FRIDAY

15th October

Open Community Day ~ $15.00 entry. (Note: for three day conference participants, entry fee is included in the ticket price)

The Goddess Market Stalls will be open to the Community from 10am

10.15am

WELCOME – Hosts of the day will be Zora Hatfield & Kelli Brockman of the GAIA Management Team

10.20–11am

ANIQUE RADIANT HEART~ Kuan Yin

11–12.30pm UPSTAIRS TEMPLE SPACE

WORKSHOPS OFFERED ~ Women Only

JANE MEREDITH ~ WEAVING VISIONS WITH THE WISE ONE: Somewhere deep within waits the Wisdom Weaver – she with eyes that see true, she whose voice speaks unafraid, she whose hands have the courage to weave the future. Will you seek her out? Will you lay offerings before her? Will you walk the paths laid down by the Wisdom Weaver of the soul?

JANE HARDWICKE COLLINGS ~ MEETING WITH THE GODDESS WEAVING WITHIN: Come to the Temple, visit the four altars and meet with the weaving Goddess within you as she spins her wisdom for your questions. You will have a private experience in consultation with your inner wisdom and make a weaving talisman to take home to your altar.

11.15–12.15pm MAIN TEMPLE

SACRED DANCE FUSING ANCIENT MUSIC AND MOVEMENT: Premala is an elder who shares her wisdom and passion. At 75 years of age, Premala still appears at community events and performs her unique styles of yoga, Bollywood, Belly Dance, Indian, Tribal and African dance. This workshop will be presented in a circle of sacred dance, music and song. Premala will bring the alchemy of aging cultivating the awareness of what it feels like to be alive and energetic, graceful, sensual & emotionally strong.

12.20–1pm

WISDOM WEAVERS FORUM ~ What Goddess is to me: 4 Wisdom Women will speak for 10 minutes each sharing what Goddess is for them.

1 pm-2.30pm MAIN TEMPLE

PERUQUOIS: ~ Peruquois Frances, singer/chantress, world musician has been passionately singing her way around the planet for 11 years, connecting people to their heart and voice. Her voice has timeless mystical depth crossing over cultural borders. Her music is rich with flavors’ of the Middle east, India, Native America and even her jazz roots are in the weave. Peruquois is an international performer who is often referred to as the “Voice of the Mother Earth’.

2.45–3.45pm MAIN TEMPLE SPACE

TRICIA SZIROM ~ WE ARE THE WEAVERS WE ARE THE WEB: This ancient land is one of many spirits, which add meaning and depth to our understanding of the web of life and the Great Mother. Over the past two hundred years many peoples have arrived in Australia bringing with them traditions of the Goddess from many lands. What are the ways in which we have adapted our rituals and beliefs to this land, and in what ways have we been influenced by the land? This workshop will look at the weaving of two traditions to enrich our understanding and practice in ritual and celebration.

3.45–4.15pm

GLENYS LIVINGSTONE ~ In Adoration of Holy Desire - the Glue of the Cosmos: a Beltaine Treat:
A focus on the Essence of Beltaine celebration ... She who is known as Aphrodite, Venus, Allurement or even “gravity”. Her Desire is felt throughout the Cosmos – a Power accessible to all, may be received by all. The workshop will be a small Communion, a taste.

4.30pm

Close of the day

Friday Evening

GAIA Woman’s Concert ~ $15.00 Friday Evening 7.30 pm

Goddess Market Stalls open from 6.30pm ~ 7.15pm

SATURDAY

16TH October

8.00 am

Registration Desk opens

9.00 am

In SILENCE we enter the Sacred Temple

9.30 am

OPENING CEREMONY begins

11am

SHEKHINAH MORGAN: WALKING IN HER LIGHT INTO THE TEMPLE ~ During this workshop you will dance, drum, play and celebrate your body the temple. You will learn to experience and contain your sensuality and power as a woman, as you walk through life. Through dance and movement and percussion Shekhinah will take you deep into the body as we prepare for our procession into the temple of the Divine Mother. ~ Bring percussion instruments if you have them.

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS: These are one and a quarter hour ONLY finished by 3pm

1. ANNIE RAYNER~ DANCING THE THREADS OF THE DIVINE FEMININE: From the beginning of time, sacred dance, song and story have brought people together to experience the Divine. We will connect with our own Divine Feminine through the sacred words and movements of circle dance.

2. AMRITA HOBBS ~ WEAVING WEBS IN THE FEMININE MYSTERY: A Journey through the stages in our feminine Mystery. Weaving together the threads that join these stages – rather than being lost where we are we see the road ahead.

3. HELEN RUBY ~ WEAVING THE WEB of LIFE: This presentation will bring a group of women together in circle – to weave a web with coloured wools. It will connect them to honour all those women who have and are reclaiming women’s power.

