THIS SUNDAY 22 SEPT || AUTUMN EQUINOX
THE SACRED WAY
Sun 22nd September 2024 08:30AM
START Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos, Athens, 10553
END lunch in Eleusis 16:00PM
Dear Dream Pilgrim
Please join us at 8:30am on SUNDAY the 22nd of September for the Autumn Equinox for the Greater Mysteries of Elefsina/the sacred Eleusinian Mysteries
Please note: This tour will be in English, Maria’s English is excellent.
All travel, food and archaeological fees, 2-hour seminar and seminar recording, + a signed copy of Maria's new book 'The Path to the Divinization of Man' (RRP 50€) are included in the £222 ticket price.
If you would like to come along for the tour only (or gain access to the online seminar/recording).
Please email me as soon as possible as I need to give names to our coach driver: 22sarahjanes22@gmail.com
Or WhatsApp: +447786686786
THE STOPS
Sacred Way Coach Stops
Meet Kerameikos Archaeological Site 08:30am
The Archaeological site of the cemetery of Kerameikos
SACRED WAY COACH STOPS:
- Iera Odos (Sacred Way)
- Agios Savvas evidence from the shrine of Demeter and Kore
-Foundations of the first bridge of Kifissos river
-St George church in Aigaleo, that used to be the shrine of hero Cyamites
- Aigaleo to see the remains of a part of the ancient Sacred Way
-Sanctuary of Apollo Daphneus in Dapni
-Sanctuary of Aphrodite
-Rheitoi Lake
-Eleusinian Kifissos bridge in Eleusis
-Visit to the sanctuary of Eleusis and the museum
-Lunch in a taverna in Eleusis to debrief
COACH RETURNS PARTICIPANTS TO SYNTAGMA SQ.
TWO HOUR SEMINAR ONLINE VIA ZOOM IN THE EVENING
8:30pm Athens time | Recording available to all ticket holders.
Gaul with the Caul: The Birth and Death Medicine of Telesphoros
Telesphoros is the hooded child-god of the Asklepion. Pausanius calls him — ‘the accomplisher’. He is ’the fullfiller’ ‘the perfecter’. In ancient Greek his name suggests an initiation of sorts, he is a kind of pint-sized hierophant of ‘the cure’. READ MORE
NEXT RETREAT THIS SEPTEMBER
Greater Mysteries
20 - 27 September 2024
Autumn Equinox Retreat with special guest Maria Maragkou. Maria will lead us along the Sacred Way to the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Elefsina.
Non-retreat participants can join us for the day on the 22nd of Sept for the Greater Mysteries event. Please email for details HERE
ORACLE DREAM RETREAT MAY 2025
Oracle Dream Retreat
With Gary Lachman, Eric Wargo and other guests. Waitlist available.
8 - 15 May 2025
GODDESSES OF THE DREAM
RECORDING OF LIVE ZOOMS NOW AVAILABLE
(includes audio only file of guided hypnagogic meditation)
Payment of £20 can also be made by PayPal using the email address here:
sarah@awakeandaway.co.uk
Please be sure to include ref. 'godesses' and your name and email address for recording.
Each session is 1hr and 30 minutes and both include a dream incubation practice.
A fumigation of frankincense, comfortable place to lie-down and an eye mask are recommended accoutrements.
Blog
Enkoimesis (ancient Greek: ἐγκοίμησις) is a term often used to describe the therapeutic dream treatment carried out within the holistic healing sanctuaries of the divine physician Asklepios.
The etymology of the word reveals something of the nature of the specific experience — it describes an action or process of being lulled/put to or lying down to sleep within a particular place — READ MORE
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Dream Myth Audio
This 60-minute guided hypnagogic audio track was created for the DREAM MYTH course hosted by myself and Jonah Emerson-Bell.
It is free to download until the end of May and is designed to help you become more conscious of the processes of hypnagogia and enter lucidly into a dream. LISTEN HERE
Greater Mysteries at Elefsina Initiation
22nd Sept 2024
Maria Maragkou, Hellenic scientist, researcher, author and mystagogue will lead Dream Mysteries guests along the Sacred Way. This event is also open to 13 extra neophytes! Cost £222 and includes all tours, site entrance fees and an evening meal. EMAIL ME TO BOOK
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