Summer Festival of Love 2019
29 July - 4 August 2019
A taste of the Festival of Love
Outrageous Love
At the Summer Festival of Love, we stand for a world in which we’re aroused by Love.
A world in which all women and men of all shapes and sizes, all colors and ages, are affirmed and honored - not by the shape of their body, but by the radiance of their hearts and souls.
Join us to unfold this new vision!
We need you, we need each other!
Co-creating the Festival of love
The Summer Festival of Love is an annual event organized since 2012 by the Mystery School of Love, an Esoteric Mystery School on the leading edge of human evolution. Directed by Marc Gafni, Chahat Corten and Claire Molinard, the School is dedicated to bringing to Europe the dharma of Eros, Outrageous Love and Unique Self, which represent the main topics at the heart of Marc Gafni’s teachings.
Each summer, together with a great team of dedicated teachers and bodyworkers, we gather and co-create a Summer Festival of Love, in which participants are invited to play a larger game and to recognize their inherent greatness and capacity to open to Love.
Through the combination of Marc Gafni’s cutting edge teachings, and a large range of embodied practices, we offer participants a practical guide to evolve their capacity to love and to be lived as Love.
Teacher in Residence : Dr Marc Gafni
Our teacher in Residence at the Mystery School of Love is Dr Marc Gafni, an internationally recognized spiritual artist, teacher, scholar and social activist. Marc is the author of seven books including Soul Prints, The Mystery of Love and the audio series On The Erotic and the Holy, the awarded Your Unique Self and “Return to Eros “, co-written with Dr Kristina Kincaid.
Marc is the co-founder and teacher in residence of Center for Integral Wisdom (San Francisco)
Come Closer
Are you longing for greater intimacy in your life?
With yourself?
With others?
We live in an Intimate Universe.
Come and find out what that means and how this realization can change your life by joining us this summer.
What Will Your Day Look Like
at the Summer Festival of Love ?
Begin Your Day with Body Work and Evolutionary Satsang
Each day starts with optional early morning exercises (Yoga, breathwork e.o.) before enjoying a beautiful and healthy breakfast taken in the main dining room or outside the beautiful property grounds, surrounded by forest and nature.
After breakfast, we all gather at Evolutionary Satsang with Chahat.
Love-in-Action follows as an invitation to practice bringing Love and Light to all parts of our beautiful venue,
opening our hearts, bodies and minds in preparation of receiving the teachings of the day.
Keynote teaching with Marc Gafni every morning
Each morning will feature a 2,5h dharma talk with Marc Gafni - a unique experience of depth and transmission that can only be tasted and hardly described.
Choose Your Afternoon Workshop
Each afternoon our international team of seasoned teachers will offer you a great choice of workshops, all focused on embodiment, integration and the deepening of the morning’s teachings and practices.
Grow and Transform
Be prepared for experiencing profound shifts during this week, as we'll be engaging in deep work through all 7 full days of transformational enquiry and practice.
Relax, and enjoy in community
Our community evenings will alternate between dancing and musical events, quiet integration and enquiry.
Want to get the full program?
Practical Details
When and Where?
The Mystery School of love will be a full 7 days experience from July 29th until August 4th 2019
We will stay on the beautiful grounds of Kasteel de Berckt.
Secure your place.
Register Now.
We have a limited amount of space. Make sure to secure yours by registering now
Early Bird Festival Price until May 15: 1250 Euros
All prices include full board and sleeping accommodations on the basis of double rooms.
We have a very limited number of single rooms at the extra cost of 150 Euros for the whole week. Let us know as soon as possible if you want to make a reservation.
For any special enquiry about any of the above, or if you need a payment plan,
Meet our Contributors
Marc
Gafni
Keynote Teachings
Chahat
Corten
Evolutionary Satsang
Afternoon Workshops
Claire
Molinard
Master of Ceremony
Afternoon Workshops
Kristina
Kincaid
Afternoon Workshops
Kerstin Zohar
Tuschik
Driving Force
James
Bamfield
Master of Ceremony
Afternoon Workshops
Thomas
Jaggers
Morning program
Afternoon Workshops
Randy
Marques
Afternoon Workshops
Evening program
Micky
Masset
Afternoon Workshops
Simona
Muratori
Morning program
Afternoon Workshops
Philippe
Joannis
Afternoon Workshops
Henriette Versteijnen
Afternoon Workshops
Hans
Jeuken
Sound Magician
Govind
Vloemans
Sound Magician
Morning Program
Erik
Plas
Awesome Chef
Ruud
van Tienen
Awesome Chef
Arnout
Horemans
Morning program
Krista
Steenbergen
Musical Muse
What Do Participants Say about Previous Editions ?
