Namaste
I am Amma Candace
(' Amma ' is the Essene title for a woman priest) and my bio is most definitely still under construction. A quick read of me would be to know my favorite piece of music is "Ode to Joy".
I hope you enjoy this site half as much as I enjoy writing it.
Mosby,our cat is our editor so please forgive us our typos. We are working on it.
My life partner is Arturo.
He is my heart and co-founder of The Sanctuary
The sanctuary is simply a place to sit and reflect. We currently are installing a labyrinth that has corresponding crystals placed in many countries.
Arturo has Doctorates in Theology, Metaphysics and Philosophy. He attended Bethany Seminary and graduated from The CG Jung Institute.
We are both ordained Essene Priests and Licensed Pastoral Counselors.
Arturo is also an accomplished musician in jazz guitar and classical piano. Arturo is human being with whom I love sharing my days.
I began my adult journey in quest of the Divine spark. I lived in NYC on 72nd and CPW , worked at the Directors Guild and attended The New School for Social Research. I latter went to Antioch. I also became a Hospital trained nurse...
eventually worked in substance abuse as a CAC and CCDT/CCAT...
I was recruited to work in Risk Management with a fortune 500 company as a Certified Employee Assistance Professional.
I was grateful to have such a job and worked hard, with responsibilities for 7000 employees.
i quit my job when the old Groucho Marx line
" I had a perfectly wonderful evening,but this wasn't it " made a little too much sense in my life.
For a person who is dyslexic and a synasthet to quit such a good job may not be a wise career move; but I knew that for me it was the right thing to do .
I spent my savings and traveled all over America, Jerusalem and Europe visiting Holy Sites in man countries. I stayed in ashrams and monasteries;
backpacked and met wonderful people along the way home.
i studied many years with two Metaphysical Schools one in New Mexico and one in Washington:
I continue to study texts such as , The Tao, The Course in Miracles, The Bagavagita and Essene Theology
Joyfully, i became a Reiki Master and worked in Hospices and Homeless Shelters as well as my private practice.
Eventually, I
began my own school in Maryland and continue to do my work in North Carolina.
I have appeared in three of the "Mind, Body, Soul" conferences in Maryland which featured among others Dr.Wayne Dyer and Dan Milman. My work has been covered in The Baltimore Sun Paper.
We also have the story line from our musical on this site in the segment from "Stil Novo".
The Indigo Madonna and The Mystery of Loch Raven are the published works i have presented at conferences.
We are currently writing
'A Gnostic Prayer Book'.
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as for my quest? I have come to find that, given half a chance, people really do have an Inner Beauty that is absolutely Divine.
If I listen enough I can almost always hear a beautiful life song in every person.
So my "bio" is not really "all that".
I am after all just like everybody else and that's not bad.
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thanks for taking the time
LOVE. love,
Amma Bonney
have a beautiful day
