Medicine of the Starry Heavens's Stories from Stardust presents...
Courting the Light of the Beloved
A Telling of the Mystical Love Story: Layla & Majnun
***With Elan DeHaro on Persian fiddle & instrumentals***
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In honor of the Morning Star Venus, join us for a contemporary telling of Layla & Majnun, the classic Sufi folktale popularized by Nizami, the great 12th-century Persian epic poet.
It’s the story that captured the devotional & mystical heart of the Islamic world. It greatly influenced Shakespeare and many famous poets of Eurasia. This tale is like Romeo & Juliet meets the enchanted, animist heart of the ancestral desert soul. It is a return to the Garden of Eden, to the divine power of Eros. It weds together longing, love, and grief with mystery, annihilation, and the cosmic heart breaking open. Join us for this ritual telling & offering to the Morning Star.
This one is for the iridescent beauties, for our hummingbird friends and their beloved jewel-W**d flowers, a marriage tens of millions of years in the making.
Elan DeHaro will be joining to create a magical musical soundscape that will carry us deeper into the story. His transportive style takes listeners on a voyage with evocative tones, eclectic sounds, and inspiring melodies. His music weaves together an ancient tapestry of European, Middle Eastern, and Oriental styles.
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Date: Friday, August 15th
Time: Doors 7:30pm, Story 8pm
Where: 65 Sanford Way, Barnardsville - The Sundial at The High Meadow
~or~ the Pavilion at Wild Abundance (if rainy)
*important parking info below, carpooling encouraged*
(will also be livestreamed on Zoom - info below)
Suggested donation: $12-36, no one turned away for lack of funds
You can Venmo @MedicineOfTheStarryHeavens or bring cash the night of the event.
Bring warm clothes, cushions, blankets, chairs, whatever you need to be comfy and open to the medicine of the starry heavens...
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Zoom link: TBD
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***Parking Instructions***
You can park at Wild Abundance (WA) for this event. 65 Sanford Way, Weaverville, NC. Once on Sanford Way follow the signs to WA. There is a steep gravel road to the left across from a green box truck at the beginning of WA. There is a traffic cone because the road is not to be driven up. You can park below. To get to the High Meadow, walk up the steep gravel path across from the box truck. To get to the Pavilion at Wild Abundance, do not walk up the steep gravel path, but walk straight down the road past the box truck and the big pavilion is on the right. Please do not park in anyone's driveway! Thanks.
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Frank Salzano is an astrologer, cultural astronomer & storyteller that focuses on old-world astrology, cross-cultural star myths, and celestial folklore.
Learn more at www.medicineofthestarryheavens.com
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