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Forsbacka Älvgård Söderhamn Helsingland
29 - 31 August
Programme
Friday 29 August
Friday August 29
4.30 pm-6 pm Registration
7 pm – 7.30 pm Opening ceremony
Once again we open the Goddess Conference
by lighting the Sacred Fire, which this year burns with the theme
”Everything is born from the Feminine, fertilised by the Masculine
and nothing may be done that harms the Children´s Fire”.
The Sacred Fire burns all weekend and is available to everyone
who wantes to sit in silence, pray, meditate or just be.
The space by the fire is sacred and is dedicated
to being a place for praying and giving offerings.
who wantes to sit in silence, pray, meditate or just be.
The space by the fire is sacred and is dedicated
to being a place for praying and giving offerings.
7.30 pm – 9 pm Dance ritual
The Myth of the Bone Woman
Åsa Rockberg
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We dance the ritual of the Bone Woman.
She who dances the flesh back onto her body to the rhythm of the Good Man´s heart beat. To participate in Sunday´s ritual you need to take part in the first two dance workshops/rituals (Friday and Saturday)
Please wear comfortable clothes for this dance ritual. Åsa Rockberg is a dancer who creates dances from within herself and from myth. With her guidance, where the unique woman is born, she creates a community that cares for all life – within and without. Åsa is an education leader at Earthheart Centre in Sweden and tours all over the world. Laurel Wakeman is an Earthheart educator and percussionist with many years experience of teaching and performing with the djembe drum. 
The Bone Woman(Swedish)
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Drummer: Laurel Wakeman
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9 pm – 10 pm Kellianna – Concert
Kellianna
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Kellianna is an American pagan artist internationally performing song and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places and ancient times. With guitar and vocals she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With Native American frame drum and chant she honors the Earth and the Ancestors via primal drumming and powerful vocals.
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10 pm Fire show with Sandra Eldsjäl Wigren
Sandra Wigren
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”Through my acting, my clown, my fire, my experiences, my grief , but mainly though my joy I want to share all that I am
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We end the evening by gathering around the Sacred Fire,
with our own inner flames, for some sharing of the evening´s experiences
or meeting each other, Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Saturday 30 August
8 am – 8.30 am Morning ceremony with Lola Ravenstar
Lola Ravenstar
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Lola Ravenstar is a Priestess of Avalon and a Freja Nature Priestess. She is the founder and leader of Ravenstar and the Green Goddess Temple in Jämtland. The temple is an important meeting place for many people´s search for the Goddess. Lola runs a three year Priestess training based in the Norse heritage with, among other things, sejd and blood mysteries. She is dedicated to spreading the wisdom of the Goddess, to awaken people to understanding their own responsibility and power.
You and I – we - create the great web. |
More info and contact:
www.ravenstar.se |
8.30 am – 9.30 am Childrens Fire
Margitta Wigren
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Imagine a world where we live in harmony with the Web, where our thoughts and actions honour the essence of creation - The Children´s Fire. Where the feminine creative force is honoured and considered sacred.
Where all forms of life are children of creation. This essence is in every atom, in all the elements, animals, plants, humans and Mother Earth, the stars, galaxies and the whole universe - The womb of Creation! A world where the survival of all creation is honoured in the process of evolution. Where society in all forms is based on this sacred foundation. Where all agreements, individually and collectively are based on decisions made from love. Where we sit together and ask ourselves: Will the decisions we make honour life and protect the Children´s Fire? Will they protect the children within us and around us for the next seven generations? Ask yourself: What can I do in my daily life and in all my relations to live by these principles? Margitta FireSwan is passionate about the Children´s Fire. Despite our past, which we can not change, our relationship to it can change and we can use our experiences as guiding lights in our inner darkness and embrace the inner child with our adult self and listen to its needs. In this way we can reclaim our soul´s original essence that we once lost and once again be Whole. Margitta Wigren is a medium, Priestess of Hel, Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of Rhiannon a Midwife of the Soul, and a founder of Hel´s Vi, the Goddess Temple in Söderhamn.
