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Two Different Red Books

February 16, 2021

DOWNLOAD PDF Abstract “A Myth for Our Times” is the title of a series of lectures given by Becca Tarnas on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord…

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Trauma, Transformation, and Time

November 9, 2020

Healing the Story of Us Download PDF Abstract This paper is born from my reflections during the Grammatica course held by Ubiquity University in 2020.…

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Neurological Embodiment

June 17, 2020

Inspired by my participation in the seminar Applied Neuroscience led by Jim Hickman for Ubiquity University, this paper is centered on exploring the intersection between the fields of neuroscience and self-development or inner work.

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A Tantric Quarrell

May 15, 2020

Reading Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism (Govinda, 2012), a text dedicated to Tantric Buddhism, brought me back to my seven years of intense practice and study of Tantra.

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The Rank of Pain

May 15, 2020

The following pages are a commentary on Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche, 2003), considered by many, including Nietzsche himself, to be an expansion on the themes he treated in Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

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Vision of Marys

April 26, 2020

This paper is an attempt to offer a contribution to the study of feminine archetypes through the figures of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.

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Why Listening to Our Sexual Kinks is Beneficial for Our Mental Health.

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Traits of Badass Eclectic Geniuses and Why the World Needs Us.

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How Dropping Our Expectations Can Revolutionize our Sexual Intimacy.

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Relationship-Friendly Spirituality: a Path for the Modern Times.

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7 Unconventional Tantric Tricks to Supercharge Our Sex Life.

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Taming the Mind: A Deceptively Simple Trick to Bring Us Intro Presence.

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Tantra & Open Relationships: Is There a Connection?

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Healing Multiple Sclerosis Through Yoga: an Interview with Eduard

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Tantra... In Italiano! Sembra una sciocchezza ma

Tantra... In Italiano!

Sembra una sciocchezza ma parlare di Tantra, di Eros, di Spirito in Italiano lo rende per me più intimo.

In fondo l'Italiano è la lingua in cui ho fatto le mie prime esperienze, i miei primi passi falsi, le mie prime scoperte sul mio corpo e su quello degli altri!

In cui ho espresso le mie emozioni ed ho imparato ad ascoltare quelle altrui.

In cui mi sono fatto coccolare, eccitare, sedurre, sfidare e amare.

Per questo sono particolarmente entusiasta di presentare queste conversazioni che io ed altri insegnanti di Tantra faremo nell'ambito del festival FREE2LOVE.

La mia, in particolare, sarà sulla S-ssualità Sacra, un tema che mi appassiona da più di vent'anni.

Ti aspetto!

https://free2love.it/seminari-gratuiti-registrazione

SEX & SHADOW WORK Excited to share my episode of

SEX & SHADOW WORK

Excited to share my episode of the SSS (Spiritual Sexual Shamanic) Podcast!
Beloved Ria Yoshida interviewed me on a bunch of hot topics like:
• Rape fantasies and the intersection of sex and the shadow
• How bringing shadows into the light dissolves shame and restores power
• The role of partners and close friends in identifying our shadows (and their limits for effective support)
• Why it's essential to do shadow work in groups
• How disowning the shadow makes us susceptible to influence and being controlled
• Why the shadow is NOT a solely psychoanalytical beast — it has a physical, visceral nature
• The powerful role of sexual energy and relationships in shadow work
Listen on your usual podcast apps or on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or Stitcher:

https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/sex-and-shadow-work-with-raffaello-manacorda/id1531273710?i=1000501592241

ENOUGH! I am SO fed up with the light addiction o

ENOUGH!

I am SO fed up with the light addiction of the so-called "conscious community."

Our addiction to light has done so much damage to humanity and I simply won't tolerate it any more.

People have been killed, maimed, tortured, in the name of light. Millions of Lives broken because of our stupidity and incapacity to embrace the fullness of the human spectrum.

This accursed addiction to light and the righteousness that comes from it is suffocating our human expression like a sick vine!

We've been under the spell of the "religions of light" for a couple thousand years now. That is a mere blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things, but enough time for me to say bloody enough!

Enough with so-called spiritual schools, Tantra teachers, self-development gurus that pride themselves in only seeing one side of humanness - the light, white, and spiritual. Get real!!! This is one of the worst forms of deception and manipulation!

Enough with you white knights and knightesses in shining armor, ready to "fight evil" wherever your distorted morality sees it.

You who boast about your integrity, chastity, innocence... Those disowned parts of you, the competitive, predatory, manipulative sides in you... we can all smell them!

You angels floating up there come down and get dirty before you open your mouth and speak about how human beings should be or behave!

Time and again some "light worker" pops up and discredits other people's work, calling it "demonic" or "satanic" just because they cannot deal with their own shadow. But the ONLY sane way to mitigate human suffering is to allow darkness to be expressed safely, without judgment, without repression and with a safe container to support it!

If you cannot find sacredness in the dark alleys, if you're not able to love the thieves, the prostitutes, the smugglers — then close down your Tantra school and go walk the world.

It's time we stopped trying to negate the natural HEALTHY darkness of the human being.

ROAR!

