25th Winter Solstice Blessing

The entire audience drums (bring your own, or borrow from our great “Mound ‘O Wahoo). The live Celtic music and chorus chanting lifts your spirits. That strange old man and woman tell you mythic stories that bend your mind, wrench your heart, and open a doorway to the renewing spirit inside you. And then they guide you into a mysterious healing and blessing ceremony drawn from their studies with shamans from around the world. In Act One, you’ll move into a darkness-infused ceremony with the Celtic “Old Bone Mother” (also known as the Cailleach) to clear away heavy energies. Act Two includes a blessing to open new life, vision and joy from the Spirit of The Reindeer, the powers of the Medicine Wheel, and the great un-namable, un-tameable, Spirit of Life. It's an experience that is at once deeply reverent, poetic, smart and funny. You are absolutely free to enter the experience in any way that is meaningful to you. You don't have to believe anything or do anything that is not authentic to you. The purpose of the evening is to help you feel alive all the way down in your mythic bones, connected to nature, connected to Mystery, connected to each other. We love children, but this isn't a kid's holiday event. There are stretches of darkness and silence, prayerful times, storytelling not aimed at children, and ceremonial elements that may be somewhat scary for some smaller children.