Flashes of Insight

Ananga-manjari Bauer

Ananga-manjari has been practicing hatha and bhakti-yoga for 15 years under the instruction of her spiritual teacher Swami Krishnapada, who initiated her into the Vaisnava lineage as a priestess. She is a graduate of Cultural Anthropology, certified Integral Yoga Teacher, Doula & Childbirth Educator, Breastfeeding Counselor, Reiki master/teacher and Ayurvedic Thai Bodywork Practitioner. Her specialty is in teaching prenatal, postpartum and women’s yoga. She has created a style of yoga she calls Purnasya, meaning “Whole Being”. It incorporates aspects of Integral yoga, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Ecstatic movement and Belly dance. (read on…)

Omi Aladora Ajamu Priest of Yemonja

Omi Aladora Ajamu is a woman of great magic, music and power. She is a Yoruba Priest of Yemanja and founding mother of the African Connection an African Cultural performance group.

She and her family are part of the First Wave of Yoruba Priests that brought the Yoruba,[West African] Culture to the U.S. creating the Oyotungi African Village in Sheldon S.C.We are very fortunate that Omi and her family have resettled in Gainesville, Fl.

She worked in the early days with Martin Luther King as part of the Poor People’s March and was a lead in the Broadway production of Hair.

In addition she is a gifted Psychic and divines with the African Shells. She will be offering readings here at her booth.Omi is also part of the Blues Sisters as well as her own jazz band The Omi Aladora Ajamu Trio.

Workshop Goddesses of the Orisha

This workshop will introduce you to the magic and mystery of the Orisha, the Yoruba Goddesses… Yemanja, Oshun, Oya and others. Learn some of the chants and rituals of this ancient and very ALIVE culture.

Jasmine, Jazzy Jaz Flying Free with the Angels

How do you say goodbye to such a special friend who has traveled with you for some 18 years. Oh the miles that we have shared in and out of the body!
On so many occasions, Jasmine had gone missingUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUI I am leaving these letters here because I got up to feed my horse after the last sentence and came back to these letters no doubt from beyond, I swear !!
Jaz has had me worried sick on many occasions when she would disappear into her Ms Independent, my prerogative to wander thing and had by this time easily used up 9 lives.
Since my pup Happy came to live with us, Jaz has fallen under the spell of “Love on Legs”, Happy, as does everyone who meets my profoundly sweet dog. Somehow Happy’s love and new energy brought Jaz back into the fold of the Moonhaven family and even more shocking, into the house regularly.
Before this time, she might drop in for a meal on occasion and more often, I would have to feed her outdoors.
To my amazement and delight, Jasmine even started sleeping with me every night for the last 3-4 months which she never did since she was a baby, and at 18 she was no baby.
She and Happy would cuddle up together on the bed with and without me and even Star would lay nearby. (read on…)

FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE WWFEST 7
Rebuilding Spiritual Confidence: The Dianic Tarot
w/ Billie Luisi Potts and Flash Silvermoon

Tarot Creators, Billie Luisi Potts and Flash Silvermoon discuss the herstory, evolution, and pathways of the women’s tarot revival including The Amazon Tarot I, II,[1980, 1984] and Flash’s Wise Woman’s tarot and others: their influence, impact, and usage in every day life.
THIS IS A RARE AND SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY

Billie Potts, nationally known women’s spirituality pioneer, artist, herbalist and educator, author of A New Women’s Tarot, editor/ coordinator/artist contributor to Amazon Tarot decks I, II, author of Small Scaled Goat-keeping, Witches Heal: Lesbian Herbal Self-Sufficiency, Uncounted Daughters: Jewish Women Healers in the West, Ergonomics: A Problem-solver’s Handbook, the forthcoming Simpler’s Joy, and Daughters of Agamede, and numerous articles on natural foods nutrition, herbal healing, and the intersections of the early women’s rights and anti-slavery movements. She has been facilitating herbal healing and tarot workshops across the US since 1976.

A studio potter and ceramic sculptor for 25 years, dairy goat farmer and organic grower for close to 40 years, she coordinated alternative healing facilities for major women’s music festivals, Michigan, NEWMR, East and West Coast Lesbian fests for fifteen years.

She holds a BA in history and classics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Hunter College, NY and an MA in medieval history from Fordham University where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She retired as the longest serving Executive Director of the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY, and turns 70 this spring.

