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Color: The Mind-Body-Art Connection
Workshop Series with Sharron Ott
 Tuesday, August 27, 2013
7 - 8:30 PM
$30
Dates in this series: May 28, June 25, July 23,
August 27, October 22, November 19
Each class may be taken separately
Preregistration required
Info & registration:
info@LifeForceArts.org or 773-327-7224
image (c) Sharron Ott
Please join Artist Sharron Ott for a six-class series exploring the
many ways that color influences us. Physically, emotionally, and
psychologically, changes occur when the eye is bathed in different
frequencies of photons and variations of light. Through understanding
and utilizing color and its interactions, we can learn to heal and
cleanse ourselves. Color theories covered include the Hindu chakra
system, color wheel and color pyramid, modern psychological studies on
color, and Light Submersion therapy (having colored light in the room).
Every class includes a lecture, a meditation and an art project to
further our understanding of how colors relate to mind, body and psyche.
No previous art experience is needed for this class. August 27 -Colors
are influenced by their environments, much the same as people. Study
the optical research in this area. Learning to maintain focus even in a
changing atmosphere. Exercise: Collage displaying color interaction
using colored paper.
Sharron Ott (www.papillondesign.biz) is able to see many supposedly invisible energies, which
she translates to her viewers through her Art. Sharron has held
numerous exhibits across the US and Canada. She has done scenic design,
props, and costumes for Cirque Du Soliel, Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago,
and Red Moon Theatre Chicago. Her murals and design work grace
restaurants, churches and many private homes.
For more information & to register, please click here
The Goddess & The Frog
Shamanic Healing Ritual Performance with Joan Forest Mage, Sojourner Wright, Cathy McManamon, Kevin Seymour & Erin Sirona
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
8 pm
Please
join Joan Forest Mage for an extraordinary healing ritual through
shamanic performance. The sound and movement is based in contemporary
dance, World Music and performance art but with its roots in ancient
healing practices of many cultures. Sojourner Wright, Cathy McManamon,
Kevin Seymour and Erin Sirona join Joan to call forth the cathartic and
alchemical energies of The Frog Directive, a message Joan received from
Frog Spirit about solving the environmental crisis through connection to
Nature.
Joan Forest Mage, the
founder and Executive Director of Life Force Arts Foundation, has been
performing and teaching dance, movement and vocals for over 45 years.
Through repeated experiences of powerful spiritual energy in her early
performing career, she awakened to her mission as a shamanic
practitioner and has been giving healing sessions since 1995, including
more than 700 Soul Retrievals. Joan created Mage Shamanic Training, a
comprehensive program of shamanic study from beginning practice to
training for shamanic healers and teachers. She earned a Master of Arts
Degree from School for New Learning, De Paul University, Chicago, with
the focus area "Creating Healing Ritual Through the Arts."
For more information & to register, please click here
Go to HEL: A Dark Moon, Dark Goddess
Ritual for Women
Co-Facilitated by Szmeralda Shanel & Anna Applegate
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
6:30 - 9:30 pm
"Hermod Before Hela," (c) John Charles Dollman, Public Domain
For those of us who are lucky to live to old age, as well as those of us who succumb to fatal illness, going to Hel
is a sure thing, for she is the ancient Norse goddess who claims the
bodies and souls of those who perish from either cause. According to old
lore such as the 13th century Icelandic Prose Edda,
Hel is described as a beautiful living woman on one half of her body,
and as a blackened, desiccated corpse on the other half. Also known as Hela or Halja,
this daughter of Loki (and sister to the fearsome Fenris Wolf and the
World Serpent) rules as a mighty queen over the misty Underworld known
as Niflheim. As the summer season wanes and the sobriety of
autumn draws near, shadows rustle, souls sail by in the chilly night
air, and the old Norse goddess Hel stirs in Her throne. Do you have the
courage to honor the forces of decay and mortality as their season gains
momentum? Will you dare to look upon the Bone Mother and learn Her
wisdom from beyond the mists?
Co-led by ordained, Chicago-based priestesses in the Fellowship of Isis—Szmeralda Shanel and Anna Applegate—each monthly Dark Moon, Dark Goddess ritual unites self-identified women in a Shadowy Sisterhood. When the Dark Mirror is held before you, will you claim the Vision in the glass?
--Note the Dark Moon date is a weeknight this time: Wednesday the 4th!
--Wear white, black, or both to honor the Lady of Niflheim
--Honor your beloved and blessed dead in a safe and empowering community
--Journey to Hel to the classic beat of the shaman's drum
--Work rune magic with Hagalaz, the rune of Hel, and bind-runes
--Make friends with your mortality and with the processes of dissolution and decay
For more information & to register, please click here
Myth, Icons & Finding Your
Personal Magic
with Shauna Aura Knight
 Friday, September 6, 2013
7 - 10 pm
$45
info@LifeForceArts.org or 773-327-7224
image: The Grail (c) Shauna Aura Knight
In many fairytales, myths, and
stories, there is a magical item that helps the hero to win their quest.
