2027 FRANCE:
WHAT IF THE MAGDALENE STORY IS ALSO YOUR STORY?
Some places you visit. Others have been waiting for you. October 2027, we return to the South of France to walk the ancient Magdalene landscape. We won't come as tourists. We'll come as women and men ready to remember.
Here, the stories of Mary Magdalene and Saint Sarah are still alive in the stone, the water, and the land.
Here, the mysteries of the Holy Bloodline and the Spiritual Eye of the Heart aren't just studied. They are lived.
Ten days. A small circle. Sacred places entered with reverence,
in a way few ever experience.
You don't need to be ready. You only need to say yes.
October 12–21, 2027 · South of France
The journey has already begun. It began the moment you felt this call.
Some journeys take us to sacred places.
Others awaken the sacred within us.
In October 2027, we return to the mystical landscapes of Southern France for an intimate pilgrimage into the living mysteries of Mary Magdalene, Saint Sarah, the Holy Bloodline, and the ancient wisdom of the Heart.
We walk lands where caves became temples and prayers have been whispered for centuries, where the stories of mystics, Cathars, Black Madonnas and the sacred feminine are still woven into the earth itself.
For nearly four decades, I have guided transformational journeys through the world's sacred places. This one asks a question beyond history and legend: What is ready to be remembered through you?
From the stillness of the Grotte de la Sainte-Baume to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Rennes-le-Château and the Cathar lands,
every step invites you to listen more deeply.
Through ceremony, meditation, sacred teachings, ancestral remembrance, shadow work and silence, we enter what I call the Spiritual Eye of the Heart: the inner place from which we see beyond appearances and meet the deeper truth of who we are.
Here, the mysteries of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua, sacred union and the Holy Bloodline become living questions about your own relationship with love, truth, courage and embodied wisdom.
We are not going to France simply to follow in Mary Magdalene's footsteps. We are going to discover where those footsteps lead within you.
This pilgrimage is for the seeker, the mystic, the healer, the priestess, and the soul who already feels the quiet recognition: It is time to return.
October 12–21, 2027 · South of France
Guided by Vera Lopez & Tina Green
ITINERARY
DAY 1 · OCTOBER 12
WELCOME TO FRANCE · AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Our pilgrimage begins in Aix-en-Provence, a luminous Provençal town just 30 minutes from Marseille Provence Airport and the perfect threshold into the landscapes of Southern France.
We warmly recommend arriving a few days early. Give yourself time to rest, adjust to the time difference, and settle into Provence's rhythm before we begin. Wander the old streets, follow the sound of fountains, browse the open-air markets and linger over a coffee at a sidewalk café. Let the land welcome you first.
At 3:00 PM, we gather at our hotel for our Opening Circle. Here we meet one another, set our intentions, and consciously step across the threshold from traveler to pilgrim.
As evening falls, we walk together through the golden streets of Aix to a local restaurant for our Welcome Dinner, the first of many shared tables.
Tonight, simply arrive. Rest. Receive.
Tomorrow, we leave the town behind and enter the ancient forest of Sainte-Baume, climbing the path toward the sacred cave of Mary Magdalene.
Sweet dreams. The journey has begun.
WELCOME TO FRANCE · AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Our pilgrimage begins in Aix-en-Provence, a luminous Provençal town just 30 minutes from Marseille Provence Airport and the perfect threshold into the landscapes of Southern France.
We warmly recommend arriving a few days early. Give yourself time to rest, adjust to the time difference, and settle into Provence's rhythm before we begin. Wander the old streets, follow the sound of fountains, browse the open-air markets and linger over a coffee at a sidewalk café. Let the land welcome you first.
At 3:00 PM, we gather at our hotel for our Opening Circle. Here we meet one another, set our intentions, and consciously step across the threshold from traveler to pilgrim.
As evening falls, we walk together through the golden streets of Aix to a local restaurant for our Welcome Dinner, the first of many shared tables.
Tonight, simply arrive. Rest. Receive.
Tomorrow, we leave the town behind and enter the ancient forest of Sainte-Baume, climbing the path toward the sacred cave of Mary Magdalene.
Sweet dreams. The journey has begun.
DAY 2 · OCTOBER 13
SAINTE-BAUME · THE ASCENT TO MARY MAGDALENE
Entering the Cave of Remembrance
Today, the pilgrimage truly begins.
We travel through the Provençal countryside to Sainte-Baume, one of France's most sacred places of Mary Magdalene. Within an ancient protected forest, a path rises toward the Grotte de la Sainte-Baume, a cave sanctuary held high in the limestone cliff.
Provençal tradition says Mary Magdalene spent her final years here, in prayer and communion with the Divine. For centuries, pilgrims, mystics, saints, and kings have climbed this mountain to honor her.
Today, we walk the same path.
