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		<title>The Manifesto of Encouragement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick glance at all the magic and positivity flowing in the world every minute of the day.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sweety-girl-floating-over-water_1024x768.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-444" title="sweety-girl-floating-over-water_1024x768" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sweety-girl-floating-over-water_1024x768-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><strong>Right now:</strong></p>
<p>There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for<strong> the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness</strong>.</p>
<p>Someone you haven&#8217;t met yet is already dreaming of <strong>adoring</strong> you.</p>
<p>Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will <strong>change how you look at life</strong>.</p>
<p>Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to <strong>alight the hearts</strong> of all of God&#8217;s children.</p>
<p>A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, &#8220;<strong>nourish them</strong>.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you.</strong> Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite  food is, and treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something  immensely valuable to give you &#8212; for free.</p>
<p>Something is being <strong>invented</strong> this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on.</p>
<p><strong>The next great song</strong> is being rehearsed.</p>
<p>Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally <strong>sending light out from their heart chakras</strong> and wrapping it around the earth.</p>
<p>Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way.</p>
<p>Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they&#8217;ll be <strong>thriving like never before</strong>. They just can&#8217;t see it from where they&#8217;re at.</p>
<p>Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to  ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want &#8212; and even more. And because  that gift will be so fantastical in it&#8217;s reach and sweetness, it will  quite magically alter their memory of angsty longing and render it all &#8220;<strong>So worth the wait.</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature  because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of  their psyche &#8212; this <strong> luminous juju is floating in the ether</strong>, and is <strong>accessible</strong> to you.</p>
<p>Someone just this second wished for <strong>world peace</strong>, in earnest.</p>
<p>Someone is fighting the fight so that <strong>you don&#8217;t have to</strong>.</p>
<p>Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your  garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you  are generally safe. <strong>Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties</strong> and clean drinking water.</p>
<p><strong>Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely  forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable. </strong></p>
<p><strong>You. Me. Some. One. Now.</strong></p>
<p><strong>SPREAD THE RA-RA. ADD TO THE MANIFESTO. ENCOURAGE.</strong></p>
<p>. . . . . . .</p>
<p><strong>Source:<a href=" http://whitehottruth.com/white-hot/the-manifesto-of-encouragement/"> </a></strong><a href=" http://whitehottruth.com/white-hot/the-manifesto-of-encouragement/">http://WhiteHotTruth.com</a></p>
<p>. . . . . . .</p>


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		<title>Baba Dez – Creating More Love in the World</title>
		<link>http://avalonofsedona.com/2010/07/25/baba-dez-creating-more-love-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a great video on the home page of my friend and mentor, Baba Dez. It&#8217;s of my favorite clips of his thoughts on the tantric lifestyle. He has great insights, plus it&#8217;s shot at a beautiful, panoramic Sedona site just a short (tho very steep) hike from my home. It&#8217;s one of my favorite [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BabaDezNichols1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-439" title="BabaDezNichols" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BabaDezNichols1.jpg" alt="Baba Dez" width="200" height="275" /></a>There&#8217;s a great video on the home page of my friend and mentor, Baba Dez. It&#8217;s of my favorite clips of his thoughts on the tantric lifestyle. He has great insights, plus it&#8217;s shot at a beautiful, panoramic Sedona site just a short (tho very steep) hike from my home. It&#8217;s one of my favorite sites for land journeys and outdoor sessions. Perhaps you&#8217;ll join me sometime&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.BabaDez.com">www.BabaDez.com</a></p>


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		<title>Everything’s Amazing &amp; Nobody’s Happy</title>
