Celebrating our Helions - Creating New Festivals to Heal the Earth

2008-05-20T09:07:00.000-07:00

Coming up next:[Details are still tentative. Join the planning process. Contact ]Eco-Spirituality Celebration:Aphelion AttunementSaturday, July 5th, 10am-4 pmCommune with the deeper patterns of nature and our predicaments, at this time when earth is furthest from the sun (aphelion).At North Park Village Nature Center5801 N. Pulaski; ChicagoTurn left at the 1st T intersection. 312-744-5472(

2007-11-30T11:20:00.000-08:00

Coming up next:Eco-Spirituality Celebration:Perihelion PossibilitiesSaturday, January 5th, 1-4 pmCommune with the deeper patterns of nature and our predicaments, at this time when earth is closest to sun (perihelion).At North Park Village Nature Center5801 N. Pulaski; ChicagoTurn left at the 1st T intersection. 312-744-5472 PROGRAMAn earth-healing communion sandwich...A coming closer with three

2007-06-08T16:07:00.000-07:00

Coming up next:Saturday, July 7, 10am - 3:30 pm, Spiritual Ecology Celebration Celebrate and energize emerging opportunities at this time when earth and sun are furthest apart (aphelion). Seek ways of overcoming the spiritual and political inertia that are impeding our transition toward more desirable futures.MORNING<> Cosmic Walk (Created by Small Waters Education, Harvard, IL) Grounded and

2006-12-20T02:37:00.000-08:00

Coming up next...Perihelion Possibilities CelebrationSaturday, January 6, 10am - 3:30 pmCelebrating the potential of eco-spirituality to move us closer to sustainability, at this time when earth is closest to sun (perihelion). Commune with nature's deeper aspects, and their expressions within yourself and our community. Explore some of the universe's underlying patterns and principles, and the

2006-05-30T12:07:00.000-07:00

Coming up next...Still in the planning stage.Our 7th annual Apheilion* Attunement Celebration,fueled by the universe story and other cosmic and earthly inspirations.(* The apheilion is when earth and sun are furthest apart)We are looking for additional participantswilling to explore the potential of celebrationto help empower a more positive future.Prospects will submit their own unique

2005-11-28T06:41:00.000-08:00

Coming up next...Communing With Your Cells:A Cosmic Closeness CelebrationSunday, January 8, 10am - 3:30 pmIs eco-spirituality relevant to sustainability? Find out through celebrating the perihelion (earth closest to sun) - coming closer to nature's deeper aspects, and their expressions within yourself and our community. Explore some of the universe's underlying patterns and principles, and the

2005-06-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

Our 6th annual Aphelion Attunement Celebration,An experiment in spiritual ecology... Sunday, July 3, 9:30 am - 1 pm Nature/Culture Specialness CelebrationExploring the relevance of the evolutionary story as an aid to achieving sustainability. Celebrating the specialness of our place and time, when earth and sun are furthest apart (aphelion). Contemplating emerging stories of biological and

2004-12-30T10:33:00.000-08:00

Coming up next...Cosmic Closeness Celebration, Sunday, January 9, 10am - 3:30 pmCelebrate the perihelion (earth closest to sun) by coming closer to nature's deeper aspects. Explore and experience some of the universe's underlying patterns and principles, and how they are expressed locally. This year we focus on the pervasiveness of pulsing, and how different evolutionary strategies are more

2004-06-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

New Festivals for the Future? Introduction to Celebrating the Helions Can new festivals help us find our way to a more desirable future? Below is the story of some new celebrations. Perhaps such ritual cycles can aid us in establishing a restorative global culture that integrates the knowledge and potential of science with the collective wisdom of all cultures and nature. By regularly directing

2004-06-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

Linking Cosmology with New Traditions. By Rael Bassan Slightly modified from an article published in Permaculture Activist #51 Celebrating Earth’s Orbital Progression in the Wild Onion (Chicago) Bioregion The story of a new tradition motivated by permaculture concerns. Beginnings of the story The seed began to glimmer, when I met Jack and Judy Speer at a mutual friend’s birthday party,