Actual Equinox moment Sept 22 at 2:19 pm, partial solar eclipse Sept 21 at 1.29 pm(not visible here).
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There is some preparation involved that you do at home prior to the ceremony. Please, check out ‘what to create’ below and take some time with it. The preparations are part of the feeding of the spirit world and deepen the work we do so we can reap the most benefits from it as well. It also shows a commitment to walking a different path as it takes some effort, which is noticed in the other world.
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Make sure you leave enough time to hike/walk to the site so we can start in time. We will be be at the Gathering space which is on top of the hill beyond main complex.Join us as we gather for the Autumnal Equinox Ceremony when a partial solar eclipse and the equinox portal within a 24-hour time-span opens and energies align in that short-lived moment of balance, allowing higher frequencies to pour in giving us an opportunity, as long as we call upon these energies, to raise our consciousness in remembering the oneness of all life and who we truly are.
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We are in the midst of the most intense rapid changes as the old paradigm is losing its grip, fights for its survival, but cannot avoid its collapse. The light is expanding exponentially bringing what is in the shadow into the light. Humanity is remaking itself. We are challenged in so many ways, all to stir an awakening within us to remember that we are the creators of our physical manifestation and begin to follow Divine law and nature’s law. Central is the journey to come home into ourselves where we come into alignment with our higher self, serving our soul’s purpose, not the roles we play.
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As we transition slowly into the Fall season that marks rapid change, where the impermanence of form comes poignantly into view. We align ourselves to the cycles of nature allowing it to become our guiding force. When the fullness of outward expression has reached its culmination and the trees show their enlightened state as they glow from within, form has to die to come into its next incarnation and evolution. The cloak the tree wears with all it nicks and blemishes as it deals with the challenges of a growing, like this drought, crowns the season with a final blast of glory before it returns to earth to give back and keep the source of its existence renewed. Luckily the cloak is not the essence of the tree but functions to provide for its environment and self. Always ready to give it up when the growing season comes to an end and get a better try next season. With the grace it displays, it stirs us to awe and peacefulness.
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Questions to ask ourselves: It brings us to the question ‘Who am I?’ With what paraphernalia have I cloaked my existence? When did it come from an inner glow and radiance and when was it a deception, not an extension of my authentic self. Authenticity is the highest frequency you can emit through the self, going even beyond gratitude and love. How does being yourself show up? What layers have to be stripped away? What beliefs have to be dismantled? How vulnerable and naked do we have to become to be ourselves? Are the challenges we experience ripping us open to look deeply inside? Are we ready to throw off the weights we have been carrying and open up the energy for something new to come in?
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How the tree teaches us that in the dropping and letting go it feeds the world and that it is always operating in community. They rely on trust as they do their part, their divine mission. We are being steered to express our Divine mission as we begin to imagine our way into the New Earth. All of creation fills a solution to a missing link. What solution are you fulfilling? What tools have you developed through your sojourn through the many lives that can fill a missing link? It can be simple like bringing love to a person or place, creating more beauty around you, or making others aware of the beauty that surrounds them.
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We are in an Earth year according to the Dagara people of West Africa. Earth is about home, body, nourishment. Earth is at the center; all comes from her and has to return to her to keep the source of life replenished. She holds the stories, memories, records, and data in her bones, she holds the seeds of life in her skin. She cracks, bulges, erupts, and shakes. She is shifting, re-calibrating, ascending, all moves in cycles. We see the power of the elements shaping and destroying, beauty, grace, destruction, desolation all run through the mix. Form is temporary while the soul is eternal. New life forms will arise to match the new frequencies that are coming in, but the memories stay within the earth, the imprints are left to seed the new. Nothing is ever lost. What matters is that we have seen the beauty, recognized the divinity, have loved, and filled our cup with gratitude because of it. It is that what feeds the earth and all her life. What footprint do we leave as we walk the earth, is it one of joy, love, and gratitude or is it one of sorrow, confusion, guild, or anger? All are feelings needing to be felt, but remember what lifts you lifts the earth and all her life.