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<p>This showed up making the rounds again on Facebook, he&#8217;s so right and so funny!</p>


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		<title>Deepak Chopra – Insights into Sex and Spirituality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>On the occasion of the Sony e-book release of my book, Kama Sutra I would like to share the following insights on sex and spirituality:</p>
<p>1. Sexual energy is the primal and creative energy of the universe. All things that are alive come from sexual energy. In animals and other life forms, sexual energy expresses [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chopra.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-427" title="chopra" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chopra-218x300.jpg" alt="Deepak Chopra" width="218" height="300" /></a>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>On the occasion of the Sony e-book release of my book, Kama Sutra I would like to share the following insights on sex and spirituality:</p>
<p>1. Sexual energy is the primal and creative energy of the universe. All things that are alive come from sexual energy. In animals and other life forms, sexual energy expresses itself as biological creativity. In humans, sexual energy can be creative at all levels &#8212; physical, emotional and spiritual. In any situation &#8212; where we feel attraction, arousal, awakening, alertness, passion, interest, inspiration, excitement, creativity, enthusiasm &#8212; in each of these situations, sexual energy is at work. Whenever we feel these states of awareness, we must put our attention on the energy that we are experiencing, nourishing it with our attention, experiencing it with joy and keeping it alive in our awareness.</p>
<p>2. Sexual desire is sacred and chaste. The suppression of sexual energy is false, ugly and unchaste.</p>
<p>3. During sexual union, there is union between flesh and spirit.</p>
<p>4. Bliss, carefreeness and playfulness are the essence of sex.</p>
<p>5. To improve your sexual experiences, get rid of your expectations.<br />
Expectations are primarily in three areas: 1) Performance, exemplified in the question, &#8220;How am I doing?&#8221; 2) Feeling, exemplified in the question, &#8220;How am I feeling?&#8221; 3) Security, exemplified in the question, &#8220;Do you love me?&#8221;</p>
<p>6. In sex, as in all areas of life, resistance is born of fear. All resistance is mental. It implies judgment against what is being felt. Sex becomes a problem when it gets mixed with hidden emotions such as shame, guilt and anger.</p>
<p>7. Sexual intimacy is the road to the taste or experience of true freedom, because it is the one area of life in which we can become completely uninhibited and free.</p>
<p>8. Sexual fulfillment occurs when the experience comes from playfulness instead of need. Frequently people bring their conflicts and needs into the sexual experience. When sex is used to fulfill needs, it leads to addiction. When sex comes from playfulness, the result is ecstasy.</p>
<p>9. All problems related to sex, neurosis, deviancy, sexual misbehavior, violence, abuse, can be traced to resistance, suppression and repression &#8212; not to the sexual urges themselves. If we are allowed to discover our urges, desires and emotions, without outside inhibition, they won&#8217;t go to extremes. Extremism, in any form, is a reaction to repression, inhibition and suppression. Aggression and violence are the shadow energies of fear and impotence.</p>
<p>10. Sex is a means of escaping our little self or ego. It is many peoples&#8217; only experience of meditation.</p>
<p>11. Meaningful sex has to be value based. Values are personal. Each situation that has sexual energy in it, involves the whole human being and their entire value system. My values may be different from yours, and I have no right to be the moral judge of anyone&#8217;s values. It is important, however, to have core values, and respect them. Without values, we become spiritually bankrupt. Sexual experience will never cause problems and will always be joyful, if lovers share the same values.</p>
<p>12. True intimacy is union between flesh and flesh, between subtle body and subtle body, between soul and soul. Sexual energy is sacred energy. When we have restored the sexual experience to the realm of the sacred, our world will be chaste and divine, holy and healed.</p>
<p>Love,<br />
Deepak</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/kama-sutra-insights-into_b_623177.html">The Huffington Post</a></p>


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		<title>Gemini Manor – Secret Hollywood Hideaway</title>
		<link>http://avalonofsedona.com/2010/07/05/secret-hollywood-hideaway-gemini-manor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gemini Manor is a magical creation by Alexander Lehr. He's spent decades creating this Hollywood home as his personal, beautiful oasis. It is a Mysterious, Enchanted Realm.