In this presentation Margitta will share her journey with the Goddess Hel. Margitta works at the Goddess Temple Hel´s Vi in Söderhamn where she runs women´s circles, workshops, moon - and sweat lodges and more. She specialises in Soul Retrievals, healing and the de-programming of dysfunctional addictions and behaviours. She is now deepening her knowledge and understanding of the Womb mysteries. Margitta says: "My heart´s passion is Mother Earth, the yearly cycles of the Goddess and Grandmother Moon, and all living beings. To get to know, and learn to communicate with the land where I grew up, where my Fore Mothers were Wise Women, the love for the children it is important for me to care for everything on this land. All my life has been a journey through magic, herbs, the forest and the communication with spiritsfrom the other side, nature spirits and other dimentions and this journey continues." |
During this hour we light the spark of Childrens Fire within us in a simple healing ceremony.
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9.30 am – 11 am Dance Ritual
The Myth of the Bone Woman (Part 2) with Åsa Rockberg
Please note!
To participate in Sunday´s ritual you need to take part in Åsa´s workshops on Friday and Saturday.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
To participate in Sunday´s ritual you need to take part in Åsa´s workshops on Friday and Saturday.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
11 am – 12.30 pm Presentation on Earth Healing
by Agnetha Nyqvist Winqvist
Agneta Nyholm Winqvist
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Presentation on Earth Healing
The author of Feng Shui for Mother Earth gives us exciting insights and tools for how we can heal energies in the land. She takes us on a journey through different frequencies and shares the knowledge of how one can re.-set and heal places. Her lecture is inspired by her journeys in Sweden and abroad where she and other Earth healers have used their tools and techniques. |
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12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Exhibitors
2 pm - 5 pm
Sacred Feminine
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Sacred Masculine
Women circle and Men circle including ceremony.
5 pm- 6 pm Grail ceremony
After the workshop with Korpmor we all go to the Source
to drink from the Sacred Grail from the well that never ends.
to drink from the Sacred Grail from the well that never ends.
6 pm - 8 pm Dinner, exhibitions
8 pm- 8.30 pm Elin Hejll Guest sings
Elin Hejll Guest
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"My songs are often born when I am out walking, in nature or on my way home from the shops! My inspiration comes from Mother Earth, Giddess, the Wheel of the Year and all the beauty around us. I love singing and dancing and find that for me it is a very powerful way to connect with Goddess and the Universe."
Elin is a Priestess of Avalon, a counsellor and Reiki Master and has helped to facilitate ceremonies at the Glastonbury Goddess conference and the Swedish Goddess conference, among other places. At the Stockholm Goddess Temple she runs workshops and holds ceremonies and has also facilitated workshops internationally. Elin is always workiing with mindfulness and tries to meet everyone in the same way she wants to be met: with love and acceptance. www.elinhejllguest.com www.nemetona.se |
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9 pm Gathering & Sharing
We conclude the evening with some music and song around the fire
with Julia Woxberg and Johan Vendelkorp Sandström
Julia Woxberg
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Julia Woxberg is a folk singer and a breath-therapist.
She runs singing workshops where participants are encouraged to sing beyond the limits of the mind, to sing from the heart. |
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Johan "Vendelkorp"Sandström
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Johan "Vendelkorp" Sandström is an artist, a poet and a musician. He is a pagan and, using different instruments, tells the myths of man, woman and love.
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Sunday 31 August
8.30 am - 9.00 am Morning ceremony
with Lola Ravenstar
9.00am - 11am The Myth of the Bone Woman (part 3)
with Åsa Rockberg
To participate in this ritual you need to have taken part in Åsa´s ceremonies on Friday and Saturday.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
Please wear comfortable clothing.
11.30am - 12.30pm Spirit Song
Workshop
Kellianna
Kellianna is an American pagan artist internationally performing song
and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places and ancient times.
With guitar and vocals she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods
and Goddesses.
With Native American frame drum and chant she honors the Earth
and the Ancestors via primal drumming and powerful vocals.
Homepage
Listen to Kellianna!
and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places and ancient times.
With guitar and vocals she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods
and Goddesses.
With Native American frame drum and chant she honors the Earth
and the Ancestors via primal drumming and powerful vocals.
Homepage
Listen to Kellianna!
12.30pm - 2pm Lunch, Exhibitions
2pm - 4pm Korpmor & Kraka
Workshop
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Korpmor & Kraka gives a workshop on Seid, Shamanism, female magic, primal force and activism.
We both have extensive experience in shamanic practices. In this workshop, we work together with prospective participants for past, present and future children of all species. |
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4pm Closing ceremony by the fire.
Please note that the program may change.