The team that brought you the film Bloodline has organized a one-in-a-lifetime tour of Renne-le-Chateau (the Church of Mary Magdalene) in France. Learn more below and click through to find out how you can be a part of it!

Rennes-le-Chateau, France
Autumn Equinox
September 19—25, 2010

A place of beauty, mystery and pilgrimage…a place of potent earth energies…a place of intrigue and questions, history and treasure. Why did Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, use the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau as the underlying basis of the bestselling novel of all time? Why does Henry Lincoln call this “The Holy Place? And why do people from around the world flock to this tiny, remote village?

What is the real secret of this magical place? Why did Abbé Sauniére leave so many clues behind in the Church of Mary Magdalene? Who was his “housekeeper” Marie Dénarnaud and what secrets of Rennes did she take to her grave?

What exists beneath this infamous hill of ancient interest? Is it healing water enhanced with special properties? Water that could lead to an alchemical process so powerful that its use was prohibited at all costs, even when the village itself was ablaze?

Is this the burial place of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, as legend holds? And if so, why there? Of all the places on earth, why is Rennes-le-Chateau considered such a strong possibility?

You will follow Ben Hammott as he takes you through the Church of Mary Magdalene and explains how he found and deciphered clues left by the Abbé a hundred years ago. These coded clues led to more messages buried in bottles in key locations in the countryside and ultimately pointed to a buried chest containing 1st Century Jerusalemite articles as described in the final bottle clue: “The cup of Jesus and Mary, the anointing jar, and the parchment of Bigou.” What was the priest Sauniére trying to tell us? Was this, as purported Priory of Sion representative Nicolas Haywood said, evidence of the marriage?

Finally, what role does Rennes-le-Chateau play in the current shift in consciousness? Some say this special place is connected to Roslin (Scotland) through the Rose Line. But what does that mean? And how does that play into the myth and legends of the area?

Come join us for a week of exploration into the past, present and future as we walk the lands in and around Rennes le Chateau, touch and drink the waters in Rennes and Alet-les-Bains, and connect with the highly charged earth energies during this special time of the Autumn Equinox.

This insider journey is hosted by NightVision Radio host, television and filmmaker René Barnett along with author and intuitive Gloria Amendola. There will be special guest appearances by members of the Bloodline team, including English adventurer, author and discoverer of the Bloodline tomb, Ben Hammott. In addition, attendees will each receive special gifts and meet some noted surprise guests along the way.

Learn more here.

The Visionary Awards are judged by retailers and seasoned professionals who evaluate each title based upon content, presentation, and their own knowledge of the industry, as a guide to what best represents metaphysical, mind/body/spirit books, music, and products with positive energy and flair.

We were thrilled by the results–two winners and three runners-up!

2010 COVR Visionary Awards for Beyond Words Publishing:.

• Roll Around Heaven for Auto- / Biographical Book Category
• Infinite Possibilities for Conscious Living / Self-Help Book Category
• Frequency for Spirituality / Alt. Science & Spirituality Book Category
• Something Unknown for Video / DVD Category
• The Living Matrix for Video / DVD Category

The COVR winners are in bold.  All others are “runners-up.” We would like to thank all involved, especially our award winning author and filmmakers!

While I believe that the Earth is much older and wiser than any of us, that she can heal in her own sweet time and at her own pace, and that she will endure no matter what, I also began wondering what I could do.

I could give offerings and ask forgiveness for my human brothers and sisters who are making such grievous mistakes.

I could learn from my own mistakes, and make choices and take actions that would have me living in much better alignment with the Earth. I could change my ways, let go of systems that don’t work, and begin living in a more sustainable and honorable way. And then teach my children that, and speak about it to others so they may feel inspired to do the same.

I could join with people, who need comfort, and offer up prayers – for those things in our society that are out of alignment to fall away; for people’s hearts to open and shift their ways if they are disharmonious with the Earth; and for the Earth herself, if only to offer the message “I hear you. I will look inward and shift my ways. And I bless you.”

The mere act of connecting with the Earth – slowing down to watch her movements and moods – causes something within our hearts to awaken. We are connected.

In the film The Living Matrix, there was mention of a project – the Global Coherence Initiative. After speaking with Filmmaker Greg Becker, he mentioned that this Initiative might just be doing some work around the oil calamity. I looked it up. This project, launched by the Institute of HeartMath®, can be described below:

From their website: www.glcoherence.org

The Global Coherence Initiative is a science-based initiative uniting millions of people in heart-focused care and intention, to shift global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace.

The Global Coherence Initiative is designed to help individuals and groups work together, synchronistically and strategically to increase the impact of their efforts to create positive global change.

Together we will:

• Increase personal coherence for the benefit of ourselves and the planet
• Help shift the planetary consciousness baseline from self-centeredness to wholeness care
• Increase connection and social harmony
• Empower our ability to navigate through global changes with less stress and more ease
• Empower environmental responsibility and stewardship of the planet

The Global Coherence Initiative will include an important scientific measurement component. Advanced sensing technology, now being developed at the Institute of HeartMath, will allow us to observe changes in the earth’s magnetic field and test the hypothesis that the earth’s field is affected by mass human emotion, positive or negative. The Global Coherence Monitoring System (GCMS) will consist of approximately 12 sensors strategically located around the world. This system will enable a new level of scientific inquiry into the relationship between the earth’s magnetic field, collective human emotions and behaviors, and planetary changes.

The GCMS will allow us to test the hypotheses that:

• Strong collective human emotions are reflected in the earth’s field.
• Groups of people in heart coherence can affect the earth’s field.
• Changes in the earth’s field predict earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and similar planetary scale events, in order to give people advance warning

Our long-term goal is to correlate the following: coherence-level data collected from the GCI community with changes in the earth’s magnetic field, along with changes in various social, environmental and health outcomes.

I signed up myself, and have yet to explore the vast information shared on this site, and have yet to enter into the Global Care Room where I can join others in Heart Coherence sessions. At least I can offer good, heart-centered energy instead of fearful and angry energy. Perhaps that alone will make the Earth’s job of healing that much easier.

The Living Matrix

OK..  I have been into healing and energy for a long time.  Even in my design days I knew that children would surround themselves with certain colors that they needed for healing,  this DVD takes healing to a whole new dimension and affirms the knowledge that I do have the power to heal, myself and others, or at least contribute to all of the above…  You have got to see this one..!!!

The reaction to the film was fantastic and the credits were treated to a standing ovation. You might be aware (and Rachel blogged about it here) that The Living Matrix features the noetic scientists, their research and the new science of healing, all of which play a key role in Dan Brown’s new bestseller The Lost Symbol.

Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, president of IONS, was at the premiere and was giving many interviews (I think she is going to be on Dateline in the next day or two). You can see a photo of her below.

The premiere was accompanied by a panel discussion moderated by Areille Ford, founder of the Spiritual Cinema Circle. On this panel were the film makers Greg Becker and Harry Massey, as well as Dr Eric Pearl, Marilyn Schlitz, Lynne McTaggart and Peter Fraser—four of the 16 leaders in Bioenergetics who are featured in the film. While scheduled to last from 9 PM to 10 PM the conversation was so passionate that it was still going strong when I left after 10:30. These are a couple of photos I took on my phone, and now it’s time to jump back on a plane and head back to Portland again!

Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, president of IONS, and Dr Eric Pearl

Cynthia Black and Craig Martin at the LA Premiere of The Living Matrix