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Valentines Day

Valentines Day is fast approaching! A whole Day of feeling special for those who have some one to love and appreciate them. Valentine’s Day is in fact dedicated to appreciating your loved ones…  I have always loved the opportunity to be appreciated, don’t you?

On Valentines Day, it’s a perfect time to show your appreciation of yourself! Loving yourself,  honoring yourself, treating yourself with respect in all areas of your life takes courage, emotional discipline and clear intent !

As you move into the challenging energies of 2012, Solar Flares, Earth Quakes, the proximity of Jupiter… I could go on… in this wild energy of change and challenge equip yourself well!

Take the opportunity this Valentine’s Day to purchase a piece of Shankari’s jewelry in Sterling Silver and Gemstones.  Created in Sacred Space, Shankari’s designs are dedicated to your protection and evolution.

Timeless and empowering to the spirit, each of her designs has a different vibration, she has many unique ideas and has left her mark on Jewelry design globally….. All her works are limited edition… many unique to themselves…..

Perhaps select a pendant in Blue Topaz Gemstone to support you in your intention to release the fear of moving forward we all share and activate your ability to manifest your hearts desire! Or perhaps, a piece featuring Amethyst Gemstone, to heal your heart around the feminine and reactivate your ability to nurture yourself….

Gemstones have great power to bring balance, healing and protection on many levels…. If not, why did all the Kings, Queens and Princes throughout time wear them? ……………..For the authority and protection provided by them!  Loving yourself can come in many forms….. Shankari Jewelry is a beautiful way to celebrate Valentines Day with grace and elegance… honoring the Goddess within you, re-activating your wonderful creative spirit…. Appreciating yourself and all you do every day in service to the good care and balance of the world around you.

This Valentine’s Day, take advantage of the offer Shankari is making to support the women of the world through having access to truly empowering jewelry…  she is offering a 20% discount on all her Original Design Gemstone Pendants until Feb 12, 2012… this is her gift to you…. May we all feel loved and appreciated often!

…………Enjoy the journey… Wearing a Shankari gemstone pendant can change your frequency, attracting a new energy into your life… one of more appreciation and love… The Divine Mother loves all Her daughters dearly She uses Shankari’s skills in the third dimension to share that love with the world…. Happy Valentines Day from Shankari the Alchemist and the team at Talismans of Power; Bali, Hawaii, Japan and Australia!

Shankari appreciates you very much…. We are all one.. one global ‘family of light’, as we appreciate ourselves it’s easy to appreciate others… let the love loose…. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY SISTERS!

Nyepi Promo 2012

Nyipi!
Such a strange word.
Try it and see!
It’s like yippee!!!! Only with an N in front!
I am planning to share the joy and powerful healing experience of Nyipi with the world!!!! Come and join me!
Last year I travelled all over Bali interviewing groups of men and boys of all ages from different villages who were busy making the Oga Oga for the Nyipi Festival.

I discovered the most interesting thing…..after interviewing some very old men….whereas, I thought the Oga Oga were a uniquely Balinese af6air! Much to my surprise before the 60′s the people of Bali did not celebrate Nyipi with Oga Oga…. The Oga Oga or (more than one ) Ogre were introduced by enterprising European tourist/traveller accommodation Management who were most likely Dutch… Since the Dutch had been an Imperial Occupying force in Indonesia for over four hundred years…until the war of independence just after WW2.
Ogres are a common theme in all European Folk Tales.
In the ancient earth cultures the idea of cleansing ceremonies and renewal festivals are indeed a universal concept.

Now we know the Oga Oga in Bali are a cross pollination from Europe the doors are open to the world to experience Nyipi!!!

The men in the village take a month or more to build their Oga Oga. They work as a team and contribute about a day a week each… Usually Saturday or Sunday.
Everyone has a great time….Last year during Nyipi in Bali I gathered my friends and guests and we built a beautiful Oga Oga in five days. The men could not believe we did it! They really believed we’d fail!!!!! (I think it was because we were mostly women)!

I had an amazing moment of revelation when I heard my Balinese Silver Quality Control Team of beautiful women beg to be able to participate in carrying the monstrous dancing beast across the bridge (the Bali Java Highway usually uses that bridge!) Then down to the river beach…
What I discovered was…. this was the first ever female team of Oga Oga dancers…. The men usually get to have all the fun while the women work!
I am returning to Bali in mid February from Hawaii to prepare for this remarkable event. Come and join me in Bali!!!
Create living Earth Magic…. and help change the frequency of all the islands of the earth including yourself!

Nyipi culminates in The Night of Fires… Wild crazy, amazingly uplifting…. Burning the Oga Oga by the waters edge….. Letting the tide take the remnants out to sea for complete cleansing and release from the past year… With all its’ mistakes and regrets, failures and successes… .
Setting yourself and all those around you free!!!!

The principle of Nyipi is cleansing and resetting the clock to Zero!!! There is a lot to learn here, I believe… The Balinese take care of the health of the spirit of their land!
With this festival followed by the Day of Silence….
I am bringing this festival of renewal to Hawaii in August… To absorb all the negative (demonic) effects of the drug ‘Ice’ from the land. The devastation to families and children deserves our attention. I believe the magic of Bali can help the people of Hawaii…
Come and become part of the solution. Practice with me in Bali in March building the Oga Oga (usually a set of two or more giant bambu and paper mache puppets that are carried by thirty people on a large bambu frame)… and then let’s do it for the children and the earth spirit of the islands of Hawaii. Why not? Surely life is about joy, with everyone doing what they love and celebrating our abundance… ?
In appreciation for the earth our mother and in support of her children (that’s us and the 70,000 foster children in care in the Hawaiian Islands mostly due to Ice….)
If Ice is the the problem let’s bring the fire of purification and Nyipi to everyone!!!!!with JOY!!!!

The Day of Silence
The day following the Night of Fires is spent in silence.
In Bali they don’t even let planes land on that day!!!
A whole day with no cars on the roads and the only sounds you hear are children playing… Since apparently the demons cannot see children they are allowed to go out and play all day on the roads!!! Quite a sight!

March 20 Tuesday:

Day one:

Arrival: (What time?)

Welcome drink, snacks.

Orientation, Introductions….get to know each other make a plan and commence decorating the Oga Oga Monster with paints and fabrics, sequins and beads…..

Dinner 7pm: Evening performance in the restaurant by the Children from Shankari’s Balinese Dance School

8.30pm: Learning Level 1. “The Blue Fire Ritual”

or Level 2. “The Portal Ritual”… with Shankari in the seminar room in Retreat center.