WISE WOMAN FESTIVAL FOUNDER FLASH SILVERMOON BIO

Flash Silvermoon is a Spiritual Renaissance Woman, the author and creator of The Wise Woman’s Tarot book and deck and the Wise Woman’s Festival.
Flash has been working with the Tarot as a Psychic, teacher, and author for some 40 years. Her metaphysical skills and interests are quite varied and she is equally at home reading an Astrological chart as delivering a Past Life Regression, Stone Healing, Flower Essence or Gem Elixir treatment, and of course communicating and treating the beloved animals. She teaches classes and seminars in all of these subjects as well.
Flash not only loves animals, but she is an Animal Communicator who lives in her Sanctuary, Moonhaven in Melrose, Fl with 4 cats. one Happy dog and the Appaloosa Mare Goddess, Chinamoon. (read on…)

PRIESTESS CHERIE LYON BIO and WORKSHOP for WWFest 7

Cherie Lyon is an Alchemical High Priestess and Facilitator. She has a private practice as a Shamanic Reiki Master where she integrates body-centered techniques with vibrational healing, acupressure, and mindfulness. She also conducts monthly empowerment circles, rituals, and ceremonies.

Through her devotion to the survival of the ancient mystery knowledge, Cherie’s mission is to promote the education and support of a holistic mind, body, and spirit. Her soul intention as she honors the tribal practice and Shamanic art of healing is to help others align with nature and shift their personal vibration. As each person’s vibrational field shifts, Cherie believes, so does the vibration of the world.

Cherie is from Chicago and makes her home in the greater Atlanta, GA area. She is available to facilitate anywhere in the country. Cherie is certified to facilitate the Natural Rhythms™ and Practical Priest~ess™ programs. She also functions as assistant to the director of Natural Rhythms.

Connecting with our Ancestry Lineage for Clearing and Empowerment (read on…)

WISEWOMAN ROBIN G WHITE WKSHP AND BIO FOR THE FESTIVAL

I WROTE IT! Now What Do I Do?
Publishing strategies for published and self-published authors.

It is estimated that there are a staggering 190,000 books published in the US each year. There are hundreds of thousands more that are written and never make it to print. And then there is yours. You wrote it for hours each week, between arguing with your boss, feeding the kids and cajoling your overwhelmed partner, who by the way thinks it’s brilliant and Simon and Schuster is going to give you a mint just to publish it! So, you mail it off to an address you found on that crafty Internet tool called GOOGLE, and you wait, and wait, and wait. And finally the letter comes…

And then you woke up. That germ of a great story idea you had that is now a five hundred page novel sitting on your desk needs some help getting to the market, but you have no idea how to do it. Award-winning publisher and best-selling author, Robin G. White presents this workshop for writers of all ages who want to get the work out into the world. She will offer insight into publishing and promoting that next great novel and help writers to think outside of the industry box to become their own public relations champions. Her marketing strategies have succeeded in propeling authors to best-sellers lists on Amazon.com and Booksense as well as in independent book stores throughout the US and the UK.

Chicago Literary Award Winner and Georgia Author of the Year Award finalist, Robin G. White is the author of two poetry books, Resurrection: A Collection of Work, (Kings Crossing Publishing) and the forthcoming, Reflections on a Life Well Spent, (Sunset Pointe Press), First Breath, a collection of short stories due in April 2010, two series of childrens books, the award-winning play, PantyLiners and the Urban Media Makers award-winning screenplay, The Naptime Adventures of Princess Cynaya. She is the cofounder and co-owner of the Lambda Literary Award-winning company, Kings Crossing Publishing and the owner of Sunset Pointe Press and Fairy Godmommies Ink, which are both imprints of The Winnmark Publishing Group. She provides coaching, book development, marketing strategies and workshops for writers throughout the US. In addition, Robin is the founder of OneDayOneDollar.org which works with the arts community to provide microgrants to organizations and individuals working to end extreme poverty among children.
WHEN YOU HEAR HER POETRY FRI AND SAT NITES YOU WILL KNOW WHAT AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE ARTIST SHE IS TOO

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INSPIRATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL WISE WOMAN’S FESTIVAL
APRIL 9-11 By Flash Silvermoon

Since 2003, we women have yet to change the world into a place of Peace, Justice, and Healing. We will take the opportunity of the Wise Woman’s Festival to gather again to put our wisest and best efforts towards that end. If anything, the need for peace and healing is more dire than ever before in our lives. Through spirited work and play, we will join together once more to restore our energies which have been so depleted by the ravages of war, the patriarchy,and the no-fundamentalists who are fundamentally ruining the world for the rest of us. By renewing our strength and coming together in the spirit of love, empowerment and healing, we can elevate the vibration of the planet, our sweet Mother Earth, for the good of the animals, the children, the ancestors and all the people… ALL OUR RELATIONS!!
YES THERE HAS BEEN CHANGE BUT WE STILL NEED TO CHANGE THE PARADIGM
LET US JOIN TOGETHER TO DREAM THE DREAM OF PEACE ALIVE!

