered I had fibroids my body had already been “yelling”-with ovarian cysts, painful, heavy cycles, and urinary incontinence. Learning how to reclaim my body helped me move from feeling anxious, depressed, ashamed & uncomfortable with my body to feeling innocent, self confident, empowered, sexy & free to express myself. I know it can help you too.”   Gain the support and knowledge you need to reclaim your body & give birth to you. Let go of pain. Access your body’s wild wisdom & discover your natural healing capabilities. Feel safe and comfortable in your body Develop your wombing toolkit to create safe nurturing space, ask for what you want, & feel good about your body. Transform your womb into a wild sanctuary.  Incorporate easy to use healing tools into your everyday life:  * reflexology* meditation* yoga* massage* chakra work* energy healing* journaling* nutrition* herbal healing* intuitive art* healing rituals.  Create a safe foundation within & become more self-confident. A healthy womb is essential to your sexuality, self-worth and joy. Wombing gives you the support & freedom to be wild.  Heal your relationship with the feminine. Claim your mothering gifts to nurture yourself. Gain access to your creative energy and fully experience your joy. Its time for you to give birth to you.

Teleclass

Beginning Wednesday, August 25th 6:30-8:00 EST  3rd Monday of month 7-8:30pm

http://kakinihealth.com/kakini/2010/02/wild-womenlove-feeling-sexy-party/

==August 27 - August 29==

NYC Esoteric Gathering

With Ralph White, Christopher Bamford, Richard Geldard, Dorothea Rockburne, John Anthony West, Steve Bass, Mitch Horowitz, Ellen Goldberg, Alvin Holm, John Lloyd, Karl Lorenzen and Peeka Trenkle painting by Frederick Church, 1877Today, interest in Western Esotericism is rising. Fifteen years ago, when the Open Center initiated its series of conferences on the Western Esoteric Tradition, there were very few gatherings that sought to bring alive the beauty and depth of this profound worldview. This weekend aims to be both a conference and a celebration of the resurgence of this great path.  We will reflect on the significance of the Western Tradition within the contemporary cultural landscape, complete last year’s exploration of Inner America, and look forward to next year’s Esoteric Quest for Ancient Alexandria.  As there is no Esoteric Quest to distant and exotic lands in 2010, the Open Center felt it would like to offer a homegrown esoteric weekend right here in New York City at the tail end of the summer, the time when so many Quests have taken place.  Please join a rich complement of speakers as we build esoteric community, meditate on America’s early spiritual communities and writers, and deepen our knowledge of ancient philosophy, geometry and art.  Presentations Include:  • The Arrival of Rosicrucianism in America• Emerson and the Alexandrian Neo-Platonists• Sacred Geometry and the Library of Alexandria• Tarot and the Western Hermetic Path• Alexandria’s Influence on the Patterns of Islamic Art in Andalusia• The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt, and• a walking tour of Esoteric New York City

($ Prices and schedules vary)

NY Open Center

22 E. 30th St

http://www.opencenter.org/esotericgathering/

==Wednesday, September 15==

The Transition Movement – From Oil Dependence to Community Resilience

Bring others with you to hear an informative and inspirational talk by Michael Brownlee, who was instrumental in bringing the Transition movement to the United States from England, and who is co-founder of the first Transition Initiative in the U.S., in Boulder, CO.

(7p, see website for details)

http://genesisfarm.org/program.taf?_function=chron

==Thursday-Sunday, September 16-19==

Introduction to Transition

This program provides a comprehensive overview of the Transition model for decreasing oil dependency and building local resilience – its premises and practices, along with an experiential introduction to the “head, heart, and hands” of Transition.

Genesis farm

See website for details:

http://genesisfarm.org/program.taf?_function=chron

))Public Service:  Community Gardens((

The OASIS mapping website — the only source for interactive community garden maps across New York City — now displays the latest inventory of gardens from GrowNYC.  You can search for any of almost 500 community gardens at http://www.oasisnyc.net/garden/gardensearch.aspx  More information, including a tutorial for accessing the garden maps, is available at http://oasisnyc.gc.cuny.edu/index.php/Community_Gardens_2010.

The inventory is the result of a year-long effort by GrowNYC to survey gardeners and GreenThumb staff about the most up-to-date status of each of 483 community gardens throughout the five boroughs.  It is being made available on OASIS in time to provide valuable context and background for activists, elected officials, the media, and others who are evaluating proposed rules for the gardens that will have far-reaching effects on whether these gardens will face development risks or not.

When you zoom to a garden on OASIS, the maps and related information will identify its protection status under the expiring rules (adopted in 2002) and which agency (if any) has jurisdiction over the garden. Each garden mapped on OASIS is profiled with information about when it was founded, what is grown there, and if you can volunteer. If you’d like to start a new garden, you can also use the OASIS maps to obtain helpful information such as property ownership, nearby resources such as schools, and surrounding land use patterns.

In addition to community gardens, OASIS’s maps show the locations of almost 150 gardens located on school property.  The NYC Community Garden Mapping Project (CGMP) at GrowNYC (formerly Council on the Environment of NYC) has been inventorying and monitoring community gardens and open spaces throughout the city since 2001, making this information widely and publicly available via the www.OASISnyc.net <http://www.oasisnyc.net/>  mapping site.

For more information about the GrowNYC community garden database, contact Lenny Librizzi at 212-788-7927 or llibrizzi@GrowNYC.org.  For more information about OASIS, contact Steven Romalewski at 212-817-2033 or oasisnyc@gc.cuny.edu.

))Weekend Retreats((

==October 1 - 3==

Come to beautiful central Virginia to learn about the earth centered devotional path with Trishuwa, Earth Keeper and Metis of Irish and Cherokee lineage.  We will meet together at the Bridge Between the Worlds outside of Charlottesville, Virginia for a time of Prayer and Ritual with:  The Ancestors and Gate Keepers of the Four Directions, And the creation of a sacred circle invoking the powers of the Directions:  Eagle, Coyote, Bear and Buffalo.  Participating with the invisible and creating your life territory, your plan for living in partnership with Mother Earth, Father Sky and all of our Relations.  The weekend will explore:  * Showing Up for Life   * Being in Relationship with the Visionary, the Warrior, the Sage, the Lover, the Compassionate Leader, the Elder   * Asking for guidance, personal instructions  * Devising a course of action * Exploring Accountability and Awareness–Speaking the truth–What you stand for * What is my intention right now?  And Consider these Questions:   * What kind of warrior am I?  * Will I self examine and mature into my true self?  * Will I steward that which needs, that which serves all life?  * Maturing questions–Who am I? What am I?   * What does it mean to cut away the false until free?   * Is my invitation to life on a deeper level than choice? What is needed? * What is my intention right now?  Trishuwa works with the ceremonial forms of communicating with the invisibles of the world-Sweat Lodge, Sacred Pipe, Vision Quest and the Medicine Wheel.  She is Ceremonial Director of the Church of Gaia and founding member of Foundation for Gaian Studies.  As a young child she lived near San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico, along the Rio Grande.  While living there she had her first visions that have guided her throughout her life and are the foundation of her work.  She is of mixed blood; Irish, Cherokee, African American and English.  Her genetic mixture and spiritual visions influenced her to advocate the inclusion of people of all races in indigenous ceremony. For more information, click here.