March 21 Wednesday

Day two:

Breakfast: 7am -10am

Yoga Class: 8am – 9am

9am: Building the Oga Oga as a team, it really is a huge task and usually takes a Balinese village a month or two to build… that’s because they only work on Sunday!

Shankari and her team have built many Oga Oga in a week or six days. Now she is planning to achieve her outcome with your help! She will have the Oga Oga built and ready for you to paint and decorate… it is so much fun! She will show you how. Make sure your bring an old shirt to protect your good clothes!

9am -12 noon: Class; Decorating the Oga Oga with Shankari….painting, cutting out paper and fabrics.. mask making and hair creation… wild stuff…. And we will burn it tomorrow at sunset… this activity is sacred work, like a Tibetan Sand Painting! Not meant to be kept but rather to be offered up to the Gods as a kind of sacrifice…. With no blood!

12 – 1.30pm: Lunch in the restaurant at the Retreat Center.

1.30pm-3.30pm: Putting the finishing touches on the Oga Oga.

3.30 – 4pm: Snacks, tea, coffee, juice…..

4pm – 5.30pm: Class with Shankari… “Blue Fire Ritual” for protection… “Portal Ritual” for alignment and activation… (The Portal Ritual is only for graduates of “The Blue Fire Ritual” location…. Balian Palace Roof Grid….

5.30 – 6.30pm Free time

6.30pm: Practice your Blue Fir/Portal Rituals on the roof top…. Location: The Balian Palace…

7pm: Dinner in the Palace Dining Room… traditional Balinese dance performance by children from our dance school… Hula Dance Performance by Shankari, singing and dancing by many others including you! …. It’s a party!

10pm: Sweet Dreams… big day tomorrow!

March 22 Thursday

Day three:

Day of Final preparations on Oga Oga….

Breakfast: 7am -10am

Yoga Class: 8am – 9am

9am Balian Palace… final completion of Oga Oga Monster… decorations and activations… we will be building the framework at the base in Bamboo so the Oga Oga Monster can be carried easily by many people at one time…

12 noon – 1pm: Lunch in the restaurant in Retreat Center…

1pm: Completion of Oga Oga and photo session with everyone involved… a small record of a great work!

1pm: Final preparations for moving the monster…. to the other side of the river bridge… this is really wonderful…. We stop the traffic in the process and everyone locally is amazed at our Oga Oga creation as we carry it down the road across the bridge and up into the Retreat Center from the Balian Palace… we will have lots of help so don’t feel like its going to be hard work!

3pm: Snacks and refreshments in the restaurant.

3.30 – 4.30pm: Oga Oga activation Ceremony out front of Shankari’s Retreat Center with all the Oga Oga we have created … there will be at least three perhaps four from our team! (Everyone must be wearing their temple clothes… the kabaya and the sarong…

4.30pm -5.30pm: Dancing with the Oga Oga…. All the Oga Oga are carried in procession, the traffic is stopped by the police and we have the road to ourselves for about a half hour to go across the river bridge/Java Highway and down through Shankari’s garden to the river beach below, where they will all be burned in a great big bonfire…. The whole village watches and follows the procession…. It is a wild scene… don’t forget to bring your cameras!

6pm: Final ceremony to complete the energy and protect us all through the night… all lights go off …. The last at midnight, and the next day there are no cars, no traffic… silence!

7pm – 8.30pm: Dinner

Or before dinner you may want to go up north to the local village and join in their procession and see their amazing Oga Oga creations……not for the faint hearted! This is for people who are fit and healthy and willing to join the crowd!

Street parades… stop the traffic…. Oga Oga are on the move! “The

Night of Fires”… as they all finally meet their end on the river beach, filled with all the negativity from the villages and the people, the negative energy is transmuted through the power of fire and water…. Resolved and drained away leaving the village and ourselves cleansed and renewed… ready for a rest!

Sweet Dreams!

Silence tomorrow… you will be woken by the birds song and the sound of children’s laughter!

Nyipi Day: March 23 Friday (Friday is ruled by Venus the planet of love and compassion)

As long as you stay within the grounds of the Retreat Center and do not make loud noises you will be fine… Shankari uses this day in a very powerful sacred way… for personal releasing and healing and rearranging her own energy for the year ahead… this is in alignment with the intention of the Priests who first developed this amazing ceremony and celebration of cleansing and healing a whole island and its people on an annual basis … Use the energy wisely… t is a gift from The Goddess of All Creation that we can become involved in such an intimate way in a truly amazing Balinese Sacred Ceremony

Take the time today to fall in love with yourself… with all the parts of you that you judge and do not love unconditionally… this is a powerful act of self healing and has profound effect on your future potential for success on every level… remember, nothing is isolated… everything is connected and a reflection of everything else ….the divine truth ’as above so below’… applies here!

Day four:

Breakfast: 8am – 10am

Lunch: 12noon – 2pm

Dinner: 7pm – 8pm

Day of Silence: no one is allowed to use a machine like a car or plane… or go out onto the streets… or make any noise, except children…. the reason is the Balinese people believe the monsters flying over head will

think there is no one living in Bali if it is very quiet and they believe the monsters can’t see children because of their pure hearts, so they will keep flying to Java and make trouble over there!

This is one of the most remarkable days in the Balinese calendar… and true evidence that the Balinese people are a genuinely spiritual culture with a clear intent to stay aligned with the natural forces of the earth… there is much we can learn from them…

On this day you practice your personal ritual in silence and become strong in your personal intention for the future… you have the power and now you have the family (O’hana)…. Nothing can stop you from finding your joy!

My suggestion for today is that each students takes the time to be in true internal silence for the first three hours of their day, then to be very disciplined and write out the plan for their future energy… there will be a questionnaire that will prompt internal enquiry and revelation… prepared by Shankari in advance….

The lights go back on and the traffic starts again around midnight…..

Day Five:

The Day after, The Day of Silence….. release from the past.

Accepting the power and beauty of the moment…

Breakfast: 7am -10am

Yoga Class: 8am – 9am

Back to business as usual with a big smile that comes from your heart

You are an important part of the fabric of the whole…. Come and join Shankari the Alchemist in Bali and have a completely life changing experience….. you are a child of the Universe… join us in Bali March 2012 and become part of the solution!

Places are limited. Let us know as soon as possible if you would like to come to Paradise in Bali for Nyipi 2011.
Blessings on all your adventures. Shankari the Alchemist.

For Further Information, Please Contact By Email at: bookings@shankarisbaliretreat.com

Shankari’s 12 rules of Survival into the 21st Century!

