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The All-Seeing Eye
2024-11-09 10:00 - 2024-11-10 18:00 (Europe/London) | Bonnington House, Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston, Edinburgh, EH27 8BB, United Kingdom
Expanding awareness and vision in ourselves and the land
Bonnington House, Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston, Edinburgh, Scotland
This weekend event led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins – which is open to all who want to delve into the mysteries of the landscape, nature and the human soul – will include an education and training in expanding our awareness and raising our consciousness so that our inner vision is enhanced to such an extent that it opens the third eye, the all-seeing eye. There is a science behind this.
We will also learn about the Edinburgh-Pentlands landscape temple that functions as the brow chakra of the Grail Land, of which both Bonnington/Jupiter Artland and Rosslyn Chapel and Castle are key parts. We will explore these two places to see their differences and how they work together.
The Grail Land is a landscape temple stretching from the south of France to the north of Scotland, complete with all seven major chakras and three alta-major chakras. We will learn something about this and how it works, and how it can work better and help the whole of Europe when we do the right things in the right places at the right times within it.
The weekend event will take place at Bonnington House, which sits within Jupiter Artland, the award-winning sculpture park created by Robert and Nicky Wilson, and is a perfect location for a mystery school event. The weekend will include talks, meditations and training, plus good food and the chance to explore Jupiter Artland and visit Rosslyn Chapel and its surrounds.
For further information and booking, see ‘The All-Seeing-Eye‘ pdf.
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Milan & Prospero's Magic
2024-10-20 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
20-22 & 25-27 October, & 3 November 2024
A hybrid event, part pilgrimage and part with talks, attunements and sharing on Zoom.
In the Shakespeare play, The Tempest, Prospero is the Duke of Milan. During the play we discover that Prospero is a magus – a magician in the initiatory sense, who has acquired the wisdom to become a master of nature. The play shows how he demonstrates and develops his mastery by means of acting as a hierophant, teaching, testing and transforming the various characters as a redeemer and saviour of human souls. These characters represent the various levels of humanity, from the basest and most corrupt, to the most virtuous and pure in heart.
Why Prospero was made the Duke of Milan, rather than of another place, is part of the Mystery – a Mystery that we shall delve into during this hybrid event – a Mystery that concerns the whole of Europe in particular and the whole world in general, and is of particular relevance at this momentous and dangerous time in world history.
This hybrid event is being carried out not only as a Mystery of Shakespeare event but also as a pilgrimage in Milan and local landscapes elsewhere in which pilgrims’ feet on the ground, coupled with their meditations and prayers, can help further the hermetic marriage of heaven and earth by enacting a key part of the Swan Mystery on the stage of the world.
For this hybrid event, there will be three types of attendees: (1) Talk attendees, (2) Virtual pilgrims, and (3) Milan pilgrims.

The Talk attendees are those who would like to attend the three pre-pilgrimage talks on Zoom by Peter Dawkins and Julia Cleave.
The Virtual pilgrims will comprise those who cannot be in Milan for this event, but who can take part ‘virtually’ in all the Zoom talks and other Zoom meetings wherever they are in the world, and who can carry out a pilgrimage in their own chosen area.
The Milan pilgrims will be those who are able to be in Milan for this event. They will be there as a small group or groups of friends, and entirely responsible for themselves, but with a plan of action for each day. They will take part ‘virtually’ in all the Zoom talks and other Zoom meetings.

The event will be introduced by three pre-pilgrimage talks on Zoom – two by Peter Dawkins and one by Julia Cleave – which all Talk attendees, Virtual pilgrims and Milan pilgrims will be able to attend. There will be a question & answer time after each talk.
Peter will talk about the importance of Milan in the Swan of Europe landscape temple, and its significance in terms of the ‘Great Pillars’ of Europe (the Gallic Axis, Swan Line, and Nilotic Meridian) and the Herculean Line that links them. He will show how it is part of the enactment of the Europa and Bull Mystery (or Dionysus/Bacchus Swan Mystery), which is happening right now, and how pilgrimage helps. He will also share his insights into why Milan was chosen as the dukedom of Prospero in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, and the science of the mystery connected with this.
Julia will talk about the alchemy in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest.
These three pre-pilgrimage talks on Zoom will take place on:

