Return-Path: Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu by po11.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id SAA00390; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:12:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp2.fas.harvard.edu (smtp2.fas.harvard.edu [140.247.34.52]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id SAA15335 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:12:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from [131.142.14.129] (cfppp2-29.harvard.edu [131.142.14.129]) by smtp2.fas.harvard.edu with ESMTP id fBJNCDu15814; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:12:13 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: tempest@bb14.betterbox.net Message-Id: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:07:29 -0500 To: MITPSG From: Kit Subject: Watertown Solstice Ritual Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 19, 2001 I'm leading the gay life! 19 Rhagfyr 2001 Ta me ag imeacht le haer an tsaoil! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full text at: Solstice 2001: Tenth Annual Winter Solstice Celebration Fri. Dec 21, at 7.00 PM at First Parish of Watertown The growing season has come to completion and life has withdrawn into the earth. The trees, reduced to essence, have blanketed the earth again, the bright colors quickly faded to browns and grays. The birds went south and the bears prepared to enter dream time. The long nights and simplified external world , allow the focus to shift to the internal world of dreams and visions. The process of cleansing and renewing begins, a preparation for the new growth to come. We are approaching the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. In the moment of deepest darkness the seed of light is born. Culturally we are going through dark times. What guides us in this long winter? When everything is stripped away and we come down to essence, what sustains us? Katja Esser and Valerianna Claff guide you through a ritual that focuses on the dream time. What future are we dreaming and inspiring? In the context of world events what are we bringing into the light? We open up to the wisdom of the ancients, mother earth and our inner knowing to deepen the journey and to begin to shape a future vision. Please bring 12 rocks of various sizes, with a minimum size of 3 inches or bigger. Do not come with pebbles. Establish a connection with the rocks, ask if they want to come. Bring a votive unscented white candle with a safe holder, crystals, a pillow to sit on, a piece of cloth to put under your pile of rocks, bells, drums, rattles and a friend. The ritual is highly participatory. Expect to sound and move. We are looking for helpers to decorate the space and set up the altars. Please contact us in advance and come at 5.30 PM to the church. This is part of building community and it brings your energy into the ritual. The focus is on spiritual nourishment, not physical nourishment. Make sure to take care of your own food needs beforehand. The ritual lasts till about 10.00 PM. The ritual starts promptly at 7.00 PM. Please come early so we can start the ritual on time. The door will be open 30 min. before. There is a suggested donation $10 - $20 (sliding scale) or talk to us in advance if money is holding you back, and maybe you can provide us with a service. Kindly respond if you plan to come. For further information call Katja at (617) 926-3128 or Valerianna at (401) 521-1161 Directions: From the Mass Pike Take exit 17 and follow the signs to Watertown. Cross the river, take a left onto Rt 20, and then take the second right onto Church St. The church is on your right past the general parking lot, just before the Watertown Savings Bank. From Route 2 Take the exit to Rt 60. (Pleasant St.) Stay to the right on the exit ramp and turn right onto Pleasant St. Go less than 3/4 mile and take a left onto Leonard St., continue on Leonard St. through Belmont center and go under the commuter rail bridge. Immediately after the bridge, turn right and then immediately bear left onto Common St. You stay on Common St., first crossing Trapelo Rd. in Cushing Square, then going up and over a hill. On the way down the hill, look for a multi-street intersection. Church Street is a soft right hand turn at this intersection. The hard right hand turn is Orchard St. Proceed till you see a Watertown Savings Bank. First Parish is the next building. From Cambridge Take Mt Auburn St. to the end at Watertown Square. Take a right onto Main St. (Rt 20). Take the second right onto Church St. The church is on your right past the general parking lot, just before the Watertown Savings Bank By bus Take the 71 line that runs from Harvard Square to Watertown Square, or the 70 line that runs from Central Square to Waltham through Watertown Square, or the 57 line that runs from Kenmore Square through Brighton to Watertown Square (the 57 line ends just across the river from the square). In Watertown Square look for the CVS. When you are standing in front of the CVS, walk away from the center of Watertown Square in the direction of Waltham, and take your first right onto Church Street. The church is on your right past the general parking lot, just before the Watertown Savings Bank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kit http://www.BlackIrish.net/Kit/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is binn beal ina thost. Sweet is the sound of the silent mouth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/friday/brain/friendz/siouxsie.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 7 -- Last Quarter December 14 -- Dark Moon December 22 -- First Quarter December 30 -- Full Moon December 21 -- Winter Solstice, Yule ----------------------------------------------------------------------------