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  Sunreed World Musical Instruments:
Sound Healing tools:  Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Tingshaws, Shamanic Drums, African Drums,
Flutes, Shakuhachi Native American Flutes & drums, Didgeridoos,
much more

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Schedule of Upcoming Classes:  
 
 
Sacred Sound Therapies   *   Monthly Sound Circles   *   To Register for Classes

   2008 Trainings and Programs  ~ a current listing of upcoming programs  (click here, or scroll down)

BALANCE OF 2008 PROGRAMS LINKED HERE (July thru end of year)
  
  

Please Contact Us for further info or most up to date class information.
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  The Center of Light:  Phone:  (802) 674-9585     Fax:  (802) 674-9586     E-Mail info@sunreed.com
 
Sound Healers Practitioner Series 
  Sound healing and esoteric programs in
Europe, Germany and Switzerland, July and August, 2009
Special Events 
Earth Mysteries SchoolOur outdoor programs focusing on the Beauty and nature of the Earth, ourself,
and our relationship to each other, Peruvian & Native mysticism, and more.

 The Illumination of Consciousness Series:  In depth studies of the Nature of Consciousness,
via master techniques of
Egyptian High Alchemy, & other Esoteric Practices
 
All programs are at the Center of Light in Ascutney, VT, and facilitated by Zacciah Blackburn, unless otherwise indicated.  Contact us if you would like to be on our newsletter of upcoming events, occasional words of wisdom, and peace prayers; or, if you see programs of interest which you would like to see repeated, or if you would like to partner with us to bring any of these programs to your area.


   
Calendar Years 2008 Events 

Sound Transforms Consciousness

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH SACRED SOUND
Join Zacciah in his powerful healing programs
All programs are in Ascutney, VT, unless otherwise indicated    


2008-9 School of Sound Healing
In depth cognitive & intuitive trainings in the use of sound as a healing modality in private and therapeutic practice
You may attend one or many programs in:

2008-9 Professional Sound Healers Training Series begins Sept 19-21, 2008, and continues for 8 months, listings are available
                                       Early Registration Deadlines begin in May, 2008

1 weekend program is offered each month, for a total of 8 weekends, in Level I, first year studies, plus Level II and III if you choose to continue.
(Attuning the Chakras, Creating Sacred Space, Sacred Sound Transmissions, Application of Sound Therapies)
You May attend one or more programs, for personal or professional development of sound practices.

See our School of Sound Healing listings

Other Programs, utilizing Sacred Sound, Shamanic traditions, ancient mysteries, esoteric studies: 


2008 Programs
 
Remaining 2008 programs (after July 1) listed  here

MONTH
Class/Workshop/Training
JANUARY, 2008  
JANUARY, 2008
   Jan 5 - 7; Advanced Use of  Healing Sound Instruments, & Applications, Level II SHT
    Jan 11 - 13; Attuning the Chakras  Level I SHT
    Jan 18-20, LEVEL III SHT, The Nature of Consciousness
February, 2008 February, 2008
Feb.2 - 3; The Siddhis, Potentized practices for the authentic self, and for developing the evolved powers of inner sight & well being.  “The Siddhis” are our innate psychic abilities.

Feb. 8 – 10; Energetics of the Human Component, Science, & Neurophysiology, Level II SHT
    Feb 29 - Mar 2;  Creating Sacred Space Level I SHT
March, 2008
March, 2008
    Feb 29 - Mar 2;  Creating Sacred Space Level I SHT
    Mar 8:  Sacred Sounds Concert, 6:30 PM with Zacciah, Molly Scott, and Shubalananda;
            Northampton MA, Whole Health Expo;
Presentation by Zacciah in classroom settings;
             Isis, awakening the Heart; Sat afternoon

