Earth Mysteries School
~ The Sacred Seal:  Awakening the Dragon   ~

Seeding the Creative Matrix of Heaven on Earth
 

Star Activations of our Personal and Planetary Fields
Activating Elemental & Living Ancestral Relations of Earth and Sky
  A Sacred Sites Journey in New England
 




 
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Mt Mansfield~ Temples of the Earth & Sky~
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The Sacred Seal:  Awakening the Dragon ~
Calendar 2 Stone Chamber, Vermont       
  
 
Activating Elemental & Ancestral Relations of Earth and Sky
 
In Communion with the Star Merkaba of New England

A Shamanic Journey into Sacred Mountains, Lakes & Chambers
of Vermont and New Hampshire,
which compose a nearly perfect Star Tetrahedron
and hold and activate a special relationship in the lightbodies and fundamental forces of Creation, of th
e Earth and Sky
         The Sacred Seal of New England, Star Merkaba, Star Tetrahedron
  •    Shamanic Training & Initiations
  • Activating the Personal, and Planetary Merkaba of the region
  • Awakening relations with the fundamental forces of Nature, including the elemental dragon streams of Living Earth Energies
  • Earth Healing Ceremonies
in
Sacred Sites of Vermont & New Hampshire
Tuesday through Sunday
August 25-30, 2009

                                      
A Six Day program in natural, wilderness, and sacred sites

 
  6 Days, 5 Nights, ALL INCLUSIVE:
LIMITED ENROLLMENT
We highly recommend early registration. 
$500 deposit holds space, see below for details:
$ 1595. if registered by May 1, 2009
 
$ 1695. if registered by June 12, 2009
$1800. Thereafter
Advanced Level Students:  Add'l $100 off in accordance with date of enrollment
Those attending last year's program may take $100 off.
Includes ALL Land Transportation during the program,
Entrance fees, Accomodations, and All Meals.
 
Costs and Payment Plans
 
Initiations into Earth and Sky 

Learning Esoteric Exercises of Shamanic

and Alchemical Traditions,

Touching the Wisdom Keepers and Ancestral Lineages of Ancient Sites

 
Program Information *   Cost Inclusions  *   Trip Itinerary
Important LOGISTICAL INFORMATION
Grandfathers,
Standing Stone, Calendar II, VT







Sunset, Sky Elements, from MozeodebeWadso (the Original Peoples name for Mt Mansfield,) Looking out to Adirondack Chain and Lake Champlain





The Bank of the Green Mountains,
 looking toward Couching Lion, Sunset




 
Cairn, Sunset, MozeodebeWadso




 
Serpentine Stone, Calendar I
Guardian Protector, DreamLodge

 


 


Group Practices,
MozeodebeWadso
 







Group Practices, Calendar I DreamLodge, ancient stone chamber





Prayers to the Apus (Mountain Spirits)



 
Wall of Stone, Upper Falls,
Cavendish



 
Agiocochook, or "Home of the Great Spirit", atop Mt Washington, N




Water, Earth, Sky
Mt Washington



Guardian Stone,
Temple of the Heart, Ascutney





Solstice Sunrise, Cal II site





Stone Chamber,
Cal II site


Prayers for the Earth

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Sacred Seal:  Awakening the Dragon:
The Grand Star Trine of Sacred Mountains and Lakes in New England; 
Personal and Planetary Activations,
including activation of relationship with elemental and ancestral energies of
Earth and Sky.

It is through right relationship we come into harmonic resonance with the All That Is.
Each aspect of earth and sky shall respond to us when we enter right relationship.
The mysteries are unfolding.  They are ready to speak to us, with us, through us, if we are ready for them.

  
  
   
  In this program we are assisting in the activation of creative forces working to restore the matrix of heaven on earth.
Thus, this body of work is designed to bring us to, and requires us to enter into, our highest and clearest intention and integrity.  Come if you feel ready, come if you feel called.

 
JOIN US IN THIS SPECTACULAR SERVICE for humanity and evolution of this gracious planet.

