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Navigating the Pachakuti A Four-Part Workshop
Series in Kamasqa Curanderismo
July 26-27,
2008 January
31-February 1, 2009 July
18-19, 2009 January 30-31,
2010
Note: Each weekend within this four-part series will build upon other sessions to deepen one's experience through the progression of workshops. Simultaneously each workshop will also stand alone as a complete activation, healing and teaching. As such, attendance at prior workshops will not be a prerequisite for participation in other events within this four-part series.
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Matthew Magee is the author of Peruvian Shamanism: The Pachakuti Mesa (2002) and his spiritual work has been covered by organizations such as National Geographic and National Public Radio (NPR). Despite having several college degrees, Matthew believes his true education was derived from his childhood initiation into the spirit world, subsequent 11 years of shamanic apprenticeship, and the 2 years he spent living with the Mi'kmaq peoples on the Elsipogtog Indian reservation in New Brunswick, Canada. To learn more about Matthew Magee or the Pachakuti Mesa please visit his website at http://matthewjmagee.com.
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Awakened Ceremonialist: Date:
July 26 - 27, 2008 Time: Saturday 10am - 9:30pm & Sunday 9am - 5pm Tuition Lake Waukomis
Community Center
Through the course of our weekend together we will learn to construct this visionary map through the expression of a Pachakuti Mesa, which is an altar-like arrangement of sacred items used in ritual and ceremony for healing and to awaken dormant human potentials. As we unravel the Mesa's complex layers of symbolism, and demystify its cryptic dialectic expression, we will reveal key landmarks that clearly illuminate both the journey beyond the realm of the familiar and the return home. This is a process that holds equally powerful insights for both the first-time apprentice and the advanced practitioner as well. Participants of all skill levels will come away from this experience with a deeper understanding of the tradition, its healing artistry, and how to apply its wisdom to their everyday lives.
Note: Each weekend within this four-part series will build upon other sessions to deepen one's experience through the progression of workshops. Simultaneously each workshop will also stand alone as a complete activation, healing and teaching. As such, attendance at prior workshops will not be a prerequisite for participation in other events within this four-part series. |
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Please bring with you:
Food: We are choosing to stay and eat together to enjoy ourselves and to hold consciously the energetic container that we create through our work. Please bring Pot Luck foods to share for lunch and dinner on Saturday and lunch again on Sunday. Our kitchen has a range, oven, refrigerator, microwave, and a coffee pot. Please bring serving pieces for your dish. Plates and napkins will be provided. Suggestions: Participants are encouraged to wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a drum, rattle or any other ceremonial sound-maker you may have. You may also wish to bring your journal, water bottle, and something to sit on such as a backjack or meditation cushion. This is a non-residential workshop. The workshop location is within 15 minutes of the Kansas City International Airport (MCI). If you are flying in and do not already have a place to stay there are many convenient hotels in the area. Please contact us if you require assistance in this area. Click here to register for this workshop |
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Location & Directions: Click here to Print Directions
From I-635 Northbound or Broadway Bridge: From MO Highway 71 North through Kansas City: From I-435 around the east side of town: From north of Kansas City on I-29 coming south from
KCI or from MO Highway 152: Stay on I-29 to the 72nd Street exit.
At end of exit ramp turn right. Go over hill and there will be a church
on the right side of the street. Turn left into subdivision called Lake
Waukomis. Take the 1st right turn. The road will then fork. Take the
right. You will wind up through the residential road around a number
of curves until you come to the clubhouse on the left (before the Dam).
If you cross the Dam you've gone too far.
Navigating the Pachakuti Part I - The
Awakened Ceremonialist: Click here to print pdf registration form Please register me for this July 26-27, 2008 Kansas City Two-day Event. Register early and save! To Register: Complete the registration form below or print the pdf registration form by clicking the link above. Contact Carol Rydell or Gary Langston at 816-942-5418 or email buffalolodge@kc.rr.com with any questions you may have. Detailed information and directions to the workshop location are available on the website. Tuition for one weekend of teaching and ceremony: Payment Methods: Please make checks payable to: "Buffalo Lodge"
and mail to Buffalo Lodge 527 E. 129th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64145.
