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Albert Hoffman RIP (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008)

sobey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:38 GMT

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/lsd-inventor-al.html Albert Hoffman dies of heart attack, age 102. Best known for synthesizing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Here is an excerpt from the journal written by Alex Grey on his portrait of Albert Hofmann 'St. Albert and The LSD Revelation Revolution' (attatched image) 'In my portrait of Dr. Hofmann, the eye of transcendental spirit in the upper left hand corner of the painting releases spiralic streams of primordial rainbow spheres of potential, one of which becomes a compassionate alchemical angel, whose tears drip down to anoint or 'create' the LSD molecule that the doctor holds in his hands, and a demon, here identified with Nazi power tugs or pushes at it. LSD opens a visionary gateway to the heart, as shown by the spiral of fractally infinitizing eyes resembling the stripey eye-spheres of the molecule, swirling into the center of the chest. On St. Albert's shoulder blade is a portrait of Paracelsus, the Alchemist of Basel, 500 years ago, who is credited with founding modern Chemistry, yet his alchemical goal was to discover the Philosopher's Stone. Alchemy was the art and science of the transmutation of the elements, like turning lead into gold and the identification of the soul of the alchemist with the chemical transformations as a metaphor of their journey ti enlightenment. Modern Chemistry took the psyche and mystery out of the material weighed and measured world, reducing the world to a heap of atoms. LSD brought psyche back, front and center to the chemical material world. That is partly why I believe that LSD is the Philosopher's Stone, the discovery of which, also in the town of Basel, is the result of an alchemical process put in motion by the great Paracelsus. In the portrait, I painted a lot of LSD personalities and symbolism in the aura of Dr. Hofmann. Some of these people were Dr Hofmann's friends, like Aldous Huxley, Gordon Wasson, Maria Sabina and Richard Evans Schultes. Each of these people had a special connection to psychedelics. Huxley wrote fearlessly about the psychedelic experience in The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, which also talks about Visionary states and works of art.'

Update from Int'l Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers,2008

sobey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:36:53 GMT

Last year I along with other Iboga Therapy House staff journeyed to South Dakota for the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Council. It was an experience I will never forget with ceremonies held from different indigenous traditions and a presence given by the combined grandmothers that was undeniably potent yet warm. It is from this gathering that I came up with an internal mantra: "Grandmother yourself." Bellow is an update on the next council that is set to happen in Gabon, Africa. The Iboga Therapy House was intent on going but are instead focusing on a move to more affordable quarters for sessions. We greatly appreciate any referrals from our networks as we lack in the marketing department. Read on and please let us direct our healing love to Grandmother Bernadette and her people in Gabon. International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers —Update, Spring 2008 Hello Allies and Friends of the Grandmothers Council, Gabon Update "We need to keep hope alive." Julieta Casimiro, Mazatec Elder We want to thank you all for staying firm while we hold the tension of unknowing about our final plans for the Sixth International Grandmothers Council in Gabon. Many forces are at work, which we need to overcome with the strength of our prayers and the integrity of our actions. Torrential rains in Gabon have almost completely blocked phone and website lines and inhibited the planning and building essential to the Council. We just found out that Bernadette’s heart is in a very delicate state. She needs to take shots every day to breathe properly. Coinciding with this, the wife of the Gabonese President died suddenly. Understandably, this has sent the country into a spin. Since the Gabonese president has committed to making the arrival of the Grandmothers Council a national event, much of the planning will have to be limited. To minimize the impact on the Gabonese people, we can only bring a core group of people along with the Grandmothers. For these reasons, we will not be bringing participants to Gabon as we had hoped. But we will continue. The Grandmothers possess incredible endurance and fortitude. We are continually awed by the force of their hope and the forward motion of their prayer. Now more than ever we need to send prayers to Bernadette, to her Omyene people and to all of the peoples of Africa, who are suffering mightily from centuries of oppression. Please join us from your home places in prayer and ceremony to hold firm to the vision of peace beyond boundaries that the Grandmothers Council carries. They are just humble women, following through with their visions and uniting together. We all need to join together across space and time to give hands and hearts to this vision, held by so many of us around the globe. It starts with each of us. It will be followed through with each of us. And all of us will rejoice in its fulfillment. Upcoming Events July 17-26, 2008: Grandmothers Council in Spain - All thirteen Grandmothers will be gathering for teachings and ceremonies in Borga and Barcelona, Spain. They will be praying for the waters of the world and celebrating the release of the Spanish translation of their book. For information see the website at www.consejo13abuelas.es and contact Marianna Leger at Arboleda de Gaia arboledadegaia@yahoo.es October 5-12, 2008: Grandmothers Speak – All thirteen Grandmothers of the Council will be featured in a gathering in upstate New York, sponsored by the Women’s Gathering of Groton and Cornell University. We will be sending out more information as the program develops. Contact Sidney Moonchild at: sidney_moonchild@yahoo.com for information. October 13, 2008: Heartbeat for Peace (October 10-13, 2008) - On the fourth day of a four-day event, and on the fourth anniversary of their founding as an Alliance, the Grandmothers will participate with Eli Painted Crow and Turtle Women Rising in a Drum Gathering for Peace on the Ellipse in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Grandmothers Council will come together to sing to the Earth Mother, in order to create peace. For as women we know that "We cannot demand Peace; we can only become it. We cannot fight for Peace; we can only live it." For more information see www.turtlewomenrising.org. August, 2009- The 7th International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers at the home place of Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim in Oregon. August or September, 2009- Omega Institute Retreat. The Grandmothers Council has been invited to a five-day retreat at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. “Women, be courageous. Never doubt this task, but take it in your hands.” — Maria Alice Campos Freire, A Madrinha of the Santo Daime Church, Mapia Thank you for keeping this prayer alive! Much love to you and all you hold precious — Jyoti and Ann info@grandmotherscouncil.com Please continue to check the Grandmothers website for further updates: www.grandmotherscouncil.com

604eigner

sobey — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:28:52 GMT

So I've been back just over a week in Vancouver, haven't made it back to the Sunshine Coast yet. Yes, there's some of that culture shock that comes with being here after just settling into the lifestyle in the Philippines. I've been out to Dubforms, Beats Without Borders, Burn BC nights and felt that good feeling of being surrounded by familiar faces, getting juicy hugs, and dancing to a fine selection of sounds I've been missing since January. Outside of those settings I've lucked into a house sit lasting another week right off of Commercial Drive and am set to move full time to the city into Main Artery in South Vancouver. I am busy cranking out resumes and job hunting and appreciate any leads that come my way. Willing to do a wide range of things until I am more settled in and can begin focusing more towards "career" path type things. I am getting more the sense that now is a time for me to work towards working more for myself as much as I love joining other amazing projects happening. Moving back to Vancouver is a kinda big deal for me. I've done 5 years on the Sunshine Coast, which is said to be when you get to be considered somewhat more officially a resident and not just a transient part of that population. I've had a rewarding time overall living there and expect to continue a relationship with it but feel that I need to be tapped in more in the city at this time in life. Being split between two places for so long has been a bit exhausting tho fulfilling. I am ready to see what happens when I allow myself to sink into one place for a while. To my Vancouver friends who don't get out into nature enough, if you ever need company for a hike or outdoor adventure I am going to try to do this once a week at least. Let's visit some power spots, do some planetary healing, or just get with the forest beings and tune in. Since being away I've thought a lot about bamboo clothing business ideas with Philippine grown bamboo. Most of the textiles I know of for bamboo are made in China and there's some doubt as to the true ecological impact of the bamboo softening agents they use to speed the process. I also have been thinking of the reality that air travel for shipping and travel in general may be drastically reduced in the future as peak oil prices continue to climb. The emphasis on local products and services seems more important now. But I really feel drawn to the vision of a bamboo revolution out of the Philippines and will keep looking into this. I've noted interest from many people I've talked to about this idea. Look forward to connectivating with my home tribe more in this spring season. It's been good to be away from the community and reflect on it from a distance. I feel renewed in my relationship to it.

