September 12th to September 20th, 2011 • $1690

Mission Statement

Atlantis or Enlightenment? First Annual International Meeting with Shamans in the North American Sacred Sites.

Are we on the brink of becoming the next Atlantis or is there something else? Do we have control over our destiny?

In this journey to Pre-Columbian sacred sites of North America, we will travel in time to meet with ancestral wisdom.

We will ask ancestral guides to help us remember the lost wisdom of the past, which is the birthright of human kind.

We will ask for visions of our possible futures given the different paths we can choose in this lifetime.

At the personal level, we will use these insights to help us make choices about how to handle the challenges of our daily life during this lifetime.

At the collective level, we will feed spiritual energy into our planet to help mankind make the necessary changes to sustain the generations to come.

Introduction

This project came out of nowhere during email exchanges between Claudine and Claudia. Both felt the need to engage co-creatively with the 2012 transition.

The purpose of the trip is to access our inner selves, to access the energy of the places we will visit, to feel what is coming in the future and to decipher what it means for us. We want to ask ourselves if we are going to disappear like Atlantis, or if a major change is about to lead into a new era of enlightenment. We believe that the best answers are within ourselves. To feed the needed inspiration to go within, we want you to experience some of the most sacred and spiritual places and cultures of the southwest United States.

Our work will be four-fold:

1* Explore the inner self through meditation and dream sharing. During these exercises, we will access our feelings and needs, possibly our mission in this lifetime, examine what this experience means in our concrete world, and how we can integrate the obtained knowledge in our daily lives.

2* Explore the spiritual history of each sacred site, and experience its drama and energy.

3* Explore the psychological, physical and metaphysical factors that account for the birth, development, and death of ancient cultures in general, and the Americas in particular. To this end, we will use trance to get in touch with ancestral knowledge. This knowledge should not only help us individually, but as cultural beings with the power to alter the direction of events currently taking place.

4* Also using trance, and remembering the lessons obtained in 3*, contact archetypal patterns, ancestral spirits, and the natural forces that live on these lands, ask them how we can help facilitate the oncoming changing time, how each of us can actively participate in this process, and finally how we can integrate this new knowledge in daily life to support the global issues.

We have the honor to be accompanied by two native people. They will pass onto us their spirit and love for those places. Arleta and Antonio, our accompanying shamans, will protect us all the way and teach us some of their wisdom. Barbara is our organizational guardian angel. You can read more about us below.

The itinerary below, and its web links, indicates where we are going, what we are going to see and where we are staying.

The number of participants is limited to ten, in order to allows for individual attention, safety, and appropriate guidance.

No particular knowledge is needed. As we are a small group, each individual can be cared for at his/her level. Language is no barrier, as Claudia will be translating for all who want it.


Journey Guides and their purpose for this trip

My name is Barbara Smith. I will be your physical facilitator on this trip which means that I will get you from point A to point B relatively close on time making sure you are fed and have a place to sleep. I lived on the Navajo reservation for part of my childhood. I learned to love the land and the people. I hope to be able to share that love with you. I was a public school teacher as well as a business owner and CFO, which taught me organization and people skills. I look forward to meeting you and enjoying this fabulous trip with you.

I am Claudia Manzini-Egger. My life has led me to get in touch with different lands, their cultures and languages. Daughter of a Bolivian mother and Swiss father, I grew up mostly in South America, attending German and Swiss schools. I work as an analytical depth psychology hypnotherapist with adults and children. I also teach relaxation through self-hypnosis to groups and individuals, adults and children, guiding them often with meditations. I will talk about the structure of the brain, how our psyche works and why meditation or group hypnosis is THE tool to work with during this trip. This way you will be able to understand concretely what we are going to do practically during the group meditations. My aim is for you to understand why and we work this way. I will give you some tools which will help you working with your own experiences and I will be guiding you in, during and out, of the meditations we will do in all sacred places we visit. Furthermore, I will help you, with Claudine’s experience as well, to integrate your felt experience with your everyday life. Last but not least, I will take care of all necessary translations.

I am Claudine Jeanrenaud, and this journey was my dream. Professor, Jungian psychotherapist, astrologer, artist, my passion is understanding, interpreting, and experiencing myths and symbols. I will help the group with interpreting dreams and visions, exploring the symbolic language the ancestors left for us to read today. I will help with visiting a past that may hold some of the wisdom we need for today and tomorrow! While traveling across some of the longest stretches between sacred sites, I will address “The Problem of 2012”. I will examine the various calendars predicting the end of an era, including the Mayan, the Vedic, the Egyptian, and the Aztec calendars, as well as other oracles such as archetypal astrology, addressing the possibility that we are dealing with fact, fiction, or even both. To obtain a deeper understanding of the present phenomenon, I will take you through a tour of how civilizations of the past appeared gradually or sometimes quickly, how they matured and disappeared, often mysteriously and relatively quickly. I will compare distant cultures to one another and ponder over their similarities in practice, developmental style, life span and death. Finally, I will present some of the recent thinking about quantum mechanics (so that a lay person can understand), to see how it attempts to explain some of these mysteries.

