Samhain at Four Quarters
Friday October 30th - Sunday November 1st, 2026
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The Stones stand tall, holding vigil as night falls.
The Ancestors' Crypt is open, lit by candles and steeped in memory.
We stand together, in Circle, and we remember...
It is now the time of Transition; the start of the Dark Time of the year when the veil is thin.
A traditional time of remembering All Those Who Have Gone Before and honoring their lives.
This is the time when we draw close to the hearth fires,
standing with our brothers and sisters for warmth and companionship against the gathering cold.
As the veil between the Worlds twists and thins in the chilly night air,
we gather once again to celebrate Samhain at Four Quarters.
Death as a Passage
This year, we gather around the theme Death as a Passage: a passage to the ancestors, a passage into transformation, and a passage toward the unseen legacy we leave behind. Through ritual, reflection, community, and celebration, we will honor the turning of the season and the thinning of the veil as we remember those who came before us and consider what we carry forward.
Between rituals in the Stone Circle, the weekend will be filled with autumn traditions, fellowship, and a little Samhain mischief, including a Community Sweat Lodge, pumpkin carving, The Shapeshifter’s Ball, divination night, a costume parade, and more.
Come gather around the fire, honor the ancestors, celebrate the season, and cross the threshold with us.
As part of our commitment to the importance of sharing food to reflect our shared humanity,
all meals at Samhain are included with your registration, including Saturday night’s Reflective Feast.
Samhain Articles:
The Community Altar
Breaking Bread With Our Brethren: Why It Matters
Registration Information
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Sharing Food is Sharing Community.
All four Samhain meals are included in your registration!
Pre-Registration Deadline is October 18th.
Join us Friday... Member’s Pre-Registration: $130;
Guest Pre-Registration: $160; Gate Registration: $180
Children under 16 are loved, cherished, and Free!
Friday evening light Dinner, Saturday and Sunday Continental Brunch,
and Saturday evening Feast are all included with of your registration.
We can accommodate vegetarian and gluten free, let us know when you register.
Our meals are hearty and all-you-can-eat, but... do bring high energy snacks for in-between times!
Call the office at 814-784-3080 with your questions or to RSVP / register.
Late Registrations, CALL US! Handicapped, Special Circumstances? CALL US!
You are welcome to arrive before Wednesday and stay later than Monday.
Early In and Late Out camping is $10 a night for Members and $15 a night for non-members.
Lodging at Four Quarters - Call the office to inquire.
Rooms have double-beds, blankets and pillows; Bunks have fitted sheets.
Must call the Office to reserve. 814-784-3080.
In-Camp Car Camping Permits are $15 each. (your vehicle must remain stationary)
In-Camp Car Parking Passes are $25 and very limited. (you may enter and leave camp with your vehicle.
Unlimited free Main Parking. RV hook-ups, contact our office.
Handicapped? Please contact us for your free In-Camp parking pass.
2026 Draft Schedule
As always, subject to change, weather, logistics, the antics of mischevious Gods. and last-minute brilliant (or unhinged) ideas. Roll with it.
[ updated: 2 October 2026 ]
Friday, October 30th
4:00 - 6:00 pm Community Altar Building (South Altar, Stone Circle)
Bring your photos and mementos of your beloved departed to create an altar to those who have passed behind the veil. Feel free to also bring altar pieces from home to beautify this altar.
– Maenad in Service
4:00 - 5:30 pm Memento Mori (Coffee Dragons)
"Remember that we must die", a death cafe inspired gathering space. A seat is open at the table, come talk about Death and Dying with those who tend the threshold. Light refreshments provided.
Guided contemplation beginning at 4:30pm.
~Willow Oak and friends, in service
6:00 pm Supper (Dining Pavillion)
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
~Holly and Crew, in Service
7:30 pm Opening Ceremony: The Opening of the Mouth ritual (Stone Circle)
This modern interpretation of an ancient Egyptian ritual will serve to establish our connection to the dead. We open the mouth of the dead so that they might receive offering and communicate with us. We open the mouth so that they do not journey alone and in silence.
– Mae and Ceremony Team in Service
8:30 pm after main ceremony: Shapeshifter's Ball (with a Special Honoring at Midnight of "The Witching Hour!")
This years theme is......"Secrets of the Inner Temple" What does that mean? It means that our bodies truly ARE our temples! Let's decorate accordingly! Fancy dress-YES! Costume? YES! Cosplay? YES! Sweatpants? If you must, because we still love you! Featuring a classic goth/industrial soundscape, special effects, tasty treats, and great people to dance and prance with!
– Pam and Michel in Service
Saturday, October 31st
9:00 am Brunch (Dining Pavilion)
“I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.” –
– Holly and Crew, in Service
10:00 - 11:30 am: Choir Practice (at the Coffee Dragons)
10:00 - 11:30 am: Pumpkin Carving ( in Dining Pavilion)
We will have tools and pumpkins, bring ideas and enthusiasm.
