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Samhain 2009 at Wolf Creek

2009-09-14T23:31:50Z

Samhain 2009 at Nomenus Sanctuary for Radical Faeries and Friends in Wolf Creek, OR

October 25th-November 2 2009

Nomenus Sanctuary
541-866-2678
Nomenus@hughes.net

This year, Samhain/Halloween falls on the weekend, the only pre-planned events are:

Thurday Oct 29th- Strut yer stuff K(no)W yer talent S(ho)W
Friday Oct 30-Libation/Ritual Drunky/Intentional Drinking Night
Saturday Oct 31—Samhain Shamanation Fire and Community Ritual
Sunday Nov 1—Shhhh Be Quiet Living People/Dead Folks Ancestor Dinner Party
***
And now we are coming to it.
The elders return to childhood landscapes
Uninitiated mixed-blood survivors
Stride the pathways, trails and groves.
They come under the Earth
To the hidden dreaming spots,
To the night of stars
And the circle,
To the Goddess of the Dance—
Who bribed the night watchman, entered the inner chamber late and
Danced alone.
She moves at glacial speed,
Startles up flocks of parrots and hawks,
She shows the bears and salmon the
Depths of the whole Universe,
That the mountains and the rivers remain
On the surface of the sea and sky.
She tells them
The spirits will begin to speak to them
When those who are ready for it
Come to it,
Give up hoping to be eternal
And quit fighting dirt.
***
We send our call to all directions:
East West North South
far above and down below and CENTER:
to all who are likely to hear
and to the unlikely as well:
to our whole extended Radical Faerie family:
freaky brother/sisters, odd uncles and aunties, queer cousins
kinfolk of all genders, all hankerings, all ages, all classes
newbies, prodigals, elders and crones.
hear it, and GET HERE!

What Kinds of Things Happen at a Gathering?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trick or Treating, Frolicking, gamboling, sauntering, carousing.
Dressing up, flirting, making friends, hanging out, making out.
Connecting with the earth and the ancestors.
Cooking big delicious meals and doing the dishes together.
Praying, having visions, receiving guidance.
Singing and drumming around the fire at night.
Making magic, doing ritual, celebrating the turning of the Wheel.
Speaking and hearing each other in heartspace.
Doing massage. Playing in the woods. Swimming in the Creek.
Exploring and loving the Land.

Between the heavens and the earth The way now opens to bring forth The Hosts of those who went on before-
Hail! We see them now come through the Open Door

Welcome to Samhain 2009!!!!

Samhain at Wolf Creek is celebration, communion, and ritual.
It is also camping, in the Oregon Woods, in October.
Take it from us Queen, a happy gathering means preparing for all weather scenarios!!!
It is usually sunny and hot during the day, and can be downright chilly at night.
This being Oregon, it may rain. Pack a couple of tarps.
Come Prepared to Rough It.

Helpful items to bring:

Self-responsibility
A clearly divined Intention
Tricks or treats for trick-or-treating
A tent, tarps for your tent, sleeping bag, flashlight
A tote bag while you are carrying things when you are away from your tent.
Condoms
Warm clothes and hat for chilly nights,
An umbrella or such in case it rains
towels
Biodegradable shampoo and toothpaste, (all water drains into the Creek!)
Books and pictures of Faerie lore and ancestors
Fabulous outfits and drag to share.
Willingness to pitch in where help is needed
Drums and musical instruments
Tarot cards, tools of magick
Body paint, glitter, nail polish, sex toys
Art supplies and craft projects, poetry to read,
Boundaries.
Something to write on.
An idea for a circle or workshop
A vision
Songs and stories to share
A sense of humor.
Appreciation for our differences
A number for the talent show,
Your best most fabulous friends
Love Love Love

No Thank You’s:

Speed, heroin, meth or cocaine—not in you, not on you, not in your car.
Violence or intolerance.
Fire, smoking, candles, or incense on paths or at campsites.
Crabs, parasites, or cooties LOL
Please bring only natural safe burning items for our community fires.
The Samhain fire consumes and transmutes that which we release there.
Symbols are powerful; synthetics poison the air of your brother/sisters.
Don't Bring a Mess * Don't Be a Mess * Don't Leave a Mess

SOME THOUGHTS ON SUBSTANCES…

There is an ongoing dialogue in our community regarding substance use.
These are our intentions for the use of medicines such as tobacco and other herbs and substances:
*To create a strong container and a clear conduit for our personal and tribal magic.
*To respect the diversity of experiences, beliefs, and boundaries around substance use.
*To support the healing work of those in recovery or struggling with addiction.
*To honor the medicine spirits and to ask for their blessings.

SPECIAL NEEDS
This is a camping scenario! We have very limited indoor space reserved for those with SERIOUS health concerns or disabilities. These spaces are for those who would otherwise be unable to participate in the gathering. So if you are able, please Camp It Up Honey!
When requesting special needs housing, please let us know what your special needs are and how we can help you meet them. We will do our best to accommodate special needs visitors. Those faeries who can’t deal with a camping scenario can book a room at the beautiful historic Wolf Creek Inn.
To reserve special needs space for the gathering, please contact the Wolf Creek Sanctuary
541-866-2678
Nomenus@hughes.net

The ReachAround(also known as the Money Talk)

Gatherings cost money.We need food, electricity, propane and lots of other stuff to make this happen.
The requested donation for this gathering is $35 dollars per day, more if you can, less if you can't.
We invoke the twin sisters:
NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds)
and GAYAABAGS (Give As You Are Able But Always Give Something)
Giving to the Sanctuary is a powerful act of abundance magic. By giving to support this sacred place, we place our money on the altar so Spirit can bless it and return it to us. This is especially important in a time when so many are worried about money. Begone modalities of scarcity!!! Thank you for your generosity, which strengthens this community and the magic that we share. May what we give come back to us 3 times 3 times 3!
Help raise $$$$ needed up front for groceries and propane by donating online now!
Use a credit or debit card -- no PayPal account required.

http://www.nomenus.org/donate.html

HELP WANTED
This Gathering happens because we choose, for a time, individually and as a community, to take care of each other and the land we're walking on. To live like loving family on a living Earth. For this Gathering to be sustainable, for it to flow in a good way and be fun for everybody, each single person needs to do their share....plus a little bit more.

So if you see something that needs attention (garbage needs taken out, a mess in the parking lot that has been there for three days etc.), don't just trip on down the trail like it's some other queen's job. Take the initiative!

A lot of love and work goes into this gathering. Meals need to be cooked, propane hauled and firewood cut, shitters cleaned and stocked, fire stations ready, circles and rituals led, trash hauled.

What's your part?
Where's your give-back?
How do your skills align?
What's your super-power?
Your highest bliss?

HERE ARE SOME GATHERING JOBS. WHAT'S YOURS?
• FUN-Raisers: Organize delightful events to raise energy and money for the gathering and the Sanctuary.
• Kitchen Queens: Help the kitchen flow smoothly. Plan menus, help with ordering, manage the kitchen, support the cooks.
Ideally shared by several people. Be Kitchen Queen for a Day!
• Flowmeister: Help people hook up with jobs needing to be done. Be the logistical lubricant that makes the whole gathering run smoothly.
• Transportation Coordinator: Organize rides to & from Greyhound Grants Pass, Medford airport, Klamath Falls train station, and beyond.
• Zombie Surgeon General: Make sure the first aid kits are stocked and organize other Zombie Nurses (first aid / emergency response).
At the Gathering (see the Barn door for signups):
• Registration: Hang out at the Kiosk or the Barn to greet and orient new arrivals.
• Templekeepers: Help clean and tend the Garden House, Barn, and Temple of Love
• Firewood Czar: Organize woodcutting parties while looking all butch with a chainsaw.
• Fire Tenders: Help with firewood and keep our tribal fires burning.
• Cooks: Sign up with a couple of friends to cook a meal. Nourish your Faerie kin and make their tummies happy.
• Dishwashers: Dishwashers eat first and get blowjobs.
• Garden/Greenhouse: The Sanctuary can always use help with permaculture projects. Please check with land fae before helping out.
• Ritual Planning: Help hold the container and guide the energy for our communal magic.
• Shitter Patrol: Keep our trusty shitters clean and well-stocked. A humble yet vital job.
• Trash Hauler: Carry trash and recycling off the Land so we leave ZERO TRASH FOOTPRINT.
• Zombie Nurses: Be a clear and grounded presence to safeguard your fellow Faeries.

Some thoughts on Dogs (and other familiars)
Dogs roaming free can cause problems for the gathering.
No matter how lovely and well-behaved your dog may be, a pack of uncontrolled dogs on the land tends to bark, fight, poop, and sometimes bite.
They harass the land chickens and chase away wildlife.
For the comfort and safety of all, we ask:
PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG TO THE GATHERING.
A kennel is available in Merlin, the next town south, where you can board your furry loved one for $10/day. It is called Creekside Boarding, (541) 471-7144, ask for Donna.
If you do choose to bring your dog, please keep your dog ON A LEASH in the parking lot or with you AT ALL TIMES.
(Mary, the land dog, lives here, and the rules are different for her.)
Thank you for respecting these requests!

WOLF CREEK WISH LIST
Since you are coming anyway, why not bring some useful items to gift the land?

For fire safety:  rakes (5) burlaps sacks (10-20) air horns (5)

First Aid Supplies: tecnu, ace bandages, alcohol prep pads, bandages (varying sizes)  band-aids, epi-pens, snake bite kits, iodine, little plastic close-able bottles ,aspirin & non-aspirin pain relievers

Household: immersion blenders w/ attachments, standard blender, knife blocks, medium sauce pan w/lid & handle, toaster oven, coffee maker (regular consumer grade w/on-off switch), canning preserving equip., mason jar, sprouting jar lids (standard canning jar size, vented), foot scrubby door mats (2), front loading industrial washing machine, record player stylus, digital camera, pleather couch (no mites), plastic mattress covers w/zippers, incense, sage

Maintenance: framing hammer, lumber 2x4, 2x6, plywood, redwood decking, cordless drill ,screws/nails, steel roofing tile for new kitchen floor/walls

Pet Food cat food dog food

Beautiful Fashionable, Drag 55' gallon drums for shit & water, Gardening supplies - handpruners, equipment, and SEEDS,  A better Land Truck, Permaculture Books,  Aquarium Bubblers - for compost tea aeration, A Chicken Tractor, Bench tools – chopsaw, Screens for drying, Care Packages, Faucets, for the handwashing sink, A solar shower sink, Faciliation training for community members, couch for the media room

Drums, Musical Instruments, Carts and Wheelbarrows!!!! Prayers of Love & Abundance,  electrical service panel for the farmhouse (100+Amp)., electric hot-water heater (40+gal, very-well-insulated), water pressure gauge, water meter (gallons, to use on wellhead), use of a surveyor's (differential) GPS; and surveying help, 5-gallon buckets with lids, Commercial Juicer,  Bookcases, Small dressers and shelves for Theresa, One gallon Jars, Aliens Cut My Hair – DVD, Blank CD's  

REGISTRATION!!!!

!!! Right this minute, please email us your registration form, or better yet, print it out and send it with a check. Make checks payable to Nomenus. !!!

Nomenus

Attn: Samhain 2009

PO Box 312

Wolf Creek, OR 97497

541-866-2678

Nomenus@hughes.net

www.nomenus.org

REGISTRATION FORM

Samhain 2009

Nomenus Sanctuary for Radical Faeries and Friends

Wolf Creek, OR

Sunday October 25th through Monday, November 2nd 2009

Faerie Name: ____________________________________

Mundane Name: _________________________________

Address (If you want): _____________________________

Email Address: ___________________________________

I'm planning to be at this fabulous gathering

from _______ to _______, for a total of ______days.

