I am developing the Ocean View Creative Arts Festival Hawaii… the OVCA Festival…

My vision is to bring the powerful process I have experienced in Bali with the creation of the “Ogoh- Ogoh” and the way they absorb negative energy from the island of Bali annually.

…For more info on the Ogoh-Ogoh… please read “The Original Burning Man”

They are created by the village, and then burned after they have absorbed all the demonic energy floating around the island.
I want to bring this process here to Hawaii and teach the kids in Foster Care how to build these monsters from bamboo and Paper Mache so they can absorb all the demonic energy on the island. Especially the energy created and sustained by the use of the drugs like Meth which is sadly epidemic on the island of Hawaii.

This could be very powerful magic by the people for the people…

In the creation and then the burning of these effigies of darkness we can do a great service to the energy of the whole island chain.

There will be crystals on exhibition and for sale, art competitions and sale.
An “Earth Oven” baking bread, live music carried on the wind… good feelings all round.
Healing modalities of all sorts

A Sound healing Stage with Crystal Bowls, Flute, Chanting, Brass Bowls, Guided Meditations…
Renewable energy ideas showcased.  Alternative building materials and techniques displayed, recycling and zero carbon footprint intention…

Food stalls from all over the world, organics and honey, bee keeping workshops…
Stage for live theatrical pieces, Dance performance,  Poetry Out Loud performances,  Live music, guitars… perhaps a song writing competition? Gardening competitions throughout the district… tours of the winning gardens…

I have so many ideas I am going to burst, if there is anyone out there in my audience who has experience with such things or would like to come and spend time in Hawaii helping me get this together for August 2011 please do not hesitate to contact me and let me know how we can work together to make magic happen in Hawaii .

Blazing tales of wonder remembering all we have ever been and are about to become

Your sister through chaos and comfort

Shankari the Alchemist

What is it?

As I am sure you are aware, humans live in a polarized world, swinging from one extreme to the other in the constant search for meaning and purpose to our life here on earth.

We are pretty smart as a race.
We have mastered so many aspects within our physical world that we have begun to think of ourselves in a new way.
I believe it is a kind of cosmic conspiracy that has brought us to this situation…

One minute we were powerless, uneducated peasants…
The next we have access to the world through the internet.
Consequently we have developed a kind of NARCISSISM which has us saving the planet and the next moment…

Confronted with the truth of our powerlessness we are overcome with INERTIA…
Confronted with the reality of our circumstances we go into overwhelm and despair…
Soon after we swing back into saving the world….
I have this experience myself….

I have recently spoken to many who have a similar pattern…..
It comes back to self love (even if you are powerless and ‘wrong’ and Surrender…. Surrender to the Divine Plan with TRUST in the process.

The Divine needs our support, but not our ‘advice’ on how it ’should’ be done!….
I am exploring my own emotional and mental…. Spiritual and Physical responses….
How are you experiencing this phenomena?

In Hawaii we celebrated the full moon…
The moon was aloft in the black velvet, cloudless sky.
The wind had dropped completely, in the stillness we could hear the roar of silence!
(The sound of the blood rushing past your eardrums)…
We were four women…
Representing mixed races of all ages… the child, the young woman, the mother, and the grandmother…

The power of The Divine Feminine…
We were greeted by Pele the Goddess of the Volcano and given the gift of clear sight….
We called all the elemental and angelic energies to align with the people healing and rebuilding in Samoa, The Philippines and Indonesia… the  Tsunami spirit has been hard at work tearing apart their world…. Preparing them for  re-creation….

In the process there is a lot of pain and displacement.
I wanted to use this powerful Moon in Taurus to carry hope into the hearts of those who feel abandoned…

From 2000 feet up the Volcano we sent this prayer out.
Focusing our intention for expanded love through the center of the Vortex in our earth grid then rippling across the oceans and entering all dark places on earth, in search of those sisters and brothers  in need of hope and light through the darkness of despair that follows such huge natural disasters…
This is the core of the meditation…

“Where there is despair
Let there be Trust in Divine Intent
Where there is chaos
Let there be evidence of Divine Order
Where there is darkness,
Let there be Light.
Where there is anger,
Let there be Peace.
Where there is sadness,
Let there be joy.