New Moon in the land of the Nilad

sobey — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:32:22 GMT

Manila is the capitol of the Philippines. Home to over 14 million people. It is considered a Gamma Global City and once the Paris of Asia. The Malay aristocracy here once called it Seludong/Selurung but it became known by its Tagalog inhabitants as Maynilad referring to the Nilad flowers of the mangroves found here from which its modern name Manila is derived. It's New Moon in Aries and I rendezvous in Green Hills to meet up with crew to bounce over to Warehouse 135 on Yakal, in Makati. Manila sunset washes gold over the humid air. From a balcony in a building in Pasig City, setting intention for connection with Bathala, the Great Spirit, the highest good of all. Reviews the areas in life needing transformation and release. Invoking the right livelihood path and the divine laws of abundance. All to be activated by a last set of dances before returning to Lotusland. In Green Hills at a ninth story suite overlooking San Juan City they fortify with some healthy food and drink after some acro-yoga flying exercises and inner dance session. Looking on with a smile, it has been a beautiful experience exchanging cultural forms with the Inner Dancers which number a small core of 20 in Manila and spread into the Visaya's to Mindinao's Mt.Apo, the largest volcano in Ma'i. The Inner Dancers are intiates into an emergence of healing dances that were brought through a portal at Kalipay, an outpost of Lemuria found off of Palawan. In a yet defined but well considered realm where spirit is let free to guide the bodies movements there is evidence from the Babaylan (shaman) observers that the pre-colonial divine feminine forces of the Philippines are being rebirthed. Its catalyst is a soft spoken man named Pi who refers to the Philippines by its pre-colonial ancient name of Ma'i. Carpooling over the highways which are less full with the long weekend traffic out of town. They soon arrive at the club and meet the owner,formerly of Big Fish productions. They've brought some of the likes of Sasha Digweed, Carl Cox,Juan Atkins and Doc Martin out to play.Tonight's its Asia's greatest export dj to date, Singapore's OnewithAldrin promising a night of tribal tech house. Ponders the arrival of the dubstep, psy sounds and even downtempo and IDM to Manila. Their rave scene got absorbed into club land years ago. No underground to speak of save for a purely organic jam band oriented scene and alternative and nu jazz vocalists and bands. Presenting the club owner a Seedpod map then hitting the dancefloor to assume the formation of Tribal Harmonix in his light body. The fusion of Inner Dance and Tribal Harmonix infusion coupled with Burning Man fire invocation brings his vision into jungle scenes of Luzon and the Aeta tribe indigenous to this region along with many other tribes. Feels their spear dances move arms joining with the womper ekstasis doof-step of his leftcoast Green Samurai Clan. Soulforces united. Photo Image: Arrow Fishermen (most probably Aeta), Pasig River, Manila, 1898:

The Litany Against Fear

sobey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:09:32 GMT

The litany against fear In the Dune novel, the Bene Gesserit used the following chanted words to reduce their fear. "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." More on the Bene Gesserit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bene_Gesserit

(Un)expected

sobey — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:28:00 GMT

I've spent a week in Palawan recently and visited the jungle in Sabang where I walked the Monkey Trail. Beautiful place. I am now back in Manila, a town of many surprises. I find myself suddenly preparing for an impromptu performance this week at a fashion art gallery with some local artists. A fun excuse to express what this country has been doing to me using body language.

The Magickal Nature of the Philippines

sobey — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:56:16 GMT

It's been about 23 days into my time in the Philippines and each day has brought surprises. I've spent the majority of the time thus far on Cebu which is the middle island of the country, known for its industry, its agriculture and for its festivals. It's the place also where the Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived bringing Christianity and colonialism under the soverignty of Spain and the place where he was also slain by the Visayan chieftan of Mactan, Lapu Lapu. When I arrived the Sinulog celebrations were coming to a finish, an annual series of festivals which commemorate that period of the arrival of colonialism and Christianity. The way that the Philippines practices Christianity has its unique characteristics. Originally the spiritual practices of the region were animistic, with regions like Mindinao already practising Islam brought over by Arabs. In both cases animism remains a part of the culture particularly in the rural areas. The elderly people have passed on a legacy of folklore that includes mention of faeries, elves, mermaids,vampires (aswangs) and nature spirits. At Mount Banahaw on Luzon I did a pilgrimage in 2000 to this sacred mountain and witnessed Christian beliefs and animistic beliefs coinciding with holy sites there named after holy cities and saints, including religious tasks to purify the soul found in the natural setting there. An example was Jacobs Ladder, wherein the pilgrim descends an chain ladder into a fissure of water in the mountain and submerses themselves 3 times. In an eating area known as Jerusalem I saw several paintings of faeries, looking strikingly European adorning the structures. I was told to ask one of the old women there about it but she only replied, "ask me another time." On that same mountain was also a spiritual cult leader known as Suprema, who led a cloister nun convent of sorts, followers of Christ but with motifs that again depicted many faeries. I met Suprema who put me up for the night in the convent and told me that the mountain was a sacred place which needed to be respected. She had an otherworldly quality to her that I'll never forget. Another example of the intermingling of animistic and Christian beliefs was at the home of my parents in Alegria, Cebu, a small fishing village in the southern province. When they hired a Christian well digger to produce water for the property he suggested that there be sacrifices made to the spirits of the land. My parents, practicing Catholics, went along with it. My mother is no stranger to such practices. They had already done such a thing when they had an old Narra tree cleared to make space for their house close to the waterfront. Several chickens were slaughtered as sacrifice in both cases. The well after 3 months of drilling deep into the ground still produced nothing but salty water and the well digger said to my mother that there was a mermaid holding the pipe preventing them from reaching good water which he suggested required bringing in a spiritualist to make an offering to aleviate this situation. This signaled the termination of his credibility in my parents eyes and his contract. I was later to learn that the property on which my parents house resides has a history of being haunted. Our elder relatives describe giant ghost dogs the size of bears that have been known to appear. When the house was first being built and had no doors or windows my mother would sleep inside with the house caretakers in the other room. Once the caretakers saw a womens figure in a white gown passing through the house thought to be my mother initially and then revealed as a ghostly apparition. Another common folklore found throughout my times visiting the Philippines has been the notion of haunted trees, particularly older Balete trees, remanants of the jungle ecology that has larger been removed from the Philippines by overdevelopment over the past 60 or more years. I recall being told a story once of my Lolo (grandfather), now diseased who was playing hide and go seek as a child and who went missing for many hours. He was found in a trance by an old tree where he had been hiding and needed to be brought out of it by special means. It is customary according to the older generations to show respect around these aged forest grandparents and to always utter "tabi po" (excuse me elder) when passing them or urinating near them. When i first heard this concept I was a teenager visiting the country and on an excursion to a mountain spring with family. By the spring was a balete tree. During the course of being there my cousins and I got rambunctious and made a lot of noise playing and splashing around the tree in the spring and I made the error of picking a beautiful orchid growing off the side of the mountain. Shortly afterwards a series of mishaps occurred with a minor accident and some things going missing. Whether related or not it drove home to me then the importance of being more grounded and serene around old trees and to this day I show this reverence around old growth varieties of trees everywhere I encounter them. I have come across a book before whose title escapes me that details the animistic and folklore surrounding the Philippines. Many are legends with jungle creatures who animate moral lessons and many magical beings associated with sacred groves and ocean sites protected by mermaids are seen as ecological guardians. It is an interesting phenomenon that sacred areas are also precious ecosystems that benefit from scaring away the wrong kind of people who might bring harm to it. I remember hearing in Manila that the colleges there were haunted due to building on sacred sites. Only some have been preserved which remain in the city park. I visited it once and felt such a strong contrast to the insanity of the city. I feel a call to learn more about the pre-colonial nature of the Philippines and write this mainly to hold in my memory how I've been gathering a sense of the mystical nature of the islands here in my own lifetime. I hope to research deeper and come in contact with the elderly folk who still retain the ability to see faeries and nature spirits. What are dismissed as superstitions seem also to carry with them a fear of the unknown that causes people to turn away from going deeper into their mysteries. I hope that as a people however that filipino's will recognize the richness of their cultural make up which includes it's indigenous roots and native folk beliefs. The attatched photo is a balete tree, quite like the one that Luke goes into in the Empire Strikes Back.

