Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 5:22PM Congratulations to Skylar Landis, who was elevated to the 1st Degree in the Hearthstone Tradition today! Welcome, sister Witch and Priestess! And Blessed Be! You earned it!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 4:57PM We want to thank everyone for coming out to Lithacon this year! It was great fun, and went off without a hitch. Blessing to all of you who helped to make it such a success and with so little stress. A big thanks to our professional entertainers, Clair, Jash and Steve! Your performances were brilliant! Hope to see you next year!
The vending was great and we made money towards the Temple's mortgage and other expenses.
The food was also excellent and seemingly never ending....
Thank you to Bill for playing a wicked banjo!!!! Dueling banjos was great fun!
The rituals and workshops were fabulous, especially considering we had to make 3 changes at the last minute, lol! Well done! And to Lord Cheiron and E.G., it was a special privilege to have you and your expertise. Lord Cheiron's presentation was very well done and I saw light bulbs going off over heads all over the place! lol And E.G., your knowledge of the stars we look forward to benefit from sharing. :O)
A huge thank you to Tracy for providing 2 deluxe port-a-potties with sinks and everything! They were very helpful, clean and never stinky! Wow!
And thanks to the raccoons who appeared on the deck with us in the evenings for treats and to the fox family, whose kits put on quite a cute show in the evening on the lawn.
This was one of the best attended festivals we've have in years. Everything was right on schedule and beautiful. There are not enough thanks in any language, but...
THANKS! See you all next year, when we shall have a certain very popular Pagan joining us and presenting. :O)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 5:30PM LITHACON 2014
JUNE 20-22
FRIDAY
5 pm – Festival opens
Tent pitching and social time
8 pm – Concurrent events:
Bardic Circle outside
Games and/or Movie inside
SATURDAY
Morning is unstructured social time. Coffee and tea will be made available.
Vending until 10 am. All profits benefit Temple mortgage and maintenance.
10 am – Gender Presentation - Denny
11 am – What do Dragons Mean to Us Today? - Sky
12-3 pm - Litha Luau – Lianna & Robert
4 pm - Feast
6 pm - Belly Dance class - Claire
7 pm – Fire Spinning Poi class - Jashwant
8 pm - Chocolate Ritual – Lianna
9:30 pm - Poi & Belly Dance Performances
SUNDAY
Morning is unstructured social time. Coffee and tea will be made available.
Vending until 11 am. All profits benefit Temple mortgage and maintenance.
11:00-12:30 pm - Morphic Resonance - Michael Cheiron
12:30-2 pm Lunch
2-4 pm - Redneck Ritual – Bill & Lianna
4 pm – Puppet Story Time – Denny & Lianna, with Leo, Rizzo & friends
5 pm - Festival closes
FESTIVAL CONSIDERATIONS:
You might want to bring with you:
A camping chair
Sunscreen
Water and snacks
An ice chest
Something to share at the potluck Feast after Litha
Food considerations:
Individuals are responsible for their meals other than our usual pot-luck Feast after the Litha Sabbat ritual. Coffee and tea will be made available every morning and everyone is always free to make a fresh pot of coffee or help themselves to any of our teas and put the kettle on.
Plan to eat breakfast and bring a snack on Saturday as there is no designated “lunch” break and Feast will not be until 3 or 4 pm.
Campers may use camping stoves at their camp sites but no fires, please.
Please do not:
Litter! This includes cigarette butts!
Urinate or defecate in the woods. There will be two very clean and well-equipped port-a- potties available for this, thanks to Tracy! Please use them.
Get drunk. Drunkenness is highly discouraged at Temple. This is a Temple, not a nightclub.
Drive drunk. We hope you will all respect the above rule, but in case of any unfortunate
over-doing, please plan to spend the night or get a ride from a sober friend.
Get naked. We do have Skyclad events but this will not be one of them.
Leave your children unattended.
Disrespect our sacred Circle Fires. Please do not throw anything into them.
Smoke in the house or in Circle.
Wear your shoes in the house. There are cubbies in the mudroom and shelves in the library for your shoes.
Throw away recyclables. We do recycle. Please rinse your bottles and cans and put them in a plastic bag in the kitchen.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 3:14PM There is talk of starting up our SpiralScouts (all one word) charter again! :O) This is a very inclusive national scouting group that is much better than some other scouting organizations, because it does not expect or require children to have a solidified belief in a higher Power in order to participate, and does not discriminate in any way against anyone. We do require background checks for leaders.
There are 3 age groups involved. If you are interested, please contact Lianna at 828-331-8688.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 3:13PM If anyone is interested in Druidry, even though this is considered a solitary path, there will be a Druidic group forming at Temple in support of students of this path and organizations such as OBOD, ADF and others.
If you are interested, please contact Lianna at: 828-331-8688.