Sunday 20 October (17:00-19:00 UK time) – Peter Dawkins
Monday 21 October (17:00-19:00 UK time) – Julia Cleave
Tuesday 22 October (17:00-19:00 UK time) – Peter Dawkins

The 3-day pilgrimage in Milan will take place on Friday 25 October, Saturday 26 October, and Sunday 27 October 2024.
COSTS & BOOKINGS

For Talk attendees, the cost is £75 per person.
(The cost includes 3 pre-pilgrimage Zoom talks + Q&A time.)
For further information and booking, please contact the organiser.
For Virtual pilgrims – please contact the organiser for further information and booking.

For Milan Pilgrims – no more places available.

Our Star Self
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-10-13 16:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, Bad Pyrmont, 31812, Germany
How to be aware of, listen to, unite with and advance our Star Self
The weekend workshop, led by Peter Dawkins, which includes the Friday evening talk, The Hamsa Swan & Blazing Star, on 11 October 2024, will provide insights and training in becoming aware of our Star Self, listening to its wisdom and following its guidance, and then of uniting with it and advancing its purpose, power and light.
The light of the Blazing Star, of which our Star Self is part, inspires the world and each of us with divine wisdom. It is a creative Holy Spirit known as Pan. Its receptive aspect is known as Echo, which corresponds to Pan-consciousness, which is a universal consciousness of Pan, the Spirit, and of all nature.
Weather permitting, the workshop will also include a visit to the Bad Pyrmont Kurpark, in which we will practice something of what we have learnt, and learn further.
The talks and training will be given in English, with German translation.
Venue: Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, 31812 Bad Pyrmont, Germany
Programme: 19:30-22:00, with interval.
Information & booking:
E-mail: HdB-seminar@gmx.d
Telefon: 0049 (0) 5281 3240 (werktags)
Mobil: 0049 (0) 171 4914589
Web: http://www.haus-der-begegnung-pyrmont.de/index.html

The Hamsa Swan & Blazing Star
2024-10-11 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, Bad Pyrmont, 31812, Germany
Venue: Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, 31812 Bad Pyrmont, Germany
In this Friday evening talk, Peter Dawkins will explain how the twin Swans, Ham and Sa, of Hindu mythology, when united in love and friendship, become the Hamsa Swan, which in turn becomes the Blazing Star.
This is a process of enlightenment, metaphorically described, which is even now taking place in Europe in terms of the landscape as well as of human souls. This talk will emphasise how much the landscape and indeed all nature is involved in this process, and how it either helps or hinders human development depending on whether we make friends or enemies of it.
The 2-part talk will be given in English, with German translation.
This talk also forms part of the weekend seminar-workshop, Our Star Self; but the talk can be attended without attending the workshop.
Information and booking: E-mail: HdB-seminar@gmx.de
Telefon: 0049 (0) 5281 3240 (werktags)
Mobil: 0049 (0) 171 4914589
Web: http://www.haus-der-begegnung-pyrmont.de/index.html

Inspiring Beauty
2024-06-06 18:00 - 2024-06-09 12:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
Dancing and singing from the heart: led by Sarah Dawkins and Andrew Clark.
Come and enjoy the beauty of dancing Paneurhythmy and singing in Nature.
Paneurhythmy is a joyful, meditational dance-exercise which has a profound philosophy associated with it. It was created by the Bulgarian Teacher Beinsa Duono in the Rila mountains at the beginning of the 20th century. Literally, the word Paneurhythmy, means ‘Supreme Cosmic Rhythm’. Working with the energies of Nature, it is danced outside, in the mornings, between spring and autumn equinoxes. The simple graceful movements each have a deep meaning and healing power on the dancers and the environment.
During the weekend, the singing will involve learning and sharing simple songs, chants and harmonies. The emphasis will be on singing from the heart. This helps us each to open our heart centre, which enables us both individually and collectively to connect with the flow of Universal Love. When this is done in harmony with Nature, we can make a heartfelt offering to the land and to all who are sustained by it.
This event will take place in the beautiful landscape of the Traquair House estate on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. We will also visit other special places in the Scottish Borders, including the grounds of the great Cistercian abbey at Melrose that was originally founded by St Aidan from Iona in 640, and the nearby Eildon Hills. This area is a focal point for the alta major chakra of the Grail Land of Europe. In the human body, the alta major chakra at the back of the neck is the gateway for Divine Inspiration. Geomantically, this landscape in the Scottish Borders appears to act as a similar gateway of inspiration for the Grail Land.
The theme of this weekend is inspiration and embodiment. When offered from the heart, dancing and singing can help us to become open to divine inspiration and to embody this inspiration as a prayer for the local landscape and beyond.
We will be staying in Howford House, a Georgian farmhouse on the Traquair House estate. Traquair House is Scotland’s oldest inhabited house dating back 900 years. We will have access to the 100-acre grounds, which includes ancient woodland, a walled garden, a hedge maze, and access to the River Tweed.
Further information will be posted a.s.a.p.