For more information about Trishuwa and The Foundation for Gaian Studies, click here.  Resource.    * Building Soul Force, Harnessing Love   * Earth Centered.  Devotional Path with Trishuwa  * Monthly Talks on Shamanism in a New Age  * Shaking Down Trauma, Finding Peace * Workshop Registration  * Hotels in the Charlottesville Area * Information on How to Make Payments to MettaKnowledge  * Story and Healing in Action: Embracing Diversity with Compassion in our Workplaces:  * The Art of Surviving Compassion Fatigue   * Exploring Spirituality on the Front Lines: A Workshop for Personal Exploration in Troubled Times

COST: $275 (includes meals and refreshments; lodging not included); $75 deposit due upon registration.Earth Centered Devotional Path with Trishuwa

Bridge between the Worlds Retreat Center, Charlottesville, VA

To register   For more information on the workshop and local housing options, email rachel@mettaknowledge.com or call 434-227-0538

))Workshops((

==Saturday, August 14==

Turn Problems in to Solutions: Permaculture Design wtih Andrew Faust

Permaculture Design Certification in NYC with Andrew Faust and Guests; Presented by  The Center for Bioregional Living and Andrew Faust.  Highly Recommended by Souldish.  This course is for you.  We need you and every conscientious and motivated person to learn the tools of Permaculture so that we may all begin to help move this world forward Today.  We believe it starts with having the skills and vision to re-imagine and re-design our landscape and society.  We are not waiting for government and big business to solve our problems.  The solutions are already all around us.  Join us for this life changing and paradigm shifting course that will provide you with inspiring career paths and abundant ways of living.  We love to talk to prospective students about what sets our course apart and makes it so life changing. Send us an email, give us a call! We look forward to speaking with the future designers of society.

This course will cover the core 72 hour Permaculture Design curriculum, including additional hours of in class and out of class activities to adapt this course to our region and to contemporary ecological issues in the United States. You will learn how to apply Permaculture principles to a diversity of settings and issues with an emphasis on urban and temperate environments.  This Permaculture design course provides a positive and empowering vision for social and ecological transformation.  Come be inspired by the possibilities of today and not by the fear of tomorrow.

Permaculture:, •is an ecological design science that provides insights and practical techniques for living a fruitful and abundant life.; •is addressing the major issues of our day from a whole systems perspective.; •is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.; •is a solution oriented ecological approach to retrofitting our societies.  This course is perfect for motivated individuals who wish to use the tools of Permaculture in urban and rural environs as well as for modeling sustainable and regenerative businesses.   Lectures, extensive and diverse handouts, field trips and hands-on activities:  Urban redesign and retrofit, passive solar and natural building,inner-city gardening techniques, indoor and apartment gardening, indoor mushroom cultivation, fermented foods, whole foods, Living Machines and natural waste water treatment, niche market and cooperatively owned business ideas, rain gardens, living roofs, rooftop gardens, how to clean polluted air with plants, biogas generators, Bioregionalism and regional self reliance, the economics of globalization, evolution of life on earth, history of agriculture, Biodynamics, natural history of Eastern woodlands, woodlot management, watershed health, the integration of animals into cultivated ecosystems, and so much more.  To receive a certificate students must attend all 11 classes and present a final Permaculture site design. Students will be given the option to present their final design individually which is a different approach than most PDCs. In our experience, and from what our growing number of students say, this contributes to a more practical, professional and intellectually stimulating learning experience. As a result a number of our student’s final presentations have gone from paper (or electronic presentations) to actualized, real-world designs.

Andrew Faust is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America with nearly two decades of experience in the field.

Guest speakers will include:   Keith Morris is an organic farmer, builder, and environmental educator. For the past five years, he has been designing and establishing an edible forest garden and ecological homestead in Johnson, Vermont along the Lamoille River.  Prospect Rock Permaculture combines reforestation, wildlife refuge, and ecological restoration with food production and community building, while educating about and experimenting with sustainable techniques and

ways of building.  Lisa DePiano is a certified Permaculture designer and co-founder of the Montview Neighborhood Farm, a human-powered farm and edible forest garden in the Connecticut River Valley. She has a Master’s degree in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts and likes to ride with the worker owned Pedal People in Northampton, MA.  Mark Krawczyk is a permaculture designer and educator, natural builder, traditional woodworker and ecological landscaper who resides in Burlington, VT. He has worked with leaders in these fields throughout North America and the UK and is a member of Seven Generations Natural Builders collective. In addition he owns and operates Keyline Vermont - a sustainable farm design consulting business,  a small woodworking/chair making company - Riven Wood Crafts and is the co-founder of the local permaculture and sustainability-focused community group Burlington Permaculture.  Rafter Sass of Liberation Ecology has facilitated workshops on social project design, Permaculture design, the economics of globalization, mycology, and wild foods and medicines. In his own words, “I do this work because I want to be in conversation with people who are hungry for change, and the tools for making it.”  Bill Young of Young Environmental LLC is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 25 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, botanical inventory, wildlife assessment, streambank restoration; and erosion and sediment control.  Lars Chellberg of CENYC and Water Resources Group builds and maintains low cost Rain Water Harvesting systems across the five boroughs and leads educational workshops on sustainable water practices. He will be leading a tour of one of the systems he designed for a community garden in the Lower East Side.  Paula Hewitt Amram is the founder of Open Road Park in the Lower East Side. She will be talking to us about the transformation of a former bus depot/brownfield into the thriving community garden Open Road park is today.

Together this teaching team brings a wealth of wisdom and a diversity of experience ranging from city to country, forests to deserts and beyond. Come and learn from the premier practitioners of ecological design in the Northeast and be a part of the

growing community of cutting edge designers and community leaders.

Tuition $1000

Payment plans are available. Please inquire.

