PAN International Issue 61

PAN Provisional Astroshamanic News
International Edition, 20 February 2007, Issue 61.
Editorial Director: Franco Santoro.
Cluny Hill College, Forres IV36 2RD, Moray, Scotland. (+44(0)1309-672289. + PAN@astroshamanism.org

© 2006 Franco Santoro. All rights reserved. Permission must be granted by the author for publishing and use on websites. For permissions contact PAN@astroshamanism.org

What is Astroshamanism?

If you are a recent reader of PAN you have probably become familiar with the theme of the planetary shift and the new six-year cycle (2007-2012), which have customarily been featured in the last preceding issues. You are also likely to have encountered terms such as HAC, non-HAC, CMI, bona fide horny bit and Provisional Order, which may require more time to fully gain acquaintance with, even if you are a long term reader. First of all, what I want to emphasize here is that all the details provided in PAN are merely provisional expressions aimed at stimulating your own visions and experiences. Hence what truly counts is not how far you can understand and absorb our dissertations. What primarily matters in PAN is your energetic and visionary response, what you get from this material, how you are guided into finding your own keys of access to the mysteries and superlatively how you are available to share them with other fellow travellers. This means that PAN, as well as the Astroshamanic Net [i] is fervently and for the most part looking forward to receiving and publishing any feedback, article, thought, feeling and insight you feel drawn to share. The first step in healing, as we see it in PAN, involves releasing the attachment to personal stories and allowing them to merge with the collective story, transmuting them in mythic epic narrations aimed at retrieving the original wholeness of our nature. Hence please feel extremely free to connect with us if you wish to share your experience with other fellow travellers.
Right in the apex of Carnival, I am currently running the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism, a two-week workshop with two modules: 17-24 February 2007, A Journey into the Inner Universe: and 24 February–3 March 2007, The Voyage through the Zodiac. This event is the longest astroshamanic programme during the year, with a dynamic and valuable content that changes on every edition. The two weeks function as a pioneering laboratory of research and direct experimentation, which always provide new insights and understanding. This year I would like to share this training more deeply with the astroshamanic network. Hence I have decided to record most of the sessions, which is also what I did in previous workshops. The difference this time is that I would like to produce a transcription of the recording, which can then circulate through the network. This is a task that can be manifested only if one or more friends volunteer to type the text of the recording. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you can help in this respect.
After the above training I run an Experience Week from 10 to 17 March 2007, and then I move to Northern Italy for a spring field work and next to Jesi (Marche, Italy) to hold The Way of the East, a seminar devoted to the energy of Spring and the element Fire, from 31 March to 1 April 2007, assisted by Letizia Mocheggiani. Among the forthcoming workshops I recommend: Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch in Frankfurt (Germany) from 20 to 24 April 2007 (Erik emansson@hotmail.com http://www.holisticdialogue.com/ Tel. 069/95504794 Mob. 0171-3493424) and The Grand Original Quest: A Multi-dimensional Voyage through Space and Time at Corvaro (Rieti, Italy), from 15 to 21 June 2007 (see details below). All the above workshops represent prologue modules to the Astroshamanic Gateways Series. I also anticipate the information that a special Findhorn Astroshamanic Net Summer Retreat will be held from 20 to 26 July 2007. This is a unique event purposefully meant to create a collective healing response to the potential multidimensional shift of these times. The retreat is exclusively addressed to astroshamanic trainees, associates, members of the astroshamanic net and to previous participants to astroshamanic workshops. If you are interested to receive more details about this unprecedented event, please contact me.
This PAN is issued right in the middle of Carnival, which will culminate on 20 February 2007 with Martedì Grasso (Fat Tuesday). The roots of the Carnival are traced back to the celebrations in honour of the god Dionysus (see opening image), who is also one of the primary gods associated with Pisces.
Carnival blessings, Franco


Pisces: Within the mechanics of the current multidimensional shift, the time of Pisces is crucial for it represents the culmination of the gestation of any intent or process set in motion in the preceding months, as from the spring equinox in 2006. It is a very delicate period, in which new talents and gifts take solid shape and prepare for their outer emergence, yet in a context where we do not still totally manage to acknowledge and see what may actually emerge. This requires focus, care and alertness so as to embrace the opportunity of giving fruitful conscious birth to what truly aligns with the current planetary transformational shift. Each one of us deals with a specific element in this wider process of delivery. Here I want to underline that these elements gain considerable clarity, perspective and definition when they move from our personal limbo out into the collective. We can above all become aware of our emerging gifts and talents when we allow them to be visible and acknowledgeable by others, instead of breeding them in isolation. After many years of working shamanically with people I have realised that the majority of individuals are unable to identify their own talents and often even regard them as negative or harmful. Hence they may continue to bury them for ages, unless they accidentally or forcefully happen to disclose them and receive positive feedback from others. Pisces is a huge melting pot, thriving on connections and all forms of blending, inviting us to surrender to the multidimensional ocean of life and death, sharing who we are and receiving the sharing of others, in an ongoing process of giving and receiving, which eventually loses sight of the outdated difference between subject and object, ecstatically proclaiming the unexpurgated and immaculate wholeness of our nature. Deep breath…
Among all the signs of the zodiac, Pisces is the one closer to non-HAC and the experience of multidimensional realities. Placed in the last stage of the zodiacal path, it represents all potential peaks in human consciousness. Here the zodiac circle reaches its final stage and can either face a quantum leap, moving into a brand new definition, or get back to sector one (Aries), repeating the same cycle all over again. Pisces holds the key to the forbidden threshold of the zodiac, the one that allows the shift into the multidimensional realm, the movement into the spiralling cycle and the release of the karmic wheel. Hence, during the period of Pisces, it is easy to experience confrontation with threshold situations, glimpses of alternative lives and parallel universes, together with feelings of bewilderment, confusion or fear, as they are perceived by our HAC identities. The alignment with the essence of Pisces bestows the capacity to unveil multidimensional portals or itineraries. This is possible or easier when blocks and grievances have been effectively released through the journey in the preceding signs. When this is not the case, Pisces may become an excruciating vortex of hallucinations and turmoil. Pisces includes the whole spectrum of identities we employ to voyage in the intricate landscape of our multidimensional self. Hence in Pisces resides the possibility of either unveiling their common source or preserving their separation.
Pisces has a close association with Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, the god of ecstasy, trance and dance. Similarly to Pisces, its origins and nature are confused and assorted. According to one myth he is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman (Semele), who is killed by Zeus himself while Dionysus is still in her womb. Dionysus is then exceptionally born from the thigh of Zeus. Given that Hera was furious about this birth, Zeus entrusted Dionysus to the Hyades, a group of nymphs who disguised the god as a girl and raised him as an androgyne. In the Orphic mysteries the mother of the god is Persephone, queen of the Underworld, whereas in the Elusinian mysteries it is Demeter. Dionysus is usually associated with ecstatic sexual orgies, trance dances, wild activities and whatever relates with the bona fide horny bit. One of the major features of his mysteries were the release of fear and grievances through terrorizing experiences or taboo activities, followed by a peaceful stage of relief aimed at promoting multidimensional rebirth and shift in awareness. His devotees, the Maenads (meaning “mad women”), also called Bacchantes, accompanied the god with frenzy dances and processions, holding the Sacred Cone wand, or thyrsos (a rod with a pine cone on the end), and were believed to tear apart any animal or men they came across. All major references in the Dionysian mysteries are common features of shamanic initiation practices such as dismemberment, trance dance, communion rites, vision quest, sacred embrace, sacrifice, including the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone. In the Dionysian and other authentic mystery traditions, including original shamanism, HAC ethics, social status and comfort have never been an element of concern. Their primary focus is gaining multidimensional awareness, which often involves radically infringing HAC taboos and conventions. Those on this path consciously disregard all HAC dualities between good and evil, carrying out acts that ordinary people would judge as impure, revolting, crazy and dangerous. This is a most controversial zone about which I prefer not to write further… for the time being… As for now, let’s return to more innocent astrological considerations.
Pisces’s ruling planet is Neptune, a planetary force associated with spiritual enlightenment, mysticism, multidimensional art, trance, visions, as well as with addiction, confinement, confusion and madness. The position of Neptune in an astroshamanic map is useful for it may indicate the areas of life that can best promote experiences of trance, ecstasy and whatever is non-HAC. Neptune is one of the outer planets and takes about 164 years to move through the entire zodiac, spending 13 years in each sign. Its transits identify an expanded potential for non-HAC experiences. If the individual concerned aims at connecting with his multidimensional nature, Neptune’s transit can bring significant visionary events, lucid shits in parallel universes, extreme artistic creativity and profound expanded states of consciousness. On the other hand, for people who are strongly conditioned by HAC, Neptune can cause nebulous, confusion and depression. What seemed to be certainties about one’s life may dissipate or unveil unexpected developments. Neptune is currently transiting in the area of 20° Aquarius (on 21 February 2007 it will be exactly on that degree). This means that those who have astrological angles or planets (especially the Sun, Moon or Ascendant) between 20° and 24° Aquarius are likely to perceive potent Neptune effects. A similar situation also applies to those with relevant planets between 20° and 24° Leo, Taurus and Scorpio, while for folks who have those planets between 20° and 24° Gemini or Sagittarius, Neptune is also strong, yet perhaps in a more easygoing or less challenging way.