Swan Flight: The Third Heaven
2024-05-23 17:00 - 2024-05-26 12:30 (Europe/London) | Algarve
A 4-day celebration of the Quatercentenary of the 1624 great cipher manual, Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae, led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins in England, and Heidemarie and Oliver Falldorf in Germany.
This hybrid event will include a 3-day site visit in Germany to Wienhausen Abbey, Celle, Hitzacker and Luneburg led by Oliver and Heidemarie Falldorf (24-26 May), and a 1-day site visit in England to Kenilworth Castle led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins (15 May), with attendees choosing either one or the other.
The event will be introduced with a talk on Zoom by Peter Dawkins on Thursday 23 May (6pm UK time), explaining the whys and wherefores of the event, plus a second talk on Zoom by Peter Dawkins on Saturday 25 May (7:30pm UK time), giving some background information about Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae and the secret society and intelligence networks involved.
English-German and German-English translations will be available, plus a follow-up Zoom meeting on 1 June 2024 to share experiences and discuss further things.
Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae was compiled, written and published by Augustus ‘the Younger’ when he resided at Hitzacker, before he became Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. He was closely linked with Francis Bacon in the Rosicrucian movement, and Bacon played an important role in the compiling, writing and publishing of Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae, which was published under Augustus’ pseudonym of Gustavus Selenus.
2024 is also the Quatercentenary of Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Owls, which was performed at Kenilworth Castle on 19 August 1624 for Prince Charles, the surviving son and heir of King James I of England. Jonson was at that time still assisting Francis Bacon, whom he revered, and was a key player in the Rosicrucian fraternity. Not only is the owl an emblem of Pallas Athena, but it also signifies secret or cryptic writing.
Kenilworth forms the beak of one of the two landscape Swans of Avon, whose root or tail is marked by the Rollright Stones, and whose head is marked by old Warwick town, complete with a castle (Warwick Castle) overlooking the river Avon, and the Collegiate Church of St Mary on its highest point.
This event forms part of the ‘Swan Flight through the Seven Heavens of the Rosicrucian Mysteries’ series, which is enacting out the Dionysian Mystery in the Swan landscape temples of Europe.
For further details, choices, costs and booking, see:

English: Swan Flight: The Third Heaven pdf.
German: Der Flu des Schwans: Der dritte Himmel pdf.

