From VITAAA Association, Slovenia
vitaaa@email.si “Geomancy as a way of life” Gathering

Dear friends,

You may be asking yourselves, how the LifeNet Gathering in July 2008 is going, what are the news…

You know that our Association started an initiative of international gatherings dedicated to the health of the Earth, the beauty of life… with the scope to develop a culture of carrying for the multidimensional life web of the planet. The plan is to come together, to get to know each other and to do together work needed at this moment for the good of our planetary home.

The first gathering of this kind will take place in Lendava, in the very east corner of Slovenia from July 23 to 27th. Together with about 20 members of the VITAAA group, Ajra, Ana and Marko Pogačnik will be hosts of this gathering.

Till the date reserved for application about 70 of you from different countries of Europe and America registered. Together with the Slovenian participants we may be 100. So during our meeting yesterday we decided that the Gathering will take place as planned. We are still open for some further applications but hurry on, because we can not hold hotel rooms reserved from now on. If you need application form, mail to us your need.

We see the Gathering as a creative project parallel to the building of Geopuncture stone circles, we see it as part of our common effort to create paths of immediate communication with Gaia, the soul of our planet. Instead of stones with cosmogrammes, the human ritual creativity and togetherness should be the driving power of Gatherings like the one in Lendava. In this context we are happy to announce that parallel to the Gathering in Lendava we are in the process of creating a Geopuncture circle called “Hologramme of Europe” which will be carved and erected in May 2008 in Ljubljana. It will be done to deepen the Slovenian presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2008. 31 stone pillars with cosmogrammes will stand at the centre of Ljubljana for the member states of the Union and those who also belong to European family. We will find a way to link both projects.


In the name of the preparatory team, Marko Pogačnik, March, 12, 2008

INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MEETING OF LIFE/NET

The first international creative gathering of the Network of Life
GEOMANCY AS A WAY OF LIFE
to be held in Lendava, Slovenia from July 23rd to July 27th 2008

The Slovenian LifeNet (Lebensnetz) Association VITAAA and its president Marko Pogacnik invite all friends creative within our network and those who share with us the holistic approach to the Earth Cosmos to come to Slovenia to our congress that we would like to manifest as a creative gathering.
The framework of the gathering
Ten years have passed since the Network of Life (LifeNet) was founded at Šempas, Slovenia. At that time only Earth Healing groups from German speaking countries took part in the network. In meanwhile LifeNet experienced a quite large international development. This means that the moment is ripe to meet within this new framework, to get to know each other in person and to hold consultations on the future development of LifeNet.
Our association decided to organise the gathering in Lendava in the very eastern corner of Slovenia at the border with Hungary, following three reasons:
During 2006 we have built there a complex lithopuncture system on both sides of the border financed by European Union. During the geomantic work, we discovered great potentials for the future development of the Earth there. Also, we will be able to use a most wonderful Hall built recently by the Hungarian architect Makovecz existing in Lendava.

Purpose of the gathering
We live in a time when humanity starts to be conscious of the Earth transformation process. Scientists and politicians try to dam the planet’s destruction. Yet those who understands the geomatic approach, and develop loving relationships to the Earth soul, know that any development in this direction is impossible without a basic change of the human way of life.
It means that we should work on further development of our network, (called in subtitle “Geomancy and Transformation”) to have a platform upon which it is possible autonomously to realise our responsibility towards life within and around ourselves.
How do we want to formulate our contribution to the planetary transformation, how we want to live it and to bring it into the public awareness, are the central questions to be addresses by the LifeNet Creative Gathering 2008. Secondly, we would like to hear about projects on which different groups and individuals are working, discuss our common future projects and forge new friendships.
Why “Creative Gathering”?
We do not intend to focus only at the exchange of ideas and experiences, but also to perform together certain works for the benefit of life on Earth, that small groups will be developing during the gathering.
As we have asked in March 2008 about the participation at the LifeNet gathering, about 130 persons expressed the wish to come. Counting also on Slovenian collaborators, we expect 150, maximum 200 participants.
Time frame
The gathering starts in Lendava with a common meal on Wednesday, July 23rd at 6 p.m. and the official opening at 8 p.m. The congress will end on Sunday, July 27th with lunch at 1 p.m.
(About transportation see information contained in the registration form.) For detailed time table see the provisory programme!

Language
Since the gathering has an international character, English is the official language. We look for possibilities of translating in small groups. Also there will be no complicated lectures and the lecturers are all speaking simple English.
Accommodation, Food
We take care the accommodation possibilities be very diverse. Please choose on the registration form the one that suits you.
Vegetarian meal will be served for all participants (cost for full board is 15€ per day, all together 60€)
Arrival
The arrival will be organised from the Slovenian capital Ljubljana (Main Station) and if needed also from the Graz airport (South Austria). There one can find all Railway and Airport connections. Busses will be organised from Ljubljana and Graz. It takes about 3 – 4 hours drive till Lendava. The same for the travelling back. Note in the registration form if you intend to use this possibility, or if you wish to arrive in Lendava by yourself.
Registration
Registration is possible till February 29th 08. After that you will receive a confirmation and more detailed information. (See registration form - separate document)
Fee and costs
We try to keep the costs as low as possible, also local institutions are helping us. We look for possible sponsors. Concerning European Union citizens: who needs a bursary should ask for information at our association VITAAA because EU offers such a possibility. Also we will try to find funs for getting fee lower for unemployed, retired, students and couples.
To cover the organisation costs, we ask each participant to contribute a fee that will oscillate between 130€ and 160€. It depends upon the number of participants.