May this prayer filled with clear intent reverberate across the skies and touch all those in need with the Love of The Divine Mother.
So Be It… And it is So…

This is the core of  our communal prayer.
I felt it flow from our circle of women…
Servants of the Divine Goddess of All Creation ….
Out into the Islands then across the oceans and into every dark place on earth….
Let me know if you felt a shift of any sort!

I am so grateful for the opportunity to connect with all of you and experience  our family of Light expanding across the planet and through dimensions.
Blazing tales of wonder,
Remembering all we have ever been and are about to become…… S xxx

On my return to the islands I went up to Orchid Parkway for a quick look, to see if everything had survived my absence, before I collapsed into my need for rest.

I was completely jet lagged and a little delirious from exhaustion that first afternoon as I scurried from the fig tree to the orange trees, Loquat, Avocados and the corn — it was waste high in the center of the first sacred circle I have built on the property… all was well.

I went on down the hill, home to my place, to finally have a good rest.

Today I finally returned to begin to work once more on my vision for a sacred garden and a soup kitchen set up in service to the local community.
When I arrived, I was astounded to discover that while I have been traveling and agonizing over the fate of the world… the sweet corn was growing! This is a miracle!

The corn is growing in about 3 inches of earth on a lava slab in the desert of Ka’u County Hawaii.
This doesn’t sound amazing but think of the miracle that happens every time you plant a seed of any sort!

The sweet corn is laden with ‘ears’ — which is an interesting metaphor under the circumstances… and these ears are as sweet as you have ever tasted!

Metaphorically the work of feeding the community has already begun… the builders told me they have been happily eating from the source since I have been gone… in service to the community… does mean everyone!

I am sooo excited by the project… and willing to share the dream with whoever comes my way and wants to contribute with love and compassion… I have a dream that the soup we make will be the most delicious and healing soup in the world!

The corn, the figs, the tomatoes… there is evidence I have already enrolled help from the Fairy Kingdom and the Angelic realm… miracles appear every day…

Perhaps you will be my next miracle?

If there is anyone out there who would like to join in the fun please contact Lily here in the Hawaii office at 808 929 7564 or send an email to feedtheworld@shankari.com

I will be happy to do work trade if you want to holiday in Hawaii at the Mystery School and use the gifts and skills God gave you, in service to the greater good… beyond religious persuasion, come along and have some fun with us as we execute a green revolution.

Anyone skilled in perma culture gardening techniques is very warmly welcomed…
I am tired of doing it alone and it’s time to stand up and ask for help.
Please help me… there I have said it!

Love and blessings
Blazing lightness… S xxxxx

In the midst of all the chaos there are pockets of Divine Mystery…

On Monday of this week the most beautiful couple came down to the end of the universe and were married on the White Owl Grid of The Mystery School.

They brought three generations of their family … made vows of love and devotion before the assembled energies both seen and unseen,  the light surrounding them was palpable…

I used the sacred blue chalice with the crystal stem covered with amethysts and lotus in the silver work to share sparkling organic raspberry wine filled with the energy of the event… and the wisdom wand of the Mystery School to  allow the couple to heal the past and recreate the future in a positive, powerful way, in service to the children and their friends and family of the greater world community.

As I called out the ‘invocation for perfection’ in Sanskrit, the wind carried the sound through the gullies down the hillside to the sea.  The Hawaiian Kahuna (masters) seemed to come out of the mists of time and were standing witness to this most sacred event.

Andre and Kiva from West Texas were bound together through love and clear intention… to share the challenges of what is to come…  As a partnership …. In love and in lightness…

It was my privilege and my pleasure to be of service to Andre and Kiva… and their whole family. They chose rings I designed and made in advance, they were gracious and caring of everyone in their group…. this beautiful celebration showed me once more the joy available in times of change and challenge.

The angels are with them every step of the way, providing the support they need to fulfill their personal missions within the context of profoundly moving romantic love…. And rambunctious family gatherings loaded with kids and chaos as part of the geography of a full and happy life.

The perfection mantra goes like this…

(English translation)
Everything in life is perfect… in time and space
Everything in life is perfect… when seen as God’s Grace
Everything is perfect whether sunshine or rain
Because…
When you take the perfect from the perfect…
Only the perfect remains…
Peace, peace, peace…

To chant these words in Sanskrit, is to open the portal for all possibilities
… this was my gift to them… the invocation of perfection!