    March 14 – 16;  Sacred Sound Transmissions Level I SHT
    Mar 21 – 23:  Relationships:  Explorations into the nature of the cosmos;  Level III SHT
  April, 2008
   April, 2008
    April 5 - 6;  Sekhmet:  The Sacred Chord;  Perceiving Harmony in the Pathway of our Existence;     
                                             Dallas, TX   & Switzerland, June 5-8    
    April  11 – 13;   The Application of Sound Therapies Level I SHT
 
    April 19 - 20;      ISIS:  The Hidden Temple; A Call to the Heart of Humanity: 
        Teachings on the Sanctity and Authenticity  of the Human Heart
         Sacred Initiations, and World Service  Huntington, VT
April 24:  Earth & Sky: Show Opening 5-6 PM:  Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World.
Images available on line soon.  Claremont, NH
Show May - June 2008
May, 2008





May, 2008
May - JuneEarth & Sky:  Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World.  Claremont, NH
Images available on line soon. 
Show May - end of July 2008

    May 2- 5 ;  Sound and Consciousness:  Zacciah Presents:  Monday, May 5; 
                            3:15-4:45 PM: 
Sound, Healing, & Consciousness 
                            5:00-6:30 PM:  Panel - Sound, Consciousness, and Meditation, with Zacciah, Juliet Carter and Steve Sklar
                                     6:30-7:30 PM:  Closing Ceremonies, wtih Zacciah, others
                            at the Globe Sound Healing Conference; San Francisco
   May 9-12;  Entering The DreamLodge: Revealing Ancient Wisdom through Sound: 
                            Zacciah Presents: 
Fri, May 9; 1:30-2:30 PM:  
                            at the Global Sound Conference 2008 Marina del Rey (Los Angelos), CA
(these are separate events, separate organizations.)
                        Sacred Space, Sacred Sound, Sacred Ceremony, Level II SHT
    May 17-18;  StarNations: Awakening the Ancestral Pathways;  Asheville, NC  
    May 28:  Introductory Evening, Munich, Germany
    May 31- June 1:  ISIS:  The Hidden Temple; A Call to the Heart of Humanity: 
                                Teachings on the Sanctity and Authenticity of the Human Heart; 
                                Murnau, Germany;
For program information in Deutsch
June, 2008

June, 2008
May - June:  Earth & Sky: Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World.  Claremont, NH
Images available on line soon.
Show May - June 2008

    June 5 - 8;  Sekhmet:  The Sacred Chord;  Perceiving Harmony in the Pathway of our Existence;     
                                             Konstanz, Switzerland;  For program information in Deutsch
     June 13-15: Earth Healing & Awareness:  Deeper attunements in sacred sites;
                           
LEVEL II
   Professional Sound Healers Training Series
     June 20-22: Earth Healing & Awareness:  Deeper attunements in sacred sites;
                            Right Relationship, Earth Healing Ceremonies;
LEVEL III Trainings
July, 2008









July, 2008
     July 11-19; Reconnecting Heaven and Earth:  IIIHS Conference, Montreal, Canada: 
                                                    Zacciah's Presentations:     
                 * July 15, Tues: 
Keynote Address, evening:  The Divine Union: 
                                    The Marriage of Heaven and Earth

                 * July 16, Wed:  Half Day program:  StarNations, Awakening Ancestral Pathways; 
                  * July 17, Thurs: Half Day Program:  The Divine Union:
                                The Sacred Marriage of the Archetypal Principals of the
                                Divine Feminine and Masculine Within Us

     July 25-27  Return To Beauty:  Authentic initiatory practices into the Sacred Peruvian Principals of Living Energies of the Cosmos, Awakening the "Incan Seed,"  The Seed of our Own Perfection;  Attending ancient ceremonial and Sacred Sites of Vermont, a 5 day outdoor training:  Cavendish Gorge, Mt. Ascutney, Calendar I & II ceremonial chambers, Queechee Gorge, Mt Mansfield, others   Entering  Deep relation with the Self, the Earth, & Cosmos, in exploration, ceremony, initiation and ritual.  Incorporating Ancient Peruvian Karpay initiations, the return of the Condor & Eagle, preparing for the Taripay Pacha:   “The Time of Meeting Ourselves Again.”  Finding our natural allies, our Power, and our Beauty.                    
Watch for future dates:  Approaching Sacred Sites II:  Moving Between WorldsAdvanced Level Shamanic Training in ancient wisdom places, outdoors; prerequisite training.

