Solstice Celebration @ Somerville Growing Center

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

Solstice Celebration

Excited about the long days and hot weather? Itching to dance barefoot in the grass to the beat of a drum? To celebrate the beauty of the green earth? Please join Viriditas, a Boston area Reclaiming group, in celebrating the Summer Solstice! The event will feature a simple ritual for children and adults, followed by sunpainting (a silk painting technique that uses the sun to create patterns in silk) and a potluck meal.

Where: the Somerville Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville MA
When: Friday June 20, beginning at 4 p.m.
Who: Children and Adults interested in participating in an inclusive Witchcraft community

Please bring a thoughtful contribution for potluck after ritual. We will be using percussion instruments, silk scarves and journals. All supplies are provided, but if you have your own and prefer to use them, please bring them. There will be an opportunity to make an optional donation of $5-$15. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Reclaiming events are drug and alcohol free.

After the potluck, another group will be offering another ritual. All ages are welcome. Here is their text:

Worldwide Awakening of Cosmic Mother
date and time: June 20 (rain or shine)
time: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Felista Dream Blossom and friends will lead a ceremony of Joy, Peace, and Harmony of Oneness with our Divine Mother. Bring dreams to be blessed in movement, meditation and rhythms of rocks, making Fairy circles and Angels songs honoring the Creative Light Force Energy where dreams blossom for ALL.
The exact time of planting the Seed Consciousness of Cosmic Mother into the core of the Earth is 7:59 Eastern time. Bring a towel for seating comfort. Bug spray will be supplied.
For more information, contact Felista at Felista77@yahoo.com.

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

you sound like you might be what I'm looking for.

the group that follows you sound like they're completely insane, though.

(what is the/is there an) affiliation?

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

I know nothing at all about the group that follows and can neither confirm nor deny their sanity. I am simply passing along the info; its a public event at the same site after ours.

We are a Reclaiming (http://www.reclaiming.org/) group. Here's a snippet from the main Tradition's website:

"Reclaiming is a community of women and men working to unify spirit and politics. Our vision is rooted in the religion and magic of the Goddess, the Immanent Life Force. We see our work as teaching and making magic; the art of empowering ourselves and each other. In our classes, workshops, and public rituals, we train our voices, bodies, energy, intuition, and minds. We use the skills we learn to deepen our strength, both as individuals and as community, to voice our concerns about the world in which we live, and bring to birth a vision of a new culture."

Starhawk was one of the cofounders of the Tradition; many people are familiar with our basic practices through her work.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

understood. I was a First Degree Initiate of the Wiccan Church of Canada; I'm not exactly pinned to the wall normal myself. The Odyssean tradition allows for a lot of leeway, though, and I've taken it down a fairly Jungian path. I had looked up your information beforehand, and you sound practical yet passionate, and I enjoy Starhawk's writing. However, the group that follows you...sounds really looped to me. While I'm sure there are members that will cross, I just needed to make sure for my own path.

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

in a very odd coincidence I was just chatting with an old friend who is also an Initiate of your Tradition, and who I had not spoken to in four years.

Reclaiming tends to be less formal than what I've seen of WCC public events, but there's a fair amount of overlap and I've always enjoyed working with people from your Trad. I hope you'll come check us out!

[thespian.livejournal.com]

*I* am less formal than most of my tradition, in point. During Dedication there is a traditional sharing of food by the circle, symbolized by a baked good of some sort. When I was asked what I wanted (now, admittedly, I was 20), I said I wanted Rainbow Teddy Grahams, which were brand new then and just made me giggle.

Practical yet passionate, indeed

[jasonkelly.livejournal.com]

For what it is worth, this Odyssean has worked with redheadedmuse, and you can consider this an unqualified vouching for her.

[in-parentheses.livejournal.com]

May I ask what you mean by a "thoughtful" contribution for the potluck?

[queen-of-wands.livejournal.com]

We call it "thoughtful" to encourage people to think about what they might like to find others have brought to a potluck after a ritual. Basically we're trying to avoid ending up with a dozen bags of potato chips. (I don't mean to exclude potato chips; if potato chips say summer solstice celebration to you, then by all means bring potato chips.) Chocolate, cheese, protein, and fruit are all typically big hits. I'm going to bring a big green salad made from CSA veggies.