Dear Community,
We are 5 days and counting before the 11-day Meditation Challenge on the 22 December! Sign up below, so you can receive reminders, tips and daily inspiration throughout the challenge. As Esyln Barends shares below in her fantastic article:The Power of Returning: Why Spiritual Mastery Requires Repetition, this is why we are reminding us all about all the opportunities to develop our spiritual muscle! Join us throughout the holidays – you can join us for as many days as you can!
Have you signed up for the Wiccan Yule Ceremony this Sunday? If you have, this is a reminder to bring yourself along to this very special celebration!
Of course, tonight we have your weekly Chi-Do booster available tonight, live on Zoom.
Happy season of lights, may the blessings flow!
The Modern Mystery School UK & EU Team
The Power of Returning: Why Spiritual Mastery Requires Repetition
Beginning Kabbalah 1 Again — Reflections from the Path
There’s a quiet truth woven through every ancient mystery tradition:
Real mastery comes not only from moving forward, but also from returning to the teachings with a beginner’s mind and new eyes.
On 6-7 December, I began the Kabbalah Tree of Life journey for the second time. When I first walked this 2024-2025, it changed me in ways I could never have imagined; it expanded my understanding of myself, deepened my purpose, clarified my choices, and helped me step into a brand new life aligned with my highest potential.
So why return?
Because true transformation isn’t a one-time event.
It is a cycle…a spiral, that meets you at every new level of your evolution.
Repetition Is Not Redundancy, It’s Refinement:
In our modern world, we celebrate novelty: the next course, the next breakthrough, the next thing. Yet in the ancient temples, initiates repeated teachings and journeys again and again. They understood something profound:
Each time you return, your consciousness has changed, and therefore, the teaching reveals itself differently.
When I first entered Kabbalah 1, I was a woman searching for possibility.
Today, I return as a Ritual Master Novice, someone who has lived the teachings, walked through initiations, moved across continents, rebuilt her life, and stepped into deeper purpose and service.
I’m not the same person I was, and because of that, the Tree won’t meet me in the same way.
A Journey Shared with New Eyes:
One of the joys of repeating Kabbalah is walking alongside those doing it for the first time. Their excitement, curiosity, and raw openness remind me of the magick of beginning.
As these three new Kabbalists-in-the-making shared with me:
“My first Kabbalah weekend was an amazing experience filled with profound teaching. What spoke to me most was exploring who we truly are at a deeper, multi-dimensional level and embracing our own divinity. There was powerful healing for me as we released old baggage, and I’m grateful for the tools handed down to help us reclaim our crown and step into our godhood.”
~Jamie Beaton, Life Activation Practitioner, Portsmouth, UK
“I signed up for Kabbalah with only a vague sense of what I was stepping into, not fully aware of its depth. But as Ambassador Eric read the Pattern on the Trestleboard, something shifted. Even though I’ve been doing this ritual since Empower Thyself, it was the first time I truly understood the meaning behind the words: “The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh.”
We’re handed down these rituals, and we perform them; often without fully grasping their purpose or significance. What I love most about walking this path is that with every step forward, more pieces come together. Answers to questions I didn’t even know I had, begun to reveal themselves.
It’s also beautifully ironic that the Sephira I identify with the least is the very gate I chose to enter through. As that realization hit me, I wondered why the disconnect? And just like that, it opened yet another layer of inner exploration, inviting me to understand the dissonance and discover myself on a deeper level.”
~Melonie Lareine, Life Activation Practitioner, Dubai, UAE
“I am Kristin, living in Oslo, Norway. I am a Life Activation Practitioner. The Kabbalah 1 session was very motivating to me. I feel so ready to embark on this journey with a great passion and practice. It was a lot to deepen into – but not too much. Everything was so professionally made for us. All the teachers were amazing and so well prepared. I am looking forward to this path to becoming a Kabbalist!”
~Kristan Nymo, Life Activation Practitioner, Oslo, Norway
Their fresh perspective adds a vibrancy to the path and deepens my own experience. It’s a beautiful reminder that while we may enter the Tree at different stages of life, the wisdom meets each of us uniquely.