Astroshamanic Touch: The Way of the Primal Embrace
Astroshamanic Touch is an outstanding multidimensional approach to spiritual healing bodywork, which Franco has developed for more than ten years, integrating teachings from ancient traditions with more recent channelled material. Since February 2003, when the theme was initially introduced during a session in a two-week astroshamanic training held at the Findhorn Foundation, this practice has been gradually exposed with the opening official workshops held in 2005 at Moncalieri (Turin) and in 2006 at Tolé (Bologna). The first complete course will take place in Frankfurt from 20 to 24 April 2007 with the title Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch thanks to the organisation of Erik Mansson - emansson@hotmail.com +49 (0)69/95504794 or 0171-3493424 - and Valérie Saintot of Holistic Dialogue. Some introductory elements of astroshamanic touch will also be given in The Blessed Way of Passion: Astroshamanic Healing Touch and Soul Retrieval at Findhorn from 7 to 13 April 2007, in the Grand Original Quest at Corvaro, from 15 to 21 June 2007 (see details below), and during the Findhorn Astroshamanic Net Summer Retreat, from 20 to 26 July 2007.
This unique approach to energy bodywork utilises the potent dynamics of shamanic trance to create most energetic states of harmony in your body, soul and spirit. Through the sensitive and empowering use of ritual strokes, contacts and postures, operated in alignment with the earth rhythms and stellar firmament, astroshamanic touch works on the multidimensional body, reawakening the remembrance of our original nature and purpose. During the workshops or group sessions, by practising closely with other human beings within the sacred grid of the astroshamanic cosmology, the aim is to create remarkable opportunities for releasing individual and collective blocks, becoming a gateway for healing energies and directing them towards honourable intentions. In particular astroshamanic touch works on the skeleton and bone structure, which is regarded as a crystal core multidimensional hardware for storing, distributing and redeploying information and energy. The third dimensional physical world is a mass of atomic material, which receives decisive animation from multidimensional substances dwelling far beyond our HAC field of observation. Whatever appears in HAC emanates from non-HAC energy fields, which astroshamanic touch aims at stimulating and bringing to our pragmatic human awareness. The task here is to align the human skeleton structure and all its outer layers (tissues, muscles, flesh, blood, organs, etc.) with our multidimensional self, bearing in mind that, as a result of this connection, our entire perception will drastically shift. Our physical body is not a frozen structure hooked in a separated reality based on limited time and space. It is a dynamic vortex of energy, continually relating with a multidimensional field of energy. What we humanly perceive in HAC about our body is merely the product of our human belief systems based on separation and denial of our multidimensional nature. When you are open to release HAC boundaries, new and definitely much more exciting configurations emerge. Once these are consciously and pragmatically experienced, they can then be gradually integrated in HAC, healing our fragmented reality and reconnecting it to its original source.
In the course on astroshamanic touch held in Frankfurt in April we will discover ways of employing physical contact and sexual energy to foster expanded states of consciousness, retrieve soul parts, reawaken healing talents and integrate them in everyday life. We will explore the multidimensional sacred dynamics of shamanic sexuality, employing the body as a keyboard aimed at recovering and grounding planetary forces. The intent is to release blocks that hinder our potentials, celebrating the sacredness of our multidimensional body in alignment with the healing flow of energy. With deep trance body work, we will share ways of channelling profound passions, tranforming and merging them in accordance with one’s life purpose. All physical touch in this workshop is voluntary and optional, with no involvement of the genitals or other forms of sexual stimulation, and with boundaries set according to what is safe for each participant.
Drawing from the rites of passages of archaic mystery schools and esoteric orders, encompassing eastern and western traditions, astroshamanic touch is an enlightened synthesis of the essence of many paths of liberation based on the connection of our human separated reality with the multidimensional realms. One of these paths, I briefly refer herewith, is the Bridal Chamber of the Gnostic tradition. Please bear in mind that courses and workshops on astroshamanic touch are entirely experiential, and do not require understanding on what follows.
"What is the bridal chamber, if not the place of trust and consciousness in the embrace? It is an icon of Union, beyond all forms of possession; here is where the veil is torn from top to bottom; here is where some arise and awaken." (Philip, 76)
Bridal Chamber, Hieros Gamos or Sacred Embrace are all terms denoting a most ancient and primal connection between the two polarities aimed at manifesting their unconditional unity. Among the sacraments of the Gnostic tradition mentioned in the Gospel of Philip, the Bridal Chamber is referred to as the "holy of the holies", which similarly to the third stage of the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone exemplifies the third stage, after "the holy" baptism (first stage) and "the holy of the holy" redemption or atonement (second stage). According to Gnosticism Jesus is the hero descending to release the separation between polarities and restore the androgynous self of our Core Multidimensional Identity. This endeavour is manifested through the Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber. "The anointed Christ came to rectify the separation and join them together. Now, a woman joins with her husband in the bridal bedroom, and those who have joined in the bridal bedroom will not reseparate." (Philip, 70:12-20) For the Gnostic tradition the bridal chamber is the arena of reunion of soul and spirit, male and female, and the release of the perception based on separation. This does not necessarily mean that separation and the Human Arbitrary Configuration are wrong. "Light and darkness, life and death, right and left.are inseparable. (but) neither are the good good, nor the evil evil...each one will dissolve into its original nature. But those who are exalted above the world are indissoluble, eternal." (Philip 53:10-25)
The Gnostic Jesus identifies the androgynous state in which the union of the binary system has been achieved. Here the path of initiation of human beings involves uniting with their opposite multi-dimensional polarity. Until they manage to do so, they provisionally experience this polarity in the opposite sex, whose function is merely that of the gatekeeper, with all the implications of both the bona fide horny bit and the consciousness diverting mechanism. Eventually, this is a multi-dimensional enterprise that implies the union with the "heavenly bridegroom", the inner opposite polarity and the transparent re-establishment of the link between primal multi-dimensional identity and human arbitrary configuration. As part of the shamanic initiatory training one has to experience both the part of the androgynous bridegroom and the separated soul.
In the Gospel of Philip there are also references to a sacred embrace, which is an intercourse based upon the blending of the two polarities, or binary system, and their expansion into the trinity, i.e. the return to the original unity. This practice may appear similar to a sexual interaction, which is what makes it extremely controversial, yet it is described as devoid of lusty, romantic or procreation intentions. As for the pragmatic nature of this sacred embrace, the Gnostic texts appear to describe it as an experience similar to tantra, an intercourse without physical orgasm. "The embrace that incarnates the hidden union... is not only a reality of the flesh, for there is silence in this embrace. It does not arise from impulse or desire; it is an act of will." (Philip, 122) In the Gospel of Thomas, this practice is depicted as the way to connect with our primal multi-dimensional identity and establish a link with human separated reality. "Jesus said to them, 'When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter the kingdom.'" (Thomas, 22).

The Grand Original Quest at Corvaro (15-21 June 2007)
The Original Quest is the title of a workshop officially born in 1995, when I held its premiere at A/M/O/T/ (Associazione Medicine Olistiche Tradizionali), a holistic centre in Bologna (Italy) ran by energy therapist Renato Tittarelli. After experimenting with time-space voyages and parallel universes for almost two decades, this was my first public workshop entirely devoted to the topic. The event made such a remarkable impact that the following months two longer and more intensive editions followed in Valpisa, a community centre focused on multidimensional research and stellar contacts, led by the medium Luisa Muratori. During the second retreat at Valpisa we built a vast astroshamanic circuit (more than 3 Kms.) - with 16 stone temples (12 Sectors and 4 Directions) and three stone circles - around the territory of the community. The workshop has then been held at the Findhorn Foundation every year since 2001 (including this year from 7 to 13 June 2007). To celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Original Quest, and to coincide with the first Summer Solstice of the current six-year cycle (2007-2012), I am holding a Grand Original Quest from 15 to 21 June 2007 in the astounding setting of the mystery Mountains of La Duchessa at Corvaro, near L’Aquila (The Eagle), the capital of Abruzzo, organized by Associazione Culturale Terra di Luce by Liliana Cozza.
The Grand Original Quest is a special astroshamanic retreat aimed at expanding our multidimensional awareness in a resolute and penetrating way, at the dawn of the imminent and potential planetary transformational processes. This workshop provides a direct and experiential understanding of the many-sided of our nature meant as an emanation of the universe, known and unknown. We will employ various practices from ancient traditions, learning how to navigate through different energy fields, identifying apparent anomalies, fractures, blocks, power points, healing gifts and zones. We will be trained to use the astroshamanic system of the 12 Sectors, the binary and trinity codes, the basic cartography of stellar circuits and other strategic applications for the retrieval of our original 12-strand DNA. The workshop also covers the theme of parallel universes, time-space gateways and the multidimensionality of the physical territory, including the exploration of numerous aspects of occult and non-ordinary geography. We will investigate our most ancient roots, connecting various parts of our ancestral life, releasing old blocks and wounds trapped in our inner and outer landscape, unfolding luminous potentials and promoting healing in the environment at all levels. The programme includes: soul retrieval, time-space voyages, distant astroshamanic healing, trance dance, astroshamanic touch, visionary walks, activation of multidimensional portals, advanced applications of the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone and other practices, which will develop spontaneously according to the motivations and visions of the participants.
The retreat takes place in the medieval village of Corvaro (one hour from Rome), between the lake of La Duchessa and its wild mystery mountains. It starts on the last New Moon of Spring and culminates with the Summer Solstice. The dates and place of the retreat have purposefully been chosen to support this type of work. The event is open to participants of all nationalities and is held by Franco both in English and Italian. This is the first prologue workshop of the Astroshamanic Gateways Series, a series of events devoted to the experiential understanding and astroshamanic exploration of multidimensional gateways, alternative configurations, the Sacred Cone and the Provisional Order.
If you are interested to take part I invite you to book at your earliest convenience. For bookings or information please contact: Franco info@astroshamanism.org or Liliana Cozza, liliana.c15@libero.it +39/0746.306529, or 3478853271 or 3490724072.

