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- Goddess Retreat at Chalice Well with Kathy Jones, Mon 2-Fri 6 Jun, Glastonbury, Somerset
- 'The Call of Cthulhu': Tales from Lovecraft, Wed 4 Jun, London
- The Vagina Monologues, Fri 6-Sat 7 Jun, Droitwich Spa, Worcs
- Arabic Alchemy, Sat 7 Jun, Oxford
- Bards of the Lost Forest, Sat 7 Jun, The Lickeys, near Birmingham
- Interview with a Witch: Mo Batchelor talks to Christina Oakley Harrington, Tue 10 Jun, London
- The Elf, the Witch, and the Devil: Northern Traditions, Thu 12 Jun, London
- Some Secret Place: Exploring Pagan Spirituality & Ritual, Fri 13 Jun, London
- Flag Fen Eisteddfod, Sat 14-Sun 15 Jun, Flag Fen, nr. Peterborough, Cambs
- Tuatha De Bridget Mid Summer Meet, Sun 15 Jun, Glasgow, Scotland
- The Dark Sun, Tue 17 Jun, Glastonbury, Somerset
- Goddess Festival, Tue 17-Sun 22 Jun, Budapest, Hungary
- Finding the Latter-Day Goddesses: Pangaea, Britannia, Lady Liberty and their Sisters, Wed 18 Jun, London
- Ritual of Protection, Wed 18 Jun, Hill of Tara, Ireland
- Pop Culture Magic: A Practitioner’s Perspective, Thu 19 Jun, London
- Stonehenge Solstice Managed Open Access, Fri 20-Sat 21 Jun, Stonehenge, Wiltshire
- Midsummer Magic. Solstice Ritual and Labyrinth, Fri 20-Sun 22 Jun, Ynys Môn, Gogledd Cymru / Anglesey, North Wales
- Ice and Fire Warrior Camp, Sat 21-Sun 22 Jun, Near Glastonbury, Somerset
- Anderida Gorsedd – Summer Solstice Ritual, Sun 22 Jun, Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex
- Caer Bann Midsummer Solstice Rite, Sun 22 Jun, Woodhouse Eaves, Leics
- Midsummer Picnic and Gorsedd, Sun 22 Jun, Lickey Hills, Birmingham
- The Gorsedd of Bards of Cor Gawr, Tue 24 Jun, Stonehenge
- Kent Gorsedd, Sat 28 Jun, Coldrum Stones, Kent
- Archaeology and the Goddess: between past and present, Sat 28 Jun, Dublin, Ireland
- The Woman Magus: A Woman's Adventures in the World of Modern Magick, Mon 30 Jun, London
Monday 2 to Friday 6 June 2008
GODDESS RETREAT AT CHALICE WELL with Kathy Jones
Little St Michael's Retreat House, Glastonbury, Somerset
This is a great opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the energies of the Goddess within the sacred landscape of Glastonbury Avalon with Goddess-inspired writer, healer, initiator and teacher Kathy Jones. A time to withdraw from the outer world and deepen your connection to the Lady of Avalon and Her Mysteries. During our five days together we will open our hearts to the Goddess and to each other, connecting to our authentic selves. We will walk the sacred landscape of Avalon and enter into the magic of the Chalice Well gardens. We will perform ceremonies beside Chalice Well and make inner journeys to meet the Goddess as Lady of Avalon, and Lady of the Red and White Springs. We will spend an evening outdoors beside a Sacred Fire - bring warm clothing. There will also be the opportunity to meet the Lady of Avalon as embodied by Her priestess.
This Retreat is open to all those who are committed to the Goddess and wish to deepen their relationship to Her.
The Retreat is based in Glastonbury at Little St. Michael’s Retreat House in the beautiful gardens of Chalice Well.
Fees : Fully residential 5 days/4 nights Retreat, including shared accommodation, all vegetarian meals and tuition fees in 2008 - £410
Single room supplement - £100
A non-refundable deposit of £100 per person secures your place.
