Astral Bathing: Dark Skies Dream Incubation - A Weekend of Star Gazing and Nature Immersion During the Perseid Meteor Shower

Join Sarah Janes and Daniel Taylor for a truly cosmic, astral bathing weekend in a Dark Skies region of the South Downs in West Sussex. 

During the weekend we will be exploring ancient Mesopotamian dream healing techniques, lucid and precognitive dreaming and the power of heavenly, astronomical influence. This weekend coincides with an especially potent period of celestial activity, it sees the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and the full Hazel Moon, these are cosmic events that would have been charged with meaning and symbolism for our ancient ancestors all over the world. The moon is often seen as a messenger of the gods and the gods are the stars and planets of the firmament. 

In ancient Mesopotamia, the night sky was the realm of divine beings. A Mesopotamian healer would place a patient under the stars to dream at night - the idea being that the beneficent light of the star gods could then ‘irradiate’ their body and bring them back into harmony with the cosmos and therefore the positive influence of the gods. 

The stars are a balm in the blanket of the night and can offer a powerful panacea.  

Schedule

Friday

3pm - 7pm

Arrival and camping set up

7pm 

Communal Dinner (please bring your own meals)

9pm - 11pm

Opening Circle

Presentation by Sarah Janes on the subject of Astral Bathing, the history of Mesopotamian dream medicine and astral magic. 

Cleansing/Purification Ritual

Introduction to precognitive dreaming followed by Tibetan singing bowls and guided meditation

Astral Bathing - also bring your own charms and crystals to charge with astral and lunar power.

Mugwort Tea Ceremony - Optional (please check health precautions and medical contraindications)

Instructions for dream recording and journaling

11pm onwards

Stargazing into the night

Perseid Meteor Shower peak 

Saturday

5am - 6am 

Awakened Belly Dance at Dawn

7am - 10am 

Breakfast (included - self serve)

8am - 9am 

Yoga (please bring your own mat!)

10am

Dream Sharing Circle, Dream Art and Remembering Practice

11am - 3pm (approx)

Optional nature walk and forest bathing

Bring a packed lunch!

Free time in the afternoon

6.30pm 

Dinner at local lakeside pub/restaurant (not included in ticket price)

9pm - 11pm 

Yoga Nidra

Dream Incubation

Blue Water Lily Ceremony - Optional (please check health precautions and medical contraindications)

11pm onwards

Free time for Stargazing 

Sunday

7am - 10am 

Breakfast (included - self serve)

8am - 9am 

Yoga (please bring your own mat!)

10am 

Dream Sharing and closing Circle

11am - 12pm  

Pack up and depart

Where

Just a short journey from London, the South Downs is known as the ‘gateway to England’ – its rolling green hills, globally important chalk grassland, ancient woodland, dark night skies, wildlife-rich heathland and windswept cliffs represents nature at it's best.

There are only 16 Dark Sky reserves around the world and we’ve got one on our doorstep! There’s very little light pollution in the South Downs National Park, so it’s a special place to visit when you’re used to city life!

Exact location and directions will be shared upon ticket purchase.

What to bring

• Camping gear - tent, sleeping bags, air mattress etc
• Something to lie on outside under the stars (camping/yoga mat/blankets/cushions)
• Torch (a must have!)
• Walking shoes/boots
• Clothing for all weather (warm clothes for night time star gazing)
• Water bottle
• Sunscreen
• Yoga Mat (optional)
• Food/Snacks
• Notebook/sketchbook and pens/pencils for dream journaling

FACILITATORS

Sarah Janes

Sarah Janes is a Pantheist, Nature lover and lucid dreamer. She has written about dreams, dream culture and the anthropology of dreaming for a number of academic journals, the Idler magazine and more. Sarah’s first book - Initiation into Dream Mysteries, Drinking from the Pool of Mnemosyne is out in December. This book explores the ancient history and philosophy of dream therapy and sleep medicine, with a particular emphasis on the sort of holistic divine Nature cure offered by healing sanctuaries in the ancient world. Sarah hosts her own lecture salon and series - Explorers - and has hosted many esteemed academics, scientists, enthusiasts, ancient history scholars and experts as guests on all subjects including AI, sex robot ethics, neuroscience, neuro-psychopharmacology, consciousness, medicine, music, alchemy, psychedelics, Nature, mythology, ancient religion, astronomy, space travel, extinct birds, ethnobotany, cults and more. Since lockdown, the club has specialised in Egyptology and ancient culture.  
This year Sarah is curating a series of events and talks to coincide with the touring exhibition Feminine Power at the British Museum and developing sleep hygiene/‘Reality Shifting’ workshops to tackle sleep deprivation in children and teenagers. She is also working with author and biologist Rupert Sheldrake and Guy Hayward at the British Pilgrimage Trust to reinvigorate the practice of dream incubation on pilgrimage in the UK. 

Sarah co-hosts the weekly online chat show - Consciousness Hour with author and researcher Anthony Peake. Anthony specialises in writing about exceptional human experience and anomalous phenomenon.

www.themysteries.org

Daniel Taylor

Daniel is a science fiction writer who began researching psychic dreams following a series of precognitive dream experiences. Once called the Sherlock Holmes of dreaming - If you want to 'wake up', go to sleep. Daniel is currently editor of Dream Prophecies, runs The Dream Circle, Liverpool, and The International Premonitions Bureau. He regularly contributes to The Echo World magazine, The Wire, DreamTime Magazine and Patheos.com and is set to release his debut novel Somewhere Beyond Jupiter.

www.dreamprophecies.com

Carly Burke

An explorer and advocate for mental health awareness and the therapeutic use of psychedelics, Carly weaves her work immersed in ancient, indigenous shamanic practices across Latin America with her ever curious flare for modern advancements in therapeutic psychedelic research, curating events across the UK with the Psychedelic Society and offering her own facilitation as a professionally trained Tantra Yoga teacher and experienced space holder. Carly celebrates the elusive bridge connecting science and spirit and sees great potential when we marry the two for healing and our collective evolution. 

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