I know you are asking $35/day (more if you can, less if you can't,

No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds), so I am enclosing $________

I would love to help with (X marks the spot):

___ Rituals

___ Firewood

___ Cooking

___ Dishwashing

___ the Know Your Talent Show

___ Holding a Workshop or Ritual

___ Coordinating Rides for _______________ (city name)

___ Being a Zombie Nurse

___ Other ________________________________

This is an all-ages event, but people under 18 must be accompanied by their legal guardians.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is- infinite.
- (Wm Blake)

Hugs and kisses!!!! See you Soon!!!!
This Samhain Call brought to you by Gathering Calls of Gatherings Past, and the Conspiracy to Organize a Samhain Gathering. The opening Poem, entitled The Dance, was written by Sage Ricci.

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Anyone going South in a few days?

2009-07-03T01:32:28Z

My friend Meg who lives in Grants Pass is looking for a ride. sHe has gas money, small amount of stuff. Staying a couple of weeks then coming back to Portland.
Call her at 541-787-9062 cell phone.
Wants to leave 6th;7th or 8th of July

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Lets communicate/coordinate/collaborate/carpool!!!!! Join Wolf Creek Rideshare Yahoo Group!

2009-04-12T21:42:03Z

There is now a Yahoo group to aid the facilitation of rideshares to and from the Wolf Creek sanctuary.

Folks headed to WC for Beltane - festivities start the 27th, that's about two weeks away from today, I encourage us to network and make sure none of our family is left behind that could otherwise make it. If you need a ride, if you could offer a ride please make use of this tool.

the group can be accessed via the link below.
groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfcreek_rides/join

** A Note to those traveling from and through the Seattle area. From now until the 26th I am available to coordinate rides. Message me via tribe ***

Peace

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Satyrday 4/11! Portland K(no)W Talent Show!

2009-04-11T05:43:24Z

What: Know Talent Show - No One Turned Away For Lack Of Talent

Where: 3Friends Coffeehouse, SW corner of SE 12th Ave & SE Ash St

When: Saturday 4/11/09, beginning 12pm-faerie time

What's going on?: This is a free event - donations will be accepted and pre-registration for the Gathering will be available on site. A rotating sign up will be in play, which is to say the sign-up sheet will float around until 5 numbers have been compiled which is when another act of the show will begin. This will continue until no more acts are coming forward or until 4pm, whichever comes first.

What do I bring?: Anything you need in order to give your most authentic and gratifying performance - do you have a schtick, a performance, a gag or a number that's just waiting for a venue? Well, wait no longer my way-fae friends. Bring your feather boa, your favorite CD, your guitar, or your ping pong balls and show 'em what you're made of. If you intend to attend the 2009 Wolf Creek Beltaine gathering, come prepared to pre-register! All are welcome! All are welcome! All are welcome!!!

Pre-Registration is this year's Stripes!!!!

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Seattle Area Carpooling to Wolf Creek for Beltane

2009-04-08T06:42:40Z

Hey Fae!

I was wondering if Folks in the Seattle Area with plans, tentative or solid, to visit wolf creek for Beltane want to start an email list for carpooling? I am volunteering myself as a coordinator for this, so please message me via tribe with your email, your location and your prospective dates of travel. Beltane is coming up quick so I'd like to get a quick start on this.

Lets see the area represent in full!

::quetzal::

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Beltane Funraiser at the Fez This Wed April 8th

2009-04-08T06:14:44Z

COme to the Fez ballroom at 318 SW 11th and Burnside to help make Beltane Happen at Wolf Creek.
'Fabuuulous prizes at the raffle.
Tattoo work by Chaz worth $250
piercing work from Robot Piercing worth $50
a 50$ gift card from Pambiche Cuban Restaurante'
Doors at 7pm
Dancing, DJ's and Performance.
Zero and Boomer hosting
Flipbook p[hoto booth

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Donate items for the Beltane Fundraiser!!!

2009-03-31T06:31:03Z

I am calling for cool and interesting items that other people will want to buy a raffle ticket for!! Yoga classes, tattoos, art, etc.

SO far I have generated a 50$ gift certificate from Robot Piercing
and a $50.00 gift certificate from Pambiche, the Cuban place on NE 28th and Glisan.

Please contact me and send email if you would like to donate something to the FundRaiser to make Beltane Happen at Wolf Creek this year.
Thank you so much.
roran_storms

We having a fabulous FUN-raiser at the Fez Ballroom Wen April 8th. go to this link to see the flyers!

groups.google.com/group/wol...tane/files

ps. There is also a FUndraiser and (K)now talent show happening at 3friends coffee on Sat April 11th. Contact Boomer for more details.

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Happy Ostara

2009-03-26T20:19:31Z

and happy late Imbolc, if you are into that kind of thing...
hope all you mystery loves enjoy this ostara-egg i saved for you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k54cn1gbIyI

blessed / blissed be

---- kuggs and hisses too---

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Hi heroes!

2009-03-22T15:18:52Z

Wolf Creek Faerie Tribe is soooo last season.
What a novel idea, a whole tribe land just waiting for us to discuss and forum and *groove* with each other without getting hijacked!

It's kinda roomy in here, eh?

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Warm Up The Season Drum Circle: TONIGHT 6:30

2008-12-13T19:36:04Z

Hey, Girl, we're a spontaneous people...Let's have a drum (and shucka, and ching) circle, tonight, at Shreevie's! Bring your favorites, and we can make some beauty. There's a fireplace in the space (a little more wood might be nice), and it's close to the Max.

310 NE 106th (503.256.3010): Glisan to 106th, right at "Touchstone Mortgage," on the right with some x-mas lights (hint: pink lights). By Max, 102nd stop, north on 102nd, through the pedestrian way to NE Davis, left at the end (106th), we're a block north (on the right).

Gotta big drum? We can work out rides. See you tonight!

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Seeking Gay Male Participants for Research on Spirituality and Homosexuality

2008-11-19T04:24:09Z

My name is Hayden Reynolds. I am spiritual, a gay man, and a graduate student at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA. I am conducting research in fulfillment of my Ph.D.

The research centers on the stories of men who believe that their gayness is integral to their spiritual development. I will be interviewing gay men about a time in their life when their understanding of their gayness shifted from being solely physical to having spiritual meaning as well.

Being involved in research of this nature can be highly beneficial. Participants will be asked to reflect on their spiritual development and on their gayness. This kind of introspection gives you the opportunity to see where you have come from and can help you to see where you may be going. The time commitment is less than 5 hours, which are broken into separate time blocks for the smaller tasks of the research. The longest of the blocks is less than 2 hours.

You will be a great candidate if you…

• live in the San Francisco Bay Area

• are biologically male

• identify as gay

• are on a conscious spiritual development path

• have made a shift in understanding about your gayness from being solely physical to also spiritual in nature.

• are able to identify and speak about the period of time when the shift was most present in your life.

Please contact me at research@haydenreynolds.com if you are interested or if you want more information.

OR if you know someone who fits the above descriptions please pass this on to them.

If you are interested in my research for other reasons then please do not hesitate to contact me as well.

Thank you so much for your time reading this and contemplating becoming a participant.

Warmest Regards,

Hayden
research@haydenreynolds.com

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Don't you so-called religious people even know who Queers are?

2008-11-14T07:57:36Z

OK, so in the wake of all this Prop 8 stuff, some people have re-awakened the mistaken idea that all humans are supposed to breed--and that this ability to breed is a qualification for marriage--and the only function in human society.

But I haven't pointed the finger back at them and asked about their tradition of priests in the dominant religions. They seem to have no idea that they've been harboring non-breeding men, and furthermore that these men went to monasteries to be cloistered with other men.

You can see where this is headed, but for some reason, the [flimsy] adherents of these religions don't see the connection: namely that the youngest boys [and girls] of large families end up Queer, and that they were traditionally sent to the monasteries because of their obvious unfitness for marrying the opposite sex [in order to create a property bond between significant families].

Did you not know that priests are [often closeted] Queers? Did you not know that Queers are the original shaman priest of the Tribal social construct, and that these genetically predisposed [often lone] priests were later adopted by the institutional priesthood?

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Radical FAEposium and Cabaret

2008-10-29T20:28:37Z

Radical FAEposium and Cabaret
Honoring John Burnside

Saturday November 8th 3:30pm

Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street (@23rd) San Francisco

Join us for a Radical Faerie Symposium* and Cabaret
(a project of QRC, the Quest of the Radical Crosspollinators)

Featuring:
Talks and Discussions on Faerie Culture;
Film and Video screenings by Fearie Filmmakers;
Readings and Live Performances by III, Storm, Rio Corazon, Jupiter, Crystal Cobra Faerie Oracle, Jim e Sparkle Pants, and many other gorgeously talented faeries

$5-20 sliding scale
(no one turned away for lack of funds)

(Please bring a pillow to sit on if possible)

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SAMHAIN!!!!

2008-10-02T20:12:14Z

There are times during the year when the veils between the worlds grow thin…and there are places on this planet where the veils are pretty damn thin to begin with.

COME TO SAMHAIN AT WOLF CREEK SANCTUARY!

Friday October 24th through Monday November 3rd, 2008
Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary for Radical Faeries and Their Friends
4525 Lower Wolf Creek Road
Wolf Creek, Oregon

The Witchy Woo-Woo and the Witchy What-What:

Samhain at Wolf Creek is celebration, communion, and ritual.
It is also camping, in the Oregon Woods, in October.
Come prepared for all weather scenarios:
It is usually sunny and hot during the day, and can be downright chilly at night.
This being Oregon, it may rain.
Pack a couple of tarps.
There is indoor sleeping space for those with special needs, but it is very limited.
Please contact the sanctuary if you have special sleeping needs, otherwise:
Come Prepared to Rough It.

Come Prepared to Collaborate, too: the gathering is exactly as gorgeously, thrillingly, powerful as we make it. In other words, ain't nothing getting done unless we do it, and there are a zillion different ways to plug in to community and contribute.

Calling All Kitchen Queens, Calling all Kitchen Queens: if you have an interest in headlining a meal, contact the Sanctuary right away so that we can plan ahead with you.

Suggested donation is $35 dollars per day, more if you can, less if you can't, no one turned away for lack of funds.

What to Bring:
Tent, tarps, sleeping bag, flashlight
Hot water bottle
Warm clothes, hat, gloves, long underwear
Raingear
Towel
Biodegradable shampoo and toothpaste (all water drains into the Creek!)
Weatherproofed pictures and offerings for Ancestor Altar
Books and pictures of Faerie lore and ancestors
Fabulous outfits and drag to share
Drums, musical instruments, songs to share
Tarot cards, tools of magick
High heels, floggers, cuffs, leather, furs, lace
Body paint, glitter, nail polish, sex toys
Art supplies and craft projects, poetry to read
An idea for a circle or workshop
Favorite recipes and cooking skills
Willingness to pitch in
A vision of what you want this community to be/look like/feel like
A sense of humor and appreciation for our differences
A number for the talent show
A clearly divined Intention
Your best and most fabulous friends!

If you can bring food for the gathering -- such as day-old bread or enough other healthy yummy food to feed 75-100 people –- that is simply fabulous! Please call and let us know ahead of time so we can plan it into our shopping.

SANCTUARY WISH LIST

If you have any of these items, please bring them to donate to the Sanctuary.