First Week in the Philippines/Upcoming Mercury Retrograde

sobey — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:55:24 GMT

My travels began on the 20th of January and a brief layover in Hong Kong with enough time for a nourishing visit with my dear friend Maggie Blue who is stationed there with her husband Hoi Chiu. Walking about reminded me of the anime film Tekonkonkreet and Maggie planted some ideas about collaborations there that could be very interesting to persue. It's been just under a week of being in the Philippines. The humid heat is a relief from westcoast winter tho there's been quite a bit of rainfall too. Since arrival here I've experienced a lot of exposure to the culture of the Southern region of Cebu touring through towns with a governor sponsored tour. Each town we'd visit would be welcomed by children waving flags and performing cultural dances for us. My sister and I got tired of all the fanfare by the end of the first day and bailed out in exchange for some peace and quiet. Cebu is heavy on the Catholism and most of the festivals and dances depict the native culture (pretty much extinct) surrendering happily to Christianity. Only in one part of Cebu was there resistance by Lapu Lapu who was the slayer of the Conquistador Magellan. In a lot of areas the towns are named after Spanish influences or misunderstandings in the communication between a native and a Spanish soldier about the name of the area. A town might be named after a tree or an action, like "dipping" because that's what was happening when the conversation occurred. As a result the older names are lost in time. Through all of the culture shock I am trying to appreciate the beauty I see that's very real and timeless here. The innocence and playfulness is especially endearing to me that I find in the vast majority of people. I have to let go of a lot of attatchments to be present here including my sense of personal identity. I see it as a chance to create space for more to enter. In a way I've been waiting to unhinge from my "westcoast tribal identity" as much as it's something I appreciate and this is that opportunity. This upcoming Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius is a chance to reflect on friendships in our lives. I feel like that is a welcome thing to focus on as too often it seems like there's no time to do this. The number of friends in my life is not represented by the number in my network. I do like to have the seed of friendship to nurture in great number it's true. True friendship is a precious thing that is hard to quantify but that I want to investigate if only to be a better friend to those I truly care about. It's time to be on the move again but I want to leave off with my contact number for my text friendly kin to reach me at: (we're 16 hours ahead of the westcoast timezone) 0917 435 0980

Going away Soiree @ Shakti, Thurs.Jan.17

sobey — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:50:42 GMT

Tagging in on Spaceman Spliff and Kintropy's BeLeaf night at Shakti Lounge, my sister Winter Bamboo and I will be sharing our best hugs on Thurs.Jan.17. It's not easy stepping away from such juicy community, luscious love, work and play. The reason for this journey centers around family, land, and a sense of destiny. My parents have offered me a small piece of property adjacent to their retirement home on Cebu Island, in the central region of the Philippines known as the Visaya's. Right now in Cebu City a big preparation is beginning for the annual fiesta of Sinulug which re-enacts the time of the Conquistadors from Spain taking the islands as their own and the beginning of colonization. A pageant of dancers, mostly children are made to look like their ancestors, painted all over (pintados) wearing grass skirts and holding shields and spears. This is my tribal roots laid bare. I am looking at being away for about 3 months and am going to be limited with internet access. All signs have been showing me that this is a time in life to step back and not work so much on projects outside of myself. My south node in Cancer heads towards North Node Capricorn. In the meantime I'm packing in final shifts at Shakti Lounge and the Iboga Therapy House and look forward to squishing as many people as my heart can let in. It gets a little watery sometimes but don't be fooled by murkiness. There's a sparkler for each of you hiding beneath the surface of any darkness. Thurs.Jan.17,2008 8pm-1am 1340 Commercial Drive Shakti Lounge

