Maria Magdalena and Sara:
A Sacred Journey Into the Heart
Maria Magdalena Priestesshood
Sara's Code of Light
South of France
TBA
This is a sacred journey about Maria Magdalena Priestesshood
and Sara's Code of Light.
and Sara's Code of Light.
Maria Magdalena Priestesshood is a path of remembering our Divine Feminine Christ Self and the embodiment of this power here and now. This path invites both males and females as Maria Magdalena is guiding humanity to oneness. This is a path of Self Mastery that allows the Unconditional Love of our Higher Self to guide us to live an extraordinay life. This is a path to Your True Divine Essence.
Sara's Code of Light is a living transmission broadcast from the Divine to your Heart. As you walk through holy grounds and temples, you will attune your heart and mind to activate the waves of Sara's Light transmission and create a quantum space from which you command the embodiment of your own divine awakening.
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Sara's Code of Light Initiation
Itinerary
Day 1
Welcome to France! Our pilgrimage officially begins on May 23rd, noon time, feel free to arrive few days early to explore other parts of France including Marseille, the town we start our journey. We will meet for a Welcome Orientation in the Conference Centre of a hotel located only 10 minutes from airport. We recommend that you arrive at least the day before in order to rest with plenty of time before the orientation.
We than depart to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to celebrate with the Gypsies the Maries: Maria Magdalena, Marie-Salome, Marie-Jacobe as well the Gypsies Patron, Sara (the beloved child of Maria Magdalena and Jesus).
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the 'Saint Marys of the Sea', is a small fishing village located on the south-central coast of Mediterranean France in the Camargue region of Bouches-du-Rhone. Archaeological excavations and local legends indicate that the site has been venerated as a holy place by a succession of cultures including the Celts, Romans, Christians, and most recently, the Romania Gypsies. Once a sacred site of the Celtic threefold water goddess, the holy spring was known as Oppidum Priscum Ra. Superseded by a Roman temple dedicated to Mithras in the 4th century BC, the site was later taken over by the Christians. Historical sources mention a church from the 9th century but very little is known of the town's history prior to the 14th century because of its remote location. Neither is it known precisely when and why the local church became the most sacred place of the Gypsies sometime after their arrival in Europe in the early 1400's. Dating from the mid-12th century, the fortified Romanesque church enshrines three wooden statues, themselves of lesser age, that hint at the early Christian sanctity of the site. According to one local legend, after the resurrection of Christ, Maria Magdalena, Marie-Salome, Marie-Jacobe, Lazarus and several other disciples were forced, in 45 AD, to flee the Holy Land by boat. Following a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea, the boat eventually landed near the present day village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, where the passengers went ashore. What next happened to the passengers is not specified in the legend but two of them, Marie-Salome and Marie-Jacobe, became, in time, objects of veneration to the local people. The church, however, enshrines three images, the additional one being of Sara-la-Kali, whose origin and identity are quite mysterious. The gypsies that throng to worship her each May believe Sara to have been a powerful local queen who welcomed the tired travelers from the Holy Land, while other sources suggest she may have been an ancient pagan goddess or a black Egyptian woman who was the servant of Christ's mother Mary. Whatever the explanation, the three female statues are the subject of the fascinating Pelerinage des Gitans, or 'Pilgrimage of the Gypsies', held each year on May 24 and 25. During the weeks preceding the festival, many thousands of gypsies flock to the little village from the far corners of Europe. It is a time of much celebration, of dancing and feasting. The gypsies, being a homeless and wandering people, look upon the festival as a time of religious worship and also as a time to visit with friends and relatives whom they have not seen since previous festivals. On the afternoon of the 24th the church is filled with pilgrims and surrounded by thousands more. They have come to witness the arrival of the saints. First, the statues of the two Marys, stored in an ancient box containing other relics, are lowered from their storage place high in the church. As the reliquary slowly descends, the crowd of pilgrims, overcome with religious fervor, reaches up their hands, even holding up babies at arm's length, in the belief that to touch the relics before they reach the ground is to receive a wondrous healing and protection from misfortune. After the statues of the two Mary's have been revealed, the statue of Sara is brought forth from an underground crypt. Carried on the shoulders of the gypsies and accompanied by the boisterous pilgrims, Sara is taken on a procession to the sea. Returned to the church, Sara and the two Mary's are venerated throughout the evening by the many pilgrims passing through the shrine. The following morning, the 25th of May, the statues of the two Mary's are placed in a boat and then taken upon a grand and colorful procession to and into the sea. In the afternoon a farewell ceremony is given to the saints, the gypsies begin to depart, and the village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer again settles to its quiet life. By Martin Gray
Saints Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome
Day 2
A procession takes Sara, the Patron saint of the Gypsies to the sea. Just before this, inside the Church, the reliquaries containing her relics have been slowly brought down from the "High Chapel" by means of a winch, in the midst of the songs and praises. The statue of Sara, carried by the Gypsies to the sea, symbolizes the waiting for and welcome of the Saints Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome. This day's procession, in honor of Sara and the Gypsies, is a recent institution. In 1935, the Marquis de Baroncelli and a few Camargue Gardians, anxious to give the Gypsies in the Pilgrimage a place that they didn't have (at this time, there were just a few hundred of them, lost in the bigger crowd of pilgrims from Provence and the Languedoc), succeeded in organizing with the Gypsies of the region this march to the sea in memory of the arrival of "their Saint".