Intro:

I have five kids and seven grand kids so far, with Cancer (the house of the family) ‘rising’, ruled by Mars (God of War)… this means ‘my family is my army and my army is my family’….  I feel a strong sense of duty towards them all. I have spent many years contemplating how best to navigate the dangerous terrain of the future… and it is very dangerous! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

We have come to the completion of a 26,000 year cycle. One calendar is coming to a close while another has already commenced and is describing a different energy field for the future.

What happened 26,000 years ago? Did anyone ever tell you?

I find this fascinating… 26,000 years ago Human Beings as we know them became the dominant race on earth, they took the title away from the Neanderthals who had

40,000 years to work it out but were unable to evolve out of their Neanderthal ways…. Homo Sapiens have been in charge on earth for 26,000 years… with some luck* and a little effort we will access the frequency for ascension and complete our mission on earth in a timely fashion with Grace and Ease….

(*Keeping in mind that Luck is ‘when opportunity meets preparation’)

Our global future holds a different sort of challenge than the danger you see portrayed in the media! Those obvious dangers are quantifiable and apparently fixable in an hour of entertainment!

The dangers facing us and our families are far more insidious and much less obvious than a tough guy wielding his fists…or a ‘terrorist’ setting off a bomb.

If you look closely at our world you will see we are a global culture sitting on a time bomb! The terrorists are not outside our door they are inside our homes, coming through our TV’s, computers and telephones.

The fuel and shrapnel for this bomb are created through endless boredom, frustration, resentment, guilt, greed and a feeling of overwhelming powerlessness….this is pretty high powered fuel, dangerous and toxic!

This describes the geography of the energetic terrain the planet is expressing as it enters the energy of the new calendar…. This energy has been magnified since Hurricane Katrina followed by the sub prime mortgage fall out and the wobbling of Wall Street….

In the back streets of every city in America the demise of the culture is evident… the richest country in the world has the poorest people…on TV late night they are even putting up ads to ask for help for the 1 in 8 children who go to bed hungry every night in the US…. While many others spend their time dieting because they consume so much with so little thought … its all about staying numb for them and food helps!

The long term consequences of the sub prime theft are evident in places like South Carolina where there are reports of whole communities surviving by scrounging through trash cans…. There are whole tent cities equal to any thing they had in Sarajevo before the riots, set up outside most major US cities in the mid west and deep south… these are far worse off and poorer than any of my friends in the third world… these people no longer have family ties, no loving compassionate community support, no land, interest or skill to grow their own food, they are outside the loop in every possible way…and they are blamed for the failure of the system that was designed to rip them off … ‘cannon fodder’ in global business wars…. I am not sure if anyone has given serious thought to the fact that this is a recipe for future domestic terrorism… when you have nothing you have nothing to lose… the government and normal media channels do not report the true state of affairs… since it is too bizarre for words and does not fit the US version of itself…. Hundreds of thousands of homeless families eating out of garbage cans while city councils bulldoze empty houses because there is more money owed on them than they are worth…. Does this make any sense to you?

These are very dangerous times… and the terrorists are not who you think…try GMO food companies, drug companies and whoever is managing the HARRP frequencies globally (look this up online for further info)

If ever there was a time the planet needed some serious white magic it has to be NOW!

We must become very conscious of our own intent if we are going to make a positive difference…  the general population is fast moving into a polarization between those who have and those who don’t… how do we create a bright future for our families from within a global reality that seems so skewed!

I have developed a set of 12 commandments for the 21st century and I would like to share them with you as we arrive at the threshold of 2012. Contemplate them and determine if they are appropriate for you and if so on New Years Eve share them with your friends and family…. Lets start a revolution of our own and hold the light in our hearts for the good of all as we enter the energy of 2012….

1. Be kind to yourself first.

If you are not in good shape how can you be helpful to anyone else? Think about the emergency instruction… ‘put your own oxygen mask on first!’ … When the plane is going down, if you don’t take care of yourself first you will become a burden not an asset to your family and community.

As a liability and eventually a dependant … all your good intentions not followed up by conscious intent mean nothing! Ugh! Who wants to be like that!?

Intend to become an asset to your community not a burden…BE KIND TO  YOURSELF FIRST! (I can’t say this comes easily to me, since I was trained to be a martyr, but every day I am working on it… so can you!)

2. Be Kind and Compassionate to Others…

I have found from personal experience, this is much easier to achieve if you are already being kind to yourself! The world is becoming smaller every day, the energy for change is building with intensity, if you are not surrounded by friends and extended family you will be in trouble when the sh-t hits the fan! You are responsible for your relationships and it is a fact that no man is an island… although it is equally true that we are each of us, Infinite, Immortal Beings of Light having a human experience.

As humans we are designed to live within communities and in this structure we flourish, this is challenging to a hermit such as myself… I have had to contemplate all aspects of this public part of life. I have had good teachers…  The Great Mother of All Creation gave me five children (like the Pandawa Brothers of the Ramayana… or a whole basketball team! ) to force me into the world so I would be competent when the time came to share all these insights with you… Here on earth we are sentient and devotional when in a balance… we naturally take care of each other. We love to love! Love your life and all its convolutions…… you and everyone you know are manifestations of the Divine Force called LOVE!

BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET… this is the way we will survive and prosper into the future… take the power and set the tone…it’s up to each one of us to make the difference in our own world… linked together we will be a global force for good like the earth has never seen before…

3. Create Private “Time For Self ” on a regular basis.

Without this you will become a hollow fraud… in fact I considered putting this one as the first rule because it is so important…. To become a whole and satisfied human being we need to develop the power within ourselves to be content ! Contentment within our own skin, quiet mind, healthy psyche, happy life…. Time for self is like gold… something other people have more of…. This is an illusion, our reality is in our own hands… we are the master set director in our own movie…. We determine how we spend our time here on earth… Think outside the box and you have a chance at success against the odds….

Time for self make you feel rich and respected… because you have respected yourself…. true long term sustained abundance comes from this frequency of being…. and no where else!

4. Love life and Laugh a lot! Always take yourself lightly…

From the highest vantage point it’s all ‘tie semut’ (ant sh-t in Indonesian) and not worth the constant (bankrupting) investment of worry and anxiety that destroys your health and sense of well being on a daily basis! The Western World is apparently suffering from an epidemic  of ‘Depression’ which has been defined by the drug companies as a disease! Unbelievable!

