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Reclaiming Bay Area groups celebrate the Wheel of the Year, a cycle of eight seasonal sabbats.
This page of ritual listings is for the Northern California Bay Area. For something closer to home, check out "Find Us Worldwide".
All rituals are offered by groups creating magic in the Reclaiming Tradition and in accordance with the Principles of Unity. Sponsoring groups are always looking for volunteers; be sure to let the contact person know if you're interested in helping out!
All Reclaiming rituals are "clean and sober" - ie, please use no recreational drugs or alcohol at or prior to the events.
Rituals are listed according to closest upcoming date.
This information is tentative - please check back the week of the ritual for final details.
New to our rituals? You can email sfrpc@yahoogroups.com for information, questions, and a welcome to Bay Area Reclaiming.
Join the Bay Area Reclaiming elist (BARD) and get email notices of rituals and other Reclaiming events - contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com.
Saturday 28 April
Ritual begins with wreath-making and music at 12:30pm. Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park.
(Last year's intention: Educate, Agitate, Organize.)
Ritual includes participatory Maypole dance. This ritual is kid-friendly. Wheelchair access via path from parking lot. Field can be swampy after heavy rain.
Please bring flowers and vines for wreaths, musical instruments, and plentiful food and/or non-alcohol drinks to share. (More flowers and vines are always needed!)
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to the scenic Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. We're usually straight ahead in the big meadow. (Drivers - Mapquest 41st and Lincoln. Enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Sunday 29 April
Gather at 3:30pm. Ritual at 4:00pm - Ragle Park, Sebastopol, CA. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event. Dancing around the May Pole together...
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming events.
For more information:
Visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
Or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com,
Or call 707-484-7786.
Saturday 5 May.
Come and join the RiteHere Beltane in Tilden Park, with a Maypole, cauldron-jumping, many flowers (which we all will bring), a picnic feast, and merriment galore. The intent of our ritual is, as always, to celebrate love in all its forms. Children welcome, dogs on leash (park rule) too.
Bring: flowers and vines for head wreaths and to decorate the Maypole; food/drink (no alcohol) to share and your own eating/drinking implements; a blanket or such to sit on (ground could be damp); drums, musical instruments, your singing voice. (No need for ribbons as we have handmade all-cotton streamers all ready to go.)
Where: high end of the Meadow picnic area, parking lot on Lone Oak Road, which is a turn-off from Central Park drive. If you come from the south, watch for the turn-off after you pass the turnoffs for Lake Anza and the Carousel and go around a couple curves. If you come from the north (entering the park onto Canon Drive), turn right on Central Park Dr (away from Little Farm) and see left turn into parking lot at Lone Oak Rd.
When: Gather about noon to make wreaths and decorate the pole, ritual starts about 1:00 pm, followed by picnic and we are usually done before 4pm. If you can come early (about 11-11:30) to help set up Maypole base that would be great - upper body strength and ability to pound required.
If you want to help with this ritual and/or for more info, contact Vibra at vibraw@aol.com
Sunday 17 June
Doors open 3:30, ritual begins 4:00pm at Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Avenue, Sebastopol. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7, no one turned away due to lack of funds. Proceeds support North Bay Reclaiming Events.
For more information, call 707-484-7786 or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
Or visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
Solstice, Wednesday 20 June, Ocean Beach near Taraval street (aka "Ye Olde Site"). Gather 7:30pm, ritual 8pm.
Join us for Summer Solstice at Ocean Beach as we gather at the end of the longest day of the year. We celebrate the light and honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the darkness.
Please bring clean firewood (firewood is always welcome - no pallets, nails, construction material, plywood, painted or treated wood), warm clothes, food or non-alcoholic drink to share, and a towel if you want to plunge.
Transit: You'll want to take the scenic L-Taraval Muni train from downtown BART stations. Ride to end of line, walk a block or two to the beach, and look for group of beach-loving pagans - possibly a few blocks to the left, depending on beach conditions.
Maps: search for "Taraval and Great Highway, San Francisco 94116". Gathering will be somewhat south of this intersection.
For more information and an update on the bonfire situation, contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
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For more information, contact ritehererituals@yahoo.com
Lammas, Saturday 28 July, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Ritual at 1pm.
(Last year's intention: Watching, Waiting, Hoping, Trusting... Blueberries!)
Join us as the Wheel of the Year turns to the time of hope and fear, the time of waiting. Our seeds are ripening, but not yet harvested.