About this program:
 If you are not familiar with information on this program, we highly recommend you take time to read this thoroughly.  This is a special relationship we are being asked to engage in with the living consciousness of various elements of Earth and Sky.  As we have entered these relationships through the last decades, the living beings of Earth and Sky have responded in truly magical and remarkable ways.  We are being asked, at this time, to renew, reawaken, and reinvigorate ancient living relations with Earth and Sky, just as the ancients and living indigenous peoples of the world have always done.  This re-awakening is serving to create a deep alignment for all humanity, to lift and shift the vibrational field for all sentient beings, to serve the greater cosmos.  The specific program content may seem unclear in places.  We will not reveal some practices until we are in place, with group.  Yet, the keepers of this wisdom respond to our interaction with them, and constantly call us to refine the practices offered in relation to how we are engaging with them.  Each and every action we partake in, directly impacts this practice.  We are calling upon those with the highest interest, the highest passion, the highest calling, the highest integrity, to come, and enter into these practices with us, to generate true and unique awakening, which we each shall viscerally know and feel.

This next body of information comes from last years practice.  It is the foundation for this years practice.  We currently do not expect to offer this program in 2010.  But, no doubt, other practices shall arise from this, and be built directly from what has transpired before.  We recommend you read this foundation information.  It will be followed with updates to the work we are explicitly engaging in this year.

We are Seeding the Creative Matrix of Heaven on Earth, read here
 

Foundation information:
3 Lakes, and 3 Mountains, compose a living vortices of primal earth & celestial energies manifesting perfect union of the principals of the Divine Feminine and Masculine, in New England.  Such perfect geometries exist world wide.  Yet, they are rare, and unique.  This 'field of intelligence, created and generated by this living relationship of primary energies, sustains a thriving vital interrelationship between worlds, between heaven and earth, a sacred union, which, when we engage in living and right relationship, interacts with us in ways, thus far, beyond many of our imaginations.  We hold a responsibility as caretakers of each of these sacred sites, to enter and maintain right relationship with these living forces of Creation. 
        
Sacred sites, sacred earth energy currents, sacred Earth geometries, exist right here in our own lands.  It is not necessary to travel to far lands to experience the invigorating and life transforming experiences we often seek in other cultures and times.  And, we have a responsibility to engage, to enliven, to witness, and to build these living relationships with the living consciousnesses of the vital, elemental, and ancestral beings of this realm of the Earth.

The Elders of many cultures tell us the Awakening of Humanity can only occur when we are in living, vital relationship with the consciousness of the Earth, her Elements, Ancestral Keepers, and others.  They are engaging in, and have engaged with us, in ceremony to assist in the re-awakening, and re-alignment of the Earth's sacred energies, often called 'the grid', 'the Christgrid', and other similar names.  They have specifically asked Zacciah to continue this awakening and activation of Right Relationship with the Earth and her many cherished Keepers.  This is next in this series of programs steeped in deep personal ritual and ceremony to tap into our own awakening, and assist us to bring forward a True Awakening within this world.  This year's (2009) program, is bringing even more specific clarity and purpose to this aspect of the work.  The intentional use of our highest vibrational states of being, to bring forward the awakening for all of humanity, in service to this great Mother Earth, and the greater cosmos, and All That Is.

In this practice, we shall enter sacred relationship with the Ancestral Keepers of these holy lakes and mountains, and much terrain near and between them.  This shall include the active consciousness of the Lakes and Mountains themselves, viewed in many cultures as living beings, as well as other elemental energies, and living Ancestors within the subtle realms of being.  We shall have the opportunity to enter into, and practice right relationship within aspects of our own higher consciousness, while moving into deeper relationship with the living consciousness of the Earth, via these primordial beings who anchor vital living energies here within the Earth.  We shall seek permission to work cohesively with them as we bridge into conscious co-creational roles within the Earth and Heavens and their Keepers.  We shall call upon creational powers of the ancient luminaries and the ancestral beings of this region to assist us.

In earlier practices, a sacred vessel, a City of Light, has appeared to those of us working with this sacred landscape, in preparation for this greater body of work, with incredible potential to heal, infuse blessings, offer life altering experiences & alliances, and create opportunities for service of the greater good at this incredibly vital time of collective transformation.  We can only imagine what awaits us as we enter into the Greater Collective with those of us attending this potent offering.

