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Samhain: Going Underground
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30 Oct-1
November, 2009 |
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Samhain (Halloween) stands at the threshold of the dark part of the
year. In traditional Celtic society, this was the time of in-gathering and
recollection. It marks the end of absorption in the outer, momentary
present, the beginning of the time of inner journeying, of
re-connection with the ancestors, our guides and guardians
underground, and the awakening of the voices of
prophecy. In the wood, it is the time when the energy of the trees
withdraws below ground, the time when next year's seeds lie dormant. In Tantra, it is time to move inward, to go deeper, finding in our core
energy the fuel for personal and planetary transformation. |
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Winter Solstice:
Holding the Light |
18-20 December, 2009 |
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The celebration of the nadir. Energetically, Winter is the season of
contraction. Yet it is also the time of exploring inner
space, discovering inner light. The Winter Solstice celebrates the
birth of the magical child of light on the darkest night of the
year. Gifts, twinkling lights, song and storytelling – all the
things that appeal to the child in us – belong to the Solstice.
Outside, there is cold and dark. Inside, there is community and
connectedness, the energy of the heart, the light that burns
within all of us. |
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Spring
Equinox: Renewal |
A Second Circle workshop for
those who have completed at least one cycle with us. |
19-21 March, 2010 |
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The hero has been travelling
upward, and now stands at the mouth of the cave, on
the threshold between dark and light, looking
towards the light. The Spring Equinox is
traditionally celebrated as a cosmic enactment of Rebirth after the
journey through the underworld which in Christian tradition
becomes the celebration of Easter. The
theme of the workshop is renewal. |
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Beltane: The
Goddess and the Green Man
(3 day workshop) |
30Apr - 3
May 2010 (incl B/Hol) |
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Hazel Hill wood is carpeted in bluebells.
Sexual, generative energy is in full flow. In this workshop the invitation is to
combine opening to the natural energy represented in the Celtic
tradition by the Goddess and the Green Man with connecting with our own
inner fires--the God and the Goddess within.
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Midsummer Magic:
The
Celebration of Light |
June 18-20
2010 |
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The Summer Solstice is
the year’s Zenith. This is the time of year when the energy
generated by the dance between Earth and Sun is at its height,
the point when the Sun is highest in the sky and closest to the
Earth, and the Earth itself teems with multiplicity. The
Solstice celebrates multiplicity, connectedness and community –-
between earth and sky, between man and nature, between race and
gender, between child and adult, between human and faery. By
day it is a time of innocence and play, by night a time of
wildness and magic. |
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Lammas:
The Hush of
Summer |
30 July-1 August 2010 |
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Lammas stands at the midpoint between
the summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, in
what is sometimes called the "hush of summer" -- just on
the edge of the beginning of the main harvest.
Lammas is about experiencing what is -- nothing less,
nothing more. The invitation is to allow the
boundaries between inner and outer and self and other to
dissolve, to experience the now of summer. |
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Autumn
Equinox: Completion |
A Second Circle workshop. |
17-19
September 2010 |
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hero stands once more at the mouth of the cave, now facing
towards the dark, but celebrating the moment of perfect balance
between light and dark at the end of the harvest. |
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Facilities:
Sleeping is heated sleeping lofts with mattresses,
or you may bring a tent.
There are a limited number of individual sleeping spaces for
couples. There are excellent hot showers, composting loos, and an
indoor kitchen. There is an indoor heated group room. |
Food:
One of the features of
these workshops is the sharing of our creativity around food.
Please
bring food to share for the other meals – 3 lunches and 2 suppers. We
will talk to you about what you might bring when you book! NB If you
are on a special diet, you will need to supply any special foods.
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