Ithaca Winter Solstice: A thread of the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft

the Ithaca Reclaiming Collective ^ | 12/18/05

[Behind Liberal Lines]

A thread of the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft, located in the Fingerlakes region of New York State.

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Upcoming Rituals WINTER SOLSTICE 2005 Workshop, Community Ritual, and Potluck Feast Sunday, December 18th at the Foundation of Light 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca, NY flyer to print "Alone, awesome, complete within Herself, the Goddess, She whose name cannot be spoken, floated in the abyss of the outer darkness, before the beginning of all things. As she looked into the curved mirror of black space, She saw by her own light her radiant reflection, and fell in love with it..." (Starhawk, "The Spiral Dance") SCHEDULE 4:30 - gather for workshop 4:45 - workshop: Deepening the Ritual Experience *In this workshop we will explore ways to deepen our experience of ritual and to bring our true Selves into the circle to play.* 5:45 - gather for ritual 6:00 - ritual begins Potluck dinner to follow. We invite you to attend any parts of the event that you wish, but please do not interrupt the ritual. Please bring your full Self, items for Earth, Air, Fire, and Water altars, and a dish to share (and your own dishes and silverware if you can). Sliding scale donation: $0-$10 as you are able. Facilitated by members of the Ithaca Reclaiming Collective: http://www.IthacaReclaiming.org Questions? 607.227.5852 or email Past Rituals Summer Solstice 2004 For the Summer Solstice this year, the Ithaca Reclaiming Collective calls for everyone vested in progressive political change in this country to join us in ritual and spellworking! Our work will be linked with groups around the world doing the same work as the wheel turns. Eat great food. Make magic. Transform your world. Monday, June 21st Potluck picnic beginning at 5:30 pm Ritual beginning at 7:00 pm Stewart Park (NW section, past tennis courts. If driving, turn left at the entrance and proceed to the back parking lot by the playground.) Bring: yourself your friends food to share your own place setting drums, instruments information to share donation to support this summer’s work, if you are able info@ithacareclaiming.org 227.5852 www.ithacareclaiming.org Yule 2003 with Ithaca CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) We explored the questions of what is out inner darkness? How does it serve us? What does it germinate? We then brought those things we were ready to give birth to out into the light.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

City of Evil bump:

[SandRat]

Pu-Leeze! The very thought of Kerry and Kennedy Kavorting at a Klaven of Ithica Witches in the Buff brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr that's sending ice cold shivers up my back brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[atomicpossum]

Please bring your full Self

Damn. Left my katra at home.

I see a lot of braless, unwashed, tie-dye types...

[Soaring Feather]

Bump

[PeteB570]

Di qua?

[FreedomFarmer]

Helen Thomas Skyclad?

[Eagles6]

Might be a good place to pick up chicks, 'cept for that evil thing. Never know how that might turn out.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They might have you for dinner...

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Might be a good place to pick up chicks, 'cept for that evil thing. Never know how that might turn out.

[Grut]

Still not as weird as snake-kissing, though. Oh, those Christians!

[IronJack]

SCHEDULE

4:30 - gather for workshop
4:45 - workshop: Deepening the Ritual Experience
*In this workshop we will explore ways to deepen our experience of ritual and to bring our true Selves into the circle to play.*
5:45 - gather for ritual
6:00 - ritual begins
Potluck dinner to follow.

REVISED SCHEDULE:

4:30 -- Presentation by Dr. Akin Locke, regional sales representative for Amalgamated Strait Jackets & Restraints
5:00 -- Mazola tanker arrives
5:15 -- Workshop on "braiding flowers into your hair." Womyn will attend "braiding flowers into your ARMPIT hair."
5:45 -- goat-skin leggings available at concession stand
Also, workshop on broom re-strawing ... in case the old chariot needs a tune-up. 6:00 -- Potluck dinner begins. Bring your own cauldron.
7:00 -- lounging and dancing to "Double, Double, Toil, and Trouble," a soft fusion quartet out of nearby Birnham Woods.

Note: Eye of Newt and Wing of Bat, along with other traditional potions will be available at booths in the Outer Ring. Please contact Endora (endora@butterfly.net) to reserve a table.

[Disambiguator]

...everyone vested in progressive political change in this country to join us in ritual and spellworking!

They can't achieve their agenda through legislative means or at the ballot box, so look what they have to resort to!

[NewHampshireDuo]

Yule 2003 with Ithaca CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans)

'nuff said.

[KarlInOhio]

...everyone vested in progressive political change in this country to join us in ritual and spellworking!

I don't think that spell involves an eye of Newt.

[NativeNewYorker]

I do believe this is the first thing I have ever seen that is truly inpossible to parody.

[Brett66]

She whose name cannot be spoken, floated in the abyss of the outer darkness

Forgot to flush again?

[NativeNewYorker]

She whose name cannot be spoken

H*llary?

[hillary's_fat_a**]

Good to see Ithaca hasn't changed much in 30 years since I was there ... think there's something in the water??