Returning Is a Mark of Devotion:
Ultimately, repeating Kabbalah is not only about relearning the teachings
It’s about, deepening the embodiment thereof, strengthening alignment, returning with greater humility, integrating at a higher level and opening to the layers that were invisible before.
As I begin this journey again, my intention is simple:
to refine, to expand, and to meet the teachings with greater awareness, and dedication to the process.
And with this new cycle, I step forward, grateful to walk beside others, learn from our incredible teachers, humbled to return, and excited to see what the Tree will reveal next.
~Eslyn Olivia Barends, Life Activation Practitioner, Ritual Master Novice, Kabbalist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Have you signed up to The Meditation Challenge?
We’re almost ready to start!
Are you looking for something special to do over the Christmas and New Year Season? The special 11-day Meditation Challenge over Christmas and New Year might be just for you!
This is for beginners or seasoned meditators: you don’t need any experience – we’ll guide you through how to relax deeply and show you the ropes to meditate with ease! This is a perfect time to access the inner light as we traverse the longest nights during the winter season. This is a time to connect deep within!
This 11-day Meditation Challenge starts on 22 December 2025 until 1 January 2026. It is:
• Open to ALL (invite friends, colleagues, family)
• Totally free
• Offers you a space to deeply relax
• Connects you to a community of meditators from around the world!
We will be online every day at 7.30pm UK time (GMT) for 40 mins and you can join us every day or whenever you can jump on board.
- Perhaps you want to take advantage of the winter season and give yourself a gift!
- Perhaps you will have a super busy holiday season, and need to carve out some time to take a breath?
- Perhaps you’ve really wanted to experience meditation and develop your own practice, and now’s your time to jump on board to this challenge!
- Perhaps you will be away from family & friends and need to connect to some (cool) people from across the world?
Whatever your reason, the perfect time is always now.
Sign up below, and we will send you daily reminders, links and tips to build your meditation practice during the Meditation Challenge starting 22 December 2025!
Have you signed up to the Yule Winter Solstice Wiccan Ceremony?
We invite you to join our community in celebrating the Winter Solstice, a time of renewal and joy. On this longest night, we honour the turning point where the sun is reborn, bringing the promise of light’s return.
During this special ceremony, we will connect with our inner light, ignite our hopes for the year ahead, and celebrate the power of renewal. Through ritual and meditation and the power of Wiccan Magick we will work with the four elements to align with the energy of the season, anchoring it within us to move forward as the wheel of year continues to turn.
Come and celebrate with us, nurturing the warmth within as we gather to keep the inner fires burning through these darker days.
Date & Time: 21 December at 2-4pm (Doors will open at 1.30pm)
Location: Modern Mystery School UK & EU HQ, 4 Celbridge Mews, London W2 6EU
Investment: £20 (cash at the door)
Advance registration is essential. Registration is open for all Adepts, Life Activation Practitioners, and Ritual Masters. Seating is limited and registration will close on 19 December at 9pm.
To register please email admin@modernmysteryschooluk.
Unveiling the calendar: March 2026
This is so good we just have to remind you again! Learning the magick of the Elves and Fairies is so good, you’ll be thanking us later!
Keys of the Ancients: A Hermetic Crossing into the Lineage of King Salomon (Open to All) 8-12 March 2026
Elven & Fairy Magick (Open to Certified Life Activation Practitioners) 13 March 2026.
Healers Academy 1 (Open to Adept Initiates: those who have done Empower Thyself!) 14-18 March 2026
Ritual Master Apprentice / RM 2 (Open to Certified Ritual Master Novices) 15-16 March 2026
Hermetic Communication of the Divine Masculine & Feminine (Open to those who have attended How to Live a Hermetic Life & Certified Ritual Masters) 17-18 March 2026
The Main Thing (A class with Sovereign Ipsissimus Dave – more information to follow) 19 March 2026
Temple (Open to Certified Ritual Masters) 20 March 2024
Enochian 3 (Open to Certified Ritual Masters) 21 March 2025
Enochian 4 (Open to Certified Ritual Masters) 22 March 2025
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