Alchemy

 It was from the still warm ashes of that conflagration that arose the very first Goddess of humanshape, All-knowing, Omniscient Ninhavanhu-Ma, or Ma, as she is called in a thousand tongues all over the Earth.  She is the object of every infant’s first cry when it feels the cold or dark, it cries out, like that first spark of consciousness alone in the void “Maaaaaa!” -  Credo Mutwa – Song of the Stars

Full Moon Festival of the Mother of Alchemy    

                                               

The Goddess Festival honours Goddess as the Mother Spirit within everything and within all of us.  It is a celebration of the Sacred Feminine expressed in Her many aspects. 

Enter the sacred lands as she lies in this cauldron of Africa. Enter Her Temple as sacred space.  Allow Her to transform you.

The festival will celebrate the power of Art, Myth and Ritual as powerful tools of transformation and empowerment.  

We will make our pilgrimage to the Mother in Her many splendid forms as the four elements, the Full Moon, the spiral of the Labyrinth, and crystal clear mountain waters..

The Wesak Full Moon Festival offers you the experience of entering Her Temple and priestessing Her Presence through participation in ceremonies of Sacred Dance, Shamanic journeywork, Sacred Heart Diksha from Mother Mary, the Mother Flame (Kundalini), drumming, sacred voice, sacred puppetry, blessing and thanksgiving. 

Honour the Goddess in a sacred space dedicated to Her and on Her sanctified land.

We will honour Kali Ma, Mother of Transformation, Mamawatee, Mother of the Waters of Africa, Mary, the Mother Flame, and the Triple Goddess of Alchemy.

In Her cauldron we will pour our visions received during pathworking, journeying into the Otherworld and whilst following the red thread of her labyrinth.  As the Light of Mother Flame is ignited in each initiate of the Mysteries, She will dance us through the elements of air, water, fire and earth into regeneration.  We will weave our visions into a ceremonial girdle for the journey ahead;  create ceremonial wands and build a Life Seal with Soul Collage.

Receive the Sacred Heart Diksha from Mary, the Sacred Flame of Bridal Mysticism. (for more on this see http://bookofmarysacredheart.blogspot.com)

Cost of R1200 includes all accommodation, all meals and full program.  Limited beds available.  To book send an email to hettiennema@gmail.com.

See full program above.

blessings

Hettienne

Now the Earth Mother is really three goddesses in one, my children; in one aspect she is a beautiful maiden, in another aspect she is the great fat queen mother, in her third aspect she herself is Nomhoyi, the ugly old evil goddess who dwells under the Earth and represents death and decay. 

The first name of the Goddess when she is a maiden is Nomkumbulwana.  This is her name when she personifies dawn.  ….

As the Great Earth Mother, the Queen Mother of Creation, she is known as Namubunde.  As the ugly old queen of decay and death she is Nomhoyi.

For many centuries the black people of Africa have believed that the Earth was a woman, a living, merciful entity, a Great Mother who allowed us to dig deep into her sacred flesh in search of minerals.  CREDO MUTWA