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February 8
- April 5
eight-week online course
"Earthly Delights: True Abundance In a Time of Scarcity"
Come join a magical experiment: how do we create true abundance when all
around us systems are crumbling? The meltdowns we’ve been experiencing,
from Wall Street to Greenland, are a result of faulty thinking, of basing
our institutions on false ideas and flawed stories. What are the ideas,
the new stories, that can become a basis for real abundance, justice,
and ecological balance?
Over these eight weeks, we’ll explore eight
principles derived from the earth-based spirituality of the Goddess and
the practical approach of permaculture to ecological design. 1) Abundance
Springs from Relationships; 2) Take Root; 3) Feed What You Want to Grow;
4) Build from the Ground Up; 5) Waste Is Food; 6) Value Diversity; 7)
Sink In; and 8) The Gift Multiplies. We’ll explore what they mean
in systems that range from gardens to political strategy, and through
exercises, meditations, and practices, we’ll apply them to our lives,
and see what happens.
The course is light on reading; the major work
will be self-reflection, journaling, forum discussions, and Starhawk will
post trances and new lectures. As we tell ourselves new stories, as we
take delight in the true gifts of the earth, our lives and our work will
flourish like a plant growing in healthy soil.
Course hosted by Growing Edge Institute.
Cost $150. Some partial scholarships may be available, please contact
administration at GEI.
Enroll online at www.growingedgeinstitute.com
February 13-14
San Jose, California
conference
Starhawk will be at Pantheacon 2010. Conference theme this year is "Back
to Basics": As energy and economics implode we look for simpler ways
of life. Our Pagan ethics and worship of our Earth Mother help us forge
new sustainable lifestyles as we honor the old ways.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m., "Making the Transition": sustainability
and regeneration for Pagans—a magical and practical workshop.
Saturday, 7 p.m., Reclaiming Craft Cell: "Cocreation and
Magic": Reclaiming teachers and organizers will guide participants
in cocreating ritual.
Sunday, 11 a.m., "Letting the Wildness In": Starhawk’s
picture book for children, The Last Wild Witch, guides us to
let some wildness into our own lives. Children invited!
Location: San Jose Doubletree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place
Cost: Full conference $75 after January 15th and onsite
Participating children (age 14 and under) are 1/2 adult price; kids in
tow free
Accommodations and meals extra.
For more information and to register: www.pantheacon.com
Thursday, February
25
Madison, Wisconsin
one-day workshop
"Earth as Teacher, Earth as Healer"
The Earth herself is our greatest teacher and healer, whether we want
to heal and transform our personal hurts, or heal the huge wounds our
society inflicts on the Earth and other human beings. The ancient
Goddess traditions had no sacred texts or dogmas: instead, their mystics
learned to read the book of nature. Understanding how the Earth's cycles
work, how change occurs in nature, and how Mother Earth designs co-evolving,
interdependent systems can help us be better designers of the changes
we want to see in our own lives and the world. No matter what the
outcome of current political debates, the work of healing will continue
for our lifetimes, and our connection to Earth is our deepest source of
hope, renewal, and strength. This workshop, drawing on Starhawk's latest
book Earth Path, weaves together ritual, guided journeys,
games, and stories to help us connect more deeply with the great transformative
powers of nature, and to bring those creative energies fully alive in
our lives, homes, and communities so that we can also bring healing, justice,
and balance into the world.
Presented by the First Unitarian Society, Madison.
Location: Lussier Family Heritage Center (directions at countyofdane.com/lwrd/parks/heritage/location.aspx)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: sliding scale $50 - $100 (lunch included)
Space limited; to register, send check (made out to "First Unitarian
Society") to:
Nancy Vedder-Shults
5110 Spring Court
Madison, WI 53705-1324
For more information, email Nancy: nancyv-s[at]tds.net
Friday, February
26
Madison, Wisconsin
one-day workshop -- note: enrollment full
"Walking the Edge: Deepening Our Magic"
In nature, edges, where one ecosystem meets another, are the places of
greatest dynamism, energy, and creativity. Where the meadow meets the
forest or the ocean meets the shore, we find the most diversity, and also
the most stress. In this workshop, we explore our own edges. How do we
walk between worlds? When have we been outsiders, marginalized --
and what unique vision arises from the boundaries? How do we challenge
our own edges? What boundaries are healthy, and which constrict
us unnecessarily? How do we push our own creative edges, taking more risks,
pushing our work, our rituals, and our expression further into excellence?
