Orgonite making...

Sunday ... 

Our sunny and very windy Sunday was spent juggling a jar of sticky (yet slippery!!) activated resin, arranging tumbled stones and adoringly filling up our moulds with aluminium shavings. We were curious to try our hands at making these structures of supposedly incredible powers. 

There's expectedly mixed reviews on the effectiveness of the orgonites, but we thought it would be a fun activity to try for ourselves! 

The basic theory behind the orgonite: 

Orgone, proposed by Dr Wilheim Reich refers to universal energy or etheric energy. He found that by combining certain materials together, etheric energy could be attracted and the negative/deadly orgone repelled. An orgonite is a combination of catalysed fiberglass resin (organic substance), metal shavings (inorganic substance) and quartz crystals. 

Our materials for the day! 

Aluminium shavings, moulds, catalyst, casting resin, lubricant..

 and... our tumbled crystals!

We first sprayed lubricant onto the moulds and then mixed the casting resin with the catalyst. Unarmed with measuring cups, we squinted with mouths ajar counting the number of drops of catalyst. 

We then stirred the mixture with a wooden chopstick - slowly! As it traps air bubbles =)

We also decided to  pour in the catalysed resin in stages, finding it quite surprising when it all sank to the bottom of the mould.

We layered our aluminium shavings and crystals ... resin and then more of the rest... diligently watching as the resin sank, and gently poking the top layer with our chopsticks to aid the resin and the levelling of the orgonite's would-be-base.

After all the fun or filling up our moulds, they were now left to dry overnight.

Our filled up moulds!

 Ending the day with some homemade zucchini, carrot and apple cake... =)

Monday... 

Another sunny day greeted with successful orgonites! YAY! =D haha.. the one in the cone mould popped out surprisingly into my hands when I tipped it over.. the rest took longer to dry.

Our orgonites! =) =) =) 

The resin still smells very strong at the moment ... letting them dry out a little more! =D Am excited to see their effects! 

tower buster! =)

Some interesting and more detailed information from the net on orgone and orgonites : 

The theory behind it ... 

On Don Croft ... 

More information on organite making ... 

A day in the sun and baths..

Monday, the 8th of September 2012. This "weekend" was much looked forward to since the busy days of  planning and organising an important event. It was such a rejuvenating two days out of Melbourne city; really allowing for time and quietness to reconnect and rebalance ourselves.  

Beautiful old, weathered bark.

One of our first stops, the National Rhododendron Gardens in Olinda, Victoria. We were actually in search of a hiking trail but failed to find one and ended up in this beautiful garden. It turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. =) The garden grounds were of good size and beautifully maintained. Now that it's springtime, flowers were in bloom and the leaves, young, green and crisp. Gorgeous. We wondered how busy it would get on weekends, but that Monday, the gardens were tranquil and very peaceful. The insects and birds were happily buzzing along in their home, undisturbed. 

Innumerable number of brightly coloured blossoms and flowers We also got some time to sun on the warm grass-beds and admired the wispy clouds =). Vitamin D! 

After lunch at Olinda (oh no, the bakery was closed =( No scones!), we headed to our retreat in Montrose to check-in. We got lost along the way with our GPS wanting a holiday too, but got there eventually! Driving along Mountain Crescent Road in search for the number 14, the Japanese Mountain Retreat almost unexpectedly pops up. Trees, dirt road...trees.."GPS signal lost"..massive pothole..trees..OOOOO! =D 

Bamboo fencing, sleek black walls and rock gardens. 

We were greeted by the Deborah, who we later found out owns the retreat. She ushered us to our room and welcomed us to the stunning place. Tatami flooring, shoji screen doors and a beautifully laid out welcome drinks (wine and beer) and chocolate!

Spa area in the retreat

Japanese instrumental music was playing softly in the background and incense had been lit. The teapot was ready to go as well =) ! Stunning. I was really impressed by the authenticity of the space. A perfectionist effort was placed in creating this retreat.  

our room =)

And my favourite part - the bath! =D It was amazing! A deep bath tub/jacuzzi with complementary Japanese bath salts. The natural slate tiles and our own garden to admire =) BEAUTIFUL! Mmmm the smell of the bath salts in the sauna-like environment... It was a great detox. Our skins hadn't felt so smooth and clean. The toiletries provided were of high quality and we loved our yukata! Tealight candles, hot Japanese green tea and a hot, rejuvenating bath - so perfect =). 

the spa/bath!

The room came with DVDs and music CDs. The kitchen area was fully functioning and well-equiped: Cooking utensils, food (we were to cook our own breakfast), snacks (crackers, dip, drinks, pancake mix), an array of Twinings tea, Nespresso machine and two lounge chairs. We were greeted in the morning at 8.30am with a warm, freshly baked loaf of bread =). It was such a refreshing morning site - a warm wrapped up bundle in Japanese inspired cloth. 

We spent the morning lying in bed and then went out for more sunning. We also wandered around the grounds. The retreat lies on a 5 acre property and still has much room to grow with Deborah's visions. The Balinese retreat looked amazing as well. This time we didn't get into the onsen (hot springs) but will in our next visit! 

Breakfast time! Provisions were provided in the kitchen for a continental breakfast - eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, hashbrowns, milk and cereals, to name a few =) The bread was so yummy!!

the view outside our retreat

 A great "weekend" of lots of sun and baths. =) =)

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