To keep organisation going, we ask you with registration also to transfer to us an advance on fee comprising 100.00€ Send the money to the account of our Association: Address: VITAAA, Streliska 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Bank: SKB d.d., Ajdovscina 4, Si-1513 Ljubljana, Slovenia SWIFT (BIC) SKBASI2X IBAN: SI56 0310 0100 0038 284 ..... Thank you!
The rest of the fee comprising 30.00 to 60.00€ will be collected in cash at the beginning of the gathering (Checks are not accepted)
Also the accommodation fee (depending on the individual choice) and cost for food will be collected in cash at the beginning of the gathering. (Checks are not accepted).
Travelling
As addition to the congress we offer the possibility of three bus travels through Slovenia guided by Ana, Ajra and Marko Pogacnik. They take place after the congress. Their purpose is to get to know the geomantic dimensions of Slovenia including possibility to contribute to the health of the Earth. If you decided to join, please choose one of them.
Registration for one of the travels is of informative character – precise information about the chosen travel and registration/payment instructions will be sent afterwards to those who have applied.
Information and help
If there are more questions, we are ready to answer:
Vitaaa, Streliska 12, SI - 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel. +386 (0)51-807913 E-Mail: vitaaa@email.si www.vitaaa-drustvo.si
We love to greet you in Slovenia and look forward to our meeting! VITAAA

Provisional program and journeys through Slovenia (word document)
Registration Form (word document)

LIFEnet Geomancy and Transformation
A Network for Mutual Inspiration between Earth and Humanity

LEBENSNETZ Geomantie und Wandlung
Ein Netzwerk zur gegenseitigen Inspiration von Erde und Menschheit

LIFEnet was created in 1997 when representatives of different so-called Earth Healing Groups met at our home in Sempas, Slovenia. Our intention was not to build a kind of fixed organisation, but a flexible network of groups and individuals world-wide which follow the path of mutual inspiration and cooperation between Earth and Humanity, as intuited through my work and the work of my daughters.
The network consists of autonomous groups and individuals, who organise themselves, convene and work in their own way. Some of them are organised in associations, some of them are non-organised. Some of them are publishing newsletters or nourishing a common informational platform.
The basic intent of LIFEnet can be expressed in following way:

The Earth is involved in such a wide-reaching transformation process that it supersedes our imagination. In this moment it urgently needs individuals and groups world-wide, who are ready to dedicate their love, attention and creativity to the Earth Soul and her worlds of consciousness and life force. This is a way to protect the wonderful life web pulsating at the Earth surface and to enable its relatively peaceful transmutation.

For Addresses of LIFEnet (Lebensnetz) groups see: www.lebensnetz-geomantie.de

There are several projects that LIFEnet is engaged with in a collective way:

EDUCATION in the field of geomancy and personal transformation
For those who decide to follow the path of holistic perception, geomantic knowledge and holistic personal development, education courses are organised in different countries and languages:

Slovenia: Marko together with Ajra Pogačnik, Association VITAAA, Ljubljana (Slovenian language), www.vita-drustvo.si
USA: Marko together with Ana Pogačnik, organised by Steiner Books, Great Barrington (English language) marsha@steinerbooks.org
Germany: together with Peter F. Frank we are starting a new education track within Hagia Chora association. It follows the theme: “To love the Earth, to perceive her, to co-create and to transform oneself” (German language) www.hagia-chora.org ,
England: together with Ajra Pogačnik– organised by Sabine Engelhardt greencities@btinternet.com (English language)
Austria : together with Erwin Frohmann and Association “Raum und Mensch”, Graz (German language) www.raumundmensch.com

There are other Lebensnetz-related educations going on in German language by:
Florian Grimm, Hamburg, T. 040 86645995
Wolfgang Schneider, Quedlinburg, www.animaloci.de
Ana Pogačnik, Schule „Wieder sehen“, www.ana-pogacnik.com
Etc.

GEOPUNCTURE CIRCLES

Together with LIFEnet groups and individuals from different countries, in the year 2005 we started to create a world-wide composition of stone circles with cosmogrames. We are building them on certain acupuncture points of the planet, following a specific theme that relates to the Earth as a whole and not just to the given place.

Till now two Geopuncture circles are standing:
Tamera, Portugal – the theme: Archetypes of a peaceful civilisation with 58 standing stones, most of them carved with cosmogrammes. (2005-06) www.tamera.org
Zagreb, Croatia – the theme: Solar Plexus of Europe (2006)
In the year 2007 we are working on a Geopuncture circle in the Botanical gardens of Prague, Bohemia – the theme: World Equilibrium
For the year 2008 we plan together with our USA educational group a Geopuncture circle in Louiseville, Kentucky, following the theme of the Presence of Christ within the Earth Sphere.

Links

Manifesto