King Arthur’s sword; the Grail; a magic chest; the cloth the princess
must weave by hand. These are the icons that show up time and again in
stories and myths. Whether found or created, this magic becomes woven
together with the hero. Have you ever wanted this kind of magic?
Together, we will explore the magic that is uniquely yours. What are
your dreams, goals, gifts? And what is the symbol of your magic? This
is part of the deep magic that is untapped within you, found only when
you have gone down to the depths, faced impossible challenges. What is
the magic at the heart of you? Through discussion, meditation,
trancework, and more, we will connect to our personal power. You might
honor skills you have developed, look forward to goals you want to
achieve, or focus on other magic to empower yourself in times of
challenge. Will you reach for the dream of your own deep magic?
Shauna Aura Knight - A
mystic, artist, and ecstatic spiritual seeker, Shauna offers intensive
education in the transformative arts of ritual, community leadership,
and spiritual growth. She is passionate about creating rituals,
experiences, spaces, and artwork to incite transformation, inspire
creativity, and to awaken mythic imagination. With leadership experience
in Earth-centered and grass-roots organizations, Shauna has organized
and created conferences, intensives, rituals, shrines, and art
installations. Shauna writes a ritual column for Circle Magazine, and
her articles have been published in many other Pagan publications. She
has spoken on numerous podcasts about Pagan leadership, ritual arts,
and personal transformation. Visit http://shaunaaura.wordpress.com
For more information & to register, please click here
The Devil, The Tower & The Star
a Healing Ritual with Images from the Tarot with Shauna Aura Knight
Saturday, September 7, 2013
3 - 6 pm
image: Marseilles Tarot
The rich imagery of the Tarot can be
used to help us identify energies influencing in our lives, and point
the way to transformation. The Tarot cards we will focus on in this
ritual reveal a pattern: Devil--contracts, stories we bind our
life-force into. Tower—Old patterns become caging structures destroyed
in fire. Star--unbound life-force, hope, and inspiration flows back.
Join us to explore your own Tower moments through discussion and ritual,
and to look deeper at your old patterns, shadows, the fears that bind
us, and the gifts hidden within the wounds. Your Tower falls--will you
be lost in the ruins and embers, or will you embrace transformation to
see unveiled light of the Star?
Shauna Aura Knight - A
mystic, artist, and ecstatic spiritual seeker, Shauna offers intensive
education in the transformative arts of ritual, community leadership,
and spiritual growth. She is passionate about creating rituals,
experiences, spaces, and artwork to incite transformation, inspire
creativity, and to awaken mythic imagination. With leadership experience
in Earth-centered and grass-roots organizations, Shauna has organized
and created conferences, intensives, rituals, shrines, and art
installations. Shauna writes a ritual column for Circle Magazine, and
her articles have been published in many other Pagan publications. She
has spoken on numerous podcasts about Pagan leadership, ritual arts,
and personal transformation. Visit http://shaunaaura.wordpress.com
For more information & to register, please click here
Learn How To Meditate
with Light Watkins
 Friday, September 13, 2013
Free Intro Session 7 - 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 8 - 9:30 AM & 6 - 7 PM
Sunday, September 15, 2013, 8 - 9:30 AM & 6 - 8 PM
info at www.ChicagoMeditationCenter.com
Pre-registration required. Please call (646) 450-3426 to register
The course is offered for a sliding-scale contribution
- Learn how to meditate in a way that feels deeply restful
- Beginners with busy minds and hectic lives are welcome
- Ancient but non-religious technique with straightforward instructions
- Short practice times with NO uncomfortable seated positions
- Gradual, step-by-step approach to learning and practicing
- Get results: you will be self-sufficient after only four 90-minute sessions
For more information & to register, please click here
From Energy to Iconography
art exhibit ~ performances ~ events
Closing Reception
September 17, 2013
7 - 9 PM
Exhibit runs
June 14 - September 17, 2013
Free admission to exhibit & Opening & Closing Receptions
Gallery hours:
Mondays & Thursdays 1:30 - 6:30 pm & by appointment
Info: info@LifeForceArts.org or 773-327-7224
image: The Hierophant (c) Jerry Tiscareno
Experience the many ways Spirit manifests at From Energy to Iconography: The Art-Spirituality Connection, an art exhibit and multiarts show running June 14 - September 17, 2013 at
Life Force Arts Center, 1609 W Belmont, Chicago IL 60657. Opening
Reception is Friday, June 14, 2013 from 6:30 - 10 PM. Closing Reception
is Tuesday, September 17, 2013 from 7 - 9 PM. Gallery hours are Mondays and Thursdays 1:30 - 6:30 PM,
and by appointment. Admission is free to the exhibit and Opening and
Closing Receptions. Workshops, performances and other events related to
the theme of energy and iconography will also be held as part of the
show.