I am Arleta Plummer, a Chippewa-Cree Indian. I have experienced Native American ceremony first hand throughout my life. I am an elder, a storyteller, a teacher, and a school counselor. My desire is to guide you through the everyday ceremony of greeting the land, appreciating the interconnection among all living things, including the four legged, the two legged, the winged ones, and the rocks. I will help you discover how your connection to Spirit occurs automatically when you do that. Through Indian Eyes, I will tell the dramatic story of the South West Nations. I will then invite you to experience the ways of the ancient, and how they were practicing naturally that which quantum mechanism is only just beginning to understand. This may help us see what a Golden Age may have been like, what destroyed it, and in what ways this may be relevant to us today.

I am Antonio Arguello. I am part Anglo and part Apache, and was born on the New Mexico border. A psychiatric nurse, an artist and writer, I have been a practicing shaman and conducted drumming ceremony for over 30 years. During ceremony, I hold the vessel to ensure the journeyer's safety during traveling on the “Other” side.

Trip to the Ancient Sites of the Southwest (Itinerary)

Transportations, accommodations, meals that are listed as “included” are included in the cost of the trip. All breakfasts are included by the hotels except for our stay at the Hopi Cultural Center. No alcoholic beverage is included, nor are he meals that are listed as not included.

Monday, September 12, 2011:
Arrive in Denver and spend the night at an airport hotel. Take the free shuttle to the hotel. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/denfa-fairfield-inn-denver-airport/
There is a restaurant on site. (Dinner is not included in the cost of the trip)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - Day 1:
8:00 a.m. leave Denver for Ojo Caliente, New Mexico via van
• Breakfast provided at the hotel
• Stop for a break at Claudine’s house in Colorado City, CO (bathroom and snacks, pick up other participants.)
• Have lunch in Taos, New Mexico (Briefly tour the Taos Pueblo) (Lunch in not included in the trip cost of the trip.) http://www.taospueblo.com/
• Arrive in Ojo Caliente Resort at 2:00 p.m.
http://www.ojospa.com/groups.php?action=viewcontent&content_id=31

o Partake in the healing spring waters
o Spa Treatment
o Ceremony
o Dinner will be provided
o Spend the night

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - Day 2:
Spend the entire day at Ojo Caliente
http://www.ojospa.com/
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided
• Spa Treatment
• Partake in the healing baths
• Ceremony
• Classes
• Preparation for the journey

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - Day 3:
Leave 8:00 p.m. for Chaco Culture National Park, New Mexico
Breakfast will be provided
http://www.nps.gov/chcu/index.htm

Arrive at 11:00 a.m.
• Have a picnic lunch (Lunch will be provided)
• Tour the ruins
• Do ceremony
6:00 p.m. Leave for Farmington, New Mexico (Discuss ceremony in route)
In Farmington http://www.fmtn.org/
• Dinner (Dinner is not included in the cost of the trip)
• Discussion
• Spend the night
http://www.bestwesternnewmexico.com/hotels/best-western-inn-and-suites-farmington/

Friday, September 16, 2011 - Day 4:
8:00 a.m. leave for Chinle, Arizona and Canyon de Chelly
Breakfast provided at the hotel
Arrive in Chinle at 11:00 a.m. check in at hotel and have lunch
(Lunch is not included in the cost of trip)
http://www.holidayinnchinle.com/
Leave for Canyon de Chelly at 1:00 p.m.
http://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm
• Take a five hour jeep tour of the canyon. http://www.canyondechellytours.com/
• Do ceremony
• Discussion

Leave to return to Chinle at 6:00 p.m.
• Dinner (Dinner is not included in the cost of the trip)
• Discussion
• Spend the night

Saturday, September 17, 2011 - Day 5:
Leave at 8:00 a.m. for the Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Arrive at 9:30 a.m.
http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/visitorInfo.html
http://www.hopiculturalcenter.com/reservations/
http://experiencehopi.com/villages.html

• Tour the Three Mesas
• Have lunch (Lunch is not included in the cost of the trip)
• Do ceremony
• Have dinner (Dinner is not included in the cost of the trip)
• Discussion
• Spend the night (We will spend the night at The Hopi Cultural Center)

Sunday, September 18, 2011 - Day 6:
Leave at 8:00 a.m. for Grand Junction, Colorado via Moab, Utah
• (Breakfast not included in the cost of the trip)