We want to create a stockpile of non-perishable food in case of emergency, so whole grains and beans (5 lbs or more of rice, oats, beans, etc.) and canned food are especially welcome.

Canning supplies (quart jars, rings, lids, pectin)
Towels
Water glasses, plastic cups, coffee mugs, bowls
Five-gallon buckets
Candle-making supplies for Imbolc (paraffin, beeswax, wicks, molds, etc.)
Mattresses, especially a queen-sized mattress for the Whores' Bed in the Barn (please call ahead of time before bringing mattresses)

SOME THOUGHTS ON SUBSTANCES…

There is an ongoing dialogue in our community regarding substance use.
These are our intentions for the use of medicines such as tobacco and other herbs and substances:

*To create a strong container and a clear conduit for our personal and tribal magic.
*To respect the diversity of experiences, beliefs, and boundaries around substance use.
*To support the healing work of those in recovery or struggling with addiction.
*To honor the medicine spirits and to ask for their blessings.

DUE TO FIRE-SAFETY CONCERNS, SMOKING IS ONLY ALLOWED IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
In the Smoking Circle behind the Barn
In the Smoking Circle behind Garden House
On the South side of the firepit
In the parking lot.

COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS
We ask you to respect these agreements while at this Gathering:
*Please use all substances intentionally, mindfully, and with respect for yourself and those around you.
*Please be responsible for all items you bring to the Sanctuary. If you pack it in, pack it out. Please leave your camping space and our whole Sanctuary in a better condition than you found it.

ABSOLUTELY NO:
*Speed, heroin, or cocaine—not in you, not on you, not in your car.
*Violence or intolerance.
*Fire, smoking, candles, or incense on paths or at campsites.
*Please bring only natural safe burning items for our community cauldron. The Samhain fire consumes and transmutes that which we release there. Symbols are powerful; synthetics poison the air of your brother/sisters.

Don't Bring a Mess * Don't Be a Mess * Don't Leave a Mess

REGISTER TODAY!
By registering today, you can make the whole Gathering run a little smoother. Or in other words, registering early plays a poignant part in preventing piss poor planning and petty performance.

The suggested donation is $35 per person per day (more if you can, less if you can't, no one turned away for lack of funds). Please plan to contribute energy in its crystallized form (i.e. money if you can), and also in the form of work, love, and participation.

!!! Right this minute, please email us your registration form, or better yet, print it out and send it with a check. Make checks payable to Nomenus. !!!

Nomenus
Attn: Samhain 2008
PO Box 312
Wolf Creek, OR 97497
541-866-2678
nomenus@hughes.net
www.nomenus.org

REGISTRATION FORM
Samhain 2008
Nomenus Sanctuary for Radical Faeries and Friends
Wolf Creek, OR
Friday October 24th through Monday, November 3rd

Faerie Name: ____________________________________

Mundane Name: _________________________________

Address (If you want): _____________________________

Email Address: ___________________________________

I'm planning to be at this fabulous gathering from _______ to _______, for a total of ______days.

I know you are asking $35/day (more if you can, less if you can't, No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds), so I am enclosing $________

I would love to help with (X marks the spot):
___ Rituals
___ Firewood
___ Cooking
___ Dishwashing
___ the Know Your Talent Show
___ Holding a Workshop or Ritual
___ Coordinating Rides for _______________ (city name)
___ Being a Zombie Nurse
___ Other ________________________________

What is your intention for the Samhain Gathering at Wolf Creek?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Mead Moon

2008-07-17T16:42:12Z

Tomorrow is the Mead Moon. Tonight we dance it into being. Here is some WISHCRAFT for you to enjoy as you read it allow these wishes to be given to you. I wish you celebration. I wish you reprieve from the harshness of life. I wish you Love of your partners, friends, family and the random stranger that smiles and changes the flow of energy. I wish you Peace in your heart calming, soothing Peace that resets all your energy centers. I wish you illumination in the dark places. I wish you a windfall of cash that pays all those bills. I wish you orgasms that identify every hair on your body. I wish you a burst of creative ideas. I wish you success in your job, I wish you a way out of something you feel stuck in. I wish you acceptance from all you encounter. I wish you hugs from the people you love so much you could cry just thinking of their way of being, I wish you the best next step you could imagine. I wish you strength to help your Self and Others, I wish you Joy vision the ability to find the Joy. I wish you Flower Power go ahead and smell one. I wish you a nap. I wish you a delicious meal cooked for you and served in your favorite way. I wish you a walk in the woods. I wish for you a moment of sweet release. i wish for you a dream come true. i wish for you the recognition of your merit. I wish for you to feel your worth. I wish for you something ideal. I wish for you a glimmer of hope. I wish for you satisfaction. I wish for you a smile that lasts and lasts. I wish for you Healing Touch. I wish for you Healing.I wish for you a great surprise. I wish you a vacation. I wish for you to receive all the Universal Love you can handle. I wish for you expansion of potential. I wish you positive self image. I wish you validation. I wish you Magick. I wish you the knowledge that you are DIVINE and a child of the Goddess and God. I wish you a change of heart in a constant disappointment. I wish you Love that transforms the Soul. I wish you an unexpected present just for being you. I wish you understanding of your boundaries. I wish you a voice to speak your truth in a way that you are heard and not discredited. I wish you a way out of trouble. I wish you stamina. I wish you release from Karma. I wish you a way to give back to the world that makes you happy. I wish you knowledge of the Way to Happiness. I wish you the ability to show others the way. I wish you resolution to an ongoing situation that is bothering you. I wish you wonderment. I wish you physical strength and health. I wish you Animal Magick. I wish you a talent you never knew you had. I wish you to reach back when someone reaches out. I wish you a victory you have been waiting for. I wish you a break through in you life. I wish you a sense of how far you have come on the journey. I wish you limitless opportunities put before you. I wish you feel cared for and about. I wish you the ability to let go. I wish you feel safe and protected. I wish you satiation. I wish you the power to go on when you just can't believe it. I wish you a poem or prose of delight. I wish you Faerie Magick and Faerie sight. I wish you a personal audience with the Goddess and the God. I wish you Love everlasting. I wish for you to wish again and again. Sail these wishes from my heart deep down where only I can know and I let them go on the winds to circle the Earth and find all my brothers and sisters. All my being I will it so . All my being I Love. I will it and it is .

Mead moon and Honey wine, celebration for us all it's time. Let go and let be... Pleasure You Pleasure Me. Let it be. Let it be... Full Moon Goddess Bold and Bright guiding us to Midnight Delight. Waiting wrapped in cooling mists open my hands from these clenched fists. Mother Goddess Sister Night Help me let go of this Fucking Fight. Soothing, Cooling, noticing beyond. Of things that bring the things I'm fond. Raise the cup and fill it up tonight it's time to be, The Fool, the Lover, the Dreamer of Dreams the one who lives in me. Arise Sweet Soul and Meet the Moon Help is on it's way. Let go of trouble, fear and fright and trials of the day. Put down the woe, package and bag, put on the glitter and treasured drag. For tonight the light is bright and your Magick is full of might. So drink it in and move your bone and know this now YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Faeries far and Faeries wide circle up like you, to make these wishes and more wishes and make this Magick True. Heart beat, Sacred Breath, I Whisper and I Shout and I will this Magick into being , to the world I Send it out. Do my bidding hear me now to the sacred Soul of Fae and to my tribe I humbly bow.

Blessed Be on the Full Moon
Love
Aeolus~

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8th Annual Shaman's Gathering....THE CALL

2008-07-05T04:26:29Z

The 8th annual Queer Shamanism Gathering will be held between August 15th-24th, 2008 @ Zuni Mountain Sanctuary in northwestern New Mexico.

The Stewards of the sanctuary are putting out a call for energy assistance in this endeavor.

This years proposed and requested possibilities include -- Storytelling, Heart Sharing; Sweat Lodge; Positive Tea; Playback Theater; Acoustical Music Circle, Divination Studies, Desert Walkabouts / Visionquesting ; Massage, Energy Balancing, Claycrafting; Desert astronomy; entheogen discussion; body/energy playgroup; BDSM workshop, desert spirit rain dance; Morning/Evening Yoga; Incense Making; Herb Wildcrafting; Poetry ReadingRants, permaculture and various happening and on-going infrastructure projects.

A Know-Your-Talent Show Multi-Media Arts Exhibit is planned for the Wednesdays (in the middle of the happening) as a benefit for the sanctuary and the neighboring community. Help make this your gathering by letting us know where your interests are and how you would like to plug your energy into the mix.

Plenty of tenting areas are being prepared by faeries for camping on Camp Hill as well as more secluded permaculturely friendly areas on the land. The RV parking is also available for persuns wishing to camp nearer the road. Food and water will be provided by the sanctuary with vegetarian meals prepared and served by volunteer attendees. Please notify us of any dietary restrictions, allergies or other health concerns or with special needs we should know about.

*** To help cover the costs for this years event a suggested donation of 35/day per persun per day is requested - more if you can less if you cant; no one turned away for lack of funds. This year as in the past there will be also be study/actualization spaces for those seeking independent explorations.

Full or partial pre-registration funds would be most helpful. Checks can be paid to the order of Zuni Mountain Sanctuary and sent to us by snail mail care of ZMS attn: ShamGath 2008 PO Box 636 Ramah, NM 87321 Even if you are unable to prepay please notify the sanctuary to let us know if you are planning to attend.

--- IN YOUR REGISTRATION REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE --- How you want to be referenced - name and the best way to contact you; your estimated time of arrival in New Mexico -- also if you are driving to the sanctuary and need driving instructions or a map. Pick-ups from the bus/train/airport in Gallup or Albuquerque can be arranged, compensation for gas requested. Carpooling is also helpful so let someone know if you have extra room for sharing space with other travelers.

It is also proven helpful for visitors to have a persunal intention declared for themselves lending definition and structure to their time in space in the sanctuary during the gathering. Intentions can be general or specific but should allow for open-ended possibilities. Past experiences on the land indicate that in offering such a devotional pledge - such an act lends definition and measure to your experience and the ways in which we may better serve one another.

If hospitality is your scene you can contact the sanctuary to let us know your specialties. We always need crews for Cafeteria Committee, Kitchen Queens, HydroGrrls , Dish Dudes and Wood Tenderers. If you have any other skills or talents you would like to share let us know in advance so as to better accommodate your context for space and/or materials in which to honor your gifts.

*** Please notify ZMS either by email zunimtn@wildblue.net or by phone 505.783.4002 to let us know you if intend to attend - to arrange transportation or with any questions.

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The Wolves

2008-06-07T04:19:45Z

This is from the book I'm reading right now, THE PAINTED DRUM, by Louise Erdrich, who is one of the most lovely and amazing creatures writing on the planet today....... I hope she doesn't mind me spreading her words like this, but I felt called upon to share this particular particularly powerful piece:

There was an old man once who wanted to be with the wolves and know their thoughts. He went out on the ice and sang to them and asked them to sink their teeth into his heart. I guess the singing kept him warm enough so he lived out there for three days and nights. On the fourth day, the wolves finally came to him, or rather, he realized that all along he had been looking straight at them and only when they were ready had they let themselves be seen. I know about this man because I sat with him while I was on night duty. I pulled up a chair next to his bed.

"Those wolves were curious," he said, "just like anyone would be. What in the heck's this young man -- I was young then -- sitting out here on the ice for? They came up to find out if I was dangerous or crazy or good to eat. Even then I was tough and stringy, so I guess they decided crazy. They sat and watched me for several hours to see if I would do anything and after a while they went away."

