Temple · Ludamus: Full-day Temple Journey

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🌒 Temple Ludamus
A full-day temple journey at the intersection of ritual and play.
This is not a festival. It's not a workshop. It's not a party.
It's a living temple: a temporary, complete world with its own rules, its own language, its own magic. You'll arrive as yourself and leave having shown parts of yourself that rarely see daylight.

✨ The Concept
Play and ritual aren't opposites; they're the same ancient impulse. Before there was religion, before there was culture, there was play. Sacred, serious, transformative play.

Ludere: to play. To perform. To act. To trick. To jest.

Temple Ludamus is built on that foundation. A space where mischief and ceremony belong in the same breath. Where the sacred meets the giddy. Where you are invited to be utterly, completely yourself, and to witness others do the same.

🌿 The Journey
The afternoon is for landing with connection rituals, games that are anything but trivial, and preparing the rituals together as a sacred act.

After a shared dinner, the evening opens.

This edition will give shape to The Ritual of Unmasking, a co-creative, interactive ceremony. You won't just be held in it. You'll help shape it. Expect to witness and be witnessed. To be seen in ways that are unfamiliar, and to discover that unfamiliar feels surprisingly like home.

From there, the space opens into free flow with different corners of the room holding different invitations. Follow what calls you. In this space you are welcome to continue playing, observing, connecting in whatever way you are drawn to: whether that be playfully, sensually, lovingly, erotically.

We close together.

🌟 What makes this temple different
— Play as the red thread: not as relief from the ritual, but as its very foundation
— Co-creative ceremony: the ritual is shaped by everyone in the room
— More free flow than ever: space to breathe, to be, to follow what emerges
— Full day container: from afternoon through night, we build this world together

🕯️ Who this is for
Lovers of ritual and ceremony who are ready to take themselves less seriously ánd more seriously at the same time. Experienced temple-goers. Conscious, embodied adults. Those drawn to play as a spiritual practice, not just an afterthought.
This space welcomes all expressions and states of being. Come as you are. Dressing up enthusiastically welcomed.

📅 Practical Details
📆 7 June 2025
🕑 Doors open 14:00 | We begin 14:30 sharp, no late entry
📍 Amsterdam area (exact location shared upon ticket purchase)

Bring: a water bottle, a towel or sarong, a potluck dish to share, cardboard and any crafting material you have lying around (all will be explained ;)) and your willingness to play.

New to my spaces? After purchasing your ticket you'll receive a link to a short application form. I review every application personally to ensure the right fit for the container.

"The feeling of being apart together in an exceptional situation, of sharing something important, of mutually withdrawing from the rest of the world; retains its magic beyond the duration of the individual game."
— Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens