Greetings, and welcome to Soul Songs, the official KaleidoSoul Newsletter, focusing on SoulCollage® ideas, resources and cards.
Our intention is to fill each issue (and your life) with inspiration, soul-solace and delight. Whether you are new to SoulCollage®, or already immersed in the creation of your deck, Soul Songs is for you!
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any friends, colleagues, or family members who will enjoy it.
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Hi! I'm Anne Marie, the creator of KaleidoSoul.com, and a SoulCollage® Facilitator in Massachusetts and worldwide online. This column is all about presenting ways to get your soul singing with the deep, wide, wonder-full process that is SoulCollage®. |
A friend of mine once told me a story about how her brother-in-law disappeared for four days and no one knew where he was. Originally from North Carolina, he had traveled to Virginia Beach on business and went for a walk at midnight. Someone mugged him, and he ended up with a concussion and amnesia for two whole days. When he “came to,” he was in New York City.
Talk about scary. Can you imagine? But here's where the story gets really interesting.
This man is Jewish and deeply religious. Prayer is a habitual part of his daily routine; religious rituals are part and parcel of the very fabric of his life. When he was in New York City, still not knowing who he was or where he was from, he did remember that he was Jewish. And even though he couldn’t remember his name, he did remember the exact words of each and every one of his daily prayers.
My heart beat faster when my friend told me this part of the story. His relationship with the Divine / Source went far deeper than his mind and his memory could allow. Even though he didn't know what he did for a living or who his family was, he did know that he was Jewish, and that God was a very real part of his life.
Eventually, the amnesia lifted, his memory returned, and he was joyfully reunited with his family. But this story remains with me today as a bright lesson of my own deep and personal connection to Source, which I choose to call Spirit. When I think of what happened to my friend's brother-in-law, it reminds me of how I am known by Source/Spirit—deeply, unconditionally, beyond mind and memory.
Time for Reflection
Do you have a Source card yet to represent The One who holds all the many parts of your being? If not, seek out images to create one.
If you do have a Source card, set it out this week where you will see it every day. Whenever you walk past it, pause and make a gesture of love towards yourself and towards this representation of Spirit energy. You might hold your hand over your heart; you might make a small bow. Do whatever feels right to you.
Spend some time in solitude and stillness this week. Allow yourself to feel and to know that your connection with The One is such that it can never, ever be broken.
The Source, in an instant, ties all the various shadowy and light threads into one amazing tapestry that helps me remember my heart is always whole- even in its broken moments. ~ Alia Moore, SoulCollage® Facilitator North Carolina
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90-minute SoulCollage® Zoom
with SoulCollage® Facilitator
Marci Wenn from New York
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Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021
Time: 1pm Eastern
Easily Accessible from Anywhere in the World!
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I am Cat Caracelo, M.A., a SoulCollage® Facilitator, life coach, and artist from Petaluma, California, offering my work individually and in global teaching forums. This column is for all of you who are exploring your creativity and are ready to discover more depth within your SoulCollage® journey. |
Exploring Source & Symbolism |
When I think of the word Source. I imagine my spirit and soul immediately moving up and out into the night sky. I shift my body, as consciousness meets me, and I feel myself swimming into the deep sea that slowly becomes one with the cosmos.
The traveler is present to me as She who moves from the depths of the ocean into the heights of the cosmic sky. It is the mermaid representing “She, Me, We” each of us who travels this path of seeking and finding. She with her own Source inside, a spiral galaxy held within the center of her body.
This imagery and energy we individually choose to reflect Source is unique and vital to each person’s journey of discovering their own knowledge of Source, or life-force energy. As you move into relationship with places, spaces, and people that offer Source material—through ideas and information—your inner Source will elicit wisdom and discernment that will affirm connection and alignment.
Source is a vast and divine concept of inception, origin, birthplace, root, fount and wellspring. It is the beginning and continuum, the initiator and the creative rising.
Source is a point of genesis, and often represents new beginning.
