A weekend celebration 9/10/2010 - 9/12/2010

Location: COSM (Chapel Of Sacred Mirrors) - 46 Deer Hill Road - Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 

 "Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions." -- Starhawk  

Celebrate the Eternal Womanly, the image of creative and compassionate divinity in everyone. In a sacred circle, sharing the light and shadow of our lives, we will commit to our own transformation and empower our collective goals.  Body, mind, and spirit will be examined through the lens of visionary women. To restore right-relationship with Earth Mother, Gaia, we will explore practical ways of integrating the Goddess energy flowing through Sophia, Sheckena, and Shakti.  Drawing from the wisdom of the transcendent, we will dedicate our creative gifts to serve the world.   

Wise women young and old, will discuss sacred female archetypes. art and spirituality, activism, food and nutrition, birthing and parenting, conscious entrepreneurship, medicine and healing, and the evolution of the image of beauty, considered cross-culturally and throughout history. Palm readers, card readers, and other seers and esoteric healers will be on hand to delve deep into the realm and manifestation of the goddess. 

The sacred masculine is invited to join in celebrating the Divine Feminine. "God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back."  -- Gloria Steinem 

Special Guests include

Julia Butterfly Hill, artist, writer, poet and one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism, brought attention to the plight of the world's last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree known as Luna, and refused to come down for 738 days.

Rebecca Hoffberger is the founder & director of the American Visionary Art Museum, America's official national museum for visionary and outsider art, located in Baltimore Maryland. 

Kiana Love is a graduate of the Women's Wisdom Program and a leader of women's events and circles, specializing in supporting women's recovery from trauma.  As a trained healer and interfaith minister, Kiana helps others to heal and integrate their body, mind and spirit.

Gabrielle Roth, also known as the "urban shaman," is a musician, author, music director, dancer, philosopher and recording artist in the world music and trance dance genres and creator of the 5 Rhythms movement meditation practice. 

Sheri Winston, CNM, RN, BSN, LMT, Wholistic SexualityTeacher and Counselor, Founder & Executive Director of the Center for the Intimate Arts, Sheri is a medical professioanl, sexuality educator and author whi is on a mission to transform our cultures attitudes about sex. 

Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder and senior adviser of Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the United States focusing on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity. She is the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and A Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure, both from Random House Books.

INFO AT www.cosm.org