Maine Center for Sacred Arts at The Portland New Church

Twenty Cosmic Masses. Beginning June 2024 on the Strawberry Full Moon, we have expressed our joy and gratitude, grieved for the earth, danced the greed out of our bodies, walked backwards into ancestor time, dreamed the new year into being, and mended the web together.

We ask big questions: What changes when we acknowledge the water, the power, and the beings entangled in every act of virtual connection? How do we metabolize complex thoughts and feelings in the body, and return to joy? How do we hold complexity without collapse? We let the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address teach us that our minds can become one, when gratitude is our common value.

You showed up, open-hearted and curious.

This July 5th and August 2nd we are easing into summer with Watermelon Social Cosmic Masses, outdoors in the backyard, 10am to 12pm. Featuring The Four Mystical Paths, we'll co-create the ceremony together, and then: melon, fellowship, and long summer light.

https://www.ferrybeach.org/remembering-forward.html

This Sunday, May 3 at 10am. Join the community in ceremony to honor the creation of all life, the universe, and beyond. Guided by Eco Chaplain Circe Moss MacDonald and Druid Priest Magnus de Rhuddlan, the Cosmic Mass ritual is experienced in four parts: Via Positiva (awe and joy), Via Negativa (silence and grief), Via Creativa (creativity and rebirth), and Via Transformativa (justic, compassion, and action). Come celebrate the fullness of being alive in the moment with reverence, joy, conversation, and movement. Live music provided by the BaHaVa Vibe Rhythm Tribe led by Rev Todd Glacy. Cosmic Mass was developed by Matthew Fox and his teachings on Creation Spirituality.

Join us tonight for Contemplative Dance Practice!