''Telling the Bees' The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the bees were not "put into mourning" then it was believed a penalty would be paid, such as the bees might leave their hive, stop producing honey, or die. The custom has been most widely noted in England but also recorded in Ireland, Wales, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and the United States.' Could there be something of great importance and value in this Tell? The Bees are disappearing, our grieving skills are almost nonexistant in our 'patronised and inflamed world'. The Web and Hive of our rightful relationship between species have withered away, the communication is in a dis-animated and relentless storms. The Bees are not told much anymore and they are disappearing as we keep forgetting who to talk to about our Grief ….so they don't come back... Let's Tell the few Bees left of our sorrow and grief, of our gratitude and longings, loves and news again....<3 I have been offering Bee Pollen in all rituals and ceremonies lately calling us to become Hives ... Bees have not given up on us... I have not given up on your Great Teachings and Astonishing Gifts of Love, Wisdom and Spiritual awakening, I bow to you Sun beings... Please join us on 30th November 2017 if you are touched by the 6th massive extinction of Life on Earth and want to Give Away your gifts, broken hearts and talents to creating our first Life Cairn in Totnes. Artists, singers, musicians, children, elders, mothers, fathers, lovers of all sorts and all two, three and four legged welcome ! 30th November 2017 We need to find a piece of land preferably by the River Dart accessible by All ...All the time... to place and care for our Life Cairn ♥ Memorials for species rendered extinct at human hands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Cairn 'Grief is not a form of negotiation with Death, it is a courageous, generous and beautiful Love letter to Life'. In grief and deep gratitude OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1773741646245298/?ti=icl OUR SOULand PAGE: http://www.souland.org/life-cairn-in-totnes.html http://www.souland.org/life-cairn-in-totnes.html Other Links : https://www.lostspeciesday.org/ https://medium.com/dark-mountain/the-life-cairn-1483610d05ab http://uncivilisation.co.uk/uncategorized/building-a-life-cairn-at-unciv-13/ https://www.facebook.com/Thelifecairn/ https://www.lostspeciesday.org/?p=708 Azul Thome is the active visionary of SOULand: ´Making the World of our Longing one Maturing Soul at a Time ´ eARTh and the Grief Composting Circles
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WomBelt: Weaving Women back into Matter AS the seat of life, a woman’s womb is both a sacred and uniquely precious place. Azul Thome , as part of her SOULand enterprise, is inviting women to bless, heal, celebrate and protect their wombs, the wombs of other women and of Mother Earth herself in a special ceremonial weekend. WomBelt – Weaving Women back into Matter is a two-day ritual that invites women to weave a belt, using the backstrap weaving method and incorporating the prayers and blessings of each woman present on the day. Azul said: “Weaving a WomBelt is a rite of passage, a way back to mattering. It is a way to honour our womb and to weave women and our stories back together. We will be creating beauty, praying for one another, listening, remembering and mending. As women, we matter, we are matter, we are mater, mother, Earth.” WomBelts are a ritual way to mark, celebrate and heal. They can be helpful at transitional times in a woman’s life – conception, birth, the start of menstruation, menopause. They are also used for healing, releasing and grief – for example, after rape/abuse, abortion, miscarriage or divorce. Azul explained: “We begin the ritual by leaning into a tree like the spokes of a wheel or a web. Then we begin weaving using the ancient backstrap method. At a certain point, everyone is invited to rotate moon wise one belt to their right. We then continue weaving the next woman’s WomBelt, adding our own prayers, stories, songs and love as we go. At the end of the ceremony we complete our own WomBelt before grounding it into the earth with our prayers.” She added: “The process of creating a WomBelt in the company of other women is extraordinarily healing and grounding. We are expressing that we matter, every one of us. The ceremony of weaving something from nothing is about, healing, mending what is broken, marking transition… We are honouring the many different stages of a woman’s being and celebrating the birthplace of life.” Azul is working on weaving this vision within other women empowerment projects like TreeSisters and 1 Billion Rising . The next WomBelt weekend ceremony is on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September in Totnes, England (£120 for the non residential weekend) Azul also makes WomBelts to order between £190 to £300 .For more information call: 07765 257517 or email: soulandinfo@gmail.com Re-Connect Magazine, July 2017 Our Pilot event/Launch just happened |
Saturday 1st April 2017 10:30 to 6pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 10am to 6pm The Week-end will cost : £160 all material included and tools provided. For all ages. Venue to be confirmed near or in Totnes, Devon, England We will explore hand sewing, needle felting, leather engraving, green wood carving, acrylic painting, hand stitching, beading and other material and skills to support you creating your Sacred Altar Talking/Listening Piece or Prayer Piece It is non residential | A Weekend of eARTh Making with me Azul-Valerie Thome. eARTh: 'Art infused with ritual informed by Earth for Earth'. How can we, once more, be in direct communication and in intimate relationship with all of Creation? Is your circle of communication and concern uniquely human while you long to widen it to other beings? How do you make your decisions? Who do you talk to? Who is listening? Who do you feed? Who do you greet and who longs to greet you? The daily practice of being by my Altar, a gateway to all Creation, has become an essential Way Home in these turbulent times of great Thresholds. It is a time and place to speak to life, to death, to love and grief. A place to practice radical honesty (of roots) and ground. You will Create, initiate and Activate the most profound support and guidance: your own Sacred Space , a Portal of Beauty that you can take with you anywhere you are called to be, always connected to source and creation... A Sacred Way of creating a constant access to communicating with other than Humans, our Ancestros, our Human Family and our cosmology. I sense and witness , as many of us do, an increased intensity and a call for our humanity to awake, rise and rippen. Rise through and beyond the immature self and deepen our direct relationship with all of Creation: with our Earth, our Water, our Soil, our Animal family, our Trees and Plant Family, our Moon. Your own personal Altar that you meet each morning enables to grow and remember your natural innate ability to communicate directly to all of Life. To Feed it, to Sing to it, To Make Beauty, ask for Guidance, Release your Grief, Give your Praises. As many of us I have been a very transient human so to know how to Make an Altar, how to Intiate and Activate it to support my Sacred Work has been a vital part of my capacity to return Home each day...with all its turns, descents, ascents and twists... We will explore hand sewing, needle felting, leather engraving, green wood carving, acrylic painting, hand stitching, beading and other material and skills to support you creating your Sacred Altar Talking/Listening Piece or Prayer Piece - to Listen and be in direct relationship with all of the Earth's beings. Email me if you are interested to book or have any questions: soulandinfo@gmail.com or give me a call 07765257517 I am delighted :-) Azul Facebook Event Page www.souland.org |
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