“Within the cultural paradigm of which I come, that of the indigenous North Americans, the thought of ‘paying’ for a Ceremonial never comes up because the thought of NOT paying is never considered, so there is never the need to put a ‘price tag’ on anything of a spiritual nature. We Spirit People who provide a spiritual service, at home in a tribal culture, may wake up to find a sack of corn, a haunch of venison, an envelope of cash or some other valuable gift upon our doorstep. A person who receives help from us Spirit Peoples will continue to provide gifts for years to come.

This expression of appreciation is not a feature of American culture. In a consumer based society everything has an expected fee. You pay the price or go without. If there is no price established, there is an assumption of fine-print-trickery or worthlessness. This aspect of American society deprives the individual of responsibility and freedom in relationship to establishing the inherent value of a product or service to the individual. If, on the other hand, there is the appellation of ‘donation’ or ‘contribution’ associated with the item or experience, there is an observed tendency of even the most spiritually inclined person to consider that no payment or a minimal pittance is somehow acceptable, rather than to own personal responsibility for determining the value, for one’s self, of that which has been offered. This ‘get-something-for-nothing’ attitude is both reprehensible and dishonoring.

“How much is this Ceremony?” I have been asked. I might respond by asking how many dollars is an experience of the ineffable and infinite worth? A teaching which may transform one’s world view? The opportunity for a healing that enables a person to live, let alone to live with grace and ease? The very concept is rather absurd. There is no way to place a dollar value on these things.

What is affordable to one is an extravagance beyond measure for another, and for someone else the same amount is mere pocket change. What is affordable for you? Determine this, then offer more than what is affordable, for it is in that realm between what is affordable and comfortable, and the extension of one’s offering beyond that limit, which creates the space where true healing and appreciation reside. I will often present a guide for payment in an evening’s Ceremony: How much would you spend on a fine evening’s entertainment? A movie and dinner? A night out partying at a club? Going to a theatrical stage production? Determine this first. Now, if what you have received in this Ceremony is purely entertainment, place an equivalent amount in the basket. If you have received something more than entertainment, something which is enlightening and world changing, place an amount in the basket in accordance of value of that which you have received. If you feel ‘less than’ from your experience, take something out of the basket and place it in your pocket! Never should a person feel lessened by their experience in a sacred event.

I have found that, even after offering insight on how ‘payment’ is handled, that some will then look at me and ask “So, what is the fee for this Ceremony?” Well, I have been sent forth, by my Grampa and by Eagle Brother, into the American world to bring ‘the Ways’ into accessibility for all. I have had to learn to speak the language, socially and economically. So, when you see that there is a fee placed upon a ceremony, it is because, for the most part, Americans do not have the culturally designed knowledge of how to appropriately recompense a valuable service.

There are times when a person says to me that they really would like to attend a Ceremony or receive a Doctoring (Shamanic Healing Ceremony), but they cannot afford it. I will never turn away a person who sincerely needs help just because they don’t have cash in their pocket. If a person sincerely needs help, help I will offer to the best of my ability. The need for assistance arises from within the Soul, not the bank account. Such a person of indigent means may be asked to perform a service in exchange, and not always a service for me, but often a community service. It is the act of giving beyond one’s means which creates the space for healing. This is, in addition to the many ways possible, one expression of my give-away back into the Community.

There are some who have a belief that any kind of monetary exchange for a spiritual service is somehow unethical. I am curious when presented with this particular world view. I ask of the person what they themselves do to earn an income. And, if this occupation of theirs is not the expression of their spiritual service in the world, then why are they wasting their time doing something, merely for money, which is NOT their Spirit’s Calling? Personally, I cannot conceive of spending a significant portion of my waking life in the pursuit of money, let alone doing something which has no relevance to the purpose of my Being!

My Grampa Pena was insistent that payment be made for all Shamanic services. He would say that if a person did not suffer (by ‘suffer’ he meant to go beyond one’s comfort zone, physically, mentally, emotionally), they would not appreciate nor receive anything of value. Grampa told of how, in a Vision Quest, the young Indian men go up on the mountain with no food nor water for three, maybe four days. He spoke of how, because in those days the People were always hungry, that to go without food might mean death. And sometimes these young men would, in fact, die up on the mountain. He then mentioned American people who go up on the mountain, they don’t eat for a few days, they come down from the mountain and have a big turkey dinner….it means nothing to them to not eat, there is no real challenge. “Grandson,” he told me “you gotta make the people suffer so they can get something good. Those American people, they hurt in their wallet!” Think about it. He was right, you know.

