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Four Quarters
an InterFaith Sanctuary
of EarthReligion

If you are a dreamer... come in!
If you are a hoper, a wisher, a liar...
a thinking day-dreamer, a magick bean buyer.
If you are a pretender, come sit by our fire.
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in! Come in!

                                                                                                    Shel Silverstein           

Four Quarters is an InterFaith Sanctuary of Earth Religion. Think of us as a toolkit for the development of your own spiritual sensibilities.
	Sharing an abiding respect for ancient and indigenous religious practices that, from the far past to our own modern era, have given joy and meaning through the rhythms and wisdom of the natural world.
Our exploration of the divine within ourselves, and its dual nature as Feminine and Masculine, is part of our shared experience of EarthReligion. At Four Quarters, the support and preservation of EarthReligion is our own shared tradition. Safe and Sane Sacred Space.
	A place that welcomes our children, knowing that they are truly our future. While encouraging people to explore parts of themselves that might otherwise remain hidden.
And through our Sacrifice, Ceremony and Celebration, we sometimes find that special place, and magic does happen. And we are changed.
	Now more than ever is the time to make Sanctuary in this New World for the Old Gods and the Old Ways of EarthReligion. And Sanctuary for your own heart’s space. It is happening now, it is as real as your touch, as living as your breath A work of Years Stone by Stone Four Quarters
Because they prayed for you as they raised their Standing Stones.

Four Quarters
is an
InterFaith Sanctuary
of Earth Religion.


    We offer this Church and this Land held in Sanctity and Safety to any and all who find the Ancient Ways of EarthReligion stirring in their hearts. Be you Wiccan, Native or Asatru; Santo, Buddhist or Druid; Craft, Strega or Christos; known by any name or by none.
     As you honor the trust placed within you, on this Land you will find Sanctuary; If you cherish the diversity of others, from this Church you will find Respect; And in the sharing of your own Spirit with something larger than yourself; from these People you will find Community, Family and Home.

These are the gifts of Sacrifice, Ceremony and Celebration; and they await you, as Blessings of this Land upon You and Your House.

Membership in the Church at Four Quarters is not required in order to use the Sanctuary of Four Quarters as your own Spiritual Retreat. We do not want anyone to feel they must join any church. In fact, Membership in the Church grants no special benefits, only an increased sense of support and responsibility from its Members. Perhaps our Church Constitution says it best:

1.2.0   * We do not attempt to define the belief of the individual, knowing that belief is a deeply personal matter, a part of our ongoing journey together.

1.2.2   * We do recognize, support and incorporate into the body of our experience as a Church those practices and beliefs that we perceive are commonly shared and expressed among the many indigenous and modern traditions of EarthReligion.

1.2.4   * These practices and beliefs include, but are not limited to: the manifestation of Spirit as a gender duality and polarity; our honor of the Circle in its completeness and its directions; polytheism and monotheism as accessible and understandable expressions of the divine impulse; the wheel of the year as a means of understanding ourselves and our world; and the recognition of nature as the source and endpoint, image and reflection, of ourselves and our experience of Spirit.

    Through Membership in Four Quarters Farm, our Sanctuary and Church Camp, we make the land and facilities available for the private use of our Church and Farm Members, guests, as well as public religious gatherings and Ceremony.
    As a place for Handfastings and Weddings, Family Circles, Rites of Passage, or a simple weekend campout in solitude, our members find that Four Quarters has, perhaps, no equal.

The Standing Stones,
the heart of Four Quarters, are our great work and commitment in Spirit to the Seventh Generation to come. Our heart of Sanctuary and our Temple to Old Religion. The work, planning and sacrifice that the building of this Ceremonial Circle requires has become a process of transformation for all those who come close to its center.
    We would welcome your visit to this very special place, and even more your joining us in its growth.

Full Moon and New Moon Services
are held every month throughout the year, led by The Couple in Service to the Circle. Our Church and Farm Members, and guests, take on the responsibility of creating and leading our ceremonials, usually taking as a theme some aspect of the seasonal Wheel of the Year.
    Within our own Church Services, the traditions of Wicca are often our ceremonial lingua franca. We Cast Circle in a Sacred Way, Honor the Cardinal Quarters of the Circle, Invoke the Goddess, God and the Ancestors.
    But our ritual practice is not rigid, and has a flavor that will seem familiar to people from many different traditions. Many Moon Service Weekends also incorporate Sweat Lodge and other more specialized ceremonials.