Golden Dragon is the ceremonial name and performance moniker of Matheo James, an event producer, energy worker/healer and DJ living in Portland, Oregon.
A community organizer, healer, and musician from Portland, OR Matheo "Golden Dragon" has led non-profits, played music nationally with a touring circus, and been Mayor of the Burning Man theme camp Red Lightning. A strong advocate for tribal wisdom, spiritual healing, and gender alchemy, he works with individuals and groups to increase the impact of their world-changing efforts. Believing that fun
and inspiration are the keys that unlock our hearts for spiritual growth and community building, Matheo leads wisdom-sharing circles, facilitates team-building experiences, and brings diverse teams together to co-create immersive festival experiences, such as the CAVA visionary art gallery at the annual music festival Sonic Bloom. As DJ Golden Dragon, he strives to bring joy and insight to people through sacred bass music. He creates playful and spiritually uplifting dance experiences that weave in elements of indigenous shamanism, eastern heart-based mysticism, and western esoteric traditions. These endeavors are designed to build and create healthy relationships: within our communities, the web of life, with spirit, and most of all within our own hearts. With this end in mind, Matheo practices Natural Path meditation and teaches Non-Violent Communication, as well as facilitating Restoration Council healing circles and offering personal energetic healing work. Dragons live and breathe wild freedom, yet dance to the rhythm of a finely choreographed natural song.
金継ぎ (kintsugi) is the art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold. Once a vessel has been broken and repaired multiple times, it begins to glow, taking on a luster and sheen that magnifies and elevates its natural beauty... Eventually, all that is left is gold.
