EVENTS

Please contact us to attend any of the following events or intensives.

• Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m., Open House Daily Observance
  This regular weekly schedule is reserved for visitors to the Salt Monument. It is an ideal time for newcomers, including an introduction to the Monument, dialogues, and the Daily Observance.


• March 21, Anniversary of the Infusion
  This date marks the infusion of the Salt Monument---the date when the Monument was first filled and infused with the metaphysical actuality of every person alive in the world on that day. The date also coincides with the Vernal Equinox. Join us for the celebration of this anniversary.


• April – September, Weekend Intensives
  Immerse yourself in the expanded perspectives and awareness of the Salt Monument during a contemplative weekend retreat with Margot Weiss. This is an opportunity to deepen and broaden our soul's capacity to feel our world and be affected. Contact us for details.


• September 17, Anniversary of the Daily World Births and Deaths Observance
  On this date in 1997, the first daily world births and deaths observance was conducted, and this practice has continued every day since without exception. Join in the celebration of the anniversary of the Monument to humanity.


• October – February, Extended Intensive
  During one full day each month, over the course of five months, engage in an in-depth exploration of each of the passages in the Daily Observance and probe deeper, subtler, more complex aspects of the Salt Monument.


• December 31 – January 1, New Year's Vigil
  Join us for a Salt Monument tradition. A silent vigil in loving recognition of every member of humanity is observed from sunset on New Year's Eve to sunset on New Year's Day, with the Daily Observance held at the beginning and ending of the vigil.

PUBLICATIONS

The following publications can be obtained directly at the Salt Monument, or by contacting us, or through your preferred bookseller.

• Reflections at the Salt Monument,
  Volume I: Songs and Contemplations (1997-2002)
  by Margot Weiss, published 2002, Sephiran Press;
  ISBN 0-9654470-5-7; 244 pages; $25
  Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the daily world births and deaths observance, this book is a compilation of contemplations evoked in the symbolic presence of humankind; an historic document of the very infancy of the Salt Monument. Many of the documents on this website are included in this book.


• CD Recording of the Daily Observance
  Two-CD set; playing time 1 hr. 45 min.; recorded 2003; $25
  A combined narrative and musical contemplative session. This is the full-text recording of the Daily Observance as it occurs every day at the Salt Monument.


• Extinction, A Story of Our Future
  by Margot Weiss, published 1996, Sephiran Press;
  ISBN 0-9653370-0-6; 174 pages; $20
  A philosophical fictional allegory set in the near future, when a remarkable technological innovation inadvertently threatens to decimate the entire human race. The story explores a global movement of peace and human rights, including the fictional founding of the Salt Monument.