Astrological Magic of Ancient Iran

Farima Berenji is an award winning Dance Ethnologist and internationally acclaimed dance artist, choreographer, instructor, and Sufi dance master. Recognized and certified as one of the few world scholarly experts of ancient and mystical Iranian dance ethnology by UNESCO.Farima has worked as a UN scholar, researching and led an excavations team of Iranian archeology emphasizing the preservation of ancient and mystical Iranic dances. Farima teaches her own unique movement and techniques that are researched and inspired during her various studies in Khaneqas (Sufi Houses) and Fire temples of Khorasan, Kurdistan, Tehran, Shiraz, and various areas in Central Asia. Farima has traveled and devoted many years of her life, excavating, researching, and uncovering the mysterious history of ancient warriors and commanders of ancient Persia. Along with her archaeological and dance research Farima has studied ancient battle movements, armory, and the connections between these movements with modern dance form.Farima is one of the few Iranian women who has been allowed to teach, write and perform the Gwati and Vahishta Sema Rituals in Iran and around the world and has been recognized by Iran and UN as the pioneer of bringing back the original mystic Rituals of Khorasan. She is the first Iranian woman to have received the UNESCO award and certification and is currently the dance ambassador of UNESCO, the first Iranian woman artist to receive the National Folk Dance Association award, and the first Iranian woman and dancer to have been chosen to speak and perform for TED Talk.Farima and her collective were the first Iranian, to have been invited and perform during a reception for US President Obama, Governor of Alaska, United Nations, European Union, Ambassador of Canada, and for the Ambassador of Spain.

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Learn of ancient Persian astrology and magic  with Dr  Farima Berenji in this one hour online lecture.

Persian and Silk Road Dance

Classes, workshops, lectures, and performances of Persian and Silk Road dance, music, and culture.

By observing celestial movements, and developing an immense body of scientific knowledge, the ancient Persians thought they could explain the mysteries of the universe. They paid close attention to the position of planets and stars for navigation and were able to see the relationship between the seasons to the celestial movements. They made predictions. When the positions of planets and stars resembled certain patterns, they were associated with good or bad omens. They interpreted the patterns as signs of the future and used their predictions to advise people, especially their king.Join scholar Dr. Farima Berenji for a fun, spellbinding hour on Persian astrology.This is the third installment of a series of Persian magic and mythology.Farima BerenjiDr. Farima Berenji has an MA in Anthropology/Archaeology, MA in Iranian dance ethnology both from Cal State Hayward, and an M.Msc. and a PhD from the University of Sedona in Iranian metaphysics and mysticism, specializing in Iranian mystic traditions, Sufism, and women’s mystic rituals. She is an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, choreographer and has been recognized as one of the few world scholars of ancient and mystical Iranian dance ethnology. She is honored to be the first Iranian woman to direct a Persian dance company to perform during receptions for President Obama and President Biden, the EU, and the UN. Farima is the founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective, Assistant Director and Program Director of Eastern Arts, founder of Dance of the SoulTM, advisory council member of Mosaic America, a member of the International Dance Council (CID-UNESCO), National Folk Organization member, and the first Iranian-American woman TEDx lecturer and performer in the field of dance. She has excelled in artistic and innovative forms of cultural preservation and has been recognized by the international press. Recognized as one of the few world scholarly experts of ancient and mystical dance ethnology, she travels worldwide to research, lecture, perform, educate, and inspire dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through dance and movement. <a href="https://farimadance.com/about/biography/" title="https://farimadance.com/about/biography/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read more...</a>

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