My Spirit’s Calling IS my Life. As such, the expression of that Calling is, and must be, the means of supporting my worldly existence so that I can continue to bring my Spirit’s Calling forth. So, when you see a ‘fee’ associated with a Ceremony, that monetary exchange is not a payment for a Ceremony. It is a contribution to, and support of, the continuance of my life and worldly responsibilities (rent, food, transportation to your community, my kids’ shoes and bicycles, an occasional movie…you know, the stuff of life in the world) so that I am able to continue to present ‘the Ways’ to you, and to others down the road.”

About the author:
Jade Wah’oo Grigori is the Caretaker of ‘the Ways’, an authentic Shamanic Lineage. Jade underwent his first Shamanic Initiation in 1956 at 5 years of age. He was subsequently apprenticed to his Grampa Pena, and became the caretaker of this ancient lineage of Shamanic practices upon his Grampa’s death in 1982. Of Mongolian heritage, Jade brings these ways of wisdom forth to all peoples, regardless of culture, race or gender, in a manner uniquely suited to the 21st century.

Contact the author: jadewahoo@shamanic.net

Amongst younger folks in particular there seems to be confusion and actually fear being created over this  date.  The end of the World is nigh!  How many times have we heard that.  Apparently the crusades to Jerusalem were inspired by the fact that  notable scholars of the time were predicting the end of the World and the belief prevalent then was that the only way to insure going to heaven on Judgement Day was being buried in Jerusalem’s holy soil.

To be honest I haven’t read much about our impending doom simply because I don’t feel the need.  I met a very interesting man a few years ago from Guatemala who is  a time-keeper in the Mayan tradition.  He said to me that the West had jumped on this doomsday idea without having a correct understanding of his time-keeping tradition.  As far as he was concerned the end of time date that everyone is talking about is incorrect and actually it falls on the 5th January 2020 and it isn’t an end date but a beginning.  According to him the Mayan calendar has been running backwards-a bit like a countdown for thousands of years and the magic date everyone is talking about is actually day zero.  Its a countdown to a new and golden age when Humanity finally have the opportunity to get it right and learn and transcend the futility of War etc etc.  This will not happen overnight or on a particular day but take years, maybe centuries to manifest.  We are approaching the beginning and as in all the best new beginnings we have to rid ourselves of the old to make way for the new.  This helps to explain all the upheavals and changes we are experiencing on a global scale.

But what does it mean for you?  And me? Many of us are already feeling the effects of a change of energy-I am excited by the possibilities and very glad to alive at this time.  Large parts of the population are totally unaware of all the hype at all and will continue to live as they do now.  Those who have heard the news will react in various ways:

1. Skepticism-its all a load of New Age codswallop!
2. Fear-the end is nigh
3. Joy-this is what we’ve been waiting for
4. Boredom-I’ve heard it all before

Which camp do you fall into, if any?  Whatever your take on the subject, one thing we can be sure of, once 21st December 2012 has passed we’ll all be wiser with hindsight!

We offer individual workshops or the option of a Shamanic Practitioners Training Programme. All weekend workshops are stand- alone except weekends 4 and 5, these two workshops are compulsory for the completion of the Foundation Module. All weekends will include Journeying and healing practices. You will be fully supported throughout your transformative process. Completion of 8 weekends can be done over a period of time. Once 8 weekends have been attended and all case/ home studies have been verified you will receive your completion certificate for the Foundation Year. You will then be offered a further two years in depth training to complete your ‘Masters’

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The Shamanic Dance of Life
Foundation Year in Ancient Healing Practices 2012

Medicine Wheel Teachings and the Tree of Life
Introduction to the Shamanic Dance of Life with Medicine Wheel Teaching, Drumming and Hands on Healing
Saturday 14th April to Sunday 15th

Sacred Sweat Lodge.
This workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge of how to create a lodge through to completing a sweat. There is a full moon this weekend and we intend to sweat through to the Sunday morning hence a later start to the workshop on Saturday.
Saturday 5th May to Sunday 6th May