From Energy to Iconography explores
the continuum of artistic expression from spirit as energy, to spirit
embodied in the iconography of various religions. "Spirit" may be
defined simply as energy: the realm of the non-physical and vibrational.
For an artist who views life this way, the purpose of his or her art
may be to create or depict positive energy, or to help the viewer shift
negative energy into positive energy. For other artists, "Spirit" means
expressing a specific religion or deity, including the teachings,
history, legends and symbols that embody and represent that belief
system. In addition to showing examples of both these perspectives, From Energy to Iconography will
also explore the transformational energy within the symbols or the
story of strongly iconographic art. Viewers of the exhibit will be
fascinated by seeing how they are affected by the energy of a particular
artwork, even when they have a greater or lesser understanding of its
iconography.
Ganesh (c) Wendy Allen
Beginning Astrology
with Lin Ewing
6 Mondays, September 18 - October 23, 2013
7:30 - 9:30 PM
$180/$150 early registration by September 11
or 773-327-7224
T his 6-week beginning astrology course is designed for anyone who wishes to learn and master astrology. It covers the fundamentals of astrology and provides a solid foundation for more advanced astrological study. There are no prerequisites for this course. BEGINNING ASTROLOGY will teach you what astrology really
is and how it works. It will give you the skills to understand not
only the planets, signs and houses, but also how everything relates and
interacts through the "aspects" between them. There are
handouts/information given at each class meeting, and there will be a
small amount of homework so that you have an opportunity to hone your
skills. When registering for the course, please give your birth date
(month, day and year), the location (city, state and country if not the
US) of your birth, and the exact time of your birth as it appears on
your birth certificate. This will enable the instructor to have your
chart available for you at the 1st class so you can begin using your chart immediately.
Astrologer Lin Ewing is the proprietor of Astrological Details, where she practices astrology and also gives Akashic Record readings. www.astrologicaldetails.com
For more information & to register, please click here
Energetic Protection
with Joan Forest Mage
a Mage Shamanic Seminar
Saturday, October 19, 2013
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
$145 (includes assigned books & reading materials)
Pre-registration required by
September 19
There
are readings and assignments to be completed 2 weeks BEFORE each
seminar, with online interaction with instructor and fellow students
This is one of 3 seminars in Level 1 of Mage Shamanic Training. Learn
about your energetic, spirit body. You will learn to identify your
etheric, emotional and astral bodies, and how to ground energy, release
energy blockages, invigorate your chakras and protect your energy field.
We will practice basic energy techniques such as simple yoga and tai
chi exercises, sound healing, hands-of-light, power objects, crystals,
and finding your power song and dance. We will align ourselves with the
elements (air, earth, water, fire and ether) and experience how they
help us shift energy. We will also examine the importance of intention
and core beliefs in energy work. No prerequisite. Required reading: Mother Wit by Diane Mariechild. Cost for seminar: $145 (includes assigned books and reading materials). This class may be taken for 7 NCBTMB credit hours**
with Cathy McManamon
Friday, September 20, 2013
6:30 - 9 pm
Since the beginning of human history,
drums have been used to call people together, to communicate across
great distances, to rise in celebration, and to march together in common
cause. Please join a drum circle at Life Force Arts Center, led by Cathy McManamon, as Chicago's part of 10 Billion Beats, an
annual international event that circles the earth with a resounding
rhythm of unity for all peoples, all faiths, all nations, all hopes and
dreams, sending a wave of focused intent for planetary healing through
every time zone around the globe.
10 Billion Beats follows the sunset from east to west around the Earth starting at 7:00 PM in the US Central Time Zone. Everyone will drum at 7:00 PM - their local time. Each group follows the time zone that precedes them as the drumming moves around the globe in a 24 hour period.
Friday, September 21, 2013
8 PM
Suggestd donation: $15
Bhavacakra, Public Domain
Samsara is an improvisational jazz
band centered on the Buddhist concept of cyclic existence, Samsara. Our
music's purpose it to re-create the wheel of cyclic existence, and to
transcend the suffering connected with the cyclic existence. We
sonically re-create the image of Samsara through communicating with
each other musically in the language of jazz, demonstrating spirit as
intangible, non-physical vibratory energy. As we improvise the music as a
group, we demonstrate how all humans may gather and spontaneously
create with harmonious spiritual fire.