A Letter from Jesi by Letizia Mocheggiani
This is one of the reports Letizia Mocheggiani regularly sends on the One Year Course in Astroshamanism. The course is a pioneering model taking place at Jesi (near Ancona, Italy), and may also ideally expand in other countries. Jesi plays a relevant role in the astroshamanic grid of the Italian peninsula and, being the place of birth of Frederick II, also in the shadow historical itinerary of the Sacred Cone. The venue for the course is a vast 18th century large Italian villa complex, which also includes a small church devoted to Mary as the Star of the Sea. The villa is called Villombra (“Villa Shadow”). Letizia serves as the organiser and assistant of the course, She is also a remarkable healing visionary being, a talented graphic designer and the mother of Teresa, her five-year old daughter.
It is almost one month since the first workshop of the one-year course in Jesi, and I would like to share my experiences. As part of the homework decided on that occasion, I do a daily outer practice, which involves lighting a candle, smudging, opening the directions, connecting with the Intent and the Guide, then after remaining for a few minutes in the space of peace and calm resulting from the previous processes, I release the directions and return to my ordinary activities. It is surprising to notice how these simple procedures, when practiced regularly, create a potent energy field that supports the manifestation of the Intent. Two times every week I do a shamanic journey, which is my inner practice, and every other week we meet together with the group of participants to the course, sharing our experiences and practicing.
Since I have started doing the above exercises with regularity I realise that my organising and pragmatic skills have improved, harmoniously blending with my typical abundant creativity and intuitive insights, which in the past would cause problems and tensions in my rapport with the outer world. In these last days I have experienced the energy of strong grievances. Many friends and relatives have involved me with their issues and this has brought feelings of anger and anguish. Yet I have managed to stay as a witness, without judging. I have also had many lucid dreams, with some of their sequences remaining imprinted in my eyes for the whole day. They would remind me that reality is much wider and extends far beyond what I ordinarily see. Every day I am confronted with the choice between returning to the old models, based on fear and separation, and opening up to the shift, which allows my true nature to reawaken. It is a difficult moment and this requires constant alertness and awareness. Old passions have emerged again and a new joy pervades my being whenever I discover one of those passions. My path is in constant development and supports the project of my soul.
The additional meetings with the group, despite the workshop, help supporting each other. During these weeks Patrizia, one of the participants, has made a research on a non-ordinary location we both spontaneously went on a journey. It is a zone surrounded by rounded mounts with a valley in the middle and a lake or sea. The main feature of this place is that one cannot stop there. It is a place of transit, a link between worlds. We both feel that it is possible there to connect with parallel lives. This is the last journey Patrizia did there. “I went to that place, calling it with its name, with the intent of exploring areas that I saw before in the distance. My guide is with me and we move together in the first gallery of those mounts. I heard that its name was the Mystery Gallery. There I have found a vast central area with a hollowed pyramid, which I have seen levitating. Then there was the Gallery of Remembrance… the Gallery of Ideas and the Gallery of Dreams..”
Both I and Patrizia feel that this place is very remarkable and perhaps other people on the path may be familiar with it, and could connect with us if this is the case.
Another participant, Cristina, shared her vision about a crystal cave and a healing guidance she received there. Following her vision, we decided to visit a cave in Frasassi, establishing a connection between the vision and the place.
All participants have had a strong experience of the connection with the Guide, and the love and power that comes from this relationship. Each one has her own path with the related messages, intuitions and visions. We understand that while it is essential to move individually on this path, it is also vital to come together, cooperate and share. In this way the astroshamanic path becomes a healing path of knowledge where we do not feel isolated. This provides support and encouragement.
Franco is our reference point and with him we are all regularly connected, receiving support and sharing about our doubts, fears as well as joys and ecstasies. His capacity to listen, non-judgment, purity and clarity in words and facts, shows us an example and aligns us with our true Intent.
In one cycle of the Moon we are going to meet again in Jesi for the next workshop of the course, the Way of the Wast and Fire. Although I have taken part to various workshops with Franco, I find the course taking place at Jesi very innovative. It is a blending between experience and knowledge, individual and collective, shamanic voyage and manifestation. Franco takes us on a journey from East to North, supporting the rapport with the four elements and the creation of a direct dialogue with our multidimensional nature.
A loving hug to all friends on the path. Letizia

The Forbidden Threshold: I would like to share my experience following a distant session with Franco. I have written theatre screenplays for years, and they have always been welcomed by the public. Yet, when I contacted Franco I was in a time of refusal of this work, which appeared to me as a stupid way of showing up, relating to strangers about one’s intimate life, a sort of useless exhibitionism. I do not know why I was in this crisis, yet it was surely damaging me, and was also causing frustration and resentment among theatre actors, directors and technicians. I then decided to contact Franco, about a play that was supposed to be performed in Rome. The title of the play was La soglia proibita (the Forbidden Threshold), a collage of four stories about women who were related with Rome and with difficult situations in dealing with power. Right after listening to a few of my words, Franco captured the essence of the issue. He gave me a practice to employ for several days and also explained which knots I had to release... Miracle! I felt magically reassured and an extraordinary energy of joy and serenity pervaded the period preceding the performance. The show has continued for one month, with the theatre booked to capacity every evening, which is quite rare in Rome. There was also a lot of harmony among all. I wish to publicly honour Franco and thank him with all myself.
Paola Moretti - Paolamor3@yahoo.it

Disclaimer: All information provided in PAN is presented solely for inspirational or recreational reading, and it is not meant to substitute the recipient’s direct experience and investigation. The information is also given to strategically exemplify the different features of astroshamanic cosmology and is not intended to reflect Franco’s opinion or astroshamanism in general. Franco does not necessarily endorse any of the ideas and views expressed in this literature, including his own.

[i] If you wish to join AN please contact Franco (info@astroshamanism.org) or Liza (lizabehrendt@yahoo.com).
[ii] All times in PAN are given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

PAN International Issue 60

PAN Provisional Astroshamanic News
International Edition, 7 February 2007, Issue 60.
Editorial Director: Franco Santoro.
Cluny Hill College, Forres IV36 2RD, Moray, Scotland. (+44(0)1309-672289. + PAN@astroshamanism.org

© 2006 Franco Santoro. All rights reserved. Permission must be granted by the author for publishing and use on websites. For permissions contact PAN@astroshamanism.org

What is Astroshamanism?

As the quiescent seeds of Spring silently hide in the chilly alchemical soil of Winter, our multidimensional nature peacefully rests, heeding the ecstatic carols of its upcoming rebirth. There is abundant non-HAC vitality in this luminous time of the year. Wherever you are in the world, including the southern hemisphere, which gloriously holds the simultaneous awareness of the other polarity, please accept copious blessings, relax and enjoy this PAN.
The end of February is the traditional time devoted to the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism, with two modules: 17-24 February 2007, A Journey into the Inner Universe: and 24 February–3 March 2007, The Voyage through the Zodiac. This is also the time of gestation of novel workshops. In this respect I recommend the following workshops: Astroshamanic Touch and Primal Embrace Intensive: Navigating into the Multidimensional Matrix of Sex, from 9 to 13 March 2007, in Copenhagen (If you wish to take part to this event please book as soon as possible and by 7 February, contacting Peter Vibe, tel. +45 47771977, petervibe@mail.tele.dk); Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch in Frankfurt (Germany) from 20 to 24 April 2007 (Erik emansson@hotmail.com http://www.holisticdialogue.com/ Tel. 069/95504794 Mob. 0171-3493424) and The Grand Original Quest: A Multi-dimensional Voyage through Space and Time at Corvaro (Rieti, Italy), from 15 to 21 June 2007. All the above workshops are in English and represent prologue modules to the Astroshamanic Gateways Series. Further momentous events are in preparation and will be announced in the next issues of PAN.
Blessings, Franco

Editorial – The Shift by Franco Santoro
Since the beginning of 2007 (i.e. the start of the six-year cycle 2007-2012) I have received many e-mails and calls from members of this network. Most of them appear to experience a very hard time at a physical or emotional level. There seems to be a lot of upheaval going on in this initial part of the year. Here we do not necessarily need galactic speculations to explain this turmoil. Since ancient times in the northern hemisphere the period of Aquarius and the weeks preceding spring have always been a most critical time. Provisions and resources accumulated for the cold season fell short or vanished, while in the fields and meadows all life was still barren in the spectral sleep of winter. Many did not endure this time of scarcity and harshness. The fear that spring would never come again was strong, and so was the sense of an incumbent death. Facing this time required trust based on the experience of previous returns of the warm season. Yet, this was not given for granted and rituals were celebrated in order to promote the seasonal shift. The assumption was that if sacrifices were not offered, spring might not come back and winter would reign forever. Hence before referring to multidimensional shifts or other apocalyptic events, it is important to consider these ancestral seasonal connotations.
While it is factual that there are seasonal changes occurring every year, it is also scientifically and mythically true that there are more remarkable shifts encompassing wider amounts of time and with most radical effects. According to various sources this is the case for our current times, which appear to host the emergence of a radical change in human perception. This process is likely to bring major disruption in the way we have understood life so far. A lot of upheaval is significantly occurring at a fourth-dimensional level, and precisely in the planetary contentious buffer area between HAC and non-HAC, which I call Provisional Order. This zone is filled with fear, terror, anguish and all sorts of unmentionable grievances. Their purpose is to preserve HAC separation through fear, isolation and ignorance. Those who are sensitive to the shamanic or multidimensional path may be severely affected by this turmoil, and experience difficult moments. These folks also include apparently ordinary people who may experience an unexpected reawakening of their multidimensional nature.
If you experience moments of discomfort, please be aware that this may be part of a reawakening process associated with the current multidimensional shift. Such a shift is utterly experiential and devoid of intellectual connotations. As we wake up to our authentic nature, the bogus identities we have held so far gradually crumble, while the entire HAC world also falls apart. On one side our awareness begins its journey out of HAC, while on the other hand the HAC identity insists on clinging to its decomposing setting. As the old patterns fade away it is inevitable to experience distress and even terror. During this shift it is vital to keep the connection with the Core Multidimensional Identity (CMI) and other fellow travellers on the path. When the relation with the CMI falls short, our friends on the path will remind us, or we may remind them. The first recommendation when facing situations of distress is to step out of the isolation. The fear may still be too overwhelming to get rid of, yet we can release the isolation and move from personal to collective awareness. These fears are communal and ancestral fears. They are so ancient and pent up that there is no way we can comprehend their causes. Yet we can decide not to remain isolated, and connect with other fellow travellers on the global network of transformation, claiming our right not to be crucified by separation, inviting our veritable roots to emerge as well as their most luminous future development.
With this I do not mean that everybody on the path is going to have miserable experiences. On the contrary many individuals may feel more ecstatic, energised and powerful. Yet the lesson here is still the same. No matter what I go through, whether I am up or down, the point is to move out of the isolation. This means firmly installing the awareness that we are all part of a larger organism, and that the fact of feeling well or bad merely depends on the seasonal perspective from which I provisionally experience life and on which part of the hemisphere I abide. This perspective is bound to change sooner or later, just like seasons do. Hence if you are stubborn in the identification with this provisional perspective, you are bound to be deluded, and this will produce further grievances and separation. What count here is to expand our horizon, to grasp a larger view, intending to truly see what our HAC separated identity dreads to unveil, which is indeed the infamous confirmation that HAC identities have truly never existed apart from their roles as characters in a delusional dream, or rather in a non-HAC multidimensional television series.
Please be aware that when I refer to a multidimensional shift, I am not genuinely implying that the time we live in now is a special time, although I may promote this for marketing reasons. After all in the HAC western culture there is nothing more arousing and horny than to trigger Armageddon special feelings. Wanting to be special is one of the main features of our HAC identity. It follows that there has never been a time throughout HAC history when nothing special was officially happening. Nobody has ever wanted to live in a boring time, and if nothing special seemed to happen, it had to be invented. Only in the past four decades I can recollect at least eight years that were regarded by various sources as ultimately decisive for a multidimensional shift. This was the case also before I was born and in all human ages. This 2012 stuff is just bait. Multidimensional shifts have always occurred, for life itself is multidimensional and constantly shifting. Of course, I can pretend that this is not the case and withdraw in a static and autistic dimensional limbo, yet this will not affect the multidimensional shifting nature of life. Those who insist on remaining attached to HAC will not shift anything. The shift is not in HAC, the shift is within, it is in non-HAC.
Now and then HAC is totally updated. This is merely to provide the illusion of a shift to gullible human beings, while HAC basic separated paradigm continues to exist after the alleged shift, and alas even more substantially. Hence there are two shifts at work: one occurs in HAC and is meant to cunningly preserve separation through the simulation of a shift, while the other involves the full realisation that I am a multidimensional being and that my HAC experience is but one most limited aspect of who I am. There are infinite others and they are all part of an unbounded network. The authentic shift is an adjustment of perception towards a reality that has always been there. This is the process I consider when I refer to the multidimensional shift.
What I strategically perceive taking place in the next six-year cycle, involves expanding our horizon and facing what has been kept hidden for ages, covered up by thick layers of terror and shame. As part of the process, those involved in the shift are likely to experience upsetting emotions. HAC is merely a broadcasted virtual reality of where human attention abides. Unless I retrieve the power to shift my attention and move to other configurations, there is no way I can make it out of HAC. This means that HAC will basically remain HAC and the planetary shift will simply operate as a HAC marketing strategy to sell the updated version of the same product, i.e. Separation®. In order for an actual shift to develop, our HAC time and space reference needs to fade away so as to generate alternative parallel time and space references. This process may cause some discomfort. Here it is beneficial to keep the connection with other fellow travellers, for some of them possess the capacity to assist you in this awesome transformation process. The point is that you also have the power to assist some of them, especially and paradoxically when you perceive yourself as being at the lowest ebb, and the first temptation is to withdraw. This new cycle (2007-2012), as I see it, is not about individual enlightenment. It is about shifting awareness from personal identification to global and multidimensional consciousness, which implies operating as part of a wider network.
My invitation is to openly share how you are feeling through the Astroshamanic Network (AN). AN is an official astroshamanic forum in the form of a Yahoo Group. Sharing on AN is a potent way of releasing healing energy and allowing it to serve the collective. I encourage you to employ AN for this purpose. For further information please see article below. I have the privilege of receiving many e-mails and correspondence. I feel that it would be most useful if these e-mails could also be read by others, since this would expand their healing power and break out the isolation. AN can allow this possibility, together with workshops, circles, events, rituals, sessions, etc.
In this time of crucial changes it is essential to be aware that we are already fully aligned with our Core Multidimensional Identity, with the capacity to access unconditional power, ecstasy, love and health no matter what appears to occur in HAC. When I become aware that the ultimate shift takes place within and at a non-HAC level, then I develop the required detachment to contribute to the planetary shift and manifest honourable intentions in HAC. This entails releasing my personal attachment to given results, surrendering to their spontaneous development and accepting that manifestation may become tangible only for future generations, or even in another parallel realm. The basic requirement is to open up to the immediate manifestation of whatever we wish that already exists at a multidimensional level, letting go of the obsession to implement it here at all costs and as soon as possible. The shift involves creating a firm unconditional link between our multidimensional nature and our limited HAC identity. The unconditional bit entails allowing the HAC identity time and space to fulfil its purpose without pressure and with the acceptance that its process may differ from what we expect.
Hence, as we firmly adhere to our sacred intentions and embrace the veritable shift, let’s also relax in the ecstatic awareness that we are part of an incredibly vast configuration, whose purpose is love and bliss. And in case this configuration does not truly exist, let’s indulge in the fantasy that it does. Let’s become pregnant of its promising power, heralding the pioneering gestation and emergence of a novel creation.

