Authentic New Earth Weavers
August 24 @ 3pm UK
Join Dharma STARS and Francesco Benvenuti on 24th August for a thoughtful co-inquiry. Affiliated with Dharma Stars ANEW (Authentic New Earth Weavers) programme.
ANEW Gathering | 24th August | with Dharma STARS, Francesco Benvenuti, Madalena & Padma Khandro
Theme: Entering magical, miraculous mystery realms through selfless service… and not a lot of pay!
Join Francesco Benvenuti and the magical visiting Dharma STARS team, for a heartfelt co-inquiry in our ANEW (Authentic New Earth Weavers) series — a gathering of souls exploring how true devotion, sacred activism, and spiritual commitment shape the foundations of the New Earth.
This is an ONLINE panel discussion/event
which will be accessible via Zoom (upon registration)
Francesco & Padma Khandro will be joining the call from OATH (Oak Ash & Thorn Hub).
For those in the local Roslin/Edinburgh area, there will be an option to join the Zoom call from a second room at OATH, alongside other members of the local community.
Once the online panel concludes, those attending in person are warmly invited to gather with Padma and Francesco for tea and some informal in-person weaving and connection.
💠 The Conversation
Francesco, Madalena, and Padma Khandro (from Dharma Star) will share deeply personal experiences from years of walking the path of service — often in volunteer or minimally paid roles, far below the standard rate for their age group.
Their stories are rooted in trust, renunciation, and the spiritual richness that emerges when one surrenders to the path — not for material gain, but for truth, spirit, and love.
Despite the challenges, each of them has witnessed real-life miracles:
🌟 The ability to travel
🌟 Meeting incredible people
🌟 Always arriving in the right place at the right time — without begging, compromising their values, or selling out.
This discussion gently challenges the fixation on financial abundance as the only key to security or creative sustainability.
Of course, stability matters. But is it the only principle worth following?
“…. What happens when we align not with fear, but with spirit?….”
Each of the speakers have spent numerous years in volunteer roles, minimal pay conditions and to this day under the average rate of pay for their age-group. On their journeys, each has been pushed in their spiritual path to surrender to committing to more devotion, less pay. Through this devotional path, they have witnessed miracles and magic and all 3 of the speakers understand that actually this has created a vast store of merit!
Remarkably, each of the group manages to travel, to meet amazing people and somehow to always alchemise to be in places without begging to others or compromising their values or renunciation of spiritual materialism.
On this day, they will share anecdotes that have created awe and magic in their lives through weaving these shared experiences.
Many people cling to notions of feeling financially safe and fixating on ‘abundance’ as the key driving force in all they do. Of course, having enough security and stability IS important if we wish to cultivate a New Earth but it is not the only principle.
Furthermore, how do we create financial abundance for the collective if not everyone is following the same principles? How does holding the right vibration bring a healthy law of attraction when we are not in a privileged sense of lack or seeking to over capitalise on our abundant stability?
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🌿 What to Expect
This panel conversation will explore:
The paradox of financial insecurity and spiritual devotion
How ego and value systems influence our relationship to work and service
Ways to build collective resilience without falling into toxic competition
The concept of “merit” as understood in Dharma traditions
Human permaculture and how ecosystemic thinking can reshape our communities
An introduction to the new ARTHA Process — part of Dharma STARS’ evolving Pillars of Progress path for seekers, community leaders, and change-makers
There will also be time for open Q&A and dialogue, as we explore what it means to walk this path of sacred service together.
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What’s in Store
A lively panel discussion on the paradoxes and gifts around creating a paradigm shift in a world of ever-rising costs but a fixation on materialism. How can we keep our egos and values in check, remove ourselves from competing and old models of community and still be financially resilient in a changing world?
Weaving some concepts around human permaculture, discuss ‘merit’ which is a term used in many Dharma settings and open a Q&A as to how we can step forward into a New Earth paradigm that fosters equality and connection
Brief outline of our new Artha process immersion that is part of the new Dharma STARS pillars of progress path for seekers, community visionaries and practitioners.
All proceeds of this session will go into our affiliated hubs project of which ⅔ will be put into our crowdfunding campaign for Dharma STARS Sanctuary & School, and ⅓ will go towards Oath.
ENERGY EXCHANGE
TIER 1
£10
1 Satsang and co-enquiry Session
Access to the recording of the session
Reduced program fee: for those with a lower income than £15/y
TIER 2
£15
1 Satsang and co-enquiry Session
Access to the recording of the session
Normal: calculated upon an income between £15k and £23k a year
TIER 3
£20
1 Satsang and co-enquiry Session
Access to the recording of the session
Sustainer: for those with higher income, please consider donating more to help support and make it possible for those in need to receive these teachings at a lower rate.