$100 paid in advance to reserve your spot

11 Sessions - August 14 - October 10

August 14, 15, 21, 28, 29

September 4, 11, 12 18

October 9, 10

All classes will be held on either Saturday or Sunday from 9am to 5pm and will be held at:

Sixth Street Community Center

Lower East Side Manhattan

638 E. 6th Street between Ave B and C

For more information or to register, email contact@homebiome.com

The Center for Bioiregional Living

Ellenville / Brookyn, NY

http://www.homebiome.com

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Hello New Yorkers,

This week’s delicious offerings include a chance to win a coveted ticket to STS9’s NYC’s show this August.  Be creative and good luck!  Be sure to check out Reality Sandwich’s wonderful writer, Adam Elenbaas’s for Fishers of Men: The Gospel of An Ayahuasca Vision Quest, a discussion of his newly released book.  Adam is an amazing speaker.  I highly recommend visiting him for this event at Jivamukti this coming Tuesday evening in the Cafe.  CoSM’s Honoring the Divine Feminine tickets are on sale now.  I recommend purchasing your tickets before they get sold out.  Space is limited.   I’ve also listed several juicy hot parties and other curiosities including the Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival in Asbury Park, NJ.  Enjoy!

Also check out Steve’s picks for an interesting article on Philip K. Dick.

xoxo,
Salma
http://www.souldish.com
(Send listings to Salma@souldish.com)

))Souldish Featured Event((

==August==

Win STS9 Tickets!

“Souldish and UG Presents want you to win two tickets to see STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) at Roseland Ballroom on August 9. Click here, like the page, and leave a comment on our wall telling us why you need to get in to this show.  Please tell them that Souldish sent you!

http://www.facebook.com/ugpresents?ref=search”

==Souldish Especially Recommended==

==Thursday, July 29==

Sanga Yoga Kirtan

This class comes highly recommended by reliable sources.  Featuring Sanga Kirtan and Skanda Yoga. First Skanda Yoga will offer a class from 7:30 to 9. Then Sanga Kirtan ft. SriKala begins an instrument rich celebration lasting into the night ending with fruit and tea.  There will then be a Yoga preformance by Skanda and Ananda Woods.  Skanda will be teaching a Hatha Yoga class with Ananda Woods and Christine Alexander doing hands on adjusting. The class will then finish with Christine do…ing Kundalini style Meditation and Pranayama.  Suggested donation is $5. Please give what you can to support our teachers.  Check out the sites below to see more of Sanga Kirtan and Skanda Yoga.  Sponsors: unitribeproductions.com, reverbnation.com/sangakirtan

(6:30p - 12a, $5 donation)
80 N. Moore St and Creenwich Apt. #30G
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120707584642356&ref=mf

==Tuesday, August 3==

Fishers Of Men: The Gospel Of An Ayahuasca Vision Quest.

With Adam Elenbaas

For centuries Amazonian shamans have used the sacred and mind-expanding plant medicine, ayahuasca, to communicate with the spirits of the forest, receive visions and heal the sick. In recent years, ayahuasca has attracted spiritual seekers from the West who journey to the Amazon to partake in traditional ceremonies.

Join authors Adam Elenbaas and Daniel Pinchbeck (”2012: The Return of Quetzacoatl”) to celebrate the publication of Elenbaas’ remarkable memoir, “Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest.” (Tarcher/ Penguin). At once a gritty coming of age story in the tradition of The Basketball Diaries, and a psychedelic travelogue in the line of authors like Terence McKenna, Jeremy Narby and Pinchbeck, “Fishers of Men” is an unflinchingly honest story about the transformational experience of drinking ayahuasca. This Reality Sandwich event begins with a reading from the book, and is followed by a candid discussion on the subject of ayahuasca shamanism and its relevance for us today.

From his troubled youth in the American heartland, growing up a preacher’s son in the Evangelical Christian Church, to his experimentation with Pentecostalism and later his drug and sex-fueled downward spiral in Chicago, Elenbaas examines with unusual insight, good humor, and heart-breaking compassion his troubled relationship to his father, his family, and his Christian faith. After a chance encounter with psychedelic mushrooms at his grandfather’s cottage in rural Michigan, Elenbaas begins on a voyage of self-discovery that leads him to transformational visionary encounters with Jesus inside of ayahuasca ceremonies in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon.

Tuesday, August 3rd  7pm
Free Public Event @ The Jivamuktea Café
841 Broadway , 2nd floor
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com

))Special Weekend Retreat((

==CoSM Weekend Retreat:  Friday September 10 - 12==

Honoring the Divine Feminine Weekend at CoSM

“Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.” — Starhawk

Celebrate the Eternal Womanly, the image of creative and compassionate divinity in everyone. In a sacred circle, sharing the light and shadow of our lives, we will commit to our own transformation and empower our collective goals. Body, mind, and spirit will be examined through the lens of visionary women. To restore right-relationship with Earth Mother, Gaia, we will explore practical ways of integrating the Goddess energy flowing through Sophia, Sheckena, and Shakti. Drawing from the wisdom of the transcendent, we will dedicate our creative gifts to serve the world.  Wise women young and old, will discuss sacred female archetypes. art and spirituality, activism, food and nutrition, birthing and parenting, conscious entrepreneurship, medicine and healing, and the evolution of the image of beauty, considered cross-culturally and throughout history. Palm readers, card readers, and other seers and esoteric healers will be on hand to delve deep into the realm and manifestation of the goddess.  The sacred masculine is invited to join in celebrating the Divine Feminine.  “God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.” — Gloria Steinem

Special Guests include:  Julia Butterfly Hill, artist, writer, poet and one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism, brought attention to the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree known as Luna, and refused to come down for 738 days.  Rebecca Hoffberger is the founder & director of the American Visionary Art Museum, America’s official national museum for visionary and outsider art, located in Baltimore Maryland.  Kiana Love is a graduate of the Women’s Wisdom Program and a leader of women’s events and circles, specializing in supporting women’s recovery from trauma. As a trained healer and interfaith minister, Kiana helps others to heal and integrate their body, mind and spirit.  Gabrielle Roth, also known as the “urban shaman,” is a musician, author, music director, dancer, philosopher and recording artist in the world music and trance dance genres and creator of the 5 Rhythms movement meditation practice.  Sheri Winston, CNM, RN, BSN, LMT, Wholistic SexualityTeacher and Counselor, Founder & Executive Director of the Center for the Intimate Arts, Sheri is a medical professioanl, sexuality educator and author whi is on a mission to transform our cultures attitudes about sex.  Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder and senior adviser of Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the United States focusing on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity. She is the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and A Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure, both from Random House Books.

Tickets:  $375 with camping and food; $300 for commuters, no camping with food

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
46 Deer Hill Rd
Wappingers Falls, NY
Purchase Tickets at http://www.cosm.org
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=124769834221895&ref=ts

))Other Events((

==Thursday, July 29==

Psycheground

Psytrance…Please join the Dreamcatchers in welcoming Infinite Sun to the next edition of Psycheground, NYC’s most beloved underground party, as she makes her way home from her international tour.  Featured DJ’s: Infinite Sun, Mayur, Carol Ferraz, Fumi.

