When the Darkness Sings - Cacao Ceremony with Hamaima and Todd James in Berlin-Kreuzberg
Preparing for the Season of the Crone
with Hamaima and special guest musician Todd James
As we move deeper into autumn and towards Samhain, we enter a time when the outer light begins to fade and we are invited to turn inward.
When the Darkness Sings is an intimate cacao ceremony woven with shamanic journeying, live music, voice, medicine songs, sound and ritual. Rather than seeing darkness as something to fear or overcome, we will enter it as a sacred space — a place of listening, remembering and meeting the deeper wisdom within us.
We will begin by sharing Lavalove Cacao, a ceremonial cacao from Guatemala grown and prepared in connection with Mayan tradition. Hamaima has worked closely with her Mayan teachers in Guatemala, including Wisdomkeepers Izaias and his wife Izabel. This Cacao carries a living connection to the people, land and tradition from which it comes. Cacao opens the space gently, bringing us into the body and the heart before we enter the journey.
As we move deeper, we invite in the energy of the Crone — the Wise Woman who takes her reign at Samhain and accompanies us through the darkest part of the year.
The Crone does not ask us to remain in the light. She invites us to enter the places where we cannot yet see clearly, to become still enough to listen, and to trust the wisdom that reveals itself when we stop searching outside ourselves.
The darker season can be challenging, asking us to meet what we may have been able to avoid while the outer world was filled with light. By entering it consciously and connecting with the light within, we can allow the darkness to become a place of transformation, deeper listening and inner strength.
Hamaima has spent many years learning and working with different spiritual and earth-based traditions, weaving these teachings into her own way of holding ceremonial space. Through live voice, shamanic songs, drum and sound, she accompanies the journey as it unfolds — creating a space in which we can travel deeply while remaining connected to the body, the Earth and the circle around us.
For this ceremony, Hamaima is joined by musician and producer Todd James, whose live music and sound will become part of the journey itself. Together, Hamaima and Todd will weave voice, music, silence and sound into the ceremonial space — allowing the music to arise from and respond to what is moving in the room.
This is an invitation to enter the darkness consciously.
To listen beneath the noise.
To meet what has been waiting in the quiet.
To remember the wisdom that does not need the light in order to be known.
A deep and magical experience of cacao, music and remembrance, as we listen for what becomes audible when the world goes quiet and the darkness begins to sing.
Join Hamaima and Todd James for this intimate cacao ceremony in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
For more information and to reserve your place, please get in touch:
hellohamaima@gmail.com
