 
Add'l info:  Why are we speaking of Dragons?   *  Living Earth, Living Relations

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Arising from prior work, this years' program, as we currently view it:
What has happened next, is the fundamental forces of creation, as manifest on Earth, are beginning to rise and speak with us in more fluid and mysterious ways.  These are living currents of energy which may appear, among their forms, as Dragon Beings.  This is in direct line with Eastern and Western mysticism.  The Dragons in Taoist philosophy represent, literally, the fundamental forces of elemental nature (the elements of air, fire, water, earth, ether.)  In Western mysticism, it became the role of early Christian mystics and bishops to eradicate the evidence of the 'dragons' from the landscape, which incorporated the indigenous spirituality of the earlier peoples of Europe, then the rest of the world.  The 'dragonslayers' became epic heroes of Western Society.  Little did we know that we were praising those who put to rest our understanding and embracing of the role of the Divine Feminine, in our Earth, and in our lives.  We re-awaken this relationship in ever growing terms;  and, now enter it, in balance, and sacred union, with the Divine Masculine.

In Western Europe, to this day, the living currents of energy, which snake through the countryside, often connecting ancient, primordial, and later Christian sites (wells, springs, groves, hills, standing stones, circles, cairns, fugoues, and more) in serpentine forms, are called "Dragon Lines."  The Chinese speak to the "Dragon Points" as those special places of union of the Divine Masculine and Feminine forces of nature, places where streams merge, springs arising where southerly facing ridges unite (at least 3 places where we engage in this work), and often site temples upon the strengthening energies where these energy currents meet, rise, or descend into the Earth.  We shall enter 3 ancient stone chambers amply sited, in sacred ceremony, learning the secrets of entering right relationship with the living Wisdom Keepers, Ancestral Beings of the StarNations whom built these temples, to ask their permission, and enter sacred ceremony, with them present, to guide and open us to the incredible mysteries contained within the stones themselves, and the living vortices which open when touched in holy ways.

What has, and does occur, in these stone temples, is beyond our scope to fill in during this discourse, but let us simply say, the mysteries continually opening to those of us using these ancient and sacred temples in right relation with the ancient keepers of them, has opened, and continues to open, doorways to the ancient mysteries which many whom have come, continue to feel are among the most meaningful experiences of their lives, often awakening memory of ancient knowing, from times past, of similar work in the many ancient temples of the Earth.

We are creating a separate page, to speak directly to the nature of "AWAKENING THE DRAGON", what this means to us, and why we are using this concept as the title to this work.
You may find this information, here.

This program involves Seeding the Creative Matrix of Heaven on Earth, read here

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Add'l earlier information regarding the Star Tetrahedron, and the origins of this program:

As Above, So Below;  As Without, So Within:
Earth and Heaven:
The Grand Star Tetrahedron of New England: 
Sacred Lakes, Sacred Mountains 

Geometric templates of the Divine Union of Heaven and Earth compose all life forms, as all life arises in harmony to the Divine Proportions.  New England has a unique landscape composed of 3 major mountains and lakes forming a nearly perfect Star Tetrahedron, the geometric representation of the Divine Union of All Life, the Sri Yantra, Shiva and Shakti, the flower of life, underlying all of creation.   This same relationship is perceived within the human form, and critical to activation of one's complete, unified light body, which some say is critical, also, to our continued evolution through major earth changes.

We shall work with the natural elements of Earth and Sky, with the Ancestral Spirit Keepers of Sacred Sites, with the living Consciousness of Lakes and Mountains, and the ancient Medicine Tribes of the region.  We shall enter sacred relation, activate deeper awareness, journey in ancient stone temples, literally bathe in sacred streams and waters, and initiate deeper understanding of the sacred nature of who we are, and how we live in right relationship to the Earth. 
Establishing right relationship with the Earth is paramount to our coming into our power as Co-creators with all elements of Earth and Sky.