 May - End of JulyEarth & Sky:  Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World.  Claremont, NH
Images available on line soon. 
Show May - end of July 2008
August, 2008
















August, 2008
    August 2-3:  The ChristHeart Initiations:  Upon The Wings of Magdalene,
            Springfield, MA,
    August  6-12;    American Society of Dowsers Annual Conference, Killington, VT; 
  • Wednesday Aug 6, 9 AM - 5 PM:  Walking Between Worlds; shamanic practices
  • Sunday, Aug 10; 2 PM - 3:15 PM:  Attuning the Chakras;  using sacred sound
  • Monday, Aug 11; 10:45 AM -12 noon:  Using Healing Sound Instruments; building personal or therapeutic skills with basic sound healing instruments: crystal bowls, drums, rattles, voice, etc
           Opening ceremonies with the Grandfather Drum, more.
           See www.dowsers.org for full details

    Aug 20 - 24;  Wednesday - Sunday;  a most special and precious opportunity:
  • The City of Light:  The Sacred Seal (The Seal of Solomon:) 
  • The Grand Star Trine of Sacred Mountains and Lakes in New England, and the MerKaBa;  Personal and Planetary Activations
  • 3 Lakes, and 3 Mountains, compose an living vortices of primal earth energies manifesting perfect union of the principals of the Divine Feminine and Masculine, in New England.  Such perfect geometries exist world wide.  We hold a responsibility as caretakers of each of these sacred sites, to enter and maintain right relationship with these living forces of Creation.  We shall enter sacred relationship via the MerKaBa activations of our own inner being, then enter into, and practice right relationship with the living consciousness of the Earth via these primordial beings who anchor vital living energies here within the Earth, asking permission to work cohesively with them as we bridge into conscious co-creational roles with 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.  A sacred vessel, a City of Light, has appeared to those working with this sacred landscape, with incredible potential to heal, infuse blessings, offer life altering experiences & alliances. 
  • A 5 day sacred journeys event.
                                 


September, 2008
        2008-9 Professional Sound Healers Training Series begins Sept 19-21, and continues for 8 months, updated listings and dates are now available.
September, 2008


September, 2008
       
          Sept 13-14  The Illumination of Consciousness   
The Pathway to Entering and Sustaining Illumated States of Awareness
IIIHS Center, Montreal, Canada 

 
         Sept 19-21; The Nature of Sound in Healing Level I
                                Sound Healers Professional Trainings
                                            Begin, 3 yr certification

                        Open to Everyone: Can attend one weekend, or all programs in LEVEL I
     
October, 2008








 October, 2008
  
    Oct. 4, Saturday: Healing Sounds; in association with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
             APDA Parkinson's Disease Information Clinic;  All Day,
Concord, NH
             Zacciah offers afternoon presentation;  Open to public, add'l info and link, soon

    Oct. 5, Sunday: The ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Workshop, 1:00-3:00pm  
             At the
Moonlight Body Mind Spirit Festival, Milton, VT  (Event is Oct 4-5)

    Oct. 11-13;  Using Healing Sound Instruments  Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings 
      • Exploring the use of principal instruments used in sound healing practices, both for personal and professional use/practice, with intention, for clearing and energizing the human energy field, invocation, and more.  
      • Open to Everyone:  Can attend one or all programs in LEVEL I       
    Oct. 18-19;  Fall Illumination of Consciousness program for personal evolution:
  •   Lifting the Veils: Resurrection of the Soul; 
      • Stone Church, Bellows Falls, VT
      • Teachings on the Nature and Authenticity of the Human Soul
      • Dreaming the New Dream;  Embracing our Role as Co-Creators
November, 2008









