The actual Equinox moment Saturday September 23 at 2:29 am. Sunset at 6:45 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 on top of the hill.Father Sun and Mother Earth move closer to their balance point, but the challenging journey to it defied any form of balance. The fiery reddening leaves announce the inescapable shift of outward expression, through the detachment from forms limitation, to support the inquiry within. This is gathering time, celebrating the culmination of growth, but here we notice the absence of what did not make it. The dance between heaven and Earth thwarted and took a different course. Taking stock of the losses, the victories, and who persevered against the difficulties of this growing season always remembering to never take anything for granted as we build resilience.
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We find ourselves in a nature year according to the Dagara people of West Africa, which is about transformation, change, truth, authenticity, and I have to add challenge as well. We do not transform voluntarily; it always takes a challenge to push us up the spiral of evolution. The challenges seem to increase rapidly as we live in a world of great flux, where galactic forces, including lots of activity from our beloved sun, as well as the rising vibration of the earth are affecting our lives and dismantle old structures and ways of being that no longer vibrate with the New Earth. We maybe resisting these changes but it will make it harder for us to keep ourselves together as we are no longer in alignment to where the planet is at.
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The equinox announces the beginning of Autumn which is the season of detachment, the dissolving of form but not without a celebration, as the deeper inner light turns outward in a crowning glory to bless this earth. Our beloved Mother Earth ultimately receives the rewards of all what she put out to make new earth, improve the blueprints, and dream bigger.
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The energies intensify as we go through final stages of Pluto in Capricorn, dismantling the last vestiges of a static way of being. It aligns with the fall season of letting go of form. By utilizing these energies, we can move more easily within and work with shifting our inner landscape and work through places where energy is stagnant, where old patterns and responses still hijack us and keep us in slavery, where trauma keeps us from being our authentic self, where we examine our beliefs that create the manifestation of our physical reality. We are here to awaken to our Divine Presence of God as free beings no longer held hostage by our reactivity, our self-image, and confusion of who we are not. Nor would we give our power away and let outside forces determine our lives. As within so without, once we take care of our inner landscape, the outward world will follow suit. The body gives us clues. It calls us to become aware of our sensations, to pay attention to what it needs, and for us to have compassion if we are not following through. Compassion allows us to see into the truth of what lies at the core within and without. We are here to manifest our greatness and mountains get formed by earthquakes, shifting of platonic plates, eruptions, and glaciers. We are in a time where big forces are moving us as we are here to add our unique blueprint and soul purpose to the world to shift humanity into the consciousness of the New Earth. Whatever goes on inside or outside, it is crucial we move from our intellect into our heart. It is the love that heals. We come together to remember and ignite our heart connection.
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The Fall Equinox marks a balance point between the in-breath and out-breath of the earth and light and dark when the sun rises opposite from where it sets making day and night equal in length. It briefly marks the union of opposites when the forces that shape our world come into balance. Balance, harmony, and inner peace are always short-lived moments as creation evolves and pushes us towards the next greater expression, therefor each moment is perfect according through its evolutionary state informed by the data it has.
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The fall equinox celebrates the culmination of the growing season, where flower made it to fruit and seed and has gone through the challenges of a growing season to make a resilient fruit. This is not a given. This growing season has been particularly difficult. A hard frost in late spring killed the blossoming shrubs and trees. Trees that normally hang heavy with blushing swelling sweet fruits are bare. Whatever did bear fruit rotted by the incessant rains. I have been painfully aware of the absence of what has not been there this growing season. I did not hear the toads this spring, peepers were short lived, absence of insects in particularly wasps, less crickets, bees, butterflies, and they came in late, even mushrooms struggled and I had none in my garden. My garden still did do remarkably well with towering plants reaching 7 foot high and more. Others lost entire crops through flooding. This year the annuals gave us more options while the perennials had only one chance and many did not make it. What did make it through that will be our harvest we bring in?
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The intention :
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The galactic forces are assisting us in our healing and awakening process. I may feel disruptive and overwhelming. It is for us to go within, connect with our heart flame, track our thoughts, feelings, and body sensations. In awareness we have choice, can create change, and take full responsibility of our lives. We listen to our intuitive voice and allow it to become louder. We make good decisions when we come from love and inner peace.
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What to bring and prepare :
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– Please, get a piece of natural compostable colorful fabric (thinking fall colors) about 1 yard long and about 3 inches wide, track your thoughts, track your feelings, track your body sensations. What old programs do you replay? Where do you come from fear and where do you come from love and what is the percentage of either? In which camp do you spend most of your feelings? Write those down on the strip of fabric by creating symbols or words and colors.
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– Please, get a piece of natural compostable colorful fabric anywhere from 8 to 10 inch square that matches your God self. Envision what a free you would feel, behave, and look like without the baggage of the past. What parts of you are already in this state? Express this on your cloth with symbols and images. Having a vision helps us move towards it.
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– Please, bring a fruit that was actually grown locally and made it through this growing season, that represent what victories you have gained from your own hardships.
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– Please, bring flowers that are open, drums or other sound makers if you have them,
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– Please, bring a friend and give them this information.
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– Please, bring a healthy, non-gmo snack or food to share for after the ceremony and bring your own water to drink. If you bring food bring your own utensils and plates, the less waste we create the better.
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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 $16.00 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 her website
www.ritualexpressionsevents.org and this info is also posted on Facebook.
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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.
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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.
The energies intensify as we go through final stages of Pluto in Capricorn, dismantling the last vestiges of a static way of being. It aligns with the fall season of letting go of form. By utilizing these energies, we can move more easily within and work with shifting our inner landscape and work through places where energy is stagnant, where old patterns and responses still hijack us and keep us in slavery, where trauma keeps us from being our authentic self, where we examine our beliefs that create the manifestation of our physical reality. We are here to awaken to our Divine Presence of God as free beings no longer held hostage by our reactivity, our self-image, and confusion of who we are not. Nor would we give our power away and let outside forces determine our lives. As within so without, once we take care of our inner landscape, the outward world will follow suit. The body gives us clues. It calls us to become aware of our sensations, to pay attention to what it needs, and for us to have compassion if we are not following through. Compassion allows us to see into the truth of what lies at the core within and without. We are here to manifest our greatness and mountains get formed by earthquakes, shifting of platonic plates, eruptions, and glaciers. We are in a time where big forces are moving us as we are here to add our unique blueprint and soul purpose to the world to shift humanity into the consciousness of the New Earth. Whatever goes on inside or outside, it is crucial we move from our intellect into our heart. It is the love that heals. We come together to remember and ignite our heart connection.