Step by step, the ascent becomes a passage inward. For centuries, others told Magdalene's story, diminishing her voice and defining her worth through other eyes. As we climb, we gently ask where we have done the same to ourselves: silenced our knowing, made ourselves smaller, or kept telling a story that no longer honors who we are.
With Tina's guidance, we begin to recognize these inner narratives and reclaim the power to choose the story we wish to live.
We carry three questions:
What story about myself am I ready to release?
What truth within me is ready to be remembered?
What new story am I ready to live?
At the final ascent, we climb the stone steps and enter the mountain's sanctuary.
Here, we pause.
We breathe.
We listen.
Inside the cave, we share prayer, meditation, sacred teachings, and ceremony, opening to the mystery of Mary Magdalene and to the Spiritual Eye of the Heart. Here, honesty becomes an act of self-love, and the rewriting of our story begins.
We come to Sainte-Baume to enter the silence she chose.
To listen where she listened.
To remember our own voice.
In the afternoon, we descend and journey across Provence to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Tonight, we rest beside the waters that tradition says carried the holy women to these shores, letting the truths we touched today settle within us.
Sweet Dreams!
SAINTE-BAUME · THE ASCENT TO MARY MAGDALENE
Entering the Cave of Remembrance
Today, the pilgrimage truly begins.
We travel through the Provençal countryside to Sainte-Baume, one of France's most sacred places of Mary Magdalene. Within an ancient protected forest, a path rises toward the Grotte de la Sainte-Baume, a cave sanctuary held high in the limestone cliff.
Provençal tradition says Mary Magdalene spent her final years here, in prayer and communion with the Divine. For centuries, pilgrims, mystics, saints, and kings have climbed this mountain to honor her.
Today, we walk the same path.
Step by step, the ascent becomes a passage inward. For centuries, others told Magdalene's story, diminishing her voice and defining her worth through other eyes. As we climb, we gently ask where we have done the same to ourselves: silenced our knowing, made ourselves smaller, or kept telling a story that no longer honors who we are.
With Tina's guidance, we begin to recognize these inner narratives and reclaim the power to choose the story we wish to live.
We carry three questions:
What story about myself am I ready to release?
What truth within me is ready to be remembered?
What new story am I ready to live?
At the final ascent, we climb the stone steps and enter the mountain's sanctuary.
Here, we pause.
We breathe.
We listen.
Inside the cave, we share prayer, meditation, sacred teachings, and ceremony, opening to the mystery of Mary Magdalene and to the Spiritual Eye of the Heart. Here, honesty becomes an act of self-love, and the rewriting of our story begins.
We come to Sainte-Baume to enter the silence she chose.
To listen where she listened.
To remember our own voice.
In the afternoon, we descend and journey across Provence to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Tonight, we rest beside the waters that tradition says carried the holy women to these shores, letting the truths we touched today settle within us.
Sweet Dreams!
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DAY 3 · OCTOBER 14
SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER · SAINT SARAH
The Codes of Light
Today we enter the mystery of Saint Sarah, Sara-la-Kali, the beloved dark-skinned saint cherished for generations in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
Who was Sarah? Her story lives between devotion, legend, and mystery.
One tradition remembers her as a woman of this land who, through an inner knowing, went down to the shore to welcome the holy women arriving from the sea. Esoteric traditions offer a more provocative possibility: that Sarah was the daughter of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua, carrying a sacred lineage.
We come to listen to these stories and to what they awaken within us.
Deep in the church crypt, in the intimate chapel where Sarah is honored, we spend sacred time in her presence. On this journey, she becomes the guardian of what I call the Codes of Light: the gifts and wisdom carried quietly within you, perhaps across generations, waiting to awaken.
Yet our lineage carries wounds alongside its gifts: shame, silence, grief, and inherited beliefs about our worth.
Yesterday we met our personal stories with honesty. Today, we turn to the stories carried through our family lines.
Vera and Tina lead a ceremony to honor and release our ancestors. Through reflection, prayer, and symbolic acts, we lovingly return what belongs to our ancestors' stories, with special care for shame, meeting it with dignity and compassion.
As space opens within us, the Codes of Light begin to shine. Remembering an ancient lineage invites us to claim our own.
What ancestral wound am I ready to release?
What gifts am I ready to fully claim?
What is the next level of my ministry on Earth, whatever form it takes?
Today, with Saint Sarah, we listen for that calling.
We honor.
We release.
We receive.
And we rise, ready to carry the Light forward.
SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER · SAINT SARAH
The Codes of Light
Today we enter the mystery of Saint Sarah, Sara-la-Kali, the beloved dark-skinned saint cherished for generations in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
Who was Sarah? Her story lives between devotion, legend, and mystery.
One tradition remembers her as a woman of this land who, through an inner knowing, went down to the shore to welcome the holy women arriving from the sea. Esoteric traditions offer a more provocative possibility: that Sarah was the daughter of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua, carrying a sacred lineage.
We come to listen to these stories and to what they awaken within us.