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The intention :
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always do an inquiry by moving shells and items around. What caught my attention was that the doll and the higher self underneath it where smack in the center of the spread in the realm of earth. The doll, which represents us, was in resistance mode though, which creates a split, bewilderment, and confusion. Earth is about coming home and if we are not beginning to embrace the integration of the two, home will stay out of our reach and we will struggle, managing our lives and health with the contradictory information of our 3-D world. Earth is also about our bodies, nourishment, and belonging. We are going through big upgrades and we need to pay attention to our bodies to be able to integrate the new frequencies that are coming in. The fire stone was in water heating up the water, agitating it. We are in a pressure cooker causing waves. A lot is happening in water; there is where the healing and the action is. There was some perfect symmetry, balancing the opposites of the male and feminine energies within us which the equinox moment always is about, but it is remarkable when it actually shows up in the spreading of a bunch of shells and it has not been the first time. The focus is on healing root causes, going down the layers, our own, ancestral, and past lives all needing to be cleared, moving through layers of stagnation, the old identities, old ways of being. Without doing this work the energy stalls in fire where it hit a big roadblock. Fire is connected to our mental body and enlightened state but also to the ancestors, and the beings of light who are very active right now to assist us in our ascension process, but we still have to do the work. The future stays nebulous when we do not consciously co-create it from a higher state of being. New uplifting things are on the horizon that help us to get passionate about something new that may help us to let go of the old more easily.
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What to bring and prepare :
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– Please, get a piece of string about a yard long of natural fiber that can decompose. If it is thin double it up a few times to make it thicker, otherwise a single string or a strip of fabric of an inch wide will do. Who am I when I strip away all the things that defined me? Make a knot for every single way you do not show you love yourself in the ways you think, feel, speak, and act. Every way you put labels on yourself, roles you play that you made into your identity. The relationships and identities you have with your body, your food, people, places, and things that you allowed to define you but separated you and made you feel less than whole. The ways you create stress in your life by how you feel and think about the issues and are not present. And the ways you fear to feel certain feelings and suppress them. The soul contracts and agreements you have with loved ones on the other side of the veil or on this side of the veil that keep you in a bind and you are ready to let go off. This is a long list, do what you can or pick the things that call out to you.
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– Please, get a piece of fabric of natural fiber, 8-10 inch square, that can de-compose of a beautiful fall color. On it express through either words, symbols, or images the many ways you show that you love yourself in how you think, feel, speak, and act. The many ways you have seen your higher self come through. The wisdom you have in you, expressions of who you truly are. Attitudes that have shifted around your relationship with your body, people, places, food, and things that no longer define you. The ways you experience more joy, freedom, connection, and laughter in your life.
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– Please, bring a fruit. As we begin to shake lose the old cloak what is on the horizon that sparks a totally different interest. What are we drawn to that we can feel passionate about? Bring a different piece of fruit or piece of harvest than you normally would choose that matches the new.
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– Please, bring some flowers
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– Please, a blanket or pad, drums or other sound makers if you have them, some healthy non-gmo finger food for after the ritual, raingear if needed and your own water to drink. Make sure you have good footwear.
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– Please, bring a friend and give them this information.
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Katja Esser guides you through this very participatory ceremony. In the spirit of co-creating in our own evolution, the ceremony grows to new heights when you create your items and participate in it. The ceremonies go deeper each year as they are built on each previous one. We do our best to fulfill the requested preparations but let it not deter you from coming if you can’t fulfill it.
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Donations and Cost:America’s Stonehenge is privately owned but is open to the public and is in operation under the dedicated care of the Stone family. The entry fee is $18.00 for adults and tickets can be purchased on their online store: https://stonehengeusa.square.site/ or on site. There is an additional suggested donation of $8 if you can or more at the ritual site to support this ceremonial work.
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Who to contact: Please, contact Katja by Email: katjacreates@ritualexpressions.com. I do not own a cell phone nor would I respond to responses after 9 am on the day of the event. Just to know that there is always room. I need to have a sense of numbers of people coming so I can adjust the ceremony to the number of people that are present and I can notify you if there are last minute unexpected changes. You can find more info on Katja by visiting the rest of her website
www.ritualexpressionsevents.org and this info is also posted on Facebook and the Stonehenge website Stonehengeusa.com.
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Filming and Photographing: I am asking participants not to film or photograph during ceremony. It is fine before and after the ceremony but not during the ceremony. Some things belong to the world of spirit. Thank you for your understanding.
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Directions:From I 93, take exit 3 in NH, take Rte 111 East (app. 5 mi., crossing Rte 28) to Island Pond and Haverhill Rds. (there will be a sign here for America’s Stonehenge on your right). Follow Haverhill Rd. south to entrance. The address is 105 Haverhill Rd, Salem NH 03079.