Aquarius by Franco Santoro:
Aquarius ideally portrays the multidimensional shift implied in the current six-year cycle (2007-2012), which we have described on several occasions in PAN. This sign marks the potential shift from our HAC autistic consciousness to a wider configuration, encompassing our human past, present and future, as well as parallel universes and entirely different dimensions. Here we move beyond individual human issues, translating them into myths and taking a first vital step into the healing voyage, which entails employing our personal HAC history as a liberating gateway into the multidimensional path. This process does not necessarily involve the solution of human problems. Its function is to expand them into their original wider horizon, dissipating our painful feelings of isolation, which are indeed the primary cause of all sufferance.
The nature of Aquarius hardly adjusts to HAC life and it often expresses with extreme and uncommon enterprises. The drive for liberation may also deteriorate in destructive behaviours causing intolerant rebellion and refusal of any structure. Yet, if the energy of Aquarius is expressed harmoniously, it can bring major healing breakthroughs and innovations in a community and planet.
The upcoming New Moon on 17 February 2007 at 16:15 in 28° Aquarius 37’ is meant to further ground the energy of Aquarius and the implications of the multidimensional shift in consciousness. The New Moon is the beginning of a new cycle, an ideal time for setting honourable intentions. Defining these types of intentions is not merely an intellectual process. It involves having a clear and direct imaginary experience of its accomplishment with all your senses. An honourable intention is not aimed at changing other people. I can work with the intention of changing my attitude towards someone, yet not at altering his or her attitude towards me. Here Aquarius is a good medicine for gaining honourable detachment from HAC emotions and acquiring a multidimensional perspective on the true nature of our emotions. Honourable detachment is a most empowering quality for it allows loving unconditionally, while at the same time being able to take distance from the HAC implications of the release stage, when separation, fear, anger, possession and all sorts of grievances prevail.
The New Moon in Aquarius is a special time for seeding honorable intentions. This entails truthfully acknowledging what you most genuinely intend to manifest in your life at a higher octave and from a multidimensional perspective, which implied not being conditioned by the apparent limitations of your HAC life. It is a phase of multidimensional rebirth, aligned with the synergetic qualities of. Aquarius.
Synergy is the coincident action of various energies aimed at manifesting a specific intention. It is that property of systems whereby the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Such circumstances can produce an unpredictable and miraculous power of manifestation that extends far ahead the apparent content of the forces involved. “A social system high in synergy is one in which the conflict between selfishness and altruism does not arise, one whose language may lack these very concepts, one in which it is very difficult to hurt others because it is very obvious that such behaviour would be injurious to oneself”.[1]
Aquarius’s challenge involves laying aside our HAC emotional dramas of the H so as to allow emergence of alternative healing configurations. This process includes releasing the HAC scripts that mar our authentic nature, breaking out of our autistic existence and opening to those paradigms that truly serve your intentions. Aquarius is the exemplification of the shift from personal consciousness to global awareness. Its frequency is exceptionally advanced, residing somewhat in the future, far away from HAC concerns, and with a sincere concern for the destiny of the planet and mankind. During the New Moon in Aquarius there is a profound potential for quantum leaps and anything involving changes bringing about unprecedented advancements in life, as well as major shocks in HAC.
A relevant question on the Aquarius New Moon is: “What can be my contribution to make this world a better place both for the current and next generations?” The degree of the New Moon, or Lunation point, indicates an area of life that will operate as Intent and driving force during the next cycle. In this New Moon it is 28° Aquarius 37’. In astroshamanism this position is first identified in the natal chart by noticing in which house in your chart is located and if there are planets nearby. The next step involves establishing a direct rapport with the Lunation Point by entering the Sacred Circle.
Aquarius is also the seasonal time of Carnival, which this year officially takes place from 13 to 20 February, although it is basically celebrated throughout the whole Aquarius month. Carnival is the longest HAC holiday period of the year formally aimed at allowing expression of non-HAC. During this time the consensus social order is exceptionally and provisionally suspended, giving legitimate space to elements belonging to alternative configurations. The Carnival was originally an initiatory celebration into the mystery of the multidimensional realms and parallel universes. Duplicate of ourselves or entities from other worlds or times could slide into our earth and human beings could also shapeshift and take on other identities. Despite the separation from other dimensions, which occurred in later times, this awareness is still preserved by the custom of wearing masks and costumes at Carnival.
For a video on the carnival of Sciacca (Siciliy) click here. For a video on the tarantella Carnival of Montemarano click here. For a video on the carnival of Viareggio in 1929 click here.
Another Carnival, actually Carnivale, is an American controversial television series integrating elements of gnosticism, Christian esotericism and other non-HAC material. I have experienced it as a most powerful story about the battle between the two polarities with the third party in the background. At the start of the first episode one of the protagonist says: “Before the beginning, after the great war between heaven and hell, God created the Earth and gave dominion over it to the crafty ape he called man... and to each generation was born a creature of light and a creature of darkness... and great armies clashed by night in the ancient war between good and evil. There was magic then. Nobility. And unimaginable cruelty. And so it was until the day that a false sun exploded over Trinity,[ii] and man forever traded away wonder for reason.”

