Sacred Pathways Calendar- Past Events

November 10-13, 2011 - Great Rites of Enlightenment, Sedona, AZ

Level II: Quechua Language and Form.
Celebrate 11-11-11 weekend in the sacred Red Rocks of Sedona as we partake in ancient ceremony of the Q'ero shaman of Peru.

The 9 Great Rites are energetic transmissions that have offered many a way to engage their soul's journey. During the weekend you will:
*Learn the Call to Spirit in Quechua
*Receive all 9 Rites
*Learn how to give these Rites in their Traditional form, and language

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October 25 -November 2, 2011, Gateway to 2012 Journey, Mexico

As we make our final preparations for 2012, we understand that we are undergoing transformation. Dying to the past to become present to a new way of being for the future. Join us for this process in the ancient lands and ways of Mexico. From Mexico City, to Villahermosa, to San Christobal, we will create ceremony, culminating with the Day of the Dead celebration in indigenous mountain villages.
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Sept 22-25, 2011 - The Global Vigil Fire

Join Fire Tenders and Stewards of the Earth all over the world, as we vision on behalf of Pachamama and all of her creation. Create your own style and timing, gather with your community, or vision in private meditation. This Fire encourages flexibility and creativity, singing your own medicine out into the universe. Bringing our focus and vision together creates a synergy of power. Joining other Fire Tenders all over the world, helps bring us into a new level of understanding as Global Citizens. Put your Fire on the World Map http://www.sacredpathways.us/fires.php
Participation is Free
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September 20-25, 2011 - 8th Int'l Gathering of Shaman, Yachats Oregon

Join us at our home in Yachats, Oregon where the Gathering unfolds each fall. Designed for trained shaman, energy workers, and artists, this event draws on all our gifts and growing medicine. We come together
*As stewards of the Earth, to add our energy to the unfolding consciousness
*As visioners, in co-creative energetic ceremonies.
*To continue our personal growth
*To drink deeply form the vital energy we create when we are together.
This is an invitational event. To register please contact Kinlen directly, at kinlen@sacredpathways.us
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September 1-4, 2011 The Shaman's Art of Living the Ceremonial LIfe, Toronto

We are excited to offer this powerful and co-creative workshop on Living the Ceremonial Life, where you will learn:
* The Ways of Ritual to fulfill your own depth of living
* How to design, create, and offer ceremony for your clients.
* How to use ceremony to process life's milestones and passages
Join Wake and Kinlen Wheeler, plus Heidi McBratney.

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July 15-20, 2011 Ausangate: Source Mountain of the Q'ero

Soaring 21,000 feet high, Ausangate is not only a majestic presence, it is said to hold the wisdom of the Inca. This mountain can be a powerful ally for the shaman who live there, as well as for others who seek its help. If you are being called by Ausangate, you will know it deep in your heart. Journey with us as we bring ceremony to this great Mountain. Hike its slopes, and touch the waters of the Jaguar Lagoon.
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July 3-14, 2011 Passage to Peru: Calling of the Sacred Mountains

A journey to Peru is a Heart's Calling, and the Mountains of Peru are calling to you! Journey to this land of Living Energy, where we invite the Sacred Mountains to share their wisdom, offer their support and protection, and provide vision for our true life path. In our appreciation we will offer traditional Peruvian ceremony with the Q'ero Shaman. Registration Full.
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June 17-25, 2011 Crown of Pachamama: Journey to the Midnight Sun, Scandinavia

The Midnight Sun expedition is a journey of the energy of full light. Travel on the beautiful lands of Sweden, Finland, and Norway, visit with the Sami indigenous community in their homes and lands. Registration Closed.

Please check out the Scandinavian journey into the Dark. January 2012

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June 14, 2011 Fire Ceremony, Ammerdown,England

Join us in Ammerdown, near Stonehenge in England to celebrate together in Fire Ceremony. Jeremy Mitchard has invited us to come visit the site of the 2012 International Gathering of Shaman and meet up with fellow shaman. We'd love to see you there!

