Avalon, the Temple of Connection: A Game of Spiritual Transformation [Paperback]

Carolyn E. Cobelo (Author), Marilyn Hagar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1999

Journey through a sacred temple, release karmic patterns, activate self-healing, open creative blocks, and express your inner potential. Avalon is a truly transformative spiritual game. Accented by a guidebook and audiotape, Avalon teaches universal spiritual principles to participants in a non-competitive environment. At each of the nine stages of the journey, fully illustrated cards give specific instructions for activities that combine color, sound, movement, and symbols to heal and align participants' energy fields.

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About the Author

Carolyn Cobelo, MSW, is a spiritual teacher, an ordained minister, and a leader of spiritual pilgrimages to sacred places around the world. She has practiced spiritual psychology for 25 years, is Director of the Akasha Institute and Alcyon Sacred Arts Alliance, and produces the Santa Fe Sacred Arts Festival. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Akasha Productions (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967041201
• ISBN-13: 978-0967041209
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,426,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review from "New Age Retailer" Magazine, June 6, 2009

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This review is from: Avalon, the Temple of Connection: A Game of Spiritual Transformation (Paperback)

As a child of the pre-computer era, I've always preferred board games to video games. Monopoly, Clue, and Risk brightened my rainy days during child­hood, and I still enjoy the social aspect of such playful pastimes.
Carolyn Cobelo's original new board game, Avalon: The Temple of Connection (0­9670412-01-1, $59.95 retail), differs from these old favorites in several important ways. First, it's noncompetitive. Self-discovery and union with the divine are the goals of this win-win game. In fact, players begin by holding hands in a circle and praying together rather than rattling swords. Second, Avalon is not just a form of entertainment, but also a mystical journey of nine stages that actually facilitates self-healing by stimulating positive life changes. Through the use of sacred geom­etry, sacred architecture, mythology, sound, color, movement, and spiritual and alchemi­cal symbolism, players are encouraged to open creative blocks, connect with their inner po­tential, and release limiting karmic patterns. Players travel along the Karmic Path through a sacred temple, at whose center resides the Holy of Holies. On the way, they pass through nine levels of consciousness (linked with the chakras) and encounter as­pects of themselves in ways that awaken perception, memories, and insights. Ten dif­ferent types of playing cards -- including karma, desire, and discovery -- direct the action. Visualization, chanting, blessings, and sharing personal experiences with other players are all part of the game and aid the process of transformation and healing. This multidimensional game can be played alone, with a small group of friends, or in a workshop. Avalon contains a 20-by-31 ­inch, full-color game board, 412 full-color play­ing cards, a guidebook, audiotape, and six gemstones that serve as playing pieces.