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Wanderland Iseum honors the eight seasonal Holy Days with Journeys to the Goddess led by Gwendolyn Endicott, author, storyteller, mythologist. These natural turning points in the Earth's cycle have been celebrated by people of many cultures throughout time. At these junctures, the energy alignment of sun, moon, and earth is particularly powerful. These seasonal cycles form the basis of myth, ritual, planting customs, and our understanding of birth, growth, death, and renewal. Honoring the continuous cycles of nature brings us into a closer relationship with the living Earth.
Each Journey focuses on a Goddess particularly connected to the season and includes Her Story, mythology, ritual, and reflection. For a more detailed description of a Holy Day Journey, check our calendar about four weeks prior to the date of the Holy Day.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JOURNEY TO THE GODDESS
THE STAR GODDESS, ASTRAIA
Winter Solstice
Wednesday,December 21, 12-4
Winter Solstice is the night of longest dark, the point of deepest night before the turning of the sun and the renewal of life. In many mythologies the mystery of Light coming out of Darkness takes the form of the Star Goddess--Astarte, Astraia, Attar, Venus, Sothis…. She is the bringer of Hope and Light. With the transformation of Darkness into Light, the unconscious, the vastness within us, is changed into ecstatic awareness. Astraea is the goddess of Justice, of Balance. Legend says that She lived as a Star Maiden in The Golden Age, blessing the people and bringing Harmony until war and conflict drove Her back to the stars.
This journey includes mythology, story, time for journaling and reflection, ritual. Tuition $45.
Call 503-368-6380 or Gwendolyn@nehalemtel.net wanderlandrainforest.org
Note: This workshop completes a nine year cycle of Journeys to the Goddess on the eight seasonal Holy Days. During that time we have honored the Divine Feminine cross-culturally through 37 different goddesses.
HOLY DAY CALENDAR 2011
Imbolc Wednesday, February 2
Spring Equinox, Sunday, March 20
Beltane, Sunday, May 1
Summer Solstice, Tuesday, June 21
Lammas, Monday, August 1
Fall Equinox, Friday, September 23
Hallowmas, Monday, October 31
Winter Solstice, Wednesday, December 21
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