Please write to kathy.jones [at] ukonline [dot] co [dot] uk( Kathy) saying why you wish to participate in this retreat.
For more information see Website
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Wednesday 4 June 2008
'THE CALL OF CTHULHU': Tales from Lovecraft
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Mike David
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5.00 payable in advance.
The Cthulhu Mythos is the parent to much of the focus in chaos magick. HP Lovecraft's tales are weird, uncanny, disturbing and - for some - awesomely inspiring. This evening brings the best and most vivid of these tales to life, in the suitably magical Treadwell's underworld. Here's the premise of the performance...
"In the corpse-filled basement of an ancient, eldritch house where unspeakable horrors have been witnessed, one rashly determined literary sleuth is hot on the trail of the fabled H.P. Lovecraft. Our literary detective finds an apparent chaos of manuscript fragments which cumulatively present a blood-freezing picture of a universe more uncanny, aggressive and terrifying than the sickest imaginings of the most corrupt and diseased mind. What daemonic forces will their foolhardy investigation unleash upon an unsuspecting world?
Dare you be there to find out? Dare you?"
Mike David is an actor, writer, creator and performer of over thirty years experience. His presence is electrifying, and his ability to bring stories to life is at times breathtaking. Mike David's credits are many, and presently he is working on several performance projects around London.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Friday 6 to Saturday 7 June 2008
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Norbury Theatre, Friar Street, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
A V-Day 2008 worldwide campaign to stop violence against women and girls.
A production of Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues'.
A charity event in aid of Worcestershire Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre.
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
Further information about V-Day can be found at www.vday.org.
Join us as we celebrate women, raise awareness and envision a world without violence.
7.30pm - Tickets £8 (concessions £7).
Box Office 01905 770 154 or contact 07963 838 753.
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Saturday 7 June 2008
ARABIC ALCHEMY
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Professor Theodor Abt - 10.15am to 5.00pm
Theodor Abt will examine the third to fourth century AD Egyptian manuscript, The Book of Pictures, attributed to Zosimus of Panopolis. This newly discovered material, which includes a description of the psychological transformation of the adept in quest of immortality, corroborates the discoveries of C.G. Jung concerning religious-symbolic alchemy, notably his findings concerning the psychology of transference. Arabic alchemy's role in reconnecting Western culture to the culture of Hellenistic antiquity will be noted, as well as its significance for depth-psychology and our time in general.
Theodor Abt, Ph.D., is professor of agronomy and economic planning at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He trained at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich as an analytical psychologist, where he became a training analyst and a member of the Curatorium. He also trained with Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz, with whom he has done extensive research work. Professor Abt is one of the founding members of the new Centre for Analytical Psychology in Switzerland. He has travelled extensively in Egypt and other countries lecturing, studying and translating Egyptian, Arabic and Greek manuscripts.
Cost: £60 (including tea and coffee)
Please note that this is one of a series of Jungian Lectures
Advance Booking essential:
Please contact Carmen Reynal on 01451 821 947
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Saturday 7 June 2008
BARDS OF THE LOST FOREST
Warren Lane visitor's centre in the Lickeys, near Birmingham
Bards of the Lost Forest are gathering for a bardic ritual exploring the inspiration we get from mythological creatures. Everyone welcome, no kit or previous experience required.
If you are interested in coming along, its worth getting in touch in advance to get more details about participating. FFI bryn.colvin [at] blueyonder [dot] co [dot] uk( email Bryn).
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Tuesday 10 June 2008
INTERVIEW WITH A WITCH: Mo Batchelor talks to Christina Oakley Harrington
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
7.15 for 7.30 pm start. £5.