Deep in the church crypt, in the intimate chapel where Sarah is honored, we spend sacred time in her presence. On this journey, she becomes the guardian of what I call the Codes of Light: the gifts and wisdom carried quietly within you, perhaps across generations, waiting to awaken.
Yet our lineage carries wounds alongside its gifts: shame, silence, grief, and inherited beliefs about our worth.
Yesterday we met our personal stories with honesty. Today, we turn to the stories carried through our family lines.
Vera and Tina lead a ceremony to honor and release our ancestors. Through reflection, prayer, and symbolic acts, we lovingly return what belongs to our ancestors' stories, with special care for shame, meeting it with dignity and compassion.
As space opens within us, the Codes of Light begin to shine. Remembering an ancient lineage invites us to claim our own.
What ancestral wound am I ready to release?
What gifts am I ready to fully claim?
What is the next level of my ministry on Earth, whatever form it takes?
Today, with Saint Sarah, we listen for that calling.
We honor.
We release.
We receive.
And we rise, ready to carry the Light forward.
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Saint Sarah-la-Kali
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DAY 4 · OCTOBER 15
CARCASSONNE · ENTERING CATHAR COUNTRY
The Path of Love & Illumination
Today we journey to the magnificent medieval city of Carcassonne, gateway to the mysterious lands of the Cathars.
With the Pyrenees rising on the horizon, we enter a landscape of ancient castles and hidden teachings, persecution and courage, and unwavering devotion to the transforming power of Love.
Who were the Cathars?
History calls them heretics. They called themselves the Bons Hommes and Bonnes Femmes, the Good Men and Good Women. Their path of purity and direct experience of the Divine was so radically different from the established Church that a crusade was launched to destroy them.
We come to look beyond their persecution and into the deeper mystery:
What did they know that they were willing to die to protect?
In later mystical traditions, the Cathars became linked with a hidden Book of Love, the Holy Grail, and Mary Magdalene's and Yeshua's teachings about transforming the human being into a vessel for Light.
Here we begin to explore what I call The Jesus Code.
What if the Grail was never an object to be found?
What if it is a process of becoming: the human heart transformed into a vessel for Divine Love?
Even the name of this land holds a clue. The Cathars said the Languedoc, the land of the Langue d'Oc, carried a language of illumination. Investigative mythologist William Henry traces its symbol of light back to ancient Egypt, suggesting an unbroken transmission of the secrets of light across millennia. It echoes the heart of our pilgrimage: the Spiritual Eye of the Heart.
As we walk the ramparts of Carcassonne, we let history, legend and spiritual teaching each speak in their own language.
What does it mean to become a vessel for Light?
What will I stand for when my deepest truth is challenged?
The Cathars lived a radical simplicity:
To know the Divine from within.
To embody what they believed.
To choose Love, even when Love asked everything of them.
Their question now becomes ours: Will we?
Tonight, within the ancient walls of Carcassonne, we rest in a land that still echoes with those who dared to walk a different path.
Sweet Dreams!
CARCASSONNE · ENTERING CATHAR COUNTRY
The Path of Love & Illumination
Today we journey to the magnificent medieval city of Carcassonne, gateway to the mysterious lands of the Cathars.
With the Pyrenees rising on the horizon, we enter a landscape of ancient castles and hidden teachings, persecution and courage, and unwavering devotion to the transforming power of Love.
Who were the Cathars?
History calls them heretics. They called themselves the Bons Hommes and Bonnes Femmes, the Good Men and Good Women. Their path of purity and direct experience of the Divine was so radically different from the established Church that a crusade was launched to destroy them.
We come to look beyond their persecution and into the deeper mystery:
What did they know that they were willing to die to protect?
In later mystical traditions, the Cathars became linked with a hidden Book of Love, the Holy Grail, and Mary Magdalene's and Yeshua's teachings about transforming the human being into a vessel for Light.
Here we begin to explore what I call The Jesus Code.
What if the Grail was never an object to be found?
What if it is a process of becoming: the human heart transformed into a vessel for Divine Love?
Even the name of this land holds a clue. The Cathars said the Languedoc, the land of the Langue d'Oc, carried a language of illumination. Investigative mythologist William Henry traces its symbol of light back to ancient Egypt, suggesting an unbroken transmission of the secrets of light across millennia. It echoes the heart of our pilgrimage: the Spiritual Eye of the Heart.
As we walk the ramparts of Carcassonne, we let history, legend and spiritual teaching each speak in their own language.
What does it mean to become a vessel for Light?
What will I stand for when my deepest truth is challenged?
The Cathars lived a radical simplicity:
To know the Divine from within.
To embody what they believed.
To choose Love, even when Love asked everything of them.
Their question now becomes ours: Will we?
Tonight, within the ancient walls of Carcassonne, we rest in a land that still echoes with those who dared to walk a different path.
Sweet Dreams!