In my research of the origins of depression I have learned something very interesting. The place within the body known as the ‘temple’, that’s signified by the small indentation in our skull just to the side of our eyes on both sides, controls our relationship with time! ‘Temple’ comes from the Latin word ‘tempo’, which means ‘time’. We still use this term in music today. A physical building known as a Temple is a place outside time…. When we smile, laugh and express happiness our personal relationship with time is influenced by the muscles and endorphins we use in the process of expression, thus we have the term in our language “time flies while we’re having fun”. The reverse is true when we are grimacing, angry, frowning, feeling hurt or being hurtful. Time lengthens and drags and we become depressed and feel powerless over our circumstances. Everyone who is suffering from depression is simply not living in present time, they are holding themselves prisoner in the past which makes them feel sad and powerless!

For this reason alone I feel it is very important for each of us to actively seek the quiet joy in each moment… it truly is only in the NOW that we have the power to change our life. Only we as individuals have the sovereign power to do that for ourselves. Anything else is a manipulation and ultimately no matter how well intended … resented!

Come into present time, allow yourself to feel the love coming to you from The Divine Mother of All Creation and then let go of all the anxiety, judgment and frustration that bankrupts you energetically on a daily basis. We cannot change planetary evolution to suit ourselves however we can join the party and have fun as the world evolves, birthing into something new and wonderful. All births are challenging and messy, filled with pain and joy, then ultimately a sense of wonderment. We are the midwives. It is important we do not panic or lose focus in these critical times. Love life and laugh. Give up all the fear and start to see the humor in every moment. Activate your own internal living temple that gives you the gift of clear sight. This is what we were born for, this is our true mission, laugh a lot, share the wonderment of change, celebrate being alive and share with those who need you. There are 70,000 foster children in Hawaii alone! What’s going on? I have decided to build a Creative Arts and Life Skills center for them on Big Island … the population there is only 100,000 total! It’s exciting, there’s so much creative work to do, things to learn, people to meet and fun to have along the way. I can’t understand why anyone would choose to remain at home, indolent, drug dependant and depressed! We are the inheritors of the world post WW2. We are the ones who are here now and we have the power to make the difference….. all we have to do is smile, laugh and let the rest unfold around us…. Let go of all attachment to what anything or anyone else ‘should’ be like and let the joy that is present right in front of you right now into your heart and feel the healing power of ‘lightness’… after all the Angels fly because they take themselves lightly!…Learning to take myself lightly was a serious challenge…after a lifetime of feeling so unsupported and so responsible at the same time is something I had to work at for a long time but it is seriously such a relief when you finally agree to let go of … nothing sticks to you as you fly through space filled with “The Lightness of Being”. All the rest is ‘tie semut’! (Ant sh-t)

5. Practice self sufficiency…Learn to Breathe…

learn about your own body, what to feed it to keep it healthy and in your true service. Do not become dependant on those outside yourself for the truth of what’s going on inside you! Become aware of what feeds your spirit and what is expensive to your energy and make loving choices for yourself. I would like to share with you what I believe to be the most important skill anyone on earth can learn today…. The Art of Breathing! Hardly anyone can breathe anymore…. Have you noticed? Everyone has asthma or allergies or injuries which prevent them from breathing with full capacity. The fact is, life on earth for humans is pretty simple… if you have no food for a month you will die, if you have no water for a week the same will happen, so what happens when you stop breathing for ten minutes? You die! There are a million food experts in the world and just as many wine buffs, so where are the breathing gurus? Breathing is so important yet it has been overlooked. This is in direct service to the bastions of the ‘status quo’… the drug companies, big business and those that would keep the general population cash cows for decades to come, hanging around depressed, taking up space and resources and contributing nothing… if this is who you have become, don’t worry, help is on the way! Read on…..

It has always intrigued me why we are not taught how to breathe with power when we are in school… then I realized to breathe with consciousness is a powerful tool of independence and those in charge can’t afford to give the average person that much   personal power… THIS YEAR…please learn to breathe…. The art form in India is known as Pranayama… the study of the breath…. Look it up, grow internally, become in charge of your own wellbeing, stop thinking someone else is going to save you…. They can’t…they can inspire you to save yourself… you make the choices every moment on where you will place your attention and your resources… I know from experience there is nothing more empowering than learning how to breathe with consciousness, how to focus your intent and bring the whole of you into any equation. No one ever discusses the quality of your breath and the power it can bring to your enjoyment of everything on earth! Sex, food, music, all of life is enhanced if you breathe with power….

Learn to breathe NOW!

6. Learn to Listen!

Listen carefully to what YOU are saying… everyone must be responsible for every spell they cast upon the world around them from their own mouth! ‘In the beginning was the word and the word was God!’ Words have great power. Power to encourage and power to destroy the spirit. Words are important tools and can be used to bring light and joy. You are responsible for your words… so often I am in the presence of others who are locked into a need to be heard that is deafening, and delusional. They are emotionally deaf! Their emotional body has set up such a racket in their mind, they can’t hear themselves or anyone else over the din!

You cannot listen to yourself or others if you don’t have a quiet mind. It is important to  Listen to yourself because in each moment you are describing your world and your intent with your own words, instructing the universe on how to treat you and what to send you… we get what we expect! If your mind is in chaos and your brain never stops it can over flow out of your mouth and make lots of trouble for you! STOP THAT NOW!

Learn a technique to quiet your mind, then listen to what you say and become willing to self edit for the sake of your own survival and success! You are the magician casting the spell with your own lips, that has created your experience so far, now you can choose a new spell, one that brings you joy rather the pain of ‘trying to be right while always feeling wronged!’  This is not a good spell to cast upon yourself or your world! Become responsible for your own energy and listen carefully to what YOU say!…

7. Learn to Listen! Listen carefully to what OTHERS say!…

Do not believe anything anyone says without evidence in the third dimension… this is the place best suited for testing authenticity because the third dimension is the hardest one to crack….and the one you definitely can’t fool! If you are listening carefully with a quiet mind, observing reality without illusions, you will know soon enough if the words spoken are true or false… then its up to you to have the courage to make decisions based on this information, rather than the hype… Listen carefully. Trust yourself. Feel the energy… do not be fooled by the bright lights and big stories people, groups and political bodies weave around themselves…  in the strictest sense of the word these are black magic spells, designed to manipulate you for the personal gain of another.. these are not in your best interests…. Stay alert to illusion and delusional people… you have the power to find your own way to joy and happiness… do not jump to conclusions, always look for supporting data. I always find the face is very expressive. There is a ‘new’ science, around micro expressions on the face, something I have been aware of for decades. Magic and science have come so close they are crossing over. The truth is

never far from right in front of you if you are willing to listen with a quiet mind and watch carefully with no preconceived ideas. I am an alchemist, clairaudient and fairly psychic

and I give you this advice, as you enter 2012, LISTEN carefully to what people say, look for evidence in the third dimension of anything they say… spiritual or otherwise, as above so below… there is no difference… It is All One!  If joy and kindness are the new currency, listen carefully then determine what are they bringing to the table and where do they plan to take you? Does it leave you feeling more joyful and free or more vexed and fearful? Your choice…. Make it conscious… by listening carefully!

