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Freecamp 2008
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4th
annual Free Activist Witchcamp Teachers: Alphonsus, Bree,
Captain, Jason (scarecrow), Jude Elf, Laura Maples, Riyana, Thursday Paths: Iron Pentacle, The Warriors Call, Community Led
Path, Eros and Justice, Hearth Path Teacher Bios: Alphonsus (jeffrey
alphonsus mooney) has been teaching with Reclaiming for over 20 years. He has
taught at about 28 witchcamps. He is an accomplished drummer and vocalist and
has been teaching workshops focusing on music, intimacy and community in the
U.S. and Canada. He has lived in San Francisco
for 24 years as a performer, activist and culture worker. He looks forward to
meeting you. Captain is a witch of the
Canadian (Vancouver Island) variety, though is is currently spending some
time in the Bay Area. He is a poet, sexologist, and avid sidewalk chalker. He
has been witchin it up in Reclaiming for 6 years. Some of his many loves
are the ocean, activism, his dog Abbadabado, his peeps, running,
swimming, yoga, climbing,
jumping and fire. His other passion is working magic and activism
with youth. He has worked and played to queer the world
for many years. He is currently absorbed in gender
transformation, the meaning of "home" and "love" and
so very, very excited Jason (scarecrow) lives in
the farm fields of Indiana where he is blessed with loving children and
fertile soil. He can be found canoeing, backpacking, co-creating an intentional community, and making love
with his partner. He strives to walk quietly, with openness, and seeks to
glimpse the mystery of Earth’s divine creations. For him, it all comes back
to Nature for work, play and guidance. His shoe is size 11 and his favorite
number is 7. Jude Elf is
addicted to ecstatic transformative ritual and deep personal magic, and
rejoices in sharing her passion for connecting to the divine through music,
dance, and song. A life long activist, she is honored to work with Bread and
Puppet, Mugwort, Wild Turtles, and Shut it (VT Yankee) Down Now, and
facilitates non-violent direct action prep. sessions with the New England
Non-Violence Educators Collective. With Kidsfest, she helps facilitate large
public rituals that gather the community to turn the wheel and honor the
seasons. A song catcher, fire spinner, and moon dancer, she is member of
Shidda: West African Dance and Culture Troupe. She teaches magic, Hebrew, and
English in her local community and has taught at, and help organize, Vermont
and Free Activist Witch Camps. She lives with her family on an organic farm
in Vermont where she delights in the fireflies, fey, and elements of nature. My name
is Laura Maples Wovenweb and I was born and raised in the mountains of
North Carolina. Guided by my Cherokee grandmothers and wisewomen, I was
casting circles in the woods even as a child and then trained as a Cherokee
medicine priestess by my beloved teacher, Hawk Littlejohn. I was a
solitary practitioner of wicca for many years prior to joining the Reclaiming
community 10 years ago when I began priestessing, teaching and organizing
witchcamps. I am an avid gardener, permaculture artist and teach greenwitch
herbalism and aphrodisia. I am also passionate about teaching sacred
sexuality in the pagan community. I am a Reiki certified nurse working with
the critically ill for over 20 years. I love dancing and especially enjoy
teaching belly dance wherever I go. The beauty and deeply transformational
work of magic stirs me, and I look forward to playing in it together Riyana has been
working magic, priestessing, and teaching in the Reclaiming Community for
over ten years. She adores women's magic and blood mysteries, the magic
of song, and incorporating the magic of other mystical traditions into her
work. Her daily practice incorporates writing, music, yoga, and
immersing herself in nature. She taught last year at Free Activist Witchcamp,
and has also taught at Witchlets in the Woods in Mendocino, within her local
community in the Bay Area, and in Black Rock City, Nevada.. When not
hanging out with witches in the woods or on the beach, she can often be found
taking a nap in the sun with her cat, Emily-Moon. + Iron Pentacle + The Warriors Call In many areas of the earth there are wars waging for
territory, water, food, freedom, justice, peace, health,... meanwhile,
internally, we struggle to come closer to our destinies, heal old
wounds, live responsibly in our domination society and many other
challenges. What does it mean to have honor in the face of
oppression, courage against fear of threat from within and without,
and to be in community while taking up a cause worth dying for?
In this path, we will tune in to our authentic desires and work
through the obstacles we face in donning the mantle of warriors of the Great
Turning. Working with the tools of deep listening, nature observation,
tantric breathwork, shadow integration, and movement, we will embrace
exploration, empowerment, creativity and passion to transform our rage and
sorrow and connect to the web of life and one another. As we delve into
mystery, we sing prayers to the ancestors, dance with our ghosts and shadows,
and remember that what we are seeking, seeks us; what calls to us,
listens. + Community-led path
+ Hearth Path Are you ready to become
involved? Are you new to the community and want to make a
difference? Are you going through burn-out and want to find another way
to support your community without being on the front line for awhile? These
are all reasons you might consider the Hearth Path. An Opportunity
to gain information and skills training to enhance your ability to support
the actions and ideals you value. Gaining insights that will allow you to see
where your efforts will provide the most impact. Through the use of
meditation, journeying, self and skills evaluations, skills training, and
information sharing, we will support your growth in becoming a powerful
asset in social, political, economic and environmental movements. Through
finding and focusing your strengths and gaining new skills and tools, you can
increase the sustainability and impact of the movements you support. The
information and skills you gain can help you to hit the ground
running with confidence. We will be providing information and skills training in
the following areas of interest for the FACW 2008, Wolf Creek, OR7/20-26:
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