Why have a Wise Woman Festival?
by Flash Silvermoon

As the 7th Wise Woman’s Festival approaches its April 9th Re- Birth, I hear the question from some folks..why?

There are many answers to this question, some more obvious than others. Let’s face it, anytime the tribes of Wise Women from near and far can gather to make music and magic, its a good thing we all know this. This is an invitation to Change The World, not such an ambitious feat for a Circle of Wisewomen!

Communing in nature with your women friends, attending fascinating workshops/hearing some of the finest women musicians around and sharing deep spaces of intuition and inspiration is always inviting.

With all that being said, I offer yet another factor as well. The concept of Homeopathy is among other things a way to treat the whole by treating a part. It is no secret that this world is in turmoil and on the edge of major trouble on many fronts. Interestingly, if you look at Florida as the place where the fabulous Bush Boys gained their foothold on the world via those lovely non ballots, it is not a bizarre concept to see this state as a place to begin to unwind the web of betrayals of the real evildoers.

Let Peace and an end to the Power over Patriarchal Paradigm begin here and now with we women. Let us bring the seeds of peace and global cooperation into reality by breathing life into this dream; to let it be more than just a dream ; something that we co create and manifest amongst ourselves. We can create a ripple effect, a 100th monkey idea if you will that can spread like a Tidal Wave of love, trust, and healing.

By being the change we want to see in this world for one weekend, we can effect the world by being that acupuncture needle in the state of Florida to unblock the stagnant chi and create a flow of new ideas for peace, freedom and justice not for just us but for all.

This is a most unique Gathering of the Tribes where Dianic Wiccans share ritual and magic with Native Medicine Women, Shamans with Yoruba, Pagans with New Age Women and many exquisite blends in our Rainbow Cosmic Gumbo! We wild, wise women will teach and learn the ways to heal ourselves and our Mother as we all cope and roll with the shifts and changes that these times demand.

This is not so much a crisis in economics as it is in Spirit. We have been poisoned by toxic doses of fear by a prevailing culture that knows that this will freeze and paralyze us all into hopelessness which is an easy way to control us.

OK, WHO IS READY TO COME OUT OF THE DEEP FREEZE AND INTO THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND THE MOON? Sounds like a lot more fun to me!

As the Producer Priestess, I do my best to keep the price within reason for most women who want to come and offer a few work scholarships as well. Only $60 advance registration!

We know prayers, thoughts and intentions especially focused with others of a like mind and spirit can effect change in a profound and miraculous way. I am inviting you Wise Women to come help us effect this change. I believe this is a window of opportunity for a major Shift in Consciousness lets SEIZE THIS MOMENT IN HERSTORY!! We can turn the tides of war/poverty/bigotry/and violence! Are you willing to commit to this step with us?

“The moment one definitely commits oneself,then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred…..Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius,power,and magic in it. Begin it now.”…Goethe

Begin with us at www.flashsilvermoon.com for all Wise Woman’s Festival Info APRIL 9 -11 please post to all the women that you love. Please also join the Wise Woman’s Festival E list there for all updates

Blessings,
Flash Silvermoon

SEVENTH ANNUAL WISE WOMAN’S FESTIVAL APRIL 9-11
@ Florida Coalition For peace and Justice Camp, Hampton,N. Central Fl, near Gainesville
One of the Nation’s only Multi Traditional Goddess Festivals for Women
only $60 in advance for 3 days of music, magic,Lakota sweatlodge, workshops, camping, poetry, healing and drumming circles, and an incredible Healing Ritual for the Planet led by Priestesses from 4 traditions to RAISE THE VIBE FOR THE TRIBE
Presenters, Billie Luisi Potts,”Witches Heal”, Flash Silvermoon, “The Wise Woman’s Tarot”, The Blues Sisters, Robin G White, Cherie Lyon, Omi Aladora Ajamu, Butterfly Circle Woman, Lylly Rodriguez, Ann Harmon, Mariel Masque, Aurora Whitebird and many more awesome women and YOU!
CONTACT FLASH SILVERMOON 352 4752432 @
www.flashsilvermoon.com

A Favorite Solstice Ritual By Flash Silvermoon @ Moonhaven
Flash Silvermoon shares her thoughts for the Winter Solstice.

