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House of Danu Lughnasadh Festival weekend (July 30 to August 2), Santa Cruz mountains north of Watsonville. 2nd Annual Gorsedd. All Bards, Ovates, Druids and Neopagans welcome!
In October 2009, Isaac Bonewits was diagnosed with cancer—he has a good prognosis but feels crappy due to treatments. Send Isaac and Fay prayers, healing vibes and cash.
from Storycatcher (click)
pages 18-19
written by Christina Baldwin
of Peerspirit, Washington,
reprinted here with author's permission
I have read a story of a tribe in southern Africa called the Babemba in which a person doing something wrong, something that destroys the delicate social net, brings all work in the village to a halt. The people gather around the "offender," and one by one they begin to recite every thing he has done right in his life: every good deed, thoughtful behavior, act of social responsibility. These things have to be true about the person, and spoken honestly, but the time-honored consequence of misbehavior is to appreciate that person back into their better part of himself. The person is given the chance to remember who he is and why his important to the life of the village.
I want to live under such a practice of compassion. When I forget my place, when I lash out with some private wounding in a public way, I want to be remembered back into alignment with my self and purpose. I want to live with the opportunity for reconciliation. When someone around me thoughtless or cruel, I want to be given the chance to respond with a ritual that created the possibility of reconnection. I want to live in a neighborhood where people don't shoot first, don't sue first, where people are Storycatchers willing to discover in strangers the mirror of themselves. I want to be surrounded by a story-based culture that itself remembers story is essential to human survival.
Screenreader What's a Tribe?
Get Involved: Participate
3 levels of time & commitment
written by Larzean
18 February 2010
There are roughly three ways to participate in Ochre Hills Druid Grove depending on your inclination.
For those just passing through, have only a passing interest, or live far away, there is the Guestbook, Twitter and YouTube. These involve no time and zero-level of commitment.
For Neopagans and Druids who live in Gilroy-Morgan Hill-Hollister who have medium-level curiosity, time and commitment, there is BigTent, Facebook, Flickr and Meetup. BigTent is the official forum but Facebook might end up being its forum. BigTent, Flickr and Facebook are for Members Only, designed for those who would like to be an online presence, or checking us out to see if we're legit, or want to see if your interests and temperaments are compatible with ours. Meetup is currently public but I may make it private. Since these are Members Only, in role of Moderator or Organizer, I have to approve or reject requests of membership. As Moderator or Organizer, I will be personally overseeing these groups to make sure that spam stays out as well as see that members treat others with respect and such.
BasecampHQ is for Neopagans and Druids who live in Gilroy-Morgan Hill-Hollister, or Druids from afar, who have the highest-level of time and commitment. These Neopagans will be gung-ho about this website and may even write stories. Eventually I would like to see other contributors besides me.
Volunteering is for Neopagans and Druids who live in Gilroy-Morgan Hill-Hollister who have the highest-level of time and commitment and are motivated to build an in-person "congregation." When we have gatherings, you must be age 18 or older. Minors be informed: a parent must be with you. If you are 17 or under, you will be asked to leave. This is a hard and fast rule—no exceptions. There presently is nothing to volunteer for.