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<p>I started feeling a strong urge to visit Los Angeles weeks ago. It was unexplainable, but quite persistent so finally I made a casual call to a new Facebook friend to see if he had any rooms available at his house for a few days.</p>
<p>Was I in luck.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d seen some intriguing photos of “Gemini Manor” . . . but photos do no justice at all to this amazing work of art.</p>
<p>In fact first night I was there, I decided not to leave my room to get something I&#8217;d forgotten downstairs. I just wasn&#8217;t sure I could find my way back through the winding maze to reach my cozy room up in the trees.</p>
<div id="attachment_404" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor64.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-404" title="geminimanor64" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor64-300x225.jpg" alt="Gemini Manor" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A peak into the Wizard&#39;s Bedroom</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;ve since heard several people say that visiting the Manor feels like being<em> inside</em> an M.C. Escher drawing.</p>
<p>Only this is much, much more elaborate than anything Escher ever drew.</p>
<p>There are multitudes of&#8230;</p>
<p>- stained glass windows<br />
- old movie props<br />
- total junk pieces turned into magical sculptures<br />
- kid&#8217;s toys<br />
- dragons<br />
- fairies<br />
- cars</p>
<div id="attachment_420" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor333.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-420" title="geminimanor33" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor333-300x225.jpg" alt="Stained Glass Window Gemini Manor" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Stained Glass Window at Gemini Manor</p></div>
<p>- comfy sofas<br />
- whimsical creatures<br />
- hidden rooms<br />
- towering skylights<br />
- mirrors<br />
- artwork<br />
- and on and on and on.</p>
<p>And on.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never experienced anything like it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m addicted – I&#8217;ll be going back again soon. Meanwhile I just can&#8217;t keep it a secret from the world. Other people should experience this place.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the kind of destination people travel far across the world to see, only it&#8217;s just around the corner in Hollywood. It&#8217;s a creation that both awakens and satisfies the innate human thirst we all have for the magic and mystery of life.</p>
<div id="attachment_405" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor71.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-405" title="geminimanor71" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor71-300x225.jpg" alt="Alexander Lehr" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alexander Lehr, creator of Gemini Manor</p></div>
<p>Alexander Lehr is the creative, amazing Wizard behind the curtain.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s a gracious, wonderful host who will happily transport you into his secret oasis of stunning beauty.</p>
<p>A visionary genius of many talents, he&#8217;s a Filmmaker, Event Producer, Real Estate Investor,  Artist, Business Man, and Collector (ask him about his 41 cars!).</p>
<p>He&#8217;s lived on the property for decades so he naturally knows the town, and it&#8217;s residents, very intimately.</p>
<p>A natural storyteller, he thoroughly entertained me with fascinating accounts of his adventures in Hollywood, as well as his tales of the area history. He&#8217;s a real insider with connections to people and parties others only dream about.</p>
<p>He also throws some great parties himself, find him on Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=585361429&amp;ref=ts">Alexander Lehr</a>) and keep on eye on what he&#8217;s doing. His events are as magical as his home.</p>
<div id="attachment_406" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor37.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-406" title="geminimanor37" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geminimanor37-300x225.jpg" alt="Jungle Room at Gemini Manor" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Jungle Room at Gemini Manor (where I got to stay)</p></div>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to LA, forget Disneyland (even though it&#8217;s one of his favorite places) and visit <a href="http://www.GeminiManor.com">Gemini Manor</a> instead! I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>(P.S. The Manor is frequently used as a film set. You&#8217;ll find lots more photos on the <a href="http://www.ambassadorlocations.com/Manor01.htm">Ambassador Locations</a> website.)</p>
<p>~~</p>


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		<title>I Love You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>This video made me feel good all over. I hope you enjoy it, too!</p>


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&#8220;If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire.&#8221;
~ St. Catherine of Siena
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“Don’t ask what the world needs &#8211; ask what makes you come alive and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
~ Howard Thurman</p>
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&#8220;If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire.&#8221;<br />
~ St. Catherine of Siena<br />
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“Don’t ask what the world needs &#8211; ask what makes you come alive and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”<br />
