Shakti Rising ~ An Inner Marriage
October 1 – 8, 2010
with Eve Bruce

These are changing times when we are all – men and women – feeling the rise of the feminine shakti, at times overturning the status quo and leaving us floundering to find our center and balance.

In this workshop we will explore the rising feminine energies, looking inward to define and refine the changes that each of us are experiencing as individuals. We will learn to understand and embrace this energetic evolution, finding our balance and productivity, culminating in a ceremonial sacred marriage of these energies within each of us through a ritualized “hieros gamos”.

In ancient times before the patriarchal systems came into play, the feminine energies were understood to be the most powerful that exist in this earthly plane. It was thought that this is due to the fact that the female being has direct connection and experience with the grand forces of nature through her body’s cycles, and of divine creation through giving birth. In this way her connection with the divine is participatory, and her power source direct. The male does not have this built in direct connection, and must find his power through a less than direct connection with the divine by way of acquisition as he goes forward in the world through the “hero’s journey”.