Beyond the physical and biological features of a landscape there is a multidimensional organism composed of earth energy networks, earth intelligence fields and archetypal patterns referring to the place's spiritual identity. We will take the environment of the 2012 Olympic Games together with the River Lea north of the Thames as the grounds for our exploration. This landscape is the subject of regeneration as a legacy of the games. The workshop will support this regeneration process by working on the invisible treasures of places and landscapes which are often neglected. These explorations will be part of the preparation of the Geopuncture Stone Installation that will be created parallel to the Olympic Games. What qualities should the Installation express to support the message of the Olympic landscape for the games and beyond? These qualities will be coded in the cosmogrammes carved in the stone. As part of the workshop we will draw and develop on paper the first ideas of the cosmogrammes that are to be carved in spring 2012. The workshop is open to all, whether or not you have previous experience of Geopuncture (earth acupuncture). We will spend most of the time out of doors, with a fair amount of walking.

Through his studies of the megalithic temples of Malta, Marko Pogacnik has discovered the spiritual technology used in those remote times to establish the matrix of the Neolithic Culture of Peace. The same matrix is still present, dormant beneath the layers of conflict and illusions of rationalism. Marko reveals to us the knowledge needed to reactivate this lost archetype for a culture tuned to the essence of our planet and to the true self of the human being. What are the ways to create a new "Geoculture”?

For those of us who are awake and aware, knowledge of a new wave of consciousness entering humanity is no longer a conjecture, but a deep knowingness, grounding itself in the very crystals of our spine thrumming in the very strands of our DNA. In his lectures on the Apocalypse, Rudolf Steiner refers to a time when the human race will divide into two species. He describes how the part of humanity not impregnated with the Christ consciousness, will eventually fall away and form a secondary planet. In this talk, Susan will be exploring the different strands of wisdom pointing to this great divide. She will also be looking at the questions: How are we moving from homo sapiens to homo spiritus? And what becomes of those who resist or ignore this wave of enlightenment?

Aidan Andrew Dun (known as Voice of King's Cross) is a British poet, dub troubadour and psychogeographer with five books in print, the last one, a verse-novel McCool, just published by Goldmark. Squatting for many years, Aidan explored streets decoding the magical psychogeography of King's Cross, magnet to other visionaries before him.  

Lucie Rejchrtova, a pianist, keyboard player and street performer from Prague, has been performing & playing in numerous projects across Europe . Since 2003 she has been playing with the legendary Crazy World of Arthur Brown ("Fire" 1968). She plays regularly with a Prague-based black bluesman Cleanhead Phil Mississipi Delta Blues, as well as Joe Carnation, the guitarist of the iconic Czech band the Plastic People of the Universe, celebrated by Tom Stoppard in his play Rock'n'Roll.

When performing together, Lucie tinges Aidan's poetry by playing his compositions from the album "Honeyland" influenced for example by Debussy, Bartok or Stravinski. They have performed at the British Library, Amsterdam 's Poetry Festival, The Lotus Foundation, Goldmark Galleries, Stroud poetry festival and Prague .

The Grail Land of our planet encompasses a great landscape temple covering most of Western Europe, including Great Britain. Enshrined in this sacred landscape is a pattern of energy and an intelligence which moulds the landscape and influences the psyche according to a sacred design and universal law. Whilst all landscape temples have the same basic energetic design, each landscape temple has its own variation and purpose. In this talk Sarah will explore the importance of this Grail Land, and the archetypal myths it embodies, as well as the links to our own initiatory stories. In addition, the Grail Land provides a direct link into the Planetary Dodecahedron the
geometric matrix of the planetary light body, so its importance cannot be underestimated.

Sarah Dawkins (BSc. Hons), is a founder member of The Gatekeeper Trust, and a director of Zoence, founded to further the development and understanding of the harmonious relationship of humanity both with the spiritual and natural worlds. She is a fengshui consultant, and teaches and leads workshops on creating harmonious and sacred space, paneurhythmy and circle dance, working with the natural rhythms of the yearly festivals and, with her husband, Peter, leads geocosmological pilgrimages internationally.

'A Sacred Space is a Harmonic Structure for the Transformation of the Soul. It's purpose is to remind us of our true essence and Absolute connection to the universe ' Christian Kyriacou Sacred Space holds the matrix of the divine potential of the universe
to express beauty and harmony. Our voices can sound The Golden Mean, the Divine Proportion Harmonic. It is the creative Feminine power of the universe. Her music is delicate and inherent in most natural forms, in Ancient Architecture and is also reflected in the human body. Hear and feel with our own voices and through every cell of our body, the power of the Divine Harmonic resonating the ultimate symphony and union of human love and it's ability to Transform Space. These harmonics are reflected in sacred architecture and above all, the human body. See through a visual slide presentation this exquisite interplay of the divine feminine and how it meets, interplays and merges with the divine masculine.

CHRISTIAN VIOLARIS KYRIACOU RIBA MCSD Dip BM is a Visionary and international inspirational speaker. He has run his own professional architectural practice since 1970, designing major public projects as well as residential and educational premises. His knowledge and inspiration comes from over 39 years of study and practice in many fields including Harmonic Resonance, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Architecture, Geomancy, Vaastu and Feng Shui.

It has long been accepted that whilst the majority of Victorian women were physically downtrodden, there were an awful lot that weren't. An absence of poverty allows the creative juices to run and the ladies who worked Magic from the 1880's were quite extraordinary in their shaping The Arts in the twentieth century. Their companions viewed them as more than their equals and they must
have been wonderful as those friends were W B Yeats and G B Shaw to make a couple of obvious choices. One of these women had affairs with both of those men and another married one of them. More importantly, they laid the ground plans for esoteric groups through their dedication, scholarship and talents.

