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Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time

Creation of a Sacred Sand Mandala
Werner Herzog, UK/Germany/France; 2003
 
Opens at Labia on Orange Sunday 16 May at 6.15 pm
At Labia on Orange – brand-new projector for screen 1 downstairs!
Book with Labia at 021 424 5927
Ticket: R40 includes glass of wine or fruit juice after the screening
Running time: 80 minutes
 
Opens at Simon’s Town Museum on Wednesday 19 May at 7.00pm
Opening the Tibetan Film Festival Dreaming the Himalayas
Ticket: R40 includes glass of wine or fruit juice + snacks before the screening
Booking at Museum on 021 786 3046 or 021 786 5261
 
 Werner Herzog’s beautiful film explores the Buddhist Kalachakra initiation: the creation of a sand mandala.

It includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, and shows him not on a platform discussing contemporary issues, but what he is really here to do: praying with 1000s of pilgrims.

Footage includes some secret rituals and a pilgrimage to the holy Mount Kailash in Tibet, with a powerful soundtrack of Tibetan music and monks’ chanting.
“Astonishingly moving” - BBC
 

The Transformation of Consciousness

The Mayan Calendar & the Transformation of Consciousness
Illustrated lecture by Dr Carl Johan Calleman,
Mayan expert and author from Sweden. 2009. 118 minutes
Carl Johan Calleman is an internationally recognised authority in the studies of the Mayan calendar, and one of very few foreigners recognised by the Mayan Elders. He is author of several books covering many aspects of the calendar. At this insightful lecture at UCT Medical Campus in 2009, Dr Calleman premised that the Mayan calendar was not predicting the end of the world in 2012, but a planetary awakening and transformation of mankind into more enlightened ways of living.

For more information on the Mayan Calendar and Dr Calleman, visit
      •www.calleman.com
      •www.mayanmajix.com

 

The Mayan New Dawn


Authentic Mayan calendar and prophecies explained by Mayan Elder Don Alejandro Perez Oxlaj
Interviewed by Dr Calleman. 2006. 76 minutes
 

Don Alejandro holds the wisdom of the Mayan cosmology and is the 13th generation in a lineage of Mayan medicine men. He is head of the Mayan Council of elders in Guetemala, representing the 23 ethnic groups of the Maya. He is the Grand Elder of the Continental Council of Indigenous Elders and Priests. In 2008 Don Alejandro was named Ambassador for the Indigenous People of Guatemala. In this unique film he is interviewed by Dr Carl Calleman with questions pertaining specifically to the meaning of the “end date” of the Mayan calendar and the message for humankind. Don Alejandro gives recognition to the quality of Dr Calleman’s work, but speaks out strongly against foreigners who do not understand the true meaning of the calendar and who thus confuse humanity with threatening messages. Do come and hear Don Alejandro’s inspiring words for yourself, his message to “My brothers and sisters: we are all flowers of the earth . . .”
DVD available through www.musictonourish.com