I asked the old man if he'd learned what he needed to learn from them, if he'd found anything out at all.

"Oh sure," he said. "I found out they think like us. They were watching me, but I was watching them, too. I was hungrier than they were. They had just eaten. They were full. One yawned. Another started playing hockey with a piece of ice."

I couldn't believe that.

"It's true," he insisted. "They play with things. They like to play with those big black birds, those ravens. Sometimes the ravens get the wolves to hunt for them. I've seen it where the ravens come back and tell the wolves where there is something to kill and eat. I thought if the raven and the wolf can get along, perhaps the man and the wolf can get along, too. But I couldn't stay out there long enough to test that out."

"Their thoughts. Did you know their thoughts," I asked. "Did you find what you were looking for?"

The old man knew I was trying to pin him down and I could tell he wasn't sure if he wanted to tell me something. He was silent, turning things over in his mind, but at last he must have decided to take a chance and tell me. There was one wolf in particular, a gray wolf, he said, who came back several times and sat before him. Suddenly that wolf was staring at him with a human's eyes in the face of a wolf. The old man did not know when it was he looked at the wolf and found he was staring back at it, but at some point he was aware that he and this particular wolf were holding each other's gazes and had been doing so for some time. The wolf was asking him a question, he realized, and he knew after some more staring what that question was. The old man stopped.

"Well, what was it?" I was impatient to know.

"Oh." His thoughts came back to me. "A standard question. He was asking me, 'Do you want to die?' But that is just wolf practice, asking that. I wanted to get past that and into something else. So I formed a question of my own in my mind and without ceasing my direct stare I spoke to the wolf, asking my own question: Wolf, I said, your people are hunted from the air and poisoned from the earth and killed on sight and you are outbred and stuffed in cages and almost wiped out. How is it that you go on living with such sorrow? How do you go on without turning around and destroying yourselves, as so many of us Anishinaabeg have done under similar circumstances?

"And the wolf answered, not in words, but with a continuation of that stare. 'We live because we live.' He did not ask questions. He did not give reasons. And I understood him then. The wolves accept the life they are given. They do not look around them and wish for a different life, or shorten their lives resenting the humans, or even fear them any more than is appropriate. They are efficient. They deal with what they encounter and then go on. Minute by minute. One day to the next. And so, my friend, I did learn what I had come there to find out. I'll tell you now: I wanted to know how not to kill myself. For that very thing was my intention and had been so for weeks, I could see no way around it. I knew what chaos and everlasting questions such a death brings down upon the living. But I was past caring about that. SInce I was resigned to killing myself, you could say my life was nothing, my life was cheap. So before I went through with it, I decided I would sit with the wolves."

"You never killed yourself, obviously," I said, "but did you perhaps try?"

The old man didn't answer directly. He sat up. "Open the tie on this bare-ass dress," he said, "and look."

When I opened his shirt I saw across his back and shoulders the regular, deep, violet-brown scars of a sundancer who pulled buffalo skulls.

"That's what I did instead."

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2 0 0 8 Blessings

2008-01-01T03:46:57Z

Happy New Year to you all...
I hope and pray to u all
have a safe , fun, peaceful and prosperous new year...

hearts full of gratitude
blessed be
kuggs and hisses...

Sizzle Moon Song

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happy birthday...

2007-12-31T18:51:43Z

..to me! I'm 36.

And to celebrate, my new favorite joke:

Three little old ladies are sitting on a park bench, enjoying the late afternoon sun, when a man
in a raincoat comes up to them, stands at the end of the bench, and casually opens his coat to
reveal an enormous erection.

The first little old lady takes one look at it and promptly has a stroke.

The second little old lady glances over, and she, too, has a stroke.

But the third little old lady... just... can't.... quite... reach.

love and thanks for being in my heart,
Ampersand

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Shadowy Doors

2007-10-08T01:33:02Z

The negative is like the shadow side of both life and self.
... or so I have found to be true.

The source of our passions.
The spark of our creativity.
The impetus for us to be loving.

How we reveal our own shadows
can either open or close doors.

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4/22 Earth Day Men’s Eco-Walk

2007-04-17T08:55:37Z

Most men have been taught to be cut off from the earth, their bodies, and their feelings. On Earth Day we have the opportunity to reconnect in a very direct, physical way with endangered plants, animals, and the nature we co-create with them. And you can do this in a tiny nature preserve right in the city:

CAMASSIA ECO-WALK
4/22, Sunday, 1:30 pm Carpool, 2:15pm Eco-Walk

Who knew that one of the smallest, most diverse, and most endangered ecosystems in North America was nestled on 26 acres in West Linn? David Barts (Watermelon), who has been studying and interpreting Northwest plants & ecosystems for more than 20 years will lead us in an exploration of Camassia Natural Area , which has beautiful spring wild flowers, unique endangered plants, and is one of the most unique little nature preserves in the U.S. We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner afterwards.

DIVERSITY: Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

COSPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: David at 503-223-8822 or registrar@qland.org or website: qland.org

RSVP website: lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Connexion to the Mother(s)

2007-03-21T06:59:24Z

a new tribe has been created to organize and plan the up and coming Mother's Day Gathering at Wolf Creek Sanctuary. feel free to join up and to join in the conversation. contribution is requested and encouraged. we are seeking 30 facilitators and organizers. it's not nearly as daunting as you'd like to think. many hands make light work.

thank you for your contribution and your commitment to the evolution and transformation of Life as we know it.

tribes.tribe.net/mary_faeriemothersday

blissed be,
Micahl Abrahm

"You must be the change that you want to see in the world."
-Ghandi

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12/19 Love Your Low-Back

2006-12-12T09:05:14Z

Your lower back deserves simple, practical, & loving support in this stressful time of year . . .

MEN TOUCHING WITH HEART:
Effective, Simple Strategies for Preventing/Coping with Low Back Pain
Tues, 12/19, 7:00-10:00 pm

A Licensed Physical Therapist, Ted Ellquist, who has extensive training in the McKenzie Method of pain management & prevention, will be teaching men how to use better posture, body mechanics, stretches, and healing touch techniques to cope with or prevent low-back pain.

These techniques will be presented in an interactive way, so you'll have the chance to both give & receive healing touch & stretches throughout the workshop. After experimenting with various techniques, you'll receive significant time on the techniques that seem to work best for you. You can learn more about the McKenzie Method and Ted's training & experience at www.backinactionpt.com

DIVERSITY: Event open to adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, experience levels, and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or healingtouch@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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How do you know you are "2 Spirited" and what is that?

2006-12-02T02:29:50Z

Can anyone comment?

Thanks. New here. This looks funky. I like it.

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12/2 Please pass this along . . .

2006-11-27T04:56:53Z

CREATE A JOB YOU'LL LOVE:
Men's Right Livelihood Workshop
12/2, Saturday, 4:00-10:30 pm

Because men are trained to define themselves by their work, having the wrong job or no job at all can be a major source of stress. In this practical, fun, and affirming workshop you’ll join a group of men who support one another in figuring out:

1) PASSIONS: What are your interests & passions? If you’re depressed or have no idea, what were your passions/interests when you were a kid or young adult?
2) WHO? what kinds of people you most enjoy working for and with?
3) WHAT NEEDS? what kinds of needs/challenges you most enjoy helping
address?
4) WHAT ORGANIZATIONS? what kinds of organizations/businesses you might
enjoy working for or with?
5) WHAT SKILLS? what your skills, experience, & special knowledges are?
6) WHAT ROLES? what roles do you most enjoy playing in work (creator, manager, data collector/analyzer, or supporter)
7) ALLIES? who your allies are for setting up informational interviews with?
potential employers or investors/partners?
8) NEXT STEPS? how you can get on-going support for taking concrete action
towards your right livelihood vision?

TEAMWORK: Finding your great job takes teamwork. Come join a group of men who are serious about finding a great job and want to help one another get started on and sustain effective action. We will use journaling, story-telling, brainstorming, and action-planning to help you create a job you'll love. Out of this workshop you'll also be invited to join an on-going support group to sustain your efforts to create a job you’ll love.

DIVERSITY: This workshop is for adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, experience levels, and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who may be interested.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or createyourjob@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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MidSummer Nights Majick 2007? Anybody Interested?

2006-11-08T02:53:30Z

If you are interested in seeing MidSummer Nights Majick Artist Spiritual Gathering continue for another year please go to the Midsummer's Tribe, midsummernightsmajick.tribe.net/ and read the last post... Thanx, Dreamie

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This Sat, 11/4 Men Finding Wisdom thru Story-telling

2006-10-30T00:04:36Z

Could you forward this to men who have lived interesting stories or who
understand the power of story-telling to help them draw on the wisdom of men of all ages?

MEN’S INTERGENERATIONAL STORY-TELLING
Saturday, 11/4, 4:00-10:30 pm

* Imagine being able to learn from the wisdom of men of all ages.

* Imagine who you could be if men of all ages helped you tell & understand your story, and you helped them tell their’s.

* Imagine story-telling as a tool for transformation & initiation.

For most of human history story-telling has been a crucial part of men’s initiation and empowerment. Nowadays story-telling has been mostly reduced to mere entertainment -- a mass-produced product to be consumed. This has cut men off from the wisdom of the lived past, present, and future – from actually knowing other men’s stories.

In this playful, creative event you’ll tell key parts of your life story to a small group of men of different ages, and they will retell your story in spoken word poetry, short skits, psycho-drama sculptures, paintings/drawings, and other creative techniques.

Our goal is for you to tell the story of your life to men of different ages, and for you to help retell the stories of other men – in ways that reflect you and the wisdom of the inter-generational group you’re apart of. Ultimately this is about friendship, play, creativity, and initiation through story-telling.

DIVERSITY: We welcome men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, story-telling abilities, and life backgrounds (including trans guys). Diversity on all levels helps us learn the many ways we can be men. Could you please help us invite diverse men by forwarding this invitation to any of your friends, colleagues, or acquaintances who might be interested, and by attending with them?

SPONSORED BY: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Jack at 503-223-8822 or storytelling@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Holiday Gift Bazaars?

2006-10-28T03:02:56Z

as Winter Solstice approaches, i am curious
does anyone know of any holiday gift bazaars happening in the portland area?
many of my friends and i create ritual clothing, tapestries, and fabric art of all kinds.
we are seeking a good place to connect our creations with those who would
appreciate the intention and energy that goes into them.
any suggestions?

blessings,
Arun

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Fall: a time to find your new rhythm

2006-10-16T01:21:04Z

In the Northwest fall brings rejuvenating rain, a quietness that encourages
focusing on inner priorities, and cold that reminds us to support one
another in keeping our body, mind, & spirit warm. Q-LAND & LoveTribe have a wonderful week of men's gatherings designed to help you shift into your new rhythm this
fall. Would you forward this invitation to any men who might be interested
and consider attending one or more of these events yourself?