 November, 2008
      Oct 31, Nov 1-2;  The Sound Healing Network 4th Annual Conference on Sound Healing,                                                     Rowe Conference Center, MA;  watch for details
                                     Zacciah is director of program, and presents Sat 2-5 PM
                            Crop Circle, Earth Energies Conference presentations;
                                    Zacciah Presents Sunday Nov 2, 2:30-5:30 PM 

       Nov. 8-10;  Using the Voice, with Intention Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings
      • Exploring the use of voice for clearing and energizing the human energy field, invocation, and more, as a sound healing tool.  
      • Open to Everyone: Can attend one or all programs in LEVEL I 
        Daughters of Sekhmet:  Awakening the Lion
               The Sacred Cords of Past and Future Lives 
                   Personal Evolution and High Tantra
          Nov. 15-16:  Dallas TX;
with optional 3rd day, 11/17.
          Nov. 22-23:  Asheville, NC
; with optional 3rd day 11/24.
          Aug. 2009, Special 5 day retreat:  The Black Forest, Germany
December, 2008

 


December, 2008
     Dec 5-7:  New Advanced Level Studies and Practices. 
                Apply for inclusion if you have attended 5 of Zacciah's trainings.
               
Extraordinary experiences, and exploration of consciousness, nature, Creation, Sound, Therapeutic applications, Shamanic practices, Earth Healing Rituals, Sacred Sites.


      Dec 12-14, 2008:    The Neurophysiology of Sound 
Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings
      •  Explore the fundamental neurophysiology of the body and how sound effects healing, change, growth, via the natural forces at play within our human bodies, as well as other aspects of the science of sound.   
      • Open to everyone, can one or all trainings in this series


 2009 Programs

Watch for listings as available.
See Sound Healers Trainings for continued 2008-9
studies in Sound Therapies and Practices:

Jan 9-11, 2009:   Attuning the Chakras
Feb. 6-8, 2009:   Creating Sacred Space  
March 13-15, 2009;  Sacred Sound Transmissions           
 April  18-20, 2009;  The Application of Sound Therapies 


Watch for possible tours & Retreats in England,
Europe, South America, the Caribbean

AWAKENING THE LION
a 5 day winter retreat on High Tantra

April, 2009:  Our Easter ILLUMINATION Program

        Europe:   Daughters of Sekhmet:
               The Sacred Cords of Past and Future Lives 
                   Personal Evolution and High Tantra

          Aug. 2009, Special 5 day retreat:  The Black Forest, Germany
4 weeks of programs in Germany and Switzerland!

Join our Newsletter if you wish to receive advance notice of new programs.
ADDITIONAL 2009 PROGRAM LISTINGS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE

  

 ADDITIONAL 2009 Dates to be Announced as information is available.
Watch for 2009 Sacred Journeys, such as:
Sacred Sounds, Sacred Sites, Sacred Journeys:  Activating the Seeds of Our Potential;   Watch for 2009 program details
            A ten day pilgrimage to the self, in ancient power sites along the Michael and Mary Ley Lines of the UK 
            (private ceremony in Avebury, Glastonbury, and  Stonehenge, & little known sites of ancient culture.)  
2008-9 TOURS: Karpay, Peru; Return To Beauty, VT; Sacred Lakes, Sacred Mountains, VT; Sacred Sites, England
 
Advance & Multiple Registration Discounts are available for all registrants, &
VT Adult Continuing Education Grants are available for qualifying participants.

2008-9 Advanced Level Trainings in Shamanic Practice and Sound Healing
Sound Healing Training Series Begins again in Fall 2008. 
You may join us in most Level I Classes currently running.
Watch for additional listings.
 
  Earth Mysteries School

The Sacred Union - April  - May in England
Sacred Sounds, Sacred Journeys, Sacred Sites
Exploring the currents of divine feminine and masculine energies in ancient sites of the Michael &
         Mary ley lines;   April 27- May 6, 2007, tour full.  We are devising tour for 2009, check back later, or join our newsletter list.
Return To Beauty - In VT, July 23-27, 2008
Ancient  traditional practices to come into authentic awareness of, and deeper relationship with,
         one’s true self and the beauty and consciousness of the Earth.