The tools of ritual—sacred space, meditation, trance, ecstatic
drumming, and dancing—help us deepen our practice and expand the
borders of who we can be.
Presented by the First Unitarian Society, Madison.
Location: East Side
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: sliding scale $50 - $100 (lunch included)
Space limited; to register, send check (made out to "First Unitarian
Society") to:
Nancy Vedder-Shults
5110 Spring Court
Madison, WI 53705-1324
For more information, email Nancy: nancyv-s[at]tds.net
Saturday, February
27
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
conference
Starhawk will take part in the "WomanSpirit" conference, presented
by the Central Midwest Unitarian Universalist Woman and Religion Committee.
The theme for Winter WomanSpirit 2010 is: "Nurturing Ourselves, Sustaining
Our World."
Starhawk's events:
9:00 a.m., keynote
lecture: "Earth Spirit, Earth Justice"
1:15 - 2:25 p.m., workshop: "The Well of Song: Writing Chants and
Liturgy"
2:30 - 3:30 p.m., chat with Maidens and their Mothers on "Maidens
Becoming Priestesses of the Goddess”
Look for several booksignings during the day.
Location: First Unitarian Society, 1342 N. Astor Street
Cost: before
January 10: adults (19+) $125; maidens (13-18) $100; youths (6-12) $60
Jan 11 to Feb 10: add $25 to above.
register online at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=786755
For scholarship application, go to www.womenandreligion.org/index.php/scholarship-policy
For more information:
visit www.womenandreligion.org/index.php/retreats/winter-2010
email wws[at]womenandreligion.org
Sunday, February 28
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
church services
Starhawk will lead the Unitarian congregation in three services, at 9:00
a.m., 11:00 a.m, and 5:00 p.m. Guests welcome.
Topic: "Frontline Spirituality"
What is spirituality for? A spiritual practice and community can
bring comfort and healing, and be a refuge from a harsh world. But
if it remains only that, it loses depth and integrity. Engaged spirituality
is about challenge as well as comfort, confrontation as well as healing.
Creative, transformative powers are most needed in places of deep
conflict, oppression and violence.
Look for booksignings after each service.
Location: First Unitarian Society, 1342 N. Astor Street
Cost: free
For more information: www.uumilwaukee.org/node/34
Monday, March 1
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
afternoon workshop + evening ritual
"Holding Power Well"
What are the patterns of power that we don't see? How do we find the source
of our true power from within? What blocks us from being empowered, effective,
courageous people? We will consider power within sacred space, and through
ritual, trance, drumming, song, movement, and energy work develop the
tools we need to transform destructive patterns into energies freed for
change.
Both events are drug- and alcohol-free. Presented
by the Milwaukee Pagan community.
Workshop:
Explore issues of power and leadership. How do we take our power and own
it as a life-giving force? How do we recognize when we do have power,
and use it in ways that empower others? How do we nurture and support
leadership in our groups, while also holding our leaders accountable?
This is a workshop for anyone who has struggled with these issues in relationships
or groups. All of us have internalized models of power as domination,
which often interfere when we attempt to form new structures based on
power-from-within. Will you step into your own power?
Time: 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Open Public Ritual:
Celebrate the season of the returning light, step into your personal power,
and hold the vision for healthy use of power in community. This ritual
will be offered in the ecstatic, inclusive style of Reclaiming.
Time: doors open 6:30 p.m; ritual 7:30-9:00 pm.
Location: TBA
Costs for both workshop and ritual: sliding scale $1-100, dinner not included.
To register: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRpUkNmVFUyZnhiaXlqb2ltVnlpTWc6MA
For more information, email Shauna: shaunaaura[at]gmail.com
Tuesday, March
2
Kent, Ohio
lecture
Starhawk will speak at Kent State University as part of Women's History
Month celebrations. Sponsored by The Women's Liberation Collective. Please
check back for details.