"An Experience Beyond Words"
Krista
What I experienced was beyond words. Transcending with both feet on the ground, receiving the holy of holiest dharma, surrounded by the sangha of outrageous lovers doing daily embodied practice. Stepping into my unique self power, beyond "trying" or "doing". Powerfully surrendering to the flow and suddenly I was there, singing like a Goddess and serving like a muse, in deep, deep surrender, just knowing and living without effort my unique place in our unique symphony.
"Life Changing."
Simone
Wow! , the Summerfestivals of Love have been life changing for me!
Being together with all those amazing people in the Mysteryschool, creating this Outrageous field of Love. Becoming an Outrageous Lover, more and more... And knowing that my purpose in life is to live my Unique Self, my Unique calling, with my Evolutionary partners in the Unique Self symphony.
And of course those 'mysterious' words might not mean that much if you haven't been there yet. But for me it is living the mystery of life, the mystery of the Universe more deeply and more fully everyday, to re-align with Reality!
"Every Year It Gets Deeper"
Gisele
Every year it gets deeper, more tangible, more real for me. It’s dawning on me that what we are doing here is creating a living heart space, which stretches out far beyond the week itself. A womb where seeds are planted and get nurtured, then will grow and go out into the wider world. My unique challenge is to receive the dharma more personally. To let it not only touch me but change me. I love this birth, inside and outside, up and down.
"The Source Code Shifted"
Jan
This Festival of Love is absolutely great! 250 people with their heart open and super great dharma from Marc Gafni that is actually lived by this great group of people. The Evolutionary Impulse of Outrageous Love Manifest. The source code shifted. Wow!
"A Vibrating Field of Love"
Liza
The festival of love is immersion in a gorgeous deep community – a vibrating field of love – and then into this field that we help create – Marc Gafni brings exquisite heartfelt, playful, world transforming teaching – and we get to sing & dance & take walks in the Dutch countryside. I am so grateful for the place & these people. I have found a new home. I will return
"The Place to Be"
Barbara
If you look for new depth and perspectives on the purpose of your life and your relationship(s), the Summer Festival of Love is the place to be. Deep teachings, great workshops, a wonderful group of loving people give you everything you need in the next step of your life’s journey!
"Outrageously Inspiring"
Haydee
‘For me this summer festival was outrageously inspiring. The teachings, the workshops & exercises, everything builds up to have a deep understanding and experience of lines and circles and how it feels like and how the line & circle help to support your Unique Self to be part of a Unique Self Symphony. I felt so held and so much love and I feel really inspired to “send” this into the world and in to the whole universe
"It Was Fabulous"
Leon
It was again a warm ocean of love. A container were I could also lay back if necessary. And present to learn some cool things. The hidden secrets of life. Of masculine and feminine. Which are all inside us. And which create shadow in my life. It was fabulous.
"Huge Love Everywhere in my Heart"
Isabelle
A Summer Festival of Love: what’s in
a name! Huge, huge love everywhere
in my heart, so much connections
with men and women who open their
hearts.
A summer storm brought
discomfort and we could rest in
it.
To be part of a festival
where everybody is included feels so
warm, consoling.
"Making Beautiful Encounters"
Annie
I finally found in Marc Gafni a teacher who opens my heart and mind. The teacher who meets my soul. The team offers the warmth, the love and wetness to enable the teaching to penetrate me, my whole being and heart to fully express my uniqueness and joy.
"The Only Answer is Outrageous Love"
Suzanne
Living in a world of outrageous pain the only answer is outrageous love. By doing now acts of outrageous love I make my an other people life so much brighter. It's an honour to be a human being who can love outrageously.
"The Best Week in My Life"
Anna
Every year I say: ‘the Summer Festival of Love was the best week of my life’. And every year it gets even better!
"It Changed My Life."
Philippe
What happened inside of me and in my life as a result of my participation to the Mystery school of love is just unbelievable. It changed my life. More depth, more light. Deeper connection with others. More presence. Finding back the feeling of joy and aliveness of my childhood. Stepping back in my own power.
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