Walking in the footsteps of your year, at this Mabon Solar Festival.

Take a sacred walk through hidden London with me. A pilgrimage through the fascinating city landscape of London.

The exact route we will take will be revealed closer to the time, as it comes from the place and where we are all in that moment. Revealed two weeks prior to the walk, the starts are either the Tower of London or the Globe Theatre. The London Stone is used as a marker as it marks the heart of the City of London and is often a focus for any of the walks I do. It is NOT the official meeting place.

You will get an email or notification of the route.

This is a sacred walk in preparation for the solar Festival of Mabon. The Festival of Mabon or the Festival of Consummation (September 20-24th) and celebrates the mid point of Autumn. It is the second equinox, when the days and the nights are in balance and the sun rises and sets at 6pm. This autumn equinox is balanced by the spring equinox, around 21st March and is called Ostara, the Festival of Promise.

It is a time where all things complete. As the wheel of the year draws to its close, we are at the high point of harvest, when all is abundant and being gathered in. This is symbolic of what is also see happening for each of us. As ever, what is happening in nature is also part of us. We are harvesting all that we have put in to our year and gathering and completing.

Consummation is about drawing together all that we are to a certain stage, allowing all that we are to fall and be released. As the fruit falls from the tree, some of what we are also needs to fall. Only picking up again what we want to continue to work with going forward, for in October, we prepare for the season of winter and the shift to our inner work.

It is also a time were we must forgive. Forgiveness allows the release of that which we carry but we no longer need. Without forgiveness work we will continue to hold onto what no longer serves us. It not only impacts on our ability to continue in the flow of year but also our ability to harvest the abundance on offer to us.

This festival also helps us to acknowledge our self worth and to feed it with the abundance of our successes, so that we become assured and strong for the work ahead.

Pilgrimage.

London-based landscape designer Jeremy Rye will be leading guided tours of the four London walks that were known to Kings and Queens since the beginning of the monarchy in England.

These spiritual walks were undertaken by the monarchs and the landscape keepers of the time. They would journey at specific points in their reign, at certain times of the year or for the marking of events. These were not only a means of navigating a city but seen as instrumental in maintaining its health, spiritual and commercial success.

Unlike a typical history tour, this is an opportunity for participants to mirror these spiritual journeys, in part to strengthen our sense of self, answer questions we have and to transform. They are an ideal companion to other self-reflection practices such as journaling, therapy or meditation.

Jeremy Rye is a practicing landscape architect who integrates history and spirituality in his work.

Route:

There will be seven stops made along the way where Jeremy will both point out historic architectural features, their history and their connection to a spiritual question. Participants are invited to use these stops not only to listen but find answers for themselves.

Accessibility:

The walk will take on average 3 hours with a break and is not wheelchair accessible.

The walk will take part no matter the weather and tickets are non-refundable.

Host or Publisher Jeremy Rye