Solstice Traditions, Sun/Moon Balance, Fri 7 pm POSTPONED

Sadly, I have to postpone Friday's Meetup due to expected high winds (80 to 100 mph) and planned, widespread power outages in Colorado.. Please sign up for Sunday's session instead.
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In Peru, December 21 marks the SUMMER Solstice, a date well observed by the ancient Incas. Then the Spanish brought Christmas, which overlaid the Solstice. Christmas Eve (La Noche Buena), is the focus of most Christmas celebrations, with Midnight Mass, and family feasts. One sweet tradition are the chocolatadas, where churches and wealthier families give toys and chocolate to poor children.

In Peru, the December Solstice, Qhapaq Raymi, is the longest day and the high point of SUMMER. Traditionally, it was celebrated with ceremonies, dances, offerings, and prayers. It also reflected the balance between Inti, the Sun God, and Quilla, the Moon Goddess.

We in the north, influenced by Greco-Roman cultures, also typically see the sun as masculine and the moon as feminine.
But this was not always so. In German and Irish, the word for sun is feminine. And many other cultures experience the sun as feminine.

The Sun Goddess? Female reindeer flying through the sky? Was Santa a shaman? We will join with our Celtic Meetup group to explore ancient traditions of the winter solstice and journey to the deeper gifts of this season.

Our groups are by donation. I am encouraging everyone to donate $10 to $30 for our beloved Pueblo Elder, Flo Yepa, to help with living expenses. Prayers are always welcome as well.

Please RSVP below.
You can email [reply2edie@gmail.com](mailto:reply2edie@gmail.com) if you have any questions.
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Enter your personal portal into a soul-infused, Earth-honoring tradition.
Sunday evenings have a Celtic focus, Friday nights have a Peruvian or general shamanic focus.
Join us for a monthly exploration of various expressions of shamanism. Topics will include:

• Shamanic journeys
• Power Animals and Spirit Guides
• The dimensions of Sacred Space
• Shamanic dreamwork
• Meeting and learning from your Chakra Animals
• Soul-Retrieval and EMDR- Healing the Inner Child
• Shamanism is an Earth-honoring spiritual path. Some sessions will include an offering of gratitude for Mother Earth, and a short ceremony inspired by Peruvian shamanism to send her healing energy.

Other topics in the series can include:

• Peruvian Shamanic Traditions
• Limpias, cleanses, and clearings
• Creating and using a mesa or altar
• Ceremonies for the Earth
• Offerings and despachos
• Celtic Shamanism and the Sacred Landscape (e.g. Stone Circles, and the Hollow Hills filled with Earth Light)
• Ancestors and the Otherworld
• The Celtic Wheel of the Year

Members will help select the topics and focus of our sessions.
Our groups are by donation. I am encouraging everyone to donate $10 to $30 for our beloved Pueblo Elder in New Mexico, Flo Yepa, to help with moving and living expenses. Prayers are always welcome as well.
Please RSVP below
Email reply2edie@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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Edie Stone is a Soul-Centered Counselor and Holistic Psychotherapist with 25 years of experience. She has been a Certified Shamanic Journey Guide since 1995. She has studied Past-Life therapy with Roger Woolger, Shamanic Dreaming with Robert Moss, and Peruvian Shamanism with don Oscar Miro-Quesada, along with many, many other trainings and teachers.
Edie has been offering ceremonies and trainings on Celtic spirituality since 1995. She taught workshops on Peruvian shamanism and Celtic spirituality in Colorado and Wales, 2000-2008.
Edie is also an approved teacher in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Peruvian shamanism.
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LOCATION: Online
RSVP below.
Email reply2edie@gmail.com if you have any questions.
We will be joined by members of our other Meetup, Celtic Spirituality in Colorado, https://www.meetup.com/Celtic-Spirituality-in-Colorado
Sunday evenings have a Celtic focus, Friday nights have a Peruvian or general shamanic focus.