Carcassonne
Amid the Pyrenees mountainous backdrop drenched in history and healing power we will spend our next days experiencing the Cathar Country and connecting deep to the teachings and the union of
Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
Amid the Pyrenees mountainous backdrop drenched in history and healing power we will spend our next days experiencing the Cathar Country and connecting deep to the teachings and the union of
Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
DAY 5 · OCTOBER 16, 2027
MINERVE · THE WOMB OF THE EARTH
A Passage of Rebirth & Renewal
Perched high above the meeting of two deep gorges, the medieval village of Minerve rises from the limestone like a sanctuary suspended between Earth and Sky.
Once a refuge for the Cathars, Minerve holds a powerful history of faith, courage, and devotion. Today, we honor those who walked here before us and enter communion with something even older:
The living presence of Mother Earth.
We walk the ancient stone lanes of the village, then descend into a landscape carved over millennia by water, wind and stone. Here, the rivers have opened vast passages through the limestone, natural arches that resemble the womb and birth canal of the Earth herself.
Within this natural sanctuary, we gather for ceremony.
During our meditation, we consciously reflect on what we are ready to surrender: old identities, old stories, old limitations, and the parts of ourselves that have completed their purpose.
And then we release...
From darkness into light.
From what has been into what is becoming.
From surrender into rebirth.
On the other side, held by stone and cradled in the body of the Earth, we open to her life force, her strength, and her endless power to create life again and again.
Here, rebirth becomes an act of self-love. We offer tenderness to every part of ourselves and renew our commitment to love ourselves fully, honor our needs, and receive our own becoming with patience and compassion.
Mother Earth does not ask who you have been.
She asks whether you are willing to become.
Tonight, we rest and integrate, letting the passage settle within us.
We emerge renewed, carrying the first breath of what comes next.
MINERVE · THE WOMB OF THE EARTH
A Passage of Rebirth & Renewal
Perched high above the meeting of two deep gorges, the medieval village of Minerve rises from the limestone like a sanctuary suspended between Earth and Sky.
Once a refuge for the Cathars, Minerve holds a powerful history of faith, courage, and devotion. Today, we honor those who walked here before us and enter communion with something even older:
The living presence of Mother Earth.
We walk the ancient stone lanes of the village, then descend into a landscape carved over millennia by water, wind and stone. Here, the rivers have opened vast passages through the limestone, natural arches that resemble the womb and birth canal of the Earth herself.
Within this natural sanctuary, we gather for ceremony.
During our meditation, we consciously reflect on what we are ready to surrender: old identities, old stories, old limitations, and the parts of ourselves that have completed their purpose.
And then we release...
From darkness into light.
From what has been into what is becoming.
From surrender into rebirth.
On the other side, held by stone and cradled in the body of the Earth, we open to her life force, her strength, and her endless power to create life again and again.
Here, rebirth becomes an act of self-love. We offer tenderness to every part of ourselves and renew our commitment to love ourselves fully, honor our needs, and receive our own becoming with patience and compassion.
Mother Earth does not ask who you have been.
She asks whether you are willing to become.
Tonight, we rest and integrate, letting the passage settle within us.
We emerge renewed, carrying the first breath of what comes next.
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After a magnificent day we return to Carcassonne for a resting evening to integrate the magic of today. Sweet Dreams!
DAY 6 · OCTOBER 17
CARCASSONNE · LES CONTES · MONTSÉGUR
The Mountain of Light · Sacred Union
Today we leave Carcassonne and journey deeper into Cathar country, to the beautiful sanctuary of Les Contes, our home and sacred container for the next chapter of the pilgrimage.
After Minerve's rebirth, we turn toward sacred union: the meeting of the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine within us. Les Contes welcomes us as a place to soften, receive, and be nourished by all that has begun to awaken.
Once settled, we journey to one of the most powerful symbols of the Cathar story: Château de Montségur.
Rising high above the foothills of the Pyrenees, Montségur holds the memory of those who remained faithful to their path even when it cost them everything. Here, in 1244, more than two hundred Cathars chose the fire rather than betray their truth.
We approach this mountain with reverence. Those who wish may climb to the castle ruins, while others remain at the mountain's foot in prayer and contemplation. However we choose to honor it, the mountain meets each of us where we are.
With each step, we leave something behind.
With each breath, we become more present.
And we remember that the union we seek outside ourselves must ultimately be found within.
As evening falls, we return to Les Contes and gather in its holy chapel for a Sacred Union Ceremony.
By candlelight, we open to the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine, Magdalene and Yeshua, Earth and Spirit, Love and Light.
Not as opposing forces.
As partners in creation.
As two expressions longing for reunion within the human heart.
Having stood today where others stayed faithful to their truth, we promise to stay faithful to ours. Our vows become a loving compass for our relationships, our work, and our spiritual path.
This is the path the ancient mystery traditions call the Human Being of Light: one whose heart is open, whose inner feminine and masculine are reconciled, and whose spiritual understanding is no longer separate from how they live.