12:00 Noon: Ancestor’s Ritual: The Passage Tomb
Enter the ancient tomb of stones, find your ancestors within, bring succor to those beyond and beneath our present lives.
– Willow Oak and Ceremony Team in Service
2:00 pm: Elements of Recovery (Bardic Circle )
ACA is a 12 step program focused on emotional sobriety. ACA focuses on the "self"—specifically, reaching and healing the child within. ACA is a spiritual program based on action coming from love and is not affiliated with any specific religion. All are welcome.
– Mary in Service.
3:00 pm: Sweat Lodge Ceremony (Sweat Lodge)
Join us for the last Sweat Lodge of the 2026 season, join the community, sing, pray and share in the heat before the cold of winter. A ceremony of song, prayer, and purification. Sobriety is required for this ceremony.
– Sweat Lodge Ceremonial Team, in Service
6:00 pm Dinner (Dining Pavilion)
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”– J.R.R. Tolkien
– Holly and crew in Service
8:00 pm: Main Ritual: The Ripples of the Ancestors ( Stone Circle)
The lives of the ancestors live beyond memory. Their lives echo beyond memory, nurturing growing generations, like rings of mushrooms spreading forth from a fallen tree. Join us in a mycological cycle of expanding community forged from joy and grief shared.
– Mae and Ritual Team in Service
Divination night – immediately after Ritual, approx 9:00 pm (at Coffee Dragons)
Break out your favorite tarot deck, Pendulum, runes, bones, or other method of divination. Learn to see cosmology in action as we share our diverse forms of fortune telling.
10:30 - 11:30 pm: Dirge Circle (Drum Circle)
Join us to share songs and chants of mourning, in this magical space.
– Aidan in Service
12:00 Midnight: Midnight Ritual: Cerridwen, Taliesin, and the Transformative Chase (in the Stone Circle)
All Change is Death, all Death is a journey. The poet Taliesin was born of a shapeshifter's journey, a chase from form to form. Learn to journey past yourself and into beastly shapes. Join us for an ecstatic ritual of theriomorphic motion. This is a more emotionally intense ritual designed to get participants into an animalistic state and beyond it.
– Willow Oak and Ritual Team in Service
Sunday, November 1st
10:00 am* Brunch (Dining Pavilion)
“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” – A.A. Milne
– Holly and Crew, in Service
*Please note that Sunday Brunch is one hour later!!!
10:00 am - till done: Sweat Lodge Tear Down and Clean Up (Sweat Lodge)
Many hands make light work! This activity will go on most of the day as we batten down this ceremony space for the winter, with a break for Closing Ceremony at 12:00 noon.
– Best Worst People in Service.
12:00 Noon: Closing Ceremony: “The Gleaning” ( Stone Circle)
After all of the bounty of the Harvest is secure, after the work is done, we take a last look at our sleeping fields to see what treasures remain on the ground for harvest.
– Pam and Ritual Team in service
Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again. Blessings to all of your houses.
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“Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors – Roh Moo-hyun |
The Labyrinth
To walk our labyrinth is to walk a purposeful path – no obstacles, no puzzles – inward to the center, then outward into the world.
The Labyrinth, showing recently installed pathway stones.
Learn more about the Labyrinth at Four Quarters here
“Pro Tips” to Enjoy Samhain at Four Quarters!
~ Be sure to bring mementos, photos, and altar decorations, or some flowers to contribute and add to our Community altar for our Beloved Departed.
~ We provide a hearty brunch, and dinner. You will probably want some good snacks for the middle of the day...apples, oranges, trail mix, cheese, nuts, and hard-boiled eggs are great choices!
~ It gets chilly, particularly at night. Bring a jacket, hat, and extra socks. Better to have them and not need them, than to need them, and not have them.
~ Headlamps blind others. A handheld flashlight is kinder to everyone!
~ You will be glad if you bring a folding camp chair. They come in handy!
~ If you are staying in the In-Camp Dormitory, the beds are made up with sheets, and a light quilt. Believe me, you want to bring some extra warm blankets from home!
~ Bringing your own coffee cup for free coffee and tea, and hot chocolate from the Coffee Dragons helps cut down on paper waste, we, and Mother Earth sure appreciate that!
~ Bring sturdy, sensible shoes. Wear them.
~ By all means, bring your kids! There are daytime activities for them, plus plenty of free time for them to just get out and play in Nature, and meet new friends!
~ Be curious, and don't be afraid to ask questions! We'll be glad to explain stuff to you!
~ It's pronounced “Sow-en.” It's an Irish word which, literally, means “Summer's End” in Modern Irish. We have no idea what the Iron Age Celts actually called it.
~ Last, come with an open mind and heart. Allow yourself to be engaged in the ceremonies, allow your emotions to flow, allow the magic to happen to you, not just to those around you!
Other questions, please either email the office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or give us a call at (814) 784-3080, we'll be glad to help you out!