You will have to be reasonably fit for this tour.

Pick up from airport (Toulouse/Carcassonne) where you will be taken to your stylish accommodation in the beautiful Languedoc region at the foot of the French Pyrenees.  You will be staying in the heart of the Cathar country.

From our base we will tour the temples of the Cathars, the last of the Suncults in Europe. 

Each morning and every night there will be group ceremonies, helping us to feel the energies of these sacred sites.

The mystic village of Rennes le chateau is only 10 minutes drive away and the healing baths of rennes le bains are 15 minutes away. 

Please contact us if you wish to receive more information.

The tour will include evening lectures, ceremonies at sacred sites and morning Yoga sessions, lecture topics include:   * Ancient civilizations * Symbolism * Merkaba teaching * Colour Therapy * Yoga (By RYA Certified Teacher) * Kundalini * Story telling and Poetry * Guest speakers will be invited.

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Who are the Cathars?

High on the sacred mountains of the French Pyrenees lay the remains of the last Gnostic schools.  The temples of the Cathars, maybe the last Suncult or Solarcult in Europe.  They were sacred people who understood the spirit of the land. 

The temples are built high on the mountain tops, built on specific rock to take full advantage of the telluric forces that rise up through the rock and into the temples.  The cathars, Cathari in Greek, meaning ‘pure’, practiced tolerance and personal liberty, we see in their teachings a close affinity with the ancient Druids.

The people seemed to relish in their teachings and tried in vain to resist the church and its secular tyranny.   This ended with the burning of 205 Cathars at Montsegur in March 1244 AD.  The Cathars were branded heretics by the church and the wanton destruction of the temples and the ancient sacred knowledge by the church leaves you with a pain in your heart at their total disregard for these sacred people.  The Cathars taught the teachings (gospels) of St John the Gospel of St John is written symbolically.  This, the church denies and reads it literally, as with the bible if you read it literally, you are left in confusion.  On the other hand, read symbolically the gospel of St John is sublime and any student of ancient knowledge should certainly look into the work of Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, especially her work ‘The Hidden Manna’. 

At the centre of the Cathars creed is the concept of duality the material world vs. the spiritual.  This means the battle between good and evil, lightness or darkness or God and Satan.  They believed the Great Spirit created the twin forces of reality and unreality, it was essential to understand this.  Everything is created out of goodness and love from the creator.  What we do with these energies is up to us, used negatively they create disharmony, unease, darkness or even evil. 

Man according to the Cathars has 3 natures, the body which is the abode of the soul, the soul which is the abode of the spirit and the spirit, the divine light.

If you dedicate your life to purity, and practiced this, then the nature of man can undergo a transformation.  First by death, not physical death (being born again as other religions tout it), but by seeking the purity of the soul.  This practice of purity will lead your soul back to the divine light.  This arduous pathway was available and taught by the adepts or “parfaits” (perfects), this knowledge was taught to all.  The cycles of reincarnation and karma were also taught.  The Cathars kept everything simple.  (As it should be)

The teachings could be taken into the woodland and the sacred sites to be taught and understood.  They used the limestone caves in the area as initiation centers utilizing the strong telluric forces of the area.  They ate vegetarian foods and kept strict vows of chastity in keeping with the belief that it was sacrilegious to procreate.  They believed Christ was cosmic (so he couldn’t have been crucified) woman were equal to men, marriage, baptism and communion were not recognized as valid rituals.  They did not fear death; in fact they taught the people not to fear death.

They had a ritual of the “The Consolamentum”.  At this ceremony the adept or master would lay his hands on the head of the believer who aspired to enter their community.  What was said to have taken place was a transmission of immense vivifying energy, anyone who witnessed this would be totally inspired.  This energy allowed the recipient to ascend towards the light in safety.

It was also said if a person was on there death bed then the ‘Consolamentum’ would be practiced to allow the spirit of the soon to be deceased to make the leap into the cosmos.  Their teachings allowed the adepts to loosen there ties to the material world. The Cathars took vows of poverty and chastity and practiced what they preached with great humility.