Natal Chart of Tribal Harmonix

sobey — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:16:55 GMT

Horoscope for Tribal Harmonix, born on 9 March 2001 (the first official Tribal Harmonix event which took place at Intermission space as a fundraiser for a pod of people to go to Los Angeles for the Gathering of the Tribes. The following info is from www.astro.com with Tribal Harmonix personified as a being. I think a more specific interpretation for it as the community time spirit it is would be beneficial. Check it out anyways... Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo • Ascendant in Libra, Venus in the Sixth House • Sun in the Fifth House • Venus in the Sixth House • Venus Opposition Ascendant • Saturn in the Eighth House • Moon in the Eleventh House The report was generated with the following birth data, born on 9 March 2001 at 9:00 pm in Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN). Your sun sign is Pisces. This is the sign in which the Sun is in your birth chart. Your Ascendant is in Libra, and your Moon is in Virgo. Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo Your astrological positions combine keen intuition and good critical faculties, which give you a healthy balance of mind. You are a capable individual, receptive to educational and cultural influences. You are at home with everything that is unsubstantial, intangible, and vague, and yet you find ways to make these things practical. You can successfully combine insight with concrete fact. The affectionate and emotional sides of your individuality, however, are readily called forth. Because of your pliancy, compassion, and understanding, your own affairs rarely have priority over the affairs of others. In love you seek a reciprocal understanding and sympathy. The key to a harmonious existence lies in maintaining an equilibrium of intuition and common sense. Ascendant in Libra, Venus in the Sixth House At the time of your birth the zodiacal sign of Libra was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Venus is located in the sixth house. This denotes a life in which the native adopts an attitude which is courteous, kind, and affectionate. People with Libra Ascendant are basically motivated by feeling and emotion rather than intellectuality. Your life will demonstrate your keenness of observation, and a tendency to effect comparisons largely of an aesthetic nature. You will not display too much energy in your actions and, therefore, there is a tendency toward following routine and the lines of the least resistance. You are a sympathetic person who seeks the approval of others and is also very adaptable. Your intuition is remarkable and you derive sensual gratification from engaging in social intercourse, by loving all social aspects of life. If you do not control this tendency to be so involved in human relationships, you may become too attached and over dependent. Some restlessness, changeability and lack of persistence is noted in your life. Your main feature is that of constantly favoring the fusing of two things or people together. Unfortunately, this involvement with harmonizing and adjusting people to one another, tends to make the native a little unrealistic and lacking in action. You will be, however, easy going and congenial, socially oriented and preoccupied with adornments, clothing, social conventions, standards, and aesthetics. In love, if you cause the relationship to be a serious one, you will find that the affair is the consequence of your own interest in flattering yourself rather than to satisfy any profound emotion. Professionally, you will be inclined to activities which require a high degree of culture and even artistic knowledge. You should enjoy good health, but you are prone to suffer from illnesses resulting from overindulgence in pleasures and eating. There is some indication of benefits gained through servants and other people under you. This position makes you an individual for whom work is a pleasure or, rather, one who derives a sense of pleasure from work. Sun in the Fifth House The Sun was found in the fifth house at the time of your birth. This is a very significant location for the Sun. There seems to be a progressive and gradual expansion of your feelings, especially the generative ones, throughout the years. Your life is oriented towards success in matters of enterprises, businesses, speculations, and society and pleasurable activities. Your love life promises to be very rich and will list many rewarding emotional attachments. In love you conduct yourself with dignity and certain poise. Your pride is very sensitive in matters connected with your emotional nature. You are easily injured if your possessiveness and majesty in love is threatened. You can be very magnanimous and forgiving with the object of your love, and you will extend many positive qualities along with natural protection and strength. Venus in the Sixth House Venus was found in your sixth house at the time of your birth. You can regard yourself as a lucky individual. Your health throughout life has been either very good or you have had the capability of quickly recovering from illness. In dealing with others within your work environment, you may also obtain an increase in income. Your attitude to work is that it is a pleasurable thing to do. You are not a hard working individual; on the contrary, there is something of laziness in you. Destiny may put you into positions where you will work under the direction of extremely kind and attractive superiors. A love relationship could start due to this interaction. Venus Opposition Ascendant Venus opposition the Ascendant indicates that you are drawn to refined and sophisticated people. You are well-mannered, and generally people have a good opinion of you. You make concessions if it seems necessary to maintain harmonious relations. Although you appear self-confident and assured it is difficult for you to stand alone. You work hard, although subtly, to make sure that people feel warmly toward you. You hope no one sees your negative qualities and discovers how insecure you really are. Your best publicity agents are your friends, who freely extol your virtues when anyone asks them. On the surface you are docile, gentle, and charming, but underneath you conspire and scheme to make a better life for yourself through the people you deal with. Saturn in the Eighth House Saturn was found in the eighth house at the time of birth. Because of the restraining influence of this planet, matters concerning legacies, inheritance, and the financial dealings of your partner or associates could be severely limited and may be frustrated by what seems to be harsh fate. Psychologically you are rather serious in connection with sexual affairs. You approach sex with caution, rationality and planning. Excess reason and thought in this direction may create some frustration in sexual matters. Moon in the Eleventh House The Moon was found in the eleventh house at the time of your birth. You should be an individual with many friends and acquaintances, both from within and without your home and domestic circle. You are a person who can make friends in the highest social categories as well as with persons of an inferior status. This position may also increase the possibilities of having a satisfactory family life and a very congenial domestic aspect with the potentiality of easily fraternizing with other people. Astrological Data used for Short Report - Personal Portrait for Tribal Harmonix (female) born on 9 March 2001 local time 9:00 pm in Vancouver, BC (CAN) U.T. 05+00 123w07, 49n16 sid. time 07:59:18 Planetary positions planet sign degree motion Sun Pisces 19°41'08 in house 5 direct Moon Virgo 26°25'25 in house 11 direct Mercury Aquarius 22°15'08 in house 4 direct Venus Aries 17°42'06 in house 6 stationary (R) Mars Sagittarius 11°34'43 in house 2 direct Jupiter Gemini 4°14'59 in house 8 direct Saturn Taurus 25°49'17 in house 8 direct Uranus Aquarius 22°26'05 in house 4 direct Neptune Aquarius 7°46'52 in house 4 direct Pluto Sagittarius 15°15'42 in house 2 direct True Node Cancer 13°08'14 in house 9 retrograde House positions (Placidus) Ascendant Libra 21°34'20 2nd House Scorpio 18°11'44 3rd House Sagittarius 20°44'07 Imum Coeli Capricorn 27°44'31 5th House Pisces 2°04'18 6th House Pisces 29°51'21 Descendant Aries 21°34'20 8th House Taurus 18°11'44 9th House Gemini 20°44'07 Medium Coeli Cancer 27°44'31 11th House Virgo 2°04'18 12th House Virgo 29°51'21 Major aspects Sun Opposition Moon 6°44 Sun Sextile Saturn 6°08 Sun Square Pluto 4°25 Sun Quincunx Ascendant 1°53 Moon Trine Jupiter 7°50 Moon Trine Saturn 0°36 Mercury Sextile Venus 4°33 Mercury Square Saturn 3°34 Mercury Conjunction Uranus 0°11 Mercury Trine Ascendant 0°41 Venus Sextile Uranus 4°44 Venus Trine Pluto 2°26 Venus Opposition Ascendant 3°52 Mars Sextile Neptune 3°48 Mars Conjunction Pluto 3°41 Jupiter Trine Neptune 3°32 Saturn Square Uranus 3°23 Uranus Trine Ascendant 0°52

checkin in

sobey — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:31:23 GMT

Around this time of year I like to reach out to my friends and let them know I'm here if you're feeling the bite of December and feeling a little low. I see halo's around the darkness. Keep rising above.

Iboga Therapy House in the News

sobey — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:26:31 GMT

http://www.straight.com/article-115404/the-quest-for-the-ultimate-cure-for-addiction

" Time Spirit" Graphic Needed

sobey — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:05:36 GMT

I am doing an article called "Time Spirit of Tribal Harmonix". If anyone has a pre-existing image that suits that title I can put it up with my article with your credits on it. Thanks!