(10p - 4a, $10) 21+ with ID
Reduced Admission with RSVP to psycheground@yahoo.com: $5
Sullivan Room, New York City - http://www.sullivanroom.com/
218 Sullivan St (between Bleecker and West 3rd St, 2 blocks east of 6th Ave)
Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F trains to “W 4 St - Wash Sq”

==Friday, July 30==

Color, Light and Feeling Workshop

Taught by Alex and Allyson Grey

($300, Friday, July 30th at 7pm through Sunday August 1st at 2pm.
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
46 Deer Hill Rd
Wappingers Falls, NY
http://www.cosm.org

==Friday, July 30==

Karnival of Kuriocities

In these trying times it’s refreshing to know that there are still some folks who know how to please a crowd.  Are you a closet voyeur?  All the better, please come!  The organizers of Karnival of Kuriocities are among the rare few.  These folks always put on a memorable event.  Be prepared for some dangerous good times.  Revelers welcome.

In the age of the glamorous cirque-style spectacle, anarchy and rebellion are often forgotten. The word “carnival” itself is associated with scantily-clad showgirls, while its roots in the “carnal” are neglected. This Friday, July 30th, we bring you the meat and the mayhem that circus is made of. This disaster of a show will feature things that aren’t even possible. (Unfortunately we had to comply with House of Yes’ rules, and throw in a few  scantily clad showgirls anyways just to keep ‘em happy.)  Starring:  Albert Cadabra - The Great Deceiver who eats razor blades, hammers spikes into his face, and electrocutes himself with 20,000 volts of electricity for fun.  Betty Bloomerz who uses the snake like contortion of her mysterious innards to pull a massive 27″ sword blade deep into her petite 5′4″ body amongst other things.  Anya Sapozhnikova, everyone’s favorite whiskey guzzling aerialist slut, (you might want to bring a date to see this stuff.)  Vermont Joy Parade is a six piece brass band hailing from Burlington providing the dance party into the wee hours playing a fervent and eclectic blend of old-time, blues, dixieland, Cajun, jug, and klezmer.

(Doors at 11, show at 11:30, $10) (Not for the faint of heart)
House of Yes Theater
342 Maujer St at Morgan Ave
L train to Grand St. Station
http://www.houseofyes.org/events

==Saturday, July 31==

Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival - Asbury Park

Live music, painting and tattooing.  Three days of world renowned Tattooing, Live Painting, Music, Burlesque & Performance Art right on the beach. Visionary Artist “Chet Zar” will be hosting “Visionary Primitive”, a live painting group with guest’s James Kern, Corey Kruger, Jon Clue, Chris Dingwell, Kim Reed, Jon Jon, Pastor, R.H. McClurg, & many other reputable artists from the industry.

There will be live music all weekend & After Parties at the Wonder Bar, bar & Lounge. Check out the Asbury boardwalk where you’ll see a live outdoor urban art exhibit, Music and other performance art…

Advance Tickets For $15 For One Day Admission Are Now On Sale At:  Tattoo Tony’s Located At 73 Memorial Hwy, Atlantic Highlands and Long Branch Harley Davidson

Live Music At The Wonder Bar

Tickets will be available at the door for:
$20 per day or $40 for the weekend.
Kids 12 & Under Are Free With A Parent Or GuardianAsbury Park Convention Hall on the Boardwalk
Asbury Park, NJ

Here’s a preview of the featured artists - http://www.visionaryexpo.com/entertainment.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Visionary-Expo/150073425438

==Saturday, July 31==

Chop Shop! Dubstep, Psy, and Bass Heavy Music

Presented by Commercialized Evil.  Come party with the Commercialized Evil Crew into the late hours of the night as we bring you some of dirtiest EDM tracks!  DJ’s :Break Bomb (http://soundcloud.com/breakbomb www.breakbomb.com); InduKush (http://soundcloud.com/indukush/mo-fyah); The Redeemer (http://soundcloud.com/theredeemer); Bass Test (http://soundcloud.com/basstest/bass-test-40oz-sessions) Contact one of the admins on the facebook listing for more information.

(10p - 5a, $15 or for early birds $10 before midnight) All Ages
RSVP for details here: L2TheFace@Yahoo.com
Hamilton, NJ
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139887426040559

==Saturday, July 31==

Climate Refugees

Presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Green Screens.  Although climate change is a widely accepted phenomenon, few people have given thought to what disappearing glaciers, changing weather patterns, and rising sea levels will mean for the future. Michael Nash’s award-winning documentary explores the troubling result of such changes, centering on the mass migration of human populations. With spectacular footage from across the globe, Climate Refugees sketches out the scenario of displacement and upheaval. Nash’s film is a fascinating and unnerving wake-up call. Michael Nash, USA, 2009, 83 min.  Preceded by: The Food and Climate Connection: From Heating the Planet to Healing It.  Sara Grady, USA, 2010; 10 min.  Followed by a Q&A and reception with Michael Nash and Justin Hogan from Climate Refugees; Noel Brown, President of the Friends of the United Nations; Anna Lappé author of Diet for a Hot Planet and Siena Chrisman from WhyHunger

(6:30p, $12/general public; $8/students & seniors; $7/members)
Walter Reade Theater
165 W 65th Street, upper level
Tickets available at the box office or online at www.filmlinc.com

==Saturday, July 31==

Regenerate

Regenerate is brought to you by a new yet old collective of forward-thinking dance music lovers.  The Positive Pressure parties will feature innovative music, passionate artists and a dance floor full of like minded people.  For our first event we have carefully selected and are proud to have Philadelphia’s Valentina Cordido join us behind the decks.

(Midnight, $5) 21+
National Underground
159 East Houston Street
between Allen & Eldridge
doors open at midnight
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=139341312752462&ref=ts

==Saturday, July 31==

The Lost Circus

Where circus meets dark cabaret with a steampunk twist. Presented by Gemini & Scorpio.  The Circus is said to have started in ancient Egypt when the court entertainers of an immortal Pharaoh escaped their slavery under a midnight moon. They have traveled the globe for centuries, gathering talent from every great empire as the empire itself begins to crumble: Istanbul, Saint Petersburg, London, Berlin…and now they have made it across the sea.  At the stroke of midnight, discover a circus long lost. With music from times gone by or times that never were: dark string fusion by Brooklyn’s own Copal and bohemian cabaret in 13 languages by Vagabond Opera - our special guests from Portland, OR. And announcing our secret guest: circus composer Sxip Shirey, on his last night before he leaves NYC.  The circus unfolds to the bands and in between: mind-bending contortion by Jonathan Nosan, aerial dance by Madeline Hoak; tribal fusion bellydance by Lauren Robbiani and special guest Rio; fire & gorgeousness by Ali Luminescent; gypsy fortunetelling by Kai Altair; an original installation & performance by artist (and Minsky Sister) Kristen Rhea van Liew. A special dark performance by the latex queen herself, The Baroness. Beautiful costumed creatures perform feats of fire in the courtyard. Dusty circus visuals set the mood. DJ sophybot fascinates your ears with a renegade circus tent soundtrack. With your ever-dapper host, steampunk author G.D. Falksen. Fanciful body artistry by AMBodyArt. Photo-op custom art installation with works by Molly Crabapple and Kathleen Green.   Dress code (required): dark cabaret, traveling circus, steampunk Victorian, Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Mad Max, City of Lost Children.

