Libra Solar Festival Gathering in the Group Garden for the group vision quest The quality of light in Libra has to do with a point of rest. This implies a position of balance, receptivity and poise. Libra, with its invitation to ‘tread the noble middle path’, provides us with an opportunity to review the relationships in our life, in their many configurations and expressions.

Creative Lab: AWAKENING THE SOULS OF OUR NATIONS with the Hechal Group from Jerusalem and the Klangschale Group from Germany Looking at the Field between Nations The Experiment of BRICS In the Nations Lab, spiritual students from many nations come together every month, as a ‘council of elders-in-training’. We practice skills of overseeing the affairs of the family of nations, which may be required for members of a soul-guided United Nations of the future. Continuing our meditative exploration of the relational field between nations,we will focus this time on a current development on the international stage - the economic network of BRICS. It just had its 15th summit on Aug 22 - 24, 2023 in Johannesburg, South-Africa. We will have a look at this dynamically developing alliance between some of the largest nations on the planet: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South-Africa. We will take the BRICS experiment into meditative inquiry in our council chamber to become aware of this large relational field and any potential new ways of international cooperation.

Meditation for the Common Good An experiment in self-organizing group work Leo New Moon Meditation "I am That: sensitivity to the Ashramic Presence"

Virgo Solar Festival Gathering in the Group Garden

CELEBRATIONS OF LIGHT -- EXPERIENCING EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES Birth of Isis Ancient Egyptians celebrated the beginning of the New Year when Isis, in her stellar form as Sothis, reappeared in the East. Isis, or the brilliant star Sirius, would show herself emerging from the night sky, just before dawn after disappearing for 70 days. Her reappearance in the sky coincided with the annual flood of the Nile, so reasons for celebrations were manyfold. “The water stands and fails not, and the Nile carries a high flood. The days are long, the nights have hours, and the months come aright. The Gods are content, and happy of heart, and life is spent in laughter and wonder.”* During this Egyptian Mysteries lab, we will welcome Sothis back onto the northern hemisphere, we will be blessing the waters of our beautiful Planet and join the feast of the annual rejuvenation of the world. *A prayer from the Sallier Papyrus, such as transmitted by Tamara Suida-Legan in her book “The Neteru of Kemet”

Leo Solar Festival Gathering in the Group Garden “The times are urgent. Let us slow down “ | Bayo Akomolafe Under the energy of Leo and Sirius we recognize the need for us to slow down and listen to our heartbeat. This is an invitation to gather around the Hearth in our Group Garden to synchronize our individual hearts with the Group Heart, and with the Heart rhythms of the Planet. This is our opportunity to anchor and realign with our core/coeur* for the purpose of our Group’s self-identification: What is our personal experience of the Group Heart? Is there anything we find difficult? Missing? What in our gatherings brings comfort, joy, encouragement into the fabric of your life? *Courage and encouragement are strong Leo qualities: from French ‘coeur’ (meaning both ‘courage’ and ‘heart’.)

Creative Lab: AWAKENING THE SOULS OF OUR NATIONS with the Hechal Group from Jerusalem and the Klangschale Group from Germany A Council of Elders in Training Affirming our Sense of Self In the Nations Lab spiritual students from many nations convene once a month to practice the required skills for overseeing the affairs of the human family, seeking to contribute a seed towards a United Nations of the future. Under the Leo influence we will affirm our sense of self as a serving group of elders in training. We are that! At the exact time of the Full Moon we will stand in alignment with our coworkers around the world and our coworkers on-high, in ever closer telepathic cooperation. United and ready, in the council chamber and around the world.

Meditation for the Common Good An experiment in self-organizing group work Cancer New Moon Meditation "Evoking the Christ Consciousness in humanity"