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Fall Color at CoSM

Get your beauty on at CoSM!  Come enjoy the Fall colors at this weekend's "Nature Mysticism" workshop.

Women's Visionary Congress

Allyson represented the community of CoSM at the Women's Visionary Congress.  Pictured below: (l to r) Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia, Allyson Grey, Annie "Oak" Harrison, Maria "Hidden Mountain" Mangini, and Liz Rymland, Allyson's sister.  M.G., Annie and HMt are the three originators/producers of the WVC, this summer in its third year. 

Notice the teepees, the work of Hog Farmer extraordinaire, Dorji who promises to soon make teepees for CoSM.  Can't you just see them surrounding the "Altered State" sculpture in our meadow? 

Presenting at this year's Congress were devoted activists, authors, researchers, shaman and healers. Talks began with the subject of Visionary Communities, including the Hog Farm, our hosts, now in existence for over 40 years.  Allyson offered the past, present and future of CoSM, established in 1996, a relative new-comer to community organization.  Topics also included the role of the healer and healing with medicinal plants. A men's panel reflected on cultivating visionary relationships.  Performance goddesses, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens spoke on "Exploring Sexecology with the Love Art" and then led a marriage with the earth.  Following this marriage, Nicky Scully ceremonialized the reception, complete with wedding cake, and then Allyson led the honeymoon procession to the labyrinth where in the center, the seed (crystals) were spilled into the earth.  In the future, we envision a Women's Visionary Congress at CoSM in the Hudson Valley.  

John Gilmore sits regally in the altar.  Thanks to John and all the men that served the ladies  at the Women's Visionary Congress.

Love to John Daido Loori

The great Zen Master of the Hudson Valley, John Daido Loori, transitioned to parinirvana October 9th, 2009.  He was the founder and abbott of nearby Mt. Tremper monastery, and an extraordinary photographer of the Nature field surrounding Mt. Tremper.  He brilliantly embodied the character of both artist and wisdom master.  He was beloved by his friends and students.  Check out his gifts to the world.