PAN International 75
PAN Provisional Astroshamanic News
Ezine of the Sacred
Editorial Director:
Italian Edition: Anna Luna. Spanish Edition: Susana Sanz
© 2007
Welcome to the Winter Solstice and Christmas issue of PAN, which is now published in three languages, English (PAN), Italian (PAN Italico) and Spanish (PAN Hispano).[i]
As the Sun enters Capricorn we face the giant rock of our being, reaching the top of the mountain and contemplating the longest nights, the peak of obscurity. The Winter Solstice is the doorway into winter and the North. It is a time of slowing down, when we have the opportunity to withdraw in the inner world, embracing the highest dreams and aspirations. Here we can easily come to a deeper understanding of life, giving up outworn patterns, becoming receptive to wide visions, setting honourable intentions in preparation for upcoming luminous enterprises. Winter is also a major time of healing connection between the visible and the unseen, body and spirit. The power of this season involves including all aspects of life and death, reaching a climax in our perspective and awareness.
It is a time when we can rise above the limitations of our narrow perception, releasing our soul from her rusty chains, letting her unleash her wings and soar to her original abode of love, freedom and unity. This holiday season can be the golden opportunity for definitely ceasing to delay ourselves and accepting a resolute Nativity of our true uncontaminated nature. Let’s open our heart and mind to the beauty and bliss that resides beyond the grim veils of the separated world, creating a glorious Christmas bridge of reunification of our fragmented self.
In the astroshamanic world a series of events parade along the winter promenade. From
January 2008 also features The Way of the North in Edinburgh (12-13 January 2008), the first workshop of the One Year Basic Course in Astroshamanism and Experiential Astrology and, from 26 to 27 January 2008, Multidimensional Portal of the Senses in Cupramontana, near Jesi (Ancona, Italy), the basic workshop of the One Year Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch, in Italian and English, (see details in the calendar below). The Course takes place in the Eremo dei Frati Bianchi, an astonishing medieval monastery partly built on caves, which is now the headquarters of the Vivo Foundation. (For a video on the Eremo dei Frati Bianchi, click here.) The international Astroshamanic Practitioner Training group programme will launch on
For those who wish a full immersion into this work, the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism is the superlative ticket. The training consists of two workshops: A Journey into the Inner Universe 23-29 February 2008 The Voyage through the Zodiac 1-7 March 2008, which may also be attended separately. This training is the longest and most all-comprehensive astroshamanic event of the year, rating number one in my recommendations. Please click on the title of the two workshops for more details.
This part of the year and the whole winter season are ideal for astroshamanic individual sessions, also available through distant consultation. These sessions are deep healing journeys aimed at reconnecting to our true nature and purpose, so as to support the gestation of ours luminous seed up to the spring cycle. They allow empowering awareness on the current key issues and gifts, enabling us to become more focused on the spiritual path, while being more effective in everyday situations. Please see more details below.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! May you experience your loving and radiant self throughout these festive days, and may you generously share it as we celebrate together.
Franco
A Taster of Nativity by Franco Santoro
The Capricorn portion of the year encompasses the traditional time of the Nativity of Jesus and of all solar heroes and gods, such as Dionysus, Mithra, Quetzalcoatl, Apollo, Horus, Baal, Belenus, Attis, Shango, Tammuz, etc. Capricorn is initiated by the Winter Solstice, which this year takes place at
The Winter Solstice, and the following days of Capricorn, including Christmas, whose Eve occurs this year on a Full Moon (at 1:17
Every human being has the capacity to experience true Love and the presence of God. For many people the term God has lost interest and is even regarded with repulsion and resistance. Among certain groups of people, including also spiritual folks, it is sometimes quite awkward to mention God, since it can easily give a wrong impression and cause prejudices. This is because some concepts of God are largely derived from scriptures and rules that provide a false image of God, one that triggers fear, guilt and judgment. This is the god created by the ego, a bogus idol aimed at maintaining our separated world. Yet there is another God, the true God, who is the object of our search. When fear, guilt and judgment are at work the ego is in command and there is no trace of the real God. This God is unconditional Love and is experienced deep in our hearts, in the inner landscape of our being. “No guru, no method, no teacher. Just you and I and nature. And the father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. In the garden wet with rain” as Van Morrison puts it in his song In the Garden.
