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Event
Where The Mountain Touches The Sea
Where The Mountain Touches The SeaA Memorial Event in Honor of FAKIR MUSAFAR
Energy & Hook Pull
October 14 to 16th
$175 per person
DETAILS:
This will be a remembrance and celebration of creation, energy, and fostering community. Departing the Seattle Center at 7:30pm on Sunday October 14th returning Tuesday October 16th at 3:00pm. Well will spend all of Monday October 15th from sunrise to sunset and way into the night celebrating in Honor of Fakir Musafar with various hook energy pulls, meditation, and yoga. This event involves a drive (travel already included in the price), backpacking, and camping. We will be doing a 2 mile moderate to easy hike at night.
Pack-In & Pack-Out.
This is YOUR event. Bring and share what gives you purpose!
You will need to provide your own camping equipment, food and Water.
If you want to prepare something special for the group, let us know ahead of time.
TIMELINE:
Sunday arrive at Seattle Center between 6pm-7pm to load up the van. Promptly at 7:30pm we will leave. The drive is about 3-4 hours away. Upon arrival we will unload the van at the trail head then drop the van off at overnight lot 0.5 miles away. We will all hike in together. Early hours of Monday set camp and prepare for the arrival of the sun. We will kick off the celebrations with an opening fire. Energy pulls to happen throughout the time we are there from sunrise throughout the day, at sunset, and into the night. Tuesday at 7am strike camp. Be on the road by 9am. Returning back to Seattle City Center by 3pm.
At the opening fire we want all attendees to add to the fire in some way: write a note, attach a picture, make decorations, or bestow an offering. Keep this in mind if there would be something meaningful for you personally to add.
This is going to be an amazing and memorable adventure!
***ADDITIONAL INFORMATION***
WANT TO DO AN ENERGY/HOOK PULL?
There are many different reasons to people want to explore a pull. The reasons extend from wanting a pure adrenaline or endorphin rush, to conquering ones fears, to trying to reach a new level of spiritual consciousness. People do energy/hool pull to attain some sort of experience: a deeper sense of themselves, a spiritual encounter, or a letting go not being complete inside their body. Some are looking to take control over their bodies, or are seeking to prove to themselves that they can live beyond the physical, perhaps disconnect from their bodies completely. Finally, some simply seek to explore the unknown.
What will be your reason to experience a Energy/Hook Pull?We are set up this up for the outdoors amongst nature: trees, water, mountains including next to a fire as well.
WHAT IS A ENERYG/HOOK PULL?
Pulling is a form of flesh hook play where the participant(s) use their own strength and weight to put pressure on the Flesh Hook(s), offering a very different feeling then a suspension since the participant has much more control over what is happening (this is both good and bad, depending on what the goal is).
Most pullings are simply two people pulling against each other with two hooks in their backs, but limitless options are exercised everything from a single person pulling a car across a parking lot to a dozen people in a star pattern, all pulling against each other from a central hub. Note that solo pulling is also possible, with one end of the rope attached to a solid object.
Theoretically, there is no limit. In circular (star) pulling, five, six, or more people pulling at once is certainly possible. Usually, a large group of people perform a pulling by having each member of the pull connected to one central point or ring. With great attention paid to the dynamics of the rigging, it would be advised to form a circle with a central steel circular frame. This is the center point where all the ropes would originate from leading out to everyone in the circle (the ropes form a star). This position allows for any number of people to participate.
Pulling is typically done with between one, two, or four hooks per person. Using more than six or so hooks per person could limit the experience and take away from what could be an amazing and enlightening experience.
Depending on which type of pulling is to be performed and how many hooks are used in the pulling, the placement of the hooks can be the same or different that the placement of hooks for a suspension. For example, if someone is pulling with hooks in their back, the placement would resemble that of a suicide suspension. The hooks must be placed in a direction so that the hook will not come out during the pulling. Normally, this is done with either a locking hook, or with hook placed horizontally, or with hook pierced in an upward direction (ie. the point end of the hook comes out the top hole; the hook is inserted from bottom to top).
PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL EFFECTS
Prepare for both the possibility of being overwhelmed and underwhelmed. A suspension or pull can be a life changing experience in that the individual will be attaining a feat that, to man, might seem impossible. Then again, you might just hang/pull from hooks.
It is an extraordinary experience to be suspended/pulled, and once you are done you will be high from the experience. This can last anywhere from a day or two to a week, but at some point there is the coming down and it is inevitable that this will happen. For many, an awakening may have occurred and when you come down from the initial high you maybe out of sync with a reality that was opened while suspending/pulling versus the reality we all share. There are no grave dangers afterwards when performed in the right settings and if you find yourself feeling really down after suspending it would be wise to share your feelings with others experienced in suspensions and energy hook pulls.
It should be noted that due to the complexity and somewhat overwhelming task of interpreting the experience, you may not feel the spiritual or psychological effect until weeks afterwards when it hits you like a ton of bricks. In addition, understand that the normal rules of time may not apply.. dont be surprised when if a fifteen second suspension/pull gives you what seems like hours and hours of experience to interpret.
WHO IS FAKIR MUSAFAR?
FAKIR MUSAFAR is known worldwide for his fifty year's research and personal exploration of primitive body decoration and rituals. Fakir has introduced concepts and practices for the "body-first" approach to explore spirituality in art, body modifications, SM and what he calls "body play". Fakir's practices have been shown and his views expressed in the 1985 film DANCES SACRED & PROFANE, , in the 2013 film BODY OF GOD, and in ReSearch publications 1986 book MODERN PRIMITIVES (a word Fakir coined in 1979 to describe himself and a few kindred spirits).
Fakir's interviews and writings have been included in many anthologies and scholarly works like: BODIES UNDER SIEGE, Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry (1996 by Armando Favazza, M.D., a psychiatric text published by John Hopkins University Press); Mark Thompson's LEATHERFOLK; Freedom Press' VOICES FROM THE EDGE; Random House's Villard Books edition of DIFFERENT LOVING; Valerie Steele's 1996 Oxford University Press book FETISH. He has been labeled by various media as "Father of the Modern Primitive Movement". For nine years he published his own photo magazine BODY PLAY & MODERN PRIMITIVES for those in our culture "who hear the sound of a different drummer.
A Shaman, Artist, Master Piercer and Body Modifier, Fakir has played a significant part in the revival of body piercing, body sculpting, branding and other body-related practices for personal expression, spiritual exploration, rites-of-passage, healing and reclaiming. He is a co-developer of the modern body piercing techniques in general use today. He passed away August 1st, 2018.
EMBRACING THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF BURNING MAN
Radical Inclusion
We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Gifting
The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Radical Self-reliance
Encourage the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them. Pack-In & Pack-out.
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AGREEMENT
Assumption of inherent Risks: hook suspension/hook pulls are a physical activity that by its nature involves certain inherent risks that cannot be eliminated regardless of the care taken to avoid injuries. These activities involve certain inherent risks of injury. These activities involve partial/full nudity, quick movements, spinning, blood, hooks, outdoor conditions, and change of direction in an open space in which those around maybe close to and/or interact with the activities directly. The specific risks vary from one activity to another, but in each activity there is a risk of minor injury, serious injury, and/or death.
I have read the previous paragraph and I note the nature of the activities at this event. I understand that I can be injured by these activities whether I am participant or an observer. I understand that other participants my have skill sets greater or less then mine, therefore, I understand that this can alter the activity and its outcome. I understand the types of injuries that are possible and herby assert that my participation is voluntary and I knowingly assume all risks.
I am aware that there is a professional photographer who is photo documenting this event, therefore, I will not use any device to photograph or record what is occurring within this event. I agree to the event organizer the use of digital, electronic, and/or photographic image for the use of in whole or in part. This gives the event organizer sole discretion, to the use of my image and likeness.
I have read this assumption of risk and fully understand its terms. I acknowledge by attending this event I am agreeing freely and voluntarily and by purchasing the ticket I signify a complete assumption of the inherent risks of participation in and/or observing Flesh Hook Suspension/Hook Pull/ Energy Pull activities at this event.
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LocationPick-up & Drop-off Location: Seattle City Center (View)
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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