~ Howard Thurman</p>
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		<title>Crystal Cottage in Sedona</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating details about the special powers of the Crystal Cottage where Avalon of Sedona does her magic.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- 		@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --><a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crystalcottagesedona1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-350" title="crystalcottagesedona1" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crystalcottagesedona1.jpg" alt="Crystal Cottage in Sedona" width="220" height="176" /></a>When I first arrived in Sedona several years ago I heard people talk of a couple of crystal-embedded homes that had been constructed here. I never got any real details, but the stories caught my attention, and I loved the idea that someone had created magical places like that in a location widely thought to be an Earth power point.</p>
<p>I felt the magic in the larger of the two homes when I was there a couple years ago to attend an opening of Jaiya&#8217;s film “Red Hot Touch.”  The house was buzzing with energy, creatively lit with colored lights, and it was also hotly sensual in a very masculine way. I&#8217;d never even seen the smaller house, the one I&#8217;ve dubbed the Crystal Cottage, until one day last fall when a series of serendipitous events dropped me into it as the resident healer.</p>
<p>The creator of the homes, <a title="Lawrence Lanoff" href="http://lawrencelanoff.com/">Lawrence Lanoff</a>, is a nationally known Seminar Leader, Teacher, Hollywood Video Producer/Director, and the author of <em>A Course in Freedom, The Drunken Monkey Speaks</em>. He built the two homes specifically as places where powerful transformation is supported and easy. When I asked him to tell me more about the crystals and the magic of the cottage, he related the following details of how both the houses are charged with the crystalline rocks and with his intentions (which is saying something – if you&#8217;ve ever seen him work with energy, he wields jaw-dropping powers).</p>
<p>When you first drive or walk onto the land where the cottage sits, you pierce an energetic veil as you pass through a Violet Flame Curtain that surrounds the perimeter of the property. This curtain creates a sacred, special space outside of regular reality, outside of normal time and space. By entering the property, you enter another dimension. Also surrounding the house are 7 golden, swirling pillars the size of 18 wheelers that stand on end and gently spin keeping the space clean. Another 9 pillars are placed in the surrounding neighborhood.</p>
<p>The foundation of the house is embedded with crystals in a Violet Flame Matrix of the Mother/Father God/Goddess within. This matrix acts as a filter and can be conceptualized as a purifying flame in the seekers heart center.</p>
<p>The circle is laid out so the center point is aligned with the center of the property, then this point and the Sacred Four Directions are energized with crystals. The Violet Flame Matrix is marked out with more crystals weaving into the ancient circle form to create a crystalline vortex under the floors of the house. This inflowing, female vortex helps people easily drop energies they want to get rid of, like an energetic garbage disposal. There are also crystals embedded in the walls to protect the energetic space to help people clear more easily.</p>
<p>I was quite curious to see what it would be like to live here, and I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve witnessed  &#8211; and experienced &#8211; many tremendous, fascinating healings and transformations during the time I&#8217;ve been here. I&#8217;ve seen the magic work on clients, spiritual seekers, friends, and family. I&#8217;ve also seen an extraordinary number of people birth new plans and new lives during their time here – even if they were only in the cottage for a couple hours!</p>
<p>The strange thing is that the the way the décor of the house has developed it feels like you&#8217;re <em>inside</em> a crystal. I&#8217;m a <a href="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crystalcottagesedona2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-353" title="crystalcottagesedona" src="http://avalonofsedona.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crystalcottagesedona2.jpg" alt="Crystal Cottage in Sedona" width="176" height="220" /></a>dedicated thrift store/garage sale shopper (aka treasure hunter), and find it fun to see how the Universe wants to decorate my homes.</p>
<p>Over time the pieces I&#8217;ve found for the cottage have generally been white, so the house is quite airy and light-filled. Then the prism &#8211; the colors of the crystal &#8211; come into the picture in the form of brightly colored pillows and scarves that are thrown about. Adding sparkle are tiny colored blue lights that hang in unexpected places. It&#8217;s a soothing, uplifting space that also manages to truly feel like you&#8217;re in a wonderful, different dimension. One person delightedly described it as a sort of sensual, spiritual fun house.</p>
<p>I invite you to visit for yourself and see how the Magical Crystal Cottage affects you. Sessions are available for Spiritual Life Counseling, Reconnective Healing, Sacred Sexual Healing, and Life Visioning.</p>


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		<title>Avalon of the Heart</title>
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<p><em>by Manon Tromp </em></p>
