Many Paths, One Truth

Annual Great Mother and New Priestesses Celebration

September 26 – 28, 2008

From Africa to America : Healing the Sacred Wombs from Sexual Violence and Exploitation

Friday evening

6:00 – 7:00 Dinner and Welcome/Priestess Tirra Olufemi Hargrow/Salon G

7:00 – 7:30 Guest Speaker, State Representative Kathy Stein

7:30 – 9:30 Film and Panel Discussion: Global Slavery, Sexual Violence and Exploitation Still Alive and Thriving in 2008 . “We will create a container where our select panel and audience members can engage in a dialogue addressing some of the major contributing factors that contribute to local and global sexual violence against women and girls. This container will be expanded throughout the weekend to creatively explore ways of healing, liberating and empowering women and men in a unified effort toward ending this violence”.

9:30 – 10:00 Mind, Body and Spirit Healing Concert – Nyeemah “Soul Sayer”/Salon G

10:00 – 10:30 Group Chanting and Meditation/ Mawusi Ashshakir/Salon A

Saturday Morning

7:30 – 8:15 AM yoga and pranayama/Corinne LaReau/Salon A

9 – 12 Morning Sessions and lunch/Salon G

9:00 – 9:50 “ Understanding the Basics of Feminine Power Through the Eyes of the Great Mother ”/ Priestess Tirra “Olufemi” Hargrow and Priestess Erika Davis/Salon G
We invite women and men to join us as we delve into the wisdom of the Divine Feminine, which is ageless, though it has been hidden for centuries in plain sight by patrilineal cultures. More and more modern men and women are seeking to co-labor to remember the Great Mother and give birth to an ancient new civilization. Find out how you can open to this re-emerging energy to transform your life and humanity”.

10:00 – 10:50 “Healing Re-consecrating and Liberating the Sacred Feminine from Sexual Bondage” /Iya Osunnike Anke/Salon G
We will create a safe container to experientially explore aspects of our minds, bodies and spirits that have become the storehouse of our conscious and unconscious negative sexual imprints; many of these imprints are stored within our individual and collective unconscious cellular memory. As a group we will begin to take steps toward individual and collective healing, re-consecration and liberation.

11:00 – 11:50 “Men Must Guard the Door So Women Can Work their Magic”/ Baba Nashid “Koleoso” Fakhrid-Deen/Salon G
This presentation will explore the dynamics inherent with the return of the Great Mother and her call to men. What is the definition of ‘manhood' in light of the resurgence of the Divine Feminine? We will seek to examine the deeper esoteric meaning of the phrase “don't' walk ahead of me because I may not follow, don't walk behind me because I may not lead, but walk beside me always.” It is important with the return of the Divine Feminine that men become comfortable with both sides of themselves and learn to walk in balance and peace.

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Saturday Afternoon

1:00 – 4:00 “Men Only – Team Building, Processing and Sweat Lodge Preparation”/ Adena Mound/Baba Koleoso

3:00 – 4:00 “Women Only – Transgenerational Womb Healing Ceremony”/ Adena Mound/Iya Osunnike Anke and Priestess Joan Brannon (invitation only)

4:00 – 6:00 Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony/Adena Mound (Invitation Only)

9:00 – 9:30 Group Chanting and Meditation/Mawusi Ashshakir/Salon A survival and health.

Sunday Morning

8:00 – 9:00 AM yoga and pranayama/Corinne LaReau/Salon A

10:00 – 12:00 and 2:00 – 4:00 venders/outside of Ballroom/Salon D

Sunday Afternoon

12:00 – 3:30 Great Mother and New Priestesses Celebration/Ballroom - Salon D
• Presentation of New Priestesses
• Medasi African Dance Theatre
• Poetry Readings
• Vocal Performances
• Closing Community Bonding Circle
• Nyeemah “Soul Sayer” in Concert
• Dinner and Reception

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