If you are going to Dark Odyessy 3/21 in DC and either are gender queer or are GQ friendly then come to
the Gender Queer mixer before dinner. And on Friday I will be hosting a Ostara ritual to celebrate the spring equinox. Hope to see you there!


Saturday
7:00-8:00 pm Regency Foyer
Queer and GenderQueer Mixer

Calling all dykes, fags, queers, FtMs, MtFs, trannies, crossdressers, and
genderqueer peeps: join us for refreshments, schmoozing and cruising. For
those going to the Banquet, we¹ll head there together. For others, this is a
chance to get a group together to eat dinner. People who identify as queer
or gender variant (or both) as well as partners and supporters are welcome.

Friday
8:00-8:30 pm € Hall of Battles
Ostara Pagan Ritual

The Spring Equinox brings a time of balance. The Sun God has overtaken the
darkness and day and night are of equal lengths. The Goddess, our Earth
Mother, awakens from Her long slumber to replenish the Earth. We see new
Life rising from the cold ground. The Horned God has grown weak from the
Winter and at this time dies in order to return to the healing Earth. From
His "death,² He is reborn as the Green Man. He has shed his antlers and fur
for green leaves and vines. He is young still, but as the days grow longer
he gains strength. He is a God of fertility, to aid our Goddess in the
growing of our fields and livestock.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we celebrate Robin's birthday Sandbox style by doing desert on her. After dinner Robin will lay on a table and be covered with desert topings, fruit, cream and chocolate then who ever wants to can eat desert off her. A sensuous and yummy experience. (The shower is available after for Robin to clean up)

If you want to celebrate your birthday or some other special event this way just let me know and we can arrange it! You chose how much clothing to wear (suit suit or birthday suit are suggested attire and what kind of deserts you want putting on you).

The desert begins after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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I really en-joyed Chapel on Sunday with the talk on forgiveness.

I did a meditation that morning before Chapel where I talked to
different parts of my personality (like voice dialog for those of you
who do that but in my head rather than out loud). I invited my higher
self to be there and my need for approval, my shame, my guilt, my
procrastination, my avoidance, my not good enough, my chorus of
judgments and my fear all to be there. Some of these characters were
pretty dirty - they have been working hard for over 40 years! For each
one in turn I accepted, approved, loved and forgave and they did the
same for me. I felt grateful for all the hard work each of them did for
me - and I know that they only had my best intentions at heart - it is
just that now I don't need them to work in that way - they can retire -
or only be available to give me messages when I need them. So when the
talk was on forgiveness at Chapel I felt the Universe was giving me a
message on forgiving myself more often. Thank you everyone!

Then I drew a Louise Hay You Can Heal Yourself card Monday morning and
it talked about forgiveness too! Ok I get the message!

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Do you want to open new pathways for our relationship with sex? Do you want to be freed from constraints, misunderstandings and wounds? Do you want to let go of feelings we have about sex that limit, constrict, and oppress us? Then come to this workshop! We will look deeply at who we are and how the highest aspirations of our soul can be supported and nurtured by sex, rather than subverted by the constant anxiety and quest for sex that is the product of our culture. Looking closely at our own sexual "story" and the ways our beliefs have limited and constricted us in our relationship with sex, we empower ourselves to use sex as an expression of our highest values and aspirations. Plus any sex that you have after this workshop you will enjoy so much more!

This event will be on 3/26/08. More on Wednesday Sandbox Gatherings

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Ostara (The Spring Equinox) brings a time of balance. The Sun God has overtaken the darkness and day and night are of equal lengths. The Goddess, our Earth Mother, awakens from Her long slumber to replenish the Earth. We see new Life rising from the cold ground. While the actual equinox is on Thursday 20th we will celebrate it at Sandbox on Wednesday.

The Horned God has grown weak from the Winter and at this time dies in order to return to the healing Earth. From His "death", He is reborn as the Green Man. He has shed his antlers and fur for green leaves and vines. He is young still, but as the days grow longer he gains strength. He is a God of fertility, to aid our Goddess in the growing of our fields and livestock.

Many Pagan customs from this Sabbat continue to this day. For instance, the Easter Egg is a common Pagan custom. Eggs have always been a symbol of fertility and thus used as a symbol for this holiday. They were traditionally painted red or scarlet to symbolize the Suns rays in hopes that the rays of the Sun would warm the Egg and from it would spring Life. Easter is celebrated around this time because it has always been, in older traditional religions, the time of the willing sacrifice and rebirth of the God. Therefore it was only logical to place the sacrifice and rebirth of Jesus around this time.

At this ritual we will look at the parts of us that we are ready to let die and the parts that are ready to be reborn a new. If you have been reading Marianne Williamson's new book The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife then this might be a time to let your new midlife be born!

More on Wednesday Sandbox Gatherings

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PRONOIA, IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA, is a delightful
book by Rob Brezsny. On the cover it further
adds..."How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower
you with Blessings".In many New Age practices, the
idea that everything is perfect comes up. If you're
like me, I often find myself thinking, "Yeah, right!"

 
Brezsny dares to challenge you with the idea that we
are in charge of making a new world, so what stories
do you want at the heart of our experiment? What
questions will be our oracles? There's an exciting
chapter entitled "Your Inalienable Right to Fresh
Omens". There's an interesting exercise where you
compose and cast a love spell on yourself. Nancy says
there's a LOT of really cool exercises in this book,
so it will be an ongoing theme at her gatherings for
several months to come. Come join in the fun as we
play in our hearts and in our minds.

For more details on Nancy's events specifics here

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Sometime for me words get in the way of my connecting with others. They can form a barrier to really getting to see the divine in others. Eye gazing and just being with others can be more intimate at times. So as an experiment this Wednesday Gathering will be a Silent Retreat. There will be no spoken words (gestures and non-verbal sounds are ok). Sound scary? Impossible to not speak for 4 hours in the company of others? What about all those thoughts that come up in my head - how will I keep them in the background if I am not talking a mile to the minute? Then may I suggest then that there is all the more reason to come and experience silence together. See and feel what kind of connection can be made without words.

Those familiar with the silent eye gazing a chapel will have some ideas for what to do. And of course hugs and snuggling don't require any words either. And for those who like games there are many silent games that can be played without words. I suggest that you bring a journal but don't writing in it until the end of the evening. That way you can experience more fully the non-verbal world. Or if you must jot down a brief note then use your non-dominant hand!

As babies we don't speak and yet there is an innocence and divinity of young children that perhaps as adults we miss out on. Come explore your silent divinity at Sandbox this week.

This event will be on 2/6/08. More on Wednesday Sandbox Gatherings

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