Men's Circle in Preparation for Harmonix Council Tonite (East Van)

sobey — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:32:15 GMT

Just a reminder for those interested in addressing sexual boundaries and abuse in community. Last night the women circle was apparently very positive and got momentum going for further steps. Tonite the men will join together to look at the preventative and the restorative steps we can take as a community to address these issues. Convening at 8pm until 11pm. Some of us will head over to Nourish at Radha for some dancing afterwards. For address ring me on my phone. 778 318 9434. More info on Harmonix Council in previous blog posting.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED online astrology course with Antero Alli coming up soon

sobey — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:08:56 GMT

http://www.maybelogic.org/anteroastrologik.htm Oct 29 - Dec 22, 2007 ASTROLOGIK: An Introduction Astrology, as most people know it (via the media), amounts to a half-baked joke and why so many intelligent people turn a skeptical eye towards its use. However, those who study this complex language beyond the media bastardization of Sun Signs eventually discover a disconcerting truth. This shit works. And it seems to work independently of belief. In other words, you don't have to believe in astrology for it to work. The first thing to learn about astrology is that it's a language. The second thing to learn is that you are not just your Sun Sign. In this language, all twelve astrological signs act as symbols representing various aspects of our totality. Not unlike the 8-Circuit Brain, Astrology offers a dynamic, compex map for tracking, discerning and interpreting our experience from multiple perspectives. Astrology will not not solve Life's Big Mysteries; that would only take the fun out of living. However, a basic grasp of the language can prove instrumental in several ways: it can provide uncanny insight into the kinds of work, relationships, friendships, and spiritual directions that tend to work best for you; it can save you years of lost time and lots of money that you might pay a psychotherapist; it can act as a compass to help you navigate the chaos of real life forces while keeping an eye open to the future. If you care enough to define the terms of your life and are brave enough to act from that personal vision, your life will be transformed by the heat, light, and force imparted by the sources you are living for, the animating principles governing existence itself: the archetypes. Traditional astrology symbolizes these archetypes as planetary glyphs on the natal horoscope with the assumption that the out-there planets control our fates. I must confess: I have never felt at home with this Planets-as-Puppetmasters notion. I don't believe that the planets control our fates. Until we grow more accountable for the lives we are living, it is more likely that we are controlled by the personal and transpersonal forces of our own: * Ego structures, will and vitality: Sun * Habits, emotions and needs: Moon * Thoughts, intellect and talking: Mercury * Affinities, aesthetics and attractions: Venus * Excitements, actions and aggression: Mars * Beliefs, dogmas and perceptions: Jupiter * Fears, Ambitions and Commitments: Saturn * Innate autonomy, rebellions and social activism: Uranus * Dreams, aspirations and disappointments: Neptune * Soul intent, power (politics) and obsessions: Pluto Course Requirements 1) You will need to know your time of birth to take this course. You can obtain this information from your birth certificate or your mother. 2) A copy of your astrology chart; hard copy and jpg/tiff to post. If you know your birth time, you can obtain a free chart at: a) [www.alabe.com] b) [www.astro.com] 3) My book, ASTROLOGIK. Order from me directly (signed if you wish) via PayPal at: [www.verticalpool.com] or from bookstores Course structure Week One: Orientation Reframing the Planets as "Forces", the Signs as "Styles" and the Houses as "States" Week Two: The United States of You The 12-point grid of houses (states) as a mandalic landscape of life experiences Week Three: The Six Charged Polarities Learning through embracing opposites. Aries/Libra, Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, Cancer/Capricorn, Leo/Aquarius, Virgo/Pisces Week Four: The Personal Forces of Personality Development How the Ego Matures. Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn Week Five: The Outside Shocks of Transpersonal Forces How the Ego Transcends. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Week Six: How the Forces Talk to Each Other Aspects covered: Conjunctions, Trines, Squares, Oppositions and Sextiles Weeks Seven and Eight: Putting It All Together Interpreting your own horoscope with instructor feedback "...Antero Alli is the architect of a rowdy and iridescent system of astrology that liberates and never ensnares. He can shock you in the frendliest ways and teach you how to teach yourself..." -- Rob Brezsny, columnist/author "If you're new to celestial symbolism, I think you're fortunate to be starting with ASTROLOGIK. You'll be learning 21st century astrology. If you've been consorting with the cosmic muse for years, get ready to lose your virginity all over again; this guy will rattle you!" from the Preface by Steven Forrest, author/astrologer

Navratri.9 Nights of Meditation on the Divine Feminine

sobey — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:26:21 GMT

As of yesterday the Navrartri has begun. Today at Shakti where I work on Commercial Drive an altar for this period will be put up with a picture of each aspect of Shakti meditated upon each day and night. Today is also the beginning of the Mercury Retrograde which lasts 3 weeks and corresponds with Scorpio/Libra. A good time to slow down and reflect on the deeper mysteries. Bellow is a simple description about Navratri with meditations... Navratri – Nine Nights of Meditation on the Divine Feminine October 11 - October 20, 2007 By Ami Bhalodkar http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/days/features.php?id=17500 Navratri (or nine nights) is a Hindu holiday that honors Shakti or the Divine Feminine/Mother and looks to her for spiritual cleansing, guidance, and enlightenment. It lasts for nine nights and ten days. In 2007 begins on Thursday, October 11, and ends on October 20. The nine nights are broken up into sets of three, and during each set a particular aspect of the Divine Mother is meditated upon. Each set of nights also corresponds with a particular spiritual goal and task. The first set of nights are spent meditating upon the Divine Feminine in her powerful and destructive aspect known as Durga or Kali. We ask the goddess to help us identify and eliminate those aspects of our self that are not helpful, skillful, or productive, such as greed, envy, procrastination, laziness, lying, gossiping, etc. We also ask her to protect our spiritual practice from its many dangers and pitfalls. The second set of nights are spent mediating upon the Divine Mother in her spiritual wealth-giving aspect know as Lakshmi. We ask the goddess to help us develop and maintain helpful qualities, such as patience, forgiveness, compassion, loving-kindness, and integrity. The third set of nights are spent meditating upon the Divine Feminine in her spiritual wisdom-bestowing aspect known as Sarasvati. We ask the goddess to help us to achieve self-realization and understand universal truths such as our divine nature and the interconnectedness of living beings. The tenth day is spent offering gratitude to the Divine Mother and is spent celebrating in a state of sat-chit-ananda or truth-consciousness-bliss. To Name These Days: • Chant the mantra "Om Bhavani" (“In the Name of the Divine Mother”) throughout the nine days. • Practice a breathing meditation. As you inhale, say the quality you are trying to cultivate; as you exhale, the quality you are trying to let go of. For example, on the inhale, I might say, “Breathing in Compassion” and on the exhale I might say, “Breathing out Criticism.” • Take time each of the nine days or at least once every three days to focus on the three aspects of the divine feminine that are within you and the corresponding spiritual tasks. Days 1 - 3: Focus on your inner power and strength. Write down the qualities or habits you wish to let go of. Pick one of these and practice letting go of it. Days 4 - 6: Focus on your inner life-giving force and nurturer. Write down the qualities or habits you wish to cultivate. Pick one of these and practice incorporating it. Days 7 - 9: Focus on your inner wisdom and guide. Write down the spiritual teachings you wish to learn or better understand. Pick one and read an inspiring book or article about it. Ami Bhalodkar is an interfaith minister. She is a member of the faculty of the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City and lectures on Hinduism. In addition to providing interfaith workshops, Rev. Bhalodkar performs customized wedding ceremonies and offers spiritual counseling. Her website is www.divinenectar.org.

