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The Ringing Cedars of Russia
Posted by: | CommentsAnother crystal clear day, after nitely drizzle, with snow again on the lower hills. Arrow mooched half my bacon this morning, and is getting to be a little chunker…. despite our twice daily walks.
I’ve recently discovered the Ringing Cedars of Russia series. Truly marvelous. In 1996 Vladimir Megre began them after an “accidental” meeting with a remarkable young lady from Russia’s interior. In them he recounts his conversations and interactions with her. immensely popular in Russia, they have been translated into English recently, and bring into the light much practical\spiritual information that has been lost from public knowledge for ages. This quote from Anastasia on the flyleaf:
“Way back in ancient times people living on the Earth had the capacity to use wisdom and intelligence far surpassing the abilities of modern Man. People at the time of the Earth’s pristine origins enjoyed ready access to all the information in the entire database of the Universe.”
These books are a wonderful read, illuminating Anastasia’s perspective of our past, present, future, and what we can do to enhance our lives.
Sacred Dance
Posted by: | CommentsStories of how people discovered their way fascinate me. Leslie Zehr’s drew me for the recounting, but also for her subject matter… dancing Mother Earth’s energy… and thus our energy.
“I came upon this experience by “chance.” One evening I was dancing and noticed that as I moved around the room I could feel different energy patterns emanating from the ground. Curious, I continued to move around the room. I realized that I could “dance the room.” I then did this with music as well and realized that every wave pattern was present in the music. It became easy to coordinate the energy pattern emanating from the room with the music and the movement. In this case, the energy pattern was the guide as it lead me through the space. The possibilities are infinite.”
That, and the following, are available here.
“For anyone who has not danced with the Universe, it is a beautiful and creative experience. Training will elevate the experience but anyone can peek behind the curtain. Just find some primal, tribal, heavy drum music; turn off the lights; and, like the bat, just follow your radar and fly!”
Those quotes are from an article she published on another site. I had hoped to see them in her new book “The Alchemy of Dance”, but she does share other bits of how she came to dance the earth. Leslie introduces the hows of earth dancing… clearing the body to run earth energy. She makes it so easy one wonders how we ever forgot this essential ingredient of our lives. For me the book and her work are very heartworthy.
I had never thought of earth dancing the way Leslie describes it. Whilst her aim is assisting women in rediscovering their earth connection and their bodies thru dance, I’ve learned quite a bit from her writings. The males among us might well broaden horizons reading thru her material. I’ve come across nothing similar for us guys. Her site is www.universaldancer.com and The Alchemy of Dance seems to be available thru major booksellers.
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Ancient Shaman
Posted by: | Comments4/Jan/2008 21:22
Several nites ago, sitting in the shed, I began writing and received the following meditation. I realized later it seems to be a derivative on a rewrite that Grandfather did for me last year.
Stand with feet on the ground, head in the air. [Think as if you are one of the first shaman, receiving instructions on how to live on this planet. The instruction is like a library...think of a subject, and there is a book for that subject.] Inhale a breath and hold it, knowing that you are breathing in every aspect of this world. Identify one object that you inhaled. This “object” can be taken as a sign, or it can be concentrated on to pull forth more information about it.
In the original rewrite, the first shaman went into a dark nite, and planted their feet on the ground. For hours [?] they received information on how to deal with this world… apparently this was a powerful experience.