Listen carefully to what others are saying and become aware of ‘how’ they are saying it…. Do not be critical, be open and listen carefully before making any decisions on anything…. I remind myself often, there are always more than twelve sides to a single cut gem and just as many to any story anyone ever tells me! Don’t take sides, remain unattached, remember if you are in judgment on anything you are part of the problem because in a polarized world for anything to exist it needs it’s opposite!

Don’t waste any more time, listen to your hearts desire and follow that!

8. Practice Appreciation of Everything!… when something goes up in value, such as land or a house, it has ‘appreciated’ in value.

So when you ‘appreciate’ yourself, something or someone, you are actively increasing the ‘value’ of yourself and the world around you. As you develop your ability to appreciate your world, you will become more abundant and more affluent in every area of your life.  To feel ‘appreciation’ is to grow through the wealth of your own experience, to increase the value of your friends and family in yours and their own eyes and to live in an abundant universe…. When humans are feeling appreciated, they have a lot to give and share of themselves, we are a talented bunch here on earth!  When you practice appreciation…. and it is a, ‘practice’ that means something you must continue to do if you want to stay in shape and on target…. When we ‘practice ‘ appreciation, we are using the cosmic muscles of our inner self and our intent. This action changes the frequency that surrounds us, as we learn to create the field of appreciation around us, we begin to feel more ‘appreciated’!

9. ‘Appreciate’ yourself often…grow your true value in your own eyes.…. then never forget it! We are all infinite, immortal beings of light, having a human experience, we are all equal and valuable to the God Force.

We love to feel appreciated, so pass the message on. Learn to appreciate yourself and the gifts you’ve been given to share in this life. To feel ‘appreciated’ means…. your value has grown in your own eyes. Why? Because someone else (you give the power to) believes in you! They make you feel ‘great’! Dangerous ground. You must know who you are and what you are worth before commencing any love affair that makes you ‘forget yourself’… in business, socially or personally…. Love affairs are sent to bring us emotional evolution, not eternal punishment!

This is why ‘love affairs and break ups’ are so hard. The idea of another’s approval (love) increases our value in our own eyes and when it is removed (abandonment) we are forced to redefine our value….. if we have little self love, adaptability or power to self forgive, we will feel ‘worthless……and say stupid things like ‘without their love, we may as well be dead’!

Why are you suicidal and worthless?

Because the person or group you gave the power of approval and ‘appreciation’ to, no longer wants you!

Who are they anyway?

They are always a variation on the familiar energy of our parents or caretakers when we were children….providing the lessons for this life….    Give it up!  The anxiety and the pain of attachment….

Don’t wait for someone else to tell you your value…. Know your true worth and be strong in your own sense of self… When you don’t feel appreciated you are in the energy field of the victim, one of the most toxic, self destructive energies on earth, with the power to make trouble every where you go! When you appreciate yourself you become a valuable resource… people will seek you out and present you with the best deal, the truest love and the most creative environments when you are carrying the frequency of genuine self worth that does not rely on the approval of others. In this field of energy you are accountable, original and available for support, (everyone needs help some time) because you are free and empowered and not dependant on another for your value, all good things can come to you.

This is not the small ego, chest puffing type of approval, I am speaking of the certain knowledge gained through experience of your genuine value in the greater global scheme. Everything and everyone is of equal value, we are redefining what we’re doing here on earth and what we want to achieve…. Everyone really only wants a few things and the most important is to feel loved and valued as an individual within their community… this can really only happen effectively if they have already begun the process of activation through self love and ‘appreciation’… what is your true worth and when will you learn to “Appreciate Yourself First”? Do it now, start to really appreciate yourself and the perfection you represent on earth…. Repeat this to yourself under your breath for a week,  just for fun and see what happens next! “I am entirely loveable and worthy of all good things right now!’

10. Let go of the need to be ‘Right’ about anything…

We cannot create a world of peace and harmony if we are constantly measuring ourselves against each other and coming up short! This puts everyone on their ‘back foot’ ready to defend themselves!

In a world where black /white, right/wrong, up/down, are the rule there will always be good and bad…. Yet this is a fabrication of the human psyche.

What we have learned if we have been paying attention is there is no such thing… there are waves of energy, qualified by our intent, that swirl around us on a daily basis.

Most people in the  third dimension are more invested in being ‘right’ than being ‘happy’….. somehow we equate ‘approval’ with ‘happiness’ although, I am sure you have noticed, it is a poor substitute …

In fact it is unlikely we have any idea what happiness is as a culture… we have spent our life in a kind of damage control so everyone else wont notice how ‘wrong’ and ‘bad’ we really are…. Our culture is powered by guilt, shame and fear of failure… sculpted by greed… the greed to be the right one… the biggest, the best, the winner, the righteous…so we will eventually be worthy of love and acceptance….

Every time I hear someone say that word…’righteous’ I know by definition they are making someone else wrong! Jesus whole mission was to teach us forgiveness and equality… these are the only two of his teachings that differed from everyone else before him and ultimately created his death…. Forgiveness and equality…. 2,000 years and we are still working on interpretation!

The Old Testament world (Christian, Jew and Muslim) is the primary purveyor of our black and white reality  …   the fact that these are all male institution should tell you all you need to know about their future and why they failed… Where is the mutual respect and equality!?

We are entering a time when each of us is accountable to the whole while sustaining a level of personal sovereignty.

No longer a time of institutionalized beliefs…

Now is the time….  We wake up every morning saying to ourselves, “It is all one, I am loved for who I am, I CAN make a difference! I give abundantly as I receive abundantly….I am safe and Immortal Right now!”

I have used this statement for many years while struggling to build “Talismans of Power” my jewelry company in Bali. I have always found it liberating to be reminded of who I am and what my mission on earth is all about…. I share it with you for the pleasure of liberating the world…. Feel free to share it with your interested friends and family…..

“All One….

… with the God Force beyond all life

I give abundantly as I receive abundantly….

I am loved in action and non action!

I make a difference!

I am safe and immortal right now…!”

11. Learn a new skill this year… a musical instrument or artistic endeavor … medical research has shown that the kind of brain activity required to learn anew instrument or a new language prevents early on set Alzheimer’s Disease…

I do not expect to find myself with Alzeimers… I have been learning new instruments over the last ten years… I started with the drum…  now I play the flute, the ukele, the piano and I tried the clarinet… but I think I might have to save that skill for another life…! Music is a powerful healing force, do not deprive your children of one of earths treasures… learn to read music, learn to make music with each other…  share music of all sorts and open your inner ear to the music of the planets….  It is all one!