• Have lunch In Moab (Lunch is not included in the cost of the trip)
http://www.moab-utah.com/photo/aerial/gallery.html
• Tour Arches National Park
http://www.moab-utah.com/nationalparks/arches.html
• Ceremony (Discussion in route to Grand Junction)
Arrive in Grand Junction at 6:00 p.m.
http://www.visitgrandjunction.com/
• Have dinner (Last night party) (Dinner is not included in the cost of the trip)
http://www.pantusos.com/menupantuso.htm
• Spend the night
http://www.clarionhotel.com/hotel-grand_junction-colorado-CO240

Monday, September 19, 2011 - Day 7:
Leave to tour Colorado National Monument at 8:00 a.m.
• Breakfast provided by the hotel
http://www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm
• Tour
• Ceremony
Return to Grand Junction for lunch and discussion (Lunch not included in the cost of the trip)
Leave for Denver at 2:00 p.m.
Arrive in Denver at 6:00 p.m.
• Dinner (Not included in the cost of the trip)
• Spend the night
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/denfa-fairfield-inn-denver-airport/

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - Day 8:
Free shuttle to the airport for flight home.

What to Bring
I am sure all of you have traveled extensively and know how critical it is to travel light.
It is crucial that you bring no more than what you can carry on the plane: a carry-on suitcase and perhaps a small backpack. We will be very limited in space for luggage. You will be able to wash things on day 2nd and 3rd of the trip. Layers will be the mode of dress. This is the high desert: it will be cool in the morning, warm to hot by afternoon and then cool again by evening. The most critical thing to bring is very good walking or hiking shoes, a crushable hat and sunscreen. I would wear the shoes on the plane so they do not take up space in your suitcase.

Laptops will take up more room in the van unless you put them in your backpack. Unless it is essential, please do not bring them. Remember this trip is about going back to the time of the ancients. Lets’ leave technology behind as much as possible. Of course you will absolutely want your camera unless you bring a cell phone that has a camera.

Keeping your feet feeling good on this trip is essential.
• Good walking or hiking shoes
• Hiking socks that wick moisture (a pair for everyday).

Staying protected from the sun and elements is also essential
• Crushable hat
• Light weight wind/rain jacket with hood.
• Small umbrella
• Sunscreen
• Insect repellent
• Medium water bottle

Plan on wearing your clothing more than once except for underwear. We will not be going anywhere where you will need to dress up except the last day, and for the time in Denver, and even then, it is not dressy. I usually bring a knit black dress or skirt that wads up in my suitcase and a pair of sandals. Guys can just bring a sporty shirt that doesn’t take much room. Whatever you do bring make sure it is light weight and compacts well in your suitcase.

Suggestion for clothes (I find that synthetics or a cotton-synthetic fabrics are the best. Cotton by itself holds moisture and takes a longer time to dry). These are suggestions only. Just remember that space is limited and comfort and protection is paramount. Hurting feet and uncomfortable clothes can ruin a trip.

• Light weight cargo pants with multi pockets are great! You can also get the kind that the legs unzip to make long shorts. You will need several pair. No jeans please. They are heavy and hot.
• Four or more light-weight T-shirts or short sleeve shirts. I like the knitted ones that are only part cotton.
• Light weight sweater for evenings
• Swimsuit and cover-up
• Light weight sleepwear (no big robes)
• A pair of comfortable slip-on shoes to wear after hours
• Light weight lounge clothes for after hours (no sweats) they are hot and bulky
• Enough comfortable underwear for the seven days (wicking underwear is great)
• Toiletries (the hotels will provide bath soap, shampoo and conditioner, sometimes a hair dryer).

Price of the trip

The cost of the package is US $1690.00

This package includes:
- A fifteen passenger van and gas to travel over 1500 miles to some of the most beautiful, mysterious and spiritual places in the US
- Comfortable and aesthetically pleasing accommodations for 8 nights with breakfast included (Some of those accommodations will be on the Native American nations in beautiful surroundings.)
- A spa treatment
- Jeep tour of Canyon de Chelly
- 7 days of workshops and ceremonies
- 2 dinners, 2 lunches, one breakfast (one lunch will be a picnic lunch)

Excluded are:
- Alcoholic beverages
1 breakfast, 5 lunches and 6 dinners
- Round trip ticket from Europe to Denver, Colorado, USA
- Flight insurance (We recommend that all participant buy flight insurance.)
Payment and registration conditions

A non-refundable down payment of $338.00 for the trip is due by May 30, 2011 to guarantee your place. $1352.00 is due by August 1, 2011.


Payment options
For the participants coming from Europe, the account information is:
See Claudia Manzini’s information below.

For the participants coming from the USA, the account information is:
Archetypos @ Claudine Jeanrenaud,
PO Box 19527, Colorado City CO 81019
Phone: (719) 676-3840

Registration
Please click here to download our registration form. (62 KB PDF)

Registration form can be mailed to:

Archetypos @ Claudine Jeanrenaud,
PO Box 19527, Colorado City CO 81019

or emailed to jeanrenaud1941@hotmail.com

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