Harnessing the Power of Creation through African Ritual

Open to people of all backgrounds and experience levels, this workshop will explore the lessons that traditional African spirituality can teach us about creation, how the universe was brought into being, how to manifest things we want in the world, and how to fashion a life filled with divine harmony. It will first introduce the world of African ritual through a screening of Marques Redd’s highly acclaimed film Obi Mbu (The Primordial House): An Igbo Creation Myth — a fantasia of dance and theatrical performance. 

From there, we will: 

• Use dreaming and astral projection exercises to experience the Primordial Blackness, the Source of Creation.
• Energize intention through ritual body painting and dance.
• Symbolically activate the cosmic strings that form the structure of the universe for materialization and attraction.
• Employ the magic found in everyday spaces and thresholds
• Use guided meditation in darkness to surrender the ego and explore the mysteries of death and resurrection. 

Transcendent and practical, traditional African rituals are an important part of our global spiritual heritage. They can help you effect transformation, cultivate vitality, and expand your consciousness. This workshop will provide you with many tools that you will be able to use to plug directly into potent spiritual energy and empower your life!

Recommended Reading: Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Some and Cosmologies by Mikael Owunna

This workshop includes $85 of additional faculty tuition.