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April 29-May 1, 2011 The Global Vigil Fire

Join Fire Tenders and Stewards of the Earth as we vision on behalf of Pachamama (Mother Earth) and all of creation. The Gathering of Shaman will be holding the Fire in Peru, and joining hundreds of other Vigil Fires around the world. Join us in Peru, or hold a fire of your own, in your own way, adding your focus and vision to help Weave a New Global Tapestry of Light.
Enter your name and fire on the Global Fires page.
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April 22 - May 2, 2011 - 7th Int'l Gathering of Shaman: Condor Vision Quest, Peru

Condor Vision Quest
We are very excite to offer this Spring's International Gathering of Shaman in the Sacred Valley of Peru! The home of the Q'ero shaman, and sacred sites of the Inca. The Sacred Valley offers its wealth of energetic vision. This year the Gathering begin with your choice, one of 4 Vision Quests in Peru. At the end of the Quest, we will bring our Vision together with other Questers, to the Global Vigil Fire and offer our gifts out to the world through ceremony and Fire tending.
We'll join the Global Vigil Fire where hundreds of Fires Tenders will be tending the archetypal Vigil Fire, visioning around the world.

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March 31 - April 3, 2011 The Shaman's Art of Cloth and Stone

Springtime Cherry Blossoms are calling in Washington D.C.,
creating a beautiful backdrop for the mysteries and energetic practices of Cloth and Stone. This experiential workshop is designed for practicing shaman and energy workers, those in training, and those just beginning the journey. Come join the power, the ceremony, and the fun of this sacred and transformative work.
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October 28-31, 2010 Weaving Tales of Light, Yachats, OR

Don Francisco Chura Flores, Q'ero shaman from Peru, joins Wake and Kinlen once again, for this rich weekend of ceremony and teaching; The Shaman's Artistry of Stones and Cloth. For those who carry Mesa's or Medicine Bundles, come receive energetic transmissions and mythic teachings of the blessings this ancient tradition holds.

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October 28-November 2, 2010 Individual Energy Sessions with Q'ero Shaman, Eugene and Yachats, OR

Receive an individual energy session, known as a Despacho, from
Don Francisco. A despacho creates a universe of fullness, which tells our future how to construct itself. All of your prayers whether they be for health, abundance, spirit needs, family, relationship, work, or other, are brought into the process. This is an experience of beauty and joy. Cost $135
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November 5-7, 2010 Weaving Tales of Light East Bay, CA

Don Francisco continues to Weave Light on the West Cost, in East Bay, California. Our Co-Creator in this event is Dani Burling, who teaches Peruvian Shamanism in the area. Events include a 3-day Workshop with a Community Despacho. Individual Energy Sessions with Don Francisco are also available. See schedule below. For flyer and more information contact Dani Burling at Dani@YourSacredDestiny.com
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October 21-26, 2010 Don Francisco in Portland, OR

The Q'ero Shaman, Don Francisco Chura Flores, is planning a variety of opportunities to meet and work with you in Portland.
Please join him for a workshop October 22-24, Community Despacho, Fire Ceremony, and Individual Energy Sessions.
He will be hosted by Eddie Liebfried and Beverly Bean, please contact them for futher information at ed.liebfried@gmail.com
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September 23-26, 2010- Global Vigil Fire

The Global Vigil Fire invites all those who want to participate in the transformation of our planet, visioning from a place of peace, and place of what is possible for Mother Earth and all of her creation. We vision through the archetypal Vigil Fire, using ceremony and our gifts to help Weave a New Global Tapestry.


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September 21-26, 2010 International Gathering of Shaman, Oregon

The 6th International Gathering of Shaman brings together trained shaman to work together on behalf of our transitioning Earth. We come together to drink from the cup of energy we create when we are together, to deepen our growing medicine and share it with our peers, to plant the seeds of "how we can be in the world", and to Weave a New Global Tapestry. A tapestry rich in color and texture, where each person can bring their gifts to the table.

These Gatherings are an important way for us to bring our focus together on behalf of the greater human community.

