The Woolshed
. . . is a farm of 136 acres situated on the hills of Pukerua Bay looking over Kapiti Island. It is clothed in approximately 40 acres of native bush, including some of the last remaining stands of kohekohe on the Kapiti Coast. The Woolshed is gardened organically - herbs, vegetables and fruit - and has three springs of clear water. It is a place of great peace, tranquility and energy and a wonderful place for retreat.
January / February 2012
Greetings All
On the eve of a New Year, I would like to share some quotes from a thought-provoking book I was given recently, New Consciousness for a New World by Kingsley L. Dennis
(1 )Humankind is being led along an evolving course,
Through this migration of intelligences,
And though we seem to be sleeping,
There is an inner wakefulness
That directs the dream,
And that will eventually startle us back
To the truth of who we are.
RUMI, The Dream That Must Be Interpreted
(2) As writer Frank Herbert presciently said in ‘Dune’, “The sleeper must awaken.”
(3) There is an Eastern tale which speaks about a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where his sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently often wandered into the forest, fell into ravines, and so on, and above al they ran away, for they knew that the magician wanted their flesh and skins and this they did not like. At last the magician found a remedy≥ He hypnotized his sheep and suggested to them first of all that they were immortal and that no harm was being done to them when they were skinned, that, on the contrary, it would be very good for them and even pleasant; secondly he suggested that the magician was a good master and loved his flock so much that he was ready to do anything in the world for them; and in the third place he suggested to them that if anything at all were going to happen to them it was not going to happen just then, at any rate not that day, and therefore they had no need to think about it. Further the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to others that they were eagles; to others that they were men, and to others that they were magicians.
And after this all his cares and worries about the sheep came to an end. They never ran away again but quietly awaited the time when the magician would require their flesh and skins.
OUSPENSKY In Search of the Miraculous
(4) …[T]he world is not coming to an end, despite what some soothsayers and doom mongers predict. What these upcoming times foretell is a period of accelerating evolutionary change. And more important, what the coming transformation requires is that we, as individuals, consciously participate through our own creative and positive energies.
So my New Year’s resolution is this: to Love more, to Appreciate more, to Listen to Mother Nature more (and less to my own inner ‘chat’), to Learn from the trees, the plants, the birds and the animals (yes, even the sheep!); to Understand more and to get closer and closer to Participating with those of like mind in Love, Light and Laughter.
JANUARY of course has Druid Camp Aotearoa from the 19th to the 24th (including Lughnasadh on the 22nd). THE CAMP PLAN IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE CAMP PAGE. Full Moon (Wild Moon/Amazon) will be celebrated on Monday 9th January.
FEBRUARY brings us Full Moon (Tribal Moon / Matriarch) on Wednesday 8th and Pendragon on Tuesday 14th.
ARACHNE’S WEB
1. Cloak of Protection - The Aotearoa/New Zealand BIRD & PREDATORS GAME.
Our story. Our science. Our islands.
81 cards. 96 page booklet with interesting facts & trivia on each card. Fold-out instructions. $30.
Available at the Summer Solstice. and in December (from Dec 7) from Trademe, and from January 2012 from www.kakarikigames.co.nz
This is a wonderful game invented by our own Jil Hemming.
2. LENDING LIBRARY AT THE WOOLSHED
The lending library (books on spirituality, druidry, wicca, pagansim, ritual, etc.) at The Woolshed is now open for business. If you would like to see The Woolshed Library online catalogue, here is the url: http://connect.collectorz.com/users/woolshedlib/
Unfortunately we can’t send books out so you will just have to come and visit us at The Woolshed to take books out!
Wishing you a luminous and participatory 2012
The Woolshed awaits your wonderful presence.
Love, light and laughter,
Pamela /|\
Pamela Meekings-Stewart is a:
Marriage Celebrant
Civil Union Celebrant
Ritual Maker
Workshop Leader
Workshop Facilitator
Study / Discussion Group Facilitator
Shiatsu Practitioner and Teacher
Life Planning Facilitator and Mentor
Mythic Journey Facilitator
Retreat Facilitator / Nurturer
Who loves to meet fellow travellers
Other portfolios include:
Television Producer / Director (Docos)
TV Production Tutor
Environmental Trustee
Farmer
