The Heart of Transformation - Seattle

The current climate crisis calls for fundamental changes in our relationship to the living earth. Hard facts must be faced and scientific data must be accepted; but when we reduce the world to what we can measure and count, we lose all that is immeasurable and transformative about life.

We are in the midst of a collective rite of passage that requires not simply that we change, but that we truly transform our way of being in the world. The process of unfolding a greater world view is already underway, and in mythic terms, the seeds of renewal wait to be found precisely within the conditions of chaos and disorder that trouble the world.

In the midst of trouble there can be an “acceleration of calling” and a greater awakening to a sense of soulful presence and “lived purpose.” Finding and living our soul’s purpose is the way we best can serve the world at this time. Awakening at the level of heart and soul leads to acts of truth and courage, but also practices of devotion and sacred service.

The awakened soul becomes the source of genuine vision and creative agency that can inspire a genuine collective transformation.

THEMES INCLUDE

• Myths of restoration of the Earth
• Return of the feminine as creative life force
• Working with the genius loci or spirit of place
• Aligning inner genius and purpose with service in the world
• Using creative practices that build youth-elder alliances
• Shaping rituals to handle conflicts and deepen community