Birthing a Drum
Shamanic Drum Making with Sweat Lodge. You will create, decorate and empower your own magical drum and beater. Journey to discover the Spirit and name of your drum. Honour, name and celebrate its creation within the Sweat Lodge. An enjoyable, sociable creative weekend for all. No previous creative skills required. All materials provided.
Saturday 9th June to Sunday 10th June
Wise Woman and Mystical Male
Harmonise the Male/Female aspects within. These workshops are over two weekends, to allow the healing to seep into the deeper levels of the self. On one weekend we will focus on our Divine Feminine and the other weekend our Divine Masculine. To enable these profound healings to harmonise within the self, both weekends should be completed in the same year.
Wise Woman Saturday 14th July to Sunday 15th July
Mystical Male Saturday 11th August to Sunday 12th August

Guiding Spirits
Meet with your Spirit Guides, Crystal Deva and your protective Power Animal. This weekend will also include a sweat lodge.
Saturday 10th November to Sunday 11th November

Song of the Ancestors
Singing with your Soul to reconnect with your Ancestors. This workshop will include Past Life and Soul Retrieval and Extraction techniques.
Saturday 8th December to Sunday 9th December

Munay Ki
A workshop full of Ceremony and Rites The Munay Ki Rites have the ability to transform human consciousness, to assist us on the progressive path to become fully homo luminous beings in our lifetime. For those who have completed the foundation workshops you will receive your Medicine name.
Saturday 12th January to Sunday 13th January 2013

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Someone once told me the percentage of DNA human beings share with trees.
Unfortunately, my brain has not retained the exact percentage, but I do recall it
being surprisingly high and an inspiring piece of data.

This incomplete fact has been weaving itself into my thoughts on the Holy Thorn
recently, as we approached and passed the anniversary of its vandalisation. A phrase
has been ringing in my mind – “Be the Tree”. It encapsulates how I can continue to
honour the life and teachings of our beautiful hawthorn.

A turbulent and challenging year followed the damaging of the Holy Thorn, not
difficult for any of us to recall ! A year in which I was asked to sit inside my
oldest wound and really see it and its far-reaching, unconscious effects, perhaps
clearly for the first time in my life. I did not realise I was “being the tree” at
the time because I was too consumed with my own inner machinations. I do not believe
I was the only one doing this either, perhaps you did this too? Perhaps you
uncovered your wound to your awareness, exposed it fully to the elements? Perhaps
you were “being the tree” too?

If I could be any tree, I would choose the Holy Thorn, though there are many
beautiful tree beings to honour and cherish. Even in its physically damaged state
it is whole and embodies with complete integrity a powerful healing premis. It knew
the truth about our wounds (however well they were hidden) and through its strange
and difficult story of late, it speaks the truth to us. It reveals us to ourselves
for the sake of our own healing.

I would also choose to be the tree because it perfectly blends the purest energies
of both the Old Religion (Paganism) and the New Religion (Christianity), without
detriment to either, with natural affinity to both. No confusion exists within it,
only within us. The tree stands as a harmonious embodiment of the sacred masculine
and feminine. The hawthorn faerie spirit is female and (for me) emanates just as
frequently from the tree as the Christ Energy. The Michael and Mary lines both run
parallel along Wearyall Hill and converge upon the Holy Thorn. The Holy Thorn also
incorporates another important polarity, that of “up and down”. The physical form of
the tree is as a conductor both ways for earth and sky energies. All reasons why the
tree has a powerful channelling ability, why it is a power spot and concentrated
focus for the flow of energy around the planet. I sense the tree can serve as a kind
of junction box or router for global energy. I do not believe mine is a unique
observation. I know others have understood this about the tree too.

Why would I not want to “Be the Tree” ? It represents everything I am trying to work
towards.

The last time I connected with the hawthorn at Equinox, the tree spirit felt at one
with itself, whole and “unharmed” despite its physical condition. The tree spirit
however felt semi-detached from the body of the tree. The faerie stood beside the
trunk and was making stellar connections. At this point some of the new sprigs had
been taken, but two small ones still remained.

A few days ago on Solstice morning, no evidence of new growth remained. In a sense
we were back where we started a year ago, with no outer signs of reassurance and no
certainty about the future. A cycle has been completed. A grief cycle. A healing
cycle in fact, for something has changed inside me at least. I sat with my wound, I
gave voice to it and shed the pain of that part of me and love came back and filled
the space. Love and acceptance. I remember one of the first messages the damaged
hawthorn communicated to me was about forgiveness and our need to be more pro-active
with it than ever and to turn over the forgiveness cycle more quickly, but no less
deeply. In retrospect, I spent valuable time in 2011, learning to acknowledge in me
those things in ourselves we all find hard to forgive – the perceived weaknesses of
pain and fear. It is relevant to remember also that the attack itself was a huge
projection of unendurable inner energy that had not been processed or forgiven. If I
learn the mechanism and possibility of self-forgiveness, only then do I know how and
why to forgive and accept others. In this opened space, others also have the chance
to forgive themselves and reduce the venting of chaotic and destructive energy. Do
not think I deem this an easy process, but the necessity of it as a mechanism for
change seems ever more clear to me.