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Sara
The Gypsies, who are they ?
The Gitans If the name "Gitan" is given in France to all of the populations of gypsy origin, it legitimately only belongs to one sole group, by far the most numerous and the most established in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Spain had been for a long time their favored country: their family names have kept reminders of it, just like their dialect: the "kâlo", unfortunately dying out... The women are very dark haired, the men have dark skin. They call themselves either "Catalans", or "Andalusian", according to their principal place of settlement. They number dozens of thousands in the South of France, where some have definitively settled since many years ago, even several generations. But there are also Gitan shanty towns whose population has increased tenfold with the arrival of Gypsies from North Africa. It was the Gitans who gave Spain the best of Flamenco, and also the famous dancers (Luisillo, Imperio Argentina, Carmen Amaya, Lola Florès and La Chunga), as well as generations of great toreros. And to France, an inspired guitarist: Manitas de Plata.
The Roms These are the most easily recognizable, as the women continue to wear the traditional multicoloured skirts that fall all the way to their feet, and, when married, a scarf tied around their heads. The richest sport necklaces of gold coins, which make up the tribe's treasure. Many say life is an adventure, while the men are tinkers, coppersmiths or gilders. These professions prompt them to reside in industrial suburbs, notably in Paris, Lyon and Lille. This is the group that has most jealously preserved its original aspects: the language (close to Sanskrit), the traditions, the legends. After crossing Central Europe, the Roms are today spread out around the world, from Canada to Australia to South Africa.
The Manouches The Manouches (and their cousins, the Sinti), scarcely distinguish themselves. The poorest are basket makers, and have kept their horse-drawn caravans; others are fairground sellers or iron gatherers. The Manouches stayed for a long time in Germany and bear Germanic names (ex: Django Rheinardt); the Sinti have retained the mark of their passage in the Piedmont (ex: the circus family Bouglione). Both have a veritable passion for music, and it is from amongst them that the famous tzigane orchestras recrute their virtuosos.
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Day 3
Following the morning's solemn mass, the "craft", with the statues of the Two Marys aboard, is borne to the sea, accompanied by the crowd of gypsy and non-gypsy pilgrims, carried by the ranchers on horseback and the Arlésienne girls in costume. The bearers go into the sea to well symbolize the arrival of the Saints Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome and of the Faith. The Bishop, on board one of the traditional fishers' boats, blesses the sea, the region, the pilgrims and the Gypsies. The Procession then returns to the Church amidst the joy and acclamations, accompagnied by musical instruments and the set of bells. In the afternoon at the Church, with prayers and a popular fervor, the ceremony of bringing the reliquaries back up to the "High Chapel" takes place. During these two days, services and vigils follow one another in the Church.
After the close of the festivities and touched by Sara's Code of Light we leave the beautiful and magical Mediterranean energy to overnight at the holy land where we find our self as near as possible of Maria Magdalena Grotte.
Day 4
Early morning we climb the beautiful old forest of Grotte Ste Baume where the ancient grotto of Mary Magdalen lies embedded in the side of the mountain. The astonishing cavern cathedral carved into the top of a mountain is the cave from which Magdalena is said to have ascended surrounded by thirty angels. Legends indicate that Maria Magdalena lived here during the last years of her life. Royals and nobles came here to visit this remote cliff sanctuary and make the pilgrimage up the hill. This act of devotion to Maria Magdalena was so popular that a “Royal Road” was created to make the pilgrimage easier. The beautiful landscape that take us to the holy grotto was called “Mother Dragon” by the Celts.
Our intentions as we climb through the royal road is to activate within us the balance of Divine Feminine (Magdalen) and Divine Masculine (Dragons).
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Transformed by this unforgettable experience we continue our pilgrim to the Heart of the Cathar Country. The trip will be approx of 4 ½ hrs, so we will be ready to retired after check in. Sweet Dreams!
The Cathars, the peaceful ‘heretics of the Languedoc’ of Southern France, who were them?
The Cathars called themselves Pure Ones after the Goddess known as the Pure One, their term for the Virgin Great Creator Mother Mary (meaning ‘love’). The reason the Church resorted to the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Cathars most certainly had to do with their alternative views about Jesus.
