We feel that at this time of fragmentation and disconnection there is a need to move away from old forms and remember the deeper reality of interconnectedness. We recognise that this is a time of transition and potential transformation (named by many in the deep ecology movement as 'The Great Turning').

The fragmentation is both personal and global. We live with the cost on all levels of our being and it influences all aspects of our lives and the life of the planet.

Central to the healing process is re-connecting to 'Gaia' , the world as a living being, and to the 'Anima Mundi', the soul of the world,

The Isthmus programme offers trainings, events and community gatherings that involves exploring our relationship with this living intelligence and addressing the sense of fragmentation and disconnection. In this we are in good company... we draw from the mystical traditions, alchemy, poetry, story and mythology, dream-work, the deep ecology movement, traditional medicine systems, living systems theory and psycho-spiritual psychotherapy.

This project aims to gather people together to encourage each other in individual and collective transformation.

This Violent Light, Devastating But Pure, and The Alchemy Of Life


On 24th –25th July: 10am - 5pm

A Gathering For Women in London

This gathering will be an opportunity to come and just be together, in which we take time out in order to touch and explore Alchemy. The ‘spark’ of one’s individual life in relation to the whole.

The weekend may include some or all of the following: meditation, active imagination, opportunities to share dreams, poems and stories and for spontaneous drawing/ writing

All that is required is a willingness 'to play', to engage, and to hold an intention to be open to whatever wants to come into the space.

Some of the themes that emerged from similar gatherings that we have held in the past are:

• The Dark Sun as primary archetype for the mystery of the divine spark hidden within matter
• .Dialogues with Light, our own light and the light of the world soul, the Anima Mundi.
• Feminine Power and how to live it in the world.
• The Archetype of Kihdr and Alchemical Greening, life at the place where 'the two seas meet', where our inner and outer lives flow together.
• The Tree of Life, our own life in relation to the life of the Earth and emerging Global Oneness

• The Great Mother, our grandmothers, women as elders, being mothers, and what is being born at this time.
• The Purpose of One's Soul in Relation to the Soul of the World.
• Temenos / Sacred space.
• The Purpose of One's Soul in Relation to the Soul of the World.
  Temenos / Sacred space.
• Emerging Masculine Archetypes. New images of the masculine and our responses to them as women, discovering where we ‘feel met’.
• The Power of the Dawn Exploration of this constant yet extraordinary reminder that life is always in potential, always in transition and that ‘this is a day unlike any other!’

These Gatherings for women were in part inspired by this talk on the Anima Mundi by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee at the Guild of Pastoral Psychology London April 2005
which can be heard on:
http://www.workingwithoneness.org/world_soul_av.html#animamundi

Venue: London NW3 2UN

Fee: By donation - to cover venue hire and refreshments

ffi: email post@crovetto.plus.com or phone Jackie Crovetto on 01458 832021.

Image by eyebee wildcabbage.net

This Light Hidden Within Matter - The Alchemy Of Life Today - A Gathering for Women

September 11th-12th

Venue: Keinton Mandeville, Somerset.

See below for more details.

Image by Bharati Pardhy

Anima Mundi Seminar

9th Oct. with Ulrike Pahl

On this day Ulrike will be coming for the second time to hold another seminar in which she uses her voice to powerfully evoke and work with the Soul of the World.

Something that has to be experienced rather than described!

This event will take place in Somerton, which is about 15 minutes from Glastonbury.

www.anima-mundi-seminare.org/eng/index.htm

The day will run from 10am - 5pm. Fee £50 (includes lunch)

Early booking is advisable as the number of places is limited

This Light Hidden Within Matter - The Alchemy Of Life Today

A Gathering For Women in Bristol

13th & 14th  November  10am - 5pm

This gathering will be an opportunity to come and just be together, in which we take time out in order to touch and explore Alchemy. The ‘spark’ of one’s individual life in relation to the whole.

The weekend may include some or all of the following: meditation, active imagination, opportunities to share dreams, poems and stories and for spontaneous drawing/ writing

All that is required is a willingness 'to play', to engage, and to hold an intention to be open to whatever wants to come into the space.

Some of the themes that emerged from similar gatherings that we have held in the past are:

• The Dark Sun as primary archetype for the mystery of the divine spark hidden within matter
• .Dialogues with Light, our own light and the light of the world soul, the Anima Mundi.
• Feminine Power and how to live it in the world.
• The Archetype of Kihdr and Alchemical Greening, life at the place where 'the two seas meet', where our inner and outer lives flow together.
• The Tree of Life, our own life in relation to the life of the Earth and emerging Global Oneness

• The Great Mother, our grandmothers, women as elders, being mothers, and what is being born at this time.
• The Purpose of One's Soul in Relation to the Soul of the World.
• Temenos / Sacred space.
• The Purpose of One's Soul in Relation to the Soul of the World.
  Temenos / Sacred space.
• Emerging Masculine Archetypes. New images of the masculine and our responses to them as women, discovering where we ‘feel met’.
• The Power of the Dawn Exploration of this constant yet extraordinary reminder that life is always in potential, always in transition and that ‘this is a day unlike any other!’

These Gatherings for women were in part inspired by this talk on the Anima Mundi by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee at the Guild of Pastoral Psychology London April 2005
which can be heard on:
http://www.workingwithoneness.org/world_soul_av.html#animamundi

Venue: Fulcrum House 3 Grove Road, Bristol BS6 6UJ ( top end of Whiteladies Road) (www.fulcrumhouse.co.uk/index.html)
Fee: £40 to cover venue hire and refreshments

ffi: email post@crovetto.plus.com or phone Jackie Crovetto on 01458 832021.

Image by Miranda Scholefield