By entering right relationship, we have the opportunity to activate deeper understanding of the living Vortices of Light dwelling upon the Earth.  Through the Sacred Geometries we work with, we are given the opportunity to engage in very powerful work as healers and Co-Creators.  If chosen, we may be given the opportunity, also, to enter into, or receive the blessings, of the Holy Ones which dwell in the Temples of the Earth and Sky, a City of Light, above this region.

Few know, and fewer have spoken about this Divine Relationship.  It exists in powerful vortices around the world.  This vortex composes an important part of the Universal Grid of Consciousness of Earth and Sky, some call the Christ Grid.  Once entered in right relationship, the Wisdom Keepers of this City of Light have potent messages to share, and energies to bequeath all of us, for use upon this Earth at this important time of great transformation.

Part of our responsibility as Co-Creators is to share our wealth and blessings with the World.  We shall enter ceremonies to share these blessings, through the waters of the region, for all those yet to come, all those yet to be born into the light of sacred consciousness.

We invite you, in a sacred way, to enter this portal with us, to bathe in this sacred journey, and light revealed.

Many have been waiting to join us in these programs.  Those of us doing the preparatory work for this program have found the initiatory experiences far beyond all imagined expectations.  There is a potential for self realization, and world service, which goes far beyond the common spiritual practice or journey. 

Along with the
  • extraordinarily powerful and
    • deeply heartfelt and enriching connections
    • you will have the opportunity to make
      • with the Earth and with each other,
      • with the Ancestral and Elemental realms,
  • the initiatory practices we will engage in,
    • which many find life altering,
  • you will also
    • experience rare and richly beautiful natural and ancient sites of this region
  • learn: 
    • skills to better connect with energies of the Earth realms,
    • discern Guardians of Sacred Sites of the Earth,
    • both natural power sites and ancient ceremonial sites, and
  • skills to access deep relationship
    • with the living and vibrant energies and
    • Guardians of these sites.
We invite those of you who feeled called to this work, to join us.

In a Sacred Way, we make these offerings.      
   
Sincerely
Zacciah Blackburn

Information from an earlier newsletter regarding this work:
This shall be One of our most promising journeys for activation of the Earth, in deep service,
instilling Right Relationship, and profound self awareness of our Divine Nature.

The Elders of many cultures tell us the Awakening of Humanity can only occur when we are in living, vital relationship with the consciousness of the Earth, her Elements, Ancestral Keepers, and others.  They are engaging in, and have engaged with us, in ceremony to assist in the re-awakening, and re-alignment of the Earth's sacred energies, often called 'the grid', 'the Christgrid', and other similar names. 
8 Elders from cultures from Hawaii to El Salvador joined with Zacciah recently, in one of the sacred ceremonial chambers of Vermont, to further their cultures' prophecies at work, of honoring the ancestral beings of sacred sites, and reconnecting, reawakening, the ancient connecting vessels through the earth grids.  They were touched by, and honored us for, the work we have done in this regard, and urged us to continue this awakening, realignment, and activation of Right Relationship with the Earth and her many cherished Keepers. 

Add'l info:  Why are we speaking of Dragons?   *  Living Earth, Living Relations


You may view some additional articles on earth relations, in our articles section, and also view some images and simple teachings from the times of Winter Solstice at one of the DreamChambers, a stone chamber in S. Woodstock, VT, which is aligned to the winter solstice sunrise, here.

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 Sunset, from MozeodebeWadso,
Looking out to Adirondack Chain and Lake Champlain


 
Calling out the sun;
prayers to the elementals

All Images here, and many throughout our pages, are Copyrighted by Zacciah Blackburn, all rights reserved.
Most images are available through our library for purchase.
Contact our Offices for information.



Soaring beyond the skies




Sacred Mountain Springs




Doorway, Birthing Lodge
    Costs and Itinerary

Cost for this program is $1595.-1800.
depending on your date of registration.

This costs includes all land transportation during the program,
                      entrance fees, accomodations, and meals.

A $500 non-refundable deposit will hold your space, see details.
All rates are based on double occupancy.
We may be able to provide single occupancy for an additional fee.
  