Exploring the Beauty of Portugal: Paneurhythmy Retreat
2024-04-24 16:00 - 2024-04-29 11:00 (Europe/London) | Casa Fuzetta, Casa Fuzetta, Travessa Heliodoro Salgado 7,, Olhao, Algarve, 8700-132, Portugal
A living circle of beauty, harmony and unity with Nature
Led by Sarah Dawkins and hosted by Jonathan and Tara at Casa Fuzetta in Olhao, in the eastern Algarve of Portugal.
The purpose of this retreat is to learn about and enjoy the movements of Paneurhythmy in the beautiful landscape of the Algarve with like-minded friends – new and old – with Sarah Dawkins of Zoence Academy guiding and teaching us, and Jonathan and Tara of Casa Fuzetta hosting. Sarah has been dancing and sharing Paneurhythmy and the wisdom that lies behind it for over 30 years.
Paneurhythmy is a sacred dance brought into the world by a greatly inspired Bulgarian Master, Beinsa Douno, in the early 20th century. He was inwardly given the music, dance, movements, and prayers over the course of his life, in the beautiful mountains of Bulgaria. Paneurhythmy is danced in the morning between the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, in a partnership with each other and nature.
In the Algarve, on the southern coast of Portugal, we intend to weave into these five days teaching, experiencing the dance and sacred songs, and working with different landscapes and energy – and eating well.
Although we will be based at Casa Fuzetta, we also intend to dance on various beaches and visit the site of a Sacred Chapel in the Mountains that overlooks the Algarve Coast. This is ‘weather’ dependent. There is more chance of sun and dry weather in Portugal in April than there is in the rest of western Europe. There are indoor spaces in which we will be able to dance at Casa Fuzetta, as well as roof-terrace spaces and a swimming pool. In April the evenings, after the Sun goes down, are cooler – so bring some warmer clothes.
Whilst we have a dedicated retreat chef who will prepare most of our meals at Casa Fuzetta, we will also eat out in local restaurants and on Deserta Island. There will be something for everyone!
For further information and booking click this link: Beauty of Portugal Paneurhythmy Retreat 2024 flier (pdf)

The Orphic Mysteries
2024-04-20 18:00 - 19:15 (Europe/London) | Algarve
In this Fintry Trust Zoom meeting Peter and Sarah Dawkins will bring different perspectives to the important subject of the Orphic Mysteries.
Peter will look first at the connection between these Mysteries and the landscape of the Rila and Rhodope Mountains (present day Bulgaria), where it is believed that they originated. Orpheus is seen as the great Reformer of the Dionysian Mysteries, and it is thought by some that Jesus and his disciples were Orphic initiates and masters. In this light Jesus is considered to be the second Orpheus who reformed the Orphic Mysteries even further, by example, and at the same time reformed the Hebraic/Judaic Mysteries.
Through Paneurhythmy, a system of meaningful exercises, developed by Peter Deunov, Sarah will then show us something of the deep connection between the Rila Mountains and the Orphic- Christian Mysteries.
See The Fintry Trust’s The Orphic Mysteries advert for further details.
Book online on the Fintry Trust website.

Opening the Third Eye: The Mystical Marriage & Revelation of Light
2023-09-15 19:30 - 2023-09-17 16:00 (Europe/London) | Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, Bad Pyrmont, 31812, Germany
Evening talk and weekend workshop led by Peter Dawkins.
Friday evening talk: Ancient Egyptian Wisdom – Opening the Eye & Mouth of Horus
Weekend Workshop: Marriage of the Two Breaths, Spiritual and Natural
The spiritual breath bears the wisdom; the natural breath echoes it. To marry the two leads to the birth of light. This light is delight, joy, happiness, blessed with a knowledge of the wisdom and love which produced it and how it was produced.
The Ancient Egyptian cosmology and mythology explains all this in terms of allegory, symbolism and geocosmology, which Peter will describe and explain in his evening talk.
The weekend workshop will provide further explanation and a training in marrying the two breaths, spiritual and natural, opening the Third Eye, and producing light, delight, happiness and joy in a revelation of truth. The illumined person can then become a creator.
The weekend seminar-workshop includes the Friday evening talk; but the evening talk can be attended without having to attend the weekend workshop.
The talks and training will be given in English, with German translation.
German advert: 2023-09-15 Peter Dawkins-Das dritte Auge.