Blazing tales of wonder
Remembering all we have ever been and are about to become
Your sister through chaos and comfort …
Shankari the Alchemist… ever learning, always growing…
Hokulani
Hawaii

…an alternative community living in Scotland in the 70’s who activated the earth spirits to help them in their gardening pursuits in the snow…. Ultimately surprising everyone by growing 70 pound cabbages in the freezing fields…
A very similar thing is happening here in Hawaii….

There is little rain, strong winds and not much earth… despite this my garden has taken on a new and amazing personality… growing everything in rapid time with ‘amazing grace’ …

The Fig tree is one of the most touching… a gift from a friend a few months ago it stands only about 8” or 20cms tall. This little tree has been through the wars… so small it has often been trodden upon by ignorant bystanders and even sometimes by well meaning friends who simply didn’t notice it…. No matter what I said or did it seemed to always be ‘in the way’…. So I moved it to the place I felt it would be safe from ‘helpful’ feet… not far from the Mermaid sculpture, in the front by the entrance to the meditation space… I asked the fairies and earth spirits to take good care of it and then I ‘let it be’… for the past 2 weeks I have not thought of it….

Until yesterday, when I had some friends over from the mainland and I was showing them our progress… all the amazing miracles in the garden… and then there it was…. The fig tree standing proud and strong, with one leaf and one fig the size of a large grape… and growing!
It gave me hope for all of us… it showed me once again that miracles happen and we are designed to survive and succeed… with enough rest and recovery time anything is possible….

It’s a miracle… true evidence of Divine Intent…
I believe it is indeed a symbol of our power to re-grow and change our ‘m.o.’ in service to the earth and her people…. When all else fails remember the fig tree… we all have the power to bear fruit and be of service to each other… now it is time to exercise that power in service to our world

I had a wonderful teacher once who would often say…’when the mind chatters, make the body work” for this reason I am focusing my energy on building a temple for ‘The Divine Mother of all Creation’ and an associated food garden and soup kitchen for the poor of the district of Ka’u on the southern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii.
I know from personal experience …. When all else fails, if you have the opportunity to wash your body, meditate in a clean, dry, safe place, eat a warm meal and have the experience of someone caring…. You can survive and ultimately succeed against the odds. I want to provide that for my local community here in Hawaii… just as I did for that Fig Tree!

Through the ‘bush telegraph’ we are hearing horror stories everyday… eye witness accounts on the mainland where there are tribes of homeless people living in their vehicles… ‘moved along’ by the local community everywhere they go… armed and becoming more frantic and desperate every day… when you have lost everything that ever mattered to you… anarchy is the next evolution. Civil war soon after…

I do not want that to happen in my district here… so I am preparing for the future, with food gardens and meditation rooms…this is what I can do…. what can you do?

I am planning to create a magical environment that allows all kinds of art to be expressed and all kinds of artists to co-create art together. In the area of Hawaii where I am located it appears at first glance to be almost unpopulated, poor and eccentric. However over the last eight years, my opinion has changed.

It’s a very unusual community.

There are people with great wealth, those with medium means, and those with hardly any means at all. It’s a true desert environment with very little water. We experience the trade winds when they blowing from our perches on the dormant side of the volcano with panoramic views of the south pacific ocean.

Within this community all these different types of people are friends.

The cooperate and support each other. There is no local hospital, police station or school. So only the strongest with the clearest intention to remain in a balance survive.

You may ask, Why would I move to such a challenging place? To fulfill my destiny. Indeed the light is most needed in the darkest places. I hope and pray that I will be supported creating a powerful beacon of light through art and magic on the South West Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Blazing tales of wonder,
Remembering all we have ever been and are about to become.
Your sister through chaos and comfort.

Shankari the Alchemist.

I am really excited about the new book I am writing. It is about self satisfaction in the truest form. I have found life to be interesting and intriguing since my divorce but I have not met in all the years I have been separated from him, a single man who touched my fancy sufficiently to seek sexual satisfaction through coupling with him.

“I have on the other hand resurrected one of my more unusual skills from my youth and always been very sexually satisfied. Women are not naturally driven by the need for sex alone.”

Because women are relationship oriented, for a woman to truly enjoy sex she has to believe it is part of a relationship. It may not be a relationship leading to marriage but it must have a level of truth attached to it for intimacy to truly flourish.

