Sacred World Interdependence Day

Sacred World Interdependence Day Healing and Expressive Arts Festival,
July 4th weekend

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT, WEDNESDAY NIGHT: see www.myspace.com/sacredworldday for more info

Earthlands Preserve is a truly beautiful off the grid facility operated by our friends from the Institute of Environmental Awareness.
The event's capacity is limited to 250 people (at one time). We are currently offering weekend passes. Day passes will be available in advance the 3rd week of June.
This is a camping event.

This event occurred last year in Tyngsboro, MA at White Owl Farm. We are thankful to be co-hosting the event again with White Owl Farm in our new location. We also are welcoming our friends from the University of the Wild onto our team.

Classes, a bio-regional potluck on Friday night, live bands, belly dance performances, face painting, wild edibles walk, wild-crafting, visual art, fire spinning, fire circle ritual, community building, and prayerformance.

All attendees are asked to bring food to share, and to offer an hour of service to help hold the event. This is how we can keep the cost of our gathering so low.

$25 for the weekend,
$15 for a day pass
$5 for Sunday brunch
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
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Please Note - We are asking of all participants:

• Please bring a food donation for the kitchen
• Please give one hour of community work to help run the gathering

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR WORKSHOPS: STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES:

• Nature/Ecstasy/Poetry/Spirit-- Who We Are! -- Bill Pfeiffer
• Wilderness Journey – Patrick Draper
• Fundamentals of aerial acrobatics.
• Herb Walk: Medicine, Science, Folklore & Magic
• Journey to Avalon: A Midsummer Chant Circle with Kellianna
• Earthlands: The Vision, The Practice, and The Promise
• EVERYDAY SACRED: The Art of Conscious Living
• Animal Magic/Stone Speak/Tree Tales - Opening To Earth Wisdom

Nature/Ecstasy/Poetry/Spirit-- Who We Are!

When we humans have a direct experience of our intimate kinship with Life we
have hope and we have our full intelligence. This little workshop allows a
precious taste of this domain which is available to us all of the time. All
we need to do is tap into itŠ

We will gather and sing our unique song through poetry*, nature awareness,
mindfulness practice and shamanic drum journeying. Participants will come
away refreshed with new insights.

* Bring a short nature poem that you love.

The environmental crisis is rooted in an industrial worldview that lives
inside our minds. Our souls yearn to bust out into something true and and
almost forgotten.... so we can truly live! Indigenous people, living their
traditional ways, model this... and if we go back far enough we are all
indigenous. The indigenous soul is not something to be idealized but
reclaimed, and in so doing, we strengthen and nurture our unique gifts for
the Great Turning, the transformation to a life-sustaining society.

Bill Pfeiffer, former director of Sacred Earth Network (SEN) and this
workshop¹s facilitator, has studied extensively with indigenous elders,
shamans, and medicine people throughout Siberia and the Americas. SEN has
organized numerous exchanges between indigenous leaders on both of these
continents who are protecting their sacred lands. Bill has also led dozens
of weekend workshops on the interface of sustainability and spirituality.

workshop description:

Wilderness Journey

An adventure into the woods to heighten our senses and deepen our connection to the earth. We will wander as we feel called by curiosity and intuition and use some fun games and awareness tools to weave a stronger rope to the wild world. Leave your shoes and valuables behind!

Patrick Draper combines an intuitive gift for holistic human development with experience in transformational education, community living and sustainability practices. His visionary capacity is grounded in the day-to-day practicalities of creating the culture he envisions. Patrick has worked as a project leader for youth volunteers, as an organic farmer and as an Earthlands apprentice. He has participated in various trainings, including the Community Nature Awareness Program with Mark Morey, the Soulcentric Development Wheel with Bill Plotkin and the Pole to Pole Leadership Institute's selection camp. With 3 years experience in Primal Therapy, Patrick is an apprentice to the inter-face between transformative personal change and creating a culture that is more just, fulfilling and sustainable. He has a deep love for the wild world and earth-based teachings.

Fundamentals of aerial acrobatics.

Jeremy Zucker's movement background is in ballet, capoeira, hip-hop, afro-haitian, ballroom dance, contact improvisation, modern, and aerial dance. Since 2004, he has focused primarily on aerial acrobatics, teaching, training and performing with the New York Circus Arts Academy and Firefly Entertainment.

Herb Walk: Medicine, Science, Folklore & Magic

with Chris Marano (of Clearpath Herbals)

Master teacher and clinical herbalist, Chris Marano, will lead a plant-inspired exploration at Earthlands in Petersham, MA. Walk and Talk includes:

• Plant identification: emphasis on getting to know a few plants deeply, their history, ecology, scientific and folkloric uses as medicine, first-aid, food, and other uses.
• Language of Plants: an introduction to the language that plants “speak” to us through their color, aroma, taste, habitat, constituents, life history, etc.
• Conscientious wildcrafting: understanding natural law and the “honor code” of harvesting, also includes information about herb gathering and the lunar calendar.

