Festival "goddess" 2004
Celebration of female principle and female energy "Goddess" which is inside ourselves.
Big international festival not only for women, but also for men in Skalka u Doks.


Programme:

Connecting to the roots of women's power and positive heritage of strong women from near or ancient past
Working with energies of various female archetypes (earth goddess, goddess of the underworld, goddess of love and passion)
Daily 2-3 hour workshops with themes "Woman - Goddess" in all her forms

30.4.2004 ritual "Night of the witches" and dancing around the fire. With live drumming music by TAM - TAM Orchestra

1.5.2004 Ball of Goddesses and Gods, live drumming music, come dressed as your favourite Goddess or God
"Vagina Monologues" - a theatre performance
Daily meditative/ ceremonial walks to the nearby hills
Cleansing journey through the four elements - fire, water, earth, air
Performers:
Priestesses of Avalon: Hana Evans (CZ), Hazel Loveridge (UK), Brian Charles (UK)
Monica Sjoo (Sweden), John Hawken (UK)
Moa Doris Grevenstette (Germany), Karen Gubi - Jefferson (Austria)
Katka Kramolišová (CZ), Denisa Palečková (CZ)
Helena Unmani (CZ), Hanka Pokorná (CZ)
Iva Trnková (CZ), Achaia (CZ)
Studio Paprsek - the oriental dance
The actresses of theatrical performance "Vagina monology"

When: 29.4 (Thursday from 10 am) - 2.5.(Sunday till 6 pm) 2004

Where:
The events will run in three places simultaneously in the venue of our workshop centre (this is an old adapted farmhouse) and in it's gardens.

The areas are:
1) meditation hall,
2) marquee in the garden,
3) an outdoor stage

Programme will run in three parts each day:
Morning 10am - 1pm, afternoon 3pm - 6pm, evening 8pm - 10 or 11pm

How to get there: by bus from PRAHA- Holešovice 1,5 hours or by car 80 km -1 hour drive from Prague - motorway to Mladá Boleslav then direction to Ceska Lípa . When in Doksy/Máchovo jezero/ go to Skalka u Doks/ 2 km/ . Go through the village -the last farmhouse No.22 after passing by the small pond. Parking available behind the house.

Entrance Fee:
One day /thursday or friday/ CZK 500
2 days/thursday and friday/ CZK 900
weekend/ fri 20:00-sun 18:00/ CZK 1200
long weekend/fri 10:00- sun 18:00/ CZK 1500
long weekend /thur 20:00 -sun 18:00/ CZK 1650
Grand festival/thur 10:00 - sun 18:00/ CZK 1800

Payment:
Os NATARAJ , Acc.No.: 737794001/2400 eBank
For payments received before 1.4.2004 10% reduction
For participants of tantric training - reduction 25% of all costs
Members of Czech tantric community -reduction 15% of all costs
First 50 paying participants receive free bonus- weekend bed and breakfest at Skalka centre
The applicable reductions cannot be accumulated

Accomodation:
Own tent in the farm´s garden CZK 50 / night/ person
Common lodging on mattresses in the meditation hall, take your own sleeping bags and camp pads (100 CZK/night/person)
Hostels and hotels 3 km from the festival place:

a) Hotel "Lesní hotel" in Doksy, indiv. WC and showers or common WC and showers - 210 CZK/night/person

b) Hostel "Poslův Mlýn" in Doksy - common WC and showers for 2 double rooms - 155 CZK/night/person

c) Hostel "Termit" in Doksy, common WC and showers, 165 CZK/night/person

You can book rooms in private, lodging houses and hotels in Doksy yourself; visit the website www.mesto-doksy.cz (website of Doksy town).

Meals: available 3x daily hot vegetarian cuisine/ daily menu available from CZK 100,-
Tent tea room in the garden provides through the day cold and hot refreshment, beverages and assorted meals.

What to bring together: light meditation clothes, large scarf for dances and/or massages/lunghi/, massage oil, small scarfs and objects to create the sacred space, interest in meeting the Goddess, clothes for Saturday masquerade ball dancing , sacred objects to be placed at the Goddess altar/flowers , crystals, pictures etc./, music instrument/drums, flutes, etc/, one gift for another participant of the festival, strong will to meet the Goddess

INFORMATION: http://www.Nataraj.cz