Many wonderful sacred energies speak to us through the physical world and offer
themselves to us for our guidance and transformation. The Earth offers us her rare
and beautiful textbooks for gracious change all the time. And the very nature of
flow dictates that we not only receive, but give back with grateful thanks, care and
responsibility.

As I gazed at the tree this Winter Solstice, I noticed for the first time the
human-like wrinkles in the bark where the remains of the branches start to bend out
at the top of the trunk. They looked so human. They resemble the lines that are now
appearing on my own neck! I felt a pang of sympathetic connection and then almost
instantly – peace. In that moment of plain reality, the tree also seemed “emptier”,
but I cannot tell you what that really means.

What I then noticed was how the energy of the tree seemed more blended with my own
energy bubble. How the process it symbolised had played out within my own being and
was now “unforgettable” on a spiritual level, a positive healing imprint. This was
where the inner peace came from, even upon seeing no evidence left of new growth.
Both the masculine and the feminine tree guides danced together gracefully inside my
bubble.

The tree also seemed to be making a connection with Tibet. A mantra that I do not
recognise seemed to flow out of the tree and was accompanied by an image of Buddhist
monks and nuns chanting whilst looking at me square in the face. The day before I
had bought a double terminated Tibetan quartz crystal and I felt it wanted to go to
the tree with me. While holding it lightly upon the trunk in a vertical position,
the connection with Tibet began. I said prayers for the monks and the nuns and felt
that even now the tree is somehow weaving connections into the great cosmic fabric
of energy, and that the flow was both ways, like the double terminated crystal
itself. It seemed as though some form of preparation was going on for a year of
profound challenge in Tibet, and the possibility of change, perhaps in a way we have
already started to witness with the Arab Spring. Please direct love and healing
according to Divine Will towards Tibet, her incredibly brave and steadfast monks,
nuns and citizens who nurture the soul of their nation against all odds.

I also want to mention here an interpretation of events that perhaps I have not
emphasised as much as I might. The wounded tree also speaks to me quite clearly of
the rift that remains in the “family tree” of our spirituality in this country. I
cannot help but draw some conclusions about the work that still needs to be done to
heal the wound between Christians and those of an Earth-based spirituality. I am no
expert on the state of inter-faith harmony in Glastonbury (or anywhere else), but
this was a powerful reminder that more can be done to heal our wound. When I say
“Our Wound”, I do not attribute victim or perpetrator status to either side. People
from both sides of the divide have no doubt experienced both shadow identities down
the centuries. So the wound is shared, both sides have an energetic relationship
with it.

I was encouraged this year to experience an amazing cycle of Inkan shamanic energy
teachings, held within the rooms of a building built by Jesuits, which is now a
college of Theology and Philosophy. Present within our number were a few
participants from different Christian backgrounds. What a profound honour to learn
together in sacred space. Long may these harmonising opportunities continue.

Quietly reviewing the past year and the shifts I am grateful to have experienced,
the current state of the tree speaks to me more and more of great healing in the
midst of woundedness and BECAUSE of our woundedness, for every wound holds the seed
of a unique transformational possibility.

Having nearly come to the end of my 2011 journey and come through some very thorny
issues to a place of greater peace and possibility, I also feel I can let go of the
Holy Thorn as an outer symbol of faith and focus on being “akin” with her, wherever
she resides in the universe. The combined energies of the tree smile on us eternally
with gentle kindness and trust in our own transformational power.

My prayer for those of you seeking the kind of harmony within which the tree
embodies, is that you are able to trust in yourselves in the way the Holy Thorn
trusts in us. Believe in your ability to meet your potential through constant and
courageous inner focus, no matter the apparent assaults and distractions of the
external world. May we stand, as energetically complete and harmonious as the tree.
May we be conduits for the healing energies of the Earth and the Cosmos. May we be
blessed by the love and wisdom of the sacred feminine and the sacred masculine. May
we embrace the story of the Holy Thorn however it may conclude. May we find our own
powerful and unique ways to Be the Tree.

Wishing you all a blessed, joyful, restoring and peaceful holiday time and many
beautiful and transforming experiences in 2012.