Men on the other hand have the ability to completely compartmentalize experiences and have no trouble with sex outside relationship. (Maybe not all men, but certainly the ones with high levels of testosterone that are the most charismatic to women. These would be the Fire/Earth elements).

We are all going through a changed experience just now and the economy is making everyone nervous. I am writing this book to bring a level of peace into your life. No matter what…

“The right to self pleasure is yours.”

There is no reason to feel alone and unloved. There is no one who can abandon or abuse you but yourself. It is time for all people, men and women to act out all their sexual fantasies with the Divine Lover and feel whole and complete when they step out into the world.

There is no excuse for sexual frustration any more! Throughout history the church has tried to curb the sexual expression of everyone under their control.

Why?

There is no evidence to support the idea (as the church had people convinced) you will grow hair on the palms of your hands or go cross eyed because you take the time to please yourself.

Why would you take the time to please yourself? When you feel sexual satisfaction you hold a certain frequency that alerts others to your condition. Consequently you are protected from poor decisions you might make from neediness. …you not at the mercy of others.

To be your own source is the ultimate freedom.

This is a gift you can give yourself that will fill your spirit and release great power into the world. It is up to you to harness this power with your intent and send it to the places in your life that need it most.

This is an aspect of organic magic rarely discussed. I look forward to lifting the veil on this secret subject and sharing the gifts with you. One of the aspects of human life is that we are not all the same.

“We are each unique. Within our uniqueness there are groups or ‘elements’. Understanding the elements gives us the information we need to understand the world around us and why people act as they do.”

To know and understand the elements is to give up judgments on others. Once you understand your own nature and that of those around you though this ancient information life will become a lot more of an adventure and a lot less of a trial

During my workshop series “Rhythms of Life” I teach the basics of “ The Elements” and my students are always amazed how perfectly people follow the behavior and values of their element. Many mysteries unfold within my workshops, I hope you will come and join me soon….

Bali, Tonga with the Whales… Big Island of Hawaii… Life is full of adventure…

Surrender to the flow, allow yourself to live in joy, love the Divine Consort and celebrate who you are and what you are here to do!

Blazing Tales of Wonder remembering all we have ever been and are about to become,
Your sister through chaos and comfort.
Shankari the Alchemist.
S xxx.

Did  you celebrate?

We did, at the Mystery School in Hawaii! I had all my friends and students over and we danced under the stars to welcome the magnificent full moon, it was breathtaking. Swinging to Stevie Wonder on what appears to be the edge of the world and watching the sunset and the moon rise at exactly the same moment. …. It made me think ……

when humans are fighting over the earth we are as ants discussing who owns an elephant…

Our planet is a jewel in the universe… to be treasured not trashed by her custodians.
The feeling of spaciousness hits everyone as they enter the property. Impacted by the beauty and natural wonder of this oasis over looking the sea, deep in the lava desert of the Ka’u Coast, Big Island Hawaii. I am constantly in joy, looking out into the infinite sky above the silvery grey line of the horizon… the power of the earth is undeniable here… where a lava flow can take your house or a hurricane could simply blow you away.

I had a very important revelation throughout the day that made my celebration even more exciting last night. … I have struck earth on my land! I have a back acre I am preparing to turn into a food forest along the principles of perma-culture The area has been barren and wind swept for as long as I have been here, nothing can grow because there is no earth, just raw lava. There is no water, just a heavy dew that’s blown away by the fifty mile an hour trade winds that are frequent and unrelenting.

BUT…. Today as the back hoe was digging the deep trenches to plant in away from the force of the wind we found pockets of real earth! Talk about throw a party! I wanted to fall to my knees in gratitude. It’s hard to imagine a place with no earth if you have never been here. It’s hard to imagine anything really… that’s why the people with vision are often lonely and ungrounded.
I have literally discovered a deep dark warm space where anything will grow, when I thought there was none. . I feel that’s true inside myself as well as inside the earth here.  I feel it is symbolic of a new type of creativity we are being ask to uncover within ourselves, close to the earth, simple and true to the laws of nature.

Blessings to you all this full moon.

May you have a good belly laugh before the week is over!
Blazing tales of wonder remembering all we have ever been and are about to become.

S xxx.