Mo Batchelor is a witch and gay man, now nearing 50, first drawn to Paganism and witchcraft in the early to mid-seventies. His pagan spirituality was launched as a child by Alan Garner’s books, then shaped by the 1970s counterculture, including the Maxine and Alex Sanders phenomenon. Explorations of other spiritual traditions followed, including Sufism. His own current (evolving) pagan path emerges from all these influences. In the course of 35 years he has seen attitudes towards LGBT issues change considerably, both within society and within the world of modern Paganism. Tonight he will chat about his magical and spiritual life (ups, downs and crises); about his observations of pagans and sexuality; impressions of the witchcraft scene in the mid 1970s; and about his pagan life today, which he pursues with his husband. A witch’s inner life is shared: his values, sexuality, mysticism, ritual, magic, meditation and personal philosophy. Tonight’s is part of Treadwell’s ‘Interview with a Witch’ series.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Thursday 12 June 2008
THE ELF, THE WITCH, AND THE DEVIL: Northern Traditions
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Dr Cyril Edwards (St Peters, Oxford)
7.15 for a 7.30 pm start. £5.
Oxford's Cyril Edwards tonight looks at Germanic sources for elves, witches and the Devil, asking 'What, in Germanic history, was meant when one said elf? Witch? Devil?' He will lead us through descriptions of these three creatures, moving backwards in time. He will start with the eighteenth-century German literary sources (Goethe, Tieck), go back through the witch-trials (Germany, Scotland), then back further into medieval German, and then further back still to Old Norse (Snorri Sturlusson, of course). Finally he will show us actual elf and witch charms of Anglo-Saxon England. There will be lots of handouts and readings - Cyril Edwards' presentations are always interactive. Questions and open discussion will follow. This talk will be invaluable to people studying any number of subjects: German culture, the modern Northern Tradition, and the development of folk magic in the British Isles.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Friday 13 June 2008
SOME SECRET PLACE: Exploring Pagan Spirituality & Ritual
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Peter Mahoney and Friends
7.15 pm for 7.30 start. £5 payable at time of booking.
These are monthly beginner's pagan ritual evenings, perfect for those starting out on the pagan path, or as solitary witches. Some Secret Place is made up of some talk, some small group discussion on devotion, ceremony, spirituality, and relationship with deity. Most of all, though, it is experiential. It's about doing and feeling rather than theorising. We hope that people who come along will deepen their personal relationship with the pagan gods. This is for people who have done some reading on witchcraft, Wicca and/or paganism, and who are familiar with at least its general theological tenets. We assume you are pagan and want to practice it, but we don't presume you are experienced.
Group size is small - we don't take more than 17 people for the evening. The organisers want this to be a gentle, intimate and thoughtful experience. You can come once, come regularly, or come intermittently - whatever suits you best.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 June 2008
FLAG FEN EISTEDDFOD
Flag Fen, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
The stage is now set for the 2008 Flag Fen
Eisteddfod, 14th and 15th June, where the search for the first ‘Chief
Bard of the Fens’ is on. We’ve seen ‘Battle of the Bands’ but now it’s
time for ‘The Battle of the Bards’, an ancient competition which can be
traced back to the 12th Century and only part of the weekend’s
offerings, as the Fens prepares to spring to life in a profusion of
ancient tales, poetry and performance.
Bardic Chairs and all things Bard are nothing new to
these isles as legend suggests over 31 English cities once held a
Bardic seat with their right to elect their own Bard each year through
open competition. The chair was always the most noblest of prizes
giving the winner both great public esteem and ambassadorship. The
Bardic Chair of the Fens sponsored by local Druids of The Grove of
Alban Eiler, was commissioned by local Eco-Artist Renny Antonelli and
the Ecoworks team and will be held in just as high regard resonating
our traditional past.
Renny of Ecoworks, commented “Bog Oak retains an
echo from the past for those with ears to hear its timely message. We
are all connected to the past and through what we do today we are
shaping the future. Let the stories told in this chair be heard by
everyone to help inspire a brighter tomorrow and a fairer today.”