<p>Who thinks of Avalon, thinks of magic and mysticism, the legends of  King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, of the mists of Avalon  or of the Goddess honoured there. It is also possible that Avalon does  not mean a thing to you; however, it does give you a certain feeling.  Avalon is a name that has enormous appeal to numerous people, all over  the world. Why? What is that link with Avalon many feel? What is Avalon?  Does Avalon exist, or is it a figment of our imagination?<span id="more-334"></span></p>
<p>Finding the answers to these questions became a personal journey  of discovery &#8211; an assignment to investigate the magic of Avalon. Avalon  seems to be intangible but it is really within reach. For me, Avalon is  closely linked with the town of Glastonbury in the South West of  England. The year 2002 was the first time I came to Glastonbury,  England, &#8216;The Isle of Avalon&#8217;, as the sign along the road indicates when  driving into town. It was a feast of recognition and an overpowering  sense of coming home: I have been here before and here is where I wanted  to be. I hear that from many people who have crossed my path since  then, and who, like I, have visited Glastonbury. And even if they have  never visited the place, they do have the feeling they have to.</p>
<p>No one can deny that Glastonbury has a strong energy, which can  be felt by many. It is a loving and transformative energy that expresses  itself differently per person and feels differently every time. This  energy is also known as the Avalon energy, but what is that connection  between Avalon and Glastonbury?</p>
<p><strong>The meaning of the name Avalon </strong></p>
<p>The name Avalon is from the Celtic <em>Avalloc</em> or <em>Avallach</em>,  a Celtic demigod who ruled the underworld. The word Avalon means: &#8220;The  Isle of Apples&#8221;. Indeed, many apple trees grow in Glastonbury, but that  does not have to mean anything. The apple was seen as the fruit of  wisdom for Goddesses, a magical fruit. A dragon or a serpent guarded the  holy orchard. Later, the apple became a forbidden fruit in the bible,  and Eve, urged by the serpent, was accused of seducing Adam to take a  bite of this forbidden fruit. The tone was set and women, from now on,  were portrayed as seducers and traitors by the church. With this, the  church leaders succeeded in their endeavor to ban the (female) nature  religion and to entice people to convert to Christianity. And yet, the  mystical meaning of Avalon stayed alive, especially in legends; she  slumbered in the background, waiting until the fruit of wisdom could be  eaten again and we can use our inner wisdom once more.</p>
<p><strong>Avalon and the Goddess </strong></p>
<p>According to a legend, Avalon was long ago an existing physical  place, where priestesses were honoring their Goddesses by performing  rituals. It was a sacred place, a kind of temple, where not everyone had  access. The Celtic people respected this. One says that through the  arrival of Christianity, Avalon is shrouded behind the veils. Only those  possessing the ability to look through them can gain access to Avalon.</p>
<p>For centuries the priestesses have honored the Goddess with  ceremonies and rituals in Avalon. Avalon is connected with the Goddess  and in that sense is a symbol for female spirituality. The Goddess is  Mother, the giver of life, she who creates. Life originated from her  womb, she looks after it, nourishes it and feeds it. The cycle of her  body is the cycle of the earth: a circular, reoccurring change. The  Goddess is the symbol for our femininity connecting us with creation,  beauty and respect for the life Mother Earth gives us.</p>
<p>According to the legends, women rule in Avalon and more  specifically the Lady of Avalon; a Goddess of love, beauty, power and  wisdom. She is the Lady of Light and Dark; she has multiple names and  multiple ways of appearing.</p>
<p>Among the eldest names are those of the nine Morgans &#8211; a  sisterhood of nine, of which Morgan la Fey is the most well known. The  familiar druid Taliesin in the book <em>Vita Merlini</em> by Geoffrey of  Monmouth has noted these names. The nine women together possess all the  qualities of the Goddess and are known for their knowledge of the seven  free arts: astronomy, astrology, math&#8217;s, healing, music, the body and  divination. The nine Morgans sit in their dark cloaks in a circle around  the large cauldron of inspiration, immortality and reincarnation, in a  cave, deep under the Glastonbury Tor, in the underworld of Annwn.  Sometimes they take the appearance of black crows, white doves, green  jays or hawks.</p>
<p><strong>Female Spirituality </strong></p>
<p>Female spirituality is an acknowledgement of the Goddess as  planet, as the earth and of woman. In short, this is the female  principle of creation that is inside all of us. We can create life, we  can celebrate life and honor her through our participation in the cycle  of the earth and the universe. We represent Life! The Goddess is  everything that is creative, everything which lives in nature and  everything what it truly means to be a human.</p>
<p>The Goddess gives everything and takes everything, she is the  connection with life, the earth and the cosmic powers. Everything that  influences the earth, influences the Goddess and everything and everyone  on earth. A clean environment is good for us, just like harmony among  people without competition, conflicts and separation. The Goddess is in  all of us; she is the power and the strength of women and men, to direct  their own lives, to having free choice and to take responsibilities for  their actions. The philosophy of the Goddess is, that there is  abundance for everyone.</p>
<p><strong>Glastonbury: Isle of Avalon </strong></p>
