France - 7 day Tour 2 - 8 May 2014
Do you feel it is time for a spiritual change?
Would you like to clear the old and bring in the new?
This seven day healing tour may be for you. Carol Stratford, with Sekhmet, a Master in Spiritual healing, is taking a small personalised Tour to the South West of France. Carol is a healer trained by Sekhmet for many years to work in the deepest places in our karmic frequencies and past lives. She has received many rare attunements from Sekhmet to be able to work in these sanctioned areas. This is a rare healing opportunity at a very deep level.
We will also see beautiful countryside, taste local French cuisine, attend interesting activities and have the opportunity to make new friendships.
We will start by surrounding ourselves with the high and beautiful energies of Mary Magdalene at her Grotto in the beautiful valley of La Sainte Baume where she lived a life of prayer and contemplation for 35 years.
We will finish our tour in the loving energies of Lady Mary at Lourdes. Mary Magdalene and Lady Mary, no strangers to the themes of the tour, also support us from beginning to end of our journey.
Our personal journey will follow a route of Cathar settlement and movement in the South West of France. As we follow their old routes, we have the opportunity to open ourselves to receive healing of similar painful experiences.
Would you like to clear the old and bring in the new?
This seven day healing tour may be for you. Carol Stratford, with Sekhmet, a Master in Spiritual healing, is taking a small personalised Tour to the South West of France. Carol is a healer trained by Sekhmet for many years to work in the deepest places in our karmic frequencies and past lives. She has received many rare attunements from Sekhmet to be able to work in these sanctioned areas. This is a rare healing opportunity at a very deep level.
We will also see beautiful countryside, taste local French cuisine, attend interesting activities and have the opportunity to make new friendships.
We will start by surrounding ourselves with the high and beautiful energies of Mary Magdalene at her Grotto in the beautiful valley of La Sainte Baume where she lived a life of prayer and contemplation for 35 years.
We will finish our tour in the loving energies of Lady Mary at Lourdes. Mary Magdalene and Lady Mary, no strangers to the themes of the tour, also support us from beginning to end of our journey.
Our personal journey will follow a route of Cathar settlement and movement in the South West of France. As we follow their old routes, we have the opportunity to open ourselves to receive healing of similar painful experiences.
Spiritual Sites of the tour
Grotto of Mary Magdalene
Day 1 - Arrive Marseille. " the gathering together"
One night stay
Day 2- Morning - We drive to the Grotto of Mary Magdalene in the morning who is said to have arrived in the Camargue, Provence, after the Crucifixion of Christ. She travelled and preached the Gospel throughout Provence later retiring to this Grotto/Cave near to La Sainte Baume. Here she lived a life of retreat and contemplation for around 35 years.
This Grotto is also sacred to the Egyptian Goddess Isis.
St. Maximin village nearby was the centre of early Christianity in Provence and France.
One night stay
Day 2- Morning - We drive to the Grotto of Mary Magdalene in the morning who is said to have arrived in the Camargue, Provence, after the Crucifixion of Christ. She travelled and preached the Gospel throughout Provence later retiring to this Grotto/Cave near to La Sainte Baume. Here she lived a life of retreat and contemplation for around 35 years.
This Grotto is also sacred to the Egyptian Goddess Isis.
St. Maximin village nearby was the centre of early Christianity in Provence and France.
City Walls, Avignon
Day 2 - Afternoon. We arrive at Avignon .This was the temporary home of the Popes in the 14th Century. Cathars and Popes had a long and conflicting relationship over spiritual beliefs and doctrines. The Pope finally turned the Crusading knights of the Roman Catholic Church against the Cathars who they eventually destroyed.
One night stay
Beziers
Beziers, South France
On Day 3 -Morning Avignon. Afternoon - We arrive in Beziers - a stronghold of Catharism in the Middle Ages. This was the first place to be attacked by the Crusaders of Pope Innocent 111 and marked the beginning of a 20 year crusade. On 22/7/1209, the entire city was sacked, all people killed (around 20,000) and the city was burned to the ground. Between Beziers and Montsegur lies Puivert Castle one of a triangle of castles (Puivert, Queribus, and Puylaurens) where Cathars fled to a temporary safety
One night stay
One night stay
Castle Fortress of Montsegur near the Pyrenees.
On Day 4 - Morning -we drive to Puivert Castle, Cathar refuge and then arrive at Montsegur, a Cathar fortress on top of a 3000 ft rock formation known as a 'pog'. Montsegur was the site of the last Cathar resistance against the Crusaders. In 1244, after ten months of attack, the Crusaders finally conquered the Cathars and sent 220 of them to the flames.The Cathars chose this death rather than renounce their faith.
We then drive to Toulouse.
One night stay
Cathedral of St. Cecilia, Albi
Day 5- Morning - we drive to the Cathedral of St. Cecilia at Albi built as a statement of Catholic strength and victory against the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) a "holy war" waged by Roman Catholic power against the Cathars. This was noteable as the first crusade launched against Christians by Christians. After a long period of persecution, Catholicism defeated the Cathars.
Lourdes, Pilgrimage Centre of Lady Mary
Day 5 afternoon - We continue driving to Lourdes.- This is a village near the mystical Pyrenees noted for its healing and sightings of the Lady Mary. The Basilica of the Rosary is built on the site where a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had several sightings. The cave where Bernadette had the vision of the Lady Mary is at the base of the Basilica. Healing baths are close by.
Day 6 We continue our stay.
Two nights stay
Day 7- We leave Lourdes for Toulouse airport.