JOY TRAVELS PRESENTS Mysteries of France May 13-25/04 - Option to Chartres Cathedral with Cheryl Rose and Vanda Osmon You are invited to join us for this unforgettable life time experience as we journey throughout France exploring the myths of Mary Magdalene, Knight Templars and the amazing Rennes-le-Chateau. We will come together and activate our highest potential through discovery, soul remembrance, meditations, group experiences, sharing, play, joy and sacred moments of contemplation. Come join us!   Mary Magdalene By Cheryl Yambrach Rose France home of alchemy, mystics, and saints. We will share the living stories of the Grail, Mary Magdalene, Black Madonna, Knights Templar, Cathars and the people and places of great mysteries that make this sacred journey so pertinent today. Encoded in the art, cathedrals, ley lines, pilgrimage routes and landscape are the clues to these mysteries left for us to discover and embody.

We will start our sacred pilgrimage with a visit to Maries by the Sea and the Black Madonna Sara. We then follow the enduring clues of the Black Madonna from Collioure the ancient Templar seaport, to the mysterious of Rennes-Le-Chateau ending up at Rocamadour and the Madonna of Miracles.  We will explore Mary Magdalene and her true role in history as well as the Knights Templar who not only returned from the Holy land with documents that undermined the Church teachings, they established their own Cistercian church in opposition to the Roman church. The Templars built and funded the age of the great Gothic cathedrals that had nothing to do with established Christian churches.  They dedicated these Churches to Mary Magdalene, Norte Dame our Lady who they called the Grail of the World. You will experience these magnificent places for yourself and feel the divine presence that emanates from the sacred Black Madonna sites.

Join us for a life changing sacred journey as we follow the footsteps of Mary Magdalene and the Knights Templar throughout the South of France to experience their truth and wisdom.  We will let inspiration and alchemy guide us as we experience the magic and mystery of our own heart and attune to the  land using vision and intention to realize greater truth, love, illumination and spiritual purpose.

Day 1 - Thur - May 13 - DEPARTURE
Depart for France.

Day 2 -Fri - May 14 - PARIS/TOULOUSE
Arrive in Paris and fly to Toulouse. Greeted at the airport and travel to Saint Maries la Mer in the Camargue area of the South of France. This is a vast and beautiful marsh area know for its flamingos, wild birds and horses.  Check into our hotel and have a welcome dinner and orientation. (B& D)

Day 3 - Sat - May 15 - SAINT MARIES LA MER
Visit the church of the Black Madonna Sarah at Saint Maries-La-Mer. Archaeological excavations and local legends indicate that this site has been venerated as a holy place by a succession of cultures including the Celts, Romans, Christians, and most recently the Romania Gypsies.  Once a scared site of the Celtic threefold water goddess, it was also superseded by a Roman Temple dedicated to Mithras in the 4th century.  We will light our candles and honor the divine feminine at this sacred pilgrimage site.  The old Roman name of this site was Ra (B& D)

Day -4 - Sun - May 16 - COLLIOURE
Today we travel to Collioure, a lovely village and charming seaport. Collioure is a very old typical Catalan village on the French coast where the Pyrenees fall into the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea.  Collioure now belongs to France but before it was a part of the Kingdom of Majorca with many more rulers going back to the Roman and even the Phoenician times.  This is a land of troubadours, Knights Tempalr, mystery, beauty and charm.  On the way we will stop at a lovely ancient cathedral - Maguelone with its legends of Mary Magdalene.  In Collioure we will visit the Chateau Royal built by the Knights Templar with time to wander the charming streets filled with boutiques of Catalan fabrics, pottery and art.  Overnight (B& D)

Day 5 - Mon - May 17 - LIMOUX
In the afternoon leave for Queribus ancient Cathar Castle and on the way to Limoux visit an interesting Church in Cucaugnan featuring an unusual statue of pregnant Virgin Mary ( a rare site since the church banned these statues in the 16th century).  Arrive in Limoux and visit the famous black Madonna  Church - Notre Dame de Marceille. (B& D)