<p>Glastonbury is located in the South West of England, in the  district of Somerset, not far from well known stone circles like  Stonehenge and Avebury. The popular mystic of the early twentieth  century, Dion Fortune, called Glastonbury: the Avalon of the hart.  Glastonbury being the physical place and Avalon being the spiritual  place. Many myths and legends indicate that Glastonbury is where Avalon  is.</p>
<p>Glastonbury used to be an island and was called <em>Ynisvitrin</em>,  an old Celtic name, meaning: The Isle of Glass. It was well known for  it&#8217;s hill, called the Tor, which still stands out in the landscape of  today. According to stories, this hill was used to bury the dead. In  Avalon legends the Tor is known as land of the dead, the underworld.  These legends also point out a connection to <em>Caer Sidi</em>, the  glass castle of the fairies and the home of Cerridwen, the crone goddess  who is in charge of the kettle of wisdom.</p>
<p>But the best known legends which connect Glastonbury to Avalon,  are the King Arthur ones. He represents the male side of Avalon and of  it&#8217;s values: strength, courage, protection and power. The name Arthur  was derived from <em>Arth Fawr</em>, The Big Bear in the solar system.  The legends mention a few places in and around Glastonbury were  important events took place. One of the most well known legends is about  the dying Arthur, who is taken by boat to the Isle of Avalon. There he  will rest until he returns.</p>
<p><strong>Avalon in the here and now</strong></p>
<p>Glastonbury has always been a place for pilgrims from all kinds  of backgrounds. Nowadays it still attracts a lot of visitors who are  intrigued by her mystery and history. It is considered to be a centre  for spirituality and magic. The whole town breathes spirituality and  people in all kind of colorful outfits roam the streets to visit the  spiritual shops that are everywhere. The energy of Avalon is felt  everywhere and it gives you a feeling of love, acceptance and openness,  which in the &#8216;real world&#8217;  is not always easily found. The meetings with  people you can have are special and before you know it, you will be in a  deep conversation about life with someone who you have just met. Many  different spiritual activities are being organized every day and you can  have your pick from anything from yoga to Buddhist meditation, from  wicca meeting to a druids ceremony.</p>
<p>The Avalon spirit of the heart is also evident in the more big  events that are being organized. I will mention a few I have attended  myself and which I can highly recommend: the Glastonbury Symposium and  the Goddess Conference. The symposium is a three day event where  speakers and researchers present their findings on earth mysteries as  crop circles, orbs and other phenomenon. The Goddess Conference is a 5  day celebration of female spirituality with workshops, lectures and  ceremonies. Both events take place in the month of July.</p>
<p>There are more places like Glastonbury/Avalon in the world, which  seem to be portals to other worlds and dimensions. They have a peaceful  and loving vibration, which makes you feel unconditionally accepted. It  also brings about a faster pace of spiritual and personal development  and before you know it your creativity seems to be exploding and taking  you to levels, you never knew were possible. I can get easily addicted  to places like that, because deep down I know this is our natural way of  being: living from the heart.</p>
<hr size="2" />Manon Tromp is a Dutch writer, trainer and  singer. She works with the  Celtic Traditions and teaches Nature Magic. Parts of this article are  from her book <em>The Magic of Avalon</em> which has been published in  Holland. For more information: <a href="http://www.manontromp.com/" target="_blank">www.manontromp.com</a></p>
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<p>Who is the exquisite woman? </p>
<p>She is the one who can face  herself.  She will love herself.  She is the Phoenix rising.  </p>
<p>She knows  who she has been and she chooses to let go of the conditioning.  She  chooses to express herself authentically, she knows that being in [...]


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<p><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; font-family: georgia,fantasy;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span">Who is the exquisite woman? </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; font-family: georgia,fantasy;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span">She is the one who can face  herself.  She will love herself.  She is the </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span">Phoenix</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span"> rising.  </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; font-family: georgia,fantasy;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span">She knows  who she has been and she chooses to let go of the conditioning.  She  chooses to express herself authentically, she knows that being in touch  with her deepest feminine self is the greatest gift she can ever  contribute to her brothers and sisters as she restores life and love on  the planet. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; font-family: georgia,fantasy;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span"> She is not afraid to be a mystery.  She is not afraid to be  transparent.  She knows she makes mistakes.    She knows she will make  more.  And she knows she will succeed.  </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; font-family: georgia,fantasy;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;" class="Apple-style-span">She has given herself permission  to love and trust herself unconditionally.</span></span></p>
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