With love from

Rosemary xx

The training in Kent takes place on 8 weekends over a year and is available to Men and Women as we work to harmonise the energies of these challenging times. The course includes, personal spiritual practice and soul level healing, Shamanic Healing Techniques including Past Life Regression, Extraction and Soul Retrieval, Totem and Power Animal Work, sweat lodge teachings (how to build and maintain a sweat, fire keep and sweat protocols and ceremony-)and a drum making weekend, tutorials and support. The weekends costs £100- sweat lodge weekends £135 and the drum making – £285. Completion of 8 required modules is necessary to graduate as a Foundation Level Shamanic Practitioner. You will be asked to carry out case studies and ‘homework’ throughout the training. On successful completion of the Foundation year you will be offered a further two years in depth training to complete your ‘Masters’

To be considered for this training we ask you to contact us with
your reasons for wishing to undertake the training, your previous
experience of healing including qualifications and any Shamanic practices or knowledge that you might have. If accepted you will be asked to fill out medical and disclaimer forms.

Please note- So many people make the spurious claim these days to be a Shaman. We work shamanically and accesses information from the Spirit Worlds using shamanic techniques but that does not make us Shamen. Traditional Shaman skills are often handed down within a family or close community. In the Andes, being struck by lightening seems to be a fairly common way of initiation! In the West we have lost our tradition so we can attempt to retrieve and rebirth these lost arts for our community. We use the tools that Shamen and other teachers have taught us and work for the harmonising of individuals and humanity through our workshops and therapies. We are human and fallible, we don’t have all the answers .

If you’d like anymore information please don’t hesitate to call or email.
My number is 07809722097.

On Sunday 18th September folks from all over East Kent were welcomed by the Open Hand Team to an afternoon of browsing, entertainment and refreshments. The weather held fine most of the day. One person from Canterbury posted on Facebook later:

“The most beautiful Jumble Sale I have ever been to!”

Local singer/songwriters Jim Snelson and James Forrester volunteered to entertain everyone with a mix of their own creations and standards like “The Boxer”. Then they were joined by Pam Mudge Wood on flute and voice for an impromptu version of “Summer Time” as a finale. Spell binding!

The Open Hand would like to send extra thanks to all their brilliant volunteers who helped to make the day a wonderful success.

Seersha O’Sullivan Co-Director
The Open Hand Project

WE ARE HERE AND OUR VOICES OUR HEARTS TELL THE MESSAGE OF ONE LOVE IN ONE LIGHT IN PEACE HARMONY & JOY ~

“It is not enough to have a vision. In order to have its power, you must enact your vision on earth for all to see. Only then do you have the power.”

- Black Elk, Lakota medicine man and visionary

HOPI PROPHESY

“When the earth is dying there shall arise a new tribe of all colours and all creeds. This tribe shall be called The Warriors of the Rainbow and it will put its faith in actions not words.”

- Prophecy of the Native American Hopi people -

SIOUX PROPHESY

“There will come a time when the earth is sick and the animals and plants begin to die. Then the Indians will regain their spirit and gather people of all nations, colors and beliefs to join together in the fight to save the Earth: The Rainbow Warriors.”

- Ancient Native American prophecy -

My Beloved Warriors, Below is our Manifesto:
The Rainbow Dream Vision of Hope ~
By the Intertribal Medicine Societies
of Turtle island ~ The Twenty Count: 1993-2012

PLEASE If it RESONATES Make copies of the Rainbow prophecy, and give or send them to people anywhere on the planet. Then let them be guided by their hearts to do the same until all planetary citizens are brought to life in the Rainbow dream, so that we may dream and work together for true peace! TY very much:) ?

The Rainbow Dream Vision of Turtle Island ~ Prophecies of The Native Americans 1993-2012

PART ONE ~
The distribution and giving back to humanity of the Twenty Count. In the Turtle Island lore we say it is the time of finding one’s path with heart. The time of seeking perfection, growth and development. Most importantly the time of trust and innocence, when mythologies of the world are revealing secrets.

PART TWO ~
The critical time. The time of the animal. The time of Tuwalananie, the dark force. The reason for this is that seeds of light have been planted and we are starting to grow and the teachings are starting to come out and all those ones who have taught partial truths, who have taught deliberate lies in history, are going to be threatened by the awakening of the Rainbow people because the Rainbow people exist in every country, in every nation, in every land.