The City of Light:  The Sacred Seal (The Seal of Solomon:)   Aug 19-24, 2008
  • The Grand Star Trine of Sacred Mountains and Lakes in New England, and the MerKaBa;  Personal and Planetary Activations
Hatun Karpay -   Programs not available at this time.  
The Great Initiation, in Peru. Explore historic sites as the Incas used them in sacred ceremonies
         of self-empowerment.     
Watch for Additional Future programming, and advanced level Shamanic studies in outdoor sacred and power sites.

(All programs in Ascutney VT unless otherwise listed.  Discounts for advance registration, members of NESHRI and APOV, and more.)

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  Special Events:
August 2-3:  The ChristHeart Initiations:  Upon The Wings of Magdalene;  Springfield, MA,
 
 
Oct. 18-19;  Lifting the Veils: Resurrection of the Soul; Teachings on the Nature and Authenticity of the Human Soul

  
 
Daughters of Sekhmet:   The Sacred Cords of Past and Future Lives;  Personal Evolution and High Tantra
 Nov. 15-17:  Dallas TX;   Nov. 22-24: Asheville, NC;  Sept 12-14 in Montreal, Canada
Aug. 2009, Special 5 day retreat: The Black Forest, Germany

  
Register now for advanced discounts

UPCOMING EARTH MYSTERIES PROGRAMS
Return to Beauty:  Initiations into the Peruvian Priesthood, in ancient sacred sites of New England July 25-27
The City of Light:  The Sacred Seal, Activating the Personal and Planetary Star Merkaba: Aug 20-24

2008-9 School of Sound Healing begins Sept 19-21 w/ The Nature of Healing with Sound



     
Watch for information on our Oct 31,Nov 1-2 2008 Conference at Rowe
Sc
ience,Spirituality, and Sound: 

Including presentations by Dr. Molly Scott, Dr. John Beaulieu, Jeff Volk and Cymatics,
Silvia Nakkach, Zacciah Blackburn, Amrita Cottrell, and Susie Nelson Smith>
        The Fourth Annual Conference of  The Sound Healing Network
(Formerly the New England Sound Healing Research Institute (NESHRI)

       Friday through Sunday, October 31, November 1-2, 2008
       at the Rowe Conference Center, Rowe, MA
-ask to join our mail list for information on future SHN events-
<Zacciah is Director of Education for NESHRI/SHN>

  Leading Specialists in the Field, intentional healing musical concerts,
  and (tentative), a live web broadcast via the World Sound Healing Organization, and    AllOneNow.org
(Image Credit:  Harmonic "soundform" from Cymatics:
A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration © 2001 MACROmedia
Used by Permission. www.cymaticsource.com )

 School of Sound Healing:  8 full weekends, over an 8 month course, in the therapeutic application of sound healing practices.  Can be taken individually or collectively toward certification.  Follow up with second year in depth applications, and third year clinical practice.  New programs begin every 9-12 months.
Sound Healers Training, Extended Course
Zacciah has created a broad range of trainings in sound healing practice, which couples his deep cognitive and intuitive understanding of sound in therapeutic application.   These programs are an in depth study of the nature of sound and its healing effect on the human system, with cognitive and experiential training designed to better our understanding of, and therapeutic application in, the use of sound. 
A full series of eight weekends to began each September and continue through the April.  
8 full weekends of training in the therapeutic application of sound healing practices in first year Level I.   
You may take one or all of the trainings.
And follow up with year II and III, as you choose.

