Each year Lazaris offers two wonderful recordings to help guide us through each of the four phases and 12 monthly energies of the year. The first of these — the recording for January through July — is now available. Lazaris begins with an introduction and overview of the year, a quick outline of the subtext and the supertext of 2012. Then he focuses on the content of the first and second phases of the year. He not only highlights the specific ebbs and flows of the energies of each phase but also makes several suggestions as to how we can best utilize these forces each month. This recording includes Lazaris Blendings for Phase 1 and Phase 2.

As always, the Rhythms and Patterns are designed to make us aware of the waxing and waning of the energies of each phase and to help us understand and navigate the ebbs and flows of these energies with elegance and ease, so we can utilize the energies — expansive or constrained — to maximum benefit personally and spiritually for our reality and in the world around us.

Through the Eyes of the Old Ones, your life can glow, enchanted with magic, wonder, and grace.   -- Lazaris

WTheir eyes met. Their hearts touched, and they surrendered to the moment. Their souls sang. In that joyous moment, each knew: Their lives were changed -- forever changed. Each received the bounty of their well-crafted hope. This recording is of the Friday evening that began the vision quest that is the Culminating Weekend of 2011: The Year of Hope. Lazaris began by discussing the current energies and forces at work in our world, encouraging us to step back and to view a broader horizon and to gain a wiser perspective. As the evening unfolded, he reminded us of the “eyes” through which we already observe and measure our reality. Beyond the "Eyes of the Ancients,” there are the Eyes of the Old Ones. If we allow them to open, we can access unfathomable depths of creativity and imagination, and we can explore the bounty of sensuous mystery. Through the Eyes of the Old Ones, different from the eyes of our Higher Self or Soul, we can find inventive and innovative new opportunities and the wonder of second chances. We can unravel the mystery and power of paradox, and we can become the Visionaries of the current and future age. Sensing that the bounty and benefit are immense, Lazaris then detailed an ancient and complex ritual for opening those eyes. The powerful evening concluded with a dynamic meditation, Eyes of the Old Ones, which was a working of magic and is included in the recording.

“Tonight we work with opening to new horizons. We work with hope, seeking to touch the core, the mystical core or the heart, of hope. We work to reach beyond your current boundaries to touch the majesty of hope.” (Lazaris)

Hope seems ubiquitous; hope is a resonance and a synergy. Lazaris explores the nature of hope and its bounty. The evening progresses. Lazaris then lays out a step-by-step ritual, a seven-step map, so that we can Embrace Hope. Beginning with Defining the Focus and Exploring the Reservoirs of Hope, we continue with Gathering the Seed of Hope and then with Releasing the Seed. The next step: We can truly Embrace Luminous Hope, and we Engage in a Mystical Journey inside and upon the terrain of hope. The final step, The Return, is profound. This loving and magical evening concludes with a subtle adaptation of the map with a ritual meditation: Embracing Luminous Hope.