Learning a new language is like learning a new instrument… a new way of communicating your intent… I highly recommend to everyone that you take the time to go into a competition with your self and become as great as you can be while learning a new language… an arena that is entirely private (no measuring yourself against another) and yet has extremely powerful life and value markers…. Languages open your mind in a new way and allows you to see the sacred geometric connections throughout the subtle energies of the planet…  do you know that throughout the Dark Ages and during the Inquisition every book in Europe that looked like it may have been the work of the devil was destroyed, most often burned! After a fifty years, these brilliant villages priests has successfully wiped out Latin! The ancient source language of Latin was retrieved and remains a part of Global Culture because Saint Bridget and Ireland escaped the Inquisition. She built schools, co-ed convents for 2,000 students of Divinity, libraries and safe houses for the refugees coming into Ireland from Europe throughout the dark times…they brought the books with them and Bridget’s nuns hid them for the future…. there is a book called “How Ireland Saved the World” available through Amazon which will tell you all the details! Languages and Musical instruments are natural healing tools and extend the quality of your life…. For free!

12. Create community projects…become co creative….

Throw parties, have people over, make music together.  Sovereign, joyful, content individuals are not beyond needing company and a sense of belonging within a broader community …. It is very important to maintain your alliances and relationships with other sovereign individuals thus within community, we can support each other when needed….

Give up a world of dependence of all forms and align with a new reality of self sufficient, joyful living environments, based on respect, creativity and compassion..

There is bound to be a period of transition that brings challenges in all forms… I am certain humanity will survive and prosper because….. it is time! Time to become all we can be and share it with each other…. We are preparing to ascend…. that can only be achieved from a position of balance and lightness, laughter and love…..now!

New Year Message (part 3)

2. Be kind to others.

Being kind to yourself, makes it easy to be kind to others….

I know this from personal experience… I have not always been kind to myself… As a child I was a devoted Christian (those dedicated to martyrdom and celebrate ‘sacrifice’….) There was no other words to describe ‘spirit’ in my community in the mid fifties.  I sang in the Church Choir…

I still love to sing, I was a Sunday School teacher until I was 18! I am devotional by nature so I took that stuff about putting everyone else and everything else ahead of myself very seriously!

Born a humanitarian, care giver to the world, I and others like me are an easy target for a philosophy of self effacement to gain favor with God the Father… since ours are most often absent…

I would like to talk for a moment about this business of sacrifice! As we enter the new year do not bring any of that with you!

Sacrifice is not the name of the game anymore… it may have had relevance in the last century however today it is no longer ‘sacrifice’ but ‘service’ we must admire and support in each other….

To be in ‘service’ is not to ‘sacrifice’…. Service does not insist on ‘self annihilation’…. and martyrdom… this is very expensive behavior and rips   off the whole community…

In this new millennium we are evolving into a new reality which does not include ‘sacrifice’ but rather ‘service’.

To be in ‘service’ to another is to accept that you too have value in the exchange which is quite different from the position held by Religious Christians …’I am so guilty (despite the fact that I am constantly told I am forgiven) and worthless (despite the fact that the church was built on my dime and is one of the richest institutions on earth…)

I, (the average person) am not worthy to enter without first surrendering to your (the institutional) certain belief in my guilty wanton ways (as a woman) which are truly a reflection of your own conflicted Christian reality, a gift from (St Augustine)….. if I believed in hell I would be keen to see him visit for a while… though I am working on being compassionate at all times with all beings… it is sometimes difficult…. But not impossible!

Who was St Augustine? I am sorry for the detour but I want to share this with you…before we enter the new year and the energy of the new calendar… St Augustine was not a kind man!

St Augustine was a potent pillar of the Church. He was not kind to others… in fact we have him to thank for much of the really despicable inequality between the sexes written into church dogma…

‘Saint’ Augustine was a womanizer who could not keep it in his pants, however rather than take any responsibility for his own weak nature he blamed all his sexual deviance on women who were obviously in cahoots with the devil… thus all women were deemed untrustworthy, weak willed, easily manipulated, soft minded and in need of a strong masculine hand of discipline… (I hope he is still roasting)!

‘Be kind to others’, this is the way to enrich your life with meaning and purpose… when you are being kind to others, to be effective, your kindness cannot have a price tag! You cannot be kind and have an agenda and expect it all to work out in your favor! Kind is more like who you are rather than what you do… irrefutable, vibrational reality that attracts abundance and true love, opportunities and advantages…. Magnetically!

Ulterior motives will delay your effectiveness …

I know it is not always easy… I have my own challenges…. Everyone does! Especially those closest to us!

Commencing in the New Year, be kind and generous with all aspects of your self and suddenly you will start the ball rolling and the world will be changing for the better all around you. We are overdue….. more freedom and joy is on the way!

We have been brow beaten for 2,000 years, taught strict versions on what’s ‘right’ and ‘wrong’…. Righteousness is a way of making others wrong and ourselves right… give that up right away!

I speak from a position of true understanding, I spent centuries in the church throughout its evolution and I was trained in all variations of the theme… there is something completely base line and liberating in the idea of being absolutely right while someone else is absolutely wrong… if there ever was an ego feeder this has to be it… with no repercussions or sense of balance…. simply the power that comes with group agreement and ignorant censorship of the possibilities down to one that suits you and your purposes….

Religion is on its way out and good riddance!

Religion… which ever, is designed to insert itself between you and your experience of The God Force, The Divine… this is no longer relevant or necessary… every day there is a new and amazing pile of evidence as to the divinity that lies within each one of us… our DNA is changing, our immune systems are adapting, we are evolving into a world of highly informed, skilled, sovereign individuals creating joyful community from a point of equality that simultaneously allows for human uniqueness … supporting the whole and celebrating the differences… this is the future of successful community upon the earth….

Being kind to yourself and each other is the first step to freedom!  Then…… Be generous and compassionate with everyone you meet, the flow on from this simple decision will astound you!

More tomorrow….

New Year Message (part 2)

The New Year celebrations are fast approaching,

As a global population we are taking back control, preparing for a successful co creative future….

