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Womongathering
June, 2002
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the program - drumming- rituals - who can come- first time? - by yourself?
the market place - artemis' daughters - the camp - womonspeak   - grand adventure

The Program

  Womongathering of 2002 will be a celebration of Fire, and an exploration of the South.
   Each year the Sacred Fire created by Sappho Morissette is dedicated to personal and collective healing through the spiritual practice of quiet meditation.
    Beverly Little Thunder,a Lakota Sioux, will oversee the building and prayer use of a sweat lodge,and Witches will convene a working Circle.
Kam DeLong   is the  program coordinator.


Helping Hands

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Drumming

   Every culture has used sound to bridge the worlds of the do-ing and the be-ing. Beginning Thursday night there are many opportunities to drum at Womongathering. Whether we are drumming orlistening,the primal rhythms open our souls. We are praying and we are the prayer.
Beverly Nadelman will be teaching those who are beginning.

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Rituals
We believe that by releasing the information held within the body that we remember and resurrect the Goddess within and without. So starting with the Opening on Thursday, the Friday  and Saturday night ritual and the Closing on Sunday followed by the Spiral Dance which affirms that there is no beginning nor end to life, the emphasis at Womongathering is always on experiencing.

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For Womyn and Gyrls Only
   Womongathering is  intense spiritual quest for the obliterated knowledge of what it means to be "whole", nurtured by a Universal Feminine Principal as embodied in the ancient Goddess of Ten Thousand Names. Given the nature of our search, we believe that a womyn-only environment is crucial to working at such deep levels of collective healing and renaming.

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Coming for the firsttime?
   You will meet womyn who have been on their paths for years, those that started yesterday and those in the middle. You will fit in the same way as the rest of us do - being a teacher to some and a student to others. Those practices that are not self-explanatory are explained so we can celebrate together.
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Worried about coming by yourself?
   A shared cabin, interactive workshops and community meals make it easy to meet others and like-minded womyn always have plenty to talk about!
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Artemis' Daughters
  Artemis' Daughters offers a gyrl-centered
festival within the festival for gyrls between
the ages of 3 and 12 years old. In age appropriate
groups, the gyrls will create music, artwork,
jewelry, stories and fun under the protection
and guidance of a trained and experienced
staff. Gyrls are also welcome at any of
the other workshops or activities they wish
to attend provided that their behavior is
consistent with the activity. Gyrls 10-12 can apply for a gyrl exchange to offset
the cost of their being at the festival.

Mindy Shuman   is the coordinator.
 
 
 
 

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Womongathering Marketplace
   Situated in front of the Dining Hall, the colorful craft marketplace features quality womon-crafted spiritual tools and wares celebrating the Goddess Herself and the Goddess as She is reflected in you. Crafters include potters, fabric artists, jewelers,sculptress and painters along with those selling crystals/stones and music. Womongathering is one of the few craft marketplaces in the country focused specificallyon celebrating the Goddess.  Applications have been mailed to past exhibitors and those who have inquired throughout the year. Go to the Craftswomyn Proposal Form for more information. Itis an outdoors market and craftswomyn to supply their own booths, tables and chairs.We do not supply electric.

Please check out the Craftswomyn page for more information on these fine crafters.
 
 

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The Camp
   Womongathering is held at a well-maintained children's camp on the Pennsylvania/New York state line near Carbondale,PA.The dormitory style cabins are in good condition and there is adequate supply of hot water and flush toilets. The camp has a large dining hall and numerous indoor workshop spaces in the event of rain.
Mary Boehnlein coordinates the Communications Area that ensures your concerns are addressed.

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Registration
Approximately 500 women, some with their daughters and granddaughters from 23 states and several foreign countries gather at Womongathering each year. We are of all ages, colors and sexual preferences. Some of us have come for many years and an equal number of womyn are coming for the first time.
Some of us choose to stay in tent and some indormitory-style cabins that hold twelve. We all enjoy flush toilets and hot showers. Together weshare three gourmet vegetarian / non-dairy vegetarian meals a day. Visit theRegistration page  for festival costs.
Jean Bangor is the registration coordinator.
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Also from Womongathering
   Our Womonspeak Newsletter,is a reader supported forum published twice a year. The next issue will bereleased after festival and will contain materials from Womongathering 2001.
Womonspeak is presently printed and mailed sowewill need a current mailing address.
Send your submisions to womonspeak@womongathering.com
Look for it on the web very soon!



Grand Adventure
Womongathering, under the name of Grand Adventure, offers a catalog of an outstanding collection of goddess images representing over two hundred-fifty centuries of human devotion. Each statue is crafted by the womyn who create Womongathering with loving attention to the details, artistic finishes and harmonious balance of the originals. Ashes from the Sacred Fire maintained continuously during Womongathering have been added to both the Brigit and Kuan Yin statues.
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