This ritual includes a feast and sharing of "first harvests." Please bring inspiring food (finger-food works best) or non-alcohol drinks to share.
If you can bring a folding table, tablecloth, and/or serving bowls, it will help a lot!
Flowers, drums, and other musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual is kid-friendly, and there will be a short, optional teens circle after ritual ends.
Wheelchair access via paved path from parking lot.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. (Drivers - google 41st and Lincoln, enter park there, two blocks to parking lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Sunday 29 July
Sunday, July 29, 2012. Gather at 3:30pm. Ritual at 4:00pm - Ragle Park, Sebastopol, CA. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming Events.
For more information, call 707-484-7786 or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
Or visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
Fall Equinox ritual, Saturday 22 September, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park (directions below). Ritual 1pm.
Join us to celebrate the time of balance, the time of harvest and thanks. Please bring food and/or non-alcohol drinks to share at post-ritual feast. Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual and site are kid-friendly.
There will be an optional teens' circle immediately after the ritual.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or sign on big tree. (Drivers - enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Sunday 23 September
Doors open 3:30, ritual begins 4:00pm at Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Avenue, Sebastopol. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7, no one turned away due to lack of funds. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming Events. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Contact northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-484-7786.
For more information, go to www.northbayreclaiming.org
Watch the Spiral Dance Video on YouTube!
Saturday 27 October
Kezar Pavilion near Haight and Stanyan Streets - Doors open at 6pm. Ritual starts at 7:30pm. Benefitting the Reclaiming Community.
Come early to view the altars, for pre-ritual music, and to hear the names of the Beloved Dead
Join us when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the dead. We gather to remember our ancestors, our beloved dead, and all those who have crossed over.
The Spiral Dance is San Francisco Reclaiming's public Halloween ritual. For Witches, this is a sacred season, when we honor our ancestors and our Beloved Dead, and our New Year, affirming the renewal of life.
The Spiral Dance is also Reclaiming's largest, most spectacular public ritual, bringing together art, music, poetry, and dance in Sacred Space. Not just a performance - everyone participates in dancing the Spiral.
Join us as we celebrate 31 years of magic, ritual, and activism in San Francisco and beyond. This family-oriented ritual is also drug and alcohol free. All are welcome.
Much help is needed to produce this wonderful annual community event. Click here for details.
General Admission: $20-$100+ sliding scale. This ritual is Bay Area Reclaiming's largest fundraiser for the year, and supports many of our other activities, courses, rituals, and resources. Volunteers are also needed - see below.
Children are welcome - childcare not provided. Wheelchair Accessible. This is a drug- and alcohol-free, family-oriented ritual. Please honor us and the sacred by keeping it so.
Honor the cycle of death and rebirth by sending us the names of those born and those who have died during the past year:
Beloved dead: email to www.reclaimingspiraldance.org/beloveddead
Babies: email to www.reclaimingspiraldance.org/beloved-babies
For advance tickets, directions, transportation, volunteering and more info on ritual, click here.
Photos and articles about the Spiral Dance and Reclaiming's history at RQ.org
Music from the Spiral Dance ritual - samples and CDs
Watch the Spiral Dance Video on YouTube!
Saturday 3 November
Gather at 6:30pm, Ritual at 7:00pm. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol
This is a participatory, kid-friendly, drug- and alcohol-free event.
Cost: Sliding scale donation $40 - $10. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming Events.
For more information, please go to www.northbayreclaiming.org
Questions? Email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
or call 707-484-7786.
Sunday 16 December
Starhawk and North Bay Reclaiming Yule Ritual. Gather at 6:30pm - Ritual begins at 7pm. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol.
Annual Winter Solstice Celebration with Starhawk and friends. Join us on this dark night of midwinter, to sing and dance back our connection to the Earth and Sun. Ritual indoors and warm. Wheelchair accessible. Proceeds benefit Earth Activist Training. Proceeds benefit Earth Activist Training.
All ages welcome to our clean and sober event. Cost: Sliding scale donation $75 to $15. Funds to support Starhawk, Earth Activist Training and North Bay Reclaiming
Questions? Email NorthbayReclaiming@yahoo.com
Thursday 20 December (Solstice Eve) 2012
Ocean Beach near Taraval Street (aka "Ye Olde Site")
Gather 3:30pm, ritual at 4pm.