Despite the huge push by ‘the other side’ to gather us up again and neutralize our intent to be free… how?  Well that’s easy, they teach ‘material values are king’ (worthy of killing some one for) How do they do this? Through Base Chakra (sex/survival) Reality TV Shows, through drugs of all sorts, legal and illegal… pushing the audience to agree with their values and act with no grace from their base sex/survival instinct… some are no better than farm yard animals fighting over food…. …. To be personality driven rather than soul conscious…. Is a lonely angry path that many are encouraged to follow because it make you sick and once you are sick they have got you for the rest of your life! 30% of the US is now suffering from Diabetes or Heart Disease…. That’s a big audience for your product if you are a drug company! Health Care is on everyone’s lips… yet the idea of ‘health’ is to maintain ill health in a manageable way, thus we support a food industry that supplies little nutrient, over population, an aging community and a dying culture of kindness… since everyone is sick and most are cranky… or doped up!

Human Beings are amazing….

We have the power to be Soul Conscious…. We are a phenomenon in the universe, we are about to take the final leap into super consciousness as a planet… hold on to your hat, get ready…. These are the instructions, the rule book if you like…  that will allow you to survive and succeed into the   2012 with grace and style…

1. Be kind to yourself first!

Eat small amounts of nutritious food, wear comfortable clothes that make you feel beautiful and happy, learn new things often, keep your mind alive with joyful activities…. Do not engage in competitive pursuits…. Become an asset to your community, in this context the great value you bring to the group is recognized, celebrated and honored rather than challenged, resented or sabotaged….

It’s like putting your oxygen mask on first when the plane is going down… you are no good to others if you are not strong and resilient… if you do not take good care of yourself you will become a dependant rather than a resource to your human community…

(In our world if you become sick you are a cash cow for the drug companies. Don’t be fooled! They and their siblings the food corporations have no interest in your good health, they are determined to keep you alive for as long as possible as a cash cow on a maintenance program!)…. Sad, astounding that it got this far! BUT TRUE!

2. Be kind to others.

Being kind to yourself, makes it easy to be kind to others….

More tomorrow!

Love S x

New Year message from Shankari

The New Year celebrations are fast approaching, I hope you have taken the time to deep clean your house and write a list of all those things you are planning to leave behind as we start this most auspicious year of 2012…..

Why bother?…. Seems like a lot of trouble for nothing…what difference will that make?

Lots and Lots!

Why?

Because… ‘as above, so below’… because your home is symbolic of your life, your relationships and your physical body, so pay attention and create cleanliness and order before entering the energy of the New Year, for your own sake!

This little piece of conscious awareness can allow you to set the tone for the year ahead the way you want it, free of abandonment and abuse!

….. this prevents that feeling we have… of always being on the ‘back foot’ trying to catch up…. I know you know what I mean.

We live in a society that is constantly pushing us to perform, measure up and compete with our last breath! This is soul destroying activity and ends up with a culture of abandoned youth and abused parents…. 70,000 abandoned children in the Foster Care system of Hawaii alone… what about the other 50 States? What about the rest of the Western World?

(Abuse and abandonment are the result of self abuse coupled with an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness… held by both by the parents and the children….)

For a long time I was deeply enmeshed in all the competitive energy of the marketplace… giving 110% daily leaves you bankrupt….

And in whose service? I thought I was working for my future and the future health and well being of my children…. Did I really get rewarded as I expected?

No!

Did I really achieve my true intent… to be happy and healthy and take good care of my family?… No!

So what was I doing wrong all those years?

I think about this a lot… what was I doing?

I was playing the game of life by the rules I was given…

And I never thought to question them or that there might be another way!…..

I absolutely believed the people in charge, just like I completely loved and believed in my parents and their version of the world…. and I trusted them completely to do the right thing…. It turns out they didn’t have a clue either!

I am not complaining!

I don’t think there is something really WRONG!

I am not even sorry the way it all turned out because I now live with joy and freedom…. And  I am here to warn you of the dangers…..and hopefully lead you into a new reality, a new way of being that has the possibility of greater joy and freedom…

I have discovered the real nature of joyful living on earth….. it has nothing to do with competition and everything to do with co creation…. So all that hype about winning is a way to keep us separate from each other and in constant competition…. This way we will stay weak and manageable!

We live in a completely abundant world where there is more than enough of everything for everyone…… however we are also evolving out of the dense energy of sex and survival (1st and 2nd Chakra) into a brighter future when we can feel free to tell the truth, (5th Chakra… throat) have an opinion of our own, (3rd Chakra… the will… Solar Plexus) we are learning to think with our hearts (4th Chakra) and feel with our heads (6th Chakra).

We have been locked in 3rd dimensional reality for the past 26,000 years. Now, our world is opening up, 4th and 5th dimensional experiences are common among human beings these days… as a race we are evolving into a bright and inter dimensional future, much to the chagrin of those who felt they were the masters of our destiny on earth forever… Big Business, governments, drug companies… I refuse to be their cash cow and so should you!  More tomorrow!

Love S x

New Year Message to the women of Australia and the world from Shankari the Alchemist

“The world is changing quickly and if there is anything we humans are afraid of it’s change!
There is a lot of fear and doubt in the global atmosphere… the question I have for you is this…. Has it even really been any different? The human race has been constantly driven by fear throughout all history…. We’re controlled by others, through our fear of… ‘What if?”

This new year I suggest we all accept that change is inevitable and instead of being in fear about it which makes us sick and brings us pain, we can make the choice to see all change as positive!
The truth is, if there is to be momentous change for the better the old entrenched ways have to be wiped away. This process brings a degree of chaos. Chaos breeds fear…. !

If we trust in the goodness of the God Force and The Divine Mother then we cannot worry about the future…   When we worry the pain grows and grows… we’re all faced with huge challenges at this time in global history…. We are the lucky ones we are here to have the experience in person! In future, the times we are navigating will be legend… where do you want to be placed in the legend of 2012? I myself want to be among those who held the light and laughed with joy as change forces me to grow on a daily basis… come join me in Hawaii over Christmas and New Year or in March in Bali… call Kiele on 1 808 990 3344 for more details….
I have three rules for these challenging times…

  1. Be here now, in present time:
    All pain is in the past or the future, our true task is to live in joy now! Dance, sing, find like minded souls to share your journey…. Celebrate!
  2. Be true and kind to yourself and others:
    Remember what goes around comes around…. You will get what you give! Give with a kind heart and an open spirit, so you will never need to fear for your well being. Kindness rules!
  3. Respect the earth and all her resources:
    …. She is our Divine Mother and without her we are homeless! Like all Mothers we are prone to ignore the gifts she provides for us every day… we assume it is our right to receive from her! Without a functioning planet it will be hard to find someone to convince of our ‘rights’ to destroy her beauty in the name of progress!

Live in joy, sing often, wear beautiful powerful sacred gemstone talismans of power, re-activate the High Priestess within you, your time is coming! We need you to be balanced and in power…. Ready to become all you can be in service to the evolution of Mother Gaia.