 A minimum $500. non-refundable deposit will hold your space until the following due dates:
 Final cost: $ 1595.:  Min. $500 Deposit if registered by May 1, 2009:  Add'l $500 by June 1, Balance by July 1
  Final cost: $ 1695.:  Min. $695 if registered by June 12, 2009:  Balance by July 15
  $1800. Thereafter
To insure space on this trip, we highly recommend registration no later than July 15.
 Advanced Level Students: 
May take an Add'l $100 off in accordance with date of enrollment
 
Those attending last year's program may take $100 off.
Program fees includes ALL Land Transportation during the program,
Entrance fees, Accomodations, and All Meals.***
Though we are working in natural and wilderness areas, we are not camping out. ACCOMODATIONS ARE IN Quality HOTELS, INNS, and Motels, such as the Stowe Inn, Middlebury Inn, etc. 
Meals, also, are from similarly quality restaurants and cafes.

A minimum $500 deposit, if accepted, will insure inclusion in the program.  The deposit is non-refundable.  Additional funds, minus the $500 deposit will be refunded for any cancellation up until July 15, or until the program is full, whichever occurs first.  After that time, no refunds are given.  However, if a replacement can be found for your space, a full refund, less a $100. fee may be given, at the discretion of the Center of Light Staff.  These deposits are necessary to reserve your accomodations for this program.  If the program is full at the time of your registration, we will notify you, and hold your deposit if you wish to be placed upon a waiting list.  If you are not able to attend due to our enrollment limitations, you will receive a full and complete refund, promptly.

All rates are based on double occupancy.  We may be able to provide single occupancy for an additional fee.
We accept MC and Visa credit and debit cards for payment, as well as checks and money orders.
Add'l registration information is here.
Add'l information on specific cost inclusions is here.
Also, see logistical information for preparation, waiver, emergency contact form, and what to bring, here.
No one should attend this program who is not fit and able to hike in wilderness areas (all on maintained trails) for up to an hour at a time.   Consult with your doctor if there is any question, and speak to us for clarification. 
(Read our logistical information below, before calling, please.)


We have limited seating in this tour.
  We highly recommend you save your space at the earliest possible convenience.
We will consider, on a case by case basis, a payment schedule to fit your needs.
We accept MC and Visa credit and debit cards for payment, as well as checks and money orders.

For information on HOW TO REGISTER, Click HERE

Costs Include***:
All ground transportation from, and back to, Ascutney, VT during this program
All Lodging from Tuesday night, Aug 25 until Sunday AM, Aug 30.
All Meals from Lunch,
Tuesday, Aug 25 until Lunch Sunday, Aug 30.
All entrance fees in parks and toll roads
Though we are working in natural and wilderness areas, we are not camping out. ACCOMODATIONS ARE IN Quality HOTELS, INNS, and Motels, such as the Stowe Inn, Middlebury Inn, etc. 
Meals, also, are from similarly quality restaurants and cafes.


Meals will be in, or from, quality cafes, restaurants or delicatessens, with choices of non-meat, chicken and fish.  Some red meat choices.
Breakfasts will be provided at the Inns, Motels, and Retreat Centers hosting us overnight.
Complete details are below.
 

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Ascutney, Springfield Reservoir




Group Practice, Solstice
Calendar II StarTemple,
Ancient stone chamber




Llana Falls





Tree, Spirit of Place
Llana Falls



Trees,
Lake Willoughby, Mt Pisgah




Grandmother spider spins her story
in our ceremony




Lake Willoughby, Mt Pisgah, from Bald Mountain





Falls, Lake Willoughby




Coming off the Mountain,
Bald Mountain Retreat




Activating the Star




The Stone People,
standing stones of New England



Temple Falls, Cavendish

Itinerary

Itinerary is in approximate times;  times, or places, may change without notice
The fundamental nature and primary ceremonies of the program will remain intact.

