Raven will be attending the Dragon Dance of Creation this year in TN at The Center for Peace (address below). This event is a remarkable opportunity to connect with Dragon Energy, promote healing, and foster Growth.
Dragon Dance of Creation
The 6th Dragon Dance held at the Center for Peace in Seymour, TN, on 18-20 September will feature aspects of the “Golden Corn Dragon.” This year’s Dragon Dance will incorporate aspects of the Corn Harvest Dances held in the early 2000’s. Dancing to the Spirit of the sacred Corn plant feels appropriate, as the word “kun,” meaning “corn” in the Tewa language, signifies the number 6. The color representing the Corn Dragon is yellow.
By embracing the Elemental Forces and honoring Corn, Dancers will work with the Medicine Wheel. This is a Mystical and Transformative Dance that can help you identify, connect with, and expand your Creative Soul by interacting with the Elements of Fire, Water, Earth, Air, as well as the Void. For this 6th Dragon Dance, we will study the significance of the Number 6, through the sacredness of Corn and how, during this time in place, it relates to our lives.
Joseph Rael says, “God is Breath, Matter and Movement and so when we Dance, we can see Beyond the Beyond.”
Throughout the dance, Dragons tend to show up to support you as they hover metaphorically over each Element, encouraging you and protecting you to:
- Dance through old beliefs that hold you captive in the present.
- Create space within your Heart and Head for new ideas and inspiration.
- Get in touch with your Creative Soul.
- Create Medicine tools.
- To see “Beyond the Beyond”
To accept the Abundance coming into your Life
This Dance is about unleashing your Creativity and expressing your true self in a safe, nurturing space. There is great freedom when working with the Elements while dancing inside a metaphorical Medicine Wheel. Adding sacred Cornmeal into this space allows for another channel to open in our psyches.
There are many ceremonies and parts of this Dance that can lead you, and allow you, to Fly with the Dragons while moving into realms that you may not normally access. There will be items one can interact with at each Directional Element to create temporary or permanent tools, symbols, or creations for your altar, desk, or home. These are intended to help remind you of your Dance once you re-enter the “real world” and encourage you to move forward and accept abundance in your Creative Future.
As Joseph Rael says: “We as human beings (two leggeds) were born for dancing. The effort that we use for dancing is energy that Mother Earth and Father Sky use to live in our physical bodies – so keep on dancing.”
Please come Dance, Create, and Expand your inner awareness with us at this year’s Golden Corn Dragon Dance of Creation!
We have space in the Arbor for 14 Dancers on a first-come, first-served basis. Dancers will sleep in the Arbor and fast from food and water for the duration of the ceremony.
The Dance will begin on Friday afternoon. Please arrive by noon. We will dance, Sweat, and become “Makers” together in Creative Unity for the weekend. We will end early Sunday afternoon.
The Donation for Dancers is
- Individuals – $365.00 (a dollar a day for a year of Creativity).
- Dancer Elders (65 years and older) – $200.00.
- Couples – $600.
**Please note, no work credit from the Center at Peace can be applied for this Dance.**
If you are called to Crew instead of Dancing, the $50 donation includes your food and camping fee. For Crew members aged 65 and over or under 18, the donation is $35.
Please register as soon as possible, making your preferences known as to whether you are called to Dance or Serve via the following link for Registration: you do not have to pay yet
https://form.jotform.com/241346140092144
We have very limited indoor sleeping spaces (Price information forthcoming). Most Crew members will need to camp in the meadow where there are outhouses but no running water or electricity.
We have Crew positions of Dragon Drummers, Dragon Guardians, Dragon Kitchen Crew, and Dragon Elders.
We invite you to come be with us for the Golden Corn Dragon Dance of Creation in September. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email: candy.barbee@gmail.com.
Once we receive your intention as a dancer or Crew member, you will receive an email with details on schedules, what to bring, and other useful information.
Because everyone’s schedules get so jammed, we wanted to get these dates out to you all as soon as possible. We are excited to share this with you, be with you, dance with you, and create together with you!
Let us hear from you soon!
With Love,
CanDragon and MisChief
(Candy and Barbara)
Joseph Rael relates, “People who dance the Corn Dance are harvesters of beauty for all life.”
Dear Candy,
“The Corn Harvest Dance is a celebration of everything we have cultivated in
life, such as life, love, and song. ‘What does song mean?’ someone asked me a long time ago, and I answered, ‘Song means our soul learned to sing (vibrations) of God’s love.’ And that is what the Corn Harvest Dance means to me.”
With blessings,
Joseph 2007