(11:30p-4a, $15 w/RSVP; $20 without)
Littlefield, 622 Degraw, Gowanus, BK
Details & RSVP: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141792552504061

==Saturday, July 31==

Kostume Kult presents FreaKKshow 3

A 24-hour artistic experience in a unique Brooklyn location in support of Kostume Kult’s Libertine Lounge at Burning Man.  Kostume Kult’s FreaKKshow is a freakky fashiony event with 24 hours of music and artistic diversions where everyone’s inner freaks are invited to come out and play. Its olde-school circus meet futuristic fabulousness where community members create a variety of sideshow attractions and other interactive performances. All absurd notions and divine inspirations are welcome. Come during the day for the music, barbecue and crafting and stay for madness that will follow. Decor theme is freakky carnivale, county fair, sideshow, busker style roving performance, gorilla theater,… anything goes.  Free $5 drink/food ticket upon entry, Cheap drinks/ food throughout the 24 hours! Credit card processing available on-site.

(noon til noon, $15 presale, $20 at the venue)
Tickets: http://www.kostumekult.com/events/freakkshow3/
Venue:  Private event- for secret address you must BUY PRESALE or RSVP to freakkshow3@gmail.com or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118346204877080. Secret Location TBA - 24 hours prior to the event @ a spacious rooftop venue on the border of Greenpoint and Bushwick Brooklyn. Walk from the L train or take the free shuttle service. Featuring a large of outdoor space and a well air conditioned interior, there will be multiple stages & space for a variety of concurrent activities.

==Saturday, July 31==

Welcome to the: Life of Fire

TheDanger, 3rd Ward, Mister Saturday Night, Blk Market Membership and The Lady Circus are combining forces to build an urban landscape of sculpture lit by flames, riotous performance and all-night djs nestled within three cavernous warehouses in the heart of Brooklyn.

The experience begins in a 117-year old former brewery, continues two blocks away in three floors of a former furniture factory, and ends as the sunrises over a former garment factory of two gorgeous floors and a wide open courtyard.

Expect moments of beauty, glimpses of nudity, whispers from strangers and that one perfect moment when you know you’ve met the love of your life (hint: it’s New York City.)

The music evolves from the classic to the sublime with multiple lofts filled with the best lofi-techno, dirty house, jump-up hip-hop, ambient downtempo and the brashest live brass.

Arrive Early For: The Egyptian Lover and Afrika Bambaataa (!) The forefathers of electro and hip-hop are playing the same stage for the first time. This epic pair will be setting off the night at 10pm.  Icons of music history and future, these men will amaze as they show a new generation of music selectors how it’s done.

Stay All Night With: Mister Saturday Night with Justin Carter, Blk Market Membership with Taimur and Fahad, dj Fflood with dark funk-house fresh from the West Coast, local favorite Jesse Mann, a surprise appearance from the “secret dj”, and the  sunrise ceremony set from Zemi 17.

Before touring to Burning Man, the infamous Image Node is bringing a dome full of sight and sound featuring live ambient trip-hop by Autophage, experimental downtempo from Borne, Ezekiel Honig, FutureBen and DJ Tinseltown with visuals by the Housewives’ Guide To Anatomy, Fuzzy Bastard plus special guests.

The daredevil beauties of the Lady Circus are orchestrating a Vermont invasion, including live brass, backwoods funk and the all girl jug band, Lady Tub, the mysteries of the Mickey Western Band, old-time folk from Anna Pardenik and the loud, gorgeous cacophony of the Vermont Joy Parade.

Dozens of performers will climb through the crowds, the ruins and the sculpture that inhabit them as lead by Xango Shola along with the fire mavens Sandhi Ferreira and Phoenix of Ashes.  Master builder Rosanna Scimeca is creating a cathedral like entrance with an ornate steel, fire and sound installation featuring the famed Gamelatron, the worlds first full robotic Indonesian Gamelan.  Ice sculptors Josh Kalin and David Sarussi will build a room of ice and flame live while Betty Brooklyn servers liquor drenched sundaes and ice cream dreams.

All this and more this Saturday, July 31st…

There are moments in this city that seem almost impossible - when the the
dark sky is gorgeous, the music is intoxicating and New York City devolves
into that hedonistic adventure that we all live for. On this night there
will be fire, there will be fame and there will be a moment when the night
turns exquisitely out-of-control.

(7p through 7a, $15 before 9:15pm : $20 after : Strictly 21+)
http://www.lifeoffire.com
Beginning at: 260 Meserole St., Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Take the L train to Montrose Ave. and walk two blocks east.
Full details will be released at:  http://www.LifeofFire.com/

==Sunday, August 1==

Church of Craft

Summer is sleepy. This summer seems to be no exception. I love it when New York empties out on the weekends as overheated urbanites flee to the beach or the woods. It somehow makes the city seem more civilized. So if you are staying in town this weekend come join us for some seriously civilized crafting. Etsy is cool and dry, your fellow crafters are inspired and friendly, and you can spend some time doing what makes you feel more like you: making things.  It is true, the sewing machines have been fixed! The labs come equipped with your basics: scissors, tape, pens, thread, but I encourage you to bring supplies that you want to work with in addition to what is there. More about the labs at: Etsy is all about encouraging people to make stuff, just like us, so we get to have this special event craft-on every month, where access to all of their goodies is totally free. If you like it there you can go back and craft Monday evenings.  Our meeting will be the usual casual drop in affair, come any time, bring anyone, bring anything you are working on or come & just check out what everyone else is up to. Snacks are welcome.

(2-6p, $)
Etsy Labs
55 Washington Street, Suite 512,
DUMBO, Brooklyn
http://www.etsy.com

==Tuesday, August 3==

Fishers Of Men: The Gospel Of An Ayahuasca Vision Quest.