What would change if I stopped searching for the Divine and began living as an expression of it?
Tonight, held in the embrace of Les Contes, we rest and let the mountain keep speaking in our hearts.
CARCASSONNE · LES CONTES · MONTSÉGUR
The Mountain of Light · Sacred Union
Today we leave Carcassonne and journey deeper into Cathar country, to the beautiful sanctuary of Les Contes, our home and sacred container for the next chapter of the pilgrimage.
After Minerve's rebirth, we turn toward sacred union: the meeting of the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine within us. Les Contes welcomes us as a place to soften, receive, and be nourished by all that has begun to awaken.
Once settled, we journey to one of the most powerful symbols of the Cathar story: Château de Montségur.
Rising high above the foothills of the Pyrenees, Montségur holds the memory of those who remained faithful to their path even when it cost them everything. Here, in 1244, more than two hundred Cathars chose the fire rather than betray their truth.
We approach this mountain with reverence. Those who wish may climb to the castle ruins, while others remain at the mountain's foot in prayer and contemplation. However we choose to honor it, the mountain meets each of us where we are.
With each step, we leave something behind.
With each breath, we become more present.
And we remember that the union we seek outside ourselves must ultimately be found within.
As evening falls, we return to Les Contes and gather in its holy chapel for a Sacred Union Ceremony.
By candlelight, we open to the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine, Magdalene and Yeshua, Earth and Spirit, Love and Light.
Not as opposing forces.
As partners in creation.
As two expressions longing for reunion within the human heart.
Having stood today where others stayed faithful to their truth, we promise to stay faithful to ours. Our vows become a loving compass for our relationships, our work, and our spiritual path.
This is the path the ancient mystery traditions call the Human Being of Light: one whose heart is open, whose inner feminine and masculine are reconciled, and whose spiritual understanding is no longer separate from how they live.
What would change if I stopped searching for the Divine and began living as an expression of it?
Tonight, held in the embrace of Les Contes, we rest and let the mountain keep speaking in our hearts.
Château de Montségur
Enjoy a free afternoon to embrace the healing, nurturing energies of this sacred place, allowing them to support the integration that your body, mind, and soul are ready to receive.
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DAY 7 · OCTOBER 18
THE ENCHANTED FOREST OF NÉBIAS
Dragons, Fairies & the Forgotten Language of the Earth
Today, we step into a place where mystery, imagination, and the Earth's ancient intelligence meet.
Hidden in the wild beauty of the Aude lies the Forest of Nébias, a woodland of moss-covered stones, twisted trees and natural labyrinths, where every path seems to lead deeper into another realm.
Some places feel especially alive. If we grow quiet enough, we begin to sense that we are not simply walking through the forest.
The forest is meeting us.
We open our imagination and intuition to the ancient stories of dragons, fairies, nature spirits and guardians of the land. We don't ask whether these mysteries can be proven. We ask what they awaken in us.
The Dragon embodies primordial Earth power: protection, transformation, and the guardianship of hidden wisdom.
The Fairy carries wonder, beauty, play, and the gift of perceiving what the rational mind overlooks.
Together, they remind us of what modern life makes easy to forget:
The Earth is alive.
She speaks.
And we belong to her.
Through meditation, ceremony, and unhurried time to wander, we explore what I call the forgotten language of the living Earth.
Perhaps today is about remembering how to wonder.
To listen without needing an answer.
To let mystery remain mystery.
And somewhere among the ancient stones of Nébias, you may discover that the doorway to the magical world was never closed.
You only had to remember how to see it.
THE ENCHANTED FOREST OF NÉBIAS
Dragons, Fairies & the Forgotten Language of the Earth
Today, we step into a place where mystery, imagination, and the Earth's ancient intelligence meet.
Hidden in the wild beauty of the Aude lies the Forest of Nébias, a woodland of moss-covered stones, twisted trees and natural labyrinths, where every path seems to lead deeper into another realm.
Some places feel especially alive. If we grow quiet enough, we begin to sense that we are not simply walking through the forest.
The forest is meeting us.
We open our imagination and intuition to the ancient stories of dragons, fairies, nature spirits and guardians of the land. We don't ask whether these mysteries can be proven. We ask what they awaken in us.
The Dragon embodies primordial Earth power: protection, transformation, and the guardianship of hidden wisdom.
The Fairy carries wonder, beauty, play, and the gift of perceiving what the rational mind overlooks.
Together, they remind us of what modern life makes easy to forget:
The Earth is alive.
She speaks.
And we belong to her.
Through meditation, ceremony, and unhurried time to wander, we explore what I call the forgotten language of the living Earth.
Perhaps today is about remembering how to wonder.
To listen without needing an answer.
To let mystery remain mystery.
And somewhere among the ancient stones of Nébias, you may discover that the doorway to the magical world was never closed.
