The actual Equinox moment Monday March 20 at 5:24 pm.
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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 in the main site near the oracle chamber.Our radiant star gazes upon mother’s forlorn look. Her dulled face deprived of her shimmering winter cloak, her dream time short lived, while her muted skin barely hardened to work her ancient bones. However, the wheel keeps turning, the warming rays become brighter and Mother’s womb begins to stir. Her labor process starts as her skin warms and cools, contracts and expands. But Winter does not give up that easily and cast its spell in a frigid display again and again before the soft spring air establishes itself and life resurrects.
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Each spring we get to witness the transformation of the earth’s skin as the miracle of life begins to surge upward and outward. Out of brown arises green. The vulnerable life pokes its head through the tattered debris from last year’s growth to bring back the blush upon Mother’s face. The symphony of birds midwife her resurrection process and we through ceremony participate in this process as well.
The young life gets tested, hardened, shocked, and stretched as weather and predator partake in the dance of life, all to build a resilient being that can produce offspring.
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Following the cosmology of the Dagara people of West Africa we have entered now into a nature year. The wheel is universal as it reflects the energy patterns of what is surfacing right now. Nature is about change, transformation, authenticity, truth, stripping the mask away, creativity, magic, and manifestation. Nature is one of our roadmaps to bring us into harmony with ourselves, the earth, and all her life as nature is built in truth which we cannot say about our culture. Nature shows how it is and we accept the change and there is no other agenda than to express the body of the Divine and have it move up the spiral of evolution. When we approach our culture as truth we get hopelessly confused, tricked, and demoralized. We live the illusion of the ego mind and made it our guide. Spending time in nature allows us to disentangle the illusion we live and suspend the judgments we hold. Nature communicates continuously and it is for us to read the signs and mimic her.
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These energy frequencies get enhanced this year by the moves of the outer planets of Saturn and Pluto. Saturn, planet of form, limitations, and boundaries, moves into Pisces, the water sign of undoing, on March 7, where the structure of Saturn brings order into watery Pisces with its mysticism, creativity, and fantasy. As Pisces dissolves, Saturn brings discipline, responsibility, and focus to bring dreams into a tangible reality.
On the 23rd of March Pluto moves into Aquarius. The planet of death, rebirth, and transformation meets up with the progressive forward thinking of Aquarius. Pluto assists in shedding old identities and perspectives. Pluto and Aquarius are both about regeneration moving us from the individual to the collective to bring each other home. The energies align to fulfill our highest purpose and to make our dreams manifest.
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When we look at shedding old identities, we identify the patterns that are not aligned to the God expression we are. We look at judgment, fear, guilt, and shame that keep us in a place of feeling separated. Forgiveness becomes the practice that sets us free.
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The intention :
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The dormant seed awaits its quickening to expands its dream. All lies in readiness, the nourishment, the building blocks, and the life-giving nectar, to break out of that old skin of illusion and distortions and aspire to our God expression to fulfill our highest purpose. The waters are being energized, while the fire calls for a cooling, a tending, to skillfully deliver our messages, dreams, and gifts.
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What to bring and prepare :
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– Please, get a dark piece of natural decomposable easy tearing fabric that represents your old skin of about 1 yard long and about 12 to 15 inches wide. This represents your old skin and reflects all the patterns of judgment, shame, and guilt buried within and projected outwardly that keeps your ego self strong and in control. How do these patterns show up in life and how does it prevent us from remembering our Oneness. Write or draw this on this old skin.
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– Please, make a dream manifestation cloth on a piece of green decomposable natural fabric between 8-to-10-inch square. What have you been dreaming and is ready to come into manifestation that serves the collective as well as you? What are the ways you envision yourself serve the collective? Draw or write this on your cloth.bring your dream seed. What is the first step, commitment, or discipline to make your dream a tangible reality?
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– Please, Please, get 3 strands of either yarn, natural rope, (I am asking for multiple strands to make it thicker and more substantial) or a single strip of natural decomposable fabric of 2 yards long, whatever you have easiest access to. This is your umbilical cord.
Everything comes through this umbilical, the nourishment as well as the dysfunctional patterns, all the opinions, judgments, and inner conflicts. To truly set ourselves free from all these chords that tie us up, we have to forgive and mostly forgive ourselves for having opinions, judgments, projections, inner conflicts, shame, and guilt. Begin by making individual knots of forgiveness for each of these traits having run your life. Take some time to seriously sit with these ways you have been operating, giving yourself an opportunity to truly forgive.
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– Please, bring your dream seed. What is the first step, commitment, or discipline to make your dream a tangible reality?
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– Please, bring Spring flowers that are open, 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 dress warm and 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 ritual. In the spirit of co-creating in our own evolution, the ritual grows to new heights when you create your items and participate in it. The rituals 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 $15.00 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. Make sure you leave enough time to hike/walk to the site so we can start in time. We will be in the main site near the oracle chamber.
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Who to contact: Please, contact Katja by Email: katjacreates@ritualexpressions.com this info is also posted on Facebook.
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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.
These energy frequencies get enhanced this year by the moves of the outer planets of Saturn and Pluto. Saturn, planet of form, limitations, and boundaries, moves into Pisces, the water sign of undoing, on March 7, where the structure of Saturn brings order into watery Pisces with its mysticism, creativity, and fantasy. As Pisces dissolves, Saturn brings discipline, responsibility, and focus to bring dreams into a tangible reality.
On the 23rd of March Pluto moves into Aquarius. The planet of death, rebirth, and transformation meets up with the progressive forward thinking of Aquarius. Pluto assists in shedding old identities and perspectives. Pluto and Aquarius are both about regeneration moving us from the individual to the collective to bring each other home. The energies align to fulfill our highest purpose and to make our dreams manifest.