The Battle of the Bards is just one event from the
weekends festivities which also includes a range of quirky stalls, face
painting for children, free workshops to inspire and get the creative
juices flowing, Tchenka’s Labyrinth, children’s workshops, art
displays, performance and more.
Jody Copestake, The Ancient Muse, commented “We hope
the efforts put into organising this extraordinary festival will spark
the imaginations in both the young and old as creativity can be
expressed in an abundance of ways through stories, poetry, art and
performance. It’s going to be a fun weekend packed with activities to
inspire child and adult and at the same time is part of a national
revival in keeping some of our ancient traditions alive. Traditions are
part of our cultural heritage and although we live in the now it’s the
past that shaped who we are today.”
Advanced weekend tickets are now on sale to avoid
disappointment of entry on the day and available over the counter at
Flag Fen Visitor Centre or by downloading a fast track form from the event website or eisteddfod [at] theancientmuse [dot] co [dot] uk( email).
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Sunday 15 June 2008
TUATHA DE BRIDGET MID SUMMER MEET
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Tuatha De Bridget is an Open Druidcraft Group in Glasgow.
We meet at 1pm in the Burrell Car Park and then walk through the woods to the Ancient Earthworks Site.
After our ceremony, we walk back to the Burrell and then have a warm
drink, maybe something to eat in the café and some informal chat.
Contact: siusaidhc [at] gmail [dot] com( Siusaidh) for details.
Also see Group Website
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Tuesday 17 June 2008
THE DARK SUN
Beckets Inn, High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset
Glastonbury Under the Stars Pagan Gathering is a monthly event, happening
3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm.
17th June Hugh Le Prevost, The Dark Sun
Please contact Morgan on 01458 835518 for further information.
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Tuesday 17 to Sunday 22 June 2008
GODDESS FESTIVAL
Budapest, Hungary
According to legend, the sovereignty of Hungary was bequeathed by Istvan, the first king, to the Queen of Heaven in the person of the Virgin Mary. But for millennia, since Paleolithic times, the Goddess, by numberless names, was honoured here in the cauldron of the Carpathian Basin and on the banks of the Mother river, the Danube. For a long while, the land was divided between the Celts and the Scythians, each of whom called Her by different names. In our festival of 2008, we will be remembering these names and calling them back to heal us. We will call on Brigit to heal the inner child, on Epona to heal our sexuality, on Deae Matronae to heal the wounds of motherhood, on Tabiti to reclaim the fire of the amazon and Nemetona, Lady of Sacred Groves to heal our connection with the earth which has borne us. Come and join us, here in the very centre of Europe, where our distant ancestors lived, loved and died, to reclaim the continent for the Goddess who lives in us all and who is the very land itself!
Contributors: Alessandra Belloni, Anique Radian Heart, Brian Charles, Jeannine Davis-Kimball Ph.D, Kathy Jones, Lydia Ruyle, Lynne Orhard, Mike Jones, Natasha Wardle, Hungarian musicians, priestesses and Goddess-loving wo/men.
Check the program and reserve your ticket at our website.
Or info [at] goddessbudapest [dot] com( E-mail us).
Or call Kriszta Veres at 00 36 20 2429 088
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Wednesday 18 June 2008
FINDING THE LATTER-DAY GODDESSES: Pangaea, Britannia, Lady Liberty and their Sisters
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Fleur Shearman
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5.
