A 6-week Gateless writing salon
for the lunar man or woman seeking creative
encounters with the fecund night of their being.

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In an age blinded by the blazing rays of untempered masculine values, the lunar man or woman, if s/he is not careful, can also become entranced, and scorch themselves from within from the burning anxiety to “become” someone (...as if who they are presently is not enough).

The darkness of winter calls out to such a person inviting them to slow down, to open their ear to the below, and to drop into the mysterious night of their own being.

Malidome Some (1995) says that the Dagara people of Africa have no word to describe the numinous, or spiritual, dimension of life. The closest concept is a word called Yielbongura which translates as “the thing that knowledge can’t eat.” In this same spirit, a lunar being’s resilience in this solar age of false power, life-destroying “progress”, and social media depends entirely on their ability to not only relate with but to become completely enchanted by the fecund night of their own being — that place within that is deeper than one’s innermost depths which rational thinking, the overculture, or even wound cannot eat. Creative writing is one pathway to that innermost place.

“The creative process takes place not under the burning rays of the sun but in the cool reflected light of the moon when the darkness of unconsciousness is great: night, not day, is the time for begetting. Darkness and stillness, secrecy, remaining mute and veiled, are a part of it. For this reason the moon as lord of life and of growth is opposed to the death character of the devouring sun.” ~ Neumann

The glow of the winter moon invites us to enter this womb of creativity. To choose the luminescence of privacy over the blaze of publicity; the mystery of darkness over the assurance of daylight; and the stillness of self-knowing over the rush of being known.

Gateless writing is a methodology conceptualized from ancient Zen and creative brain science to support you to drop beneath the conditioned critical mind into that ‘sunless sea’, 'under sleep, where all the waters meet' — the mysterious ground of all being where all creativity springs (Coleridge; Eliot).

Through a particular method of meditation, prompts, guidelines, positive feedback, mirroring, and radical nurturing, you will be supported across six weekly 2-hr calls to experience ritual encounters with your distinct, creative voice and come to know the rich depth that only you carry, which you may have severed from long ago.

Fridays 2-4 pm ET
Begins January 14th

Limited to 7 Participants
$200

This salon is full! Join the waitlist below to be the first to hear about the next writing salon series.

This is how we break false enchantments:
by becoming enchanted by the luminous night of our own being.

Luminous Night (Co-ed):
Gateless writing from your innermost depths.

A 6-week Gateless writing salon
for the lunar man or woman seeking creative
encounters with the fecund night of their being.

*

In an age blinded by the blazing rays of untempered masculine values, the lunar man or woman, if s/he is not careful, can also become entranced, and scorch themselves from within from the burning anxiety to “become” someone (...as if who they are presently is not enough).

The darkness of winter calls out to such a person inviting them to slow down, to open their ear to the below, and to drop into the mysterious night of their own being.

The glow of the winter moon invites us to enter this womb of creativity. To choose the luminescence of privacy over the blaze of publicity; the mystery of darkness over the assurance of daylight; and the stillness of self-knowing over the rush of being known.

This salon is full! Join the waitlist below to be the first to hear about the next writing salon series.

This is how we break false enchantments:
by becoming enchanted by the luminous night of our own being.

You, darkness, of whom I am born–

I love you more than the flame

that limits the world

to the circle it illuminates

and excludes all the rest.

But the dark embraces everything:

shapes and shadows, creatures and me,

people, nations–just as they are.

It lets me imagine

a great presence stirring beside me.

I believe in the night.

~ Rilke

Luminous Night (Co-ed):Gateless writing from your innermost depths.

A 6-week Gateless writing salonfor the lunar man or woman seeking creative encounters with the fecund night of their being.

*

In an age blinded by the blazing rays of untempered masculine values, the lunar man or woman, if s/he is not careful, can also become entranced, and scorch themselves from within from the burning anxiety to “become” someone (...as if who they are presently is not enough).

The darkness of winter calls out to such a person inviting them to slow down, to open their ear to the below, and to drop into the mysterious night of their own being.

The glow of the winter moon invites us to enter this womb of creativity. To choose the luminescence of privacy over the blaze of publicity; the mystery of darkness over the assurance of daylight; and the stillness of self-knowing over the rush of being known.

This salon is full! Join the waitlist below to be the first to hear about the next writing salon series.

This is how we break false enchantments: by becoming enchanted by the luminous night of our own being.

You, darkness, of whom I am born–

I love you more than the flame

that limits the world

to the circle it illuminates

and excludes all the rest.

But the dark embraces everything:

shapes and shadows, creatures and me,

people, nations–just as they are.

It lets me imagine

a great presence stirring beside me.

I believe in the night. ~ Rilke

Luminous Night (Co-ed):
Gateless writing from your innermost depths.

A 6-week Gateless writing salon
for the lunar man or woman seeking creative
encounters with the fecund night of their being.

This is how we break false enchantments:
by becoming enchanted by the luminous night of our own being.

I believe in the night.

~ Rilke