(Last year's intention: Keening and Rekindling)
Join us on the eve of Winter Solstice as we gather to celebrate the longest night of the year. We honor the time of darkness as well as the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the light.
Due to the sunny weather all Fall, air quality is not good. We are hoping Solstice Eve is not a Spare-the-Air day. To help - please carpool or take transit (transit info below).
Please bring clean firewood (important - no pallets, nails, plywood, painted or treated wood - no construction scraps), warm clothes, food or non-alcoholic drink to share, and a towel if you want to plunge.
Flashlights and dry socks are handy. Drums and other instruments are welcome for post-ritual music. And buckets and trash bags are a great way to show special love for the beach.
This is a good time of year for releasing old spells, journals, etc, into the transformative fire -- please carefully remove all synthetic materials and metal (including staples, clips, etc - burn-ables only).
Questions, suggestions, rumors, riddles, recipes - email sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Click here for info on the bonfires
Transit: The scenic L-Taraval train goes from downtown BART stations to the beach in about 40 leisurely minutes. Cars, Google "Taraval/Great Highway"
For more information, email sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Friday 21 December (Solstice Morn). Join us again in the East Bay hills to greet the sun on Solstice morning! Wear layers and bring drums, shakers, tambourines, flutes, tubas, etc. and maybe a thermos of hot beverage. If you have a favorite sun-song, bring lyrics to share, and we usually do a spiral dance just after dawn.
Gather at the parking lot at Inspiration Point in Tilden Park about 6:40 am, to allow about 10 minutes to walk or roll to site. At West end of parking area go around gate and up paved road beyond it, marked as Nimitz Way, which is a paved, mild uphill grade, wheelchair/stroller accessible. You'll see folks on a grassy clearing on your right (could be muddy & wet!), with beautiful view of horizon to the East (if it's clear, which could happen).
Steady rain cancels. Fog or misty rain, we'll be there.
For more info, email vibraw@aol.com
Saturday 28 January , at Cellspace, 2050 Bryant near 19th Street, San Francisco - Mission.
Gather 7pm, ritual 7:30pm. $11-$33 requested donation. (We depend on donations from this ritual both to pay for the space and to cover ritual expenses through the year. Volunteer opportunities below. Even if you volunteer, please donate what you can.)
Intention: In our words and deeds, we forge beauty and justice.
Join us again at Cellspace for our traditional flaming cauldron ritual. This indoor, evening ritual is a benefit for Reclaiming and for Cellspace artists' warehouse.
The heart of this ritual invites participants to make a pledge for the coming year before Brigid's cauldron. You are invited to bring small samples of "waters of the world," and objects to place on the directional altars (and take home afterwards).
As at all San Francisco Reclaiming rituals, children are welcome with adult accompaniment. (This ritual can get a bit "talky" for some kids.)
Help is needed with set-up and altar-building - arrive by 6pm to help! And we always need clean-up helpers as well. RSVP to email below.
Transit: BART to 24th-Mission, walk or 48-bus half-mile east (away from uphill) on 24th Street to Bryant, left five blocks to Cellspace. You can also catch the 27-Bryant from Powell BART, which stops within a block. Mapquest - "2050 Bryant 94110"
To volunteer or for more info, contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Sunday 5 Feburary
Doors open 3:30, ritual begins 4:00pm at Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Avenue, Sebastopol. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Sliding scale donation: $7-21 donation
We invite you to make your pledge to Brigid.
This is a participatory, kid-friendly, drug-and-alcohol free event.
For more information, email NorthbayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-484-7786.
Spring Equinox, Saturday 17 March, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Ritual at 1pm.
Join us as the Wheel of the Year turns toward the sunshine. Rain or shine, it will be a beautiful day in Golden Gate Park.
This ritual especially involves young people, and includes an egg-hunt for kids afterwards. Please bring food or non-alcohol drinks to share at post-ritual feast. Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome.
Wheelchair access via paved path from parking lot. Field itself can be swampy after heavy rain.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. We're usually straight ahead in the big meadow. (Drivers - enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Spring Equinox, Sunday 18 March
Gather at 3:30pm. Ritual begins 4:00pm at Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Avenue, Sebastopol. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Join us for the North Bay Reclaiming Ostara/Spring Equinox Ritual. As the wheel turns, we come as the children of Spring to dance with the Fae.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming events.
For more information, email NorthBayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-484-7786.
Website: www.northbayreclaiming.org
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