Just thrilled that this is happening! #istatribe #

Just thrilled that this is happening!
#istatribe #istalevel1 #turkey

UNA INVITACIÓN MAS ALLÁ DE LA OPINIÓN En estos

UNA INVITACIÓN MAS ALLÁ DE LA OPINIÓN

En estos tiempos, lo más seguro es que estés sintiendo todo tipo de presiones para posicionarte sobre la situación actual.

Pero en lugar de discutir y comparar, debatir y criticar, quiero invitarte a algo diferente. A dejar de lado por un momento tus opiniones, tus posiciones, tus creencias.

No a borrarlas - no te preocupes, ahí quedarán para cuando quieras volver a ellas.

Pero sí a tomarte un descanso. A pasar unos días donde el foco esté puesto en otro lado:

En expresar desde las entrañas.

En conectar más allá de las diferencias (o similitudes) de opinión.

En sentir momento por momento.

ISTA Nivel 1 ofrece este tipo de espacio.

Un espacio donde a la expresión individual de cada uno/a no se le responde con el juicio, sino con atención y presencia.

Un espacio donde expresar y escuchar verdades diferentes, sin que se te pida “coherencia” o “claridad”.

Un espacio que no es ni “a favor” ni “en contra”, sino en escucha permanente, en continua adaptación, y a la vez anclado profundamente en la vida, en la experiencia, en el sentir.

Si sientes que tus opiniones, y las de los demás, te han estado sofocando, esta es una oportunidad para deshacerte de algunos de esos lastres.

Allí estaremos esperándote, para respirar, bailar, sentir, llorar, amar y reflexionar juntos.

Te unes?

www.istaspain.com

Life of an itinerant Tantric facilitator couple.

Life of an itinerant Tantric facilitator couple.

Working, studying, making love and just being us in a hotel room on a Sunday morning.

The lifestyle we've chosen has no compartments!

Our work is our free time, our partner is our colleague, and trains, airports and hotels are our office.

Many pundits and experts would advise against mixing private and professional. "Your life will become a mess!"
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Hmm... maybe.
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(Sometimes I do fantasise of having clear working hours, a fixed salary and some more routine 😂)
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But I wouldn't have it any other way.

The more time passes, the more I feel like I'm living in a permanent temple, full of life and mystery, whether I'm in a hotel room or on a mountaintop.
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And best of all, when it is shared with Clara @lovepriestess 🔥

🏛Re-igniting the temples 🏛 These days I trav

🏛Re-igniting the temples 🏛
These days I travel the world on a constant basis and I facilitate an average of 12-15 retreats a year.
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Each one of them in a powerful location on its own.
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But this one... Is different.
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I feel a special flavor of enthusiasm and excitement when I tune into this ISTA Level 1 retreat in the mountains of the Peloponnese in Greece.
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It’s not only that I will be flanked by two exceedingly inspiring co-facilitators - Clara @lovepriestess and Jasmeen @jasmeen_ra - each one of them bringing a unique example of an integrated Feminine and Masculine in a woman’s body.
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It’s not only that we will be in a gorgeous mountain retreat, celebrating rituals by the fireplace, immersed in the beauty of the Peloponnesian peninsula.
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It is all of that, and there's more.
I feel that this training has a particular place in the unwinding of collective stories and traumas around sexuality and life in general.
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We will be doing our journey barely a few kms away from one of the main temples of Apollo.
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Lately I’ve been journeying with this powerful divinity who, contrary to popular belief, represents a huge diversity of aspects of the human existence.
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Light and Dark, Masculine and Feminine, Healing and Death.
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Much of what we do in ISTA is a work of “integration” - merging and harmonising apparently contradictory aspects of this crazy human experience.
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Apollo was a master of that.
And Greece is the land where his energy is the most potent, the most vibrant.
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So I feel a very special impulse for this event, the wind blowing in our sails comes from very far and is ancient and strong.
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I feel the Apollonian energy asking to be reclaimed and put back in service of an integrated humanity.
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And I feel the realness and rawness of a nation, Greece, that has shouldered some of the most difficult times in recent history with unhindered dignity and grace.
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If this speaks to you, feel free to PM me for more information
or head to istagreece.com ⚡️

🏛Magna Graecia🏛 God I love traveling throug

🏛Magna Graecia🏛

God I love traveling through places where cultures have influenced and enriched each other... And I even more enjoy doing that with a badass priestess and fellow explorer of the mysteries like my beloved Clara Gómez Santos @lovepriestess
We delight in having our "holidays" take us to powerful places on Earth where traces of mysterious civilizations and characters abound.

We rejoice in re-writing the myths and stories of Gods and Goddesses that have shaped our current world.

This picture is taken in the south of Italy, in what used to be a Greek then Roman settlement.

On the background is a temple of Athena, while not too far away two other majestic temples of Hera and Poseidon (or some say Apollo) stand in serene beauty.

Just a few miles away, the Mediterranean Sea - a big cooking pot of cultures and stories

It is so tragic that nowadays people that want to cross this sea must risk their lives and fear deportation! 😡

Contamination between cultures is ALWAYS a good thing. And it can't be stopped, only painfully delayed.

I feel blessed to be able to wander through Greek temples only a few hundred km away from my hometown.

Connecting to the power of archetypes through the embodied shrines of Gods and Goddesses... Thank you beloved Clara for being a companion in these explorations through space and time... I love uncovering these mysteries with you ❤️ #mythology #adventure #temples #mediterranean #holiday #italy

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