Hollyhock Retreat Centre
(Oct 2004)

The front cover is the view from Hollyhock, a retreat centre on Vancouver Island that overlooks the ocean, details to the left. In the 70’s it was known as the Cold Mountain Institute and its existence did much to shape the consciousness of the people who attended month-long workshops on energy awareness. Carol Stewart, a facilitator at the Johnson’s Landing Retreat Centre this summer was one of those participants in 1975. Her thirst for intuitive knowingness led her to many teachers and eventually she moved to Peru and lived there for six years. When she came back she wrote a book about her experiences and returned often to lead tours to their sacred sites. In 1998 she started the Mystery School in her home near Nelson to assist other’s on their understanding of life and the magical journey that it is.

On August 15 & 16, I attended a Grand Forks event at Shawn and Ester’s Sanctuary. They had over twenty wonderful speakers who spoke of the upcoming changes. One of these speakers was Ian Xel Lungold who said in his presentation, “It is not time that is speeding up, it is the unlimited potential that is increasing.”

The Mayan and Hopi cultures both tell of the coming Shift of the Ages. This is the same title as Greg Braden’s video and book published over ten years ago explaining the basics of what is happening. The Mayans predicated that a great shift will happen in October 2011 and the Hopi place it in 2012. Ian explained that the Mayans had several calendars: one listed the day you choose to be born and your reason for being here; another calendar was for periods of time, based on successively shorter era with alternating sections of 7 days and 6 nights. The final cycle of evolution starts in 1999 and concludes in 2011. This last cycle is the shortest time frame as each day and night is only 360 days long.

The Mayan prophecies give each year a name or title based on what to expect. For the year 1999, it was Seeds of Consciousness Planted. The year 2000 was named Consciousness Activated. I found the yearly titles just kept getting better until in 2007, when We Meet our Galactic Neighbours; 2008 is entitled End of Manufactured Lack, in 2009 Consciousness surpasses Technology and in 2010 we head into Bliss, we will all need Practice. The last cycle of the cycles is named We Evolve into Conscious Co-Creation of Existence and Experience. Ian’s site is www.mayanmajix.com. He is travelling around BC.

Several researchers have stated that the Hopi and Mayan cultures received their amazing data about the beginning of creation, their own demise, and the shift of the ages deadlines from galactic travellers. I have always believed the pyramids were created with this superior knowledge as were a few other Wonders of the World.

One of the Hopi’s predictions was… “When the moon appears on the Earth, the time of change is imminent.” Watching the Star Dreams Video for a third time confirmed my knowingness that the great shift will indeed happen. Crop circles in the shape of moons have appeared consistently since 1990. With over 30,000 crop circle sightings in the last twenty years and the willingness of more people to accept their beauty as a goodwill gesture from space aliens, I believe we will meet them in 2007 as predicated by the Mayans. This crop circle video was made by a BC producer Robert Nichol and is being well received.
To order a crop circle video or DVD …call Robert at (604) 886-3639

And lastly I find this Hopi message inspiring and worth repeating… There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold to the side of the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know that the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do our spiritual growth and journey halt. The time of the lone wolf is over! Gather yourselves. Banish the world struggle from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for!