Call to Harmonix Council,Sunday Nov.18

sobey — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:39:11 GMT

This is being put out to the local Vancouver & Sunshine Coast BC tribe but I also wanted to let kin from other regions in on what's happening as I am aware that the subject of our council affects others as well. This may also be repeated at other festivals in 2008 in some form... Call to Harmonix Council, Sun.Nov.18,4pm On Sunday November 18 (original date re-scheduled) a council will be held at Memelab (1814 Pandora and Salsbury),east of Commercial, north of Hastings). By donation to cover cost of space rental. No one refused for lack of funds. The Harmonix Council is the convergence of a men and women circle intended to increase the balance between the sexes to fortify and protect the community it serves. The focus of this council will be on how we can experience safer, more conscious, respectful interactions with sexual behaviour. It will also bring together ideas culled from both men and women circles regarding addressing people who have been affected by abuse, the roots of causing harm consciously or unconsciously to others regardless of gender. It is encouraged that these circles also clarify what we want to see and experience in relation to a positive, healthy sexuality. The culminating aim of the council will be to draft a community code of honor in relation to Love Sex Intelligence to assist the community in the future and help with the clearing of the past of all that no longer serves and restore the positive values we hold in common. In preparation for this council, participants are invited to take part in men and women circles held separately prior to the Harmonix Council. These will be happening on both the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver prior to October 21. People can do so on their own, bring this subject to existing men or women circles or join in the ones being organized. All circles should keep clear concise notes of their process and distilled recommendations for consideration at the Harmonix Council. Where wise, confidentiality should be held to make these circles safe for participants. If possible please rsvp to sobeyone(at) photon (dot net) with your interest and intention for being a part of this council and let me know if you are able to take part in a men or women council prior to the 21st. Info will be sent to those interested in taking part in the men and women circles. For the Harmonix Council all are invited to bring objects that represent their intention to be placed together on the altar to anchor the field being created. For those inclined and for inspiration to accompany preparation for this council please note the 12th to the 20th of October is the Navaratri festival in Hindu tradition, a time of giving honor to the divine feminine aspect as personified by the many faces of Shakti. In some parts of India this festival is celebrated with dances of 40 000 men and women. Perhaps something can be taken from this phenonmenon to assist us in our North American culture in its unhealthy aspects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NavratriBackground http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/06/navratri-october-2007.html Observances http://festivals.iloveindia.com/navratri/navratri-history.htmlHistory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFpaFPAhXpg Navaratri dance On Gender Reconciliation movement http://www.satyana.org/gender.html http://www.menweb.org/genderec.htm http://www.genderreconciliation.org/need.htm More background on this community issue on the Sex Love Intelligence phorum on www.tribalharmonix.org

P.L.U.R. vs Classism in Dance Culture Blog by Dr.Trix

sobey — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:49:35 GMT

http://vancouver.tribe.net/template/pub%2Coc%2CDetail.vm?plugin=blog&topicid=4299e2d5-26ec-4cd0-a1f3-944bb0008beb&inst=25995 In case people don't find this essay I thought I'd up the level of its circulation. I wasn't at Symbiosis, nor is it soley about Symbiosis but it's been a much needed open discussion and it's firing rapidly at the moment with over 70 responses so far. Anyone who appreciates the notion of unity in diversity will love this blog. I hope to tag in soon with some reflections once I get through reading the amazing articulations in there. For those who missed the beginnings of rave culture P.L.U.R. stands for peace, love, unity, and respect.

cellphone RIP-need numbers

sobey — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:05:40 GMT

Yesterday my cellphone drowned during a kayak spill into the ocean. RIP lil buddy. It was the same day my service plan expired ironically. So I lost many numbers, I had managed to begin saving numbers anticipating something happening to my phone and am glad I did. But anyone who wishes to can send me your digits. I plan on having another phone soon but in the meanwhile I am best reached through e-mail,instant message or telapaphone. Excited for this weekend and hope to see many of you local lovelies at Earthdance pre-party and day-of event at Stanley Park!

Shambhala Festival Prepatory Drop

sobey — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:36:36 GMT

Heading up to Nelson early pre-Shambhala and aim to be on site days in advance for a change to experience the pre-meta flow before the hordes arrive. A few notes on what I'll be up to that may be of interest to my kinship... Thursday Noon @ Living Room Opening the Living Room stage with Joshua James, Taoin and friends. Bringing in the lore of Shambhala with an activation of the Shambhala Warrior. Come get collectively integrated with the web of indra and activate the compassion circuitry that will be running throughout the festival. Warriors, come out and play! Friday 4pm @ Portal Stage Citizens of Shambhala are invited to open the portal to Shambhala with the opening ceremony for this stage featuring a prayerformance which mirrors the story of our collective awakening and destiny aligned with the prophecy of Shambhala. Saturday and Sunday @ Portal Stage Portal Workshops Deconstructing Dinner with Jon Steinman Airing each week on radio stations around the world, Deconstructing Dinner, Jon Steinman will better acquaint you with the fuel that sustains us food. But with every bite we take, we move ourselves further into the grasp of a handful of companies taking ownership of life, and assuming ownership of us. Through globalization, colonization and commoditization, we are losing the control of the resources and processes that give us life our biodiversity, our food, our water. How do we reclaim control. [www.cjly.net] Direct Action for World Change with Mateo Williford Direct action has and will continue to change the world. Those with the knowledge and the privilege inherent in the global north have a responsibility to stand up and act. Mateo is a solar plugger, corporate mugger, engineer with sungevity, and the former action coordinator for greenpeace usa . [www.greenpeace.com] Feng Shui & Environmental Awareness with Mark Ainley Your home environment is a reflection of who you are being - learn how to have it reflect who you are at core. The choices you make at home reflect and affect you, having a profound impact on how you interact with the world at large. Mark Ainley's metaphysical yet grounded insights on Feng Shui will refresh how you relate to physical space. [www.markainley.com] 2012: Frequency Shift with Mark Heley A multimedia presentation giving an overview of the emerging planetary consciousness shift into galactic awareness. What are the consequences for being human in this unique time? How can we adapt to this unparalleled change? Unifying traditional indigenous wisdom, cutting edge science and insight gained through experiential shamanic states of knowing, this presentation introduces the beginning of a new holistic worldview and paradigm. The Evolutionary Potential of Dance Culture Panel Hosted by Sobey and Mark Heley How does celebration and ceremony create conditions that seed forms of cooperative co-existence and rebalancing with the planet? Join representatives of global festivals as they collectively share insights gained from their events. Together they reveal a story of a renegade underground dance movement’s rite of passage into becoming models of cultural transformation. Council of Shambhala with Sobey Drawing upon the mythos of Shambhala and the tools of council, citizens of Shambhala are invited to join in a facilitated dialogue aimed at bringing the benefit of our experiences at the festival out into the world. Ekstasis Dance with Luna Ravenchilde Back by loving activation join Luna Ravenchilde on a rhythmic journey through sound movement and breath to release the blocks that keep us from our birthright- Ecstasy!! [www.ekstasisdance.com] Schedule Friday 1pm-2pm Deconstructing Dinner 2pm-3pm Direct Action for World Change 3pm-4pm Feng Shui & Environmental Awareness 4pm-6pm Ekstasis Dance Saturday 1pm-2pm 2012: Frequency Shift 2pm-3pm The Evolutionary Potential of Dance Culture Panel 3pm-4pm Council of Shambhala 4pm-6pm Ekstasis Dance Attatched image; Kalacakra Mandala, Wheel of Life

