We are learning how to be the newest people of the Earth. Rituals range from large public workings to personal rites of passage. Last year, a number of young women committed to an intensive of learning women's mysteries. After their training, they were formally presented to the witnessing community in a moving ceremony. Their first act as new priestesses was to bless each of us as we kneeled before them in respect and recognition.
People are busy calling each other, arranging time off from work, and making travel plans.
As a group of Nature lovers, we look forward to living with the elemental and primal forces of Sun, Rain, Breezes, Fire, and Earth. Everywhere on this magical land are beautiful places for Earth people to commune with Nature. Marked trails wind through the forest along streambeds and moss-covered rocks. We hear the coyotes at night yapping to each other, while an enchanted field twinkles with fireflies. Drummers and dancers will remember the night last year that the frogs were croaking their choruses loudly in rhythm to the bonfire drumbeat.