Performers:
Justin Howe - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, and effects
Justin LaForte - Guitar
Stevenson Valentor - Drumset and percussion
Astrological Progressions
Personal Evolution and Forecasting/Predicting
with Lin Ewing
Sunday, September 22, 2013
1 - 4 PM
$55/$45 early registration by Sept. 16
Progressions show us how the person
has evolved and grown from birth by showing us how the birth chart
itself has moved forward and grown. As the planets move forward in time,
changing signs and houses within the natal chart, we can watch how the
person changes attitudes, preferences and focus.While we see the
internal evolution of how the person has grown, we also see how the
"progressed" planets interact with the natal planets letting us see the
types of situations and changes that are coming up. Learn how to
progress the planets and how to understand what the progressed planets
show.
What to bring: Your
natal chart or any chart you would like to investigate. If you do not
have a copy of the natal chart you would like to discuss, please email
Lin Ewing at linewing@astrologicaldetails.com with the birth information so that she can bring the chart to class for you. Birth information Lin will need:
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Month, Day, Year of the birth
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The Exact Time Of Birth as it appears on the birth certificate
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The City and State of the birth. (If not born in the USA please include the Country of Birth)
 Siria Family Channeling
with Sharyl Noday
Thursday, September 26, 2013
I invite you to experience a evening of
channeling with Beings of Light called Siria Family. This is a "gallery
session" where members of the audience can ask and receive answers to
questions about their lives. In this channeling session, Spirit speaks
through me while I am in a deep trance state of consciousness. This
allows these loving beings who refer to themselves as Siria Family to
come through. They are a vortex of Light Energy Beings, a matrix from
the realms of the archetypes. Siria Family works with us to encourage
personal responsibility and soul growth as we dive deeper into the
matrix of creating our own reality. The first communication from Siria
Family in the session is a message that comes from their reading of the
collective group energy, followed by questions from individual
attendees. The session finishes with Siria Family weaving a unique
meditation that is always original and quite healing and shifting of
energies. Sharyl Noday, is a Metaphysical
Teacher/Coach, Painter, Photographer, and Sculptor. She is certified as a
Energy Healer and Full Trance Channel and Channeling Teacher. Sharyl
has a international private practice and has been involved with the
Metaphysical Healing Arts as well as Traditional Arts for 25 years.
Please visit www.sharylnoday.com.
Himalayan Singing Bowls
with Edward Farnham
Saturday, September 28, 2013
8 PM
Suggested donation: $10 advance/$15 door
Read Edward's article about Himalayan singing bowls in LFA's blog Pantheon
This performance features overlapping layers of sound healing
modalities, including Himalayan singing bowls, ganta bells, ting shaws
(cymbals), gong, and mantra. The instruments are made by Tibetan monks both as a method of healing and as meditation instruments, as
part of a highly symbolic spiritual process using an alloy of at least
seven metals, including pure steel from asteroids that hit the world's
rooftop in the Himalayas. They are formulated by the monks to work on
many planes of our multidimensional being and can facilitate emotional
catharsis, the release of blocked energies, and healing from
the physical to spiritual. They sound beautiful with primary notes and
layers of overtones. Mantras are words
of power that use the primal creative force of sound as primal
emanations for affecting any facet of our universal experience.
Together the instruments and mantra can function on many levels for
profound effect. Edward Farnham has
studied numerous spiritual and healing techniques, including Himalayan
bowls and sound healing with Richard Rudis, and mantra with Thomas
Ashley-Farrand and his wife, Margalo or Satyabhama, two of the world's
foremost experts on Hindu mantra. Edward is a singer with the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus (www.cgmc.org) and a painter who attempts to use the creative force as a vehicle to the divine.
More information
Open Drum Circle
with Cathy McManamon
Friday, October 11, 2013
8 - 10 pm
Drumming is often called the heartbeat
of Mother Earth. Drumming has been shown to alter human brainwaves to
an elevated state, reduce stress, speed healing, and just be plain fun.
Whether you have never played a drum before, have been drumming for
years, or are somewhere in between, come join us for this open drum
circle. Drums of any kind, as well as shakers, tambourines, bells,
sticks, vocals, body percussion, etc. are very welcome. Some
instruments will be available to borrow. Cathy McManamon is a
musician who plays a variety of instruments. A ritual drummer who
enjoys supporting group energy and dynamics, Cathy has facilitated open
drum circles and rhythm workshops at MuseCon, scout youth and leader
events, and most recently at Life Force Arts Center.
For more information and to register, please click here
Visit
Pantheon
Life Force Arts Foundation's Journal about the spiritual power of art
LFAC's Open Gallery Hours:
Mondays & Thursdays, 1:30 - 6:30 PM
and by appointment
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