Goddesses of antiquity are well known modern pagans, but there are also powerful and wise female images from the last five hundred years – and these are not well known. This lavishly illustrated slide lecture will bring them to life, and we will meet goddess-like figures from recent centuries Christian Europe. Fleur Shearman will show allegorical paintings, symbolic works, monumental sculptures – a veritable feast for the eyes. We meet Nature and land as ‘Woman’ as shown in maps, engravings and book frontispieces, with female personifications of the earth’s continents and Pangaea. The talk then turns to Britannia, derived from the Roman goddesses of state power, most notably Minerva and Roma herself. Looking at art and writings on Britannia, we are able to see how she was (and is) perceived by British people over the the recent centuries. Lady Liberty is the final ‘goddess’ of the evening. Her origins are found in the reverse types of Roman coinage, where Libertas holds the cap of the freed slave, and she lives in the modern world in New York’s colossal statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Liberty’s revolutionary headgear, the bonnet rouge, enjoyed a renaissance in the late 18th-century Revolutionary era, as a symbol of that terrifying but exhilarating tide of freedom. The evening promises to open up new perspectives on goddess archetypes in the modern world.
Fleur Shearman is has been giving art-historical talks on goddess-related subjects for over twenty years, with essays and articles published in numerous journals and books over the years. She lectures from an inspirational and interdisciplinary perspective at the meeting point between art, history, poetry and myth. She is co-founder of Order of Minerva in the West (the OMO) with artist Stuart Littlejohn and poet and playwright Phillip Clayton-Gore, and this talk was first given at a retreat of the OMO this Spring. More on the OMO and its activities see website.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Wednesday 18 June 2008
RITUAL OF PROTECTION
Hill of Tara, Ireland
The next "Ritual of Protection" for and on Tara will be on the Full Moon on Wednesday 18/6/08, two days before the Sun enters Cancer. We will start our Full Moon Ceremony by 8ish and finish by ten (approx.) when we may share the "The Celtic Goddess Dreaming", which is a suggested visualisation located in the high valley of Tara see Website. Dress in layers and meet on the gravel patch beside the Rath of the Synods at 8pm. We will use our native Celtic Irish language during this ceremony with explanations in English. All are welcome to attend this free and open ritual ceremony on and for Tara.
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Thursday 19 June 2008
POP CULTURE MAGIC: A Practitioner’s Perspective
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Elizabeth Maddison
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5.
Magick drawing on the archetypes, images and powers of fiction, media, television and film - this is not a new phenomenon, as adherents of Cthulhu rituals can attest. But the television era and the related teenage witch phenomenon has given rise to a generation of young people whose primary magical instructors are fictional characters. In this illustrated lecture, Elizabeth Maddison speaks of her magical and pagan practices, grounded in popular culture. Along the way we meet Buffy, Willow, Xena the Warrior Princess, Stargate and even the CareBears.
Elizabeth Maddison grew up in West London in the eighties and nineties amidst the heyday of the teen witch phenomenon, and is steeped not only in pop culture but also in Wagner, opera and literature.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Friday 20 to Saturday 21 June 2008
STONEHENGE SOLSTICE MANAGED OPEN ACCESS
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
See note on our Stonehenge pages.
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Friday 20 to Sunday 22 June 2008
MIDSUMMER MAGIC, SOLSTICE RITUAL AND LABYRINTH
Canolfan yr Orsedd, Ynys Môn, Gogledd Cymru / Gorsedd Centre, Anglesey, North Wales
A weekend of Midsummer Magic and Ritual, hosted by
the Anglesey Druid Order and the Order of Gwyddon. Arrive anytime on
Friday to enjoy the land, followed by a night vigil, with questing and
ritual culminating at dawn on the 21st. Spend the remainder of Saturday
relaxing followed by an evening fire labyrinth ritual on the beach,
with barbecue and feasting.
Accommodation: plenty of camping spaces available, plus extra room to sleep in the roundhouse for a max of 8 people.
Numbers limited to 35 for the weekend.
Cost: £65 per person to include Saturday lunch,
evening barbecue, and Sunday breakfast, including soft drinks and
beverages. Please bring food to share on Friday evening.
For further details and to book your place contact angleseydruids [at] hotmail [dot] com( Kris).
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Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 June 2008
ICE AND FIRE WARRIOR CAMP
Near Glastonbury, Somerset
Instructors: Graham Butcher, Alex Fell-Bowers and Tim Abbott.