They claimed to possess a secret Book of Love (Mary, TARA). This mysterious manuscript is attributed to Jesus who gave it to John the Divine. It was transmitted through the centuries until the Knights Templar and the Cathars adopted it. The Book of Love was the foundation of the Cathar Church of Love or Amor (the reverse of Roma).
The existence of this lost (or hidden) gospel was revealed when the Catholic Church subjected the Cathars and Templar (in 1308) to torture. Its contents were a secret skill (symbolized by the Templar skull) said to grant one the ability to control the forces of nature and to transform ordinary human blood into that of the wise, holy and pure blood of life of the immortal Illi. It is equated with the Holy Grail.
The Jesus Code
According to Catharic belief, one object of Earth life was to make over the human body as a worthy vehicle for the light of the Holy Spirit (love). The point was to know the Grail not as a cup but as a process. Jesus was its modeler. Insight into this teaching radiates from the name of the Cathar’s home, the Languedoc. Named after the pre-Flood language system the Cathar priests claimed Jesus preached in—the Language of Oc (possibly short for occamy, a corruption of alchemy) -- this place name is Cathar Jesus code.
Webster’s says ‘Oc’ is the root of octo, 8, and ocular, the eye. A related Egyptian word, Ak, means ‘light’, and aker means ‘light being’. Ak-hu is the archetypal Cosmic Man of Light, or ideal archetype of humanity found in a host of Hermetic and Gnostic teachings, whether Egyptian, Jewish, Christian or Islamic. As Mircea Eliade notes in Shamanism, among the Iglulik Eskimos, who were driven out of some unknown homeland, a sequence of initiations concludes with the ang-ak-oq (virtually the same word as Languedoc or L’ang-ak-oq), meaning ‘lightening’ or ‘illumination’.
This angakoq, writes Eliade, consists of, “a mysterious light which the shaman suddenly feels in his body, inside his head, within his brain, an inexplicable searchlight, a luminous fire which enables him to see with both eyes, both literally and metaphorically speaking, for he can now, even with closed eyes, see through darkness and perceive things and coming events which are hidden from others.” The emphasis here is on eyes and light.
Enlightenment is exactly what the Cathars claimed they received from the highly symbolic Language of Oc. As an investigative mythologist, it is of great interest to me that the Egyptian hieroglyph of the heron/phoenix, , the ‘bird of light’ (akh), so closely matches the stylized fish glyph of Jesus , though it predates him by millennia. In addition, these two symbols are structurally identical to, the mathematical sign sometimes used for infinity, which spells OC. It is the root for ‘octo’ or 8. These symbols suggest a continuous transmission of knowledge of the secrets of light. By William Henry
Day 5
After a restfull night, we gather in circle to open our hearts and welcome the transmissions of love and light we are about to receive. In each step of our pilgrimage we create new levels of a vibrational field, and each level takes us to our true self, the Cosmic Man/Woman of Light.
In this loving field we welcome my dear friends Sus Krassel and Kaj Lilliendal, our guides to high levels of awareness. Sus and Kaj have dedicated over 15 years of their life's searching, studying and observing the hidden messages left by the masters builders of Maria Magdalena church. Their book, Rennes-le-Chateau, Maria Magdalena and the Master Builders, will take you through a journey of sacred and secrets, left for those like us, willing to take a leap of faith and follow the call of our inner voice, a voice that knows we are ready to rise.
I higly recommend you to read their book in preparation for our time with them. There is so much to learn and experience during our 3 days with Sus and Kaj, the more you prepare, the more you will be able to received.
Many of you have watched the movie, The Da Vinci Code (if you haven't I recommend) and have heard their short interpretation about the Rennes-le-Chateau, Mary Magdalena Church. This morning we will explore and learn all about it through the 15 years of Sus and Kaj studies. The life of Sauniere and its mysteries, getting a sense of the place and its history, an important introduction before we walk through the portals of initiations hidden in small details.
The afternoon is dedicated to a presentation called “The House of Wisdom” through Sacred Geometry, Leylines, Standing Stones, Sound and Light, Symbols, Myths, Legends, Stories and Initiations we will start to better understand how the masters of the past lived and connected with the Divine and how we can enter through the portals.
Time to process, integrate, rest. Sweet Dreams!
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Day 6
Early morning, before Maria Magdalena Church is open to the public, we return for our Sound work (avoiding to disturb other visitors later).
This morning of Initiations will lead us to our own inner Grail as we enter the dimensional door ways of light, now no longer hidden from us, and experience our own inner awakening. Vera, Sus and Kaj will be there, to assist and support.
After a lovely lunch we return to our final moments at the Church. We will spend quality time in silent meditation to integrate and attune deeper to all we received and with a Grateful heart we depart.
Time to process, integrate, rest. Sweet Dreams!