Seven Crowning Stars
2023-05-16 15:00 - 2023-05-24 11:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
Led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins and Jonathan Tod, the purpose of this pilgrimage is to explore, learn about, enjoy and enhance a magical landscape temple in Galicia. This is a unique journey to Santiago de Compostela. Besides visiting some of the places well known to pilgrims on the Camino, we will divert from the main Camino (the French Way) and go north to the coast and part-encircle Santiago de Compostela, before ending up there. In this way we will visit the ‘Seven Stars’ of the crown chakra of Europe.
The journey follows a shape which is similar to the shape of an Egyptian Adze, the tool used in the mummification process by the Ancient Egyptians to ‘open the mouth’ of the pharaoh’s ascended soul, so that he can speak the truth or Word of God and thereby help those incarnate on earth. The Adze is patterned on and represents the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, home of the Seven Rishis.
This pilgrimage relates closely to our earlier pilgrimages in Portugal, as the journey includes the higher crown chakras of the three Portuguese ‘Great Pillars’, which are at Ponferrada, Lugo and Santiago de Compostela.
We will be travelling by coach from Bilbao to Burgos, Castrojeriz, León, Astorga, El Cruz e Ferro, Ponferrada, Villafranca del Bierzo, Lugo, A Coruna, Muxia, Finisterre, and Santiago de Compostela.
We are making this journey as a pilgrimage, in the sense of honouring the places by greeting, appreciating and enjoying them, their people and each other. We have two principles which we endeavour as a group to fulfil, which are to make the effort to love who we are with, wherever we are and whatever we are doing, and to do the right thing, in the right place, at the right time, and with the right intention. In this way we can enhance the places and the whole landscape temple, enthusing it with love and thereby helping to transform the planetary energies into ethereal ‘light’. In such ways we help to build the ‘light body’ of the planet, which in turn affects consciousness everywhere in beneficial ways.
In addition, by pilgrimaging in this way within the Bull of Europe, we can help Europe to metaphorically breathe its physical breath in conjunction with its spiritual breath (inspiration). Taurus, the Bull, is associated with the throat chakra; Europa is associated with the alta-major chakra. The former is represented by mainland Europe, the latter by the British Isles. The former is the gateway for the physical breath, the latter for the spiritual breath. The two breaths, breathing in harmony, are what the world needs, and what each pilgrim can perform as an act of loving service.
For details, costs, invitations and booking details, email Jonathan or Sarah.

Creating Heaven on Earth
2023-05-06 16:00 - 2023-05-12 11:00 (Europe/London) | Casa Fuzetta, Casa Fuzetta, Travessa Heliodoro Salgado 7,, Olhao, Algarve, 8700-132, Portugal
A Rose Alchemy Retreat led by Sarah Dawkins of Zoence Academy and Heather & Gabriella of Resounding Earth, and hosted at Casa Fuzetta in Olhao, in the eastern Algarve of Portugal.
This is the second such retreat they have hosted and is part of a wider series of events and pilgrimages organised by the owners of Casa Fuzetta exploring the beauty of Portugal.
This retreat will take us to important energetic sites in the Algarve with the intent to effect good change for ourselves and those around us, through joy, dance, and sound.
Expect the unexpected, including paneurhythmy and sound weaving both on the rooftop of Casa Fuzetta and in nature.
For further details, please see Rose Alchemy, and if you would like to join us, please contact: casafuzetta@gmail.com.

Faithful and True
2022-07-22 19:30 - 2022-07-24 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Haus der Begegnung, Seminarzentrum, Mühlenstrasse 2, Bad Pyrmont, 31812, Germany
A Friday evening talk and weekend summer school in the Exterland Zodiac* led by Peter Dawkins.
The final judgement at the end of time – the end of our life on earth, or the end of a cycle of time such as an Age or Great Age – seemingly concerns whether or not we have been faithful and true. This description of “Faithful and True” is that of Revelation’s final Rider on the White Horse, who corresponds with Kalki, the 10th Avatar of Hindu tradition, who ends a Kali Yuga (Dark Age) and ushers in a Satya Yuga (Golden Age). How many of us are faithful and true? What does being faithful and true really mean? How can we be faithful and true?
Over this weekend, Peter will share his insights and knowledge about this, and how it is associated with the Mystical Marriage, and much else besides. He will also discuss how this relates to the chakras both in ourselves and in the landscape, and to the zodiac, and to Pisces and Virgo in particular, which are keys to what is going on in the world right now.
The weekend will begin with an evening talk on Friday, followed by a summer school on the Saturday and Sunday, in which some teaching, training, pilgrimage and celebration will take place.
The evening talk and summer school will be given in English, with German translation.
The evening talk will form part of the weekend summer school, but is also open to non-summer school participants to attend.
*The Exterland Zodiac is a landscape zodiac centred on the Externsteine in northern Germany, and forms the throat chakra of the Swan landscape temple of Europe. Bad Pyrmont is a spa-town that marks a chakra within the Exterland landscape zodiac.
Full details in German: Treu und Wahrhaftig

