Nimue and the Black Heart of Innocence

September 27-28, 2008
Shepardstown, WV

"How beautiful the lascivious black hearted innocence of children and animals." -Victor Anderson

Holy Nimue
Dark Darling of the Starry Magics
With you we laugh, cry, play, sing
And have our being
Holy Nimue
White One
lascivious keeper of the Black Heart
Untainted by shame, fear or guilt
In you we see our True Nature.
-Karina

She is the Dark Daughter. Fierce and wild, unashamed and certainly uncivilized. Nimue has much to teach us about innocence, wonderment, self-ishness and compassion. She embodies a purity that, to the outer culture, seems anything but! As content singing naked in the garden as she is smashing bugs or stirring storms, Nimue requires we proudly lay claim to the parts of ourselves we have denied or buried deep in shame, fear and guilt. Without remorse, Nimue is both beautiful and terrible. She pulls the pulsing, shining Black Heart from her pocket where she's kept it hidden with frogs, bits of sand, some burrs, a bluebird feather and other treasures collected on her tromp through the woods. She holds it out to you, asking, "Wanna play?"

Nimue has deep mysteries to reveal to us. There is profound healing leading to tremendous power to be had here! Together, we will carefully create a container for this work by building altars, cleansing and charging the space, aligning our Triple Souls and making Kala for that which stands in the way of this Work. We will feed the Guardian of the group mind as well as make appropriate offerings for exploring this path safely.

Through Soul Alignment and Kala, coupled with discussion, poetry, movement, Pentacle work, guided meditation, trance, journaling, partnered and group exercises, song, ecstatic dance and play, we will invoke a state of BlackHearted Innocence and celebrate our true nature.

By the end of this weekend intensive, students will have developed a deeper, personal, working realtionship with Nimue as well as having reclaimed apsects of our own wildly innocent nature. Students will take with them practices to continue deepening this important relationship as well as tools for discerning and developing our own Black Hearted Innocence.

It is suggested that workshop participants have experience with some foundational Feri practices, specifically, Three-Soul Alignment and the Kala Rite. Other important skills include grounding, a sense of self-responsibility, respect for the group mind as well as for individual participants. It There is a materials list for this class. Space is limited. Early Registration not only helps us organize this Intensive, but also assures your place.

Details: Workshop will run from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Saturday 9/27 and from 10 a.m. until around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday 9/28.
Located just outside Shepardstown, WV.
Lunch both days is Brown Bag.
Dinner Saturday is an organized potluck.

Sliding Scale $110-$145 per person.
Please email Swansister at swanstar@verizon.net to register.