Along with jumping over the fire to affirm one’s new path, which is a wonderful tried and true ritual, I have created a fun and third eye opening ritual for Yule.

Tell all who come to your circle to bring a wrapped gift of something that they want to pass on. It needn’t be new but it can be and not too expensive… just something you want to pass on.
These gifts are placed in a box or sack in the center of the group.
The woman who begins has the Priestess or group member place a lovely blindfold over her eyes and then she reaches into the sack and lets the gift pick her. At this point she uses psychometry (a form of object reading where the diviner tunes into the object and gets impressions re the gift or giver) to divine the message from the gift etc. (read on…)

RIGHT NOW
c Flash Silvermoon Goddess Tunes
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The time is now there is no other time
The time is now there is no other time
To get down to your soul and let it make you whole
Take these broken wings and let them learn to fly
let em take you high
Like a bird with freedom in her eyes til you can kiss the sky let your dreams unwind
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Right now right now feel your self Divine
Right now right now feel your self Divine
Face your fears don’t bring ‘em back here they’ll only
bring you down
Keep your heart wide open taste the joys of life
hold them in the light
Like a shapeshiftin’ makeshiftin’ freedom fighter on the higher planes it will keep you sane
Shapeshiftin makeshiftin freedom fighter on the higher planes its really not so strange
Really not so strange3x (read on…)

ASTROLOGICAL MUSINGS, PLANETARY SHIFTS, AND 2012
I am and have been dealing with the relationship or planets Pluto opposite Uranus in my chart for the better [or worst lol] part of the year and it has been most interesting to be sure. Today I finally had a real aha moment standing on a powerful ley line in my yard. I feel as though my identity and relationship with others has morphed.
I have been watching and listening to fascinating information re revelations about the actual location of the North Pole and some quantum physics stuff about the wobble of the earth and calculating this certain type of earth physics [I forget the exact name of this term] and how there needs to be a re alignment with the North Pole as it should be and where it is and I just had this incredible notion. (read on…)

PROSPERITY RITUAL GREAT FOR TONIGHT’S FULL MOON IN TAURUS
by Flash silvermoon
My Class tonight at the Moonhaven Mystery School of Earth Magic for Women will be doing a Prosperity Ritual that I have created and have used for many many years and I am sharing it here for you to use tonight wherever you are or for future reference. it is really simple and needs to be done with a group ideally for the full and best result, even better if you are doing it for a shared cause. OTHER WOMEN, IF YOU WANT TO COME, BE SURE TO BRING THESE ITEMS WITH YOU and a donation for your participation.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
1. Open Hearts, Minds and Enthusiasm
2.a vibrant NEW green candle in a holder or best , use one of the tall candles in a glass that last for 7days that you can get in some food stores in the ethnic food aisle
3. A gold or silver Dollar
4. Some Prosperity oil and incense buy or make your fave blend. Whatever you have, use some Cinnamon to quicken the result. Myrrh oil is very good as is Frankincense.
5. Magical Pouch of Transformation. A strong pouch - velvet , leather etc that you will use to create a rattle with every one’s coins
6. Sage, Cedar or some other form of banishing incense to use in the beginning when all release negative thought forms and ideas about $$
7. MOST IMPORTANT A CLEAR AND FOCUSED MIND with this you achieve all without it no candle or special oil can help! (read on…)

For Heaven’s Sake, Don’t Drink the Kozmic Kool Aid !
by Flash Silvermoon The Remix! please share

Interesting synchronicity today as I contemplate the needless tragic deaths in the “Sweatlodge” of last week. I have been furious ever since I heard the News commentator release the sad report about James Arthur Ray’s “Spiritual Warrior Retreat in Sedona, Ariz.
At $9,000 + a pop to sit at the feet of this Guru wannabe, we are seeing the Corporatization of Spirituality, Enlightenment to those who can afford it, God /Goddess sold to the highest bidder!
I had initially been pleased that “The Secret” had opened some people to positive thinking but as I saw it take on a Cultish twist where people started essentially blaming the downtrodden for not having a fat bank account and casting condescending glances as if they alone had the ANSWER.
Then I actually saw the film which begins with of all things, a man in a loin cloth, running away from persecutors because HE HAS THE SECRET! Talk about re-writing History and giving it a radical mastectomy to boot! Everyone should know that it was the Wise Women of old who had the secret and that it was no secret, no big deal just simply understanding that what one believes can indeed create and give shape to one’s reality. (read on…)