This Ceremony is just after the Celtic festival of Samhuinn, the veil is very thin and this is a time to honour the ancestors. This day is also celebrated as the “Day of the Dead” or “All Souls Day” in Mexico, Guatemala and other parts of Latin America. This ceremony will bring a weaving of the Celtic and Mayan ways in particular to create a powerful, nourishing and loving container for ancestral healing and celebrating our ancestors.
As Cacao is the ancestral medicine of the Mayan and Aztec peoples, it helps us to connect to our hearts and allow anything that have not been able to feel/process in our physical or energetic body to be felt and transformed, with love. Just after the Celtic festival of Samhuinn, this ceremony will bring a weaving of the Celtic and Mayan ways in particular to create a powerful, nourishing and loving container for alchemy.
This ceremony will involve meditation, ancestral healing, sacred sound and prayer, so gather a wee nest for yourself and join us in Sacred Space. Ceremonial Cacao is entirely optional if you have it at home, you will receive instructions on how to prepare. A cup of mugwort or rose tea would be a welcome alternative, again not essential as your own presence is all that is needed.
WHEN
Monday 2nd November (please arrive 6.50 to get settled)
Exchange
Sliding Scale, registration closes at 5pm on 2/11/20
£18 full price
£15 low income
£13 unwaged/benefits/students/OAPs
Any questions please contact Firetree: firetreealchemy@gmail.com
About Cacao Medicine
Ix Cacao is known as the "food of the gods" and has been used by Mayan, Aztec and Inca tribes for thousands of years for ceremonial purposes. As a potent healer, this medicine helps us to open our hearts, connect with our inner wisdom and creativity so that we can dissolve our blockages and create new pathways into being. Ix Cacao brings us grounding into our bodies and can help us open up to feeling and sensing more deeply. Mama Cacao is a very feminine and creative medicine so she will help us to explore in a soft yet powerful way.
Cacao is likely to make you feel more alive from the inside in a gentle, loving way. This is due to the effects of the many stimulating, warming and feel good natural chemicals it contains. Please be aware that this may keep you awake for a few hours after the ceremony, however most people find they want to rest very shortly afterwards as it takes them quietly within.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding it is very healthy and a potent time for you and your baby, a smaller dose is recommended. Your baby will tell you :-). Please let us know so we can ensure that we create the right mix for you.
Contraindications: This medicine does not mix well with anti-depressants or anti-pyschotics. Please talk to us if you have any doubts such as heart or blood pressure.
Preparation (if receiving Cacao)
To prepare the physical body some preparation and cleansing is recommended and full details will be sent in advance. This will mostly involve refraining from dairy, alcohol and caffeine for 3 days, most importantly for 24hours before and after the ceremony.
It is also advised if you can plan for a restful evening and day after the ceremony, although it won't affect your daily activities, there is still some processing happening at a physical and emotional level for a few days.
Also consider your intention for this ceremony, what do you wish to let go of? Intentions are very useful tools for communicating with plant medicine and creating an anchor for us to focus throughout the ceremony. It can be precise or unpolished, just give it some thought and if it comes in the moment, that is fine too.
Make sure you can create a sacred space where you will be comfortable for the duration, please have a candle near you if possible.
About Firetree
Firetree is a highly intuitive Celtic Medicine Woman, Alchemist, Ceremonial guide & Somatic Bodyworker. Working with nature, plants and spirit to guide the return to source, truth & wholeness. Reclaiming the Rites of Passage through Birth, Life and Death that assist in our navigation as human through our soul’s evolution. Illuminating ancient wisdom & truth through sound, meditation, movement & ritual, returning to the present, living in our modern world.