As we step into a new year there is a sense of potential—a birthing, a genesis that may not have a clear shape or form. What does the Source of this new beginning look like to you? How could you create a SoulCollage® card that holds the essence of an unseen Source, and welcome whatever is waiting to be birthed in your life? What might need to be released in order to make space for this new source?
There is no doubt that this passing year has brought tremendous challenge for most of us. Covid-Time descended early in 2020 like a blanket of confusion, bringing a fog of fear. Many of us recognized where Source was crashing into force, as external happenings and circumstances brought grief and despair, as well as deep awareness and awakening. Change became palpable and necessary. While some felt their Source was slipping away, leaving them feeling bereft and alone, for others Source was altering its shape and taking on new properties, principles. and potential.
Source is the cause or happening that creates something new.
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It is vital to represent the full range of experience and all forms of Source within your SoulCollage® and any other forms of art as process, and there is no doubt many of us met unexpected Source material in this last year. The good, the bad and the ugly has always been my own mantra of recognition and willingness to seek and find, dive deep, and meet the truth.
How has the passing year altered your understanding of Source?
Source through symbolic form becomes a rich path of discovery and also provides solace when needed. This often happens, for me, in the midst of a single moment, and I will find myself tapping into the imagery of a sacred glen, where the water flows through a circle of stone into a sea of stars. This is the space where I can swim into the flow and find what I need. There are also powerful Source materials held in the essence of archetypal energies. Consider how archetypal energies as “material of life” can transform your own inner awareness.
I am also aware that I am writing this article under the last Full Moon of 2020, so I am thinking about and honoring the many ways we seek and find Source through the natural world. Utilizing our sensory awareness and intuition invites us to touch into Mystery, which becomes a powerful Source for many of us.
Seek your own imagery and energy as you explore these creative prompts:
- Determine the shape of the Source that lives within you.
- Create the symbolism that represents this Source.
- Seek the space of YOU in this new year…and feel yourself holding a new seed inside as you step into 2021
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Cat Caracelo, M.A. is a Depth Coach and SoulCollage® Facilitator since 2007, working with expressive arts and transformative process guiding individuals and groups internationally. Cat is the founder of JourneyPath Institute and guides Creative Depth Coaching Certification and Circles Training Programs. Her dynamic Mythos Journey + Quest eCourses offer transformative process and mythic themes designed to explore ones own stories, seeking healing and expand possibility. Please visit Cat’s website to find articles and information about depth coaching, classes, training programs and more:
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The Great Big SoulCollage®
Medicine Wheel Celebration includes:
… one 3-hour video class per month (January-August)
… video recordings of all the classes in case you can’t attend in person, and handouts too!
… culturally appropriate perspectives on the Medicine Wheel from 8 different Facilitators
… in-depth explorations of the Five Directions (East, South, West, North, and Center) and also the Quarter Directions (NE, SE, SW, NW)
… suggestions and guidance on making your own version of a Medicine Wheel that will journey with you through the whole series
… informative and visual teaching presentations, guided imagery experiences, ceremony and ritual, journaling + more
… inspiring emails (only one per week) in between classes to help keep you focused on the current direction
Sound exciting? Just curious?
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We always feature SoulCollage® cards from our readers. Here are some of our readers'
Source cards.
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Michelle
California
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Kathryn
Louisiana
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Ericka
Massachusetts
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Please feel free to submit one of your cards for a future issue by sending a reply email to this newsletter.
Future themes include:
February: Health
March: Light
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Noteworthy resources for anyone interested in SoulCollage®
KaleidoSoul - Spinning the fragments of your world into wholeness and beauty through SoulCollage®.
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KaleidoSoul
Kindred Spirits
Membership
Accessible * Affordable
Relevant * Inclusive
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Circling the Sacred Journey with Facilitator Cat Caracelo |
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*eCourse, Kit & New Tools* Starts January 26, 2021
This is a seven-week forever-access eCourse and exclusive kit with tools to illustrate and inspire you to create a framework, with your own art, around the Sacred Journey Model as an ongoing creative experience and depth process.
