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| The packets are wonderful to experience when they arrive and remain an important resource. There have been many insights, some of them huge, along with a sense of birthing. Mystery School helps me lay a framework for deeper healing. | | | Laura Lee, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| Your writing succeeds in so many ways and on so many levels that much of it settles in beyond the conscious.... I find [the packets] incredibly useful and utterly compelling. I am not the person I was, and the packets are a major part of that change.
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| | sisalfish, San Antonio, TX
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| Nowhere have I ever felt as genuinely welcomed as when I first arrived at Diana's Grove. At a place I'd never been before, I felt as if I was coming home. The staff and long-time Mysteries, alike, clearly reached out to include me and make me comfortable.my first arrival at the Grove is something I will never forget.
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| | Mary, Boulder, CO
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| Year after year, I get to know my authentic self as I search for balance. I have experienced the evolution from hearing a call to understanding my grail quest. I have discovered that it may, indeed, be possible to lay down the sword. All of this has been made possible by a community that truly cares.
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| | Bill, Ann Arbor, MI
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| After a long weekend emphasizing Priestess skills, I eagerly anticipated the Taking it Home session in which we could share how we priestess in our home communities. I found the discussion rich with ideas and possibilities. One person planned to interact differently with her family, another shared a recognition that she was best able to be present for others when she took care of herself.
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| | Pamela, Cincinnati, OH
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| The Grove showed me how to take what I believe to a personal level, to start with what's inside and then send it out.to change what's outside as well. Diana's Grove shows me, and helps me show others, how to start with what we believe and then extend our beliefs to the other end of that - looking to the world outside, as a natural extension of what we are within.
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| | MarshAster, Normal, IL
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| I've learned a lot about building community from the Grove. I was really already into community building when I first joined Mystery School, but I wanted to learn to build it better.
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| | Lorely, Eldon, MO
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| Over the 10 years I've been coming, I know things have changed for me. [First,] I started seeing things differently. Now, I stand up, give my ideas about things, and speak with authority. I learned more of who I am at the Grove - and, then, how to express that. I think what they say is true - Mystery School laid patterns in my soul.. Deep down, almost imperceptibly to me, it laid those patterns. The changes I've seen in myself keep me coming back but, more than that, it's the community. I like the people there.
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| | Ed, Memphis, TN
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| What I liked best about the class was the ability to explore my inner world, reality and thought processes. The material was simple to use, yet deep and intense. The information provided was awesome.[and] in a style that was easy to grasp.
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| | Danielle, Overland Park, KS
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| I just had the pleasure of teaching with a Diana's Grove-trained teaching team. Based on this experience, I must compliment you on developing the most effective leadership program that I know of in this country, if not the world.
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| | Paul Eaves, Reclaiming Teacher
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A leader speaks:
At Diana's Grove I learned about the importance of creating community and the skills to make it happen.
In a class series I recently taught at home, my goal was to make the participants feel comfortable and safe. I was surprised at how much impact the Grove's Cornerstones of Community made on the group. After a brief introduction, I never discussed it again but, when it was the group's turn to plan a ritual, the group decided to use the Cornerstones as the body of the ritual. And.a community was created. The group did not want the class to end, and formed a "circle" to celebrate the wheel of the year together.
At Diana's Grove I learned what "empower others" really means.
I've learned to teach participants the skills needed to do whatever they are ready to do, and then to support them in their work. For years in other groups I kept wondering why more people didn't volunteer to plan rituals or invoke an element. At the Grove, I became aware that I would need to teach them what they needed to know to be successful.
At Diana's Grove, and especially through IPP, I am learning about my own triggers and fears and stories, how they impact my work.and how they ARE my work.
I learned that I had a subconscious idea that if I was the only one to be able to lead a trance, or plan a perfect ritual, I would be valued. What supported that idea was the feeling that I wanted to stand out - to shine - to star. So, if I planned the ritual by myself, or led the trance alone, or did an eloquent invocation, then I would get all the credit. But I am transforming that illusion into the joy of empowering others and working in community. We each have our own set of challenges and, as a leader, I need to recognize and honor the growth in myself and others.
At Diana's Grove I learned about working as part of a team.
I had often felt that it was easier to do things by myself. But I have been learning that the joy of "we did it" is more important than my ideas of a "perfect" invocation or ritual. One of the bonuses to "I don't have to do it by myself" is that I have learned where my best skills and talents lie.
At Diana's Grove I developed the confidence that I could do it.
All the work on impeccability and excellence lessened my self-judgment. I realized that I had a lot to offer and could always just do my best, with the possibility of learning to do better the next time.
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| | Asherah, Long Island, NY
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