Category Archives: HERE & THERE

Travelogues….

The Blood Moon and the Niqab

Posted on September 30, 2015 by dawnbramadat

We three women sat in rocking chairs on the balcony and watched the shadow come over the moon slowly…so slowly…. As the shadow of the Earth ate away at the luminescence of the Moon and turned her red, all of … Continue reading →

Posted in N.America, Teachings from Meditations | Tagged are we really so free?, blood as renewal and birth, blood moon 2015, energetic niqab, Malala, Nibi Wabo, niqab, niqab in Canada, Trail of Tears, Water Healing Song, what women do to feel safe, women as possessions | Leave a comment

EASTER WATER, 2015

Posted on April 7, 2015 by dawnbramadat

I am not sure that I have the words to describe the deeply-layered perfection of this Easter morning’s experience… but I will do my best…. At 3 in the morning, under the crisp, full, Easter moon, we crunched our way … Continue reading →

Posted in N.America, Teachings from Meditations, The Times They are A'Changing | Tagged carbon-based lifeforms, crystalline structures, Easter full moon, Easter morning, gathering Easter water, holy water, ice comets hitting Earth's atmosphere, Magdalene meets the risen Christ, silica-based lifeforms, we are made of mostly water, Yeshua and Magdalene | 2 Comments

DEEP RESISTANCE…TENDING PEACE (on Gian & Charlie)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by dawnbramadat

” You claim an anticlerical tradition, but but feign ignorance of how it differs fundamentally from Islamophobia: the first was built during a hard, long and bitter fight against a Catholic clergy of formidable power, which had – and still … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Musings and rants, TIPS FOR TROUBLED TIMES | Tagged Charlie Hébdo, Gian Ghomeshi, Islamophobia, Olivier Cyran, rise of political right in Europe, un-learning prejudice | 2 Comments

Winter Solstice, Heartroot, 2014

Posted on December 27, 2014 by dawnbramadat

It was at about 3 in the morning, after changing positions several times , pulling a couple more blankets around my shoulders against the settling chill and streeeeetching my spine in every direction possible while sitting in place, that I … Continue reading →

Posted in N.America, Teachings from Meditations | Tagged Kali Yuga, medicine wheel, portals through dimensions, return of the light, slipping through space-time, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

Canadian, huh?

Posted on November 18, 2014 by dawnbramadat

I don’t think I’ve thought of myself as a coward before. As a matter of fact, I think I scared the bejeezus out of my family more than once due to the…naive abandon?…with which I have comported myself throughout this … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings and rants, N.America | Tagged airport scans, Atlanta airport, Christians hijack Jesus, Harper Americanising Canada, North American Free Trade agreement, Stephen Harper dictatorship, waiting in line at the airport, who is American | Leave a comment

Through Megantic: The Road Home

Posted on October 23, 2014 by dawnbramadat

I had meant to be at Heartroot for sunrise the other morning, but it took me 45 minutes to get off the island of Montreal. First the bridge was blocked, then one after another alternate route…. I was relieved when … Continue reading →

Posted in N.America | Tagged crystal, disaster tourism, Heartroot, importance of art in healing, Lac-Mégantic, Megantic, MusiCafé, properties of granite, rebuilding of Megantic, special energy of Megantic area | 2 Comments

Brittany, October, 2014: Awakening Beauty

Posted on October 15, 2014 by dawnbramadat

A young deer appeared out of the mist yesterday morning, grazing on the sparkle of the dew-laden field – it felt like a farewell gift from the land of Brittany. Or Breizh…the rumblings of identity and self-determination are found here, … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, HERE & THERE, INTUITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY | Tagged Acadians, black madonna, Breizh, Breton food, Brittany, Carnac megaliths, Celtic lands, Celtic languages, Darkness in initiation, Darkness preeserving magic, effects of photography on living beings, Finisterre, Giza Plateau, healing masculine energies, human collective consciousness, magic of ancient sites, making peace with Darkness, Monastic Order of Jerusalem, Mont St.Michel, Nicolas Fouquet, pink granite, Ria Etel, transforming genetic programming | 2 Comments

SUMMER SOLSTICE, 2014

Posted on June 21, 2014 by dawnbramadat

A Blessèd Solstice to All…. I have noticed that for the past 3 years, people arriving for the Summer Solstice celebrations at HeartRoot have been bone-tired – exhausted in a deep, structural way. The frayed and patched belief systems that … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, N.America, Teachings from Meditations, TIPS FOR TROUBLED TIMES, Uncategorized | Tagged absent fathers, healing masculine energy, humans developing super-powers, misogynist psychology, present evolutionary shift, smothering mothers, south gate of the medicine wheel, summersolstice | 6 Comments

Un Gran Día para Costa Rica

Posted on April 8, 2014 by dawnbramadat

April 6, 2014: Last night, traffic crawled through the centre of San Jose. PAC-PAC-PAC! tooted horns of flag-festooned vehicles making their way along streets lined with yellow-and-red supporters of all ages, from babes-in-arms to the elderly. It already felt … Continue reading →

Posted in Central + South America | Tagged 6 April 2014, animal rights, Canada and Costa Rica, Costa Rica corruption, Costa Rica elections 2014, Costa Rica reborn, Justin Trudeau, Luis Guillermo Solis, PAC, Roosevelt Plaza | 1 Comment

Spring Equinox, 2014, Costa Rica

Posted on March 21, 2014 by dawnbramadat

It’s the strangest thing: whenever I have finished doing one of these ceremonies or rituals, it is as if I have been in a time warp – as if I’ve slipped through a tear in the fabric of space-time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Central + South America, Teachings from Meditations | Tagged 13 women, bear medicine, circle of sisters, Costa Rica, Eagle medicine, healing Water, Oneness consciousness, Spring Equinox | 2 Comments