With Adam Elenbaas

For centuries Amazonian shamans have used the sacred and mind-expanding plant medicine, ayahuasca, to communicate with the spirits of the forest, receive visions and heal the sick. In recent years, ayahuasca has attracted spiritual seekers from the West who journey to the Amazon to partake in traditional ceremonies.

Join authors Adam Elenbaas and Daniel Pinchbeck (”2012: The Return of Quetzacoatl”) to celebrate the publication of Elenbaas’ remarkable memoir, “Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest.” (Tarcher/ Penguin). At once a gritty coming of age story in the tradition of The Basketball Diaries, and a psychedelic travelogue in the line of authors like Terence McKenna, Jeremy Narby and Pinchbeck, “Fishers of Men” is an unflinchingly honest story about the transformational experience of drinking ayahuasca. This Reality Sandwich event begins with a reading from the book, and is followed by a candid discussion on the subject of ayahuasca shamanism and its relevance for us today.

From his troubled youth in the American heartland, growing up a preacher’s son in the Evangelical Christian Church, to his experimentation with Pentecostalism and later his drug and sex-fueled downward spiral in Chicago, Elenbaas examines with unusual insight, good humor, and heart-breaking compassion his troubled relationship to his father, his family, and his Christian faith. After a chance encounter with psychedelic mushrooms at his grandfather’s cottage in rural Michigan, Elenbaas begins on a voyage of self-discovery that leads him to transformational visionary encounters with Jesus inside of ayahuasca ceremonies in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon.

Tuesday, August 3rd  7pm
Free Public Event @ The Jivamuktea Café
841 Broadway , 2nd floor
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com

==Tuesday, August 3==

Making Your Roof Cool - NYC’s White Roof Painting Program

Sponsored by: Sierra Club Community Event Join us for a presentation by John Kolp, Sierra Club’s NYC Cool Roof Program coordinator. Most of the 1 billion+ square feet of roof surfaces in NYC is made of black tar paper.   In hot summer months these black roofs will heat up to over 200 degrees.  Buildings absorb most of this heat and slowly release it over night, contributing to the urban heat island effect.  Roofs coated with highly reflective white paints reduce roof temperatures by 60 - 80 degrees. Columbia University researchers discovered a cool roof can reduce air-conditioning costs by 50% in a one-story building and 25% in a two-story building. Hear about options to support this program by volunteering to paint roofs, getting your building’s roof painted white,  and finding nonprofit groups willing to paint their roofs with deeply discounted paint donated by the City. Refreshments will be provided. Meet other Sierra Club members. Contact jlkolp@yahoo.com.

(6:30 - 9p)
Sierra Club Office,
1350 Broadway, Suite   (Herald Square)
http://www.nyc.sierraclub.org/

====== Wednesday, August 4 ======

Evolver Energy Medicine: Chelation & Chakra Balancing with Jonathan Talat Phillips

Join Evolver co-founder Jonathan Talat Phillips on an evening journey through the ancient art of energy healing.  In this workshop, we will explore the foundational technique to Jonathan’s Chi Healing practice –  “The Chelation.”  This is a potent hands-on-healing process that enables the healer to:

Channel in energy through the hands, bringing healing frequencies to where energy has been depleted in the client, Ground the client to the vibrations of the earth, Balance the major chakras (energy centers) in the body, open up areas where energy has been blocked, stagnant, or stuck.  Strengthen and cleanse the entire auric field  We will learn all the hand positions to this process, as well as how to open and close a healing session. Each person will have the opportunity to both give and receive a full chelation healing during this workshop, which means we will leave feeling refreshed, vibrant, and relaxed by the end of the workshop.  If you can, bring a yoga mat to lie on for receiving the healing.  Anyone can learn to heal with energy, and all levels are welcome.  This workshop will provide a safe container for everyone, whether you are a beginner just starting out or an advanced practitioner honing your art.  Join us as we learn, share, and open up new dimensions of the heart.   (Note: There is a cat on the premises for those who are allergic).

Jonathan is a Reiki Master and certified in Chi and Bioenergetic healing from the Connecticut Healing Institute.  He has a private practice in NYC.

(7:30-9:30p, $15 (nobody turned away due to lack of funds))
125 South 2nd (top Buzzer), Williamsburg, Brklyn.
L Train to Bedford, JMZ to Marcy Stop
http://www.Talathealing.com

==Thursday, August 5==

The Path of Deep Transformative Experience

With Kevin Sachs.  Do you attend experiential workshops and ceremonies and have deep experiences, yet wonder if you could do more to incorporate them into your life? Do you return home feeling unsettled and “stirred up” and not know what to do? Do you wish you could incorporate your experiences into one integrated life path that uses them as a starting point for ongoing inner work and lasting growth?  Experiential workshops, breathwork, shamanic journeys and ceremonies, vision quests, sweat lodges, trance dances, ecstatic chanting and intensive yoga or meditation retreats all involve working in nonordinary states of consciousness. However, by themselves, nonordinary states and experiences are just the beginning of a complete and rewarding path. This talk will cover what nonordinary states are, why they have the potential to move us toward healing and wholeness, and how to work effectively with them. Topics will include Stan Grof’s maps of consciousness, transpersonal and mystical experiences, working with difficult emotional material, shadow work, the importance of containment, set and setting, and the need for adequate preparation and integration around the experiences. I will discuss methods I use to prepare and integrate, including Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing. I will also cover the archetypes of initiation, death and rebirth, and how understanding these overarching themes helps us to work more effectively with powerful experiences.  Kevin Sachs PhD has been on a spiritual path for 38 years. He has a private practice in New York City where he offers ongoing personal and emotional support for people who do spiritual practice, support in preparing for and integrating deep, transformative inner experiences, and support for people undergoing psychospiritual crisis. Kevin is an advanced student of Holotropic Breathwork™ at Grof Transpersonal Training. He is also studying to certify as a Focusing Professional with Ann Weiser Cornell and Jane Bell and studies shamanism with Jan Edl Stein and Kenn Day. He spent many years studying Siddha Yoga Meditation with Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. Kevin offers individual sessions in New York City or by phone.

(7 - 9p, $10 Adv., $15 Door)
Meta Center New York
214 West 29th Street, 16th Floor
To register in advance, please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/771486537
Kevin can be reached by calling 646-415-6721 or emailing SafeJourneysHome@gmail.com.

==Tuesday, August 24==

Thangka Show Opening with Tashi Dhargyal

Meet the artist, learn more about the painting process and enjoy light Tibetan-inspired foods.
Tashi has trained and painted for over 15 years. For the past four years, he was the artist-in-residence at the Ganden Monastery in Dharamsala. He is both a master thangka painter and craftsman — painting and decorating statues both for the Monastery and private customers.  He currently lives in New York City, and works closely with his studio in India.