It does not matter what name we use for God. God takes many forms and names, and Christ, Holy Spirit and Jesus are only specific terms among thousands. What counts is obviously the experience of God, rather than the form we employ to address God. What most people on the path seek today are not spiritual formalities, doctrines, gurus or creeds, but paths of direct experience. We seek a direct communion with God, a direct experience of Love and the truth regarding who we are. Forgiveness is the way to release the separated self, which blocks this experience, and unveil the reality of true Love, who is God Himself. It is a path that involves the systematic resolution of conflicts and dualities, a road that firmly paves the way towards unity and release from all the misery of the separated world.
These days of celebrations are powerful because they can allow us to bring into the present the birth of the Christ and of all luminous beings that have lived on this earth. During this time, as we commemorate the Nativity, we also celebrate the birth of the Christ in us. Jesus is reborn in us when we turn within and unveil our inner source of true Love. Each time we stop and look within, inviting the presence of God, of genuine Love, the Christ is reborn in us and the way of forgiveness resolutely unfolds.
What does it actually mean to have Jesus reborn in us? What does it practically mean to move along the way of forgiveness? At times these terms sound like abstractions or void concepts, susceptible to misunderstanding and confusion, especially when we are caught by dramatic and painful issues in everyday life. Having the Christ reborn in us means giving him permission to lead us out of the misery and pain of separated life. This is what forgiveness is about. It is the ongoing practice of identifying ourselves and all there is with only the loving and the lovable, actively expressing it, while letting go of whatever is alien to it.
“To forgive is merely to remember only the loving thoughts you gave in the past, and those that were given you. All the rest must be forgotten. Forgiveness is a selective remembering, based not on your selection.” (ACIM, T 354)
Jesus is reborn in us, and forgiveness unfolds, when we look within for God, when we remember who we truly are, when we let go of our illusory identity and open up to the luminous mystery within. It is reborn when we choose to see the face of Christ in all our brothers and sisters, including ourselves. Here forgiveness is the practice of sending the Good Eye, which is the antonym of the Evil Eye, and involves looking at others through the loving eyes of innocence, without seeing grievances and misery. And in this way we all glow and shine in full beauty, not because something physical has happened, but merely because we can see without the projections of guilt and pain that we had once cast there.
“This brother who stands beside you still seems to be a stranger. You do not know him, and your interpretation of him is very fearful. And you attack him still, to keep what seems to be yourself unharmed. Yet in his hands is your salvation. You see his madness, which you hate because you share it. And all the pity and forgiveness that would heal it gives way to fear. Brothers, you need forgiveness of each other for you will share in madness or in Heaven together. And you and he will raise your eyes in faith together, or not at all.” (ACIM, T-19.IV.D.12).
Practising forgiveness entails scanning our mind and heart, looking for areas of grievances and pain, and offering them as a gift to God. With Capricorn we have the apex of obscurity, separation and density, yet this maximum expression of darkness is followed by the triumph of light. This is the time of the year marking the peak of darkness, when obscurity comes as a gift in order to be blessed by the emerging light.
“The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness. See it not outside yourself, but shining in the Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come. He comes demanding nothing. No sacrifice of any kind, of anyone, is asked by Him. In His Presence the whole idea of sacrifice loses all meaning. For He is Host to God. And you need but invite Him in Who is there already, by recognising that His Host is One, and no thought alien to His Oneness can abide with Him there.” (ACIM, T15, XI.3)
Forgiveness implies expressing the firm choice of allowing pain and misery to be released. We realise that we do not intend to hold onto our grievances anymore. We become aware that it does not serve us to keep our grievances so as to demonstrate how unfortunate we are, how awfully someone has hurt us, how desperate our life is.
