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Winter Solstice and Jule Celebrations

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Winter Ritual of Re-Creation and Re-Membrance:  Crested Butte, CO Winter Soulstice/New Year Ceremony - Going A-Souling!  Re-creating the Ancient Tradition of our European and Nordic ancestors, as we walk through our community offering blessings and Good Cheer to all businesses, local family, friends and all visitors.

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DECEMBER 21 & 22 Celebrating 12th Annual Winter Solstice-Wintertok!
~Friday, Dec. 21​, 6am, meet at OCTOPUS CAFE and we will walk to the Town Overlook for the BONFIRE Welcoming the Return of the Light over the Elk Mountains at Sunrise

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FATHER WINTER & THE MAIDEN OF LIGHT RETURNING
PictureAll-Community Winter Blessing Ceremony.
SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 9:30am
FAMILIES, FRIENDS, all FOLKS
Gather at the Octopus Cafe to create evergreen wreaths, paint faces and don our warmest regalia of White, Red and Fur as the entire community of Crested But
te, CO honors the Solstice by going A' Souling in a procession through the village to honor plentiful Snow as Father Winter passes the torch to the Green Man of Spring to com
e.
   
At @11:15am We gather in Totem Pole Park for a spontaneous Ceremony to honor the Ancestors, the Spirits of Fire, Ice and Frost, the Nature Spirits, the Maiden of Light, the Mountain Spirits and the wild man Krampus as the denizens of the Deep Dark arise and enter the land of Sun's Return.  
Fiddling and songs of the seasons performed by Lizzy Plotkin and Sophia Chudadcoff!

The Green Man and the WiseWomen Norns of Norse tradition share Seeing, promises and blessings for the times to come. The stories of our ForeParents, the sacred Land, the ever-changing Seasons and our communal generosity of spirit are shared.  Songs, traditional dance, Elders' and Wisdom-Carriers narratives are shared around the potluck feast.  We re-Member and re-Claim our history and most ancient heritage from Norse, European, Slavic, Germanic and Celtic traditions.
We celebrate our Native Spirit!   

Glad Jul och Glatt Vintersolstand!  Happy Yuletide and Soulstice Season!

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PROCESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR SNOW!
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WINTER GREEN MAN
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  • WELCOME
  • Valentine's Day-Making Love with Mother Nature
  • EARTH WISDOM MYSTERY SCHOOL/SECULAR MINISTRY
  • Spring Equinox
  • SPRING EQUINOX POEM
  • White Elk - Welcoming Spring
  • Beltane Celebration - Mountain Style
  • Summer Solstice Celebrations
  • MARRYING THE EARTH
  • Candlemas, Imbolc and Teachings of the Old Ones
  • Imbolc Candlemas Celebration
  • Thanksgiving with the Dalai Lama 2012
  • Winter Solstice Celebration
  • When Santa was a Woman
  • Mother Earth, Father Sky Retreat
  • Vinotok Ceremonies & Autumn Equinox
  • Autumn Equinox and Mabon Traditions and Celebration
  • Samhain: Ritual and Healing
  • Indigenous Priestess Medicine
  • Ceremonies of Elderhood
  • Secular Ministry Certification
  • WEDDINGS, ELOPEMENT PACKAGES, CEREMONIES
  • Upcoming ONE WITH NATURE Retreats, Gatherings, Secular Seminary Events
  • New Year's Blessing
  • Lughnasad Harvest Rituals
  • Earth Blogs
  • WISE WOMAN CONSULTATIONS
  • SHAMANIC OFFERINGS
  • LABYRINTHS OF LIFE
  • Ritual and Healing - the book
  • Past Blogs
  • Earth Essays
  • Poetry
  • Notes from Goats & Big Kids Farm
  • Exerpts From The Comfort Queen
  • Sheros Journey