Cost: £55 (I&F Members £45)
This will be a weekend devoted to Stav martial arts training. Course will be
suitable for beginners and experienced students. Training will cover:
Herse Galder stances, staff training including 9 guards, 18 runic animal exercises,
practical self-defence and, for advanced students, sword and axe training.
The venue is a beautiful campsite in the Somerset
countryside between Taunton and Glastonbury. It is easy to reach by
road or, if you require collection from bus or train station or Bristol
airport, this can be arranged. Cost will include camping fees and all
meals. Please bring own tent, sleeping bag, eating and washing
equipment etc.
FFI see Website
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Sunday 22 June 2008
ANDERIDA GORSEDD – SUMMER SOLSTICE RITUAL
The Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex
The Anderida Gorsedd is a Druid group, facilitated
by Damh the Bard and Cerri Lee, that has been holding regular open
rituals at the Long Man of Wilmington since Spring Equinox 2000.
Anderida Gorsedd open Summer Solstice ritual. Meet
1.30-2pm near the Long Man of Wilmington car park, for a walk up the
hill at 2pm. Then after retire to the Giants Rest pub for a social
drink.
FFI anderida [at] BardicArts [dot] com( Email)
Website
See also our Directory page.
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Sunday 22 June 2008
CAER BANN MIDSUMMER SOLSTICE RITE
Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire
By Charnwood Grove of Druids.
Meet at Beacon Hill upper car park, 11.30 for 12 am. Bring a dish and
share lunch in Woodhouse Eaves afterwards. Everyone welcome.
FFI: corn_mother [at] hotmail [dot] com( Email) for details.
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Sunday 22 June 2008
MIDSUMMER PICNIC AND GORSEDD
Lickey Hills Visitor Centre, Lickey Hills Country Park, Warren Lane, Rednall, Birmingham, B45 8ER
On Sunday 22nd June, the Bards of the Lost Forest will be gathering for a Midsummer Picnic and Gorsedd.
We will be meeting for the picnic at 12:30 pm in the courtyard of the Lickey Hills Visitor Centre, Lickey Hills Country Park, Warren Lane, Rednall, Birmingham, B45 8ER.
The picnic will be weather dependant, so please first check on the website on the morning of 22nd June to see whether it is going ahead. Please bring food to share and blankets and/or chairs to sit on.
For those who can't come for the picnic, or if it does not go ahead because of the weather, we will be meeting back at the Visitor Centre at 2:00 pm to gather for the ritual.
The ritual is Druid led but it is open to all and families are welcome.
No previous experience or kit is required. However, mead, bread, cakes, poems, stories, songs and music are very welcome.
For further information, please see website.
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Tuesday 24 June 2008
THE GORSEDD OF BARDS OF COR GAWR
Alban Hefin (Midsummer) Gathering
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Limited access, date subject to alteration.
Deaf Access.
Tickets will be on sale to TDN members only from
All Fools' Day (1 April) and to all comers from Beltaine (1 May).
Please order early to avoid disappointment!
Tickets available only in advance, price £2 each.
Please send £2 per ticket (max 6 per request), and a stamped self addressed envelope (or IRCs) to:
Sue Bouvier,
186 Swievelands Road,
Biggin Hill,
Kent TN16 3QS.
Please make cheques out to 'The Druid Network'.
For information on ticket availability, contact: Cor Gawr Tickets
FFI about the Gorsedd, see our Cor Gawr page.
FFI about accommodation around Stonehenge see our Accommodation page.
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Saturday 28 June 2008
KENT GORSEDD – SUMMER SOLSTICE
Coldrum Stones, Neolithic Long Barrow, Trotiscliffe, Kent
12 noon in the Car Park
These open public rituals are for pagans of all traditions, creating a
community that shares in the celebration of the changing tide of the
seasons, honouring the land, the old Gods, and the ancestors. Led by
Druid Priests Rob Wilson and Sue Bouvier. Bring along Biodegradable
offerings, drums, stories, poems, bread & mead to share, and an
enthusiasm to share this seasonal rite with the pagan community.