Some of our Prior Programming May be available at a later time, including programs in Europe and Peru.
You may contact us to see if similar future programs are being planned, or if you wish to host such programs in your area!
Click link, or scroll below, for programs including:

  * June 1-4, 2006:  The Art of Making and Playing the Native American Style Flute, Drum, Rattle, and Australian Didgeridoo: Zacciah’s once/year workshop making and playing your own Native American style flute, with simple, acute exercises for learning, has expanded into a four day program with flute, drum, rattle, and didgeridoo. Come for one or all four instrument days.  Make one, learn to play, and take your own instruments home with you.

Sacred Sounds, Sacred Sites, Sacred JourneysActivating the Seeds of our Potential:  The Sacred Union; Cultivating the Divine Feminine and Masculine within.   A 12 day sojourn into the sacred landscape of Great Britain, including ceremony in Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Avebury. We will work  with, activate, and anchor the sacred masculine and feminine energies within each of us, and the Earth, within the ancient sites, ending in the stone circles of Avebury during Beltane, the time of union of celestial and earthly energies of spring. In Stonehenge, we are asked to activate the planetary encodings encapsulated via these stone archives.

 Meeting Our Divinity:  Resting in the Sanctuary of the Cosmos, Initiations and Empowerments in the use of Sekhem;  Tantric and Esoteric
           practices of Egyptian High Alchemy.  Burlington, VT.  


Hatun Karpay:  The Great Initiation,
into Incan mysticism, w/ Juan Nunez del Prado,
          in the great landscapes of
Peru:  Traditional tools of exploration of consciousness within the Earth and ourselves.  Development of personal power w/in the Andean cosmology. The Incas, their ancestors and descendants have performed these ceremonies for hundreds of years in these sacred sites of Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, including Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Pisaq and Raqchi.

Return to Beauty, embracing our authentic self, through earth awareness, incorporating the Incan practices of the Karpay initiations, in ancient stone ceremonial sites and pristine natural sacred power sites of Vermont.  Deep union, and honoring of our natural being.

    *   Sept 8, 2007, The Power of Sekhmet, Egyptian mysteries, Murnau, Germany, info soon available.

    * 
Sept 13-16
, 2007,  Boden, Austria   The Illumintaion of Consciousness

* August 3-6, 2006:  Boden, Austria:  Healing with The Hathors:  Sacred practice in the art of living in Ecstasy.  It is time we embrace our true destiny and place in the cosmos, and birth the new paradigm of life on Earth.  

Study of the Egyptian Mysteries

We offer in depth studies of the Egyptian mastery techniques of High Alchemy,
via work with The Hathors, Sekhmet, Horus, Isis, Hat'or, and others of the Egyptian lineages. 
Anchoring these techniques with Sacred Sound initiations serve to awaken us a deepest level of memory and being.



Sound Circles:   ;   
<No sound circles currently on our calendar, but may restart at a later time.>
  Techniques and sharing in sacred sound.  Occasional Guest teachers. $20.-30.

For additional workshops & information,  & Shamanic, & Sound Healing Trainings, Retreats & Sacred Journeys, including in the US, England, Mexico, Peru, Europe, Canada, and more, contact us. 






  
For further information & additional workshops contact
Zacciah Blackburn
The Center of Light
at
PO Box 389, Hidden Glen Road               
Ascutney, VT 05030 USA
Phone: 802-674-9585; 
Fax: 802-674-95856
E-mail: info@sunreed.com
http://www.thecenteroflight.net/



      Discounts for advance registration may apply.  Program prices do not include food or lodging unless stated. MC/Visa/ Credit/Debit cards accepted.  VSAC or other adult ed. grants may apply.




   Prior Programming

Below is a Continuing List of Many Programs we offer or have offered in the past;

Some have links to additional information.
Check any posted dates closely, many are not in our current schedule of events.
We leave this information up to allow you to gain further insight into the nature, diversity, and complexity of our work.
You may let us know your interest in these for future programming, or to host similar programs in your region.
 
To See prior year class Schedules, many are also available here:
2004 * 2005  *  20062007     

  Sound Healers Training * Attuning the Chakras
Boden, Austria:  Returning to Beauty, 2005, a 4 day shamanic journey, and initiation into Peruvian mysticism