This program will enhance your own art making process...offering powerful ways to play, engage discovery, redefine meaningful moments and expand experience through the lens of creative depth. The materials will complement SoulCollage® and invite you to create and experience the potential of the journey through practical, imaginal, and creative pathways. Enhance your understanding of how this process will clarify, activate, create conscious connections that actualize how the Sacred Journey guides your life.
Kindred Spirits save $10 * Use your coupon code.
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Other Online Experiences You Might Enjoy |
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Seeking the True Self: A SoulCollage® Journey
with Facilitator Joan Stockbridge from Texas
Begins January 18. Can you see yourself as hero of your own life? The hero’s journey is a search for the true self, at one with the Divine, living a life of love. Join us for one or more monthly sessions throughout 2021 as we explore themes such as Longing for Authenticity, Listening Deeply, Understanding Fear, Finding Courage, and Befriending the Unknown. Each session will be framed with sacred texts and poetry, and there will be time for card making and sharing. Use coupon code KindredSpirit to save 25% on the whole series (12 sessions) or 10% on one of the sessions. Send questions directly to Joan.
(scroll down ‘til you see the image of the hand holding the butterfly)
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Journey Through the Planets with
SoulCollage® Facilitators
Patricia Selmo & Char Tarashanti
The planets have been recognized as powerful archetypes in our lives and in the world for thousands of years. Each of them provides us with information regarding life themes such as love, integrity, destruction, creation, communication and identity. We will develop self-awareness through this exploration of the traditional planets – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Explore the essence and energy that each of these archetypes offer– through conversation, ritual, journaling, meditation and other modalities. Each week you will have the opportunity to create a SoulCollage© card for that particular planetary archetype. Send questions directly to Patricia.
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Do you have an online SoulCollage-focused event that you'd like to advertise here? Excellent idea! Soul Songs goes out to over 2200 avid SoulCollagers every month and our member newsletter, Soul Treasures, reaches 900+ paid subscribers who love SoulCollage®. Please send a reply to this email or use the Contact form on KaleidoSoul.com and we'll send you more info. |
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In-Person SoulCollage® Overnight Retreats
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Communing at The Casa:
A SoulCollage® Card Games Retreat for Facilitators
Scottsdale, Arizona
April 9-11, 2021
Facilitator: Michele Manos
A special kind of SoulCollage® magic happens when Facilitators gather! Nourish yourself and your practice at this weekend of learning, sharing, individual activities and group rituals - a perfect blend of a retreat, a workshop, a conference of colleagues, and a meeting of friends. Co-sponsored by SoulCollage Inc. for SoulCollage® Facilitators, this retreat offers a taste of some of Michele's newest Card Game activities to Play with a Full Deck. Picture yourself with thousands of images, space and time to make cards you've not yet had the tranquility to make. A beautiful desert setting with gardens, pool and labyrinth await you!
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Just look for whatever SoulCollage® topic you are interested in,
and read to your heart's content!
SoulCollage® is a trademarked process created by Seena B. Frost.
For more information about Seena and the origins of SoulCollage®,
SoulCollage® cards are made either from one's own art or from images found in materials which have been bought by or given to the SoulCollage® card maker. These collaged cards are used only for the cardmaker's own inner exploration. SoulCollage® cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or copied (except as a back-up for the cardmakers own use) as is stated in the "Principles of SoulCollage®."
Where SoulCollage® cards are available to be seen by others, it is for the purposes either of demonstrating the SoulCollage® process or of sharing the cardmakers' inner process in the context of community. SoulCollage® is grateful to the artists and photographers who make this deep awakening process possible and in all ways SoulCollage® seeks to be respectful of their rights.
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All articles in SOUL SONGS are copyrighted 2021,
by Anne Marie Bennett, Cat Caracelo, Linda Woolfson,
Marti Beddoe, or Michele Manos.
Articles may be reprinted by permission only.
Image of singing birds Copyright: Kudryashka from Deposit Photos.
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