To pay using a credit card, please Name (s) Address City State Zip Phone (Home, Cell & Fax) Do you have experience working with a mesa? ___Yes ___No Note: Despite being an ongoing series, each workshop will be open to all individuals without the need to have attended other workshops as prerequisite. Each session will simultaneously be part of the series and independently functioning. |
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Contact Carol Rydell or Gary Langston at 816-942-5418 or email buffalolodge@kc.rr.com for information about connecting with others to share transportation from Kansas City, for car pooling possibilities and sharing of car rentals from the airport. If you are coming from out of town, your chances of ride sharing are best if you plan to arrive by early afternoon in Kansas City. The workshop site is approx. 15 minutes from the Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Contact either Carol or Gary at Buffalo Lodge immediately to let us know of your interest in sharing a ride (if you have a car and can offer assistance or you need transportation, please let us know). If you do not contact us by July 20th, you will probably need to rent a car or arrange your own transportation. Cancellations before June 26 will be subject to a $50 cancellation fee. For cancellations after July 10 there will be a cancellation fee of $100 to cover nonrefundable deposits and payments already paid. |
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Weekend Two -
January 31-February 1, 2009 In the most basic sense, divination exists to make clear the often elusive and intangible world of Spirit. It brings form to the formless, and structure and order to apparent chaos and disorder. It does so by constructing a mutual language base between the diviner and the Spirit world. And, it is through the integrity of this dialogue that order, guidance, or healing can be realized and made manifest. This intensive workshop will provide its participants with the necessary skills and tools to initiate this dialogue with Spirit through several different modalities, including: coca leaf divination, charcoal/smoke divination, and shell divination. Universal guidelines and general information will be provided to help demystify many systems of divination on a cross-cultural level. In other words, one will begin to recognize the commonalities of most divinatory forms. In addition, we will focus on putting this information into practice. Participants will see, first hand, how the language of Spirit comes alive through the divinatory process and how the clarity and information gained can be utilized in client diagnosis, decision-making, and the process of self-discovery. This workshop will also incorporate the following teachings to assist the developmental process of transition from apprentice to adept: Advanced Mesa Set-up. This section of the workshop will provide examples of optimal placement of artes, khuyas, sepjas, etc. for the Hanan section of the Mesa. We will also learn an advanced Link-up process and how to implement shamanic journeying and guided meditations into your healing practice, and begin learning the basics of how to create and conduct your own ceremonies as Spirit guides you to do so. Topics such as the Three Fields of the Mesa, the Ceque System, Apachetas, and the Pachamama Renewal Process will also be covered. In addition to your Mesa (a stone, shell, feather, white candle, personally
meaningful sacred object and cloth large enough to place these items
upon), please bring twelve additional stones (each large enough to hold
comfortably in one hand), some bay or laurel leaves, a giveaway medicine
piece, and a rattle. |
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Weekend Three - July 18-19, 2009 This section of the workshop series will focus on the following topics: The Hurin (Lower) section of the Mesa as well as the Apollo (Support) Altars, which house the various Aguas (Waters), Perfumes, and Incenses. We will also learn to work with Varas (Staffs), Extraction Khuyas (Stones), Swords, and Feathers. Participants will be exposed to time honored healing techniques such as the removal of Hucha (Accumulated Density), Limpias (Ritual Cleansings), Suspendidas (Raisings), and Florecimientos (Flowerings) including the medicinal use of Singha (a tobacco mixture). |
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Four - January 30-31, 2010 Embodying Prophecy: The Flight of the Condor and Eagle Having journeyed together through the first four workshops we will have learned how the art of curanderismo has interpreted and articulated the great mystery through the ritual expression of the pachakuti mesa and its ceremonial practice. This wisdom will be paralleled by the equally rich indigenous medicine way of the Cherokee Tradition. The combined knowledge and wisdom of both Native North and South America provides a unique outlet to manifest form from the formless and subsequently express aspects of the ineffable in a manner where words alone fall short. The ceremonial expression of both Kamasqa Curanderismo and the Cherokee