4. PRUE BLACKMORE ~ AWAKENING THE WEAVER WITHIN: How to take a life time pattern of behavior or pain that no longer serves you and by awakening the wisdom and healer within, remove it from your life. The process involves deep meditation work and art therapy to create a vision of the overall problem as it exists in your life. Dialogue occurs ~ Then using transpersonal techniques the participant is tapped into the aspect of themselves that knows how to heal this. Further art work and dialogue occur. This is then taken further into Mandorla [not mandala] work to create a pathway for healing and a ‘mantra’ from the death instinct to the Eros or Life instinct that exists in everyone but is usually overwhelmed by the tic toc distractions in which we live. This is then something you can take away and work with each day as a resource or guide.

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30-4.30pm

ECHOES of the GODDESS ~ GANGA ASHWORTH & LOUISE BELL: Weaving the Healing Elements ~ Accomplished musicians, facilitators and sound healers Louise and Ganga will lead you on an experiential musical journey, weaving together the power of intention, original music specific to each element and its corresponding direction, and your own voice to invoke the healing properties of the elements in your own body. Together we will weave these threads of sound, song and intention sharing from “Echoes of the Goddess” and new original music, to create your own unique recipe for healing and deep connection to Self. This playshop will involve: • Ceremony – as we invoke the directions • Letting go of anything that is not aligned • A Process of: internalizing the healing effects of the elements • energizing the body with intention, music and song.

4.30-5.30pm

Close for the Day

Saturday Evening

7.30–9.30 pm

Back into the Sacred Temple we begin with the casting of the Circle with Anique Radiant Heart which prepares us for a Croning Ceremony:

HONORING OUR PASSAGE ~ The Croning: Since time out of mind, women have been honoring our sacred passages through this life. With our sister the Moon, we observe and celebrate the changes within us as reflected in our women’s cycles of innocence, blood and menopause. The ancients understood well the power and value of ritualizing these passages and indeed all expressions of life – both the mundane and the sacred were celebrated with ritual. The ancient ceremony honoring a woman’s passage into the energy of the elder or crone, who no longer bleeds and holds her creative fire within to use wisely for the whole community, is a beautiful and necessary experience for all women. Many of us who live in patriarchy have not had this experience to celebrate our own passage, so this year at our conference, we invite all women who are over 56 to step forward and ask to be Croned.

SUNDAY

17TH October

8.00am

Registration desk opens

8.45 am

Enter the Sacred temple in SILENCE ~ PLEASE BRING A CUSHION

9.15 am

PERU – the Glistening Mother ~ Singing chantress with her passionate, mystical way ~ connecting people to their heart and voice.

10.30 am

Morning Tea

11.00-12pm

PERU

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS: These are one and a quarter hour ONLY finished by 3pm

1. HOLLIE B ~ WEAVING THE GODDESS PURPOSE: Journey the Mother Goddess path to your own Purpose. Hollie B is a SpellCrafter and Witch, working with the many faces of the Goddess. In this workshop you will be led to connect with your True Purpose in this life, and then create a Spell path to achieve it. We will see the face of the Mother Goddess who manifests change and abundance. You will be able to create a blend of magickal botanicals that suit your path and Purpose, and be led in a group Spell to attain your deepest and Truest desires.

2. FRANCES BILLINGHURST ~ EXPLORING THE REALM OF THE DARK GODDESS: She is the Keeper of the Cauldron of Inspiration and Sacred Knowledge, however She also reminds us of our own mortality. We fear Her because reminds us of who we truly are and not the mask we present to the world. In order to remove all that holds us back from fully embracing our spiritual journey, we need to journey into Her Underworld, and face our shadows, phobias, fears and inadequacies. It is only through joining with the Dark Goddess, understanding Her endless transformation from mystical Maiden, wizen Crone and even destructive Mother, that we can truly appreciate the beauty and peace of the darkness.

3. TESS ELLIOTT~ SPINNING WHEEL OF LIFE: Through Celtic story, songs, symbols and the ancient craft of weaving a Brighid’s Cross will be created.

4. BABULA CLEMENT ~ THE BLACK MOON LILITH: The Black Moon is a powerful point in our Birthchart and represents our deep soul connection with the powerful and mysterious Dark Mother, the Divine Feminine. She is Lilith, Kali Ma, the Black Tara, the Black Madonna, the Tao and Rainbow Serpent. The Black Moon tells the story of the effects of the repression of Sacred Feminine in a person’s life and her return to a life of power, love, joy and freedom. It includes issues such as fertility and childbirth, sexuality, the right to speak and the expression of female power in the world.

3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm

Jane Meredith & Echoes of the Goddess ~ Weaving Women: This is a collaboration between Jane and the Echoes of Goddess women

4.30 pm

Oshun Drummers & Dancing

5.00-6.15pm

Giveaway Gift and Closing Ceremony