If you cannot be with us, please participate in the Global Vigil Fire which will be going on for
3 days, Sept 24,25, 26; and joined by over 300 other fire groups visioning around the world.
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September 5, 6, 2010 Mesa Wisdom Workshop, Toronto

The ancient art of Shamanism, teaches us how to access the wisdom of Stones and Cloth. This Mesa class offers a joyful time to work with our sacred tools, learning how use the stones and cloth to develop our own personal medicine. This will be 2 days of learning, ceremony, and sharing in Spirit Community.
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September 8-11, 2010 Great Rites in Quechua, Toronto

Learn the Great Rites of Enlightenment in their traditional Quechua ceremonial language and form. The ancient vibration of the Quechua language takes us into our deepest self, tapping into our indigenous soul. The Rites offer a pathway to personal development that we can work with consciously, and share with others. In our training and work we have received these Rites many times, each time with added benefit and understanding. So whether you have already received the Rites, are considering offering them to others, or this is your first experience with the Rites, this workshop offers great depth and movement on your personal journey. Offered in Toronto, Canada
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July 25 - August 1, Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia

The origin place of the Incas offers multifaceted experience from land to shore. The Island of the Sun and Moon, Bolivia, where ancient sites offer very sweet and powerful ceremony to the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. Travel by private boat to the islands of both Peru and Bolivia, each one with its own unique nature, on this enormous high altitude lake. By land the surprising serpents stone, a labrynth of personal fear facing. The legendary Amaru Muru Portal draws you into the mysteries of the ancients.

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July 15-25, 2010, Passage to Peru: Heart's Calling

Come to the land of soaring mountains, condors, and the mysteries of Pachamama. Explore and source from the sites of Cuzco, the Sacred Valley, and the World Heritage sight: Machu Picchu. Participate with the Qero shaman in sacred fires, Despacho ceremony, and receive the Great Rites of Enlightenment under the stars. All the richness and depth that is characteristic of a "Sacred Journey" is available for you in Peur!
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May 20-23, 2010 The Great Rites in Quechua

Learn the Great Rites of Enlightenment in their traditional Quechua ceremonial language and form. The ancient vibration of the Quechua language takes us into our deepest self, tapping into our indigenous soul. The Rites offer a pathway to personal development that we can work with consciously, and share with others. In our training and work we have received these Rites many times, each time with added benefit and understanding. So whether you have already received the Rites, are considering offering them to others, or this is your first experience with the Rites, this workshop offers great depth and movement on your personal journey.
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April 27 to May 2, 2010 International Gathering of Shaman

Holland's Meeuwenveen Center with its beautiful wooded natural setting welcomes us for the 5th international Gathering of Shaman.
We come together to share our growing medicine, develop our skills as Stewards of the Earth, and to drink from the cup of energy we create when we are together. As always The Global Vigil Fire will be tended 24 hours a day for the last 3 days.

This is an invitation only event - with limited space
Mark your calendar now and contact Kinlen, kinlen@sacredpathways.us
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April 30, May 1, 2, 2010-Global Vigil Fire

Earthkeepers are those who vision beyond the known, creating a space for what is possible to manifest. With the power of our collective intention, we begin to Weave a New Global Tapestry, one that is rich in color and texture, where everyone can bring their gifts to the table.
The Global Vigil Fire invites those who want to be part of the transformation our planet and humanity is undergoing.
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May 7-9, 2010, Portal to the Great Rites, with Don Francisco

We are honored to have Don Francisco, Q'ero Shaman of Peru, joining us for this 3 day course. He will be working with the group directly, and giving 3 of the Great Rites of Enlightenment. Over the weekend. You will be special guests at a community offering for the creation of the classic Q"ero gift bundle called the Despacho on Friday evening. Saturday and Sunday, Wake and Kinlen will work with Don Francisco, translating the energetic work of this compassionate and powerful Q'ero elder. Please bring your sacred items, mesas, and medicine bundles to the course for blessings. The cost for the course is $360.

Contact Eddie Liebfried, at ed.liebfried@gmail.com for registration and information

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March 18-21, 2010 Great Rites of Enlightenment Intensive

Learn the Great Rites in their essential form, in Eugene Oregon.
This 3 Day Intensive, plus optional evening of Fire, is offered to
*Those who have received the Rites
*Those who are preparing to give Rites to others
*Those who would like to receive Rites for the first time.
Each time we receive the Rites, and as we learn to offer them to others, the seeds of each Rite grow with in us. Come join us in deepening your conscious knowing and ability to work with the human journey of enlightenment.

