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Kelly Brooks-Staub
Editor
Sacred Mark
Sanctuary
P.O. Box 433
Frederick, MD
21705
CONTACT US
with your ideas
and contributions
kelly@
sacredmarks.com
Summer 2005
Volume 1, Issue 3
S
ACRED
M
ARKS
The Lessons of a Stranger’s Love
, page 2
Inviting a stranger into a private Heart Strings ritual taught Cathy to leave herself open to the
wonderful love and connectedness the Universe has to offer.
The Gathering of The Body Tribal,
page 3
Body spiritualists gather annually at The Body Tribal, using their bodies to create new images and
emotions, sacrifice comfort for the sake of Spirit and community, and honor the divine within us all.
The Potential of Paint
, page 3
The temporary transformation of body paint allows us moments of sacred play, becoming new
creatures and the paint dries, and returning to ourselves with soap and water.
Trust Me…Really!
, page 4
Establishing trust is one of the most important professional skills of the serious body modification
artist. Earning trust and honoring it one of the most sacred acts Abraham undertakes in his work.
Connecting Body and Spirit
SMS played a key role in the opening event, painting more
than 30 models for the evening’s performance. “It was a
blast,” raves artist Deirdre Smith, who served as both a body
painter and a model that evening. “It was fantastic painting
so many people – they all had creative and inspired ideas
about how they wanted to appear.”
After displaying their art in the renovated Temple, the artists,
models, and audience members congregated for an outdoor
party, kicked off by a fire spinning performance by Capt.
Gordon Staub and Kelly Brooks-Staub of SMS. To view
photographs of the event, or to learn about The Temple, visit
www.pmthetemple.com
.
In a one hundred year old Masonic Temple in
Frederick, MD, members of the Sacred Mark
Sanctuary (SMS) joined in a celebration of The
Temple - both the temple of the human body and
The Temple, a new state-of-the art school for
aspiring cosmetologists.
“The grand opening of The Temple celebrated our
ability to create our own image of the human
body,” says Capt. Gordon Staub. “The event
allowed dozens of artists – hair stylists, body
painters, and makeup artists – to share their love
of decorating these living temples we call bodies.”
Your Body Is A Temple
by Kelly Brooks-Staub
What’s Inside