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🔥 Speaker Bios
✨ Francesco Benvenuti
Firekeeper, ritual artist, community weaver
Francesco is devoted to rekindling ancestral connections to voice, nature, and sacred action. Born in Italy and shaped by 2 decades of experience across Scotland, Europe, and the Americas, he bridges ecological science, vocal healing, ceremonial practice, and community building.
He is co-founder of Oak Ash & Thorn (a Celtic spirituality and holistic education hub), Living Fire Collective (a global movement of firekeepers), and serves as Community Manager at the Salisbury Centre in Scotland.
Francesco's vibrant voice work — from Georgian polyphony to devotional chanting and improvised harmonies — helps people reclaim their resonance and spiritual agency. His facilitation is trauma-aware, heart-led, and rooted in ritual.
✨ Victoria Padma Khandro
For over 35 years, Victoria Padma Khandro has been actively involved in temporary autonomous zones, intentional communities, alternative grassroots movements, indigenous circles, and spiritual ecosystems. Alongside this, she has studied consciousness, Altered States of Consciousness (ASCs), and energetic medicine.
Padma is passionate about discovering ways to live and evolve that are aligned both microcosmically and macrocosmically—finding paths for developing and interacting as spiritual beings having a human experience. Her perspective has been shaped by growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and by decades of fieldwork with diverse communities, tribes, and wisdom-keepers.
She is co-creator of the Dharma STARS Mystery School (www.dharmastars.org), a holistic educator and practitioner, and a devoted student of Khentrul Rinpoche, Master of Kalachakra (Tantra of World Peace).
Padma has been holding transformative spaces for decades. Many people report experiencing an accelerated spiritual process when working with her. She has committed her life to working both etherically and educationally to support others in discovering their highest path.
When you have a mentoring session with Padma, it is not simply "coaching"—it is a ceremony. A convergence of timelines facilitated through prayer, deep aspiration, and lineage-based training, designed to help you accelerate along your soul's unique journey.
MADALENA BANHA
Madalena is an energy medicine practitioner and has a deep commitment to planetary service and assisting people and communities to step into a higher path. Since 2018 she has been on a deep energy medicine journey having been initiated into Reiki and Sekhem lineages, being a Sekhem Advanced practitioner.
She’s trained in Permaculture, Plant Alchemy, Energetic Hygiene, Divination, Brainspotting, Multidimensional Spaceholing and is a trauma-informed practitioner.
Her connection with plants has deepened over the years, working closely with them since 2019 and in 2022 she was initiated into Tobacco – a sacred master plant teacher – by her teacher Victoria Padma Khandro.
She’s been working in pioneer and visionary projects, and intergenerationally for over 5 years, being a co-founder of Dharma STARS. Madalena is a bridge between the youth and the elders.
This event will be part of Dharma Star Sacred Activism Tour - Scotland August 2025 (more info below)
Sacred Activist Tour: Building the New Earth
Can you feel the rumblings of the New Earth?
Are you sensing we’re on the cusp of magical new models, visionary communities, and powerful forward motion? Have you been witnessing the dissolution of outdated relationships, systems, and institutions—and feel called to connect with like-minded visionaries on a path toward holistic wholeness, both individually and collectively?
August 2025 is astrologically marked as the first true month of forward momentum this year—a gateway into a new timeline. From late July, a portal of possibility opens for resonant collaborations and community visions rooted in the potential of a Golden Age.
Padma, along with several Dharma STARS affiliates—Morgan, Francesco, and others working in Scottish communities—will be holding:
Tribal councils
Satsangs
Community tea gatherings
Mapping & observation sessions
These events will explore themes from Dakini Weaving: Keys to the Golden Age, while also addressing the specific needs of transforming communities. We aim to help build a network of interconnected hubs, moving beyond solely hierarchical models toward more emergent, relational structures.
Padma’s Offerings
Padma will also be available during the tour for:
Coaching & Mentoring
Personalized Readings
Timeline Advice
Wisdom Teachings
She is open to invitations and requests from aligned individuals, projects, and communities.
Our Intent
We are seeking to engage with people committed to deep development—not simply offering transient “experiences,” but laying the foundation for long-term weaving with our extended Scottish family.
Padma is also open to returning to Scotland in 2026 for up to 3 months to support this vision further and will offer divination after the tour to assess whether and where future work should be rooted.
Where We’ll Be
Confirmed activities and gatherings will take place in:
Fife
Roslin
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Get Involved
Would you like to collaborate, host, or invite Padma and Dharma STARS affiliates for cosmic community-building in Scotland?
Please send an expression of interest as soon as possible—we currently have open scheduling space, but this will fill quickly in the coming days.
You're also welcome to join us in Scotland for these offerings. Please note: you will need to arrange your own accommodation and travel.