Day 6 - Tues - May 18 - RENNE-LE-CHATEAU
Today we will visit Rennes-Le-Château, a small hilltop village in the Eastern Pyrenees. Rennes-Le-Chateau is the center of the mysteries of Holy Blood and Holy Grail, linked with the Knights Tempalr, Cathars, and the Merovingian Kings.  The secrets of Mary Magdalene are encoded in the St. Magdalene Church and the surrounding landscape.  Lunch in the village on our own with time to enjoy this sacred place.  Special ceremony today to connect with the energies of this ancient site.  Return to Limoux and see the video Catharama depicting the history of the Cathars.  Time to explore this quaint city.  Overnight (B& D)

Day 7 - Wed - May 19 - MONTSEQUR
Today we will have a special ceremony at Montsequr, the ancient citadel and stronghold of the last Cathars.  Here we will add our prayers and blessings for the land and pay homage to the Cathars, the Essence Christian group called the Friends of God, who had the dove as their symbol.  There are many mysteries here and we will share the connection between Montsequr and the Knights Templar.  Afternoon visit the 8th century Church at Vals, that was built into the rocks on a sacred prehistoric site.  Overnight (B& D)

Day 8 - Thur - May 20 - CARCASSONE
In the morning off to the mediaeval city of Carcassone with time to see the cathedral with interesting Templar's graves.  Lunch on our own and then visit the Cathar site of Rieux Minerve, a round church with Templar and Romans carvings on the way back to Limoux. (B& D

Day 9 -Fri - May 21 - RENNES LES BAINS
Today we will explore the area around Rennes-le-Château and visit Rennes les Bains with its thermal spa . Optional 15 minute hike to the prehistoric site the Rollers and Devil's armchair which some call it Isis's chair.  Time to see the hot springs, swim in the river or the nearby thermal swimming pool.  Overnight (B& D)

Day 10 - Sat - May 22 - ROCAMADOUR
Today we leave north for Rocamadour and the Black Madonna of Miracles.  We will visit the prehistoric cave Pech Merie with its famous 20,000 year old dotted horse and other amazing prehistoric art on the way.  Arrive in Rocamadour and transfer to our hotel. (B& D)

Day 11 - Sun - May 23 - ROCAMADOUR
This will be an exciting day as we explore the narrow stone streets of this mediaeval city.  Rocamadour was the center of pilgrimage and the home of the 800 year-old Black Madonna statue with child, similar to Isis and Horus.  There is even a book of miracles written by the pilgrims, attributed to the Black Madonna.  We will add our names to the ancient energy that flows here. (B& D)

Day 12 - Mon - May 24 - DEPARTURE
After breakfast transfer to airport for return flight home

OPTION TO CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

Day 12 - Mon - May 24 - DEPART FOR CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
Depart for Chartres Cathedral. Check into our hotel. (B)

Day 13 - Tue - May 25 - CHARTRES 
After breakfast we will visit one of the most famous Gothic cathedrals, dedicated to the Virgin.  Chartres, is located on a ley line linking Glastonbury, Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Egypt.  The spiritual masons built a legacy of wisdom into the heart of this cathedral with the use of magic numbers and sacred geometry.  Chartres is associated with the awakening of the heart and it is here that love an compassion were taught.  We will experience the sacred labyrinth. (B)

Day 14 - Wed - May 26 - DEPARTURE
After breakfast transfer to airport for return flight home.

Price includes deluxe hotels, based on double occupancy, daily continental breakfast and dinners, deluxe coaches, transfers, sight seeing, lectures, on-sites meditations, guides and entrances to sacred sites. Not included in the tour price: Drinks with meals, passport, visa fees, airport departure taxes if any, items of personal nature.

Vanda Mary Osmon, created Joy Travel in 1983, after a profound spiritual experience in Egypt. She specializing in sacred journeys for the heart and soul. She has created and escorted over 50 customized journeys worldwide. She lectures on sacred sites and will be sharing more on-site. Vanda provides opportunities to see, feel and explore Earth mysteries and helps create the space for greater miracles to occur. Vanda is a global networker, researcher, co-founder in 1989 of Quest for Atlantis on Bimini and on going Bimini research. She creates living stories with a love of connecting people, places, past and present into a greater understanding. 

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