Tues, 10/17, 7-10 pm
MEN’S HEALING TOUCH EXCHANGE:
Richard Ludt, LMT, helps you use movement, touch, & imagery to release
chronic holding

Thurs, 10/19, 7-9:30 pm
MEN’S DATING LAB:
Finding practical strategies & support to give & receive the kinds of
intimacy you want
Co-Facilitators: Alejandro Cantu & Wayne Bund

Fri, 10/20, 6-9 pm
YOHO’S (Young Homos) COOKING & MUSIC FEST:
Men under 30 learn to cook, eat, & exchange music together
Co-Facilitators: Dan Jones, Wayne Bund, Frederic Henriot

Sat, 10/21, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
YOGA & MASSAGE FOR STRESS: From Surrender to Strength:
(powerful techniques to respond more creatively to stress; you can attend
the morning session, the afternoon session, or both)
Co-Facilitators: Paul Tucker, Felix Roth, Charles Airey, & Bart Church

Sun, 10/22, 6-8 pm
BEAT-THE-BLUES (DEPRESSION) SUPPORT GROUP
Men’s peer-support group to help you find practical strategies for feeling better
Co-Facilitators: Brian Taylor, RN, & Matthew

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or info@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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A Call to Celebrate Samhain at Wolf Creek (10/28-11/2)

2006-10-04T16:18:59Z

An Ancient Story lives in our blood and souls:
Up before the sun, bundled in thick layers against the frigid cold, you stoke last night’s coals to a crackling good morning. Water set to boil, you go about rechecking the things gathered to go with you on the journey. You loaded the wagon last night as the sun set and the night breezes sent shivers through you, now you check over them to be sure it’s all in order; shocks of dead weeds, spent crops and molded thatches of roof removed and repaired. All things to be offered to the fire as they no longer serve the flow of your sustenance. Along with these is a bounty, packaged with delicate care; the excess of your crops that cannot be preserved to survive the winter, the four sheep and one pig you know you won’t be able to feed through to spring are together in a separate pen from the rest of the stock, gifts of wool, grains and craft. All of this excess is coming with you to the gathering of Samhain, not because it does not serve, but because it is the bounty with which you have been blessed and now have the honor to share with your ancestors and tribe through feast and through gift.

-Questions and Challenges:
With what bountiful blessings have you been graced since last you faced the dark, cold reflection of frigid winter’s iced embrace? What sufferings have you wrought, endured; what losses plague you still? as now you approach the full-turned wheel to find you face the fall-thinned veil? Reflect now and acknowledge what new ancestors have been created in the passing of this year, what new allies of Spirit and of Power have been gained through the loss, the pain, the forever-gone of friends once flesh now passed on to the wisdom and peace of life beyond.

Examine your load…What load? you hear you ask. That load that without which we would be nothing in particular and therefore everything Now -- that load that is the game you call your Life and worries, your goals, priorities and concerns, your blah blah blah ….. it sits on our shoulders so perfectly perched that we often forget that we choose to carry it. Take it off for a moment and become present to your grudges, your fears, your beliefs, your preconceived’s, your heartsongs, your hurts, your pains, your joys, your sorrows and gains, and hold them to the light of loving examination. Among all of this hubbub are gems of both discord and of harmony, things that hinder you and things that help. Open yourself to the beauty of all that comprises ‘you’ and prepare to share as you are part of your bounty.

Now is the time when the Earth Mother offers the opportunity to recognize that which does not serve and to recognize those blessings of which we have joyous excess, to honor these and to share them with her, with our ancestors, and with each other. A sacrifice is not just made of things we do or do not like, it is of anything whose space we need to clear up so as to allow for further growth in its stead. Identify and Honor your Ancestors, both the newly acquired and those of old, for they are our allies of wisdom and council as we craft the worlds. Clear the way to pure magicks and divine your intentions. Prepare your Self and hereby find that you are cordially, profanely and sacredly invited to join hands and breath to craft together a Circle of Magick Folk; of Fae, of Ghoul, of Witch, of Human, of Mutant, of Man, of Beast, of Goddess, of Corporeal and Spirit allies, of lovers, of strangers, of family, and of friends. Come to the Land that welcomes our conSpiracy and our Circle, come Home to celebrate Samhain, the year’s final harvest, the thinning of the veils, a homecoming of Ancestry and memory. Join hands together as our laughter rings amidst our tears and we step through the Door to the Dark.

“we are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother earth; our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all perish.”

-Dates and Registration:

You’re calendar is just dying to know, so here they are: Samhain will be held SatyrsDay 10/28/06 through Thursday 11/02/06. You are invited to arrive and make camp Friday 10/27, ground, join in dinner, and sleep to be rested for opening Circle on Saturday (this is not yet coordinated, so if you have inspiration and would like to pitch in to craft opening circle, have your piece ready when you arrive. We make this gathering)
Pre-Registration is highly encouraged as it helps us to get the abundAnce flowing for the gathering, starts to give an idea for how many guests the Land can expect in the first few days. Suggested donation is 35 dollars a day (More if you can. Less if you can’t. No one turned away for lack of funds). Give early, give often. The gathering we are creating is formed and funded by those of us who attend it, the money we give supports our needs while at the gathering and supports the needs of the Land that is hosting our reveries. Don’t be shy about giving what you have, money or otherwise. We make this gathering. A printable pre-registration form is at the end of this call, you can mail your registration with any pre-gathering donations to Kyle Diesner, 2213 SE Stark St, Portland, Or, 97214 (no really, it’ll make it to the Land). Any more information you need regarding the Sanctuary (contact info, etc) can be found at www.nomenus.org

-We protect the Lands

It’s recently been discovered that the land surrounding the sanctuary is under threat of logging. It has yet to be auctioned off to a specific company but the time is short and the time is now to act if we are to prevent this. There will be a circle held at the gathering to discuss ritual and other possibilities of action. We are invoking the spirit of Spotted Owl to make its presence known in those lands as our ally in protecting the forests. We will also be walking the perimeter of the Land and marking our property lines in a spell of protection and compassion. Any resources you may have to help this process are welcomed and appreciated.

-Logistics

The kitchen is the heart of the gathering and is yet not being focalized. If you are called to focus the kitchen for a night, for a day for the week, please make this known when you register. We all do our part to construct this gathering.

Arrive with the knowledge that it is up to *all* of us to co-create this gathering. Arrive prepared to engage and participate. Arrive with the willingness to instigate community. ritual, meals, art, sex, laughter, cohesion, magick, it’s OURS to make…..

Pack it in, Pack it out. Earth Mother loves you, pick up your own mess.

Rain Happens, bring tarps and rain gear.

It’s fucking cold! Bring layers, plenty of bedding, less attachment to getting laid and more to making friends and staying warm. (sex during the day and by the fire, gleefully encouraged)

The Zombie Nurses, while a good idea, have had a struggle to maintain momentum. All of the supplies are available, all that’s wanting is a willing and able coordinator(s).

If you have felt the pull to coordinate something at a gathering in previous years but have not been sure of how to go about it, or whether you would be “up to the task”, find an ally who you see leading, talk to the ones you “know” can do it and step up to your own yearnings. The gathering happens cuz we make it, there are no designated or voted-in leaders or facilitators, we all choose our roles and are supported as we create our support. Gathering, like Life, is best done Actively. Your participation is highly encouraged.

Come prepared to camp. Special needs space is for faeries who required an in indoor sleeping arrangement for medical purposes, and is limited. Please contact the Land to raise awareness to your special need.

The Land, and the Gatherings held there, honor a consensus-based decision making process. Over the past many years the gathered communities and the community on the Land have reached agreements, through consensus, regarding “a few items that you should please not bring with you to the Sanctuary”. They are as follows:

-Speed, of any kind, in you or on you (that includes your car)
-Violence or Intolerance
-Pets or Familiars*
-Synthetic body care products (the drains empty into the creek and into the soil, please help keep them clean

(*”please leave your pets at home” is a restriction commonly ignored or, for some, impossible to comply with. If you dissent to this request, feel oppressed by this request, or are made indignant by this request; it is further requested that you bring your dissent by way of communication, by calling a circle and bringing the issue about in a venue in which it can be addressed and shifted to best suit all present. Please honor the process by which we honor ourselves and do not bring your pets to the sanctuary during the gathering. If it is impossible for you to leave your pet behind, a kennel is available in Merlin, the next town south, at which you can board your furry loved on for $10/day. It is called Creekside Boarding, Donna is the lady’s name who runs it and the number is (541) 471-7144. Thank you for helping the gathering to flow peacefully and smoothly)

-Whispered rumors of things to come:

Dinner Daily and Deliciously prepared (by us!, that means you, which is us!), Faery-Tale Tea (bring your stories, memories, traditions to share over a cup of tea), Intentional Libations Night, kNOw Talent Show (hosted by the fateful Rock, Paper, Scissor Sisters), the construction of a Community Ancestor Altar (bring tokens, talismans, pictures of ancestors that you would be willing to have on a community altar out in the weather), Samhain Ritual, an Interactive Community Divination EXTRAVAGANZA!!! (bring your decks, runes, card, and oracles that are comfortable being touched by community hands)…..

The time has come, autumn is upon us and the time to celebrate the cold, the dark, the cozy, the rotting, the fuzzy, the dead, the bouncy, the burning, the moist, the coming of the night is here. Bring your love, your Sight, your intention….

See you at the Fire….

Bliss,
-This Year’s Conspiracy to Call a Samhain Gathering

(Printable Registration form)
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Registration Form
Samhain, A Welcome Home Celebration to Ancestors and Fae-Kin
Saturday 10/28-06- Thrusday 11/02/06

Faery Name: ____________________________________

Former Faery Name:______________________________

Future Faery Name:__________________________________

Name your Parents Call You:________________________

Mundane Name: _________________________________

Address (If you want): _____________________________

Email Address: ___________________________________

I'm planing to be at the gathering from _______ to _______, for a total of ______ days.

I know you are asking $35/day (more if you can, less if you can't, No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds),
so I am enclosing $________

I would love to help with (circle away!):

Opening/Closing Rituals, Collecting & Cutting Firewood
Cooking a Meal Queening the Kitchen
the Know Your Talent Show, A Workshop/Ritual
Coordinating Rides for _______________ (city name)
Other _____________________

Remember, this is YOUR Gathering, and is created with the collaborative effort of everyone attending.
What is your intention for the Samhain Gathering at Wolf Creek?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

*************
Blessed Be

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Free Fall Men’s Yoga & Meditation starts soon

2006-09-06T21:39:08Z

Would you please forward this invitation to any men who may be interested in attending a FREE men’s yoga or meditation class, and please consider attending yourself?

FREE MEN’S YOGA & MEDITATION CLASSES

As we approach the Autumnal Equinox, the days shorten and it’s a great time to try new ways to integrate wellness & stress-relief into our busy lives. Q-LAND & LoveTribe are launching the fall quarter with the following FREE yoga & meditation classes (for men who’ve never tried one of our classes):

* Monday, 9/18, 6:30-7:45 pm
Core Strength Yoga

* Wednesday, 9/20, 6:30-8:30 pm
Therapeutic Yoga (for men with specific wellness challenges/goals)

* Saturday, 9/23, 10:00-11:15 am
Core Strength Yoga

* Tuesday, 9/12, 7:30-9:30 pm
Men’s Meditation Group

Below are short descriptions of each class.