For more information please contact kentgorsedd [at] gmail [dot] com( Rob or Sue) or 07870755089.
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Saturday 28 June 2008
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE GODDESS: between past and present
Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
A one-day symposium
Morning session: 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Panel discussion: The Goddess between Past and Present
Carol P. Christ; Mary Condren; Lucy Goodison; Christine Morris; Kathryn Rountree.
Buffet lunch, 12.30- 2 p.m.: Classics seminar room (B6.002)
Afternoon session: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Lecture followed by discussion: Carol P. Christ will speak on “Ecofeminism, the Goddess, and Process Philosophy”.
Her widely reprinted essay “Why Women Need the Goddess” published 30 years ago originally had the title: “Why Women and Other Living Things Need the Goddess” and this talk will refer to the “Other Living Things” part of the equation.
Carol P. Christ is a pioneer in the academic study of Women and Religion and is a leading figure in the Goddess, women’s spirituality and feminist theology movements. This is her first visit to Ireland; her great-grandmother emigrated from County Cork to New York City with her family after the potato famine.
- Do we still need the Goddess?
- Why have archaeologists turned away from Goddess-focused interpretations of their material?
- How can the past inform and inspire the present?
Female divinities were a recognised part of the rhythms and rituals of life in much of the ancient world, and Goddess imagery has become important again as a spiritual focus in our troubled modern world. This one-day symposium brings together a group of archaeologists, anthropologists, theologians and practitioners, all of whom engage with female divinity in different ways.
Feminist theologians and Goddess practitioners explore spirituality in the present and for the future, often calling upon the past as inspiration or metaphor. Archaeologists are concerned with rediscovering and interpreting the past, but are increasingly conscious that their interpretations are shaped by the world views and agendas of the present. For all of us, the interaction between the past, as expressed through archaeology and mythology, and the present is important. In the morning, our panel will reflect on how we each engage with and experience the dialogue between archaeology and the Goddess, between past and present. In the afternoon session Carol P. Christ will speak about her recent work.
This event will appeal to anyone interested in archaeology, ritual and religion, Goddess studies, women’s spirituality, feminist theology.
Cost for the day with buffet lunch - € 20 (concessions € 10)
For information contact: cmorris [at] tcd [dot] ie( Christine Morris) or mcondren [at] tcd [dot] ie( Mary Condren)
Website
To secure a place, please return your form as soon as possible, and not later than Wednesday June 26th 2008.
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Monday 30 June 2008
THE WOMAN MAGUS: A Woman's Adventures in the World of Modern Magick
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Jaq Hawkins
7.15 for 7.30 start. £5.
Jaq D Hawkins talks informally in an intimate environment about her experiences in the magical communities of chaos magic and the wider magical community. Looking at the almost silent subculture of women magicians in a world where most of the well-known practitioners are male, she considers the differences of what draws a woman to the practice of ritual magic rather than the more popular path of the witch.
Western European magic of the ceremonial variety evolved in the Middle Ages in a largely patriarchal society, which was reflected in the books written by known practitioners. We have heard of the figures from Agrippa to Eliphas Levi to Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare. Yet several women contributed significantly to the study of magic, often in conjunction with husbands or male partners. The 20th century saw women more openly come into this tradition, though they appear to be relatively few in number.
Jaq D Hawkins is a female magician who grew up with a quest to understand the nature of magic, which has taken her through many paths since her first studies of such authors as AE Waite and Eliphas Levi at the age of 12. She eventually settled within the identity of chaos magician, although she maintains a general Pagan attitude due to her connection with nature spirits. After nearly four decades of magical study and practice, she looks back to the subtle differences in approach and natural advantages that she has observed not only in herself, but in other female magicians that she has met along the way. She is the author of numerous articles and books on magic.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
