Before I share some great news, don’t forget our upcoming Matriark Salon “The New Standard of Wellness” on Friday, 10/30 with Pure Essentials. See here for more information. The event will be at a private space in the Hamptons, and you can confirm your presence at rsvp@matriark.com.
Hi there,
I have an exciting announcement to share with you.
I met Anbereen Hasan at one of my Salons. She introduced herself, and I (along with the entire room) immediately thought: wow, I need to get to know this woman. Anbereen is one of the most curious people I know. Raised between Paris, Frankfurt, the Middle East and India, she built a career in human rights and U.S. public service. Now, in her next act, she is exploring a new question: how can we cultivate, sustain and bring more hope into the world?
Most recently, Anbereen invited me to join her Mahjong group, and there I met her friend Naomi Marks. As we got to learn the game and one another, we discovered our shared belief that we are more than our physical bodies, our deep interest for everything metaphysical, and how much we wished we had more conversations about it. In the meantime, the three of us also noticed that our friends, our feeds on social media, and well respected news outlets like the New York Times and The Financial Times, were discussing the exponential interest in seeking answers to what makes us uniquely human. A question that is more prescient as we grapple with adopting AI in our everyday lives.
So a light went on. We decided to host gatherings much like the Matriark Salons, but with their own distinct intention: to explore what it means to be human, seen and unseen. The physical, the metaphysical, and the mysteries in between.
Holy Humans was born from this common goal. It will work like a learning club, where curious people like us bring questions to authors, scholars, practitioners, and to each other. A place where we can gather and dig deep to explore what it means to be human.
Our First Gathering
Our first gathering is going to be fun and inspiring. On November 13th, we are hosting Wendy Pipenburg, a psychic who is coming to the East End from Ann Arbor, Michigan, especially for the occasion. Anbereen, who began exploring metaphysical modalities in the 1980’s at a time in her life when the barrel of hope was near empty, has been Wendy’s client for over ten years. I had a session with Wendy a few weeks ago, and I was very impressed.
The evening will start with a fireside chat, and the discussion will continue over a chef prepared delicious dinner, at a private home in the Hamptons. The goal is to make it informal and comfortable enough for people to ask the questions they have thought about but maybe not asked publicly, about their experiences with a medium or psychic, their skepticism if any, and can a reading bring us hope?
Invitations go out next Thursday (10/29), so please keep an eye on your inbox.
The Ginkgo
For centuries, the ginkgo has stood for longevity, hope, peace and strength in adversity. Most of all, it stands for duality and unity, just as "holy" and "human" do. That is why we chose its leaf as the symbol for Holy Humans.
The Matriark Salon Continues
The Matriark Salon will continue in its original format, with themes like business, money, wellness and more. I will share invitations as each salon is scheduled.
About Anbereen Hasan
Anbereen Hasan is Pakistani-American. She grew up in Paris, finished high school in Frankfurt, and spent formative years in the Middle East and India. That nomadic childhood gave her a rare gift: she understands, deeply, how many different ways people experience and make sense of the world, and how much we share underneath it all.
Her path has been as wide-ranging as her upbringing. She trained as a textile designer, then earned a Master’s in International Affairs and Human Rights from Columbia University. She went on to work at the United Nations, where she was part of the Global Women’s Coalition for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and helped bring human rights NGOs into the drafting of the treaty that created the International Criminal Court. She has been recognized internationally for her advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Anbereen then spent more than two decades in U.S. public service, concluding a distinguished career as a foreign policy and counterterrorism expert when she retired from the U.S. Government in 2021. Now ready for her next act, she is picking up the thread she explored in her studies on human rights, and asking as humans how we can cultivate, sustain and bring more hope into the world.
About Naomi Marks
A graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, Naomi began her professional life in the rarefied world of fine jewelry, working with two of its most legendary houses, Harry Winston and Van Cleef and Arpels. Those years cultivated an enduring appreciation for beauty, craftsmanship, and the history behind objects of lasting value.
Naomi has an instinctive appreciation for the ways seemingly disparate ideas can illuminate one another. As AI begins to shape the boundaries of human possibility, Naomi’s curiosity has led her somewhere both ancient and timely: the modalities of metaphysics. She is intrigued by the possibility that our oldest questions about human consciousness, our existence, and the nature of reality may have something important to contribute to our newest technological age.
For more than three decades Naomi Marks has made her life in the Hamptons. She has been a committed and contributing presence to her community, deeply connected to the people and places that have become her home. She is a proud mother of three and a doting grandmother to five extraordinary grandchildren. Family is at the center of her world; it’s her deepest joy and feeds her curiosity and ever-renewing perspective on our collective future.
I hope you enjoy Holy Humans and that you’ll join us at our gatherings. Anbereen, Naomi and I are so excited to see you there!
Love,
Patricia