Fall 2024 Illuman of Texas Initiator Program

If you’ve ever wanted to return to an MROP / Umbrales, here is your chance with the Initiator Program. This program is not a repetition of your MROP / Umbrales initiation, but is designed to give an initiated man the opportunity to deepen his understanding of initiation while supporting the initiation of other men. As an elder on these rites, you will engage the men seeking initiation and help them step into what awaits them.​

ABOUT THE INITIATOR PROGRAM
Initiated men continue to ask how they can participate in and support the initiation process. By design, the Men’s Rites of Passage is run by a small team of 10-12 men. This helps keep the edges hot, but limits the number of elders that can participate.

By offering this program, we hope to provide an opportunity for more initiated men to return to the Men’s Rites of Passage to engage in further personal soul-work and form a prayerful support container for the men who are being initiated.

The Initiator Program will run parallel to the actual week of initiation rites. It gives initiated men the opportunity to hold the container for the entire MROP process. It follows the tradition of the elders taking the young men out into the wild to be initiated and holding the container. 

We are asking you to join us for the five days as we “keep the edges hot” in our role of supporting the MROP process. This will deepen your experience of what happened at your own MROP as we are present in each gathering in the Sacred Space for all rituals and teachings. You will also engage in Council, reflective silence, and time in nature as we form the Sacred Circle of Prayer and Presence. Most of all, we will stand shoulder to shoulder, giving our prayerful strength and support to the MROP team and the men being initiated. 

Come join us for a meaningful week of men transforming men through soul work!​

THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU IF...
You have been through the MROP and are an initiated man
You desire to deepen your spiritual journey by revisiting the messages of your own initiation
You want to be an active “initiator” – a man who invites and supports other men to into the Journey of Illumination
You understand that you are not being initiated again
You understand that you are not a member of the MROP leadership team
You can be present and be part of the container for the entire MROP event

COVID and the MROP/Initiator Program:  Thankfully, COVID is not what it once was.  We have men traveling from across the country and internationally.  We may have men attending who are at greater risk of severe complications should they become ill. It is with this in mind that we ask that everyone be considerate of the health of each other by taking an at-home COVID test before arrival on the property, and bring one extra test with you to take before you go home.