You only had to remember how to see it.
DAY 8 · OCTOBER 19
RENNES-LE-CHÂTEAU · THE DAY OF INITIATION
Entering the Inner Grail Through the Portals of Light
Today, we enter the mystery's heart.
High above the valleys stands Rennes-le-Château, a tiny hilltop village that has drawn generations of seekers with its stories of hidden treasure, secret societies, sacred bloodlines, the Holy Grail, and Mary Magdalene.
We arrive as pilgrims, knowing that true initiation is not given by another.
It is awakened from within.
At the heart of the village stands the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, filled with unusual statues, inscriptions, colors and symbols that have fueled speculation and spiritual inquiry for more than a century.
We enter slowly.
Observing.
Listening.
Letting the symbols speak before the mind rushes to interpret them.
In Carcassonne, we asked whether the Grail might be a process of becoming. Here, we step inside that question.
We enter the Grail within.
Through meditation, teaching, ceremony and contemplation, the church becomes a symbolic landscape, and every image a mirror for our inner journey. Each threshold draws us deeper: toward initiation, toward illumination, toward remembrance.
Here, Mary Magdalene becomes guide, mirror and midwife, leading us beyond who we have known ourselves to be and toward who we are becoming.
We open to what I call the Portals of Light: those moments when perception shifts, the heart opens, and what we understood with the mind suddenly becomes embodied truth.
Perhaps this is the deepest initiation of Rennes-le-Château: to recognize that the sacred codes we traveled so far to find were living within us all along.
The cave becomes our inner sanctuary.
The Holy Bloodline becomes our sacred inheritance.
The Light becomes our living presence.
The Grail becomes the heart that receives and carries Divine Love.
The vows we spoke now find their vessel.
If I truly knew myself as a living vessel of Divine Love, how would I walk upon this Earth?
Today, we stop seeking.
We receive.
We embody.
We no longer seek the Divine only in sacred places. We recognize it within ourselves.
RENNES-LE-CHÂTEAU · THE DAY OF INITIATION
Entering the Inner Grail Through the Portals of Light
Today, we enter the mystery's heart.
High above the valleys stands Rennes-le-Château, a tiny hilltop village that has drawn generations of seekers with its stories of hidden treasure, secret societies, sacred bloodlines, the Holy Grail, and Mary Magdalene.
We arrive as pilgrims, knowing that true initiation is not given by another.
It is awakened from within.
At the heart of the village stands the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, filled with unusual statues, inscriptions, colors and symbols that have fueled speculation and spiritual inquiry for more than a century.
We enter slowly.
Observing.
Listening.
Letting the symbols speak before the mind rushes to interpret them.
In Carcassonne, we asked whether the Grail might be a process of becoming. Here, we step inside that question.
We enter the Grail within.
Through meditation, teaching, ceremony and contemplation, the church becomes a symbolic landscape, and every image a mirror for our inner journey. Each threshold draws us deeper: toward initiation, toward illumination, toward remembrance.
Here, Mary Magdalene becomes guide, mirror and midwife, leading us beyond who we have known ourselves to be and toward who we are becoming.
We open to what I call the Portals of Light: those moments when perception shifts, the heart opens, and what we understood with the mind suddenly becomes embodied truth.
Perhaps this is the deepest initiation of Rennes-le-Château: to recognize that the sacred codes we traveled so far to find were living within us all along.
The cave becomes our inner sanctuary.
The Holy Bloodline becomes our sacred inheritance.
The Light becomes our living presence.
The Grail becomes the heart that receives and carries Divine Love.
The vows we spoke now find their vessel.
If I truly knew myself as a living vessel of Divine Love, how would I walk upon this Earth?
Today, we stop seeking.
We receive.
We embody.
We no longer seek the Divine only in sacred places. We recognize it within ourselves.
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DAY 9 · OCTOBER 20
GORGES DE GALAMUS · THE ELEMENTAL INITIATION
Walking Between Worlds
Today we enter the spectacular Gorges de Galamus, a natural cathedral carved through limestone by water's patient power.
Towering cliffs rise around us while far below, the river winds through the gorge like a great serpent. Stone, water, wind and sky meet in a landscape both wild and deeply sacred.
We are entering a living temple.
Deep within the gorge, suspended between rock and sky, we come upon the Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Galamus, a sanctuary built into the cliff where hermits and mystics once withdrew to listen more deeply. Here, we pause and soften into silence.
We listen to the water.
We feel the stone.
We breathe with the wind.
Through meditation, we open to an Elemental Initiation, remembering our ancient kinship with Earth, Water, Air, and the transforming Fire of Spirit.
We are part of the Earth we have been praying to.
Our day then brings us to the Fountain of Love, where Vera and Tina guide us in renewing the vows spoken in the chapel of Les Contes. Beside the flowing water, we ask:
What simple act will help me carry my promise home?
