Ritual of blindfolded meetings - part of a series of Temples designed to experience pivotal moments in fairytales.
This Blindfold Temple follows an instruction often found in Baba Yaga’s stories :
When lost, a hand will give you a ball of thread and say : “Follow the thread, wherever it may roll.”
Go anywhere. Just get moving.
What you seek will find you, sooner or later.
Even when comes the time to get married - the same flavour. “Marry the first one to ask for your hand”, or the one closest to the falling arrow. Frequently, who you met there will at first look like a bear, a falcon, a frog…
But someone will shake their head to your doubts and firmly say that this is indeed the perfect match.
Let fate deal out its perfect hand.
This temple is a place to follow the thread.
Without the boxes of the mind, the veils of the eye.
Let what you seek find you.
------------------WHAT TO EXPECT
- a whole evening blindfolded
- Guidance to connect to the heart, to each other
- Time for free flow
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This event may involve touch.
Please note that your boundaries are respected at all times. You may choose to do the ritual alone if that is your truth. There is no “goal” to achieve.
------------------WHAT IS A TEMPLE?
A temple is a sacred space of remembering. A space where we gather with open hearts and curious minds, to discover ourselves in the mirror of the group being.
When we gather in this intention of generosity, we naturally open a path for ritual and deep connection to the spirit, the self, and community.
By sharing space together, connecting deeply & witnessing non-judgmentally, the possibility of transformation, self realization, and the mystery can naturally unfold.
Please note that unlike many such offerings in Berlin, this temple is not focused on erotic play! Instead, we commune with creative energy through the archetype of Baba Yaga. The activation of creative energy will yield something uniquely different for each individual.
------------------WHO IS BABA YAGA?
Baba Yaga is a central character of Russian folklore, often appearing at great turning points or as frightening life changes unfold. She tends to the portal of change.
Often a bestower of marvellous magical gifts and advice, she has the power to harm or to help. She is depicted as a giant, ugly old woman - and in many tales she is cast as a child kidnapper and murderer. Baba Yaga has the gift of speaking to the animals and to the wind. She is bad-tempered and erratic. Her unpredictability will keep you on your toes - will she will help you or eat you?
To come to her temple is to offer yourself time to steep in the Trickster energy she can embody. She is something utterly wild, a rare thing nowadays. Allow yourself to explore & remember this natural wildness that lives inside you. How will the Trickster emerge through you?
------------------WHO ARE THOSE TEMPLES FOR?
Advanced templars and ninjas of boundaries and consent. We will be spending no time on these topics, assuming you have a solid and weathered practice of being a caring guardian of your own truth and that of others.
Ritual spaces have the potential to provide slippery ground and intense experiences, so strong practices of boundaries/consent are vitally important.
------------------YOUR HOST
Joy Thunder is a temple artist, poet and facilitator.
She designs experiences of ritual, sensuality and community. She is devoted to modern-day Mystery Schools such as ISTA and the Temple Trainings.
Her background involves 10 years of traveling and curating 1-on-1 ceremonies, through the arts of Tantric massage and Ritualistic Tattoos. She has deeply immersed in Sacred Sexuality communities, and is currently publishing her first book of poems.
Find her events, podcasts and book on :
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------------------HOW TO PREPARE
Be punctual
- Doors open at 8PM and will close at 8:15 with no exceptions. We ask that you come with the intention to remain until the end.
Be hydrated
- Read sober. And hydrated!
Be comfortable
- Wear something that makes you feel beautiful and comfortable.
------------------BRING
- 1 good quality blindfold
------------------REFUND POLICY
Full refund up to 7 days before the event, after that no refund and no transfer to other events.
Thank you!
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