Amanita Mending Retreat:

This is a gentle initiation retreat guided by the wisdom of Mother Mushroom.

Held in the womb of the yurt, we remember that tending the inner flame in brotherhood is sacred activism for the collective, as well as for personal healing and growth.

Being held deeply and carefully by Rainbow and the rest of your brothers, you will journey through five elemental gateways:

The whisper of wind, the voice of the unseen.
Through breath and sound, we clear the vessel and open the space for new life to enter. Sing your prayer into the fire, speak the truth of your burdens to your brothers and to the unseen allies surrounding this place. Then breathe deeply as you prepare for the water to make you whole.

Stepping over the threshold, the cold plunge awakens you. Held in Proto-Celtic bone song and brotherhood, we cleanse and reconnect to presence, community, and the body’s senses. This is your invitation to let go of the fear you have been carrying and to sense your strength and greatness.

Rooting into the Mother’s body through a burial ritual, you dig your own pit and enter the earth to be reborn as the integral man, grounded in humility, reverence, and tenderness. This pit will hold your feet and legs while you move through the next stage of initiation. In this burial and grounding, you remember your belonging and take your place as warden of your life and warden of the Golden Age.

We open sacred space. You make your intentions known to Mother Mushroom and ask for her help. You then drink your fly agaric tea and journey through the veil to receive wisdom, visions, and healing. Held in this altered state, Rainbow sings incantations and blesses your body with strength and the capacity to endure.

We finish with a prayer circle around the hearth inside the yurt. Our most ancient ancestor, Grandfather Fire, keeper of prayer and transformation, hears us and supports us to alchemise and weave on behalf of ourselves and our collective.

This lodge is a sanctuary for men, echoing the ancient Grail mysteries, when men were held by the priestess to undertake their deepest inner work.