2024.10.26 Fall Harvest Ceremony

Service Description

You are invited to our annual celebration of our Eastern Woodland Indian Heritage and our abundant harvests. This year it is limited to students and friends of the Amethyst Center. Outside in the ceremonial circle we enjoy the warmth of the ceremonial fire. Sat. Oct. 26 is ceremony. and Sunday Oct 27 noon to 5 is sound therapy. a playful Earth Art making, a group reading and walkabouts to sacred sites to visit with the local fairies, Little People and Loving Forest Folk. It's all by love offering. Singing and drumming led by Azurae Windwalker and the Redfeather Medicine Singers. A treasured time of fellowship, fun & culture with American Indian dances, the Corn Dance, and The Harvest Dance. Diane Elliott will be telling stories. A ceremonial fire is built and we make tobacco fire prayers for ourselves, friends, family and for Mother Earth. MANDTORY!! TEXT or fb message Azurae Windwalker at 540-947-2423 to rsvp. Participation is limited BRING: Bring a spiritual gift you value greatly but you no longer resonate with for our spiritual giveaway trade blanket . And a lawn chair, drum, rattle or flute if you can. Please bring a dish to pass. Potluck follows ceremony. A love offering is taken and there will be a silent auction to finance repairs to our Healing Sanctuary. Absolutely no drugs or alcohol allowed! WHY DO CEREMONY? Shamanic teacher/author Sandra Ingerman says "Join me In Ceremony ...In times of destabilization, as we are in now, myself and thousands of others have found by performing ceremonies we step into a feeling of being connected to our spiritual light and the creative forces of the universe. People around the world have been stepping into the ancient transformative field of ceremonial work for tens of thousands of years. Performing ceremonies helps us to identify the intentions and passion of our soul, heal old trauma, abuse, wounds, hurts, betrayals, honor changes, receive guidance, create a doorway into the unseen realms to communicate with the helping spirits from the depth of our soul, and to perform the work we need to bring in new healthier ways of living. Ceremony makes us feel solid, empowered, and that we have the spiritual muscles to ride out challenges. And when we join our hearts to gather with friends, loved and our local global community the effects of the work are exponential."