Each of us chooses one tangible way to live our vow, letting the moving water remind us that devotion lives in small, faithful choices.
The Earth speaks.
The waters remember.
The wind carries our prayer.
And we listen.
GORGES DE GALAMUS · THE ELEMENTAL INITIATION
Walking Between Worlds
Today we enter the spectacular Gorges de Galamus, a natural cathedral carved through limestone by water's patient power.
Towering cliffs rise around us while far below, the river winds through the gorge like a great serpent. Stone, water, wind and sky meet in a landscape both wild and deeply sacred.
We are entering a living temple.
Deep within the gorge, suspended between rock and sky, we come upon the Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Galamus, a sanctuary built into the cliff where hermits and mystics once withdrew to listen more deeply. Here, we pause and soften into silence.
We listen to the water.
We feel the stone.
We breathe with the wind.
Through meditation, we open to an Elemental Initiation, remembering our ancient kinship with Earth, Water, Air, and the transforming Fire of Spirit.
We are part of the Earth we have been praying to.
Our day then brings us to the Fountain of Love, where Vera and Tina guide us in renewing the vows spoken in the chapel of Les Contes. Beside the flowing water, we ask:
What simple act will help me carry my promise home?
Each of us chooses one tangible way to live our vow, letting the moving water remind us that devotion lives in small, faithful choices.
The Earth speaks.
The waters remember.
The wind carries our prayer.
And we listen.
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LE BÉNITIER · BAPTISM INTO THE NEW PATH
At Le Bénitier, the Baptismal Font, the rivers Sals and Blanque meet in a place of extraordinary natural beauty.
In Magdalene tradition, Mary Magdalene is remembered as one who baptized and initiated others into the early Christ path: a path of direct communion with the Divine.
Here, where two sacred waters become one, we enter our own ceremony of blessing, baptism, and consecration.
We let the waters cleanse what has been.
We let them bless what is becoming.
And we are initiated into our new path as Priests and Priestesses of Mary Magdalene and the Dragons.
This is not a baptism into religion.
It is a baptism into remembrance.
We enter the waters as pilgrims.
We rise ready to carry the Path forward.
At Le Bénitier, the Baptismal Font, the rivers Sals and Blanque meet in a place of extraordinary natural beauty.
In Magdalene tradition, Mary Magdalene is remembered as one who baptized and initiated others into the early Christ path: a path of direct communion with the Divine.
Here, where two sacred waters become one, we enter our own ceremony of blessing, baptism, and consecration.
We let the waters cleanse what has been.
We let them bless what is becoming.
And we are initiated into our new path as Priests and Priestesses of Mary Magdalene and the Dragons.
This is not a baptism into religion.
It is a baptism into remembrance.
We enter the waters as pilgrims.
We rise ready to carry the Path forward.
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DAY 10 · OCTOBER 21, 2027
ESPÉRAZA · TOULOUSE · THE SACRED RETURN
Walking as the Living Flame
This morning, we gather one final time.
We are not the same people who arrived ten days ago.
We have climbed mountains and entered caves, walked enchanted forests and received sacred waters. We have crossed thresholds, released, remembered, and opened ourselves to mystery.
Before we leave this land, we visit the market of Espéraza on the banks of the Aude. Local farmers and artisans gather to offer fresh bread, cheeses, olives, honey, lavender and handmade treasures. Wander, taste and enjoy a last coffee in the Languedoc, and perhaps bring home a small piece of this land.
Then comes the most important initiation of all:
To return to ordinary life carrying the sacred within us.
As we journey toward Toulouse, we do not leave Magdalene behind. We carry her flame in how we love, serve, speak our truth, and walk upon the Earth.
We are no longer seekers of the Grail.
We have discovered the Grail within.
The pilgrimage ends. The path continues.
May every step become a prayer.
May every encounter become a blessing.
You carry the Light.
You carry the Love.
You carry the Flame.
And now,
you carry it home.
ESPÉRAZA · TOULOUSE · THE SACRED RETURN
Walking as the Living Flame
This morning, we gather one final time.
We are not the same people who arrived ten days ago.
We have climbed mountains and entered caves, walked enchanted forests and received sacred waters. We have crossed thresholds, released, remembered, and opened ourselves to mystery.
Before we leave this land, we visit the market of Espéraza on the banks of the Aude. Local farmers and artisans gather to offer fresh bread, cheeses, olives, honey, lavender and handmade treasures. Wander, taste and enjoy a last coffee in the Languedoc, and perhaps bring home a small piece of this land.
Then comes the most important initiation of all:
To return to ordinary life carrying the sacred within us.
As we journey toward Toulouse, we do not leave Magdalene behind. We carry her flame in how we love, serve, speak our truth, and walk upon the Earth.
We are no longer seekers of the Grail.
We have discovered the Grail within.
The pilgrimage ends. The path continues.
May every step become a prayer.
May every encounter become a blessing.
You carry the Light.
You carry the Love.