MEN'S CORE STRENGTH YOGA
Monday, 9/18, 6:30-7:45 pm &
Saturday, 9/23 10:00-11:15 am
As men age, stress, gravity, and neglect of the body conspire to cause us to collapse inward. We close ourselves off to life. In this dynamic, powerful, gentle, and fun class you'll learn to open from the inside out - to strengthen, lengthen, and enjoy your core. This class is for men with diverse abilities, ages, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds (must be able to walk up & down stairs because NW Portland studio is not wheelchair accessible). Instructor Charles Airey has studied yoga for about 25 years, became a certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor 20 years ago, and has taught in various studios in South Florida & Southern California.
INFO: Charles 503-223-8822 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.qland.org/menspirit

MEN'S THERAPEUTIC YOGA
Wednesday, 9/20, 6:30-8:30 pm
Small class tailored to address your specific wellness goals, limitations, abilities, & experience. Learn to use Yoga & Ayurveda to reach your wellness goals (getting stronger & more flexible, losing weight, stress relief, becoming calmer & more focused, etc.) and/or self-treat chronic ailments (like back/neck pain, insomnia/anxiety, allergies, depression, HIV, digestive problems, etc). Taught by instructor who has studied for more than l8 years (under certified Iyengar & Raja Yoga instructors) and taught therapeutic yoga for more than 12 years.
INFO: Bart 503-223-8822 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

MEN'S MEDITATION GROUP
Tuesday, 9/12 & 9/26 (2nd & 4th Tuesdays), 7:30-9:30 pm
Meditation helps many people relieve stress, feel calmer and more focused, and be more creative and connected to your natural flow. In this group you'll receive basic meditation instruction and simple, silent sitting and walking practice twice a month, on-going support for establishing your own regular meditation practice, and the fellowship of other men from diverse backgrounds who are interested in meditation and mindfulness. Co-facilitated by Rob Downer, M.Div., a local spiritual director and Centering Prayer facilitator; and Jeff Kerr, who has studied Buddhist meditation and currently is a student at the Portland Shambhala Center.
INFO: Rob 503-223-8822 or meditation@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

NOTE: Please RSVP as we limit our class sizes to assure each class is tailored to each man's goals, limitations, & abilities. Men of all experience levels are welcome in all our classes. Classes are only free for men who’ve never attended one of our yoga or meditation classes. After your 1st class, you decide how much you want to donate per class and then pay that amount times the number of classes remaining in the quarter. Space is limited in the Therapeutic Yoga Class, so please RSVP for this class ASAP.

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9/9 Men’s Dating Lab: Practical Intimacy Strategies

2006-08-31T03:34:18Z

MEN’S DATING LAB:
Finding Practical Intimacy Strategies
* Workshop: Sat, 9/9, 6:30-l0:30 pm
* On-going Group: lst & 3rd Thurs (begins 9/2l), 7-9 pm

Many men long for more emotionally and physically
intimate relationships, but --

* They’re too busy;
* They’ve been burned;
* They don’t know what they want;
* They’ve tried everything;
* They think they’re too old, shy, ugly, blah, blah . . .

Well love is worth it. Intimacy makes you happier and live longer & better. And you’re capable and desirable enough. You just need a little help figuring out what you want and what you can do – in the real world – to get it.

In this fun, practical workshop you’ll explore with other men:

• What kinds of intimacies you want;
• Your intimacy challenges;
• Your intimacy strengths & skills;
• Practical experiments to try in the work-shop & in your life for dating & intimacy
• Asking for concrete support to help you implement what you’ve learned & sustain learning after the workshop

This workshop is not about experts telling us the answers. It is about us supporting one another to find the intimacy visions and strategies that work for each of us. And most of all it’s about figuring out what you can do differently in the real world to get more of the intimacy you want – and get the support to follow through.

If you can’t attend the workshop, you could check out our on-going Dating Lab Support Group that will meet on the lst & 3rd Thursdays each month, 7-9 pm, starting on 9/2l.

CO-FACILITATORS: Alejandro Cantu, 5l, has been a teacher of multi-cultural students for more than 20 years, was in a long-term relationship and is now returning to dating; Wayne Bund, 25, is a teacher of multi-cultural students, has been in several relationships, and has recently moved back to Portland as a single man; Bart Church, 46, has been in several primary relationships, but has viewed his close friendship network as his primary source of intimacy for most of his adult life & believes in valuing friendship networks.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, that empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or datinglab@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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9/1-9/4 MEN'S RETREAT - New habits, new possibilities for wellness

2006-08-22T00:41:27Z

Fall is a great time to develop new habits that create new possibilities for enhancing wellness. In its Men’s Wellness Retreat this Labor Day Weekend (9/1-9/4), Q-LAND & LoveTribe will help you enjoy learning new habits of yoga, massage, eating well, and music-making/movement to deal with challenges like:

* stress
* excess weight
* back/neck pain
* depression
* lack of energy
* digestive problems

In this long weekend at a beautiful ranch in the coastal range (on 50 acres of wooded land with a stream & ponds), you can join three experienced yoga teachers, two experienced Licensed Massage Therapists, and experienced musicians in creating a magical Labor Day Weekend Retreat that will include:

* hiking/strolling in the forest
* relaxing & energizing yoga classes,
* healing massage exchanges,
* playing croquet (and a new game called Giant’s Croquet) on the lawn
* making & moving to great music,
* napping,
* great food

All activities will be optional, and every day we’ll offer a couple of yoga classes, a massage exchange class, three delicious & healthy meals, and the opportunity to make & move to energizing & relaxing music.

What you do every day can create wellness and ease in your life. Come have fun with other men learning new habits that create new possibilities.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or retreat@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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8/l2 Men's Music Jam; 8/l5 Men's Contact Improv

2006-08-07T05:01:39Z

Please invite any men who might be interested to the following Q-LAND/LoveTribe MenSpirit events designed to unlock creativity, heal your body, and open your heart:

MEN'S MUSIC JAM: Playing with Improvisation
Sat, 8/l2, 6:30-l0:30 pm
This is a time for all kinds of men to gather to share great (vegetarian) food & great collectively-created, improvised music. Even if you've never made music with a group of men, you can discover your innate creativity, rhythm, and love of music you help create. All of us are connected to rhythms through our heat beat, our breath, and all the flows of our bodies. Rhythm can have profound effects on us; it can slow our heartbeat, calm our respiration, and cause all of the cells of our bodies to vibrate in unison with all the cells of everyone else who hears that flowing sound. When we make music together, it connects us in unique ways. Co-Facilitated by Marvin Moore & Eric Zimmerman.

MEN’S CONTACT IMPROV & Motion Massage
Tue, 8/l5, 7-l0 pm
Contact Improv is an amazing moving meditation that focuses on the point of contact between two people. It looks like a combination of dance (movement), improvisation, meditation, & playful/healing touch. And it’s more than its parts. Motion Massage extends the awareness developed in Contact Improv into a highly intuitive massage form that uses the movement of the whole body to bring about healing, opening, and a nurturing flow. Co-facilitated by Felix Roth, LMT; Jeff Kerr, Daniel Flynn, & Bart Church.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 info@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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8/5 Can hating your body make you sick?

2006-07-31T09:27:02Z

Can disliking your body or its parts make you sick? What if the things you believe about your body help determine how healthy you are and will be?

What if billions of dollars were being spent to convince you your body is flawed? And what if this belief and many of the products you buy to “fix” your body are actually making you sick?

MEN'S BODY IMAGES: Can hating your body make you sick?
8/5, This Saturday, 6:30-10:30 pm

In this workshop you’ll look simply and compassionately at which parts of your body you like, and which you dislike. You’ll look at how you feel about your body and its parts, as well as what you tell yourself about your body and its parts.

You’ll use simple practices of small group brainstorming & repetition of new body images, touch, breathing, ritual, play, and awareness to enhance the flow of blood, energy & nutrients to parts of your body you like. You’ll also use these practices to soften and enliven parts of your body you dislike. You’ll physically experience the connection between your beliefs about your body and the amount of blood, immune fluid, energy, oxygen, and nutrients that reach parts of your body.

Your beliefs about your body can make you sick. And the reverse is true. Your beliefs about your body can heal you. It is quite powerful to experience this first hand in your body, rather than as just ideas. And it is exponentially more powerful to do this with the support and energy of a group.

Let us re-imagine our bodies as capable of being beautiful, sexy, powerful,
healthy, and creative. Let us accept our bodies as they are -- and learn quiet ways to use our body images to heal our bodies, rather than destroy them.

CO-FACILITATORS: Dan Jones, co-facilitator of Outside In's Gender Blenz Group at the Trans Identity Resource Center, as well as Q-LAND’s coordinator of programs for men under 30 (this event is for adult men of all ages); Celeste Weber, founder of a radical feminist striptease support group & a risk reduction specialist at Outside In's Needle Exchange; Bart Church, a yoga teacher, Zen-Shiatsu Practitioner, and facilitator of men's wellness workshops and retreats for 20 years.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe. Menspirit empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill 503-223-8822 or bodyimages@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Blues4Kali-A mythic hymn to the hidden Wisdom of Dark Mother Kali as Her Dead Line for Worldwide renewal nears

2006-07-26T04:02:24Z

Dear Family,

Blessings!

We're pleased to announce, at long last, the unveiling of AMPI's Pilot Project, Blues4Kali.
AMPI is extremely excited to invite you to enjoy this pre-print preview of the online edition.

Blues4Kali is the third metafictional delight by author Indi Riverflow, and the first to be available under the label of AMPI Alt Press, created specifically to address the shortage of prose poetry like this in the modern marketplace.
Please accept our invitation to preview the electronic edition at our website: www.amanamission.com or
www.blues4kali.com
This novel is our gift to you and we hope you enjoy this strange
chronicle of the counterculture. Please feel free to contact me at this address,
with any comments or concerns about the website.
Blues4Kali is the result of nine months labor, and our very first child together.
Whether she lives or dies may be up to you, so please spread this link in any way
you find fitting.

In Joy,
Om Shakti Kali Devi Om,
Amana Mission & Indi Riverflow
AMPI Alternative Press,
Peace Love Unity Respect Acceptance Light (Plural)
www.blues4kali.com
www.amanamission.com

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ZMS Queer Shamanism Gathering 2006

2006-06-07T18:29:56Z

--- Memo from the High Desert ---

Just a reminder that the annual Queer Shamanism Gathering
will be held @ Zuni Mountain Sanctuary from AUGUST 12th - 20th 2006

In preparation for the 2006 gathering, the planning committee would like to request pre-registration for all those wishing to attend. This would be most helpful for anticipating how many to expect this year as well as in preparing the upcoming bulk food order.

Plenty of tenting areas have been prepared for camping on Camp Hill and also in other more secluded areas on the land. The RV parking is also available for persuns wishing to camp nearer the road. Food and water will be provided by the sanctuary with vegetarian meals prepared and served by volunteer attendees. Please notify us of any dietary restrictions, allergies or other health concerns or with special needs we should know about. To help cover the costs for this years event a suggested donation of 35/day per persun per day is requested - more if you can less if you cant; no one turned away for lack of funds.

This years Proposed / Requested Activities / Workshops include -- Storytelling, Heart Sharing; Sweat Lodge; Positive Tea; Playback Theater; acoustical music circle, incense wildcrafting; desert walkabouts / visionquesting ; tonal work, massage, energy balancing, claycrafting; desert astronomy; entheogen discussion; body/energy playgroup; electronic spirit dance; yoga; how-to-be-an-effective-walk-in brainstorm; tarot / divination; multi-media arts exhibit; permaculture and infrastructure projects and a Know-Your Talent Show. This year as in the past there will be study spaces (both indoor and outside) for independent explorations.

RE: Pre-Registering for the 2006 Queer Shamanism Gathering

IN YOUR PRE-REGISTRATION PLEASE INCLUDE --- how you want to be referenced – name and the best way to contact you; your estimated time of arrival in New Mexico -- also if you are driving to the sanctuary and need driving instructions or a map. Pick-up from the bus/train/airport in Gallup or Albuquerque can be arranged compensation for gas requested. If you have extra room for sharing space with other travelers also let us know.

It is also proven helpful for visitors to have a persunal intention declared for themselves lending definition and structure to their time in space in the sanctuary during the gathering. Intentions can be general or specific but should allow for open-ended possibilities. Past experiences on the land indicate that in offering such a devotional pledge - such an act lends definition and measure to your experience and the ways in which we may better serve one another.