A Letter from Finland by Micaela Aminoff
Thank you Franco for your last posting concerning the great shift we are currently in. It was very appropriate and timely. We are truly living challenging times with strong new currents of energy seeking expression. Both the painful energies you talk about in the Provisional Order (or astral plane), energies seeking redemption on the physical plane through individuals vibrating in high enough frequency, but also new energies heralding the new era shifting the consciousness through wider contacts in different dimensions.
As you may know, since my time working specifically with Astroshamanism, I launched on the occultists path - submerged deeply in the teachings by the Tibetan Master Dwajl Kuhl. In my meditation-work I still connect with my guides and especially my guide from the Higher Worlds who support my redemption work. What do I mean with redemption work? Burning up the dross of ancestral energies, old bad/decay smelling energies that seek an outlet. It can be quite challenging and scary sometimes and puts a lot of strain on the body with overstimulation especially in the nervous-system. I have literally become a walking cleansing station and that is a tough blessing. But as we do this work, we do it for the group, for humanity and for the planet - and always the spirit world gives us thanks. Although I am physically alone a lot I feel an unwavering support from higher dimensions, from the spiritual Ashram of my soul-group and teachers on the other side of glamour and illusion or the world. For the little Micaela incarnated here now it is also nice and blessed to feel the support of likeminded people around the world, so thank you!
The Mayan calendar stops in the year 2012 - this does not mean the end of the world, only the end of one era and the shift to a multidimensional reality and understanding. Much of the fear that is currently circulating is due to a lot of misconceptions about the evolution of consciousness and who we humans as mediators between Spirit and Mater are, what role the human kingdom plays.
May we all have the courage, the perseverance and the well developed discrimination capability to see the real from the unreal, the light from the dark and the love from the fear.
Lots of love and support from up North to all in this network, may your travels in the worlds be blessed, Micaela Aminoff - www.micaelaaminoff.com (under construction)

The Calling: How you were first drawn to Astroshamanism? by Elaine Silverfire
This report grew out of the first cycle of the Astroshamanic Intentional Configuration (AIC) Visioning Project, a group project started in the time of Virgo, the time of harmonious relationships, in September 2006, under the inspired guidance of Franco Santoro. Out of group meetings focusing on creating a vision of an expansion of Astroshamanism into the wider community, came the idea to collect data on how people were drawn to Astroshamanism in the first place. One of the group members chose the task of e-mailing a list of people who had close connections with Franco and his work and of asking them how they were first called to Astroshamanism. There were so many wonderful reports (thanks to all of you who responded) and so many requests to read the final report that we had to publish it. So here it is.
Only one person mentioned any previous knowledge of Shamanism and what attracted people to Astroshamanism was Franco himself.
“During my week there [Findhorn Experience Week] I came across Franco. I knew immediately what he was. I kind of assessed him on a non-HAC level, and we had some kind of non-verbal exchange. After this I knew he was the right person to teach me, so I enrolled on the Foundation Course in Astroshamanism, then immediately went onto the Operative Training.”
“I saw him [Franco] …and felt an unexplainable attraction, curiosity of who this man is…I did not know anything about Astroshamanism, it simply triggered my curiosity.”
“When I talked to Franco … I was struck by his ability to understand and respond to quite abstract questions immediately …I received guidance that Franco would continue to be very relevant to my development. This has indeed proved to be so.”
“I emailed him to get a sense of his nature and to ask about if or how he created a safe space for his participants. He answered wonderfully with great care and love. He assured me that he could not do his work if people did not feel that they were in a safe space” “… what I remember so well was the next morning, having walked a long way with my suitcase to Cluny. Franco was coming down the stairs at the reception, seeing me the first time, saying: You must be [name removed]. I felt overwhelmed of being recognised and so warmly welcomed. I thought of Carlos Castanedas first meeting with Don Juan. Don Juan held Carlos with his eyes. Did Franco do the same to me?”
What continued to hold people was a feeling of connection to Franco’s work.
“… connection with one of my most profound authentic codes of my life…From that experience of unity, embracing my authentic code I knew that the work I am to do will somehow be interwoven with Astroshamanism.”
“Early onwards I discovered different abilities which were not so HAC conform and intimately cultivated them, in particular with relation to nature …when my husband started to work with Franco’s tools and trainings, many aspects were familiar to me…The cosmic part and the shamanic part were new in their form but not so much in their content.”
“After the second day of the workshop I was really travelling into space and time and it felt like I had found something that did belong to me.”
“I spent most of my life looking for answers…in hope of finding explanation about …my characteristics and sensations … After my attendance at his [Franco’s] workshop I decide to begin the [training]. It was the first time in my whole life in which I was really and deeply and simply sure to be on the right Path.”
People also spoke of powerful feelings stirred up by Franco’s rituals/workshops/ training:
“I took part …in an evening ritual…with Alessandra Belloni and Franco related to that week event of the Tarantella. During this ritual I retrieved back my tarantella roots”
“The [trance] dance was very powerful and they have continued to provide me with major insights since then.”
“My first workshop with Franco was not until January 2006 – I have done 3 more since then – which gives some idea of the value to me.”
“I came in touch with Graha from when I was 3 years old and was finally allowed to express my feelings on it, what a relief.”
“…[Astroshamanism] is paying me back with something of invaluable riches.”
“I feel astroshamanism pure and deep… I feel Franco as an ancient and venerable friend.”
One respondent also related why she has continued to be interested in Astroshamanism:
“ I remained interested in Astroshamanism because of 1) the wonderfulness of Franco himself, 2) how healing, on multiple planes, the work was for me and my co-participants, 3) the depth of new knowledge it brought, 4) the clear soul retrieval power it has, 5) how it expanded my consciousness, 6) how it provided a framework for understanding how the other planets are a part of our earthly energies, and 7) how it supported what has been unfolding in my understanding about remote connections, that is, how people and energetic entities do not have to be located in close physical proximity in order to connect.”

Image: Cyprian limestone group of Phoenician dancers, about 6½ in. high. There is a somewhat similar group, also from Cyprus, in the British Museum.

The Astroshamanic Net:
What it is?: The Astroshamanic Net (also referred to as "AN") is an online tool. It uses a web-based software program called Yahoo! Groups that has been tailored for purposes related to astroshamanism. It is free to join and you do not need to download anything onto your computer. You DO need access to the World Wide Web, and an email account.
How it works: To be a part of the Astroshamanic Net you first need to request to join the group. Then you must formally join the group, which is a process that happens online in a series of easy steps you will take. These steps are explained as you go through the process, and if you need extra help it is available upon request. Once you become a member you will quickly see how the technology works.
Why join? Members of the Astroshamanic Net regularly receive information related to astroshamanism from Franco. Members can also share information related to astroshamanism with other members. The technology provides an opportunity that is similar to an in-person dialogue, but instead of being together in real time, the Internet is the medium, and we can each visit the dialogue according to our own timeframe.
What does membership entail? Membership in the Astroshamanic Net allows you to choose your level of involvement. What follows below are the provisional guidelines.

The Astroshamanic Net serves the astroshamanic network and the Sacred Cone Circle. The aim of the Astroshamanic Net (AN) is essentially sharing experiences inspired by astroshamanic work. Members are encouraged to reference elements and practices of astroshamanism, with particular regard to the Intent and Function, the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone, HAC and non-HAC, the Core Multidimensional Identity (CMI), the rapport with Totem Spirits and Graha, the bona fide horny bit, Astroshamanic Touch, the Binary System and any other significant aspect of astroshamanism. The intent of AN is to allow circulation of visions and experiences, in order to promote acknowledgment of our multidimensional nature and its integration in daily life. We can inspire each other and learn more about astroshamanism together. We can also discover similarities in our experiences, hence breaking through the isolation, fear and shame that may surround these non-ordinary experiences.
Franco may post advanced information related to astroshamanism and special communication for AN members. Information may be in the form of synopses from workshops and other types of news and information.

AN is private and independent. AN is a private Yahoo! Group that is not listed in the Yahoo! Directory. Only people who are invited by the group leaders may join. Membership is available to people who have worked with Franco Santoro and/or read his books, and have had a direct connection with Franco through e-mail or other communication. The general public does not have access to the group or its postings.

AN has specific etiquette. The guidelines in this section, which are aimed at making the group successful. This section refers to "postings" and "sharing" and "writing" interchangeably, since AN is an online group that communicates through written, electronic messages.
1. AN is a sacred space. Please co-create this sacred space by holding these guidelines and all members in high regard, even if you carry different viewpoints. Please also note that all postings will be lovingly reviewed by Franco and/or his designate, along with the Wizard, who is a spirit guide for AN, prior to distribution to the AN membership.
2. AN is confidential. Please do not forward or otherwise quote or share any messages posted in AN with non-members, unless you receive written permission by Franco and any member involved.
3. Share your own experiences. Just as it is done in astroshamanic workshops, please use I-statements, writing about your own feelings and experiences, rather than someone else's, and acknowledging what you express as your own experiences and feelings. Please avoid making general statements, espousing philosophy, religion, or theories, or debating.
4. Share relevant, shamanic experiences. Share your direct shamanic or non-ordinary experiences, including everyday experiences that you sense link with shamanic experiences.
5. Stay relevant to the group. While we encourage personal sharing, please be mindful that you are receiving the attention, time, and focus of all members who choose to read your postings. If you are uncertain as to whether to post something, you are encouraged to seek council from your Guides and/or from the Wizard depicted in the image above, who is a Guide for AN. Alternatively, you can contact Franco or the Net Editor for guidance.
6. Refrain from interpreting your experiences. Adopt an attitude of acknowledgment rather than interpretation or judgment of your experiences.
7. Refrain from interpreting others' experiences. Please resist posting feedback about the experiences shared by other members or identifying members by what they share. The principle is that sharing is a form of release, to which we do not have to respond, we simply witness. If we respond, the healing flow may become blocked. For example, someone may relate a painful experience, yet this does not necessarily mean that he or she is in pain and needs help. Once a member has shared the experience, the pain may go, which is usually the case. Receiving messages from people expressing concern about the pain and giving suggestions and interpretations may bring the pain back. Please allow members to release and thereby transform.
8. Request permission if you wish to interact with members' postings. If a member posts something that you would like to engage, we suggest that you to ask your Guides for guidance, and if you're given encouragement, contact the member directly using private email. Ask the member whether it is all right to engage what he or she has shared, and do not assume that the member will accept your request.
9. Address the whole group with your questions. As an AN member, you are welcome to post general questions that are related to our group intent or technicalities of creating astroshamanic rituals, if you feel so moved, and everybody is free to respond or not, including Franco. Please do not use AN to address Franco with concerns that are entirely personal. Franco may be available for one-on-one consultation, but this is not the purpose of AN. [If you seek personalized attention from Franco, please contact him privately to discuss this possibility, and note that this is a paid service.]
10. Sub-laboratories may form spontaneously. Two or more group members are welcome to connect among themselves using private email, provided that these members freely agree to do so. This may create sub-laboratories aimed at converging towards the centre. A representative of any sub-laboratory that forms is encouraged to report back to the larger group regarding their group interaction if it seems of service to the membership of AN.
11. Collective silence is welcome. In times of collective silence, in which there are few or no AN postings, please know that the group is still connected, an entity held by Universal energies. Collective silence is welcome.
If you wish to join and receive the e-mail of invitation. please contact either Franco Santoro at Findhorn (franco@astroshamanism.org) or Liza Behrendt in California (lizabehrendt@yahoo.com).