This is a 6 day/5 night tour. Program begins and ends at the Center of Light, Ascutney, VT. 
On day 6 we will journey into the central regions of the Star, and participate in specific 'Dragon awakening' ceremonies in the Calendar I DreamLodge, seeding and birthing chambers, as guided by the keepers of these sacred sites, and these larger practices.   
Tuesday through Sunday
August 25-30, 2009


2009, Begin Tuesday, August 25:

  • 10 AM:  Gather at the Center of Light, in Ascutney, VT
    • Introductions, Opening Ceremony, including a despacho fire offering to the Spirit of the Earth, and the spirit of Mt 'Ascutney' (the 3 brothers), our grounding grandfather to this work.
    • Pick up lunch at local cafe
  • 1 PM  Ceremonies on Mt Ascutney
    • Toll Road access to summit area, with 1.5-2 mile hike around summit of mountain, moderate, some ascent, good trails
    • Offerings at the Temple of the Heart of Ascutney
      • (Geomancers also consider Ascutney as the Heart of the energy currents of New England)
    •  First views and connections to the Three Brothers
      • §  (The name of the three primary mountains, the indigenous name of Mt ‘Ascutney’.)
  • 7 PM  Dinner, overnight lodging at Holiday Inn, Springfield

Wednesday, August 26

  • 8 AM Breakfast
  • 8:45 AM Pack vans, 9 AM leave hotel
    • Ceremonies at the StarChamber, Calendar II ancient stone chamber site, S. Woodstock
      • §   Initiations with Star Elders, Ancestors; purification journey into personal intent or nature of this work
      • §  No hike
  • Prepared Field Lunch from local cafe, eat at site or rest area in Ottauquechee River Valley. 
  • 1 - 2:30 PM Travel to Lake Dunmore
  • 2:30 - 6:00 PM Ceremonies of inner purification, baptism, and blessings of the waters
    • Falls of Llana, Silver Lake
    • 45 min hike up groomed trail, uphill ascent (30 min of this hike can be optional)
  • 7 – 8:30 PM, dinner, lodging, Middlebury Inn, Middlebury

Thursday, August 27

  • 8 AM Breakfast
  • 8:45 - 9 AM pack and leave hotel
  • 9 - 11 AM Journey to MozeodebeWadso (Mt Mansfield) & Smugglers Notch, Stowe, VT
  • 11 AM – 7 PM
    • Ceremony with the Spirit of Stones, Trees, Waters of the Mountain, the Notch (no hiking)
    • Prepared Field Lunch in woods or on mountain provided by Middlebury Inn
    • Hike across the face of MozeodebeWadso (Mt Mansfield)
      • §    Ceremonies with the Grandmother and Grandfather
      • §    Ceremonies with the Apu (spirit of the Mountain)
      • §    Connections to the Three Brothers and Star/Seal
        • Ceremonies with the starfield of this mountain
    • Toll Road access to summit area, significant hiking 1.5 to 2.5 miles round trip up an 800’ incline and across the spectacular face of Mt Mansfield, with abundant, inspiring 360° views
      • Moderate hike, some find difficult at places, with steps near edges and over craggy sub-peaks, excellent trails (We watch 5 year old children regularly take this hike, yet those not experienced in natural terrain have found it challenging.)
  • 7 – 8:30 PM  Dinner, settle in to accommodations, Stowe Inn (Hot tub available)

Friday, August 28

  • 8 AM Breakfast
  • 8:45 - 9 AM pack and leave Inn
  • 9AM - 2 PM Journey to Lake Willoughby and Newark Pond, Westmore, VT
    • Becoming the Chalice, the vessel of repose
    • Ceremony with the Spirit of the Lake, and ancestors of this region
    • Calling of the Loons and Spider medicines
      • §(very brief to no hiking)
    • Prepared Field Lunch from Stowe Inn
  •  2 - 5 PM, travel to Gorham, NH, entry to Agiocochook, or "home of the Great Spirit", (Mt Washington. ) Royalty Inn, Gorham
  • 5- 7 PM Settle in, rest, indoor pool, jacuzzi, gym
  • 7 PM Dinner