Day 7
The Portals of Light continue to open for us, today through the Gorges des Galamus. In the heart of the Pyrenees mountains, the Gorge De Galamus is an amazing cavernous slope with a sparkling river beneath balconies of stone. Serpentine twists in the road reveal spectacular views of the natural limestone caves. Celtic Shamans lived and meditated in these caves, believing to be portals to the Otherworld. Here we will partake of the special energies in this intriguing sanctuary, with its enigmatic magic square carved in stone and shrine dedicated to Maria Magdalena.
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Our picnic will be at Fontaine des Amours - the Fountain of Love
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Fontaine des Amours
It's beleive that Maria Magdalena baptised people and initiationed them into early Christianity - Jesus Christianity. At Le Benitier which means - Baptismal Font a place where two rivers meet, the Sals and the Blanque, we will connect with the energy of these holy waters and its medicine, and allow its pure properties to bless and baptise us into our new path of Priest/Priestess of Maria Magdalena and the Dragons.
After lunch, we complete our sacred journey through a meditative walk leading us to The Chair of Isis and The Chair of Osiris. These old chairs have been placed on powerful points of energy in a big sacred pattern around the two Rennes. One of the chairs is connected to the Earth and the other to the Heaven – Divine Female and Male.
This will be our final Initiation. Bring your vows to Maria Magdalena Christ Consciousness to walk in beauty and in integrity to the Divine Being You Are.
This will be our final Initiation. Bring your vows to Maria Magdalena Christ Consciousness to walk in beauty and in integrity to the Divine Being You Are.
Evening Closing Circle : Under the magical skies, ancient myths, sacred land and healing sounds, we will enter the realm where the Healing Music of the Heart will seal our journey of remembering our true self and embody our Divine Self.
Day 8
We all will need a great leangth of time to integrate all the downloads and transformational process we experienced through the many temples and portals we entered this week. Be kind to your self, meditate, rest, take contemplative walks and spend as much time as possible alone and in nature.
We now start our return home... today traveling to Toulouse, overnight!
Day 9
As we complete our sacred pilgrimage, having taken time out from our fast-paced, stressed lives, we have been given many possibilities for a new future. We have received an abundance of blessings, inspiration and initiations, beyond what we imagined to be possible. We have released and transcended past, limiting beliefs, thereby freeing ourself to live into a new future.
A Course in Miracle's defines a Church as those that are joined In the mind as Christ Consciousness. Our Ceremonies: Initiations, baptism, and anoiting, guided us to the knowning and being part of Sara's Code of Light and Maria Magdalena Priestesshood. We are now a congregation and our Heart is our Temple where Love and the Divine Feminine and Masculine abide beautifully balanced.
Our journey has taken you to experience the sacred and that which lives magically alive. You have been invited into living your life as that which you have experienced.
Safe travels!
In a Sacred Relationship We Remain, Vera
ABOUT OUR JOURNEY ORGANIZER AND SPIRITUAL LEADER:
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Vera Lopez, Founder of Spirits of the Earth
Established in 1989 Vera has been leading spiritual adventures around the world sharing the power of transformational experiences through travel with thousands of seekers. One of the most knowledgeable guides of Machu Picchu where she herself had heard the calling, Vera has since then, dedicated her life to guiding others into sacred places around the world, such Sedona, AZ, France, Spain, Avalon, and Brazil. Spiritual Group Leader, Shaman & PachaMama's Priestess Vera is a native of Brazil and lives in the spiritual center of Sedona, Arizona. She is an International Transformational Teacher, beginning her spiritual studies at the age of 18 with the renowned Luiz Gasparetto, Psychologist and Metaphysical Teacher. There she realized her natural ability to channel and started to direct it as a guidance tool while working as a spiritual counsellor. Speaker & Presenter Vera has been a keynote speaker at Grail Springs Retreat Centre for Wellbeing including their summer festivals for empowering women. Vera leads international classes and retreats on many topics such Priestesshood, Shamanism, Metaphysics, Spiritism, Traditional Japanese Reiki & Awakening the Illuminated Heart. She also leads Divine Feminine Circle, Retreats and has developed a certification program for women who are called to serve the Great Goddess. |
SPECIAL GUESTs:
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Sus Krassel & Kaj Lilliendal
Through more than 15 years Sus and Kaj searched the wisdom hidden in the Maria Magdalena Church at Rennes-le-Chateau. It has been a long pilgrimage, not only the interior but also the exterior. They had to learn to understand and to be able to use the connections between heaven and earth, sacred geometry, bulding techniques, sound and light, symbols and myths to get closer to the ancient builders knowlegde. They have travelled in the area since late 1990s. Today they are living in Rennes-Las-Bains near Rennes-le-Chateau. Their book Rennes-le-Chateau, Maria Magdalena and the Master Builders, is a guide that review the connections, portals, and wisdom of the ancient ones. A highly recommended to true seekers. |