(6p, Free)
Public Event @ The Jivamuktea Cafe
841 Broadway , 2nd floor
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com/fms/centr_fm.html

==September 11 - 12==

Drum Making Workshop

Drum Making Weekend Workshop with Vernon Foster.  Create your own Native American hand drum with Vernon Foster, Klamath / Modoc Indian.  Elder Vernon Foster will guide participants through a sacred and enjoyable learning process of making their own genuine deer hide American Indian hand drum.  Through ceremony and instruction, story and song, Vernon will lead us in how to birth our own drum as an instrument of spirit.  Participants will learn about the ways of the Native American and their culture, as well as the significance of the drum in Indian country.  We will work with our spirit guides to call in a design for our drum.   Vernon has been making drums for over thirty years.  There will also be the opportunity to make your own a rattle.  Vernon Foster — is a member of the Klamuth/Modac Nation, and active member of the American Indian Movement which promotes Native human rights.  He has been a strong advocate and activist of Indian country for over thirty years.  Vernon is recognized as a national spokesman on behalf of his community, a motivational speaker, spiritual advisor, healer, counselor and teacher regarding Native American issues, solutions, and perspectives.  He has been the founder of many charitable organizations including:  Buffalo Heart Project and Red Road Journeys.  Vernon sits on many national boards.  Limited Space Available. Registration will end August 16th, due to materials that need to be ordered & shipped.  We anticipate that the workshop will be sold out.  The workshop & drum materials need to be paid for in advance, so that all supplies can be made, ordered, shipped and received in advance of the workshop.  Once you specify a drum size, we will order your raw supplies. You will not be able exchange the size of drum you choose for another size later on.  The later registration happens, there may be no choice left on what size drum you can choose, so please register early - register now!  R

*Refund terms: please note for this special workshop, both the workshop fee & supply costs are non-refundable.

For your on-line registration & workshop payment—
Please go to the  NYShamanicCircle.org web site’s “HOME” page
1. Click on the “Donate” button on the right hand side of the page
2. Insert $225 (if by Aug. 1st) + Drum Cost (+ Rattle if you choose) as your amount, then click the ‘Update Total’ button
3. Add personal info for your credit card or PayPal account.

(Sat/Sun 9:30am - 6pm, Workshop $275 / $225 – when registered by Aug. 1st )
Supply Costs:
15″ Drum: $90 / $75 – when registered by Aug. 1st)
18″ Drum: $115 / $90 – when registered by Aug. 1st)
Rattle:   $40 / $20 – when registered by Aug. 1st)
The Children’s Aid Society
219 Sullivan Street (bet. W.3rd & Bleeker Streets)
To register, contact Tom 917.686.4385 or nyshamaniccircle@gmail.com

(10p - 4a, General Admission: $10; Reduced Admission with RSVP to psycheground@yahoo.com: $5)  21+ with ID
Sullivan Room, New York City - 218 Sullivan St (between Bleecker and West 3rd St, 2 blocks east of 6th Ave)
Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, or V trains to “W 4 St - Wash Sq”
http://www.sullivanroom.com/

Map to Sullivan Room:
http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband#mvt=m&lat=40.729438&lon=-74.000173&mag=2&zoom=17&trf=0&q1=218%2BSullivan%2BSt%2C%2BNew%2BYork%2C%2BNY&gid1=11059006

==Wednesday, August 18==

Evolver Spores: Day of Action

In just over one year, Evolver Spores have spread across the US and abroad, carrying the seeds of a new planetary culture. More than 40 regional groups have sprouted up during these months, bringing together a diverse, conscious community to explore topics critical to our time. But Evolvers don’t simply meet and discuss; they take action in manifesting the world they want to create. Over the past year, we’ve seen the Regionals initiate alternative currencies, beach clean-ups, healing circles, permaculture gardens, eco- festivals, the building of Earthships, and more. For this month’s Spore, the entire Evolver network will activate to create positive change in our communities. Join our agents of transformation in coordinating river clean-ups, “renegade gardening,” community foresting, assisting flood victims in Hungary, and other ways we can be of service to our world.  (Special thanks to our Spore sponsor, Tarcher/Penguin, publisher of RS author Adam Elenbaas‚ “Fisher’s of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest.”)

http://www.evolver.net/action_spore
Australia: Sydney
Canada: Calgary, Toronto , Vancouver
Europe: Budapest, London, Stockholm
South America: Cusco
USA:  Asheville, Bloomington, Atlanta,  Baltimore,  Boise,  Boulder,   Chicago,  Chico,  Columbus,  De Moines,  Denver (South Metro Area), Detroit, Fairfield (Ct), Inland Empire, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Naples, Fl,  Nashville,   New Orleans,  New York City,  Orange County, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Or, Princeton, Richmond,  Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Seattle, St. Louis, Tallahassee, Tampa, Venice Beach
You Can Contribute To The Evolver Social Movement By Clicking Here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/esm/join-evolver-social-movement-esm

==September 24 - 26==

Horizons Perspectives on Psychedelics

From September 24th - 26th, Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics will return for its fourth year.  Once again, we will be hosted by Judson Memorial Church in the heart of Greenwich Village.

This is our largest offering yet, featuring thirteen presentations. Saturday’s program will present the latest in medicine, science, psychology and public policy. Sunday afternoon will explore philosophical and cultural topics.
Friday, September 24, 2010 (reception); John Perry Barlow, lyricist, essayist and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Saturday, September 25, 2010
Mary P. Cosimano, MSW, Graduate Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development.; Jeffrey Guss, M.D, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine and Investigator and Director of Training, NYU Cancer Anxiety Psilocybin Project; Jill Harris, Managing Director, Public Policy, Drug Policy Alliance; Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Torsten Passie, M.D., Assistant Professor, Consciousness Studies, Hanover Medical School, Germany; Rick Strassman, M.D., author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Clare S. Wilkins, Director, Pangea Biomedics ibogaine clinic, Mexico

Sunday, September 26, 2010
Erik Davis, author of Nomad Codes, TechGnosis, The Visionary State and Led Zeppelin IV; J.P. Harpignies, author of Political Ecosystems, Double Helix Hubris and Delusions of Normality and associate producer of the Bioneers conference; Annie Oak, founder of the Women’s Visionary Congress and the Women’s Entheogen Fund; Dale Pendell, ethnobotanist and author of Pharmako trilogy

Since its inception in 2007, we have grown from a single afternoon of local and regional speakers to a full weekend of knowledge, community and celebration with presenters from across the United States and Europe Horizons is a forum for learning about psychedelics, held annually in New York City. The goal of the conference is to open a fresh dialogue on the role of psychedelics in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and art. Speakers have included researchers from NYU, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Purdue, the University of Zurich, and numerous writers, historians, artists, and other thought leaders.