Teachings weave together the diverse forms of ritual, sensory stimulation, music, history, poetry, and the arts in such a way that awakens the mind and the heart to the sacred dimensions of life. In other words, these traditions empower their users with an extensive spiritual vocabulary for direct and open dialogue with Creator/Creatress, and from this place of understanding, one is no longer reliant upon a physical teacher (in human form) for the teachings themselves. As such, this workshop will be primarily experiential, being conducted with the understanding that observation and direct experience of life are the primary sources of wisdom. We will be moving beyond the need for explanations and into the phase of living the path itself where a shamanic state of consciousness begins governing ones life-paradigm. This is when the fragmented self dissolves. "Doing" becomes "being," and direct communion with the living universe becomes the Way. This workshop is an invitation to share in these once guarded ancestral teachings with the intention of contributing to a global shift in consciousness that promotes healing and balance through a sacred relationship with the Earth. Together, a new way is being created out of the old way, and through it, we have the opportunity to reinvent a harmonious lifestyle with the living universe. Starting first with the self, blossoming next into healthy communities, and finally ushering in a global family unified in its pursuit to live in balance with natural order. Please join us in this endeavor as we work together to create a better world for our children and the next seven generations. The primary focus of this workshop will revolve around a Native North American Sweat Lodge ceremony and an all-night (South American) ceremony.
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Individualized Healing Sessions with Matthew Magee Matt is a well known and skillful healer. Matt is making himself available for private sessions on Friday and Monday. Each session is approximately 2 hours in length and the fee is $95. If you would like to schedule a private healing session please contact us as soon as possible as the number of sessions are limited. You can contact us at either 816-942-5418 or buffalolodge@kc.rr.com .
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Please contact us with any questions that you might have by either emailing us or by telephone. Telephone number is 816-942-5418 Contact Buffalo Lodge by email at buffalolodge@kc.rr.com
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At
the heart of every shamanic tradition is a direct personal connection
and intimate union with the sacred dimensions of life. The tradition
itself, its ceremonies, teachings, and way of life inspire this union.
Those who earnestly pursue this "way" ultimately discover
a great truth - one that reveals the limitless diversity of life and
its apparent separation as being inextricably woven together into an
epic tapestry. Yet, before the modern day hierophant can effectively
embark upon the shamanic journey toward truth, an accurate map must
first be acquired, and the skill set to read it must be developed. The
Pachakuti Mesa Tradition provides just such a map. When properly read,
this map imbues its bearer not only with the guidance to travel through
the realms of apparent chaos safely, it reveals the necessary wisdom
along the way to return home after the journey is complete. Having come
full circle, this return brings a deeper sense of wholeness and healing
not only on a personal level, but on a communal and global level as
well. 
Together
we will learn the origin and history of this tradition and its cosmological
understanding of the universe - filling in the gaps that may have been
missed along the way. We will explore ancient techniques for working
with subtle forces and energies to imbue the body and ceremonial pieces
with refined healing energy. In addition to learning the detailed construction
of our own Pachakuti Mesas, we will learn ancient Quechua chants to
activate sacred space while simultaneously aligning our physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual bodies as one complete living system. We will
also learn to work with specific tutelary animal allies, spirit helpers,
and the elemental forces of nature to create a bridge between spirit
and matter. This bridge creates a type of dimensional door that thins
the veil between the physical and transcendent worlds. It is from within
this space that the effectiveness of both ceremony and shamanic healing
become apparent. This is where the shamanic aspirant begins to gain
access to the cosmic wisdom and healing energy that is made available
in this state of consciousness. Finally, in sacred reciprocity, we will
offer our thanks to the sacred dimensions of life for this connection
and guidance through the communal creation of a despacho or consecrated
Earth offering. All in all, you will come away from this weekend with
a solid foundation of this tradition, and the visionary map to effectively
navigate the shamanic journey that lies before you.