“This Christmas give the Holy Spirit everything that would hurt you. Let yourself be healed completely that you may join with Him in healing, and let us celebrate our release together by releasing everyone with us. Leave nothing behind, for release is total, and when you have accepted it with me you will give it with me. All pain and sacrifice and littleness will disappear in our relationship, which is as innocent as our relationship with our Father, and as powerful. Pain will be brought to us and disappear in our presence, and without pain there can be no sacrifice. And without sacrifice there love must be.” (ACIM, T15, XI.3)
The essence of the Winter Solstice and Christmas is Love. Spirit is manifested in the separated world through the birth of a luminous human being. Each year during this time the Christ energy slides into the Earth, pervading our world with the seed of unity and the calling to merge with God. Jesus is an example of such embodiment, yet so are we! We can all become the manifestation of God, the vehicles of Love in this world. Yet, this is not a solitary enterprise. God and Love are unity, and their manifestation is only feasible when we join together, acknowledging the same Love within each one of us. We cannot see God with our physical eyes, yet we can see our brothers and sisters as they truly are. By unveiling the light and love in them, God will be embodied in them and we will uncover who they truly are. As we see the light in our friends, we learn to acknowledge God expressing through them, and in this way we also learn to become aware of how God operates in us.
“As you come closer to a brother you approach me, and as you withdraw from him I become distant to you. Salvation is a collaborative venture. It cannot be undertaken successfully by those who disengage themselves from the Sonship, because they are disengaging themselves from me. God will come to you only as you will give Him to your brothers. Learn first of them and you will be ready to hear God. That is because the function of Love is one.” (ACIM, T4.VI:7).
Forgiveness is the art of learning to perceive all our relationships as a proof of our holiness, rather than as sources of grievances. It is about letting go of the garbage we have projected on our brothers and sisters, which is the same garbage we have projected on ourselves. It is allowing the starry sky to pierce the obscurity of the winter firmament, shedding blessings on whatever surround us, within and without. The entire zodiac can be explored from the perspective of forgiveness, using the 12 different signs as representations of all aspects of life, all the others within and without, letting go of their grievances and supporting their return to the original light they all belong to. And in this way the Christ is born again in us, for it is reborn in everyone and everything. As we enter this holiday season, let’s allow every Christmas tree, every decoration we see in the streets, every time we send or receive a Christmas card, every moment we wish Happy Christmas to someone or receive their holy wishes, to be a confirmation that the Christ has come within us and through us to everyone and all there is.
“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus. That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore receive you one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.” (New Testament, Romans 15:5-7)
A Provisional Selection of Christmas Movies: Please find herewith some movies inspired by the Christmas season: Bad Santa; Barbie in the Nutcracker; Bishop's Wife, The; Black Christmas; Brazil; Christmas Carol, A; Christmas in the Clouds; Christmas in Wonderland; Christmas Shoes, The; Christmas Story, A; Elf; Family Man, The; Groundhog Day; The Holiday; It's a Wonderful Life; Jesus: The Movie; Jingle All the Way; Love Actually; Mary and Joe; Merry Christmas; Midnight Clear, A; Miracle on 34th Street; The Nativity Story; The Perfect Holiday; Preacher's Wife, The; Reindeer Games; Scrooged; Stuart Little; Star of Christmas, The; Trapped in Paradise; Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The
Karma, Incarnations, and the Birth Chart by Ruth Aharoni
Excerpted from: Karmic Astrology: Past Lives, Present Loves by Ruth Aharoni. Copyright © 2007. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Ruth Aharoni is an Israeli professional astrologer and yoga teacher, with over 25 years of experience in both fields. She is the author of several books on yoga, astrology, channeling, tarot, and children¹s books for body and soul, and conducts workshops on spiritual growth and self-empowerment.
The word karma has by now earned itself a respected place in our language, having been accepted into the modern-day lexicon. In popular use, karma means "fate," yet this usage is simplistic and compromises the dignity of the original meaning.
The literal meaning of karma in Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language from which it came, is "action" or "act"; that is to say that any action-physical or mental-is karma. Deeds are physical karma, and thoughts, emotions, desire, imagination, and will are mental karma. Mental action precedes physical action, or actually creates it; that is, every deed or act is preceded by an initial thought.
Yet karma is not only action; it is also the result of every action, because the cause and the result-are intertwined, and herein originates the law of karma. At the foundation of this law of lies the belief that life is an ongoing experience that is not limited to one incarnation. Life does not end with the death of the body; the soul is eternal and continues to live. What happens to us in the present may be the consequence of something that happened in the near or ancient past. Our mental, physical, familial, and economic conditions are all the consequences of all of our past lives, of our accumulated karma.
