Friday, March 9th

Adam’s Calendar and the Wild Horses

After breakfast we meet and travel by bus, and then 4x4, along the spectacular escarpment, encountering the Unicorns, if they are willing to greet us. Our destination is Adam's Calendar, also called Enki’s Calendar after the ancient Sumerian deity who, according to the legends, built a fortress and mined for gold in the land of Anzu (Southern Africa).

Adam's Calendar is the centre piece of a huge ancient civilization; a stone circle that is considered to be the oldest man-made structure on earth. Along the way are ancient stone ruins that are thought to be ancient dwellings for the earliest miners on the planet, at least some 75,000 years ago.

We will enjoy a picnic lunch out on the escarpment, and spend some time in communion with the ancient energies of Africa. This site is well known to the African Shamans. Linda's shaman teacher, Credo Mutwa, the Lion Priest of Africa, was initiated here in 1937, and has communicated the importance of saving this site for humanity, because this is the place where 'Heaven mated with Mother Earth'.

For those who wish to walk back, it is about a 6km hike along the road; or you may take the coach back to the village where we will spend the night.

Saturday, March 10th

Kruger Park to Pilgrims Rest

We'll have an early start to our journey today, with breakfast at 6:30am and then we leave as soon as possible by coach for the Kruger National Park, where we will meander on our journey northwards to Pilgrims Rest for our overnight stop.

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

The Kruger Park, at 2 million hectares, is the largest game reserve in South Africa, and home to some of the world’s rarest and most impressive wildlife. It is a privileged experience, whether we see any member of the so-called Big Five, or any other creature who coexists in this extraordinary ecosystem. As one of the last places on Earth where creation roams freely, it is food for the soul and offers a perspective of nature at peace. There will be opportunities to stop at a rest camp or two to stretch our legs, have lunch, and integrate this energy into a condition of inner peace.

PILGRIMS REST

Continuing with the all-important Gold theme that links the knowledge systems of Aurasoma with the Mystery behind the White Lions, we continue along the Golden Leyline until we reach the gold diggers town of Pilgrims Rest. Now a national monument town, we'll spend the evening at the Royal Hotel, which has Victorian bedrooms in the original homes all along the main road. Pilgrims Rest is the site of the first major gold rush in South Africa in 1873.

It saw the birth of the first organised gold mining in South Africa, and has a great history of fortune seekers, robbers, highwaymen and ladies of ill repute. The hotel's famous Church Bar was originally the Roman Catholic chapel of the St Cyprian's Girls School in Cape Town, that was demolished, shipped to Maputo in Mozambique and transported over the mountains to the Royal Hotel where it was reassembled in 1894. Legend has it that every weary pilgrim should have a pint of lager at the bar for good fortune.

Sunday, March 11th

Blyde River Canyon to Timbavati

Our journey takes us via the crown of the dragon of South Africa - the great Drakensberg escarpment and Blyde River Canyon. Traveling along the golden Nile Meridian, we now meet with the powerful energy of the Dragon in preparation for meeting Africa's most sacred animal, the White Lions of the Greater Timbavati region. In the East, ley lines are known as Dragon Lines, and following this golden trail, we experience the power of the gold guarded over by the Dragon, arriving, fully charged, at the White Lions heartland in the afternoon.

Our journey takes us via some of the most spectacular landscape on earth, including the Pinnacle, God's Window, an ancient rainforest at the top of a stairway to heaven, Bourke's Luck Potholes and the Three Rondawels, and we'll be stopping along the way to integrate the experience. We'll be welcomed as old friends by Manfred and Nicole at our destination in the Greater Timbavati region, the now four star Kubu Safari Lodge. You may wish to cool your feet in the Kniepp pool, jump into the refreshing swimming pool or enjoy the facilities of the fitness centre with its sauna and jacuzzi

Monday, March 12th

The White Lions

Today we bring the enlightened energies of our journey together as we gather on the expanded White Lion Lands with Linda Tucker, lion ecologist Jason Turner and the White Lion Trust Team, at the source of the Tsau River (the Starlion River), the very lifeblood of this Greater Timbavati region. We hope that a great surprise awaits you as you meet the Royal Family! Lunch on sacred White Lion Heritage Lands. Mike and Linda present together, on the powerful connections between the White Lion "Enlightenment Bearers" and the Gold-Aura link.

Aura-Soma has maintained a mentoring and supportive role behind the Global White Lion Protection Trust, because the project's principles, ethos and sacred knowledge systems are so close to the heart and soul of the Aura-Soma organization. Two group visits, in the early morning and late afternoon, in safari vehicles will be arranged for more intimate contact with members of the various prides now roaming free in their natural and spiritual homelands, after nearly two decades of extinction.

Part 2: Tuesday March 13th - Saturday March 17th

72 Angels of the Kabbalah Part 1

Thursday, March 13th

Presented by Mike Booth, this course will be held at Kubu over the next four days.

For some of our Sacred Journey participants, Tuesday may be their departure day. For those attending the course or staying on, we will be arranging a visit to the White Lions in the morning or afternoon on these days.

Saturday, March 17th

Departure

All good things come to a close, and today we leave the Timbavati in the early morning by coach for OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg to arrive in the late afternoon. If you have an international flight, it is recommended that you book it no earlier than 19:00 (7pm) to allow enough time for your checking in procedures. If your flight leaves earlier, please plan to stay overnight at the InterContinental Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport Hotel and depart on the next day. (Please see Page 5 for the contact details).