Major Watershed on the Sunshine Coast Needs Protection NOW.

sobey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:20:20 GMT

This is the real deal. I wish i could do much more but for now i'm sounding out about it. Chapman Creek supplies something like 80% of the water to vicinities of the Sunshine Coast including Roberts Creek and Davis Bay. The once abundant with salmon creek has already suffered the abuses of man. I send prayers of strength and protection to all the brave hearts going to preserve Chapman Creek and putting their time, money, and freedom on the line..... Below is the latest update from Pat Ridgway re: a demonstration at the SCRD office today(Thurs.,Aug. 2) at 11:30. Also, please remember the demonstration on Saturday from 11-1 pm on the bridge crossing Chapman Creek (highway just before Davis Bay). Very much hoping to see you all there. Please do pass the word along to as many people as possible. Large numbers of people can have a tremendous impact. Thanks, Joanna IF YOU DRINK WATER: Please remember to come out tomorrow at 11:30am at the SCRD offices (3/4 of the way up Field RD on the left) for a one hour demonstration to demand a STOP WORK ORDER NOW!!! from the SCRD acting as our REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD. We will not be engaging in any illegal activity, we are only demanding that the SCRD act responsibly and follow through on their own REQUEST to stop work immediately, which was RUDELY IGNORED by WFP. NOW is the time to follow up with a STOP WORK ORDER IMMEDIATELY. The Regional Health Board can legally do this and should have done it last week!! THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!!!!!!! Right now the only thing stopping the logging are brave souls putting their lives at risk for us all to protect this SOURCE of OUR DRINKING WATER!! They are doing this because our Government is not doing what is right. Three citizens have been arrested so far, though they have not done anything illegal. From many sources including an ex-police officer we have information that the proper legal procedure is not being followed, and these arrests should not have occurred. However I hope no one gets arrested without fully understanding the implications this can have on their lives, ie travel, stress, legal costs etc. Thanks Pat http://www.yourwatershed.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvcBMGHcyWk (video)

Aphrodite's Temple

sobey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:39:32 GMT

Once again in the employ of my friend Renee Boje I have been having blissful times working occasional shiftage at her latest incarnation of what started off as the Urban Shaman Entheobotanicals inside the BCMP. Currently nestled in partnership with my friends Andrew and Rebecca's Morning Glory Tea Cafe on Commercial Drive (1340 Commercial, next to Santa Barbara's) they have a sort of day/night thing going on- Morning Glory by day/ Aphrodite's Temple by night. Tonite is the weekly BeLeaf night with guest Dj's Spaceman Spliff and friends bringing the lovely chill sounds that go perfect with candle light, tea, conversation, hookah and aphrodisiacs. Also gracing the temple for BeLeaf is Venus giving chair massages that will ease away the days stresses. I will be there along with Ariel from 9pm-1am slinging bliss and would love to see some luvlies in da temple. It's a beautiful oasis of chill right in the Republik of East Van. Aphrodite's Temple will also be hitting the road for Shambhala soon and I may do a little shift here and there while at the festival in the vending area. Renee and Ariel are looking for a ride mid-week still so if you got space for 2 devotees of Aphrodite let me know won't you? http://www.aphrodites.ca/ (stay tuned for updated website with lots of info on the Aphrodite, goddess of love.) http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.html (Encyclopedia Mythica on Aphrodite)

Seedpod Planetary Culture Maps & Website

sobey — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:08:30 GMT

www.seedpod.ca The Seedpod planetary culture maps have been spreading from where it emanated on Mount Elphinstone BC since the spring. Recently the flash website platform was launched so I am doing my part to let others know in case you haven't seen it yet. Many more copies of the printed Seedpod are still available should you want them for your events, community spaces or for personal interest. Go to the website for more info and try clicking on the plethora of links. It was the Seedpod which I was able to use to represent a culture that is in motion to the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Council. I am very interested in how design has been used to reveal the visions and intentions of so many communities, many linked through this website. The map and the website shows what can be done when friends link forces. I have shown this to European friends and Australian friends who are very interested in where this is all going. One coorespondant in Melbourne Australia said " I've been waiting 12 years for something like this." I hope we can see the potentials of such projects to bolster our abilities to affect change in the world and seed the planetary culture that has been waiting for us. S.

Future History Archive- Article I Wrote (Feedback Welcomed)