The simplistic meaning of the law of reward and retribution is that everything we did for someone or harm that we caused someone in a former life will come back to us in this life or a life to come, just as a boomerang returns to its thrower. The deeper meaning of this concept is that certain difficulties that we experience have their origins in our soul's readiness to experience in this life injustices that we inflicted upon others in past lives, in order for us to learn from this. When our vision is limited, we fail to understand this law, so that we define what happens to us as simply "our fate." Yet if we understand that our present life is only the blink of an eye in relation to the entire life of our soul, then we can understand that things don't happen by coincidence. There is a logical sequence of actions and consequences, with a connection between what we have done in the past and what will happen to us in the future. Each of us is responsible for our own deeds, and as such, for the results of those deeds; herein lies justice in its purest form.
Each of us must be born again and again until we reach self-knowledge, or the true and eternal self, which is the godhood in each of us. Our souls contain all of the potential godly energies, and the reason for the soul’s entry into the physical world is to provide the experiences necessary to activate these energies and transform them from the potential to the actual. The repeating physical embodiment of the soul happens, among other reasons, so that spiritual lessons such as love, compassion, tolerance, moderation, balance, humility, purity of heart, giving, and devotion, can be learned.
One of the main motivators for a soul to begin anew is its need to experience freedom of choice. The soul needs a physical body, because only in the physical world does it occupy a position of choice, which it did not have when it was a part of the pure cosmic consciousness. According to the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical writings, the task on behalf of which the soul departs from the soul of the Creation is its will to achieve the good of the Creator out of merit, not out of charity; as such, it is “poised at the starting line” of the path of incarnations to begin the “race”. Its goal is the capacity for giving, and it will reach the finish line when it has learned to give only in tandem with the body, which, in Kabbalistic terms, contains within it “the will to receive for its own sake”. Only then can the soul create completeness, or “the will to receive in order to give”. When this task has been achieved, the soul no longer has need of physical embodiment.
In the breaks between lives, we have a broader vision than we do during our sojourn on Earth, and we process our understanding of all of our earthly experiences. This knowledge helps us to choose and plan what we will experience the next time around.
The dilemma of “all is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is given” is solved when we accept reincarnation. Before each incarnation, we decide, aided by the cosmic forces, what objectives we want to fulfill, what lessons we still need to learn, and which path will balance our karma. Karma, even when manifested as a difficult fate, is the result of our soul’s freedom of choice and free will. Karma is revealed when the time is right in order to give us an opportunity to balance and to repair.
Freedom of choice enables the soul to choose a unique path that is right for it. Earthly existence is a training period, and the condition of one’s karma at the time of one’s death is what largely determines the soul’s decisions for future incarnations. Our experiences form the right character for fulfilling dharma, or our correct direction in life, which in turn is determined by our goals. All of our experiences from the past build our present consciousness.
Choice of a certain scenario of life requires being born in a particular planetary configuration; therefore, one is born on a day, time, and place that are compatible with his or her soul’s karmic choice. So a birth chart, or horoscope, is actually a photograph of a soul’s karma, showing the picture of all of a person’s lives and revealing influences of the past and possibilities for the future.
A birth chart shows symbolically a person’s basic life patterns, potential, qualities, talents, and problem areas. Through understanding the various factors in the chart, we can discover a person’s energy patterns at all levels— physical, mental, cognitive, and spiritual. The chart also reveals a person’s past patterns, mental impressions gathered, and how this person is now a result of what s/he did and thought in past lives.
A person is actually the product of his or her consciousness throughout all of his or her incarnations, and the birth chart is therefore a map of that consciousness. The chart shows the limitations that a person sets on him- or herself in this existence, yet also the means available to him or her for progress and development. The use that a person makes of these means determines to what degree s/he will fulfill his or her potential, and this in turn depends upon freedom of choice.
