This
year
we
are changing
the
focusof
the Wisteria Summer Solstice Gathering.
Focusing
on ceremony
and spirit. We will be featuring ceremony
and work shops from
many traditions. Native American, Buddhist, Druid, Wiccan, and More.
A
4 day-long magical village celebrating eco-spiritual culture.
Community-driven activities blended with performance and
ceremony. Three stages for music and performance, bonfire
drumming and dancing, workshops, rites of passage, merchanting,
fire-spinning, bliss, family-friendly. Imagine what amazing
things happen when hundreds of Earth-loving people come together to
create a new world . . .
A
Magical Earth
Festival
Celebrating The Summer Solstice
A
magical village celebrating eco-spiritual culture.
Community-driven activities blended with performance and
ceremony. Three stages for music and performance, bonfire
drumming and dancing, workshops, rites of passage, merchanting,
fire-spinning, bliss, family-friendly. Imagine what amazing
things happen when hundreds of Earth-loving people come together to
create a new world . . .
Bonfire
Drumming and Dancing:Since
the dawn of time, humans seeking spirit-vision, purification and
ecstatic celebration have drummed, danced and chanted around the
fire. Bring your drums, voices and percussive instruments as we
celebrate our diversity and union throughout the festival. Wisteria
has three designated drumming circles: Stone Circle (sober), Pawpaw
(wooded tribal drumming), and Bonfire, the large community gathering
place. At all times of day or night, people drum and dance at
their campsites making joyful dancing rhythms. Come find your
authentic, ancient self and join the ecstatic revelry!
Nighttime
Candle Labyrinth: Follow
the labyrinths convoluted candle-lined paths for a personal
meditative journey of transformation and reflection. Labyrinths
are constructed walking patterns that combine the circle and the
spiral into purposeful paths of self-discovery and awareness.
While your interpretation of the experience is your own, many see
walking the labyrinth as an active metaphor for lifes
journey. How do you walk? How do you treat those you meet
on the path? What impressions or ideas do you experience as you
journey to the center of your being and back? How are we all
connected during our personal journeys? Using hundreds of lit
candles to define the pathways, the Labyrinth at Cornstalk will glow
through the night for journeys of discovery and reflection.
So
Much Coming -- Please Check Back Often . . .
Videos
from Wisteria Solstice Festival:
An
example of concerts on the outdoor stage at last year's festival:
FireSpinners
with INCUS on the mainstage:
KayLouise
w/ Dragon Ritual Drummers Main Stage:
KayLouise
dancing to Pete List BeatBox Guitar - MainStage Performance:
Drumming
& Bonfire every night:
Ok,
so here we are starting a new path on the journey. The sun is shining
and a new day has begun. As this new path unfolds, let us take some
time to carefully create a new today that plans for the future and
honors the best of the past. Manifesting is when your turn your
dreams into reality . . .
Join
the Wisteria discussion group to become part of the community that is
creating the 2013 Wisteria events.