http://www.horizonsnyc.org/site/
http://www.horizonsnyc.org/site/tickets/

))Music Festivals((

==August 13 - 15==

Camp Jammy-Land  - A Three Day Holistic Festival 2010: August 13th, 14th, and 15th

10 acres of sacred forest, multiple camp sites, live jam bands all day, DJ’s all night, meditation areas, yoga workshops, sweat lodges, natural art, great food from iSpice, nature walks, tai chi sessions, special family-friendly camping area, and more
The Ark 2012; Good Love Entertainment Present

Music begins at noon on each day.  Tickets are now available. To purchase, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/110591

+++++ LIVE BANDS +++++

Natural Breakdown….. http://www.naturalbreakdown.com
Jungle Jazz Initiative….. http://www.myspace.com/thejji
FiKus….. http://www.fikusband.com/
Spineless Thug ; Amber Blues….. http://amberblues.com/
Forbidden Fruit….. http://www.myspace.com/forbiddenfruit
Kiwi….. http://www.myspace.com/kiwirootsmusic
Jared Kahn Trio….. http://www.myspace.com/jaredkahnmusic
Dub Proof….. http://www.myspace.com/dubproof
One and 9’s….. http://www.myspace.com/oneandnines
Shwizz….. http://www.myspace.com/shwizz1
Madame Beak….. http://www.myspace.com/madamebeak
Plus a special super jam!!!

+++++ NIGHT TIME DJ’S +++++

Redeemer….. psytrance, forest psy, night trance, psychill, psybient, idm
Bass Test….. dubstep, grimestep, hexastep, psydub, gorestep
Indukush….. dubstep, grimestep, hexastep, psydub, gorestep
Hectic Mindz….. drum & bass, jungle, ragga, tristep, acid breaks
Break Bomb….. dubstep, grimestep, bassline house
Purple Stuff….. psytrance, psychill, full on, goa trance
Douglas Bakal….. psyprog, goa, deep house, full on
Anjuna Temple Therapy….. psytrance, morning glory goa, psyprog, full on
Psyko Zombi….. psytrance, darkpsy, full on, chill out
DJ Xibalba….. psytrance, darkpsy, full on, chill out
Psyfrix….. psytrance, morning glory goa, psyprog, full on
Psyraiders….. psytrance, full on, darkpsy, goa

Gaia’s Garden Grove is a Spiritual Retreat and Recreation Center dedicated to Mother Earth. We thank them for letting us organize this amazing event at their wonderful space. Come experience the energy and power that fill their grounds.

(10p Friday through 5p Sunday, $50 – Weekend Pass, $20 – Day Pass)
Gaia’s Garden Grove
144 East Greystone Rd
Old Bridge, NJ
http://www.Artifications.com
http://www.CampJammyLand.com/
More to be announced.

))Call for Stories((

Call for Stories - The Unheard Voices Documentary Project

The Unheard Voices documentary project is seeking interviews and testimonials from drug-related offenders and ex-offenders, and their families, on the far ranging consequences of their criminal convictions.  Inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Project, which gathered video testimonies from survivors and other witnesses to the Holocaust, the Unheard Voices documentary project is building an archive of testimonies on the cultural holocaust that has been the War on Drugs.  “No issue has had more impact on the criminal justice system in the past three decades than national drug policy. The ‘war on drugs,’ officially declared in the early 1980s, has been the primary contributor to the enormous growth of the prison system in the United States during the last quarter-century and has affected all aspects of the criminal justice system and, consequently, American society.” ~ The Sentencing Project, “A 25 Year Quagmire: The ‘War on Drugs’ and its Impact on American Society.” (2007)  If you or anyone in your family has had a criminal conviction for a nonviolent drug-related offense, we would like to hear about the lasting impacts to your lives, and how you overcame your circumstances, or were permanently affected. Your stories will help put a human face on a critical social issue that has been overwhelmed by fear, politics, racial prejudice, and intolerance, in an era where the public attitude has been, “out of sight, out of mind.” When the stories hit home, the policies begin to change.  We seek written testimonials and interview subjects for our video archive. If you would like your voice to be heard please contact Director Charles Shaw at charles.shaw@opendemocracy.net.  Unheard Voices is a collaborative venture of the Exile Nation Project, openDemocracy and the Tedworth Charitable Trust. Interviews & Testimonials will be initially published on the openDemocracy Drug Policy Forum.

~ Charles Shaw:  Author - Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality; Director - The Unheard Voices Documentary Project; Editor - The Dictionary of Ethical Politics & the openDemocracy Drug Policy Forum
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===========Souldish Discount==========

Souldish Energy Healing Discount with Jonathan Talat Phillips

I’m offering $15 off energy healings (per hour) for the Souldish community.  My practice integrates a unique combination of hands on healing Reiki techniques and Bionergetic Therapy to help clients overcome trauma and illness, while reclaiming their personal power.  This modality treats anxiety, sleep-loss, grief, depression, physical ailments, addictions, unresolved family issues, past-life trauma, astral attachments, and more. It’s also helpful in connecting with your spirit guides and guardian angels.  If interested, send me an email at jonathan (at) evolver (dot) net.

http://www.realitysandwich.com/energy_healing

))Links((

Just Food works to increase access to fresh, healthy food in NYC and to support the local farms and urban gardens that grow it.
http://www.justfood.org/

The Permaculture Institute of Australia
http://permaculture.org.au/

2010 Burning Man Virgins:  A tribe to answer all your questions for Burning Man 2010.
http://tribes.tribe.net/bmv2010

Here’s my picks
What Philip K, Dick’s vision was not
It’s time for us to stop looking in the finite world for what Dick’s gnosis was and to start figuring out what it was that God was saying to him.

U.S. District judge drops porn charges against video producer John A. Stagliano
U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon said evidence presented by
the Justice Department’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force in the
four-day trial was “woefully insufficient”
Orgasm Just by Thinking: Is it Medically Possible?
Barbara Carrellas more than thinks so. She says she knows so, since
she’s been “thinking herself off” for more than twenty years.

The Secret Connection Between Highlander And Duran Duran
Long before directors like Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry made the jump from music videos to movies, Russell Mulcahy innovated on MTV and directed Highlander. What would movies even look like without him?

World Gnosis: The Coming Gnostic Civilization
Gnostic Templar Grand Prior Mark Amaru Pinkham presents the amazing history and teachings of the Left Hand Path —which includes the world’s gnostics, alchemists, secret societies, and mystery school initiates—and its continual battle with the patriarchal adherents of the Right Hand Path.The final piece of the plan is destined to soon fall into place, when the Right and Left Hand Paths come to a peaceful resolution of their ancient battle and work together to create a gnostic civilization that is the union of both paths.