The Sun Temple
The Sun Temple

The Moon-course

General Information
The program of the Moon-course starts one day after every full moon. The course is a month long, finishing on the Full Moon with a ceremony. The next Full Moon ceremony is planned on September 14. Classes take place Monday through Saturday. There are three daily sessions at 7am, 10am and 5pm. Sundays at 10am there is sauna with medicinal plants, and at 5pm there is a silent meditation practice. The fourth week includes extra activities to be done individually, besides one yoga session in the morning and one meditation exercise in the evening. All classes are given in English.

Hatha-Yoga: 7am - 8.15am
The Hatha Yoga practiced during the course changes every week. It includes basic breathing exercises and different postures which develop body awareness and concentration. There are four weeks of practice which include various exercises for:
• Detoxification and purification of the body;
• Balance and harmony;
• Channeling energy through the spine;
• Energizing the body.
Meditating at the lake
Meditating at the lake

Sessions on spiritual topics: 10am - 11.15am
First Week: Principles of the Spiritual Path
• Introduction to meditation and spiritual virtues;
• Fundaments of yoga;
• Chakra's, spiritual bodies and psychic senses;
• Health and sickness;
• Individual aura, collective aura and helpful methods.

Second Week: Metaphysics
• Introduction to methaphysics, astral travelling and lucid dreams;
• Exercises for remembering your dreams;
• Exercises to wake up in your dreams (lucid dreaming);
• Dream signs and grades of consiousness in your dreams;
• Astral travelling and dimensions;
• Life after death.

Third Week: Esoteric Week
• Explanation of the Initiatic System used in Las Pirámides;
• Kaballah (The Cosmic Map of Creation);
• The Tarot (Initiatic path of ascension);
• The Kybalion and the Seven Universal Principles;
• Numerology: the relation of numbers with names and birth dates;
• Astrology and the influence of heavens;
• Mental Alchemy.
Fisherman on Lake Atitlan
Fisherman on Lake Atitlan

Fourth Week: Retreat
This part of the course takes place in the last week of the program coming up to Full Moon. The purpose of the retreat is to deepen our awareness of who we are and to gain clarity in what we are doing in our lives. In includes five days of:
• Complete silence;
• Fasting or special diets;
• Meditation & reflection practices;
• Working with oracles;
• Showers with medicinal plants;
• Cleansing Sauna.


Meditation Techniques: 5pm - 6.15pm
Introduction to different meditation exercises for our internal development. These exercises include practice of breathing, relaxation, reflection, regression, concentration, visualization, expression, healing and self awareness. Channelling is used as an additional method, accompanied by oracles on Saturdays.


The Sun-course

General Information

The objective of the Sun-course is to increase your level of awareness. This course is a more in-depth study and practice of the Initiatic System discussed in the Moon-course. To participate in the three-month Sun-course you need to have previously completed the Moon-course, and commit to staying three months in Las Pirámides. The course starts and finishes on the equinoxes and solstices. The next Sun-course is planned to start the 21st of September.

Two of the three modules of the Sun-course are open to those who finished the Moon-course but are not able to spend three months in Las Pirámides. These modules are "Tarot Reading" which starts on the first full moon after the start of the Sun-course, and "Lucid Dreaming" which starts on the second full moon after the start of the Sun-course. The third module, "Practical Work with the Tree of Life" (including 40 days of silence and fasting), is only open for those who do the full Sun-course.

In the Sun-course Dion Fortune's book "The Mystical Kaballah", and the Three Initiates "The Kybalion" are required reading. These books are available in English and Spanish in the Centre, or can be downloaded here. Additionally, students require an individual Rider-Waite Tarot-deck.



Additional Information
Authentic certificates are only issued at Las Pirámides in San Marcos La Laguna to those that have completed one of the above courses.