One can overcome trials and get through challenges—symbolized in the chart by disharmonious planetary influences—and achieve whatever goals one has set for oneself, yet this can only be done with effort. A person with a powerful soul and spiritual energy will succeed. In this regard, the expression “the stars do not control our destiny” [Talmud, tractate Shabbat] is fitting, as it refers to an individual with an evolved soul who takes upon him- or herself spiritual discipline, leads a life of pure thoughts and ethics, and possesses high awareness and heightened cosmic knowledge. Such a person soars to great heights, releasing his or her soul from the bonds of the material world, so that the influences of the planets and signs do not affect him or her.
Humans were created in God’s image, and what humans and God have in common is the capacity for Creation. The thoughts of the Creator brought about and still bring about the ongoing creation of the universe and our world. Humans too have the ability to create their world. Our thoughts create our reality. If we change the nature of our thoughts, we can change ourselves, release ourselves from limitations, and expand the limits of our consciousness. If we avoid negative energy, apply our consciousness with perseverance to the highest energetic frequencies, and connect up to cosmic consciousness, we can release ourselves from the bonds of karma and from the cycle of incarnations, and our soul can move through the infinite reality and express itself limitlessly.
The Sacred Heart of the Year: The entrance of the Sun in Capricorn at
The Epiphany, which concludes the Heart of the Year, occurs 12 days after Christmas, following the Twelfth Night (the eve of Epiphany), exemplifying the complete retrieval of the 12 Sectors and their alignment with the Core Multidimensional Identity. Besides the adoration of the three Kings, the Epiphany also commemorates two additional events: the Baptism of Christ and the wedding in Cana, at which Jesus manifested his first miracle, the transformation of water into wine. All these episodes are related with the initiation into the multidimensional power of manifestation and are associated with similar events described in other traditions. Another major feature of Epiphany is an esoteric Gnostic ritual of the feminine. It is documented that the Gnostics celebrated it in the sanctuary of Kore, the Maiden goddess, who they equated to the Holy Virgin. They said that on the day of the Epiphany the feminine consciousness of the Virgin gave birth to the messianic power of the Christ. The Epiphany was once the original date of birth of the Christ and is still celebrated as such by the Eastern Christian Church. This second birth of the Christ esoterically relates with his multidimensional body and is associated with the Baptism, which is the exemplification of multidimensional birth, as opposed to physical birth.
The
For an introduction to this series of articles please see PAN issue 62 and 63.
Capricorn movies encompass all the basic qualities and themes of the sign, such as authority, commitment, discipline, integrity, manifestation, maturity, order, perseverance, responsibility and career. It also includes films with significant emphasis on old people or on the relationship with fathers and father figures.
The list below is merely a basic selection aimed at providing an example. Each title in the following list is preceded by the name of the director. By clicking on the title you can get online details on the movie.
Among the movies in the list, Road to Perdition explores various types of significant father-son connections, such as the one between a dangerous criminal and his 12-year old son. Here the father saves his son from a life of perdition by going down into the bottom of hell. In Field of Dreams a farmer keeps hearing a voice saying “If you build it, he will come!” and referring to constructing a fully-equipped baseball diamond, including lights for night games, in the middle of nowhere in the countryside. A group of famous long-deceased baseball players come out of the obscurity and start to play in the field, yet the true guest star that comes is the farmer’s dead father. They begin to play together on the field, experiencing forgiveness and healing their relationship.
R.Benton, Places in the Heart. J.Brooks, As Good As It Gets. G.Cates, I Never Sang for My Father. S.Daldry, The Hours. V.DeSica, Umberto D. S.Hicks, Shine; R.Howard, Parenthood. E.Kazan, East of Eden. R.Kelly, Donnie Darko. S.Lumet, The Verdict. AJ.Pakula, Sophie's Choice. A.Parker, Fame. A.Payne, About Schmidt. S.Pollack, They Shoot Horses Don’t They? F.Rosi, Hands Over the City. H.Ross, Secret of my Success. V.Scloendorff, Death of a Salesman. E.Sengelaja, The
There follows a list of actors and directors with relevant traits in Capricorn. Their names are followed by the binary (Sun and Moon’s Sector position) or triad (Sun, Moon and Ascendant) reference. The 12 Sectors are associated with the 12 zodiac signs and houses given in their natural order: 1 Aries, 2 Taurus, 3 Gemini, 4 Cancer, 5 Leo, 6 Virgo, 7 Libra, 8 Scorpio, 9 Sagittarius. 10 Capricorn, 11 Aquarius, 12 Pisces. When the term stellium is indicated it means that three or more planets and astrological factors are in Capricorn. By clicking on the name of some of the actors you can get complete online details.