The Dark Forces will be threatened and they will use their power and their power exists in technology. We are going to see new technology appearing which will be a tremendous threat to the survival of humanity. We must exert our influence by gathering together and sharing our ideas and plans for alternative power and for world peace. If we put a double amount of energy with what we are for, we can change it. We can change it.

PART THREE ~
The time of human to human communication The time the human family finally starts to become human. There will be more information brought out into open format than has ever been seen on this planet. We will re-establish contact in a very knowledgeable way with our ancestors from the stars. So mark that down because it will happen. The first contact will be with the Pleiades and will be totally acknowledged and will be known to all the world powers. The second contact will be with Sirius.

PART FOUR ~
When truth seekers begin to open the veil of the crack between the worlds, we will see our memory circles. Many of the leaders who are trying to keep us locked in the past, will not function today, will fall. Many teachers and wise people will be seen for who they are and they will be the farmers, the labourers and the gas station attendants because the tagashala will be fully awakened.

People will begin to link up with other people in gathering together circles. Many of these will be the so-called ‘common people’ and not the teachers you see up there now.

PART FIVE ~
The various winged serpent wheels will begin to turn, to dance once again and when they do the rainbow
lights will be seen in dreams all over the world and these rainbow light dreams will help awaken the rest
of humanity.
We will sit in a new circle of law. All civil and social laws will have to be in conformity with natural laws or the people will not accept them and they will have the enlightenment necessary to reject those laws. Science will once again become metaphysics. They will discover four laws that will help them jump to universal law and transcend the time-space continuum which is the limitation of the age and once again we will begin to take our power and to work with rules and laws that are cosmic laws.

PART SIX ~
We will once again see the way to continue a new dream. We will be given the road map back to the stars and we will see the star people come out of the illusion of their two-legged form and into their actual great sleeper-dreamer form.

A powerful time approaches humanity and its really hard for me to talk about it. I am a great dreamer but
I don’t know if I dream that large. We will see a real shift in planetary consciousness.

Many of the enemies of the humans will begin to drop away. We will totally gain the light of the great light wheel.

There will be one humanity, one planet composed of all the different ways of dancing in complete harmony in the great gathering together circle. All the seeds will be planted.

The Earth will have its true reality formed. It will join the sisterhood of planets, the daughters of Copperwoman and it will create within itself all forms of all things in harmony with the everything. We will see a whole new way of perfection. There will be plants on this grandmother earth that will give life and sustenance as never before seen. Starvation on the earth, all those things will be gone. There will be total balance and harmony.

PART SEVEN ~
The new race of humans will begin to design their new reality of life on this planet as they intended it
to be when they first came here from the stars. We will begin to establish this planet and use the
collective consciousness to hold the power of this space in harmony with the Great Circle of Twelve and all the planets. There is a whole lot I don’t even know. There is more that I am not supposed
to talk about yet.

The dream will be actualised and this planet will hold its space in the great council of planets and become a part of the universal enlightened sisterhood and brotherhood of humanity and keepers of the light circles. It’s happened on many planets and it’s expected to happen on a lot of other planets. There will be a moment when the population will be ‘the’ Population, and something great will happen. This planet will have its design of energy movement guided by all of humanity living here.

