Freecamp 2008

July 20 - 26
Wolf Creek Radical Faeries Sanctuary



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PO Box 932
Hardwick, VT 05843

 

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4th annual Free Activist Witchcamp
July 20-26, 2008

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.

Bree is a native Californian that moved to Oregon in 2004. This time around she has enjoyed at least 30 or more of her many years as a happy pagan on a lifepath full of Nature, Joy and Magic. (Okay! It's " So she's old!" NOT "She's So Old"! Survival counts and she hasn't lost a student yet)!  A teacher for years in a variety of venues including grammar and high school, community college and physical medicine, Elements of the Craft, First Aid, and Hearth Path, Bree always hauls around a few extra resources in her tool kit.  These include: Cranial-Sacral Therapy 1&2, Somato-Emotional Release, First-Aid, a Degree in Physical Therapy, years of Priestessing, a bent Besom and a warped sense of humor to name a few. So far the "Top-Forty" of her fondest joys in this lifetime include; "Making a difference in this world" by The Elemental Lovers, "A Family" by The Brats, "Yeah Goddess" by The Lovin'Coven, "True Friends" by My Faithful Few, "Rescued Friends" by The Mutt Pack", and "Magic, Magic, Magic" by The Witches in the Woods. Bree is excited to be returning to teach with a wonderful group of gifted and dedicated teachers and is looking forward to meeting you all at Wolf Creek for FAWC2008

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
about the coming together of Reclaiming and The Radical Faeries!  "Every step we take is a healing step"

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
Are you ready to turn the world in which you dwell into the world of which you dream?  Do you dare to walk the pentacle of the Great Turning?  A pentacle found deep within the earth…forged in the mists of fire and ice…Join us in the revolutionary work of exploring this pentacle through the lens of the Iron Pentacle: Sex, Pride, Self, Power, and Passion.  Join at the crossroads where Reclaiming and Feri meet, to balance and reclaim these energies and come more fully into alignment and our authentic selves, and become effective agents for change in our worlds.

+ 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


+ Eros and Justice

+ 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:
Preparing yourself for an event. What to bring and what to leave home, First-aid training and medical information from a variety of perspectives (street medic,disaster assistance,crime victims,community emergency response, and treatment for a variety of injuries,medical emergencies,body fluid isolation, P.T.S.D.,emotional injuries, burn-out, triage, listening skills), medic kits, spiritual support and alternative therapies and herbal support, chemical weapons and decontaminations techniques, logistics; establishing and assisting in gorilla kitchens in a variety of situations, food safety information,sanitation issues,  the importance of rehydrating and providing sufficient nutrition in different situations. Tactic and strategies to keep yourself safe at events and on the streets. What about children? Legal Issues and Arrests. Where to find information. Opportunities to talk with experienced members of the community about their experiences. There's a lot to get excited about!
 
"Hearth"  speaks to the sense of safety, security, support, defense, connectedness, warmth, compassion, understanding, caring, comforting and healing. It becomes a web or network of support which when established responds to it's fullest extent for each and every member.
 
Wisdom is knowledge in action

 

 

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