Anthony Hopkins (10.9.10,st). Linda Lovelace (10.2.10,st). Graham Chapman (10.2.10). Giovanna Ralli (10.9.10). James Earl Jones (10.7.10). Federico Fellini (10.10.6,st). Emilie de Ravin (10.10). Naveen Andrews (10.10.1). Tracey Ullman (10.10.8,st). Gerard Depardieu (10.8.9,st). Elvis Presley (10.12.9,st). Mel Gibson (10.7.4). Nicholas Cage (10.7.9,st). Cary Grant (10.11.8). David Bowie (10.5.11); Marlene Dietrich (10.5.6); Faye Dunaway (10.5.5);.David Lynch (10.6.8); Oliver Hardy (10.6.9); Susannah York (10.6.12); Danny Kaye (10.6.2); Humphry Bogart (10.7.2); Dyan Cannon (10.7.11); Kevin Costner (10.9.6); Diane Keaton (10.11.8) Ava Gardner (10.12.4); Sissi Spacek (10.12.6); Adriano Celentano (10.12); Ben Kingsley (10.12); Michel Piccoli (10.3.4); Valentina Cortese (10.3.4); Andrea Ferreol (10.4.11); Robert Duvall (10.4.9).
Non-HAC Traits in the Astrological Chart – Part Four by Franco Santoro
In the previous three articles (see PAN 67, 68 and 70) I introduced all the Alien Traits, as they are identified by Edwin C. Steinbrecher[ii]. In this fourth part I am considering the Mutant Traits.
Mutant characters are those born with Saturn, Uranus, Chiron, Neptune or Pluto conjunct (with a 8° orb) to Immum Coeli (mutant roots) or Medium Coeli (mutant flowers). They identify qualities and inclinations that allow accelerated transformation of grievances\ and passage beyond the illusion of separation. Mutants have the possibility to cut a way in the spiral of their current existence and acquire a wider perception that can cause consistent changes both in their lives and those of the people and situations around them. These people may play an important strategic role in the restructuring or reawakening of human multidimensional awareness.
Similarly to alien traits, mutant traits express in the individual concerned whether he is aware of them or not. When the power coming from non-ordinary traits is not understood, accepted or employed according to an Intent of Light, serious problems arise. Sometimes the original potential of these traits can be stimulated through significant relationships with individuals having similar patterns. Although the motivation of certain meetings appear to be different (friendship, work, sexual attraction, study, therapy, relationship, etc.), their actual purpose is that of correcting and stimulating the expression of non-ordinary traits. In order to develop these potentials, besides this process of activation through other individuals, it is necessary to ensure a precise commitment and take responsibility for one’s power. This condition is enhanced by the relationship with the Spirit Guide and Totem Spirits. In particular it is helpful to contact the Totem Spirit related with the non-ordinary trait and ask it, under the supervision of the Spirit Guide, to provide teachings. For this purpose specific tools can be employed in the form of body parts or sacred objects. Among the latter, in some aspects of astroshamanic work, the Trevillan Stones are used. These are stones collected in ceremonial lands on which seals related to alien or mutant characters are energetically carved.
There follows a list of famous people with mutant flower traits:
Pluto Mutant Flowers (Pluto conjunct Medium Coeli): Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Hayward, Henrik Ibsen, Mick Jagger, Thomas Jefferson, John Lennon, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani. N.V.Peale, Franz Schubert, Neil Simon, Billy Wilder.
Uranus Mutant Flowers (Uranus conjunct Medium Coeli): Danny Kaye, Johannes Kepler, Karl Marx, Margaret Mead, Luigi Pirandello, Ramakrishna, Richard Strauss, Henri Thoreau, W.B.Yeats.
Saturn Mutant Flowers (Saturn conjunct Medium Coeli): John F.Kennedy, Jack London, Paul Newman, Marcel Proust, Arthur Schopenhauer, Walter Scott.
