Samhain
and The Feast of the Dead
Friday
October 31st - Sunday November 2nd, 2008
Four Quarters' Spiritualist Service
Friday Night
Labyrinth Construction
Saturday during the day, laying the
curbstones of the Labyrinth
Jack-O-Lanterns and History of Samhain
Saturday during the afternoon, making
Jack-O-Lanterns with the Kids Tribe; passing
along the history of Samhain
Celebratory New Year Fire
Bring drums, songs, gifts of food+libations for
our ancestors and ourselves.
Feast of the Dead
Saturday Evening
Preceding the Samhain Service
Samhain Ritual
Samhain Service Saturday evening
Trick or Treating in the Campground
Sunday Morning Continental Breakfast
with The Starvin Artist Cafe
Members $30 and Guests $40
R.S.V.P. if you please by the 29th
Those who are dead are never gone,
They are there in the thickening shadow.
The dead are not under
the earth, they are in the tree that rustles,
they are in the woods that groan, they are in the
water that sleeps,
they are in the hut, they
are in the crowd.
The dead are not dead.
Those who are dead are never gone,
they are in the breast of the woman,
they are in the child who
is wailing,
and in the firebrand that flames.
The dead are not under
the earth,
they are in the fire that is dying,
they are in the grasses that weep,
they are in the standing stones,
they are in the forest,
they are in the house.
The dead are not dead.
Join us for Samhain
at Four Quarters,
A very special Sabbat Weekend.
Friday evening Spiritualist
Service offered by Four Quarters and House of Otura Nico Ile Ache,
to communicate with Ancestral spirits of our families in a candle-lit
ceremonial setting similar to a seance. Please bring a white head
covering, and white clothing if you wish, to this reverent and beautiful
ceremony. Beginning about 10 PM.
Saturday during the day,
the Four Quarters Labyrinth Project will lay in additional courses
of curb-stones for the inner circle of the Labyrinth; using imported
Westminster granite. Join us as the building of the Labyrinth continues.
Saturday afternoon,
with the Spiral Scouts; our Jack-O-Lantern party. We'll supply the
pumpkins!
The Feast of the Dead will
be served Saturday night about 4:30PM by The Starvin Artist Cafe.
Saturday evening Samhain
Service.
Beginning about 6PM at the pealing of the bell.
The Burial Crypt within
the Stone Circle will be open and alight as is our Samhain Tradition
at Four Quarters; the Stone Circle will be candle lit for its full
circumference.
Saturday, after ceremony-
Trick or Treating through the campsites. If you are welcoming children
to your site, please light your torches.
Open labyrinth walk
in the evening.
Please plan to arrive Friday
evening, by early Saturday afternoon. Nights will be chilly but days
warm; we have plenty of unheated floor space under roof and a limited
amount of heated sleeping space. Your telephoned RSVP to our offices
will assure your place if you require heated sleeping space.
The Feast of The Dead will
be served by The Starvin Artist Cafe. Sunday morning continental breakfast
too. Bring your tableware and a donation.
Feel free to bring a small
picture or talisman of your own personal dead to place overnight upon
the Ancestors Altar within the Stone Circle.
Members
$30 and Guests $40
This Samhain is very appropriate for children, and children under
16 are free.
R.S.V.P. if you please, and your phone call will ensure
sleeping space.
Feel free to call ahead with questions, 814-784-3075.
A donation for the Feast of the Dead will be appreciated.
Please RSVP through our on-line shopping cart or by calling our
offices for sleeping space.
The Spiritualist Service,
is a Kardec-style spiritism mass or seance, and is simular to the
adopted part of Santerian religious practice used to communicate with
Ancestral spirits (Eggun). Samhain, the time of year when the veil
between the worlds is thinnest, is a good time to reach out and communicate
with our beloved dead. We invite anyone who desires to communicate
with the spirits of their departed family members to join us. It is
good and fitting to honor our Ancestors, particularly during this
mystical time in the Wheel of the Year, because they have given us
all that we are heritage, family, life itself; for without them we
would not be.
The Spiritualist Service
proper is made up of recitations of special prayers, songs, or even
poetry, designed to attract and invite the spirit world to join us,
as well as protect the participants from any harmful spirits. Cigars
are smoked, libations are offered, incense is burned and candles are
lit as offerings to our Ancestors. Spirits may come and make their
presence known, by speaking through or appearing to someone present.
In an effort to broaden the scope of our Spiritualist Service we will
adopt an interfaith approach, using prayers, songs and poetry from
different cultures, and we encourage you to bring appropriate prayers,
songs and poetry to share during the Spiritualist Service, along with
a head covering of some sort, preferably white in color.
Come with us and commune
with the spirit realm on this magical evening.
We are closer than you think, 100 miles and less than 2 hours from
Baltimore-
Washington Beltways. About 2.5 hours from State College, Pitt's, Harrisburg
PA and Harrisonburg VA, 3.5 hours from Philly and Wilmington, about
6 hours from NYC, Columbus and Cinn. OH.
Register
for
Samhain with
our OnLine shop
Registration by Credit Card on-line
or by calling our offices at 814-784-3075.
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