Wisdom in the Land: Birthing the Light of the Shakespeare Swan
2022-07-02 | The White Swan Hotel, Rother St, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV32 6NH, United Kingdom
A day with Peter and Sarah Dawkins in Stratford-upon-Avon
Based at The White Swan in Stratford the day will comprise morning talks followed by a pilgrimage in Stratford townscape exploring and experiencing the wisdom of this land.
Stratford-upon-Avon, home of William Shakespeare and the Shakespeare theatres, marks the star Deneb in the constellation of the Swan in the British landscape zodiac. Underlying this is a profound and ancient wisdom.
Moreover, it is a wisdom that manifests itself in the landscape and the way human beings have responded instinctively, intuitively or knowingly to that wisdom, such that the very townscape as well as the land manifests that wisdom.
Do join us to learn, explore and experience more of this wisdom, and to help the land birth even more of its light. This special pilgrims’ day is limited to the first 20 participants.
For further information, go to: Gatekeeper Trust

Celebrating Ceridwen's Cauldron of Poetic Inspiration
2022-06-24 18:00 - 2022-06-26 18:00 (Europe/London) | The Queens Hotel, The Promenade, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HG, United Kingdom
A Midsummer weekend in Penwith, Cornwall, led by Peter & Sarah Dawkins, and Swami Aliananda Paramahansa
This will be a weekend of celebrating the poetic inspiration of the land in beautiful Penwith, the western end of Cornwall and root chakra of the Three Lands (Scotland-Ireland-Britain) of the British Isles. Ceridwen’s cauldron is symbolic of the land, and is a holy grail whose magical contents inspire those who drink of it with poetry, prophecy, vision, beauty, wisdom and knowledge, which is enlightenment. The Celts called this Awen.
The great goddess of these Three Lands was known to the Celts as the Triple Goddess, Ceridwen. Her nine maidens or attendants breathe on the fire beneath the cauldron so as to keep the brew at the right temperature. The root chakra of the British Isles is a prime position for breathing on this fire, which lies beneath the cauldron, to help the land become beautiful and those within it, who partake of its magical potion, to achieve Awen.
There is, of course, a deep wisdom, knowledge and underlying power in all this. We will explore this and the landscape with meditations, talks, teachings, kriya yoga breathing, Paneurhythmy, excursions to key geomantic and poetic areas of the landscape, and with anything else we are inspired with.
For further information, including cost and booking, see PDF: ‘Celebrating Ceridwen’s Cauldron of Poetic Inspiration’.

Exploring the Beauty of Portugal: The Central Pillar of Harmony and Bliss
2022-05-11 17:00 - 2022-05-19 17:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
A geomantic pilgrimage led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins, Jonathan Tod and Tara Donovan, travelling by coach up the spine of Portugal and visiting Faro, Beja, Evora, Avis, Proenca-a-Nova, Oleiros, Viseu, Lamego, Douro River, Montalegre, Lugo, Viveiro, and Bilbao on the northern coast of Galicia, Spain.
The purpose of this pilgrimage is to explore, learn about, enjoy and enhance the ‘Middle Pillar’ of a magical landscape temple in Portugal, which rises up through the centre of Portugal from Faro on the Algarve to Montalegre on the Portuguese border with Galicia in northern Spain. We will visit a series of important sites—beautiful landscapes and great buildings in special locations.
Europe takes its name from the classical myth of Europa and the Bull, and mainland Europe can be seen imaginatively as a ‘bull’ with the British Isles seated on its neck as ‘Europa’. Spain and Portugal are the ‘head of the bull’, with Portugal forming the ‘face of the bull’. Sintra, which is just north of Lisbon, has been known as ‘the Nose of Europe’ for centuries. The vital importance of this is that, as the wisdom teachings say, “Through the face is revealed the beauty of the heart,” but only if we help make it happen.
We are making this journey as a pilgrimage, in the sense of honouring the places by greeting, appreciating and enjoying them, their people and each other. We have two principles which we endeavour as a group to fulfil, which are to make the effort to love who we are with, wherever we are and whatever we are doing, and to do the right thing in the right place, at the right time, with the right intention. In this way we can enhance the places and the whole landscape temple, enthusing it with love and thereby helping to transform the energies into an ethereal fountain of light. In such ways, we help to build the light body of the planet.
In addition, by pilgrimaging in this way within the ‘face’ of the Bull of Europe, we can help Europe to metaphorically breathe its physical breath in conjunction with the more spiritual breath associated with the alta-major chakra that is represented by the British Isles (Europa). The two breaths, breathing in harmony, are what are needed.
For further information, including cost and booking, see PDF: ‘Exploring the Beauty of Portugal: The Central Pillar of Harmony and Bliss.’

