Women Meeting in the Labyrinth on the Field of Experience in Lamkowo, Poland
12 - 14 September 2014
Fire
a woman can't survive
by her own breath
alone
she must know
the voices of mountains
she must recognize
the foreverness of blue sky
she must flow
with the elusive
bodies
of the night wind women
who will take her into
her own self (...)
Joy Hargo-
-Muscogee and Creek Nations
a woman can't survive
by her own breath
alone
she must know
the voices of mountains
she must recognize
the foreverness of blue sky
she must flow
with the elusive
bodies
of the night wind women
who will take her into
her own self (...)
Joy Hargo-
-Muscogee and Creek Nations
A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. It represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools. A labyrinth is an archetype with which we can have a direct experience. Walking the labyrinth can be considered an initiation in which one awakens the knowledge encoded within their DNA. (see: http://www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html)
The Labyrinth appeared in my life 10 years ago, when I read Angelika's Aliti Book, The Wild Woman. Return to the Origins or Feminine Power and Energy. I've created then a labirynth made from quotations, reflecting my life path and I've placed it on my website (you can "walk it" here >>>).
After many years of walking the paths of this virtual labyrinth, as well as the paths of life, which like the labyrinth have been guiding me deeper and deeper into my center, this summer I became ready to create the labyrinth in the material space - on my land in Lamkowo (Poland). It was a powerful, touching and magical experience. In the process of creating and initiating the labyrinth, which happened on the 7th of August this year, I met my deepest fears and I experienced releasing them on the deepest level. The Labyrinth on the Hill is calling me every day since that moment and every day I feel called to strengthen and tend it. |
I learn its magic. The Magic of the Womb - the primal center, from which everything comes and where everything dissolves. I experience its purifying power, the power of the fire burning in the center, the power, which transforms and turns the old into the new. As a Child - a Priestess - a Vestal, I walk the paths on and on, discovering anew how much the Womb is able to receive and transform.
I stay in owe and worship - for the Labyrinth.
And this is what I like to share. With Sisters. I also want to call - Sisters - into Co-Creation and Co-Experiencing. Because the Labyrinth needs us Together. It needs Strengthening and Sharing.
In a very practical matter - the most of the wall of the Labyrinth is at the moment "built" from hay. In between you can see some stones and candles. We also planted some Lavender. While what I'm dreaming of is the Labyrinth of Power. Visible walls made from stones, combined with planted herbs and flowers, the vine climbing on the gate. The symbol of the feminine power growing up from the ground Visibly, Infallibly, Permanently. Co-Created.
I call you then, Sisters, for this together Meeting in the Labyrinth. We will build it, but also share - our experiences of the Labyrinth - the Womb, becoming conscious about our power, coming from the Oneness.
This is how I foresee the Program of this Meeting:
Friday, the 12th of September
- around 17.00 - gathering and the dinner that we prepare togehter
- around 20.00 - the circle of our Names and Intentions
Saturday, the 13th of September (the 13th of September, I underline, because the 13th is a magical female number)
- around 9.00 - breakfast
- around 10.00 - The Meditation of the Mirror in the Labyrinth - so what the other woman is saying about me
- around 14.00 - lunch
- around 15.00 - The Strengthening of the Labyrinth - placing stones, planting herbs etc.
- around 18.00 - dinner
- around 20.00 - The Meditation with the Fire in the Labyrinth - a prayer for the clarity on the path
Sunday, the 14th of September
- arund 9.00 - breakfast
- around 10.00 - A Circle of Sharing Experience and Other Gifts
- around 14.00 - lunch
- going back home
I stay in owe and worship - for the Labyrinth.
And this is what I like to share. With Sisters. I also want to call - Sisters - into Co-Creation and Co-Experiencing. Because the Labyrinth needs us Together. It needs Strengthening and Sharing.
In a very practical matter - the most of the wall of the Labyrinth is at the moment "built" from hay. In between you can see some stones and candles. We also planted some Lavender. While what I'm dreaming of is the Labyrinth of Power. Visible walls made from stones, combined with planted herbs and flowers, the vine climbing on the gate. The symbol of the feminine power growing up from the ground Visibly, Infallibly, Permanently. Co-Created.
I call you then, Sisters, for this together Meeting in the Labyrinth. We will build it, but also share - our experiences of the Labyrinth - the Womb, becoming conscious about our power, coming from the Oneness.
This is how I foresee the Program of this Meeting:
Friday, the 12th of September
- around 17.00 - gathering and the dinner that we prepare togehter
- around 20.00 - the circle of our Names and Intentions
Saturday, the 13th of September (the 13th of September, I underline, because the 13th is a magical female number)
- around 9.00 - breakfast
- around 10.00 - The Meditation of the Mirror in the Labyrinth - so what the other woman is saying about me
- around 14.00 - lunch
- around 15.00 - The Strengthening of the Labyrinth - placing stones, planting herbs etc.
- around 18.00 - dinner
- around 20.00 - The Meditation with the Fire in the Labyrinth - a prayer for the clarity on the path
Sunday, the 14th of September
- arund 9.00 - breakfast
- around 10.00 - A Circle of Sharing Experience and Other Gifts
- around 14.00 - lunch
- going back home
Participation in the Meeting - organizational information:
- Meals - we will be preparing them together in the camp kitchen of "The Dragons' Nest". To cover the cost of the food, its transport and the cooking gas, we ask 70pln per person for the time of the stay mentioned above.
- The stay - there is a possibility of sleeping together in a tipi (at the fire) with your own mat and a sleeping bag or staying the ago-turistic farm in Radosty (3km away from Lamkowo). The stay on the farm costs 30pln a day. If you choose to stay in the tipi at "The Dragons' Nest", we ask a voluntary donation to cover the costs of the wood and keeping the space.
- Strengthening of the Labyrinth - please bring with you at least one stone, at least one candle (in a plastic cover - to keep it safe from the wind) and at least one plant of a herb that has purifying or strengthening qualities for the female energy (Lavender, Hyssop, Rosemary, Myrta etc.) - it would be great if together with the herb you bring also information about its qualities.
- Voluntary Donation for "The Dragons' Nest" - if our initiative or/and the quality of creating the space appears something you would like to support, we will be grateful for a donation in the voluntary amount of money or any other form which can serve the future activities on The Field of Experience "The Dragons' Nest". The donation box will be available in the space during the meeting.
- There is an opportunity to join us on Saturday afternoon for the process of Strengthening the Labyrinth, the dinner and the Meditation with the Fire only. In this case please bring the things mentioned above, needed for the strengthening of the Labyrinth and a voluntary donation for covering the costs of the dinner.
- To confirm your participation in the meeting you will be asked to transfer a prepay in amount of 40pln (10EUR) on the account number, which will be sent to you after we receive your registration form (see below).
The Initiator of the Meeting: Aleksandra Nimue Kosakowska
(...) look at me
i am not a separate woman
i am continuance
of blue sky
i am the throat
of the sandia mountains
a night wind woman
who burns
with every breath
she takes.
Joy Hargo-
-Muscogee and Creek Nations
(...) look at me
i am not a separate woman
i am continuance
of blue sky
i am the throat
of the sandia mountains
a night wind woman
who burns
with every breath
she takes.
Joy Hargo-
-Muscogee and Creek Nations