The Great Spirit will leave its seed and the egg of everything here on this planet and it will create itself 20 times over at the speed of light and this prophecy ends as I have been given it by the Grandmothers that I share with you now.

~~~~~~~~~
Love, Thunder Woman!

The Rainbow Dream Vision of Freedom ~ 1993-2012

We can change it. Put a double amount of energy with what we are for!

Rainbow Tribe

The sun rose on a magical new day…
Over the whole earth they came,
The people of every colour,
Sister, Brother, Father, Mother
Traveling over many a land
People of the Rainbow
Children of the Way,
with a fresh glow
Finding their way
Star within…
More and more joined,
a song for the soul…
A new way to live,
A new way to see,
It happened this way…
And a new song,
It came from within
If you can find the Star,
Within then you will find…
What is… What was…
And what will be… you see,
It happened this way…
from within,
The people of the Way
The Rainbow Tribe…

((((( ? ))))))

Thanks to Angel Sundari

I am sure the information below in the forwarded email from Philippa Glasson
will reassure you that the Holy Thorn will be with us for some time longer,
at least. Philippa sought confirmation from various local sources and
obtained a clearer picture. My thanks to you, Philippa.

I think this episode underlines the need for vigilence. The information flow
regarding the Holy Thorn had gone quiet, but this does not mean that our
concern had evaporated too. In the midst of this vacuum, John Coles acting
at his own behest, communicated his well known views regarding forms of
worship at the tree and was apparently also misquoted. This only suceeded in
creating confusion and alarm.

I feel our vigilence should be in support of clarity, though some may feel
it should be in support of idealogy. All of us wish I am sure that we could
erect an infalible wall of protection around the tree that keeps it safe
from malicious or thoughtless action. I spent an hour with the Thorn Tree
last night (Equinox) for the first time since the misquotations occurred. I
can confirm that two small sprigs of life remain, and I can see that one
larger, longer, very promising sprig and perhaps other sprigs have been
removed. I can also confirm that all the ribbons that adorn the railings
around the tree had been removed. A false impression is given that the
ribbons are themselves tied around the actual trunk, but they very rarely
are.

The tree’s energy felt still, peaceful, present and of great simplicity. Can
I say that it seemed “At one with itself”. Within that still beingness was a
strong sense of compassionate connection with the tree’s “children”, the
town and townspeople. The tree loves us (all of us), just as much as we love
it, though it is not limited by any aspects of attachment.

To our eyes the tree seems vulnerable. With our human love engaged we
perceive fragility and this can make reaction flare up in apparent support
of what we believe to be our emblem of particular spirituality. However, the
tree is a very special Healer and Teacher because it is, within its own
physical and energectic make-up, a perfect synthesis. It is fully faerie, a
dryad, a tree spirit in all the ways we know Hawthorne to be. It has also
wrought within it a genuine lineaage arising form its ancient exchange with
the Christ Energy. This means it can connect with everyone who approaches
it. Over the years it has communicated with me at different frequencies,
according to “where I was at”. I have met with the wild Faerie, but also the
Christ Energy within it. This means that people of particular faiths do have
very powerful experiences of the tree and initially feel that is speaks to
them through, and therefore upholds their own, belief system. You can
understand how the partisan conflicts arise. But if we are all experiencing
the same depth of connection, then none of us are wrong or right and we have
a space to lever open the doors of consciousness beyond dogma.

On Equinox night, the time of perfect balance between light and dark, the
tree reminded me that it embodies many perfect balances. It showed me that
it has a very strong celestial connection too. It conducts energy both ways,
from Earth to stars and from stars to Earth. If the spirit of the tree ever
leaves the trunk, it will not be homeless, it even has a home amongst the
stars.

The tree is less vulnerable than we fear. It is at one with its own being
and purpose. However, I do ask as always that we pray for the undisturbed
unfolding of its own divine purpose, whatever that may be. It’s physical
future is still uncertain, and you could say that, whether through harmful
acts, or the tree’s inner “choosing”, its life “hangs in the balance” at
Equinox. Let’s take the drama out of “hangs in the balance” and say instead
that the tree is in perfect balance, with itself, with us and with this
extraordinary time and place.

Remember, we too are “less vulnerable than we fear”. Let us pray to for the
“undisturbed unfolding of divine purpose” in our own lives. Our physical
future feels uncertain, whether because of chaotic forces outside us or
because of doubts and confusion within. Yet we have a home here amongst the
stars and the vast cosmic energies. The tree is us and we are the tree. It
is offering us so much right now. And it will do what it needs to do, to
give us the most powerful teaching and healing of all. I trust the tree,
whatever happens.

I also pray that every opportunity for communication within Glastonbury’s
spiritual communities is nurtured, so that we may find ways of lifting
confusion and creating awareness and peace.

Love and blessings to all and thanks again to Philippa,

Rosemary xxx

Dear Friends,

Yesterday it was announced through the Daily Mail website and the Western Daily
Press that the Holy Thorn Tree on Wearyall Hill would be removed. Former Mayor John
Coles said this is because the sprigs of new life have been taken by
“Trophy-Hunters” and the implication was that the tree had not made enough progress
to survive the Winter. It was not made clear if this decision came as a result of
expert advice. Other references were made to beer and honey offerings and the
practice of ribbon tieing having disadvantaged the health of the tree. It was also