Distance sessions - How do they work and how to arrange them.
Distance sessions involve a preliminary telephone consultation, followed by an astroshamanic healing practice adapted to the specific issue of the client and a successive telephone consultation aimed at examining the results of the experience. At the end we will discuss together what emerged in the session and what tools are available in order to achieve the most beneficial outcome. Each session is autonomous and is geared according to the specific issue and intent of the client. In a distant healing session I combine modalities such as astroshamanic touch, circle release work, trance divination, core multidimensional alignment, soul retrieval, connection with spirit helpers and ancestors, space-time voyage and integration of parallel universes. If the client finds it helpful, it is also possible to have two additional sessions and even to start a specific training programme. Fees for a distance session are the same as an ordinary session. Each 60-75 minute astroshamanic session is Euro 60 (£ 40). If you wish to arrange an astroshamanic distance session or training, please contact me to make an appointment at info@astroshamanism.org

Donations for PAN and Astroshamanic Healing activities: There is no charge for PAN, at least for the time being. It is available free to anyone who has attended astroshamanic events/sessions or simply wishes to receive it. If you find PAN useful, inspiring, appealing or perhaps even revealing, any donation (small, medium or big) would be greatly appreciated (for further details contact info@astroshamanism.org). Donations will encourage us to continue on this path and possibly further develop PAN. Donations will also support our project of creating an Astroshamanic Healing structure. Also energetic support, helpful feedback and other forms of contribution are much appreciated.

Franco’ books Astroshamanism: A Journey Into the Inner Universe and Astroshamanism: The Voyage Through the Zodiac, and various drumming and trance dance CDs are NOW available by mail order from the Phoenix Shop at store@findhorn.com or +44(0)1309-690954

Forthcoming Astroshamanic Events

For further details or information please see www.astroshamanism.org or contact Franco info@astroshamanism.org.
To book Findhorn Foundation workshops, please contact bookings@findhorn.org or Bookings, The Park, Findhorn IV36 3TZ, Scotland. Tel. +44(0)1309/691653. To book other workshops please contact the addresses given below.

FINDHORN FOUNDATION TRAINING in ASTROSHAMANISM
Findhorn, 17-24 February 2007, A Journey into the Inner Universe and 24 February – 3 March 2007, The Voyage through the Zodiac.

Copenhagen (Denmark), 9-13 March 2007, Astroshamanic Touch and Primal Embrace Intensive: Navigating into the Multidimensional Matrix of Sex, Peter Vibe, tel. +45 47771977 email petervibe@mail.tele.dk http://www.heartsound.dk/

Jesi (Italy), 31 March – 1 April 2007, The Way of the East – Fire and Spirit

Findhorn, 7-13 April 2007, The Blessed Way of Passion: Astroshamanic Healing Touch and Soul Retrieval

Frankfurt (Germany), 20-24 April 2007, Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch, part 1 & 2 (Module of the Astroshamanic Gateways Series) Erik emansson@hotmail.com http://www.holisticdialogue.com/ Tel. 069/95504794 Mob. 0171-3493424

Findhorn, 12-18 May 2007, Foundation Training in Astroshamanic Trance Dance - Basic Week: The second and optional advanced week is held from 8 to 14 September 2007.

Findhorn, 26 May – 1 June 2007, The Spirit of Cluny Garden (with Sverre Koxvold).

Corvaro (Rieti, Italy), 15-21 June 2007, The Grand Original Quest: A Multi-dimensional Voyage through Space and Time. A prologue module to the Astroshamanic Gateways Series. (In English & Italian). For further info contact Franco.

Jesi (Italy), 30 June – 1 July 2007, The Way of the South (Earth and the Physical Body)

Findhorn, 7-13 July 2007, The Original Quest: An Astroshamanic Journey into Space and Time.

Disclaimer: All information provided in PAN is presented solely for inspirational or recreational reading, and it is not meant to substitute the recipient’s direct experience and investigation. The information is also given to strategically exemplify the different features of astroshamanic cosmology and is not intended to reflect Franco’s opinion or astroshamanism in general. Franco does not necessarily endorse any of the ideas and views expressed in this literature, including his own.

[1] Bruce Nevin, Astrology Inside Out: A New Approach to Astrology, Para Research, p. 34.
[i] All times in PAN are given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
[ii] The "Trinity" test was the first test of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States in 1945.

PAN International Issue 60

PAN Provisional Astroshamanic News
International Edition, 7 February 2007, Issue 60.
Editorial Director: Franco Santoro.
Cluny Hill College, Forres IV36 2RD, Moray, Scotland. (+44(0)1309-672289. + PAN@astroshamanism.org

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What is Astroshamanism?

As the quiescent seeds of Spring silently hide in the chilly alchemical soil of Winter, our multidimensional nature peacefully rests, heeding the ecstatic carols of its upcoming rebirth. There is abundant non-HAC vitality in this luminous time of the year. Wherever you are in the world, including the southern hemisphere, which gloriously holds the simultaneous awareness of the other polarity, please accept copious blessings, relax and enjoy this PAN.
The end of February is the traditional time devoted to the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism, with two modules: 17-24 February 2007, A Journey into the Inner Universe: and 24 February–3 March 2007, The Voyage through the Zodiac. This is also the time of gestation of novel workshops. In this respect I recommend the following workshops: Astroshamanic Touch and Primal Embrace Intensive: Navigating into the Multidimensional Matrix of Sex, from 9 to 13 March 2007, in Copenhagen (If you wish to take part to this event please book as soon as possible and by 7 February, contacting Peter Vibe, tel. +45 47771977, petervibe@mail.tele.dk); Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch in Frankfurt (Germany) from 20 to 24 April 2007 (Erik emansson@hotmail.com http://www.holisticdialogue.com/ Tel. 069/95504794 Mob. 0171-3493424) and The Grand Original Quest: A Multi-dimensional Voyage through Space and Time at Corvaro (Rieti, Italy), from 15 to 21 June 2007. All the above workshops are in English and represent prologue modules to the Astroshamanic Gateways Series. Further momentous events are in preparation and will be announced in the next issues of PAN.
Blessings, Franco

Editorial – The Shift by Franco Santoro
Since the beginning of 2007 (i.e. the start of the six-year cycle 2007-2012) I have received many e-mails and calls from members of this network. Most of them appear to experience a very hard time at a physical or emotional level. There seems to be a lot of upheaval going on in this initial part of the year. Here we do not necessarily need galactic speculations to explain this turmoil. Since ancient times in the northern hemisphere the period of Aquarius and the weeks preceding spring have always been a most critical time. Provisions and resources accumulated for the cold season fell short or vanished, while in the fields and meadows all life was still barren in the spectral sleep of winter. Many did not endure this time of scarcity and harshness. The fear that spring would never come again was strong, and so was the sense of an incumbent death. Facing this time required trust based on the experience of previous returns of the warm season. Yet, this was not given for granted and rituals were celebrated in order to promote the seasonal shift. The assumption was that if sacrifices were not offered, spring might not come back and winter would reign forever. Hence before referring to multidimensional shifts or other apocalyptic events, it is important to consider these ancestral seasonal connotations.
While it is factual that there are seasonal changes occurring every year, it is also scientifically and mythically true that there are more remarkable shifts encompassing wider amounts of time and with most radical effects. According to various sources this is the case for our current times, which appear to host the emergence of a radical change in human perception. This process is likely to bring major disruption in the way we have understood life so far. A lot of upheaval is significantly occurring at a fourth-dimensional level, and precisely in the planetary contentious buffer area between HAC and non-HAC, which I call Provisional Order. This zone is filled with fear, terror, anguish and all sorts of unmentionable grievances. Their purpose is to preserve HAC separation through fear, isolation and ignorance. Those who are sensitive to the shamanic or multidimensional path may be severely affected by this turmoil, and experience difficult moments. These folks also include apparently ordinary people who may experience an unexpected reawakening of their multidimensional nature.
If you experience moments of discomfort, please be aware that this may be part of a reawakening process associated with the current multidimensional shift. Such a shift is utterly experiential and devoid of intellectual connotations. As we wake up to our authentic nature, the bogus identities we have held so far gradually crumble, while the entire HAC world also falls apart. On one side our awareness begins its journey out of HAC, while on the other hand the HAC identity insists on clinging to its decomposing setting. As the old patterns fade away it is inevitable to experience distress and even terror. During this shift it is vital to keep the connection with the Core Multidimensional Identity (CMI) and other fellow travellers on the path. When the relation with the CMI falls short, our friends on the path will remind us, or we may remind them. The first recommendation when facing situations of distress is to step out of the isolation. The fear may still be too overwhelming to get rid of, yet we can release the isolation and move from personal to collective awareness. These fears are communal and ancestral fears. They are so ancient and pent up that there is no way we can comprehend their causes. Yet we can decide not to remain isolated, and connect with other fellow travellers on the global network of transformation, claiming our right not to be crucified by separation, inviting our veritable roots to emerge as well as their most luminous future development.
With this I do not mean that everybody on the path is going to have miserable experiences. On the contrary many individuals may feel more ecstatic, energised and powerful. Yet the lesson here is still the same. No matter what I go through, whether I am up or down, the point is to move out of the isolation. This means firmly installing the awareness that we are all part of a larger organism, and that the fact of feeling well or bad merely depends on the seasonal perspective from which I provisionally experience life and on which part of the hemisphere I abide. This perspective is bound to change sooner or later, just like seasons do. Hence if you are stubborn in the identification with this provisional perspective, you are bound to be deluded, and this will produce further grievances and separation. What count here is to expand our horizon, to grasp a larger view, intending to truly see what our HAC separated identity dreads to unveil, which is indeed the infamous confirmation that HAC identities have truly never existed apart from their roles as characters in a delusional dream, or rather in a non-HAC multidimensional television series.
Please be aware that when I refer to a multidimensional shift, I am not genuinely implying that the time we live in now is a special time, although I may promote this for marketing reasons. After all in the HAC western culture there is nothing more arousing and horny than to trigger Armageddon special feelings. Wanting to be special is one of the main features of our HAC identity. It follows that there has never been a time throughout HAC history when nothing special was officially happening. Nobody has ever wanted to live in a boring time, and if nothing special seemed to happen, it had to be invented. Only in the past four decades I can recollect at least eight years that were regarded by various sources as ultimately decisive for a multidimensional shift. This was the case also before I was born and in all human ages. This 2012 stuff is just bait. Multidimensional shifts have always occurred, for life itself is multidimensional and constantly shifting. Of course, I can pretend that this is not the case and withdraw in a static and autistic dimensional limbo, yet this will not affect the multidimensional shifting nature of life. Those who insist on remaining attached to HAC will not shift anything. The shift is not in HAC, the shift is within, it is in non-HAC.
Now and then HAC is totally updated. This is merely to provide the illusion of a shift to gullible human beings, while HAC basic separated paradigm continues to exist after the alleged shift, and alas even more substantially. Hence there are two shifts at work: one occurs in HAC and is meant to cunningly preserve separation through the simulation of a shift, while the other involves the full realisation that I am a multidimensional being and that my HAC experience is but one most limited aspect of who I am. There are infinite others and they are all part of an unbounded network. The authentic shift is an adjustment of perception towards a reality that has always been there. This is the process I consider when I refer to the multidimensional shift.
What I strategically perceive taking place in the next six-year cycle, involves expanding our horizon and facing what has been kept hidden for ages, covered up by thick layers of terror and shame. As part of the process, those involved in the shift are likely to experience upsetting emotions. HAC is merely a broadcasted virtual reality of where human attention abides. Unless I retrieve the power to shift my attention and move to other configurations, there is no way I can make it out of HAC. This means that HAC will basically remain HAC and the planetary shift will simply operate as a HAC marketing strategy to sell the updated version of the same product, i.e. Separation®. In order for an actual shift to develop, our HAC time and space reference needs to fade away so as to generate alternative parallel time and space references. This process may cause some discomfort. Here it is beneficial to keep the connection with other fellow travellers, for some of them possess the capacity to assist you in this awesome transformation process. The point is that you also have the power to assist some of them, especially and paradoxically when you perceive yourself as being at the lowest ebb, and the first temptation is to withdraw. This new cycle (2007-2012), as I see it, is not about individual enlightenment. It is about shifting awareness from personal identification to global and multidimensional consciousness, which implies operating as part of a wider network.
My invitation is to openly share how you are feeling through the Astroshamanic Network (AN). AN is an official astroshamanic forum in the form of a Yahoo Group. Sharing on AN is a potent way of releasing healing energy and allowing it to serve the collective. I encourage you to employ AN for this purpose. For further information please see article below. I have the privilege of receiving many e-mails and correspondence. I feel that it would be most useful if these e-mails could also be read by others, since this would expand their healing power and break out the isolation. AN can allow this possibility, together with workshops, circles, events, rituals, sessions, etc.
In this time of crucial changes it is essential to be aware that we are already fully aligned with our Core Multidimensional Identity, with the capacity to access unconditional power, ecstasy, love and health no matter what appears to occur in HAC. When I become aware that the ultimate shift takes place within and at a non-HAC level, then I develop the required detachment to contribute to the planetary shift and manifest honourable intentions in HAC. This entails releasing my personal attachment to given results, surrendering to their spontaneous development and accepting that manifestation may become tangible only for future generations, or even in another parallel realm. The basic requirement is to open up to the immediate manifestation of whatever we wish that already exists at a multidimensional level, letting go of the obsession to implement it here at all costs and as soon as possible. The shift involves creating a firm unconditional link between our multidimensional nature and our limited HAC identity. The unconditional bit entails allowing the HAC identity time and space to fulfil its purpose without pressure and with the acceptance that its process may differ from what we expect.
Hence, as we firmly adhere to our sacred intentions and embrace the veritable shift, let’s also relax in the ecstatic awareness that we are part of an incredibly vast configuration, whose purpose is love and bliss. And in case this configuration does not truly exist, let’s indulge in the fantasy that it does. Let’s become pregnant of its promising power, heralding the pioneering gestation and emergence of a novel creation.