The Swan Flight through the Seven Heavens of the Rosicrucian Mysteries: The Second Heaven
2022-04-22 18:00 - 2022-04-24 17:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
Zoom talks by Peter Dawkins, Heidemarie Falldorf and Oliver Falldorf, + visits in Germany to Herrenhausen Great Garden, Hanover, and the Hinüberscher Masonic Garden, Marienwerder, led by Oliver and Heidemarie Falldorf, + visits in England to the Rollright Stone Circle and Rousham Gardens, Oxfordshire, led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins.
2022 is the third year of a 12-year ‘end of time’ period (2020-2031), referred to as the Jupiter-Kalki-Kali cycle, in which the world is being severely tested, so as to bring about a repentance sufficient for divine mercy or grace to rescue human hearts, minds and souls. During this time it is possible for human consciousness to be raised an octave, note by note, so as to be suitably inspired to do the right things, the things that are needed to build a better world.
To help this process, we are enacting a mystery in the landscape of Europe, the throat chakra of the world, in which the ‘Swan’ landscape temple of mainland Europe plays a key role. As the Swan flies (metaphorically) higher and higher, it sounds the creative Word. This is the ‘Swan Flight’ and ‘Swan Song’.
The octave consists of seven full notes and five half-notes. Each full note is a level of the metaphorical/metaphysical ‘Pyramid’ that is being raised on the ‘Foundation Stone’ of the Exterland Zodiac, a landscape zodiac centred on the Externsteine that functions as the throat chakra of the Swan of Europe. The raising of the Pyramid symbolises the flight of the Swan, which in turn is associated with the landscape stretching between the Exterland Zodiac and the area of Schleswig, the alta-major chakra of the Swan of Europe.
The octave began in 2020 with the half-note E♭. Last year (2021) sounded the first full note (E). This year (2022) sounds the second full note (F), associated with the second level of the Pyramid and second heaven of human consciousness. This ‘Swan Flight’ weekend event of Zoom talks and site visits celebrates this second level, with visits to meaningful sites in the landscape and the historical Rosicrucian movement that prepared the way for what is happening now.
In the European Mystery story, the Swan is born as a result of the love affair of Europa and the Bull, who are represented in the landscape by the British Isles (Europa) and mainland Europe (Bull). The Europa and Bull myth is the Dionysian myth, wherein the bull calf, child of its parents, is attacked by Titanic forces and torn apart, but with its heart rescued by Pallas Athena and raised to become the Swan, Dionysus. Europe is acting out this myth right now.
Further Information (PDF English) (PDF German)

