About this project

Sacred Spaces Village's offering to the playa this year is the Mystic Metropolis. This Temple complex will be on the same scale as Sacred Spaces' Temple Pantheogenesis in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch...

The Mystic Metropolis is a collaborative inter-faith temple complex. At the core of the temple complex is the Soul of the City: 7 temples connected via crystal grid dedicated to each of the chakras. Each space is a home for Visionary Art, Altars, and Sculptures related to each theme.

This city within the city, the Mystic Metropolis will be a playa destination point for individuals seeking to connect with source. In addition to the Temples, we also have a STAGE for kirtan, sacred music, and prayerformance.

We initially set up this site to try to get extra funds to support some of our artists, but now we have a serious need. Our stage was built in Texas and the guy who built it was supposed to deliver it, but he's now not able to come to the playa and we need to figure out how to get our beautiful stage out here.

About the Stage:

Awaken, align, attune and entrain all seven chakras at the Bhakti Garden Stage! Our vision for this project is for it to be THE source of “Nu-World/Neo-Devotional” music, movement, and magic on the Playa, featuring non-stop prayer-formances; jam sessions; open mics; and DJ sets designed to elevate, educate and activate your body, mind and SOUL! Regardless of the time of day–or night–everyone who visits our stage is assured of hearing, experiencing, and/or creating soul-stirring, spirit-centered music that speaks to and draws from sacred traditions and practices from around the world, be it Hindu kirtan; Buddhist chanting; Tibetan toning; Ecstatic Sufi singing; or even good-old American gospel! Optimally, this stage will be a serve as a catalyst for “harmonizing humanity” through the healing power of song and sound!

The Temple Spaces:

The Red Root Chakra Temple – (“The Sacred Feminine”) a temple embodying the primal power of the earth, our ancestors, and the mysteries of creation. It is a space for all genders to honor the divine feminine, womyn of all creations, the maiden, mother, priestess, sister, daughter, grandmother, etc. At the center is a Flowering Tree connected to an elemental mandala. Around the edges isGoddess-themed Visionary Art and the main altar is dedicated to the divine feminine.

The Orange Sacral Chakra Temple – (“Divine Polarity”) a temple dedicated to exploring polarity mysticism in many forms such as yin-yang and the dance of the masculine and the feminine. It is a space for expressing desire and intimacy, sensual connections, tantric union, and lovers’ expression. Workshops involving sacred sexuality can be offered. The decoration theme would be something sensual artifacts, images of duality, desire, tantric imagery, and lots of orange and peach colors.

The Yellow Solar Chakra temple – (The Empowered Masculine) a temple embodying balanced power, and illumination. It is a space for all genders to honor the male archetypes in the world, the sun god, priest, shaman, king, warrior, hunter, father, brother, son, grandfather. Men’s circles and workshops embodying brotherhood and more can be offered. The theme can be solar and include male deities, phallic-shaped objects, pipes, staffs, drums, shields, and the colors yellow & gold.

The Green Heart Chakra temple – (The Healing Sanctuary) a temple where bodywork and hands on healing will be offered throughout the week. This is an opportunity for those who wish to feel their emotions through with touch and healing magic. The space is rich, vibrant, and connecting. Envision lots of green, fountains, artificial greenery, and massage tables.

The Blue Throat Chakra Temple – (Communication Center) a temple exploring communication, language, and the healing properties of sound. Sound workshops, singing, chanting, and verbal self expression can be offered in this space. The decor explores music and sound, winged creatures (birds, butterflies, fairies), clouds, the sky, and various shades of turquoise and light blue.

The Indigo Third Eye Chakra Temple – (The Mind-Expansion Lair) This is the temple for any form of arts and crafts, live art creation, of lectures involving our future and sustainability, creativity, new paradigms of living, and more. We imagine dark blue decor, images of modern sustainability, and futuristic visionary art of all kinds being the theme of this space.

The Violet Crown Chakra Temple – (The Spiritual Oasis) This will be the one non-verbal temple where silent meditation and vipasana are welcome. Crystal bowls, gongs, and similar sound vibrations are here, and diving deep into the spiritual realm celebrates this seventh chakra temple. For decor, we imagine lots of purple and white colors, crystals, pyramids, Buddha statues, and the like.

The White Universal Chakra Temple – (“Post Enlightenment Education Center”) the biggest temple of them all, for very large workshops, downtempo music, yoga classes, ecstatic dance and movement, and deep chill. All decor colors are white, with billowy fabric, carpets, artwork, and lots of room to move around. Exhibits exploring sustainable future communities surround the outer edges.