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February 26-28, 2010 Great Rites of Enlightenment

Learn the Great Rites of Enlightenment, in their traditional Quetchua language and style,
in sunny Berkeley, California. Whether you have received the Rites in Peru, through shamanic training, or through the Munay-Ki, you will find a deepening of your knowing and growth of the garden of gifts that these Rites bring. If you've not received the Rites and feel called to do so, this would be a rich environment with which to begin.
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February 5-12, 2010 Northern Scandinavia

Spirit Call: Embraced by the Crown of Pachamama. We embark in the dark time of year, calling in the Northern Lights to accompany us, gathering at the 400 year old Sami Market to experience the stories, the wild soul song music called Joyk, world famous Shaman Drums, and artwork. Then venture further north together in ceremony as we experience ourselves flying through space with our dear mother, joining the journey with her, and visioning the path ahead. At the Crown of Pachamama we will engage the archetypal fire, and tap into the depth of the stars.
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October 10, 2009 - Embodying the Journey of the Soul, Bend, Oregon

Experience the language of the soul. We will weave the conscious expressions of ceremony, movement, storytelling, voice, and fire to further embody our awakening being.
The human experience is composed of a physical world, literal and solid, a symbolic world filled with meaning outside of the physical world, and a mythic world, filled with artistry and the expressive language of the soul. It is from this last place that we source our soul's journey and bringing it into embodiment.
Join us for this beautiful day of personal creation and community support for your
soul's journey.
8 am to 10 pm, with breaks
Mandala Yoga Community, 55 NW Minnesota Street, Downtown Bend, OR
Cost: $125.00 in advance, $135.00 at the door.
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October 9, 2009 Community Despacho Ceremony, Bend, Oregon

This collaborative ceremony comes from the Shaman of the High Andes, where the energy of the universe is engaged in a process of physical and energetic creation. Come and place your hearts desire into the bundle for your well being and that of the world.
7 pm Mandala Yoga Community, 55 NW Minnesota Street, Downtown Bend, OR
Donation of $5-15 recommended
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September 25-27, 2009-Oregon Global Vigil Fire

In the time of Equinox, this annual Global fire provides an opportunity to join our energies together with many around the world, to help create a new vision for the Earth. By bringing our focus together with others we can collaborate and Weave a New Global Tapestry. Tapestry reminds us that we need a rich variety of visions in order to create a world that honors everyone, and allows us all to bring our personal gifts to the table.
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September 22-27, 2009 Yachats, OR The Gathering of Shaman

An opportunity for spiritual community at its highest level, this gathering creates a space for trained shaman to bring their focus and vision for the future together, to create through sacred drama and archetypal work; and sing and dance the song of life together. A collaboration of grace. We will start our week with an opening fire on the Equinox. Invitation only - We are grateful to say this year's gathering is FULL

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August 13-24, 2009 Journey to Peru

Passage to Peru: Hearts Calling
The mystic mountains, streams, and people of Peru are calling. This journey will provide you with intimate connection to the land and sites of the Sacred Valley near Cusco. You will participate daily in ceremony with Q'ero Shaman from the High Andes, Don Francisco and Dona Juanita. This group is limited to 25 people, to provide an intimate and powerful experience. Click Here for more Details 

August 2, 2009, Eugene Fire Ceremony

You are invited to join this Community Fire Ceremony, working with transformational power of fire. We will have a circle time, followed by the topic of the evening, and then begin the fire by opening directions. Topic: Focusing intention for global community, Weaving a New GLobal Tapestry. For more information contact kinlen@sacredpathways.us
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July 24, 2009, Eugene Fire Ceremony

You are invited to join this Community Fire Ceremony, working with transformational power of fire. We will have a circle time, followed by the topic of the evening, and then begin the fire by opening directions. Topic: Pacha Kuti Gatekeeper of the time to come, 7th Chakra

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July 8, 2009 Stockholm Despacho and Fire Ceremony

Join us in Stockholm to reconnect with our friends and aylluates and create a Full LIght of MidSummer Despacho,or gift bundle for Pachamama. Then proceed to the ceremonial fire at Rosaring. Contact Kinlen@sacredpathways.us for more details.
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June 26, 2009, Eugene- Fire Ceremony

You are invited to join this Community Fire Ceremony, working with transformational power of fire. We will have a circle time, followed by the topic of the evening, and then begin the fire by opening directions. Topic: Quetzelcotl Gatekeeper of the material world, 6th Chakra

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