Full or partial pre-registration donations given early are most helpful. Checks can be paid to the order of Zuni Mountain Sanctuary and sent to us by snail mail care of ZMS attn: ShamGath 2006

If you would like to help we still need crews for Cafeteria Committee / Kitchen Queens, HydroGrrls and Dish Dudes. If you have other skills or talents you would like to share let us know in advance so as to better accommodate your context for space and/or materials.

*** Please notify ZMS either by email zunimtn@cia-g.com or by phone 505.783.4002 to let us know you if intend to attend or to arrange transportation.

www.zms.org

ZMS PO Box 636
Ramah, NM 87321
505.783.4002

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Things Are Heating Up this Summer @ Z M S
www.zms.org

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Zombie Nurses Arise!

2006-06-06T18:37:54Z

The time has come at last, with the loosening of the grip that winter has held here, and advent of the spring season, what has become unearthed? Why yes it is ZOMBIE NURSE! and it wants YOU!!!

The Zombie Nurses commit themselves to providing immediate care to those in need on the sanctuary. They shall help to maintain the balance between personal freedom and community safety, in an objective, non-judgmental capacity, by providing emergency response and by facilitating conflict resolution and effective communications at Wolf Creek.

This is a fun and functional way to plug into the gatherings here at Wolf Creek, check out the link below for further information. All are welcome!

http://tribes.tribe.net/zombienurses

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6/3 Bridging the Age Divide

2006-05-31T03:46:39Z

FRIENDSHIP: BEYOND TROLLS & TWINKS
Sat, 6/3, 6:30-l0:30 pm

Do you wonder why there is so little communication and friendship between younger & older men (and even between men who are the same age)?

Do you or your friends have trouble relating to men who are younger, older, or your own age?

This Saturday we will use guerilla theater games, story-telling, & heart-sharing to laugh at and look beyond our age stereotypes – to look at the true qualities and experiences of men of all ages. l3 men of diverse ages have already registered for this Saturday’s Playshop (23% under 30, but only 8% over 60). Would you be willing to help us expand the age diversity of this event by attending yourself, and by forwarding this invitation to men who might be interested, especially men under 30 or over 60?

When you have an intergenerational network of friends, you are able to adapt more effectively to the accelerating pace of change in modern life – you have access to both knowledge and wisdom from many perspectives and about many subjects. You have allies & mentors who are older, younger, and your own age. You also have a much clearer mirror in which to see who you were, who you are, and who you want to be.

Event co-sponsored by MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe.

INFO: Peter at 503-223-8822 or trolls&twinks@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

Thanks for forwarding this to any friends, acquaintances, or colleagues who might want to bridge the age divide and develop friendships based on truth, not stereotypes. And thanks for attending this amazing Playshop yourself.

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Please Fwd: 3/11 Men Practicing Simple Kindness

2006-03-02T09:48:16Z

Men’s Massage Exchange
Sat, 3/11/06 (& Every 2nd Saturday)
7:00 pm – 12:00 am

Thanks for forwarding this invitation to men who might need simple, kind, healing touch . . .

“Understanding is the very foundation of love,
And looking deeply is the basic practice.”
-- Thich Nhat Hanh

REDUCE STRESS: Healing touch can be a powerful, regular, and affordable part of your life. It can reduce stress, improve the functioning of your immune system, help you feel calm and clear, and reduce chronic pain. Most of all it can help you feel at home in your body and your life.

LMT FACILITATOR: Healing touch can be very simple. It can be uncomplicated – done without pursuing erotic desires, without judging yourself or others, without fantasy or anxiety. It helps when a Licensed Massage Therapist shows you simple techniques that can augment your natural intuition. It’s also great when you have plenty of time to practice giving and receiving with several open-hearted men.

SIMPLE KINDNESS: Some people are afraid of touching or being touched by “strangers.” When you get to know people and they share your goals and values, they aren’t strangers. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you realized that strangers can be incredibly kind, and that your best friend was once a stranger?

Some people think men can’t touch without “making it sexual.” What if men of many ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds are quite capable of being really kind and non-sexual in their touch? What if in fact most men are longing deeply for healing, non-sexual touch. Isn’t that what you want? Do you think you are alone in wanting to be touched with simple kindness?

Healing touch has this way of being complete, of helping you feel complete.

DONATION: $20-$50 (no one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships & work-study available)

SPONSORED BY: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND.org and LoveTribe.org., dedicated to empowering men in the Portland metro area to transform our community so it values friendship, community, service, play and wellness among men, regardless of their race, orientation, age, religion, background, or other characteristics that should not divide men.

INFO: Chris Boothby, LMT 503-223-8822 X2 or massage@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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2/24 Mmmmm: Diverse Men Healing thru Music, Movement, Touch

2006-02-10T21:34:10Z

Mmmmm is in two weeks -- could you please help us make this event as diverse as possible by forwarding this email to any men who might be interested?*

Mmmmm:
Men, Music, Movement, Massage, Meditation
Fri, 2/24, 7 pm – 12 am

Music, movement, meditation & healing touch have the power to send waves of energy through our bodies that set all our cells vibrating in unity – they allow us to discover our authentic needs for rest, nurturing, and healing. For thousands of years in many cultures men have used music, movement, touch, and meditation to discover who they are out beyond their superficial differences and self-imposed limitations. .

Two weeks from today men of all abilities, ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds (including trans guys) will gather in a smoke, alcohol, drug free space that is wheel-chair accessible. We will explore more authentic, healing connections with ourselves and other men through music, authentic movement, deep relaxation, contact improv, guided meditation, danceability, ecstatic dance, healing touch/massage, and free-style movement and touch.

Each of us will be invited to get in touch with our own needs for rest, healing, and nurturing -- and to move and touch in ways that meet those needs authentically. We will keep our focus on healing and nurturing ourselves first and others as a function of the abundance we feel when we are taking care of ourselves. To keep the space safe for all kinds of men, there will be no genital or anal touching, no asking people out for dates, no sexual come-ons, and everyone will keep their comfortable clothes on (if you want a back massage, you can lift up your shirt for this).

Thanks for helping us to welcome all kinds of men by forwarding this email to the diverse men you care about. Don’t forget the astonishing power of music, movement, healing touch, and meditation to refresh your spirit and free your heart.

Featuring
* DJ DandyLion;
* DJ Keer (who also will facilitate our altar building);
* Felix Roth, LMT, founder of Motion Massage & co-founder of Sacred Circle Dance;
* Curtis Walker, Director, Impetus Arts (mixed-abilities movement);
* Bart Church, Zen Shiatsu Practitioner & yoga teacher.

Co-sponsored by:
QLAND.org
LoveTribe.org
Impetus Arts
MotionMassage.com

INFO: 503-223-8822 X2 or Mmmmm@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

* NOTE: If you’d like to print out & distribute the beautiful Mmmmm invitation flier to men who don’t have computers, let me know and I’ll email you the Microsoft Word version of the flier.

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Missive of Beltane

2006-01-28T17:36:18Z

<begin transmission>

the wheel is turning, <stop>
the darkness releasing <it>
the fire awakens <never>
the seeds are planted <does>

Candlemas <stop>
Equinox <then>
Beltane <bright>
Solstice <light>
the call will go out <comes>
the spell will be cast <and>
with love, magic, beauty, power, and clarity<shines>
in a good and gentle way <so>

will you craft this spell <stop>
will you live this spell ? <it>
what is your role ? <never>
do you yet know it ? <does>

email us at Nomenus@budget.net <stop>

<end transmission>

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tibetan singing bowl meditation Sat

2005-12-31T01:47:22Z

so, Magnolia put out there on the PDX singing bowl tribe that a singing bowl meditation for the new year might be a great way to set intentions for the next coming 12 months...

we noodled around for where folks could get together tomorrow and decided that at fairy coffee couldn't be a better place since most of the folks we know would be there anyway!

so, for those who are intending on going to fairy coffee (and those who weren't, as well.... ;) ) please bring your singing bowls if you are so inclined (or any other lovely meditational noise maker you may desire) and let's "ring" in the new year together!

Three Friends Coffee House - around noon - let's make a great noise!

with blessings for the new year...

~hawke~

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12/20 Touch Your Shadow; 1/7 Expand Your Vision

2005-12-14T00:11:21Z

“If you dream alone, it’s just a dream. If you dream together, it’s reality.”
-- Brazilian proverb

Please forward this invitation to any men who might be interested in connecting with other men to explore their shadows and/or expand their visions . . .

Tues, 12/20, MEN TOUCHING WITH HEART: on the Winter Solstice, use movement & healing touch to explore your shadow – those parts of you that seem to sabotage you from getting what you want. Many of us spend an enormous amount of time and energy distracting ourselves from our shadow or running from it. When we turn and look at our shadow, it is astonishing how simple its needs are, and how much energy it has to give us -- if we would work with it, not always against it. A licensed massage therapist, movement facilitator, yoga teacher, and long-time facilitator of shadow work will help men to use touch and movement as tools to gently get in touch with the feelings and needs of the so-called “dark-side” of our being.
INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 or massage@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

Sat, 1/7/06, MEN’S VISION QUEST RETREAT: Five incredible artists are collaborating to help you use various creative tools (story-telling, movement, collage, painting, psycho-drama, meditation) to explore, express, prioritize, and get support to manifest your visions. They’ll also help you explore and integrate the needs behind cynicism, procrastination, and fear, so they don’t sabotage you. For most of human history, men have supported one another in teams/tribes to explore, express, & manifest their visions. In modern times many of us lack the powerful support of a team in discovering and manifesting our authentic visions for intimacy/community, health, spirituality, work, and play – and a life that balances these realms. This retreat will have two parts (you may attend either or both):
* Part 1, 1:00-5:00 pm Creative Playshop: Discover your visions with art, movement, mindfulness
* Part 2, 7:00 pm – 12:00 am Get support in clarifying & manifesting your vision (make it real)
INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 or visionquest@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

Thanks for helping us to promote diversity among men by forwarding this email to men who might not hear about these events (especially men of color, men under 30 or over 60, men without computers, working class men, shy or introverted men, Trans men, married men, straight/bi men, etc).

Bart Church
Q-LAND/LoveTribe MenSpirit Program Coordinator:
www.lovetribe.org/menspirt
www.qland.org
503-223-8822 X1
bart@qland.org

P.S. -- MenSpirit is a joint project of Q-LAND and LoveTribe dedicated to empowering men in the Portland metro area to transform our community so it values friendship, community, service, play and wellness among men, regardless of their race, orientation, age, religion, background, or other characteristics that should not divide men. To be successful, we need donations of time and money from people like you; please let me know if you'd like more information about how you might help.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever does."
--Margaret Mead

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...Togo Jack...

2005-12-10T04:01:44Z

* This is just a little something I felt called to pull together for Togo*

I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.

As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things, filled with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream,
and you are like the word Melancholy.

I like for you to be still, and you seem far away.
It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you:
Let me come to be still in your silence.

And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.

I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
distant and full of sorrow as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.
And I am happy, happy that it's not true.

Please offer prayers of peaceful transition for Togo
Jack, who crossed over on Friday, Dec. 2, due to complications
afflicted by Lou Gehrig's disease. I may have only spent a brief time with him but long enough to have been taught lessons that have helped change who I am.

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Questions!

2005-11-29T15:29:52Z

Is it possible to heal a world that does not necessarilly want to be healed?
Is this our role on the planet or are we a virus sent here to infect and destroy?
Do pathogens simply treat us the way that we treat the planet?
Just trying to stir some bubbles.

