KARPAY AMERICA
An
Initiation in the Art of Personal Power :
Working
with the Sacred Landscape of the U.S.
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KARPAY AMERICA
An
exclusive program with the Peruvian Mystic
Juan
Nunez del Prado
sponsored by
Cultural
Immersion
Travel,
in collaboration with
The Center of Light
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This is a
program not currently available in the US.
Juan has asked Zacciah to carry forward the Karpay
initiations, as
taught in
the Karpay America programs by Juan.
These initiations are seen in his culture as part of their prophecy of
how human transformation may take place in our lifetime, in this, the Taripay Pacha, or "the Age of
Meeting Ourselves Again."
Zacciah has incorporated the Karpay initiations into
his shamanic training program, Return
to Beauty, in Vermont, utilizing numerous of these sites in his own
work for years. (He chose the sites for Juan's programs here, due
to their appropriae energy content for each of the iniations, rituals
and ceremonies in the Karpay program.)
Zacciah will be offering introductory programs into Peruvian mysticism
as well, so watch our calendar, or subscribe to our newsletter.
These are extraordinary programs in their own right, but also a
wonderful way of "meeting ourselves again," in this time of "Returning
to Beauty," embracing ourselves again, for
those unable
to make the majestic leap to Peru.
Zacciah has also
offered the Karpay program in the Austrian Alps, and can
conduct similar programs with your groups in your region of the world.
This second ever known set of Karpay initiations by an Andean priest in the US is now set for:
April 30 - May 3, 2004 – New England
See our Program in Peru for 2011:
PERU: 11.11.11: Gateways to Ascension
and continuing Karpay work in the US
Contact us,EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM & ITINERARY
The following is a copy of the 2003 itinerary as it was used.
The 2004 itinerary is not complete, and some locations shall change. Equal care will be taken in the choosing of any differing locations.
Ours is a country of many sacred places. Earth mounds, hilltops, ancient caves, standing stones dot our landscape from coast to coast.
What did our ancestors know about the earth on which we walk and live today? Are there traces of their rituals, and can the sacred geography on our own soil assist us in our personal development?
Karpay America, or Initiation in America, is a new 4-day travel program led by Juan Nunez del Prado. In a series of beautiful and moving rituals and exercises we begin the process of reconnecting ourselves to the sacred energy of the earth in a deep association with nature. Recognizing that we each have a strong seed within ourselves which holds our potential and our dreams, we will use our time together to rediscover our potential and find new ways to understand and express who we are and what we came here to do.
Mother Nature is opening her classrooms for us for this program : waterfalls, standing stones, underground chambers, mountain peaks and lakes will welcome us and help us connect to their particular energy. We have carefully selected the sites for our work. They hold the collective memory and consciousness of those who came before us and who, maybe for thousands of years, celebrated their rituals here, using these places for visions and to talk to the Holy One.
On our first evening together, Friday night at 7:30 p.m., Juan gives us an overview of the Initiation rituals we will perform together, explaining their meaning and purpose. Barbara will orient you to the details of the program, the sites we will visit and the work we do in each one.
Our Working Itinerary for New England
(While all elements of this program will be incorporated into the program, specific locations, etc, are subject to change without notice)On Saturday morning, in the first step of the Karpay Ayni, the Reciprocal Initiation, we begin our work of connecting to the three worlds. The upper world is represented by a Sanctuary, a church or temple, which helps us create a link with the Holy One, in both the male and the female manifestation, to remember that we are loved and not alone.
Traveling by van to Cherry Hill, near Ascutney, Vermont, we will stand on a beautiful, open field, where a set of mountains connects us to the upper part of this world and the beings of the environment. From here we move to an area called Cavendish Gorge, where an open cave deep inside a forest invites us to feel the energy of the lower world.
With an opportunity afterwards to spend some quiet time inside the cave or walking through the tall pines and cedar trees, with the moss-covered earth providing a soft place to stand or sit, Juan ends this ritual by giving each of us his Karpay which we in turn reciprocate. We then make our way back to the bus and toward Ludlow, where a delicious lunch awaits us.
For thousands of years, water has invited us to dream and to reflect. Temples and ritual sites dedicated to healing are often found near water, beside a spring or on the shores of a lake.
To go deep into the underworld and into our own subconscious selves, we spend time by Reading Pond near Springfield, Vermont. Here we connect with who we are, taking time to look at our lives as they have already unfolded and as they are to be until our transition out of the earth and our bodies. We will make a deep connection with the spirits of our parents in this life, bringing them to us to create wholeness and peace.
The seed within us which we recognized at the beginning of our journey and which the elements of nature have already honored, now needs the process of germination. Water, earth, sun and wind are necessary parts of this process, and we find these in the afternoon, on Reading Farm, near a stream, still in Vermont.
After a group dinner, we meet for an hour to talk and exchange experiences.
Our second full day, Sunday, begins at Salmon Falls, in Western Massachusetts. Here we cleanse ourselves and create a connection with the energetic field of water. This is where we use our bubbles to bring in sami and to send all heavy energy into the earth.
(Day two itinerary has changed. We will likely be heading for the Calendar One ancient stone lodges and solstice alignment site. It is a site dedicated by ancient peoples to the beauty of the Divine Mother. The energies at this sacred site are magnificent.)
After an early lunch in a charming café in historic Shelburne Falls, we continue on to a high ridge top, a sacred stone site, a mysterious landscape in Western Massachusetts, where ancient peoples are known to have lived and performed their rituals for a very long time. The standing stones wedged into bedrock on the flat top of the hill are clearly aligned to the solstice sun and to the horizon, which can be seen in a nearly full circle from here.
The earth here holds powerful energy.
We begin by connecting ourselves to the collective spirit of the eagle, using the energy of the pre-historic standing stones and that of our native friends who hold the collective memory of the ancestors.
In another section on the hill, we will work with the Nusta, the spirit of Mother Earth, in a mysterious, somewhat sheltered place, surrounded by stones and plants.
Returning to the top of the Hill, we invoke the spirit of the wind and the sun, both needed to help our original seed open and flower.
From here, we return to the standing stones in the center of the hill to give honor to the spirits of Manitou and our native ancestors, while we make an energetic connection to the Inca masters of Peru who have taught us so much. We will notice how the tiny seed with which we began has now become an open flower, representing the reality of our full potential.
At the end of our exercises, we will gather in a powerful small peace circle which has been used for many years by indigenous peoples for ceremonial peace talks, for a reciprocal initiation ceremony between Juan and the representatives of the Narragansets. They will then jointly offer a special blessing for the keepers of this ancient earth and its memories.
We leave when the sun sets late in the afternoon for a group dinner at the Putney Inn, before returning to our hotel in Springfield.
On Monday, our third full day, we board our vans after breakfast and a short meeting, and travel a short distance to Calendar II where we work with the spirit of the Nusta in this known ancient stone chamber in the hills of central Vermont. Thought to be a point of alignment for solar and stellar rituals by our native ancestors, the site is especially suitable for our work here.
From here we travel a short distance to work with the energies of the apus and running water in the beautiful countryside near Calendar II and then gather for lunch in Woodstock.
Our final task is to connect ourselves spiritually with a solar temple, where the ancients performed sacred rituals. We use a beautiful solar temple, near the top of Calendar 2, for this exercise. Standing stones, monoliths and earth mounds surround the temple, reminding us that this land and its structures hold the consciousness of our ancestors.
As we leave to return home, feeling a renewed sense of personal power, we also recognize our responsibility to work with it for our own benefit and that of others.
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