Exploring the Beauty of Portugal: The Joy of Paneurhythmy
2022-03-23 16:00 - 2022-03-28 11:00 (Europe/London) | Casa Fuzetta, Casa Fuzetta, Travessa Heliodoro Salgado 7,, Olhao, Algarve, 8700-132, Portugal
A 5-day retreat in the Algarve of Portugal, the purpose of which is to learn into the movements and joy of Paneurhythmy and to enjoy the friendship of retreat in magical surroundings. This special retreat will be hosted by Jonathan & Tara (owners of Casa Fuzetta), who will welcome their great friend Sarah Dawkins to share the magic of Paneurhythmy. Sarah has been dancing and teaching Paneurhythmy for over 30 years. Paneurhythmy is a sacred dance brought into the world in the late 19th century by a great Bulgarian Master, Beinsa Douno, who was ‘given’ the music, dance, movements and prayers over the course of his life. Underlying Paneurhythmy is a profound wisdom.
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Paneurhythmy: a Living Circle of Beauty, Harmony and Unity with Nature
2021-07-30 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Algarve
A talk on Zoom by Sarah Dawkins for Fintry Trust.
Paneurhythmy is a joyful, meditational exercise-dance originating in the Rila Mountains of Bulgaria. It arose from the work of the great spiritual teacher Beinsa Douno.
The word Paneurhythmy means ‘Supreme Cosmic Rhythm’. It is a profound way to connect to Nature and to harmonise and balance our subtle nature within.
Sarah will explore and expand on these themes in her talk on Paneurhythmy as a living circle of Beauty, Harmony and Unity with nature.
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The Swan Flight through the Seven Heavens of the Rosicrucian Mysteries: The First Heaven
2021-07-24 09:00 - 2021-07-25 18:30 (Europe/London) | Algarve
Zoom talks by Peter Dawkins and Heidemarie Falldorf.
Visits to Bückeburg Castle and Park, and the Mausoleum of Prince Ernst in Stadthagen, Germany, led by Oliver and Heidemarie Falldorf.
Exploring the first level of the Swan Pyramid built on the foundation of the Exterland Zodiac.
After many years of work in the Exterland Zodiac in Germany, which marks the throat chakra of the Swan landscape temple of Europe, the foundation was built and the four cornerstones laid, ready for building etherically a seven-stepped pyramid of light—a pyramid that is also associated with the landscape stretching from the Swan’s throat chakra (the Exterland Zodiac) to the Swan’s alta-major chakra focused on Schleswig (Gottorf Castle).
The seven steps of this etheric pyramid signify the Seven Heavens of soul consciousness which we can reach in this life or after we die. The Greater Mysteries, also known as the Rosicrucian Mysteries, are connected to this pyramid and with the building of what is known as the light-body or celestial body, which is our mortal psyche transmuted into an immortal soul. The Swan represents this celestial form of being, which can and does sing the Word of Truth. The Dionysian myth recounts this story as an allegory, in which the mortal Bull becomes the immortal Swan.
In the 12-year ‘Kali-Kalki’ cycle, 2020-2031—a great challenge and initiation for the whole world—we will play our part by helping to raise the vibration an octave, note by note, while circling the Exterland landscape zodiac and building the Pyramid. This is the ‘Swan Flight’ and ‘Swan Song’.
2021 marks the first level of the Pyramid and the first full note of the octave that begun in 2020 (E♭). This July 2021 weekend celebrates this first level and links it with the landscape and the historical Rosicrucian movement that prepared the way for what is happening now.
Exploring the land, its places and history will help us in this. We can discover that in former times people had known about all this and left traces for us to find and remember. For this, we will visit Bückeburg and Stadthagen and look for these traces of history, with Peter talking (via Zoom) about the connections and hidden meanings of these symbols not only for us individually but also for Europe and the whole world, and with Heidemarie giving us (via Zoom) some of the history of the people and places involved. As in all mysteries, we ourselves will be able to experience some of it—and, for those able to do this, actually visit the key sites led by Heidemarie and Oliver Falldorf.
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Revelation & Celebration
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-25 | Schleswig, North Germany – Himmelbjerget, Jutland, Denmark – Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway
A Golden Child ‘Quantum’ Pilgrimage led by Peter and Sarah Dawkins.
The ‘Golden Child’ refers to the good or golden heart, both of humanity and of nature. The Golden Child pilgrimages are designed to act as a prayer, working with key power-points in nature and the archetypal wisdom in the Dionysian mythology, to help rescue, protect, strengthen and enable all good hearts everywhere to more fully open and manifest their inherent goodness.
Due to the coronavirus and ongoing restrictions to travel, etc., this Golden Child pilgrimage will take place as an on-line ‘quantum’ pilgrimage. The power-points in nature that we shall be focusing on are the alta-major, brow and crown chakras of the Swan landscape temple of Europe, located respectively at Schleswig in North Germany, the Himmelbjerget in Jutland, Denmark, and the Jotunheimen Mountains in Norway. When all three chakras are linked, the highest form of illumination takes place, which is not only revelatory but also celebratory and opens the Third Eye.
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