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A Message from the Shining Ones

2005-11-26T03:29:19Z

"The translator of this message is irrelevant and should remain anonymous in your mind."
"Every individual being, is striving for his or her own life force realization. When one reunites oneself with this attunement, the light grows in each and every successive moment connected to the conscious higher self."
"As you become cognizant of more reality, you will find there is no separation as you move up the ladder of evolution and change into a higher isotopic form. How could anyone learn of the reality of his or her own generic composition as a light form other than by experiencing all aspects of this light in its developmental state. As a child begins to learn to breathe, to walk, to stand and run through personal experiences on Earth, so does each human being learn of their true nature and next state in human evolutuion as a being of light."
"We are all one with the water. We are all one with the Light."

more to come.

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Last chance: 12/1-12/4 Charlie Kreiner Breakthrough Retreat

2005-11-23T05:14:40Z

Thanks for circulating this to men who might be interested:

Charlie Kreiner's retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs 12/1-12/4 called "Breakthrough: From Men's Roles to Men's Souls" is almost full. If you wanted to attend please contact Keven Chambers at the phone number below ASAP. This event is not affiliated with LoveTribe & Q-LAND, but is a once-a-year opportunity to delve deeply into your own liberation.

If you can't afford the time or money for this amazing retreat, then definitely register for Q-LAND & LoveTribe's special Sat, 12/3 Men's Spirit Pajama Party on "Looking Within to Find Your Authentic Flow" facilitated by Patrick Gracewood, an astonishing dancer, scullptor, and long-time facilitator of Authentic Movement, Contact Improv, and Interactive Mindfulness, and assisted by Palmer Pardington, who has worked as a spiritual elder in several traditions for several decades. Find out more about the Pajama Party at www.lovetribe.org/menspirit.

Here is a brief description of the Charlie Kreiner workshop:

BREAKTHROUGH 2005

At Breakthrough workshops, Charlie Kreiner offers powerful and effective
healing tools. You will learn a common-sense model of a world without oppression,
as well as get to practice practical, personal healing techniques. Breakthrough is an immersion experience in building and living humane alternatives to the male role. Men come away from these workshops with a sense of hope for the future and a set of tools for dealing with feelings of fear, loneliness, hopelessness, and despair.

Through play, honest sharing, and active listening we will open up to our
emotional selves, our connections with others and our greatest sense of
what it means to be alive. In so doing, we will also work to be allies to
each other's liberation struggles in building a diverse and just world.

FACILITATOR: Charlie Kreiner is the founder and director of the Institute for Diversity
Education in America (IDEA). For over 30 years, Charlie has been an
independent educator, activist, consultant and counselor on human
liberation/social oppression issues throughout the country and in much of
the world. He lives in Haddam, Connecticut.
.
DATES: Starts Thurs, 12/1, 7pm (with dinner at 6pm)
Ends Sunday, 12/4, after lunch

FEES: Lodging & Food: $204, or $252 for a cabin with plumbing
Workshop: Sliding scale $185-$500

A deposit of $200 holds your spot. Please try to RSVP by 11/17 (if you can't, get in touch as soon as you can).

INFO/RSVP: Kevin Chambers:
KC@KevinChambers.us, or 503-236-7864

At Breakthrough workshops, Charlie Kreiner offers powerful and effective
healing tools. You will learn a common-sense model of a world without oppression,
as well as get to practice practical, personal healing techniques. Breakthrough is an immersion experience in building and living humane alternatives to the male role. Men come away from these workshops with a sense of hope for the future and a set of tools for dealing with feelings of fear, loneliness, hopelessness, and despair.

Through play, honest sharing, and active listening we will open up to our
emotional selves, our connections with others and our greatest sense of
what it means to be alive. In so doing, we will also work to be allies to
each other's liberation struggles in building a diverse and just world.

FACILITATOR: Charlie Kreiner is the founder and director of the Institute for Diversity
Education in America (IDEA). For over 30 years, Charlie has been an
independent educator, activist, consultant and counselor on human
liberation/social oppression issues throughout the country and in much of
the world. He lives in Haddam, Connecticut.
.
DATES: Starts Thurs, 12/1, 7pm (with dinner at 6pm)
Ends Sunday, 12/4, after lunch

FEES: Lodging & Food: $204, or $252 for a cabin with plumbing
Workshop: Sliding scale $185-$500

A deposit of $200 holds your spot. Please try to RSVP by 11/17 (if you can't, get in touch as soon as you can).

INFO/RSVP: Kevin Chambers:
KC@KevinChambers.us, or 503-236-7864

At Breakthrough workshops, Charlie Kreiner offers powerful and effective
healing tools. You will learn a common-sense model of a world without oppression,
as well as get to practice practical, personal healing techniques. Breakthrough is an immersion experience in building and living humane alternatives to the male role. Men come away from these workshops with a sense of hope for the future and a set of tools for dealing with feelings of fear, loneliness, hopelessness, and despair.

Through play, honest sharing, and active listening we will open up to our
emotional selves, our connections with others and our greatest sense of
what it means to be alive. In so doing, we will also work to be allies to
each other's liberation struggles in building a diverse and just world.

FACILITATOR: Charlie Kreiner is the founder and director of the Institute for Diversity
Education in America (IDEA). For over 30 years, Charlie has been an
independent educator, activist, consultant and counselor on human
liberation/social oppression issues throughout the country and in much of
the world. He lives in Haddam, Connecticut.
.
DATES: Starts Thurs, 12/1, 7pm (with dinner at 6pm)
Ends Sunday, 12/4, after lunch

FEES: Lodging & Food: $204, or $252 for a cabin with plumbing
Workshop: Sliding scale $185-$500

A deposit of $200 holds your spot. Please try to RSVP by 11/17 (if you can't, get in touch as soon as you can).

INFO/RSVP: Kevin Chambers:
KC@KevinChambers.us, or 503-236-7864

Thanks for forwarding this to any men who might be interested.

Bart Church
Q-LAND/LoveTribe MenSpirit Programs Coordinator:
www.lovetribe.org/menspirit
www.qland.org
503-223-8822 X1
bart@qland.org

P.S. -- MenSpirit is a joint project of Q-LAND and LoveTribe dedicated to empowering men in the Portland metro area to transform our community so it values friendship, community, service, play and wellness among men, regardless of their race, orientation, age, religion, background, or other characteristics that should not divide men. To be successful, we need donations of time and money from people like you; please let me know if you'd like more information about how you might help.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does."
-- Margaret Mead

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Benefit for Wolf Creek Sanctuary

2005-10-19T02:45:47Z

Hey all you crazy congregrants, I'm posting this here first for some feedback/support....

On behalf of the All-Star Mystery Church, I'm holding a benefit for Wolf Creek Sanctuary, and the Samhain 2005 gathering, on Tuesday October 25th, at Porky's Pub on Lombard, in N. Portland. I'm hoping to get a few performers together, and a DJ -- nothing is stone-set yet and probably won't be until the last minute so if you have any suggestions or ideas or blessings, let me know. I just want to be able to take a chunk of change down to the land when I go to the gathering that weekend.

More details to follow -- anybody got an act they need to perform?

Love to you all for your attention,
Ampersand Charmpop O'Really

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Anyone coming to Samhain?

2005-08-30T06:59:11Z

I'm interested is possibly hosting a couple of rituals with a barebone's structure, and having those priestessed or hosted by individuals I feel safe and trust.

I'm sure they will fall into place during the gathering with whomever is supposed to be there, but I did want to open it up for discussion and to see if there's interest in working collectively over the next few weeks on a few intentional rituals to be priestessed/hosted by us.

Sound interesting?

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CREATING the Wolf Creek Samhain Call!

2005-08-09T21:45:19Z

Hey all,

Lamas has passed,
and we're starting to co-create the Call for the Samhain Gathering.

We need to make this gathering a success and raise money to maintain the Sanctuary.

If you are planning on attending and would like to contribute to this Spell,
join the Wolf Creek Samhain Call tribe.

Thanks,
Luna Butterfly

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N@raya Potluck in Portland 6/30

2005-06-28T18:15:27Z

Hello dear hearts! In Portland, there will be a Wolf Creek N@raya reentry potluck and talking circle at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 6/30 at Ampersand and Stella's house (2725 SE 34th Ave.). Past and future dancers are welcome.

love Stella Maris
standing.wave at gmail.com

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why I joined the all-stars...

2005-06-24T00:55:34Z

I joined because of this statement:

"...that while Spirit may do a great deal to serve (i.e., heal) Politics, Politics do absolutely nothing to serve Spirit."

I feel the same way about Spirit and Art, btw.

thanks, ampersand!

smooch,
boom~

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what are we: a mini-festo

2005-06-23T05:25:11Z

The All-Star Mystery Church is conceived in the understanding that matters of Politics and matters of Spirit are mutually exclusive matters, and that while Spirit may do a great deal to serve (i.e., heal) Politics, Politics do absolutely nothing to serve Spirit.

Therefore, all discussions of who is or isn't this or that are moot within The All-Star Mystery Church: if you feel called to be a member of The All-Star Mystery Church, then presto-chango: YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE ALL-STAR MYSTERY CHURCH, and all of the magical work you have done in the past and all of the magical work you will do in the future is proof of your legitimacy as a member of this congretation.

The All-Star Mystery Church is open to all people who are open to all people.

The All-Star Mystery Church is Faerie Unitarism: Unifaeriesm.

The All-Star Mystery Church is conceived as a fountain through which to channel our collective power as faerie healers and pagan energy workers and two-spirit shamanic maniacs and all the other things we might be: to channel these powers into the collective good.

The All-Star Mystery Church exists to do nothing less than heal the entire fucking planet, and when we gather together, even if it is only in dreams, we are doing that work.

Learning how to do that work better and harder and deeper and wilder, all of us together, is the purpose of The All-Star Mystery Church.

There can be no power struggles within The All-Star Mystery Church, for the power is in each and every one of us, equally.

It's pretty simple: that's all there is to it.

Everything else is the Mystery.

Any questions or suggestions?

Come together.
Do the work.
Spread the word.

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a juicy peace

2005-06-07T15:30:11Z

Let me tell you a story
About types of beings generically called Fairies, about their characteristic consciousness, their strange awareness, called faerie, Faerie is see-ing through polarity. In straight consciousness Bi-Polar Thought is King: male and female are opposites, win-or-lose is the game, reality and dream are separate, immutable and contradictory. But there are Fairies, who look on in gentle mocking laughter at such childishness, for they know that everyone is now "female", now "male", that no one ever wins when anybody loses, that reality and dream flip into each other at the flick of a glittering wand.
Fairies see polarities dancing, changing, everywhere, constantly. So they know that ANY pole frozen by itself blocks the flow, becomes a dead weight, an illusion hiding true understanding. So they come to realize that every "objective" thing is but a shadow.
Knowing this, the Fairies can't take themselves too seriously, either, seeing they also are an illusion. This creates a marvelous lightness! Fairies are truly blessed, truly free modes of being, for they can laugh at themselves in their deepest places, can transcend their ignorance from moment to moment, gliding out of each limit and restriction even as it manifests, emerging each from hir own form like a butterfly or a moth.
This wonderful paradoxical freedom from form, this lightness, enables Fairies to fly. It grants them deep wisdom.
excerpt from VISIONARY LOVE- A Spirit Book of Gay Mythology by Mitch Walker and Friends published in 1980

this dear friends fell of of the shelf on this garden i am tending deep in the woods....seems VERY appropriate
LOVES
kalaban khol-s

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