You carry the Flame.
And now,
you carry it home.
AFTERNOON · TRAVEL TO TOULOUSE
This afternoon, we travel together to Toulouse, where we spend our final night.
If your flight leaves early tomorrow morning, please feel free to rest and prepare for your journey home.
If you're staying on to explore Toulouse, or simply feel called to share one last evening together, join us for an optional Farewell Dinner: a final meal, a few more stories, and perhaps a few more hugs before we part.
Sweet dreams, and may the journey continue within you.
This afternoon, we travel together to Toulouse, where we spend our final night.
If your flight leaves early tomorrow morning, please feel free to rest and prepare for your journey home.
If you're staying on to explore Toulouse, or simply feel called to share one last evening together, join us for an optional Farewell Dinner: a final meal, a few more stories, and perhaps a few more hugs before we part.
Sweet dreams, and may the journey continue within you.
DEPARTURE · OCTOBER 22, 2027
TOULOUSE · HOMEWARD
Today is yours. Explore beautiful Toulouse, linger a little longer in France, or begin your journey home.
Our pilgrimage is complete, but something new is beginning.
The close of this journey marks the birth of a new ministry: the Mary Magdalene Legacy.
As you return to your daily life, carry with you the wisdom, love, and light you have received.
May what awakened here continue to deepen.
May what you remembered become embodied.
And may the Magdalene Flame illuminate the path ahead.
Safe travels, beloved.
In Sacred Relationship We Remain. 🌹
TOULOUSE · HOMEWARD
Today is yours. Explore beautiful Toulouse, linger a little longer in France, or begin your journey home.
Our pilgrimage is complete, but something new is beginning.
The close of this journey marks the birth of a new ministry: the Mary Magdalene Legacy.
As you return to your daily life, carry with you the wisdom, love, and light you have received.
May what awakened here continue to deepen.
May what you remembered become embodied.
And may the Magdalene Flame illuminate the path ahead.
Safe travels, beloved.
In Sacred Relationship We Remain. 🌹
ABOUT OUR JOURNEY ORGANIZERS AND SPIRITUAL GUIDES:
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ABOUT VERA LOPEZ
Vera Lopez is a Mary Magdalene Priestess, spiritual teacher, Shamanic Minister, author, and the founder of Spirits of the Earth, established in 1989. For nearly four decades, Vera has guided seekers on transformational pilgrimages through some of the world's most sacred landscapes: Peru, Egypt, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and Brazil. Her journeys are never simply about visiting sacred places. They invite remembrance, initiation, and a deeper relationship with the Divine. Born in Brazil, Vera began her spiritual studies at 18 under the mentorship of renowned Brazilian psychologist and metaphysical teacher Luiz Gasparetto. Her path then led her deep into Shamanism, the mysteries of the Andes, the teachings of the heart, and ultimately into the sacred lineage of Mary Magdalene. Today, the Magdalene path is the heart of Vera's ministry. Through pilgrimage, ceremony, teaching, and sacred community, she guides women and men to awaken the Spiritual Eye of the Heart, reclaim the wisdom they carry within, and discover how their spiritual gifts are asking to be lived in the world. Vera is the author of Shamanic Mysteries of Peru and an international teacher and speaker whose work bridges Shamanism, Priestesshood, Spiritism, sacred Earth traditions, and the mysteries of the Divine Feminine and Masculine. Now rooted in the mystical town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Vera continues the work she began in 1989, creating sacred spaces where ancient wisdom meets present-day life . Her deepest calling is simple: To help others remember who they are, why they are here, and how they are called to serve. And in the lands of Mary Magdalene, that remembrance becomes a pilgrimage of the Heart. |
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ABOUT TINA GREEN
I'm thrilled to introduce Tina Green, the founder of Exposing The Roots. Tina and I will co-lead our sacred journey through France, bringing her wisdom, experience, and passion for supporting women’s transformation. For more than 20 years, Tina has been dedicated to guiding women toward profound self-love, radical acceptance, and empowered living. Through workshops, retreats, Sacred Journey Breathwork, ceremonies, initiations, and transformational coaching, she helps women put themselves first, move beyond codependency, reclaim their voices, and cultivate deep, unwavering love for their minds, bodies, and spirits. She is also the author of the bestselling book, The Life-Changing Power of Self-Love: An Essential Guide. Tina is a Master Facilitator of the Healing Arts, a Sacred Journey Breathwork Facilitator, an ordained minister, a certified celebrant, a trained life coach, and a holistic chef. She has also led powerful women’s journeys to sacred and inspiring destinations, including Peru, Mexico, and the Western United States. With more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in nonprofit and financial services, Tina brings a beautiful combination of compassion, organization, grounded wisdom, nurturing energy, and strong leadership. I am delighted our paths have crossed, and I look forward to weaving our gifts together as we walk the sacred lands of France and create a deeply meaningful experience for every woman joining us. |
