Nocturnal Medicine invites you to sink down into the subterranean well…

An experimental service in a house of worship, where divinity springs from Earth and prayer is unmoored from dogma. 

In a time marked by desecration as a cultural psychology, we carve a pathway, both new and ancient, where the act of sanctification – making sacred – is recognized as an essential tool for surviving and sharing life.

Within the living stage of James Chapel, a tapestry of overlapping performances. Each figure a channeller in their own right; each prayer whispered through movement, material toil, hypnotic sound, ritual; each action revealed by Earth as necessary for the survival of many, not few.

Through the service, we explore a spiritual practice that wants no followers and serves only to open channels into self-governed contact with the divine; that actively evades capture by those hungry to wield our divine connection for their own ends; that helps us find material medicine for this moment; and that sanctifies the life we are living and the place we are in, right now, in a way that helps us meet our own godliness – our ability to act and create.

Featuring:

adobeprincess (DJ set)
DaMond LeMonte Garner (movement)
Laila Rosen (movement)
Mamiko Usuda (movement)
Madison Wada (movement)

Paul Pinto (organ)

Event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $30 to support the artists collected at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Doors at 7:45pm. Program begins promptly at 8:00pm.