Geraldine Beskin has read about and spoken about more dead people than live ones she sometimes feels! Esoteric societies, starting from 1875 and the formation of the Theosophical Society, are a special interest and the achievements of the members in the magical and mundane worlds are often unexpected. She and her daughter own London's The Atlantis Bookshop and are very proud of it and its history. Her talk will be about women who saw the shop being built, later became customers and friends of the proprietors.

We shall be exploring deep London, discovering why it is that William Blake the greatest Englishman proposes Kings X as the epicentre of his spiritual city Jerusalem. (Blake's London cosmology is predicated on this principle). In the course of the talk we will meet the apocalyptic Arthur Rimbaud, living his Season in Hell (and writing many of his coded Illuminations) in Kings X in 1873. We will attend one of the famous Monday Night Parties of William Butler Yeats, a visionary resident in the zone of Kings X for twenty years. We shall visit the supernatural churchyard of the church of the Pan Cross where Shelley is believed to have first made love to his future wife. We'll
refer controversially to the legendary Kings X suicide of the last British warqueen Boudicca; and discover the Thomas Hardy Tree
in Old St Pancras Churchyard. An Arthurian journey through mythic strata of London.

Aidan Andrew Dun spent a fantastical childhood in the West Indies and knew his calling for poetry from an early age. He returned to London as a teenager to live with his inspirational grandmother, dancer Marie Rambert. Aidan lives in London and divides his time between writing poetry and composing music. www.aidanandrewdun.com

In the far distant past, our ancestors were highly perceptive of the subtle energies working within nature. They saw these energies as Nature Spirits, or Elemental Beings, with definite tasks and personality. The ancestors understood that the living co-operation of these Elementals constituted the etheric, or life body, of the Earth. Over time our vision of this subtle world, with its "carriers of the forces", has faded and we have become ever more focused on the outer world of the senses and on developing the material sciences.

However, this purely materialistic view of nature is finishing its curriculum of evolution. Once again, we need to see physical phenomena as the expression of spiritual deeds. We need to fructify the developed intellect, by opening our hearts and souls to what now seeks entry from the higher hierarchies. "Humanity must rediscover what lies behind external observation and intellectual interpretation...and gain insight into the spiritual foundation of nature, which external knowledge does not reach."

In this talk, Susan will present a view of the Nature Spirits and their work in the formative world behind physical form, based on the lectures given by Rudolf Steiner. She will include an account of her experiences with the elementals in her own locality, and most importantly, suggest ways in which we, as humans, can help the Nature Spirits at this point in our, and their, evolution.

Susan Raven has been a long-time student of Anthroposophy and has represented Rudolf Steiner Press and the Anthroposophical Society at the Mind, Body and Spirit Festival for 14 years. She is a singer/songwriter whose CDs have attracted a large internet fan base around the world and whose performances on the British music festival scene have moved and inspired many people. She has spent the last 11 years living in the remote hills of mid-Wales, deepening her understanding of the elemental kingdom, slowly developing the faculty for perceiving this formative world, and honing her skills as a songwriter. Susan will be performing a selection of her songs at the end of the talk. For previews of her music please go to www.susanraven.com.

Chris Street talks about his new book - a quest for the grail in London that turns up as many surprising mysteries as The Da Vinci Code.All the evidence (and there is plenty of it) indicates that a real Camelot once existed at the very centre of the Royal Hunting Ground of the Plantagenet Kings. Today it is still there, hidden in woods on the fringe of North London , and is as mystical and magical as the Camelot of legend. It has a holy well haunted by a Guinevere-like apparition, strange connections to the Templars, links to a secret tradition in Arthurian Legend, is a nodal point for ley lines, and is believed to be an ancient Celtic oracular shrine, a place of vision, healing and inspiration. Not only is Camelot in London , but so is a round table and Arthur's stone from which he drew the sword of Sovereignty. Unbelievable? Yes, but also true. Not to be missed.

Chris Street has been a professional writer for over thirty years. He has been researching London 's sacred sites and their enigmas for almost as long. He is author of several books, including Earthstars, The Visionary Landscape and the slightly suspect Beer Guru's Guide (A quest for the Holy Ale rather than the Grail). He is a long standing member of the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids and is particularly interested in the use of sacred sites for healing, vision and inspiration.

Marion Briggs sets the background for this series of talks and presentations where the speakers will share the results of their research and practice in many forms of sacred space. Over his lifetime, Rudolf Steiner created sacred spaces, culminating in his life-changing visit to the stone circles at Penmynmaur and the subsequent re-founding of the Anthroposophical Society and design for the present Goetheanum building. As early as 1905 Steiner spoke about the task of 'rebuilding the Temple' which will face us at this point in time. His lectures on the theme cover the attempts by Freemasons and the Knights Templar to prepare the way. He stressed the importance of restoring the feminine so that and men and women may work as equals in the artistic transformation of the whole earth – the ultimate 'total work of art'.

Marion Briggs has been researching the art of Rudolf Steiner and, over the last 20 years or more, she has investigated the evolution of the architecture of Steiner's two Goetheanum buildings. This process has led her to some insights into Steiner's use of sacred geometry and metamorphosis of form and colour. It involved delving into themes from London 's Rosicrucian theatre architecture and the social architecture of Joseph Beuys to her work with landscape temples. She leads workshops and practices healing work in the landscape, cooperating with beings of all dimensions