Friday, June 18
Burlingame, California
conference
Starhawk will guest lecture on Friday morning in the 2010 Creation Spirituality
Communities Gathering. Theme this year is "One River, Many Wells."
Please check back for details as they become available.
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr.
Cost: tba
For more information:www.originalblessing.ning.com/events/2010-csc-gathering
July 3 - 17
near Bellingham, Washington
two-week course
Earth Activist Training, with a special emphasis on Social Permaculture
Co-taught by Starhawk and friends, with guest teachers Bill Aal and Margo
Adair of Tools for Change
Two weeks that can change your life and change the world! A permaculture
design certificate course with a grounding in earth-based spirituality,
and a focus on organizing, activism, and social permaculture as well as
urban and rural land-based systems. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse
water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, using a
minimum of energy and resources and creating real abundance and social
justice. Explore the strategies and organizing tools we need to make our
visions real, and the daily practice, magic and rituals that can sustain
our spirits. Participatory, hands-on teaching with lots of ritual, games,
projects, songs, and laughs along with an intensive curriculum in ecological
design.
Through this two-week residential intensive’s
special focus on social permaculture, participants will learn ways to
collaborate and build just and enduring alliances across social divides,
how to structure groups with healthy dynamics and how to facilitate learning
and decision making, as well as skills to build personal, interpersonal
and community resilience to sustain themselves through hard times.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until April 1, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early!
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
July 25 - August 8
Vermont
two-week course
Earth Activist Training
Co-taught by
Starhawk and Charles Williams
Two weeks that can change your life and change the world! A permaculture
design certificate course with a grounding in earth-based spirituality,
and a focus on organizing, activism, and social permaculture as well as
urban and rural land-based systems. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse
water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, using a
minimum of energy and resources and creating real abundance and social
justice. Explore the strategies and organizing tools we need to make our
visions real, and the daily practice, magic and rituals that can sustain
our spirits. Participatory, hands-on teaching with lots of ritual, games,
projects, songs, and laughs along with an intensive curriculum in ecological
design.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until April 15, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early! Childcare can be arranged
for children over 3 at additional cost.
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
September 8-12
near Salem, Missouri
gathering
Starhawk will be at Reclaiming's Dandelion 4 Gathering, a coming together
and meeting of all the Reclaiming communities around the globe. "It
is a place for Reclaiming-identified witches to come together, and hang
out, share ideas, and celebrate life. It is a magical cauldron of limitless
possibility which is shaped in the moment by the needs and desires of
those who are present. It is four days of creating the world in which
we wish to live."
Location: Diana's Grove
For more information and registration:
www.dandeliongathering.org
phone: Sayre, 773-458-0170
email: Jen, greenjenbyers[at]gmail.com
September 16
through October 3
Look for events in Poland, England, Spain, and Italy. Please check back
for details.
Saturday, October 30
San Francisco
ritual
Starhawk will take part in Reclaiming's annual Spiral Dance Samhain ritual.
As the darkness closes in, come dance the spiral that renews the world
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.
A benefit for the Reclaiming Community.
Location: Kezar Pavilion near Haight and Stanyan Streets
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Ritual starts at 7:30 p.m.—come early
to view the altars, for pre-ritual music, and to hear the names of the
Beloved Dead.
Cost: $20-$100+ sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Elders
(60 & over) and Youth (15 & under) $10 and up.
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.
January 8-22,
2011
Cazadero, California
two-week course
Earth Activist Training: Two weeks that can change your life and help
you change the world! A permaculture design certificate course with a
grounding in earth-based spirituality, and a focus on organizing, activism,
and social permaculture as well as urban and rural land-based systems.
Learn how to heal soil and cleanse water, how to design human systems
that mimic natural systems, using a minimum of energy and resources and
creating real abundance and social justice. Explore the strategies and
organizing tools we need to make our visions real, and the daily practice,
magic and rituals that can sustain our spirits. Participatory, hands-on
teaching with lots of ritual, games, projects, songs, and laughs along
with an intensive curriculum in ecological design.
Cost: $1400-$1800 sliding scale until October 1, after $1500-$1900. Work
trade and scholarships available, apply early!
For more information and to register: www.EarthActivistTraining.org
phone 800-381-7940 (USA), or email:earthactivisttraining[at]gmail.com
