Lila Sophia Tresemer ~ is a group facilitator, playwright, photographer, ceremonialist, minister and co-Founder and facilitator of The Path of Ceremonial Arts and Women of Vision. She continually co-creates programs for Sacred Living and Remembrance primarily in Boulder, Australia and Israel/Palestine. Lila is dedicated to building a global community, which honors the Feminine and celebrates the Sacred in all beings. Lila has worked with rites of passage and ceremony for over thirty years. With her beloved partner, David, she has written and produced a trilogy for the theater about Divine Feminine, called 'Remembrance'. This series includes stories involving Mary Magdalene, Inanna, and the Cathars.
 

Since 1970, Lila has been a multi-media artist working with photography and video productions as transformational tools, which are used within the ceremonial art workshops. DVD's include "Brain Illumination" and "Creating Conscious Relationships". Both are available at www.theStarHouse.org. Primarily living in Boulder, David and Lila also have created Healing Dreams, a retreat in Australia, which honors the Dreamtime memory of the Aboriginal people, and seeks to preserve that corner of paradise as a place of power on Flinders Island in Tasmania. www.healingdreams.com.au

 
 

Anastacia Nutt , M.A. is a co-founder and facilitator of the Path of the Ceremonial Arts and Women of Vision programs. Prior to working full time in the Priestess arts, she worked as an environmental economist focusing on air quality and community public health issues. She currently lives in California where she devotes her time and energy to Level Three PCA, Men's PCA, Women of Vision, writing her second book "The History and Anatomy of Ritual" and creating online coursework for PCA.

 

Anastacia's spiritual practice is devoted to the remembrance of the Divine Feminine in partnership and Sacred Union. She works to weave the seen and unseen worlds in harmony, balance in mutual respect through her writing, courses and seership practice. Her work is offered within the auspices of the Western Esoteric Tradition. Her areas of expertise and interest include primal ritual, the art of Seership, the mechanics of the unseen worlds, tending sacred space and threshold crossings. PCA Credits: Level One Curriculum, Level Three Curriculum, "The Sacred Circle: The Definition, Dynamics and Psychology of Sacred Council", "Our Feminine Heritage: 22 Sacred Expressions of The Mother Goddess" and a new book published in 2008 "Unseen Worlds and Practical Aspects of Spiritual Discernment" available for purchase via the web or by contacting the author at illuminora@yahoo.com or visiting RJ Stewart Books at www.rjstewart.net.

 
 
Candice Knight – Candice was in the first group of women to complete the PCA training and has continued her work by stepping into the role of facilitator for the past 3 years. As a facilitator she brings her unique understanding and living exploration of what it means to "walk the path of the divine feminine" in the world.
Candice honors the power of women’s circles and works with elder women in helping them discover their wisdom and how to share that wisdom in the world.
As one of the founders of Ceremonies for Sacred Living she is committed to reawakening the richness of ritual as a transformational tool in our everyday lives. Candice leads ceremonies to honor all of life’s passages for individuals, families and communities.
 

Candice also works to bring this experience to the young women of today as one of the founders and designers of Goddess on the Go, a new interactive experience for young women. Candice is also an ordained Interfaith Minister.

 
 
JJ Booksh, CMT ~ JJ Booksh embodies Priestess, Teacher, Healer, and Dancer in this lifetime. She is a graduate of the first class of PCA in 2002. She has been a co-facilitator of PCA since 2004. JJ is an ordained minister of All Seasons Chalice and the StarHouse, and she has a Massage Therapy and Reiki practice in Lyons, CO where she enjoys working with people one on one. JJ is an aerial dancer dedicating her art to the Sacred Marriage of the Divine Feminine meeting the Divine Masculine in balance. JJ is skillful at directing energy to empower authentic expression.
 

 

 
 
Madhavii Shirman engages in the transformative power of the Goddess Lakshmi through beauty, works with the wisdom of the stars through tropical and sidereal astrology, is a facilitator of ³spirit-words² for personal transformation, and is a graduate and teacher of The Path of Ceremonial Arts program.
As an ³ambassador to the stars² for over 15 years, she specializes in the knowledge and wisdom of personal cycles and transits. Madhavii works with clients to deepen their understanding of the cyclic (lunar phases, phase moons, power moons, dream cycles) and elemental alchemy (earth, air, fire, and water) in their birth charts and illuminates how these natural propensities are engaged by the current reality of the transiting heavens.
 

As a ceremonialist, Madhavii respects beauty, balance and wisdom as sacred arts. She illuminates darkness with humor and is revered for helping others quickly cut through the veils of illusion.
Madhavii is a master stylist and has worked with women in the realm of beauty for over 30 years. She has two philosophic and creative children and one great love, Gary, who continues to provide a grounding presence for her when she is communing with the celestial.

 
   
 

Sally Nurney, BFA loves to create with fabric, color, pattern and style ~ she brings this devotion to self-expression to her work with the Path of the Ceremonial Arts, that women (and people everywhere) develop the skills to unveil their True Selves. She is passionate about Sacred Union ~ the balance of masculine and feminine forces within oneself and in the world. She is dedicated to reconnecting our modern lives to the starry beings that surround our beloved earth.
 

Sally is a Tarot and Astrology teacher and reader, an Associative Minister of All Seasons Chalice, and facilitator of the Beacon School of Imaginative Studies, a program of empowerment for girls ages 9 –14. She also co-facilitates the New Moon Program for Women at The StarHouse.

 
 

Laine Gerritsen , has worked with circles of women in Boulder since 1978, participating in seasonal rituals, song circles, sweatlodges and support groups. She served the women of Boulder as a homebirth midwife and childbirth educator for fourteen years, helping to found the Colorado Midwives Association and the Midwives Alliance of North America. She now considers herself a midwife of Spirit.

  
 
Adding to the diversity of the facilitator group, Laine brings a passion for science, reading and travel, as well as Star Wars, the Grateful Dead and the Broncos. Her spiritual stream is largely Celtic, and she has a strong interest in the most ancient goddesses. She has been happily married to her husband Greg since 1980, and they are blessed with two wonderful children.

Laine feels privileged to be part of the StarHouse community, nurturing and being nurtured by this amazing temple and land. She is on the Board of Directors for All Seasons Chalice, and she has served as a coordinator for Journey of the Feminine, the New Moon program and for the Priestess Circle, the organization of PCA graduates. She currently co-facilitates Year Two in Path of the Ceremonial Arts. She is very grateful to be able to work with women of such power, depth, love and integrity.