Event: Day Conference and Evening Cultural Celebration: Spiritualities and the Sacredness of the Divine Feminine in Scotland: experiential explorations and cultural celebrations.
Evening Cultural Event: Stories, Poetry, Music, Chanting, Dance and Movement.
Speakers and Facilitators: Sara Bonner-Morgan, Lilian Helen Brzoska, MaryCatherine Burgess, Suzanne Saoirse Magdalena Dance, Georgiana Cameron-Gaiduschek De Danu, Margot Daru-Elliott, Emma Dymock, Claudia Goncalves, Susanna Orr Holland, Dhyana Huggins, Alphedia Arara Kenchington, Suzy Nairn, Mandy Peat, Lokantina Susan Scott, Sara Trevelyan and Jenny Williams.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 14 May 2016.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Day Conference: 10am-5.30pm.
Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Evening Event: 7pm-9pm.
Event Description: Day Conference: Spiritualities and the Sacredness of the Divine Feminine in Scotland:
experiential explorations and cultural celebrations.
The purpose of this conference is to:
1. learn about and explore the roots, contemporary expressions, challenges, opportunities, and issues of Spirituality and the Sacredness of the Divine Feminine in Scotland;
2. provide a forum for networking among those who are interested in issues of Spirituality and the Sacredness of the Divine Feminine in Scotland, and more widely;
3. facilitate open and mutually respectful enquiry and communication among scholars, spiritual practitioners, and the wider public regarding the nature of Spirituality and the Sacredness of the Divine Feminine in Scotland in relationship to spirituality in its diversity.
The primary themes that we are inviting the presenters/speakers to explore are:
1. Landscape and Nature
2. Body and Land as Spiritual Teaching
3. Evolving Expressions of the Divine Feminine
4. Divine Feminine Empowerment
Diversity of understandings and experiences:
Different people and spiritualities will have varied understandings and experiences of the divine feminine, goddess, mother, etc, and we are not assuming any one understanding, but rather we are holding a space and inviting in diverse understandings and experiences among those who participate.
Organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996.
Co-chairs: Neill Walker, MaryCatherine Burgess and Emma Dymock.
Date: Saturday 14 May 2016.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Thematic Workshop Strands
10.30am-11.30am: 1. Landscape and Nature - 'The Old Songs' of Gaelic tradition, as symbolised by the young goddess, often imagined as a Muse-like figure within the Tree of Strings - Emma Dymock
11.45am-12.45pm: 2. Body and Land as Spiritual Teaching - 'Our bodies, and our land as Spiritual Teaching' - Suzanne Saoirse Magdalena Dance
2.30pm-3.30pm: 3. Evolving Expressions of the Divine Feminine - MaryCatherine Burgess
3.45pm-4.45pm: 4. Divine Feminine Empowerment - Claudia Goncalves, Mandy Peat and Suzy Nairn
Ceremony Themes and Leads
10am-10.15am: 0. Welcome and Setting Intentions for the Day - MaryCatherine Burgess
10.15am-10.30am: 1. Opening Ceremony of Welcome - Sara Trevelyan
12.45pm-1pm: 2. Ceremony of Remembering the Divine Feminine in People and Communities - Lilian Helen Brzoska
2.15pm-2.30pm: 3. Ceremony of Connecting to the Divine Feminine in Landscape and Place - Alphedia Arara kenchington
4.45pm-5.05pm: 4. Facilitated Group Reflection and Integration - MaryCatherine Burgess
5.05pm-5.20pm: 5. Closing Ceremony of the Divine Feminine in Balance and Wholeness - Emma Dymock
5.20pm-5.30pm: 6. Re-connecting back with the World - Margot Daru-Elliott
Combined Schedule
9.30am-10am: Arrive and Registration
10am-10.15am: 0. Welcome and Setting Intentions for the Day - MaryCatherine Burgess
10.15am-10.30am: 1. Opening Ceremony of Welcome - Sara Trevelyan
10.30am-11.30am: 2. Landscape and Nature - 'The Old Songs' of Gaelic tradition, as symbolised by the young goddess, often imagined as a Muse-like figure within the Tree of Strings - Emma Dymock
11.30am-11.45: Break
11.45am-12.45pm: 3. Body and Land as Spiritual Teaching - Suzanne Saoirse Magdalena Dance
12.45pm-1pm: 4. Ceremony of Remembering the Divine Feminine in People and Communities - Lilian Helen Brzoska
1pm-2.15pm: Lunch
2.15pm-2.30pm: 5. Ceremony of Connecting to the Divine Feminine in Landscape and Place - Alphedia Arara kenchington
2.30pm-3.30pm: 6. Evolving Expressions of the Divine Feminine - MaryCatherine Burgess
3.30pm-3.45pm: Break
3.45pm-4.45pm: 7. Divine Feminine Empowerment - Claudia Goncalves, Mandy Peat and Suzy Nairn
4.45pm-5.05pm: 8. Facilitated Group Reflection and Integration - MaryCatherine Burgess
5.05pm-5.20pm: 9. Closing Ceremony of the Divine Feminine in Balance and Wholeness - Emma Dymock
5.20pm-5.30pm: 10. Re-connecting back with the World - Margot Daru-Elliott
Evening, 7pm-9pm
Mandy Peat and Lilian Helen Brzoska collaboration - pictures (slides) of places in Scotland related to the Divine Feminine energies in the land
Suzy Nairn, sound
Dhyana Huggins, ceremony
Margot Daru-Elliott, story
Susanna Orr Holland, song
Georgiana Cameron-Gaiduschek De Danu, chanting
Lokantina Susan Scott, poetry
Suzanne Saoirse Magdalena Dance, calling out, calling in, and recalling the myriad names of the Mother Goddess
Sara Bonner-Morgan/Jenny Williams, dance and movement
Cost: Day Conference: £25/£20 (Concessions)/£10 (Students).
Evening Event: £10/£8 (Concessions)/£3 (Students).
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.