Aquarius by Franco Santoro:
Aquarius ideally portrays the multidimensional shift implied in the current six-year cycle (2007-2012), which we have described on several occasions in PAN. This sign marks the potential shift from our HAC autistic consciousness to a wider configuration, encompassing our human past, present and future, as well as parallel universes and entirely different dimensions. Here we move beyond individual human issues, translating them into myths and taking a first vital step into the healing voyage, which entails employing our personal HAC history as a liberating gateway into the multidimensional path. This process does not necessarily involve the solution of human problems. Its function is to expand them into their original wider horizon, dissipating our painful feelings of isolation, which are indeed the primary cause of all sufferance.
The nature of Aquarius hardly adjusts to HAC life and it often expresses with extreme and uncommon enterprises. The drive for liberation may also deteriorate in destructive behaviours causing intolerant rebellion and refusal of any structure. Yet, if the energy of Aquarius is expressed harmoniously, it can bring major healing breakthroughs and innovations in a community and planet.
The upcoming New Moon on 17 February 2007 at 16:15 in 28° Aquarius 37’ is meant to further ground the energy of Aquarius and the implications of the multidimensional shift in consciousness. The New Moon is the beginning of a new cycle, an ideal time for setting honourable intentions. Defining these types of intentions is not merely an intellectual process. It involves having a clear and direct imaginary experience of its accomplishment with all your senses. An honourable intention is not aimed at changing other people. I can work with the intention of changing my attitude towards someone, yet not at altering his or her attitude towards me. Here Aquarius is a good medicine for gaining honourable detachment from HAC emotions and acquiring a multidimensional perspective on the true nature of our emotions. Honourable detachment is a most empowering quality for it allows loving unconditionally, while at the same time being able to take distance from the HAC implications of the release stage, when separation, fear, anger, possession and all sorts of grievances prevail.
The New Moon in Aquarius is a special time for seeding honorable intentions. This entails truthfully acknowledging what you most genuinely intend to manifest in your life at a higher octave and from a multidimensional perspective, which implied not being conditioned by the apparent limitations of your HAC life. It is a phase of multidimensional rebirth, aligned with the synergetic qualities of. Aquarius.
Synergy is the coincident action of various energies aimed at manifesting a specific intention. It is that property of systems whereby the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Such circumstances can produce an unpredictable and miraculous power of manifestation that extends far ahead the apparent content of the forces involved. “A social system high in synergy is one in which the conflict between selfishness and altruism does not arise, one whose language may lack these very concepts, one in which it is very difficult to hurt others because it is very obvious that such behaviour would be injurious to oneself”.[1]
Aquarius’s challenge involves laying aside our HAC emotional dramas of the H so as to allow emergence of alternative healing configurations. This process includes releasing the HAC scripts that mar our authentic nature, breaking out of our autistic existence and opening to those paradigms that truly serve your intentions. Aquarius is the exemplification of the shift from personal consciousness to global awareness. Its frequency is exceptionally advanced, residing somewhat in the future, far away from HAC concerns, and with a sincere concern for the destiny of the planet and mankind. During the New Moon in Aquarius there is a profound potential for quantum leaps and anything involving changes bringing about unprecedented advancements in life, as well as major shocks in HAC.
A relevant question on the Aquarius New Moon is: “What can be my contribution to make this world a better place both for the current and next generations?” The degree of the New Moon, or Lunation point, indicates an area of life that will operate as Intent and driving force during the next cycle. In this New Moon it is 28° Aquarius 37’. In astroshamanism this position is first identified in the natal chart by noticing in which house in your chart is located and if there are planets nearby. The next step involves establishing a direct rapport with the Lunation Point by entering the Sacred Circle.
Aquarius is also the seasonal time of Carnival, which this year officially takes place from 13 to 20 February, although it is basically celebrated throughout the whole Aquarius month. Carnival is the longest HAC holiday period of the year formally aimed at allowing expression of non-HAC. During this time the consensus social order is exceptionally and provisionally suspended, giving legitimate space to elements belonging to alternative configurations. The Carnival was originally an initiatory celebration into the mystery of the multidimensional realms and parallel universes. Duplicate of ourselves or entities from other worlds or times could slide into our earth and human beings could also shapeshift and take on other identities. Despite the separation from other dimensions, which occurred in later times, this awareness is still preserved by the custom of wearing masks and costumes at Carnival.
For a video on the carnival of Sciacca (Siciliy) click here. For a video on the tarantella Carnival of Montemarano click here. For a video on the carnival of Viareggio in 1929 click here.
Another Carnival, actually Carnivale, is an American controversial television series integrating elements of gnosticism, Christian esotericism and other non-HAC material. I have experienced it as a most powerful story about the battle between the two polarities with the third party in the background. At the start of the first episode one of the protagonist says: “Before the beginning, after the great war between heaven and hell, God created the Earth and gave dominion over it to the crafty ape he called man... and to each generation was born a creature of light and a creature of darkness... and great armies clashed by night in the ancient war between good and evil. There was magic then. Nobility. And unimaginable cruelty. And so it was until the day that a false sun exploded over Trinity,[ii] and man forever traded away wonder for reason.”

A Letter from Finland by Micaela Aminoff
Thank you Franco for your last posting concerning the great shift we are currently in. It was very appropriate and timely. We are truly living challenging times with strong new currents of energy seeking expression. Both the painful energies you talk about in the Provisional Order (or astral plane), energies seeking redemption on the physical plane through individuals vibrating in high enough frequency, but also new energies heralding the new era shifting the consciousness through wider contacts in different dimensions.
As you may know, since my time working specifically with Astroshamanism, I launched on the occultists path - submerged deeply in the teachings by the Tibetan Master Dwajl Kuhl. In my meditation-work I still connect with my guides and especially my guide from the Higher Worlds who support my redemption work. What do I mean with redemption work? Burning up the dross of ancestral energies, old bad/decay smelling energies that seek an outlet. It can be quite challenging and scary sometimes and puts a lot of strain on the body with overstimulation especially in the nervous-system. I have literally become a walking cleansing station and that is a tough blessing. But as we do this work, we do it for the group, for humanity and for the planet - and always the spirit world gives us thanks. Although I am physically alone a lot I feel an unwavering support from higher dimensions, from the spiritual Ashram of my soul-group and teachers on the other side of glamour and illusion or the world. For the little Micaela incarnated here now it is also nice and blessed to feel the support of likeminded people around the world, so thank you!
The Mayan calendar stops in the year 2012 - this does not mean the end of the world, only the end of one era and the shift to a multidimensional reality and understanding. Much of the fear that is currently circulating is due to a lot of misconceptions about the evolution of consciousness and who we humans as mediators between Spirit and Mater are, what role the human kingdom plays.
May we all have the courage, the perseverance and the well developed discrimination capability to see the real from the unreal, the light from the dark and the love from the fear.
Lots of love and support from up North to all in this network, may your travels in the worlds be blessed, Micaela Aminoff - www.micaelaaminoff.com (under construction)