 Saturday, August 29

  • 8 AM Breakfast
  • 8:45 - 9 AM pack and leave Inn
  • 9 AM - 1 PM  Agiocochook/Mt Washington Ceremonies, activating the StarField, calling upon the forces of the Mountain to enter the Dragon currents
  • 1 PM - 4 PM Prepared Field Lunch, Journey to Lake Winnisquam
  • 4 - 6 PM, settle into Lakefront Inn, ceremonies of receiving and giving blessings
  • 7 PM dinner

 Sunday, August 30

  • 8 AM Breakfast
  • 8:45 - 9 AM pack and leave Inn
  • Journey to S. Royalton, VT, and Dreamlodge
  • 11 Am - 4 PM  Dragon awakening, seeding ceremonies, 2 chambers and central dome of complex
    • Will include components of these practices:
    • Inviting in the ancient keepers of the Celestial realms accessed through this practice (Activation of the StarField.)
      • Our experience with these beings has been one of extraordinary enrichment and blessings from the highest realms of Creation.
        • Prepared Field Lunch in between
    • Ceremonies of the Waters:
      • Gifting of the waters, mother spring
      • Final blessings of the Waters and Ancestral Ones for participants of the group.
  • 4 - 5 PM return to Ascutney, VT, and Holiday Inn for those staying over
    • Optional group dinner for those staying, not included in costs
    • Group goodbyes

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ADDITIONAL AND IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL INFORMATION

A great deal of pertinent logistical info on hikes, weather, what to bring, what to expect, and much more, is
available here.
 For Those attending this program, or wanting more specific intimate information regarding the nature of this program, please go here:
These include Special Notes with the most updated logistical info & personal preparation notes.
 
We require that all participants read this material before leaving home,
and highly recommend reading it before signing up.
We also require you complete and return the emergency contact information and waiver of liability
forms before attending this program found on these pages.  We will send these to you upon registration, but they are here for your review.

If you wish Accomodations Monday and Sunday nights (before and after trip,) you may make arrangements for your own accomodations at
  • The Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, VT (We will lodge here as part of the group Tuesday night)
    • special rate of $<ask for current rate/night,>
    • double or queen (2 adults, including prepared breakfasts.)
  • Ask for our "COL" rate:  802-885-4516
See our accomodations page for additional local accomodations at other area inns, motels, and hotels.  Some recommendations on this and for meals before and after the tour are also listed here.

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:
Special care
should be noted for those attending this program of the conditions generally outlined for hikes.
While these are considered moderate hikes, at worst, by experienced hikers, those not used to wilderness terrain trails may find some hikes challenging and even intimidating.
We have never had an accident, or had a hiker not complete a trail in our years of wilderness experience.

Yet, we require you to take full personal responsibility for your health and well being during this expedition.  This includes the signing of our waiver, for inclusion in this trip.  See logistical information.

Mts Ascutney, Mansfield, & Washington are accessed through toll roads which take us near the summits, so there is not nearly as much climbing as would be necessary from the foot of these mountains.  Silver Lake is an optional 30 min moderate climb on forest service road, after 10-15 min hike on same road to Llana Falls.  Calendar I is a significant 1/4 mi. hike up steep forest road, followed by an add'l 20 min hike.
All hikes are on well maintained wilderness trails or old forest roads, and described in itinerary above, or in logistical information.

We STRONGLY advise interested participants to take stock of their actual hiking abilities, and consult with their physician over any medical concerns, and pre-existing conditions.  We advise capacity to hike easily for 1 hr in wilderness terrain (all maintained trails) in order to consider participation.

Be sure to review, sign, and forward our emergency contact information and waiver from the logistics page.  We will forward these to you as needed upon registration, but you may copy and paste that information into a word document for ease of use from this link.

We are available to answer all questions, but you will find most answers are included in our logistical information, and we do appreciate you taking the time to familiarize yourself with that, first!


Add'l info on metaphysical aspects of this work: 
           Why Dragons?   *  Living Earth, Living Relations


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Spirit of Place
Stone Chamber, UK,
after group activation

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Zacciah Blackburn, Director

The Center of Light in Vermont
P.O. Box 389
Hidden Glen Rd.
Ascutney, VT  05030  USA


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