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Title: Pagan Beltane Festival - London Post by: EJ on April 23, 2009, 02:03:51 PM (copied from elsewhere - note the bit about selling)
This is a free event that everyone is welcome to attend at the weekend. These are usually very positive, uplifting events, full of creative energy and good feeling. They're happy to have pagan handcrafters bring along their work and sell it informally from a blanket on the ground. Earth Week - A new idea! The Pagan Federation has held Earth Day events on the weekend nearest April 22nd for the past 20 years. The object has been to raise awareness of the destructive effects humans are having on the Earth and to work magically to change people’s hearts and minds. Since 22nd April falls mid-week, Pagan Federation London is having an Earth Week! On the weekends 18/19 and 25th/26th April, we hope to have lots of small informal groups or families all over London, getting together to do ecological work such as clean-ups in local parks or joining a local environmental group to help with one of their projects, or even in their own gardens. There will be attunements to the needs of the Earth and all its creatures, plus discussions to share ideas about ecologically aware living. Then during the week we hope that everyone will be aware of their energy use and waste production and will consider ways in which they can more efficiently conserve energy, recycle, and cut pollution for the future. Outdoor Beltane Festival Bacchus Border Morris & PF London Saturday 25th April 2009. Activities between 1pm-5pm in the glade in Queen’s Wood, on Queen’s Wood Road, Highgate, North London. (Nearest tube is Highgate, for directions to the woodlands meet in The Woodman's pub at 12noon) PF London’s Earth Week will end with a grand outdoor Beltane Festival and Earth Blessing, held in Queens Wood. Activities will take place between 1pm - 5pm, with park tidying up, Earth-Attunement ceremony, shamanic pathworking with drumming, face-painting, short talks & discussions, and informal craft stalls. The day ends with an Outdoor Beltane Ritual by Bacchus Border Morris. Bring a blanket and picnic foods to share! Attending ladies be ready - we’ll be choosing a May Queen for PF London! __________________ Title: Re: Pagan Beltane Festival - London Post by: Helen on April 23, 2009, 08:57:17 PM Selling from a blanket on the ground is different isn't it :)
Title: Re: Pagan Beltane Festival - London Post by: EJ on April 23, 2009, 09:02:01 PM No problem with stuff falling off!
Title: Re: Pagan Beltane Festival - London Post by: Ɛyɔn :-) on April 24, 2009, 02:14:03 PM hmm, but it would be diffificult for people with bad backs having to bend over to pick things or take a closer look, i wonder why they've chosen that particular venue.
Title: Re: Pagan Beltane Festival - London Post by: Silvergilt on April 24, 2009, 02:35:36 PM Well if you're pagan, holding a pagan festival inside sort of defeats the purpose ;) Gotta be outside for that sort of thing! If people need to see supplies I'm sure there's no trouble giving a "hand up" as it were.
Shame I just heard about this now...boo! Oh well, I'm certainly in the "down home" area for the summer soltice crowd (provided they don't trash the stones again, grrrrrr :tantrum:) |