The Calling: How you were first drawn to Astroshamanism? by Elaine Silverfire
This report grew out of the first cycle of the Astroshamanic Intentional Configuration (AIC) Visioning Project, a group project started in the time of Virgo, the time of harmonious relationships, in September 2006, under the inspired guidance of Franco Santoro. Out of group meetings focusing on creating a vision of an expansion of Astroshamanism into the wider community, came the idea to collect data on how people were drawn to Astroshamanism in the first place. One of the group members chose the task of e-mailing a list of people who had close connections with Franco and his work and of asking them how they were first called to Astroshamanism. There were so many wonderful reports (thanks to all of you who responded) and so many requests to read the final report that we had to publish it. So here it is.
Only one person mentioned any previous knowledge of Shamanism and what attracted people to Astroshamanism was Franco himself.
“During my week there [Findhorn Experience Week] I came across Franco. I knew immediately what he was. I kind of assessed him on a non-HAC level, and we had some kind of non-verbal exchange. After this I knew he was the right person to teach me, so I enrolled on the Foundation Course in Astroshamanism, then immediately went onto the Operative Training.”
“I saw him [Franco] …and felt an unexplainable attraction, curiosity of who this man is…I did not know anything about Astroshamanism, it simply triggered my curiosity.”
“When I talked to Franco … I was struck by his ability to understand and respond to quite abstract questions immediately …I received guidance that Franco would continue to be very relevant to my development. This has indeed proved to be so.”
“I emailed him to get a sense of his nature and to ask about if or how he created a safe space for his participants. He answered wonderfully with great care and love. He assured me that he could not do his work if people did not feel that they were in a safe space” “… what I remember so well was the next morning, having walked a long way with my suitcase to Cluny. Franco was coming down the stairs at the reception, seeing me the first time, saying: You must be [name removed]. I felt overwhelmed of being recognised and so warmly welcomed. I thought of Carlos Castanedas first meeting with Don Juan. Don Juan held Carlos with his eyes. Did Franco do the same to me?”
What continued to hold people was a feeling of connection to Franco’s work.
“… connection with one of my most profound authentic codes of my life…From that experience of unity, embracing my authentic code I knew that the work I am to do will somehow be interwoven with Astroshamanism.”
“Early onwards I discovered different abilities which were not so HAC conform and intimately cultivated them, in particular with relation to nature …when my husband started to work with Franco’s tools and trainings, many aspects were familiar to me…The cosmic part and the shamanic part were new in their form but not so much in their content.”
“After the second day of the workshop I was really travelling into space and time and it felt like I had found something that did belong to me.”
“I spent most of my life looking for answers…in hope of finding explanation about …my characteristics and sensations … After my attendance at his [Franco’s] workshop I decide to begin the [training]. It was the first time in my whole life in which I was really and deeply and simply sure to be on the right Path.”
People also spoke of powerful feelings stirred up by Franco’s rituals/workshops/ training:
“I took part …in an evening ritual…with Alessandra Belloni and Franco related to that week event of the Tarantella. During this ritual I retrieved back my tarantella roots”
“The [trance] dance was very powerful and they have continued to provide me with major insights since then.”
“My first workshop with Franco was not until January 2006 – I have done 3 more since then – which gives some idea of the value to me.”
“I came in touch with Graha from when I was 3 years old and was finally allowed to express my feelings on it, what a relief.”
“…[Astroshamanism] is paying me back with something of invaluable riches.”
“I feel astroshamanism pure and deep… I feel Franco as an ancient and venerable friend.”
One respondent also related why she has continued to be interested in Astroshamanism:
“ I remained interested in Astroshamanism because of 1) the wonderfulness of Franco himself, 2) how healing, on multiple planes, the work was for me and my co-participants, 3) the depth of new knowledge it brought, 4) the clear soul retrieval power it has, 5) how it expanded my consciousness, 6) how it provided a framework for understanding how the other planets are a part of our earthly energies, and 7) how it supported what has been unfolding in my understanding about remote connections, that is, how people and energetic entities do not have to be located in close physical proximity in order to connect.”

Image: Cyprian limestone group of Phoenician dancers, about 6½ in. high. There is a somewhat similar group, also from Cyprus, in the British Museum.

The Astroshamanic Net:
What it is?: The Astroshamanic Net (also referred to as "AN") is an online tool. It uses a web-based software program called Yahoo! Groups that has been tailored for purposes related to astroshamanism. It is free to join and you do not need to download anything onto your computer. You DO need access to the World Wide Web, and an email account.
How it works: To be a part of the Astroshamanic Net you first need to request to join the group. Then you must formally join the group, which is a process that happens online in a series of easy steps you will take. These steps are explained as you go through the process, and if you need extra help it is available upon request. Once you become a member you will quickly see how the technology works.
Why join? Members of the Astroshamanic Net regularly receive information related to astroshamanism from Franco. Members can also share information related to astroshamanism with other members. The technology provides an opportunity that is similar to an in-person dialogue, but instead of being together in real time, the Internet is the medium, and we can each visit the dialogue according to our own timeframe.
What does membership entail? Membership in the Astroshamanic Net allows you to choose your level of involvement. What follows below are the provisional guidelines.

The Astroshamanic Net serves the astroshamanic network and the Sacred Cone Circle. The aim of the Astroshamanic Net (AN) is essentially sharing experiences inspired by astroshamanic work. Members are encouraged to reference elements and practices of astroshamanism, with particular regard to the Intent and Function, the Basic Ritual of the Sacred Cone, HAC and non-HAC, the Core Multidimensional Identity (CMI), the rapport with Totem Spirits and Graha, the bona fide horny bit, Astroshamanic Touch, the Binary System and any other significant aspect of astroshamanism. The intent of AN is to allow circulation of visions and experiences, in order to promote acknowledgment of our multidimensional nature and its integration in daily life. We can inspire each other and learn more about astroshamanism together. We can also discover similarities in our experiences, hence breaking through the isolation, fear and shame that may surround these non-ordinary experiences.
Franco may post advanced information related to astroshamanism and special communication for AN members. Information may be in the form of synopses from workshops and other types of news and information.

AN is private and independent. AN is a private Yahoo! Group that is not listed in the Yahoo! Directory. Only people who are invited by the group leaders may join. Membership is available to people who have worked with Franco Santoro and/or read his books, and have had a direct connection with Franco through e-mail or other communication. The general public does not have access to the group or its postings.

AN has specific etiquette. The guidelines in this section, which are aimed at making the group successful. This section refers to "postings" and "sharing" and "writing" interchangeably, since AN is an online group that communicates through written, electronic messages.
1. AN is a sacred space. Please co-create this sacred space by holding these guidelines and all members in high regard, even if you carry different viewpoints. Please also note that all postings will be lovingly reviewed by Franco and/or his designate, along with the Wizard, who is a spirit guide for AN, prior to distribution to the AN membership.
2. AN is confidential. Please do not forward or otherwise quote or share any messages posted in AN with non-members, unless you receive written permission by Franco and any member involved.
3. Share your own experiences. Just as it is done in astroshamanic workshops, please use I-statements, writing about your own feelings and experiences, rather than someone else's, and acknowledging what you express as your own experiences and feelings. Please avoid making general statements, espousing philosophy, religion, or theories, or debating.
4. Share relevant, shamanic experiences. Share your direct shamanic or non-ordinary experiences, including everyday experiences that you sense link with shamanic experiences.
5. Stay relevant to the group. While we encourage personal sharing, please be mindful that you are receiving the attention, time, and focus of all members who choose to read your postings. If you are uncertain as to whether to post something, you are encouraged to seek council from your Guides and/or from the Wizard depicted in the image above, who is a Guide for AN. Alternatively, you can contact Franco or the Net Editor for guidance.
6. Refrain from interpreting your experiences. Adopt an attitude of acknowledgment rather than interpretation or judgment of your experiences.
7. Refrain from interpreting others' experiences. Please resist posting feedback about the experiences shared by other members or identifying members by what they share. The principle is that sharing is a form of release, to which we do not have to respond, we simply witness. If we respond, the healing flow may become blocked. For example, someone may relate a painful experience, yet this does not necessarily mean that he or she is in pain and needs help. Once a member has shared the experience, the pain may go, which is usually the case. Receiving messages from people expressing concern about the pain and giving suggestions and interpretations may bring the pain back. Please allow members to release and thereby transform.
8. Request permission if you wish to interact with members' postings. If a member posts something that you would like to engage, we suggest that you to ask your Guides for guidance, and if you're given encouragement, contact the member directly using private email. Ask the member whether it is all right to engage what he or she has shared, and do not assume that the member will accept your request.
9. Address the whole group with your questions. As an AN member, you are welcome to post general questions that are related to our group intent or technicalities of creating astroshamanic rituals, if you feel so moved, and everybody is free to respond or not, including Franco. Please do not use AN to address Franco with concerns that are entirely personal. Franco may be available for one-on-one consultation, but this is not the purpose of AN. [If you seek personalized attention from Franco, please contact him privately to discuss this possibility, and note that this is a paid service.]
10. Sub-laboratories may form spontaneously. Two or more group members are welcome to connect among themselves using private email, provided that these members freely agree to do so. This may create sub-laboratories aimed at converging towards the centre. A representative of any sub-laboratory that forms is encouraged to report back to the larger group regarding their group interaction if it seems of service to the membership of AN.
11. Collective silence is welcome. In times of collective silence, in which there are few or no AN postings, please know that the group is still connected, an entity held by Universal energies. Collective silence is welcome.
If you wish to join and receive the e-mail of invitation. please contact either Franco Santoro at Findhorn (franco@astroshamanism.org) or Liza Behrendt in California (lizabehrendt@yahoo.com).

Disclaimer: All information provided in PAN is presented solely for inspirational or recreational reading, and it is not meant to substitute the recipient’s direct experience and investigation. The information is also given to strategically exemplify the different features of astroshamanic cosmology and is not intended to reflect Franco’s opinion or astroshamanism in general. Franco does not necessarily endorse any of the ideas and views expressed in this literature, including his own.

[1] Bruce Nevin, Astrology Inside Out: A New Approach to Astrology, Para Research, p. 34.
[i] All times in PAN are given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
[ii] The "Trinity" test was the first test of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States in 1945.