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The Embrace of the Earth Rite of Passage
Tasks:
· Internal preparation at home for the Embrace of the
Earth Rite.
· Making of offerings to the land and construction of the
tombs.
· Preparing mentally, physically, and spiritually by sweat
lodge cleansing, fire purification, water practices, blessings,
and group work, among others (depending on weather conditions
and the location).
· Passing through the all night Rite of Passage.
· Learning steps to integrate discoveries made while in
altered states during the night.
· Making of offerings related to your personal experience
during the Rite.
· Leaving the land as we found it.
In this powerful ceremony and rite of passage we clean our connection
to the world even more as we humbly open to the awareness that
the consciousness we call "me" is actually an extension
of an infinitely larger field of consciousness that co-creates
our reality. This is facilitated by spending the night embraced
by the living earth in a personal grave-like tomb that each initiate
digs by hand. Intensive preparation before and during the rite
insure the proper mind-set before entering the tomb. This nurturing
and healing rite of passage is known to stimulate a wide range
of altered states of consciousness that induce visions, out of
body experiences, merging of perception with the earth mother,
purging and healing of emotional wounds, heightened awareness
of our mortality, collection of divine energy, profound feelings
of unity and rebirth, among many others. Please note that this
initiation has been safely practiced by several hundred initiates
during the last 20 or so years. The practice is totally safe -
no soil is placed on the initiates, you can be physically removed
from the tomb at any time if necessary, and the facilitator stays
awake and vigilant the whole night in close proximity to the tombs
while feeding the central fire and offering blessings and prayers.
The physical dimension to the rite is only one small part - it
simply helps facilitate the altered states that are the main element
of the rite. This rite of passage is so unique, empowering, and
nurturing that by the end of the night most initiates want to
stay longer in the ground before they rise from the tomb into
the sun and "sprout" into a new form of being. For a
complete description of the rite, including personal experiences
from initiates, refer to chapter 7 of James Endredy's book on
ecoshamanism. Prerequisite: A thorough reading of Ecoshamanism:
Sacred Practices of Unity, Power, and Earth Healing, and a
strong calling to transcend your perceived limitations.
Prerequisites for participating in this ceremony/rite of passage:
Physically able to dig your tomb. The tomb is approximately 6
inches larger than your body and 24 inches deep. The location
at Gold Depot for the ceremony has sandy compact soil.
Mentally and Spiritually prepared to transcend your perceived
limitations and have your entire organism embraced by the power
of our Mother Earth.
Complete the application and return it to James Endredy.
Application process:
All applications will be held strictly confidential and will
only be read and handled personally by the ceremony facilitator
James Endredy. If you are not comfortable applying via email,
you can call James at 282.3748 to request an application through
the mail, however this will slow down the process and due to time
constraints applications will be considered in the order they
are received and participants will be selected on a first come
basis.
First: Send an email to James at
to receive an application via email attachment.
Second: Complete the application and send it back to the same
email address.
Third: You will receive an email from James regarding your application.
Fourth: If you are selected to participate you will be given
specific logistics about the ceremony preparation, what items
to bring with you, ceremony and filming schedule, etc. At this
point you also send your non refundable deposit of one half of
the exchange of energy for the ceremony in the form of a check
for $150.00. The remainder of the exchange, either $125 or $150
will be collected the day of the ceremony.
Hope you can join us!
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