Our ancient mother Gaia, is on the rise… she is awakening the primitive heart in every woman globally… even those who have never heard her name before! She is telling us all to laugh out loud…. Relax and get ready to celebrate change for the better! She is the mother of change, calling us all to trust Her and join Her mission to bring balance, peace and beauty back into each heart on earth…. Come join me, Shankari the Alchemist and share the journey, celebrate change for the best!  We will succeed against all the odds and celebrate the beauty of the Goddess in each of our hearts in 2012!

We are “The Daughters of the Goddess of Life”…. and we are on the rise!

Akitsushima … Isle of the Dragonfly Part I

‘Akitsushima’ … ‘Isle of the Dragonfly’ was the name Japan was known by in the 11th century.

The Emperor himself had named his country in honor of the Dragonfly. He believed the energy of the dragonfly was sacred and protected him and his people.

I first visited Japan a little over 7 years ago. Since that visit, with no explanation, I have been guided to include the dragonfly in my crystal and gemstone jewelry designs. This feeling has been growing inside me and my designs ever since.

March 2011… I have begun designing the ‘Akitsushima’ collection, in honor of the people of Japan and the incredible task of adaption ahead of them…

The Dragonfly is a huge success story! It has been on the earth for 300 million years, almost identical to its prehistoric ancestors but for size (they were once 3ft long and 4ft wide!) Dragonflies are very scary to look at and trigger all sorts of wild fantasies yet, their only dangerous to mosquitoes and other small annoying things! They are also beautiful, graceful and tasty! (Considered a culinary delicacy in many Asian countries, collected from the rice fields on sticky poles for dinner by the children… my sons among them, as kids in Bali.)

Dragonfly energy represents the power to adapt to changing circumstance, while still being the essential true you… this species has been successful for 300 million years… that is an amazing feat of endurance!

In the 11th century the Emperor of Japan must have intuitively known that Dragonfly Energy described the truth of his country!

‘Akitsushima’ the true powerful underlying key to survival on these fragile volcanic island outcroppings off the coast of China… flooded, burned, dashed and washed away, time and again… the dragonfly appears in the crest of the Samurai Warrior.

Like a Samurai sword the Dragonfly symbolizes, the power of the people of Japan to adapt and grow under pressure. They are being tested and tempered by mother earth into becoming the most flexible, sharpest and most adaptable people on the earth!  I believe on a global scale, the common people of Japan have more of a voice as the energy of dragonfly travels through and activates within everyone the energy of survival and success for the next 300 million years !

Blazing tales of wonder, your sister through chaos and comfort, … remembering all we have ever been and are about to become…
Blessings from Shankari the Alchemist   xxxx

Time Will Tell

To all my friends and family in Japan, I am sending you light and unconditional love during this time of global change and internal chaos.

Remember, life is a series of challenging curve balls, thrown by the Divine Mother to keep us alive and growing. Growing into out true potential as wise beings in care of the earth, her people and resources.

I know it’s hard to contemplate however, consider for a moment the way this new course of events has set you free to live to your true potential… as we all know… “time will tell” if things are moving in a positive direction or a negative one…

“Time will tell”… if this series of events is long term a blessing or a curse…. There is a good reason for why Japan holds the position of being the only country in Asia that can boast ‘first world’ status…

This means today there are better schools, hospitals, health care, more law and order, industry and wealth in Japan than anywhere else in all of Asia because it survived the worst thing that could ever happen to a country…!

Japan has already survived the unthinkable… this new challenge is simply the beginning of new thought, new freedoms and an unlimited potential for “change for the best”… the wonderful people of Japan deserve the best and I feel sure the all pervading energy of ‘the great mother of Japan’ Himiko… is doing a fine job, in loving service to the evolution of the common people of Japan… to become the true leaders of change within their own communities and families…

Change is hard to start and even more difficult to stop once it has started to gather momentum….. what greater change is there than the feeling of “the earth moving beneath our feet! “

In loving lightness… S x

A Slice of History… On its way to Big Island from Bali Indonesia, August 2011 (Editorial Inspirations Magazine, Hawaii)

Balinese Nyepi 2011

Balinese Nyepi 2011

Europe: During the last half of the 1800’s the Dutch were occupying and enslaving the Balinese people. They were the labor force compelled to grow “the spices for the cooking pots of Europe”. Hawaii was just beginning its journey with European Culture, yet to become the undereducated, overweight, island c hain, once the paradise of the Kamehameha clan.

Bali: Just 75 years ago in Bali Indonesia, a group of Dutch colonialists and local businessmen decided it would be a good idea to bring the ‘Wicker Man’ festival from Northern Europe to Bali. This concept evolved into what is known today as Nyipi and the “Ogoh Ogoh” Festival. The word Nyipi is a derivation of the Dutch way of saying Yippee! The ‘Ogre’ Puppets or Ogoh Ogoh are giant paper-mache sculptures made with wood and bamboo internal skeletons. The Balinese people so thoroughly adopted this universal idea it ultimately became an important part of their calendar year. The purpose, in both geographical regions, is to celebrate community and cleanse the physical environment from negative energy.

Hawaii 2011: On August 18 – 22 Australian born jewelry designer, Shankari the Alchemist (shankari.com) and her team of international, intrepid global light workers known as ‘The Stone Soup Moving Feast’ will lead the building of an astounding group of Ogoh Ogoh (giant puppets) on the Island of Hawaii. The puppets will be built on the grounds of the future home of the Ocean View Creative Arts Center, intended to provide life skills and a wide variety of support to all the foster children of the islands.

Ocean View Hawaii… the poorest place in the islands…where anything can happen! Why there when it’s obviously more convenient and definitely more comfortable almost anywhere else? Because we at ‘Stone Soup Moving Feast’ are committed to helping the poorest communities become revitalized. Ka’u County, home of Ranchos, Ocean View, is the prize winner for getting the least federal and state funding of any place in the whole of the USA. It is also the largest community in America that has no running water!

Shankari The Alchemist

Shankari The Alchemist

In other words they need our help the most! Everyone is invited to join in… choose a role that suits your own nature. These powerful Ogoh Ogoh will absorb the negativity (the residue of hard drugs, family abuse and domestic violence) from the earth of Hawaii and allow for deep healing to begin within our local communities and ourselves. Why not join us and experience life-enforcing fun, doing great work for the children of Hawaii, supporting their development to become a powerful force for good upon the earth.

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Blazing tales of wonder, your sister through chaos and comfort … remembering all we have ever been and are about to become…
Blessings from Shankari the Alchemist