Chris Marano RH (AHG), MA, BS, is a master teacher and clinical herbalist with a wellness practice in the Pioneer Valley, MA. His teachings take him throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Founder of Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine, dedicated to the teaching of holistic health, herbalism, and Earth-based wisdom; and Clearpath Herbals, offering health consultations and custom-blended herbal preparations. For more info regarding Chris’s practice, classes and products, contact 978-544-5781 or chris@clearpathherbals.com

Workshop:

Journey to Avalon: A Midsummer Chant Circle with Kellianna

Using seasonal, elemental and Avalonian chants, Kellianna will lead
participants in a journey to the ancient Isle of Avalon to meet the Welsh Fairie King,
Gwynn Ap Nudd, and visit his palace, Anwnn, located inside the Glastonbury Tor.
We will sing in ritual; space, raising energy to manifest our intentions. The
mists of Avalon will part and invite you to a place between places, where the fairies dine and dance
in a crystal palace, where the white and red springs run wild and where your voice will echo through
time...

Kellianna has performed nationally and internationally for over 20 years. In 2002, she combined her musical talents and her spirituality to create songs from mythology and magic, singing of ancient wisdoms and sacred places. Her live shows are a combination of acoustic guitar songs and chants to the God and Goddess. She is a certified teacher of SpiritSong, a powerful tool for freeing your voice, for accessing the authentic sound that is you, and for entering into Spirit. Kellianna was trained by Shawna Carol in facilitating this unique approach to spiritual growth. Kellianna facilitates chant circles at festivals and shops all over the states She is a collector of chants and takes great joy in sharing these chants in her circles. She is experienced in the art of ritual chant, and uses the song to move energy, to celebrate the ancient mysteries, and to strengthen intention.

Earthlands: The Vision, The Practice, and The Promise

A "walk-about" the Earthlands property to hear and see the engaging story
about the work of Earthlands. A special focus on the Earthlands Program
Center, University of the Wild, and the proposed Earthlands Land Trust
& EcoVillage. Led by Founder and Senior Advisor, Dr. Larry Buell.

Time: Suggested time 30 to 90 minutes (Flexible Schedule)

Larry Buell is an environmental educator who specialize in "Sense of Place" interpretation
of the natural and cultural history places and creating Earth-based living and learning
communities. Larry received his master's in Outdoor Education from Penn State and his
doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. He is founder and former director of the
internationally recognized Outdoor Leadership Program and the Earth Education Human
Ecology program at Greenfield Community College, MA. In 1992 he founded the Earthlands
intentional community and sustainable living center. His present work is the creation of a
self-directed alternative higher education program, the University of the Wild based at
Earthlands. Buell is consultant to numerous schools, colleges, and community agencies.
Larry is the author of numerous books and articles, including, The Outdoor Leadership
Manual; The 24-Hour Experience: An Outdoor Adventure Program; a textbook on
Human Ecology: Roots of Our Worldview and the Foundations for a Sustainable Future;
and Return to the Meadow: Poetry, Prose, and Images of Place. Larry divides his time between
living and working at Earthlands and traveling for research, writing, and public presentations.
Larry is dedicated to creating a model sustainable learning community within his beloved North
Quabbin Bioregion in Central Massachusetts.

Everyday Sacred: the Art of Conscious Living

with Una Gallagher

Through the daily use of prayer and ritual we are able to slow down enough
to see the beauty all around us. This allows us to build sacred
relationship with the worlds in which we live, as we strive to discover
our true nature and be in balance with all life.

Together we will create sacred space and journey into the heart of the
earth and connect with those beings that wish to share their wisdom with
us. Upon our return each of us will have an opportunity to journal &
share our experiences, as we prepare to create a personal talisman to
inspire us in our daily practices.

We will learn simple grounding & centering techniques, discuss altar
building & maintaining, as well as create a simple daily ritual.

Animal Magic/Stone Speak/Tree Tales - Opening To Earth Wisdom

Description: Mother Earth speaks to us through Her many forms, we need only stop and listen. Join us for a walk through fields and forests, feeling with all our senses the aliveness around us and within us. Through guided meditation, we will calm our minds and open our hearts to the wisdom of the Earth Beings. With the power of the drumbeat and shamanic journeying, we will connect with an Earth Ally who comes to offer guidance for us at this time in our lives.

Cathy Pedevillano is a shamanic healer and teacher, wildlife biologist and founder of "Heart of Shamanism" (www.heartofshamanism.com). She has dedicated her life to the revival of ancient Earth wisdom and practices to help empower and heal human beings so they can find right relationship with the natural world. Cathy brings humor, joy, a deep love and connection to nature, shamanic power and magic to her work.