The retreats are conducted in either Danish or English depending on the participants, and what they feel the most at ease with. If you prefer talking danish when you share in the circle, as many people do, you are very welcome.
The retreats take place in our physical location, The Magic Garden, located in Fredensborg, Denmark - created over a span of 26 years, and according to Jacob's powerful vision.
With its natural environment, spectacular building structures and symbolism, it is a particularly appropriate place to embark on inner journeys in consciousness.
The Magic Garden has been blessed by Laka Lama in 2002. Laka Lama has held several lectures here afterward.
The ceremony is conducted in an entirely unique way.
The techniques, methods, and processes have their inspiration from several traditions including Stanislav Grof, Tibetan Buddhism, and Indian shamanism.
We use our own experience - more than 60 years - and the physical environment to create a warm, secure and loving space, which allows you to experience the adventure of self-discovery and undergo deep psycho-spiritual transformation and healing.
These ceremonies focus on psycho-spiritual transformation, processing of trauma, healing, self-awareness and mystical experiences and recognition of both your own deeper nature and nature of the Universe.
Modern Shamans
Shamans are people who live in - and have contact with - both the ordinary everyday world and other reality dimensions.
They use this ability to help others by bringing them into ecstatic states through - among other things - healing, music, art and psychoactive substances.
Our deep passion and what gives our lives deep meaning is to create as loving, supportive, optimal and safe framework as possible, allowing our participants to undergo deep psycho-spiritual transformation processes in search of daily spontaneous joy, ecstasy, and meaning.
Having worked intensively for decades with shamanistic practice combined with modern psychotherapeutic techniques, nature medicine and creating a unique place that supports the self-discovery adventure - The Magic Garden in Fredensborg - we see ourselves as "modern shamans".
The Retreat and The Journey
The inner journey itself takes place in the Roundhall of Axis Mundi Studio in The Magic Garden.
The basic idea of The Magic Garden is that it functions as a “cosmic space station” that connects various planes of reality.
The main building where the ceremonies take place is called Axis Mundi Studio. In connection with the retreats and Full Moon Concerts, the Roundhall is “Axis Mundi Spacecraft”.
The Roundhall is built like the medicine wheel with carved pillars pointing towards the four corners of the world and a large Yin Yang symbol on the floor.
Axis Mundi means the world axis.
In most mythologies around the world, descriptions can be found of a world axis that stretches through the different worlds. In our Nordic mythology there is the ash tree Yggdrasil that goes from Hel, through Midgard, and up to Asgard, the kingdom of the gods.
In Axis Mundi Spacecraft, we are “psychonauts” who explore our inner space. We travel up and down the world axis, both to the Underworld, the Middleworld, and the Upperworld. Here we explore and map our inner mythological landscape.
Stanislaf Grof Ph D has researched over 60 years in the field og holotropic states of consciousness and has found that that using blindfold for this kind of therapy is the absolute best way.
Every participant gets a blindfold and everyone has entered into a clear written agreement about keeping the blindfold on and staying in the room ( you are allowed to go to the toilet of course) during the course of the journey.
This is important both for safety reasons and to facilitate the deepest and most healing processes.
In powerful non-ordinary states of consciousness, the inner and outer world can become merged together. We are here to take care of you.
The Inner Healer
The medicine is served in The Magic Garden’s “grail cup”.
A cup Jacob made out of clay at school at the age of 11.
The medicine and the whole “setting” with the music, the Roundhall, and travel guides activate what we recognize as “the inner healer”. One can also call it the inherent wisdom of the body.
The inner healer acts as a radar that scans your psychophysical system and gives you just the experiences you need and are ready to receive.
It can be the release of old traumas, new guidelines in your life, visions, ecstatic experiences, experiences of unity, mystical experiences, etc.
Our team of experienced guides functions as midwives who help you “give birth to your own child”. Through this process, you will experience profound and transformative healing of both body and psyche.
The Music
During the ceremony, we play live music. Ever since the beginning of time, shamans worldwide have used music as the primary tool to enter non-ordinary states of consciousness.
For many years, we have specialized in creating live organic powerful music and sound landscapes.
The music is created in the moment and is inspired by the shared consciousness field we create with you and the other participants.
We have “power songs” that we sing every time and you are welcome to sing along.
The music we play during the ceremony is recorded professionally. You can found it on our membership platform by becoming a member: www.TheMagicGardenTribe.com.
When listening to the music, you can remember your insights and experiences much stronger and your integration becomes even more deep.
Ecaterina, as a trained and also as an intuitive singer, will with her expressive and feminine voice transform, help, and guide you. Ecaterina emanates light from the priestess’ path and her resonance, her beautiful voice and vibration is a clear channel that heals trauma and activates inner work.
Jacob uses his specially designed shamanic wand - a 19 stringed butterfly guitar - along with shaman drums, rattle, bells, other string instruments, and pedalboards, all connected to a music loop station. This is merged with specially designed sampled sound landscapes in the form of nature sounds mixed with organic sound elements.
Jacob's shamanic voice goes from the deep to the light and together with the music activates the deep inner processes and heals trauma.
Landing
The ceremony itself lasts about 6 - 8 hours. During the landing phase, the participants paint and draw mandalas.
Expressing yourself visually is a great way to integrate the experiences from your journey. We create a circle where we share our experiences and insights. This is an important part of the process as it is very rewarding to tell your own experiences, to get feedback on them and to hear about the journeys of others.
Following this, we eat a nice dinner together. At this point, almost everybody has landed and is ready to travel home in the evening.
Why do we do the ceremony in the day?
We have made ceremonies both at night and by day. We have the best experience of doing it by day. We have a specially designed round hall that can be darkened and we also use blindfolds. The benefit of the day is, among other things, is that you are fresh and well-rested.
The program
The first day:
16:45 - 17:00 Arrival
17:00 - 17:11 Meditation
17.11 - 18.00 Opening circle
18:00 - 18.50 Guidance by Jacob and preparation
19:00 - 21:00 Individual talk with Jacob or Ecaterina and possibly combined with a walk in the castle park.
The second day:
08.30 - Arrival and preparation of places in the Round Hall.
09:15 - 09.40 - Sharing cirkle.
10:00 - 17.00 CEREMONY and integration with mandala drawing.
17.00 - 18:00 Closing circle
18:00 - 20.00 (or when we are done) Dinner and rounding
Integration workshop
3 days after on Tuesday from 6 PM to 9 PM.