said that a graft taken and nurtured by experts at Kew would be planted near the
site to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

I am aware that some of these comments perpetuate the notion that people who honour
the tree with their love in ancient ways are somehow foolishly misguided at best and
threaten the life of the tree. At this point it is important to re-iterate that
no-one knows the true nature or intent or the person / people who caused the
original damage or those who have apparently taken away the new sprigs of life. Many
of us could make assumptions and cast aspersions in all sorts of directions, but we
simply do not know the truth and we might never know. Spirit does not alway grant
certainty in these matters and maybe that is for a reason.

The news of the tree’s removal will shock and upset many, opening the wounds that we
were beginning to hope had been healed, but I ask you to try and also stay open to
the bigger picture, or at least to a bigger picture.

I have to recall something that the tree said to me on 23rd April this year, Easter
Saturday. I went up to see the tree at dusk, wanting to see how the new green sprig
that had emerged in March was progressing. In the twilight I peered and peered, but
could no longer be sure that it was there. This felt strange, because i knew exactly
where to look for reassurance but it seemed to be gone.

I heard the tree say:

Serve and Be Free
Be Free
Even of Me.

These words and the thought of the sprig no longer being there triggered some
premature tears of loss. I did no want to be free of the tree. I wanted to hold onto
it. This was heightened by my own healing work at the time, when I was considering
the possibility of giving up something that was very dear to me. I did not fully
understand at the time that a wounded part of me was putting barriers in the way of
being able to love even more profoundly.

It was however clear that the tree works beyond the realm of personal attachment. I
felt it was a message about serving the spirit and the heart in order to be truly
liberated in this life, even to the point of letting go of the dearest things,
teachers, people and loves. We are not necessarily here to serve the physical tree,
though all sacred life deserves our love and protection. We are here to liberate our
hearts and spirits and the tree supports this end in us.

I spoke briefly with a friend yesterday who had recently experienced a similar
perceptual oddity with the Holy Thorn. She was walking with her husband and looked
in the direction of the tree and heard herself say, “Oh, the tree is no longer
there”. Her husband replied “yes it is” and she had to do a double take. So she too
has foreseen a possible time when the tree as we know it may not exist.

Yesterday I connected with the tree and these were the impressions it conveyed:

Do not be constrained by matter. A human can sacrifice their own flesh and send the
power of love back into the world because of it. A tree can sacrifice its body and
do the same thing.

Do not be constarined by worship at particular altars, whether in a church or in a
forest. Your heart is the living altar.

This is the time to dissolve the physical and spiritual barriers. The barriers of
dogma and separation. This is the time of clearing and shedding before we can truly
become.

Come together over my body and let the barriers slip away. Feel love take hold in
the place of loss. The place of loss is where you let go of your wounds, because
they no longer serve. Become the love beyond the wound and become the living altar
of the heart.

I will help you grieve and shed. I can offer myself to that communal process. I will
help you pass through the fear of death and more deeply into love and
reconciliation. Reconcilation beyond your wounds and beyond those you believe
inflicted them. Reconciliation even with those things once felt contrary, alien,
other.

When the tree was attacked in December, we were sharply reminded of the things that
feel really important to us and the things that we believe we cannot to without. Yet
the tree also recognises itself as skin and matter and seems to want to assist us in
getting beyond the barriers to being.

The tree seems to offer itself as a symbol of this, at a time when we know we must
reconcile ourselves to letting go of ways of thinking and living that are
unsustainable. At some point we must embrace the coming of a new age when we will
simply not be allowed to hold on the the past, the old ways, the familair comforts,
and even the once reilable forms of spiritual reassurance. To do this we need to be
unshakable in the heart. The tree may go in order to help us focus on the inner and
the prospect of the new age.

As always I ask you to send love to the tree, and only energy that supports the
unfolding of its own divine purpose, whatever that may be, not our purposes and not
our transmission of fear. What a sacred, sacred being we have been blessed to know.
Please stay open to everyhting it may teach you at this time. Please find your own
meanings, which will be far more powerful and healing to you than any I offer.

On a more worldly level, I also think it is right to correct untruths that come
about through fear and ignorance and the political selectivity of information. But
this has do be done impeccably, with love and wisdom, not only with power.

There was no indication of a consultation process being offered. If the tree is
indeed to be removed, let us lobby for a ceremony that includes all, honours it and
prepares it for change, as a kindness to its still living spirit. My strongest
concern is that removal may be done without respect or without appropriate ritual
that will help us to grieve fruitfully and connect with the healing opportunity the
Holy Thorn appears to offer us.

Of ousre, this email maby be pre-emptory, even now we do not know exactly what will
happen, but please let this serve as guidance that may assist you, whatever the
outcome.

Let us imagine that we can embrace the new, the fresh, the untested and untried, the
potentially new version of our beloved tree. Let us also imagine this, in a very
profound way, for ourselves and our own tranformational potential in the heart
chakra.

Love and blessings

from Rosemary