sobey — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:52:09 GMT

http://www.reconnectionmagazine.ca/spring07/02.php I wrote an article inspired by theme of Manifestation and Co-creation which takes the trajectory of our dance culture into the realm of future history. Also articles by Little Woo and more. Hope to hear some feedback! Beginning excerpt from feature article: (go to Reconnection Online website for full article) Future History Archive Experiment PART ONE by Sobey Wing (a work in progress) "The best story shall win."- Terence McKenna, at Entheobotany Seminar, Palenque, Mexico 1999 Location: 2013 Crystal Creek, Sunshine Coast, Mt.Elphinstone Bioregion@ Intention 14.5 Summer Season Enter timelessness. In one partition of the multiverse… The Parliament of Tree’s Oratory – a living, breathing, biotectured structure built upon sacred ground, the setting whereby this story is delivered and received. The Oratory was planted in 2007 at Intention 8.5. Using bamboo, the foundations were established and built upon successively. The main function of this place was originally to form a Gaia group mind setting at Crystal Creek, a place to tune in to all the sacred sites around the Earth. It later became a place for sharing many planetary meditations and prayers. On living chairs sit elders, children, families, and representative members of guilds from all over Cascadia, the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast, the interior, the Kootenays, the Slocan, the Okanagan, Vancouver Island ,the Federation of Damanhur, Celestopia, and Black Rock City. Fueled by many tribal transportation guilds conjoined by the Hydrogen highway from San Diego, to BC and linked to Alberta there was a vast assortment of impressive lightships and emblems of each tribe. Transport lightships ran largely on an ever shifting number of appropriate technologies including water, fuel cells, wind, solar, air-compression and plant based fuels. The oratory is wirelessly linked by a vast array of organic designed sound-gear and broadcasting equipment powered by the solar nomad guild, the In web 13.0, a story is about to be shown inside a giant holographic sphere in the center of the oratory. The audio visual tech guild wear telepathy enhancing suits amplifying the feedback from its audience. The Storyteller enters; her name is Naomi. She founded the Storyteller Guild in 2008. In her hand is the time-keepers log of the saga of her Federation. It tells how they became a united people by rekindling an ancient vow to liberate the Gaian energies of Earth with green mists of currency, harvests of abundant food, clean water, fresh air, ancient forests, biodiversity, and the absence of war and terror created though oppression and mind control. During this evolution, the storytellers were a wide network of Nexialists (synergy web weavers) and council guild members who filtered into every sphere of the webwork of interlaced community nodes throughout the Federation. After a deafening silence that welcomes in the presencing of the Parliament of Trees and Lady Gaia, the Four Directions are called in. A collective Om is sounded; its sound is pure and harmonious, free from fear and disbelief in the great unity that holds all things. It is the Om of a collective intelligent family of light-beings that have overcome the illusion of separation and have embraced each other as friends and kin. Friendship of the highest kind. "Yes, we made it," she begins emphatically breaking the Om edged silence. "There was much we had to endure and overcome, but we made it. And yes, there is much still to do. But the great hurdles are cleared and for a short while now we have been enjoying an atmosphere of a world in harmony. History lessons for our children are at this stage crucial. Our generation can still remember what the world was like leading up to 2012. So, like the storytellers of the tribal tradition, we repeat the ritual of telling our collective saga of unfolding, so it may be passed on and continued as multi-faceted crystals of cultural formation are gifted forward. All the experiences, the tests, the lessons, the near defeats… yes, at times it seemed hopeless. “The world post 911 was especially challenging with all the New World Order coming to an unseen level of implementation using every known trick on coercion and mind control going back to before Ancient Egypt. Who would have foreseen that it could be used to the advantage of the psychick warriors of Gaia? Homeland Security was the new inquisition generation on the scene. The dependency on technology made slaves of us all, save for a few reincarnating Luddites who refused to download their souls into the Matrix, as they came to call it. Emergence “There are many beginnings that could be traced to describe the paradigm shift that has crystallized and is further being stabilized in the world around us now. Today, we will concentrate on the west coast of North America. Being home to communities of freethinkers and what was coined by sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson as "cultural creatives," this region has special relevance. In the footsteps of the 60's generation, the succession of youth that spilled out of the dying rave culture of the 90's formed what they, like their predecessors, called "tribes" or "neotribalism" as well as "intentional dance culture." In the 60's, LSD made its ripple effect on Vancouver, spawning women's right's movements and many forms of social activism. The neotribalists brought reinforcement to the values of the 60's counter-culture movement with expanded abilities to remain networked without having to rely on the platform of Grateful Dead shows and Rainbow Gatherings. At the turn of the century the concept of the Gathering of the Tribes used in the 60’s received a renewal with a conference of the same name in the Los Angeles area. Tribal dance collectives from all over California down to BC attended. This also inspired network hubs online like Photon.net and Tribal Harmonix.org, and later merged with the wave of web 2.0 social networking sites galvanized by the Burning Man community on Friendster, then on Tribe.net, Myspace and Facebook, a growing digital solidarity was created and felt. As a result, divisions built on class, age, geography and other factors creating disconnect began eroding, giving way to a technologically driven philosophy of a global village. While the adolescent phase of humankind was still the prevailing consciousness, an adult consciousness was beginning to emerge on a planetary scale. “This set the stage for the increased merging of networks at the numerous festivals that filled yearly calendar slots; these gatherings were stepping stones that allowed this new social movement to maintain itself year round. Festivals that made it past a decade were especially influential. Amongst them were Earthdance which continues to be the global dance for peace, Burning Man in Nevada, and Shambhala in BC. In Europe, the music festival culture was more concentrated due to the dense intercontinental population and it easily crossed back and forth from Asia, especially the psytrance music culture. Music Culture “Music genres became hybridized, especially as people attended larger festivals which represented the best of all genres; at these diverse events the various sounds were able to meld and influence each other. The once electronic music shunning hippie generations of old began to penetrate their organic influence into the enthusiastic tech-driven youth culture. This musical fusion and evolution was made possible by the most abundant and easily accessible music production, recording, mixing, uploading, and broadcasting technologies ever seen in the history of humankind. This was not lost on the activists who doubled their roles, some knowingly and some unknowingly, as activated music producers; they wanted to borrow the power of music's evolutionary potential to make change in the world. The festivals and gatherings created temporary zones that offered taste tests of what a more inspired, conscious, and unified community life could be like on a more permanent basis; they gained in popularity over the dismal options available from the numbed-out club scene. For those in the know of where to find the best music coming out of the more underground reaches, a sense of music history and attention to not only the technical content but the spiritual content of the music began being produced. This did something to the styles of dance that were melding and morphing on the dancefloor.The dancefloor dynamics and linguistics revealed a dissolving of fears and an expression of hope, of celebration not escape, of connection and channeling of Source.

The International 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Council/Seedpod Gifts

sobey — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:37:14 GMT

On Monday I will be departing with fellow Iboga Therapy House crew to the International 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Council in the Black Hills of South Dakota... From June 12-22, 2007, the Grandmothers will gather as a council for the fifth time, at the Black Hills, South Dakota home of the Oglala Lakota grandmothers.There will be public and private meetings, ceremonies, and opportunities for cultural field trips. The gathering will be celebrating the 80th Birthday of Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance. In addition to the Iboga Therapy House, fellow tribal kin from my 604 area Luna Ravenchild of Ekstasis Dance and Jasmin Starchild of Golden Dove Ascension Project will be there. I feel we altogether represent a strong show of our neotribal culture that has been growing together over the past decade. As a facilitator affiliated with my intentional dance related functions over the past several years I am very interested in being at this 3 day council that leads into the Sundance and the summer solstice.This is the 5th international council of the grandmothers and they are deepening their practice of council and sharing this with us. I feel a great synergy waiting to happen between the indigenous cultures and the neotribal culture and am going to be bearing gifts of Seedpods to present to the Grandmothers. The Seedpod is a project that is in its 2nd year, that maps the planetary culture being crafted by neotribal networks all over the world, many of which are represented on tribe.net and other polyhub sites on the net. They are beautifully designed by Onbeyond Metamedia with calendar design by Byron Dreamweaver, info architecture by Crystal and Spore, chronometric cartography by Akhentek and podular vector language by Xavi. Keep an eye for these beautiful maps that will be spreading around the world this summer. The website www.seedpod.ca will continue the legacy of this project afterwards. I have tonnes of these I will be carrying with me to gatherings throughout the summer including Entheos Gathering, Intention 8.5 Summer Camp, Shambhala Festival and Burning Man. The week after this council in the Black Hills will find me in Cherryville BC at the 1st annual Entheos Gathering which will feature a conference and a festival of music. I am honored to be opening that gathering with the Entheos Council where I will be making my first disemination of what happened at the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Council as we collectively explore the future of entheogenic culture. I am ever inspired, turned on, perplexed, challenged, fortified and renewed by all that we are doing in our vast networks and look forward to this opportunity to bridge worlds that might provide more fire for this dance I am doing in this life. I hope to see many of you in council this summer besides on dancefloors celebrating and furthering what we are all doing to bring the culture of peace to this world. http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/ http://www.seedpod.ca (official launch coming..) http://www.worldcrafters.net/ ( new counciltech guild formed..stay tuned to updates) http://www.entheosgathering.com (summer solstice gathering- check the amazing flash website!) http://www.intentionsummercamp.org http://intentiongathering.org http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/ (be sure to check out the workshops at the Portal Stage this year including a council & panel on the future of festivals) www.earthdance.ca/ www.earthdance.org - this years global project: H2Om www.tribalharmonix.org