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Schedule of Events at CIRCLE
CIRCLE is a Community of Individuals Revisioning and Celebrating Life on Earth CIRCLE Calendar of EventsJune
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June 8, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Initiation in the South |
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June 11, 7-9pm | Shaman's Circle - |
| June 12, 10am-4pm | Workday at Shequaga | |
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June 13, 2-4 pm | Butterfly Lodge |
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June 19, 11-1pm | Grandmother Lodge |
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June 21, 7-9pm | Summer Solstice Celebration |
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June 22, 7-9 pm | Women's Circle - Healing Circle |
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June 29, 7-9pm | Changing Moon Lodge |
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July 2, 7-9pm | Shaman's Circle |
| July 10, 10am-4pm | Workday at Shequaga | |
| July 11, 10am-2pm | Yurt Cleaning with potluck picnic | |
| *W | July 11, 2-4pm | Butterfly Lodge |
| *W | July 13, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Teaching Ceremony video |
| July 14-18 | Private Group at Shequaga | |
| *W | July 17, 11am-1pm | Grandmother Lodge |
| W | July 23-25 | CIRCLE Mother-Daughter Camp at Shequaga |
| *W | July 27, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Water Ceremony |
| July 29-Aug 1 | Fran Carns apprentice program at Shequaga | |
| * | Aug 2, 7-9pm | Lammas Celebration |
| W | Aug 6-8 | Empowered Girls - Barb Lucke at Shequaga |
| *W | Aug 8, 2-4pm | Butterfly Lodge |
| *W | Aug 10, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Empowerment Stories |
| * | Aug 13, 7-9pm | Shaman's Circle |
| Aug 15, 10am-4pm | Workday at Shequaga | |
| *W | Aug 21, 11am-1pm | Grandmother Lodge |
| *W | Aug 24, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Full Moon Meditation |
| Aug 27-29 | CIRCLE Beauty Way Retreat at Shequaga | |
| *W | Aug 31 | Changing Moon Lodge |
| * | Sept 3 | Shaman's Circle |
| Sept 10-12 | OMHA Retreat at Shequaga | |
| *W | Sept 12, 2-4pm | Butterfly Lodge |
| *W | Sept 14, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - West Initiation |
| Sept 17-19 | Winds of Change at Shequaga | |
| * | Sept 22, 7-9pm | Equinox Celebration |
| Sept 26-Oct 1 | Healthy Lifestyles - Fran Carns at Shequaga | |
| *W | Sept 28, 7-9pm | Women's Circle - Healing Circle |
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events for which there is no charge, donation only
W indicates events which are for women only
M indicates events which are for men only
Celebration of the Seasons
We come together as a community of Earth's children on the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days to acknowledge Earth's cycles as well as our own. These celebrations are open to women, men, and also to children who are old enough to enjoy ceremony. Donations of $1-$5.
Check the
calendar for time, date and place. The ceremonies are usually held in
the yurt but some summer and fall celebrations are held at Shequaga
if on a weekend. Weekday evenings are from 7-9 pm, bringing a snack
to share. Weekend events are from 4-7 pm if in the yurt and from 1-4
pm if at Shequaga, bring a dish to pass.
- Spring
Equinox ~This is a time to come out of hibernation and celebrate
your new life! We dance the dance of balance of all the opposites
within and around us and make prayer ties for the East and the sprouting
seeds of visions for the coming cycle.
- May
Day ~ The Festival of Fertility encourages all to honor the sacredness
of Life! We weave ribbons on the Maypole to symbolize the union of
Goddess and God, Earth and Sun, to create a bountiful cycle of growth
on Earth and within ourselves.
- Summer
Solstice ~ This day we celebrate with a fire ceremony where we
have an opportunity to burn away old patterns and release whatever
old patterns that prevent us from moving forward in our flowering.
We dance around the Sacred Fire for transformations and renew prayer
ties for the South.
- Lammas
~ We celebrate the harvest of the grains and share bread as well as
harvest our dreams and visions together.
- Fall
Equinox ~ Celebrate the Fall Equinox, a day of balance between
light and dark, with the darkness gathering strength. We make prayer
ties to the West, looking at the new seeds growing within the fruit
of this Earth cycle.
- Hallowmas
~ Celebrate the Feast of the Dead, when the veil between the worlds
is thin. Walk between the worlds with us to heal the planet and ourselves,
and receive messages from those ancestors on the other side. Bring
pictures for the altar of those who have recently passed.
- Winter
Solstice ~ On the longest night we gather to tell stories, call
back the sun, and celebrate the beginning of a new cycle. We make
prayer ties to the North and the seeds that are waiting to germinate
in the Spring.
- Annual Yurt Cleaning and Community Picnic ~ Come help clean out the yurt and give it a bath! Usually at 10 am in the summer with picnic to follow. Bring a dish to pass.
In addition there are community workdays at Shequaga (CIRCLE Retreat Center in Dansville) where we work, eat, and play together.
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