SEPT. 10: Honouring Our Ancestors ~ Full Moon Fire Ceremony
Come join us this Saturday as we commence the annual “fortnight to the ancestors” known as Pitru Paksha, in my ancestral land of India. It is the 16-day lunar period (from full moon to new moon) when we pay homage to our ancestors by making offerings and prayers in ceremony. We will gather around our co-creative ancestral altar to bring peace and healing to our lines, as well as create an opening to receive blessings from our ancestors. We express our heartfelt gratitude to all the previous generations of those who have contributed to our life – to who and what we are today.
WHAT: Ancestral Full Moon Ceremony
WHEN: Saturday, September 10, 2022 @ 7pm
WHERE: This ceremony will be held in a beautiful yurt on private land. Once you register, the address will be sent to you.
REGISTRATION: E-mail satya@vedicpriestesstemple.com
Offer What You Can: $20 – $30+, E-transfer to satya@vedicpriestesstemple.com
*Spaces limited.
*Registration closes September 9 or when ceremony fills.
Background on Ceremony
In ceremony, we sit in circle, we hold our intention, we chant, we pray, we offer, we surrender. Together, we co-creatively hold this charged space. We invoke and commune with very subtle sacred energies – the deities (aka: spirits/goddess/Creator – or whatever you call Source). The fire of wisdom burns away all that does not serve. Ultimately, this holy fire transforms, purifies, cleanses and heals.
Using the agency of fire inside a copper vessel, and connecting with the biodynamic rhythm of Mother Earth while we chant – the Vedic Fire Ceremony serves as a direct portal to the deities. It is one of the most ancient forms of ritual in the world, originating from Mother India some 10,000 years ago. It was channelled by rishis and seers in the high Indian Himalayas. It serves as an altar to the Divine – and a space for healing, emotional purification, karmic cleansing, and deep transformation. It is a symbol of that which we are (Satya/Truth/Pure Consciousness), and that which we are not (Mitya/not-Truth/illusion/separate). ॐ
*This ceremony is also known as agni yajna, fire puja, and havan.
Satya & Ceremony
Born into the Vedic lineage, Satya carries the gift of fire ceremony by the Grace of her ancestors, who also practiced this form of devotion. She apprenticed in India over two winters, inheriting the ceremony when her mother suddenly left her body.
Her mother’s death was her fire initiation, and her mother’s body was her first offering into the fire of wisdom. More recently, she offered her father’s body into the fire of wisdom, which has only deepened her intention behind this offering from her ancestors and lineage. She humbly accepts the deep honour and responsibility to carry this lineage ritual forward, for the greater good of the Whole. Encouraged by her teachers, she has been leading ceremony on the west coast of Canada, and in south and north India during new and full moons.
She also leads ceremony for healing, renewal, union, rites of passage, and other occasions as requested. Ceremonies are conducted both with groups and in private. She most recently completed a study and practice in Ancestral Water Healing Ritual with Akhanda Yoga (Yogirishhi Vishvktu) of Rishikesh, India. She also offers this form of ritual.
I acknowledge and express gratitude for living on the lands of the Hul’q’umi’num’ and SENĆOŦEN (Coast Salish) speaking peoples.
Vedic Priestess Temple welcomes beings from all walks of life – including LGBTQIA2S and BIPOC folks, as well as persons with disabilities.