For an article on the THE
Astroshamanic Healing Sessions - How do they work and how to arrange them.
Sessions typically last 60 minutes and can be in-person or distant (over the phone). They are rather flexible and focus on the intent of the client. Distance sessions involve a preliminary telephone consultation, followed by an astroshamanic healing practice and a successive telephone consultation aimed at examining what emerged during the practice and identify healing tools. Each session is geared according to the specific issue and intent of the client. In a distant session I use various tools, such as circle release work, astrological reading, shamanic divination, soul retrieval, connection with spirit guide, space-time voyage, etc. The aim is to focus on prominent issues, both from an ordinary and multidimensional perspective, releasing grievances, while uncovering authentic talents and finding empowering guidance. If the client finds it helpful, it is also possible to have two additional sessions, or even to start a specific training programme. Fees for a distant session (60 minutes) are Euro 60 (£ 40). If you wish to arrange an astroshamanic distance session, please contact me to make an appointment at info@astroshamanism.org
Astroshamanism Book I: A Journey into the Inner Universe and Astroshamanism Book II: The Voyage Through the Zodiac feature the core teachings of astroshamanism. They are available, together with various drumming and trance dance CDs, from Franco and by mail order from the Phoenix Shop at store@findhorn.com or +44(0)1309-690954.
The Operative Training in Astroshamanism (OTA) is a certificate step-by-step course in core astroshamanism and experiential astrology which allows you to study at home as part of an ongoing interactive training. Participants will learn a wide range of techniques, directly exploring all aspects of their soul, individual and collective, as they are reflected in the astroshamanic cosmology of the 12 Sectors, the 4 Directions and the 3 Worlds. They will receive initiation into specific healing and ceremonial practices according to each zodiac sign, integrating their shamanic experiences with information drawn from astrology and other esoteric sources. A certificate is awarded at the end of the training. The OTA can ideally be integrated with the One Year Course in Astroshamanism and the Astroshamanic Practitioner Training. For further information contact: info@astroshamanism.org
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The New Year Healing Retreat
This retreat is an ideal opportunity to promote expanded awareness and planetary healing through deep meditation and astroshamanic practices. We will alternate periods of silence and dialogue, stillness and movement, touch and contact, relaxation and activity, group and individual sessions, bringing careful attention to our inner and outer world, while also shamanically exploring our astrological charts. We will also spiritually scan the past year, extracting blessings and releasing grievances, paving a luminous healing way for the New Year. This retreat is a major opportunity to join loving forces with other friends on the path, creating healing networks and laying vital foundations for manifesting honourable intentions. The retreat takes place at
Cost of Retreat (excluding accommodation and full board): £ 159 (payable by participants with low income). £ 209 (payable by participants with medium income), £ 259 (payable by participants with high income). Bookings are thru a non-refundable deposit of £ 50, or payment in advance, payable to Franco Santoro. Bursaries are available.
Cost of accommodation and full board at
Eremo dei Frati Bianchi, Cupramontana (Ancona, Italy) 26-27 January 2008
Multidimensional Portal of the Senses:
(in Italian and English)
During this seminar participants are initiated into basic astroshamanic healing touch, with particular reference to the connection with the vertical axis and core multidimensional body. The programme includes a complete experiential introduction to the three stages of astroshamanic healing work and is aimed at defining and deepening the relationship with one’s Spirit Guide. The workshop is part of a One-Year Course on Astroshamanic Touch, consisting of five workshops. It is possible to take part in this workshop also if you are not attending the one-year course. The workshop will take place in the Eremo dei Frati Bianchi (see image), a splendid medieval monastery partly built on caves. (For a video on the Eremo dei Frati Bianchi, click here.) The international Astroshamanic Practitioner Training group programme will launch on
Frankfurt - Germany 1 January 2008 .
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The Findhorn Foundation Training in Astroshamanism
This is the most complete training workshop in astroshamanism. Participants to the training will experience practical tools for opening, discovering and supporting the relationship with their core spiritual identity and essential Intent, while also aligning with the superb energy field of the Findhorn Community and
Findhorn, 23-29 February 2008, A Journey into the Inner Universe
Findhorn, 1-7 March 2008, The Voyage through the Zodiac
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.
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